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Bulk salt exported through the Port of Walvis Bay, Namport
A cargo of bulk salt departed the Port of Walvis Bay early in August and is expected to reach its destination in the United States before the end of the month. Although bulk salt volumes are relatively small, the exporting company feels their new method of loading will grow the export of salt.
The carge of some 25,000 tonnes of salt, exported by Gecko Namibia, is the first to be loaded using skips that are transported on the back of a low-bed. Gecko’s Managing Director, Pine van Wyk said they decided on skip bulk loading as it proved to be cost effective. With this first proven consignment, he said they are targetting more shipments this year to clients in Canada, Brazil, Europe, the USA and other African coutries.
Announcing the success of the loading technique, Namport said this week, bulk salt is normally loaded into a ship’s cargo hold with a conveyor belt. With this shipment, the salt was loaded into skips on site at the salt producer and then transported by trucks for discharge into the vessel. The trucks parked on the quay alongside the vessel from where the ship’s crane hoisted the skips and lowered them through the open hatches directly into the bulk cargo bays.
Loading of the entire 25,000 tonnes took three and a half days. The carrier vessel is the Loveland Island registered in Panama.
Statistics for export commodities for the previous financial year, show that bagged salt volumes have increased by 100% while bulk salt grew only by 10%. With the new more cost-effective loading method, the Ports Authority expects significantly larger volumes of bulk salt to be exported through Walvis Bay.
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Emergency personnel were at the scene of an incident in Rayeigh, where a horse and rider were struck by a train on Jan. 12. (Nathan Ritchie photo)
Horse killed, rider injured when struck by train during Kamloops snowstorm
Horse and rider were riding near Kamloops during snowstorm
Jan. 12, 2020 3:50 p.m.
Police say a horse was killed and its rider hospitalized after being struck by a CN train in Rayleigh on Sunday morning, Jan. 12.
Kamloops RCMP Sgt. Sascha Fesenko said the train struck the horse and rider at about 10:30 a.m. in the area of Devick Road, off Highway 5.
Read more: Temperatures to reach uncommon lows
Fesenko said rail and highway traffic was stopped for a short period of time while emergency personnel were on scene and the body of the horse was removed.
There has been no word on the severity of the rider’s injuries.
The collision occurred amid a winter storm that has produced strong winds, blowing snow and sub-zero temperatures.
The investigation continues.
Temperatures to plummet to -40 C in parts of B.C. amid bitter cold snap
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CompuGroup Medical Norway AS
Digital health — eHealth (ICT) — IT/ Saas — Sales —
Halvor Utistog
halvor.utistog@cgm.com
Lysaker Torg 15, 1366 Lysaker
http://www.cgm.com/no
CompuGroup Medical is one of the leading eHealth companies in the world. With a revenue base of approximately EUR 717 million in 2018, its software products are designed to support all medical and organizational activities in doctors’ offices, pharmacies, laboratories and hospitals. Its information services for all parties involved in the healthcare system and its web-based personal health records contribute towards safer and more efficient healthcare.
CompuGroup Medical’s services are based on a unique customer base of more than 1 million health professionals as users, including doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other service providers in inpatient and outpatient facilities. With locations in 19 countries and products in 56 countries worldwide, CompuGroup Medical is the eHealth company with one of the highest coverage among eHealth service providers. Approximately 5,000 highly qualified employees support customers with innovative solutions for the steadily growing demands of the healthcare system.
Founding of the corporation was in 1987 and the officially trading shares (Prime Standard, Frankfurt am Main, TecDax / MDAX) took place in 2007.
The headquarters for CGM Group is in Koblenz, Germany.
CGM acquired the Norwegian company Profdoc, which was a well-known company among the health professionals using EHR systems in Norway, in 2008 and the name of the company changed to CompuGroup Medical Norway. CGM Norway is located at Lysaker and as of today, the company has 49 FTEs. Today we are the leading EHR vendor in Norway with a customer base of approximately 1000 customers. Our customers using our services and products are GPs (general practitioners), emergency wards, child healthcare stations, specialists and occupational healthcare.
CGM offer quality products and services for a complete EHR solution, including cloud services, integrations and digital communications services.
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Kolaiyuthir Kaalam Tamil Movie Review
Feature Film | UA | Horror, Thriller | 1h 49min
The film was uncooked and remained disengaged throughout. It was a tedious watch even with a length of 108 minutes, mainly due to a hollow script!
Aug 11, 2019 By Baranidharan Sivasankaran
The posters and teaser of 'Kolaiyuthir Kaalam' were quite intriguing as it gave a luxurious appeal as the entire movie is set in Sussex in a huge mansion. For a thriller, the setting plays a huge role in determining whether the chills would work or not. On that count, it was a new setting for Kollywood. We've had movies like 'Aval' set in hill stations, but this one is in Sussex.
Then, it had Nayanthara who has had a mixed record with thrillers and dissipated a few hopes. I stayed positive only on these counts as director Chakri Toleti was not an accountable name when it comes to delivering stuff.
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The movie, as mentioned, is set in Sussex, one of the English counties. Shruthi (Nayanthara), a deaf and mute orphan, inherits the right to manage a huge wealth and property from her foster mother who adopted her at a young age. She moves to her ancestor's mansion in Sussex. On a typical night, things start to get gory as the housemates get massacred at the hands of a masked man. He comes for Shruti, and he is after her for a reason. No prizes for guessing the reason! Finally, we witness a thankless twist!
Mired in financial issues, the movie had various release dates in the past and finally saw the light of the day. Even on the day I went and watched, there were KDM (key delivery message) issues which could be related to its financial woes. That shows very much on screen, in its making. Firstly, the movie looked like a film school project. The credits (which was strangely in English only) had a bunch of English names. Only the actors seem to be Indian.
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The script was not half-cooked but uncooked, with insipidly staged scenes. Notably, the connection of Nayanthara with her foster mom had scenes which seem to be cut out from the 80s. Even the present-day scenes had hardly anything interesting. E.g., the granny (Rohini Hattangadi) of the house mocks her brother's (Prathap Pothen) driving skills. Once he gets killed and made to go with the car, she witnesses it from a distance and yaps again about his driving skills. What should one make of this connection?
Then, the killer butchers everyone in the house. The slaying of the granny was shocking when he struck first. Then, when he keeps on piercing her through the skin, it becomes a mockery. And then, when Nayanthara runs for her life and goes from room to room, we feel tired. We are always left with suspecting the killer, while all characters get butchered at some point. At the end, when the real killer behind all the murder gets revealed, we feel relieved as the torture on screen is over.
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For a movie that is just over 100 minutes in length and still makes us feel relieved, the screenplay had to be too bad and disengaging. In the middle of the proceedings, especially post-interval, the director didn't know what to do. He keeps shuffling Nayanthara from room to room and has her weep from frame to frame.
The movie was a vile mess that had hardly anything going for it. If I were to pick one worthy thing, then that should be the sound department that managed to provide a few jerks at times. Otherwise, the movie made one feel that it was better off staying in the cans rather than releasing.
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Thambi - TAMIL
Hero - TAMIL
Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu - TAMIL
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Food|Embracing The Octopus, Tenderly
Embracing The Octopus, Tenderly
September 8, 1999, Section F, Page 1Buy Reprints
A RAW octopus resting on ice at the seafood store is definitely the ugliest thing in the vicinity -- nothing like the many-hued snappers or even the white, pristine cleaned squid. No, this floppy, gray, suction-cupped monster seems to have been born with a natural defense aimed directly at the home cook. ''I am,'' it growls, ''too hideous to eat.''
And yet, once the octopus is cooked, it is beautiful -- tender and mild, with just a touch of pleasant resistance, like lobster. Lately, as its qualities are increasingly appreciated, it has assumed a starring role at many restaurants in unexpected dishes.
It has long been a standard at sushi bars, of course, and available at Spanish, Portuguese, Greek and even some Italian restaurants for years, in salads or stews or with potatoes or pasta. But now adventurous chefs are bringing their talents into the arena, too, with dishes like octopus terrine, octopus confit, octopus risotto and more. Then there's grilled octopus, which, since it was first popularized at Periyali about 10 years ago, has become ubiquitous.
The rest of us (at least, those of us who do not come from culinary traditions familiar with octopus) may well think it's high time we became adventurous, too, and started cooking octopus at home, having some fun with it. And in fact, all of those restaurant dishes can be readily accomplished by the home cook.
The main stumbling block, hideous looks aside, is that octopus has a reputation for being so tough that extraordinary measures must be taken to tenderize it. There's no explaining why a Greek cook might beat it against some rocks or, less primitively, against the kitchen sink; a Spanish cook will dip it in boiling water three times and then cook it in a copper pot (only copper will do); an Italian might cook it with two corks, or a Japanese might rub it all over with salt, or knead it with grated daikon, and then slice the meat at different angles, with varying strokes.
These methods may work -- and so does slow cooking in water. Which is a lot less fussy.
But in a few cases, quick cooking is the answer. Octopus is much like squid: if you keep the cooking time minimal, less than five minutes or so, you get a chewy, pleasant texture; this is a good technique for octopus salad or sushi.
For most preparations, though, long, slow cooking just to the point of tenderness, before the flesh becomes too dry, is perfect. You put the octopus in water to cover and simmer until it is tender. This usually takes about an hour for an octopus of about four pounds, but may be considerably less for smaller specimens and sometimes twice as long for larger, tougher ones. A potentially exasperating characteristic is that even octopuses of the same weight may require considerably different cooking times, depending on how tender the specimen. But judging when it is done simply by how tender it is is easy: when the thickest part of the octopus (the skirt, where the head meets the legs) yields to the sharp point of a small knife with little resistance, it is done. ''It's like a potato,'' said Rick Moonen, the chef at Oceana in midtown.
The instant the octopus hits the hot water, it appears to shrink by about half. It continues to tighten and shrink as it cooks, which is why you need to start with about three pounds of raw octopus for four people. The simmering need not be in water. Alessandro Giuntoli, the chef at Osteria del Circo, also in midtown, braises the octopus in red wine and vegetables, giving it deep, rich flavor and a dark purple color. Even more unusual is the preparation suggested by Tadashi Ono, the chef of Sono, opening later this month on East 57th Street. Mr. Ono simmers the octopus, but in olive oil -- a kind of octopus confit.
Once tenderized by simmering, the octopus can be served with little further preparation. Mr. Ono serves his confit dressed with soy and lime juice. It can be tossed in olive oil and lemon juice, with or without other seafood and vegetables, to make a salad. It can be incorporated into a risotto or pasta sauce.
Or of course, it can be grilled briefly after the simmering, making it both crisp and tender. This ultimately appealing combination is easily achieved, as long as the fire is hot enough to crisp the exterior before drying out the interior.
If octopus comes freighted with unnecessary cooking concerns, it is also surrounded by many other myths and misunderstandings that may confuse or worry the consumer.
Octopus is an ancient denizen of the deep -- its ancestors lived at least 200 million years ago -- and it has adapted well to warm and temperate waters all over the world, feeding on crustaceans and fellow mollusks.
There is a common belief that the best octopus comes from Portugal. But since water knows no political boundaries, it can hardly be the whole truth. ''Whether Atlantic octopus is fished by the Portuguese or anyone else, most of it comes from the waters off the west coast of Africa,'' said Vincent Cutrone, who owns the Octopus Garden, a fish store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, that specializes in cephalopods (octopus, squid and cuttlefish).
But Mediterranean octopus is also commonly eaten, as is octopus from Asia, especially the Philippines. (There is very little domestic octopus in stores, probably because the domestic market is so small; it's an incidental catch and probably thrown overboard as often as not.)
After weeks of cooking octopus from just about everywhere, I detected little or no difference in quality. Almost all of this octopus is cleaned and frozen before shipping, which is not the disadvantage you might think. For one thing, octopus spoils quickly, so it's difficult to maintain high quality during shipping, especially since it's not expensive, about $3 or $4 a pound, and therefore rarely shipped by air. More important is that the quality of octopus, like that of squid, does not suffer noticeably when it is frozen.
In fact there may be benefits to freezing. ''There are times that frozen octopus actually seems better than fresh,'' said Ignacio Blanco, the owner of Meigas, a Spanish restaurant that is to open this month on Hudson Street. ''It doesn't hurt the flavor at all, and it becomes tender more quickly.''
Size is another question. Tiny octopuses, less than six ounces, may be difficult to find and tend to be expensive -- upward of $10 a pound. They're great cooked for a couple of minutes and then served with little more than olive oil, lemon and salt, but they are really tidbits, mostly suitable for appetizers. The most common octopuses we see are in the two- to four-pound range. Occasionally, you'll see medium-size specimens, 12 to 16 ounces. These are useful and convenient because one of them is a fine single serving.
But size is less of an issue than it may seem. ''I like both big and small,'' Mr. Moonen said. ''All that matters is that you don't overcook them. Where it comes from, whether it's been frozen or not, the size, the cooking method -- these are all pretty much irrelevant as long as you cook it carefully.''
Finally, there is the issue of octopus skin, ugly when raw, but a lovely gelatinous, almost fatty substance once cooked. Some cooks rub the skin off. But to me, that's like serving osso buco without the marrow -- there is a delicious, almost creamy element missing.
It's worth noting that this gelatin is so powerful that cooked octopus can be made into a terrine simply by weighting it, as Mr. Blanco does in the variation on his recipe for octopus and potatoes. But this gelatinous skin dries out and virtually disappears during grilling and some other preparations.
Besides its other culinary attributes, the octopus is extremely low in fat -- just one-fifth of a gram of nutritionally undesirable saturated fat in a 3- to 4-ounce serving, compared with about a third of a gram in chicken breast of the same size. Total fat is only 1 percent -- another attractive quality to weigh against that initial hideous impression.
No Need to Be Tentative With Tentacles
SO, you want to cook octopus? Following are some tricks of the tentacle trade.
BUYING -- Most New York fish markets carry frozen octopus; any of them can order it with a day or two of notice. The Octopus Garden, 1780 Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn (718-946-9221), sells frozen and fresh octopus. Fresh octopus can also be found sometimes at Citarella, Balducci's, Dean & DeLuca and other specialty stores; it is usually flown in from Europe but occasionally comes from Mexico or even the Carolinas.
JUDGING FRESHNESS -- The best way to do so is to smell; the aroma should be of sea water and nothing else. An octopus going bad reveals itself to your nose in an instant.
PREPARING -- An octopus is a sac (the head) with eight legs. In the head are two eyes, a mouth, two beaks and a file-like organ for drilling through shells of prey. Cleaning octopus is a chore, but not a daunting one. It essentially involves removing the innards from the head sack and rinsing; then you cook the octopus whole. But cleaning is barely worth a thought. I haven't seen uncleaned octopus in a market in more than five years. Frozen octopus is cleaned before freezing. If a fresh octopus is uncleaned, you can ask the fishmonger to do it for you.
COOKING -- Three pounds of octopus is about right for four people (octopus shrinks startlingly). It doesn't matter much whether you buy one larger specimen or several smaller ones, though it affects cooking time.
There are no hard and fast rules for timing. Some people say octopus should cook for about 30 minutes for two pounds, but the timing can be significantly longer or shorter depending on how tender the specimen. The safest approach is to check with the sharp point of a thin-bladed knife; with a two-pound octopus, you would begin checking after about 30 minutes. When it meets little resistance, as in a baked potato, the octopus is done. Do not cook further, or else it will begin to dry out and toughen again. To serve, cut the tentacles into one- or two-inch lengths, and the head into bite-size sections.
OCTOPUS SALAD WITH CRISPY VEGETABLES
Adapted from Alessandro Giuntoli
Time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours, plus 3 to 4 hours' marinating and cooling
6 medium carrots, peeled
4 small red onions, peeled
2 medium celeriac, trimmed and peeled
2 pounds octopus
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil, or more to taste
Juice of 1 lemon, or more to taste
Hot red pepper flakes
1 cup chopped basil, plus more for garnish
5 red bliss potatoes.
1. Roughly chop half the carrots, onions and celeriac, and combine in saucepan with bay leaf, peppercorns and white vinegar. Bring to boil, and add octopus, along with water to cover; cook at least 1 hour, or until octopus is tender (check with point of sharp knife). Let octopus cool in cooking water.
2. Discard cooked vegetables. Cut octopus into small pieces, and toss with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, pepper flakes and basil. Marinate, refrigerated, for 3 to 4 hours. Simmer potatoes in salted water until tender. Chop remaining raw vegetables.
3. Blanch carrots for about 5 minutes and onions for about 2 minutes, just to remove some of the crunch; shock in ice water to chill. Mix octopus with raw celeriac, cooked potatoes and blanched carrots and onions. Adjust seasoning, and then drizzle with fresh olive oil and lemon juice, if you like. Garnish with minced basil, and serve.
OCTOPUS AND POTATOES
Adapted from Ignacio Blanco
Time: about 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling time
2 pounds waxy potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
1 teaspoon good paprika, or to taste
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, or to taste
Coarse salt to taste.
1. Simmer octopus in water to cover until nearly tender, for 1 hour or more (check with point of sharp knife). Add potatoes, and cook 10 to 20 minutes longer or until tender.
2. Remove potatoes to platter (wood is traditional), and octopus to cutting board. Cool octopus for a couple minutes; cut into bite-size pieces. Combine with potatoes. Sprinkle with paprika, drizzle with plenty of olive oil and toss gently. Top with salt, and serve.
Yield: 4 to 6 servings.
Variation: To make a terrine, follow cooking instructions, but omit potatoes. Layer cooked octopus, cut into bite-size pieces, in small terrine lined with plastic wrap. Cover it, and weight it with cans or a bag of beans or rice; refrigerate for 24 hours. (It will be a solid block.) To serve, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices, warm slightly in oven or microwave, and sprinkle with olive oil, salt and paprika.
Time: less than 2 hours
3 pounds cleaned octopus
4 thyme branches
20 peppercorns
1 teaspoon salt, plus to taste
1 head garlic, cut in half along its equator
3 lemons
Minced parsley for garnish.
1. Combine octopus, bay leaf, thyme, peppercorns, 1 teaspoon salt, garlic and 1 lemon, cut in half, in saucepan along with water to cover. Turn heat to medium, cover, and bring to boil. Adjust heat so that liquid simmers slowly, and cook until octopus is tender, for 30 to 90 minutes, depending on whether you're using two smaller octopuses or 1 larger one (check for doneness with point of sharp knife). Drain, discarding everything but octopus. (You can prepare this 24 hours in advance up to this point; cover, and refrigerate octopus.) Set aside.
2. Start charcoal or wood fire, or preheat gas grill; fire should be quite hot. Grill rack about 4 inches from heat source. Cut octopus into large serving pieces, brush it with half the olive oil, and sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Grill it quickly until outside browns but inside is not dried out. Cut remaining lemon into wedges.
3. Brush octopus with remaining olive oil. Serve with lemon wedges, hot or at room temperature, garnished with parsley.
OCTOPUS CONFIT
Adapted from Tadashi Ono
Time: 1 1/2 to 2 hours
About 2 pounds cleaned octopus
Olive oil as needed, about 3 cups
12 cloves garlic, peeled and left whole
2 dried chilies
5 branches thyme
2 tablespoons lime juice.
1. Wash octopus well. Combine with olive oil, garlic, chilies, thyme and large pinch of salt in saucepan, so that oil completely covers octopus (add more oil if necessary).
2. Place the saucepan over medium-high heat; bring to very slow simmer (if you have a thermometer, the ideal temperature is about 190 degrees). Adjust heat to maintain this slow simmer, and cook until octopus is tender, for an hour or more (check with point of sharp knife).
3. Remove garlic and octopus to a platter; discard thyme and oil, or reserve oil for another use. Serve warm or cool, drizzled with soy sauce and lime juice.
SPAGHETTI WITH OCTOPUS BRAISED IN RED WINE
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
2 medium octopuses, about 12 ounces each, cut in half the long way
1 pound spaghetti or linguine
16 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1/2 cup roughly chopped basil.
1. Place 2 tablespoons olive oil in large skillet or saute pan, and turn heat to medium-high. Add carrot, onion and celery. Sprinkle with pinch of salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until onion becomes translucent, about 5 minutes.
2. Add octopus, along with some pepper and a little more salt. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute, and then add wine, bay leaf and garlic. Cook until octopus is tender, for about 1 hour (check with point of sharp knife). Remove octopus, and cut into bite-size pieces. Return octopus to skillet, and turn heat to a minimum.
3. Meanwhile, bring large pot of water to boil, and salt it. Fifteen minutes before eating, begin cooking pasta. When it is barely tender but not nearly tender enough to eat, drain it, reserving about 1 cup cooking liquid. Add pasta to octopus mixture, with half the reserved liquid. Cook until pasta is tender but not mushy; add remaining liquid if needed to keep mixture from drying out.
4. Add remaining olive oil, along with butter, cherry tomatoes and basil. Stir until butter melts, and then serve.
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Iconic lifeguard tower burned down at the Wedge…
Iconic lifeguard tower burned down at the Wedge surf spot, set ablaze at night
A city crew from Newport Beach stands by on the scene of the what remains of the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Laylan Connelly | lconnelly@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: June 20, 2019 at 10:45 am | UPDATED: June 20, 2019 at 5:32 pm
Beach goers watch as a city crew from Newport Beach begins the removal of the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. The tower burned overnight. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A partial sign and burned timbers is all that remains of the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Robert Mansfield of Newport Beach takes a few photos of the remains of the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. The tower burned overnight. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Beach goers watch as a city crew from Newport Beach removes the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. The tower burned overnight. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A burned ladder and platform and a few timbers is all that remains of the lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019, which burned overnight. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Beach goers and a city crew from Newport Beach on scene of the remains of the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Burned timbers is all that remains of the lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019, which burned overnight. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A city crew from Newport Beach begins the removal of the burned lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach early on Thursday morning, June, 20, 2019. The tower burned overnight. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The lifeguard tower at the Wedge in May 2015 as spectators watch as body boarders and surfers ride large waves at the Wedge as a swell from the southern hemisphere hit Orange County bringing big waves up to 15-20 feet. (File Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Newport Beach lifeguard towers flies a red flag, as citizens line the beach at the Wedge in Newport Beach, Sunday evening, July 6,2014, and watch surfers catching the big waves. Photo shot from the Corona del Mar side of Newport Harbor. The lifeguard tower was set afire on June 20, 2019. (Photos by Richard Koehler)
People gather around the iconic lifeguard tower at the Wedge in Newport Beach, a big-wave spot near the Newport Harbor entrance. The lifeguard tower was set afire on June 20, 2019.(Cindy Yamanaka, Orange County Register.
It wasn’t just any ordinary lifeguard tower. The wooden tower at the Wedge was a place where lifeguards watch over one of — if not the — most dangerous waves along the Southern California coastline.
On the lifeguard tower that beared the initial “W,” a handful of names were inscribed on a plank of wood, memorializing those who lost their lives at the dangerous spot through the decades. Countless others have lifelong injuries, including spinal damage, from the steep drop that slams the hard shore.
But at about 3:45 a.m. Thursday morning, June 20, someone apparently set the tower on fire, destroying the lifeguard stand and leaving charred wood and black stains on the sand. The base and the ladder leading up to the tower still stood, before city workers tore it down as they cleaned up the damage.
A video on Surfline.com, a surf forecasting company that has live streams of the surf spot, shows someone in the dark of night making multiple attempts to set the tower on fire before a larger flame consumes it.
Robert Mansfield, a photographer who grew up in the area, came down early morning Thursday to survey the damage.
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“This is an iconic spot, not just for the locals but for the world,” said Mansfield, who said he’s witnessed thousands of rescues from guards who staff the tower. “The story is the tower is gone. The side story is, there’s a lot of history in this tower.”
Mansfield and friend Brandon Clark called out to city workers to try to salvage the burned plank with the names of the Wedge wave riders who have passed away, but were told it had to be hauled off to the city yard. LIfeguards asked fire department officials to attempt to salvage it.
“Everybody is asking about it,” Clark said.
The plank is especially important to Bart Evans. His nephew, Knox Tiernan, is a big-wave bodyboarder who died from an overdose in 2016, his name now inscribed on the wood.
Upon hearing about the fire and the workers hauling the wood away, Evans shot up to the city yard to retrieve the memorial, which also included names of other Wedge chargers such as Gene Peterson and Brad Honda, and lifeguard Ben Carlson, who died while in the line of duty not far up the coast.
“Knowing that my nephew’s name was etched on the Wedge tower, along with others who have touched our lives, I wanted to try and recover that piece of timber,” he posted on social media.
Evans met at the yard with the deputy director of public works, who he said understood the gravity of retrieving the wood and assured him it would be found. Newport Beach Lifeguard Chief Mike Halphide also searched for it.
Ultimately, the plank was retrieved and officials said it would be added to a new tower or, if too damaged, a replacement would be made.
“The idea that it could end up in a dump was a loss I was not willing to face,” Evans wrote.
It’s not the first time the Wedge tower has been destroyed, twice “swallowed” by the Wedge itself, according to Mel Thoman, a bodysurfer who preserves the Wedge’s history. The first time was in 1977 and the second was 1989. It also has been set on fire two other times, he said.
Halphide said the current tower had been at the location since 2005 and was nearing the end of its lifespan. Replacement cost is between $12,000 and $15,000, he said. Hundreds of dollars in equipment also was destroyed, including flags, signs and first-aid gear.
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Newport Beach is one of the few agencies that has custom-built wood towers, though they are covered with fire retardant. The last lifeguard tower fire was about a decade ago.
The city has one old tower near the Santa Ana River that it was going to demolish because it was at the end of its lifespan, and may be able to use it as a temporary solution — but it still needs to be surveyed, Halphide said. “We’re not sure it’s going to survive the move down,” he said.
The fire comes at a challenging time, just before summer season launches this weekend. All the other towers will be occupied in anticipation of summer crowds.
“Clearly, we will need something to get our lifeguards to work out of,” Halphide said, noting they will staff a guard under a makeshift tent if needed.
Though lifeguards and wave riders at the Wedge sometimes disagree over blackball rules that limit board use during certain summer hours, Halphide said he doesn’t think the fire had anything to do with bad feelings between the groups.
“Our guards who work the Wedge are part of that community, they are well respected and well received,” he said. “It’s been very amicable.”
Halphide watched the Surfline video, at the Newport Beach Marine Safety Headquarters, which showed a shadow in the darkness, someone trying over and over to light the structure on fire. He said police and fire investigators are reviewing footage, as well as video from nearby homes.
Todd Roberts, out walking his dog Thursday morning, surveyed the damage, taking images of the remains before they were hauled off.
“It’s sucks, it’s pathetic. It’s not what Newport Beach is all about,” he said. “I don’t think one of the local surfers would do that, they respect them too much. They appreciate the lifeguards.”
Roberts said he knows, as summer approaches and the Wedge draws wave riders trying to take on the unruly beast, they’ll need lifesavers watching over them.
On any given summer day when a beefy south swell roars toward the coast and pumps waves up to 20-foot, occasionally bigger, lifeguards stay busy running from the tower, down the sand, and into the wild waves.
“It gets bad down here,” he said. “People need it.”
Laylan Connelly
Laylan Connelly started as a journalist in 2002 after earning a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. Through the years, she has covered several cities for The Orange County Register, starting as a beat reporter in Irvine before focusing on coastal cities such as Newport Beach, Dana Point and Laguna Beach. In 2007, she was selected for a prestigious Knight New Media fellowship focusing on digital media at UC Berkeley, where she learned skills to adapt to the ever-changing online landscape. Using a web-based approach, she turned her love for the ocean into a full-time gig as the paper’s beaches reporter. The unique beat allows her to delve into coastal culture by covering everything from the countless events dotting the 42 miles of coastline, to the business climate of the surf industry, to the fascinating wildlife that shows up on the shores. Most importantly, she takes pride in telling stories of the people who make the beaches so special, whether they are surfers using the ocean to heal, or the founders of major surf brands who helped spawn an entire culture, or people who tirelessly fight to keep the coast pristine and open for all to enjoy. She’s a world traveler who loves to explore the slopes during winter months or exotic surf spots around the globe. When she’s not working, or maybe while she's researching a story, you can find her longboarding at her favorite surf spots at San Onofre or Doheny.
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New England Air Fields As Of 1934
The following information was gathered from a publication distributed by the Unites States Department of Commerce – Bureau of Air Commerce, titled, “Descriptions of Airports and Landing Fields in the Unites States”, Airway Bulletin #2, dated September 1, 1934. Some of the air fields listed here are still in operation, others are not. It’s possible that this list is not complete.
Linen Post Card Brainard Field, Connecticut
Bridgeport – Mollison Airport, commercial. Located 3 mi. SE of Bridgeport, and 1.5 miles S of Stratford. Altitude 10 ft. Two gravel runways, 2,800 ft. N/S, and 2,600 ft. E/W. Remainder of field not developed. Hangars and buildings to the north. “Bridgeport Airport” on hangar roof. 24 inch rotating beacon. 24-hour facilities for servicing aircraft. Seaplane anchorage and service facilities on Housatonic River adjacent to airport. Airport was dedicated July 5-6, 1929
Bristol – Stephenson Field, commercial. Located 1.5 miles SE of city. Altitude 240 ft. 30 acres. Two runways measuring 1,475, and 1,380 feet. Hangar, minor repairs, aviation fuel, day only.
Canaan – Canaan Airport, municipal. Located 1.25 miles north of Canaan on Federal Route No. 7. Altitude 690-699 feet. Three runways, each measuring 1,700, 2,400, and 2,000 feet. Hangar and office building. Aviation fuel, days only.
Danbury – Danbury Airport, municipal. 2 miles SW of Danbury center. Altitude 440 feet. Two runways, measuring 1,950 and 1,600 feet. Hangar building, repairs, fuel, days only.
Essex – Doane Airport, commercial. Located 1.4 miles west of Essex. Altitude, 15, feet. “Essex” embedded on field. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Groton – Trumbull Field, state owned. Located three miles south-east of New London. Three runways, measuring 1,500, 1,400, and 1,000 feet. 24-inch rotating beacon, clear, with clear auxiliary code flashing “G”, (- – .) 24-hour aircraft service facilities. Seaplane base with natural hard sand beach and ramp to the south-east.
Hamden – Hamden Airport, commercial. Located within city limits, one block east of Dixwell Avenue. Altitude, 50 feet. “Hamden Airport” on hangar. Hangar and repair shop on south side of field, Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Hartford – Brainard Field, municipal. Located within city limits, borders west bank of Connecticut River. Altitude, 26 feet. Three runways, two measuring 3,600, feet, and the third measuring 2,800 feet. “Hartford” on hangar roof and embedded in field. 24-hours aircraft service facilities. This airport is used as the operational base for the Connecticut National Guard. Low powered radio station, WWIC, for point to point and communication with aircraft, operating frequency, 278 kc. 24-inch green rotating beacon that flashes “H”, (. . . . ).
Madison – Griswold Airport, commercial. Located one mile NE of city. Altitude, 20 ft. Sod field. Two runways, measuring 1,800, and 1,400 feet. Hangar and aviation fuel, days only.
Meriden – Meriden Airport, municipal. Located 2.5 miles SW of city, just south of a large pond; .5 mile east of large reservoir. Altitude 74 feet. One landing strip, 3,500 feet long. Buildings in NE corner of field. “Meriden” on hangar roof. Lighted beacon, green, flashing characteristic “U” (..-). 24 hr. facilities for service.
New Canaan – Moller Airport, auxiliary. Located 1.5 miles south of New Canaan, monastery 1 mile south, Altitude, 200 ft. Two runways, 1,800 feet long. No service facilities.
Early Post Card View Of New Haven Airport
New Haven – New Haven Airport, municipal. Located 3.5 miles south-east of city. Altitude, 4 feet. “New Haven” embedded in field. Buildings and beacon tower, and landing area flood lights. Beacon showing green, flashing code (-., …) on Administration building. Beacons operated from sunset to sunrise. Boundary and obstruction lights kept burning every night from sunset to 9:30 p.m., but could be turned on by watchman at any time upon advance notice or circling the field. 24-hour facilities for serving aircraft. Airport equipped with teletypewriter. Airport was dedicated August 29, 1931.
New Haven – New Haven Seaplane Base, commercial. Located in New Haven Harbor, north of Sandy Point. Landing area 2,640 feet except at low tide. “West Haven” on hangar. Ramp facilities. Aviation fuel and repairs, days only.
Niantic – State Camp Field, owned by the sate. Located immediately north of Niantic on west bank of the Niantic River, 6 miles south-west of New London. Altitude, 6 feet. Beacon, clear flashing, operating during the summer months only. No servicing facilities.
Norwalk – Norwalk Airport, auxiliary. Located 1 mile north of center of city of West Rocks Road. Altitude, 400 feet. One runway, 1,400 feet. “Norwalk Airport” on hangar. Facilities for servicing aircraft – day only.
Putnam – Dept. of Commerce intermediate field, site 14B New York-Boston Airways. Located 1.5 miles south-west of Putnam. Altitude, 455 feet. Two runways, 2,200 and 1,950 feet. Power shed marked “14 NY-B”. Two acetylene blinkers flashing green at ends of runway. No servicing facilities. Marker beacon, nondirective indentifying signal “S” (…) operating frequency 266 kcs. Airport had a Teletypewriter.
Torrington – Cary Field, municipal. Located 3 miles north-east of city, .4 mile south of steepled church; .5 mile north of four-strip concrete highway. Altitude 1,040 feet. Three landing strips measuring 1,000, 1,500, and 1,600 feet. “Torrington” on hangar roof. Service facilities – days only.
Wallingford – Wallingford Airport – municipal. Located one mile south-west, altitude, 50 feet. Two runways measuring 2,500 and 1,00 feet. Service facilities – days only. (Dedicated November 11, 1927.)
Old postcard view of Bangor Airport, Bangor, Maine.
Andover – Andover Airport, auxiliary. Located 2 miles south on main highway. Ellis River to the east, Lone Mountain to the west. Altitude, 641 feet. “Andover” embedded in field. No service facilities.
Auburn – Greenlaw Airport, auxiliary. Located 2 miles west of Auburn, .5 mile south of Taylor Pond. Altitude, 238 feet. One runway, 1,200 feet long. Small hangar. No servicing facilities.
Augusta – Agusta Airport, State-Municipal. Adjoins city on west, one mile from center. Altitude, 350 feet. Three hard surfaced runways measuring 2,800, 2,000, and 1,700 feet. “Augusta Airport” on one building. Flag pole 800 feet from SE corner, obstruction lighted. Beacon, 24-inch rotating, clear. 24-hour aviation fuel.
Bangor – Godfrey Field, commercial. Located 2.5 miles west of city on Hammond Street. Altitude 150 feet. Three gravel runways, measuring 1,600, 1,400, and 1,000 feet. Aviation fuel and hangar, day only.
Bar Harbor – Bar Harbor Airport, municipal. Located in the town of Trenton, 12 miles north of Bar harbor, 8 miles south of Elsworth. Altitude, 67 feet. One gravel runway, 1,200 feet long. Buildings to the west, Jordon River to the east. No servicing facilities. Field still under construction.
Bethel – Bennett’s Flying Field, auxiliary. Located 3.5 miles west of Bethel, on State Highway, directly south of West Bethel. Altitude, 750 feet. Two runways measuring 1,500 feet and 1,200 feet. “W. B.” embedded in center of field. Hangar on north side of field. Aircraft service facilities during the day only.
Brownville – Prairie Airport, commercial. Located 5 miles north of Brownville Junction, directly north of highway. Altitude, 400 feet. Two runways, 5,280, and 2,300 feet. “Brownville” on pavilion roof. Mountains to the north, lake on the east. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Calais – St. Croix Airport, auxiliary. Altitude, sea level. Sod field. No service facilities.
Vintage Post Card View Of The Municipal Airport.
Caribou, Maine
Caribou – Caribou Airport, municipal. (Temporary Airport Of Entry.) Located 1/3 mile north on U. S. Highway No. 1. Altitude, 650 feet. Three runways, 3,300, 2,000, and 800 feet. “Caribou” on hangar. Service facilities – day only.
East Millinocket – East Millinocket Airport, municipal. Located half-mile north-east of town, two mill smokestacks in town. Altitude, 800 feet. Two runways, 1,200 and 700 feet long. Water tower at north-west end of field. Two hangars. Service facilities – day only.
Jackman – Newton Field, auxiliary. Located .25 mile east of Jackman. Altitude, 1,175 feet. Aviation fuel and minor repairs may be obtained in town.
Millinocket – Millinocket Airport, municipal. Located one mile south-east of town on east side of State Highway 157. Altitude, 405 feet. One runway, 1,850 feet long. No service facilities.
Old Town – Jordan Field, auxiliary. Located east of city, bounded by river on west. Altitude, 94 feet. Two barns and a house. No service facilities.
Portland – Portland Yacht Service Seaplane Base, auxiliary. Located half-mile south-east of Portland on south shore of Portland Harbor. Sea level. Good shelter and storage facilities in Portland Yacht Service basin, 600 by 250 feet. “Sea Planes” on shed roof at end of dock. Service facilities – day only.
Post Card View Of Portland, Maine,
Portland – (Scarboro) – Portland Airport, commercial. Located seven miles south-west of the city, just off main highway. Altitude, 22 feet. Three runways measuring 3,200 feet and one 1,500 feet. “Portland Airport” on hangar. Beacon, 24-inch, rotating, clear. 24-hour service facilities.
Portland – Stroudwater Field, commercial. Located one mile west of Union Station; two miles west of center of city. Altitude, 22 feet. Two runways, 2,000, and 1,200 feet long. Airport presently under construction and not usable.
Presque Isle – Presque Isle Airport, commercial. located one mile west from center of town; half-mile west of fairgrounds. Altitude, 450 feet. Two runways, 2,000 feet and 1,700 feet long.
Rockland – Rockland Airport, commercial. Located half-mile south-west of center of city. Altitude, 14 feet. One gravel runway, 2,300 feet long with taxi strip to hangar. “Curtis-Wright, Rockland, Maine” on hangar. Low buildings to the north-east. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Sanford – Sanford Airport, commercial. Located four miles south-east of city, south of the Mousan River, on highway leading to Wells, Me. Altitude, 200 feet. Three runways, 3,000, 2,100, and 1,600 feet long. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Skowhegan – Whittemore Field, auxiliary. Located one and 4/10 miles north-east from town, Kennebec River to the south-west. Sawmill to the west. Aviation fuel, day only.
Waterville – Waterville Airport, municipal. Located 1.5 miles south-west, on west side of Kennebec River. Altitude, 300 feet. Two gravel runways, 2,000 long. “Waterville” on Hangar roof. Aircraft servicing facilities – day only.
Wells – Libby’s Field, auxiliary. Located 2.5 miles north-east of Wells on east side of State Highway No. 1, south-west of Branch River. Altitude, 30 feet. Entire field available for take off and landings, but terrain is rough. Building to north-west side of field. No service facilities.
West Baldwin – Mayne Field, auxiliary. Located 32 miles north-west from Portland, Maine, 1/4 mile from Cornish Village. Altitude, 290 feet.
York – Ernst Field, auxiliary. located 12 miles form Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 35 miles from Portland Airport at Scarboro; 1 mile from York Harbor, NW; 3 miles from York Beach. Altitude, 13 feet. Two runways, 1,000 and 500 feet long. Stone walls surround field, orchard on South-east. No aircraft service facilities.
Aircraft Navigational Beacon and Tower on display at the New England Air Museum
Agawam – see Springfield – Bowels-Agawam Airport.
Athol – Orange and Athol Airport, commercial. Located two miles south-east of Orange, 2.5 miles south-west of Athol. Altitude, 550 feet. Four runways, two of them measuring 3,000 feet, and the other two, 2,500 and 2,000 feet respectively. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Beverly, Beverly Airport, municipal. Located two miles north-west of center of town. Two runways, measuring 1,850 and 1,450 feet. “Beverly” on hangar roof. Hangar and field buildings to the south-east. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Boston – Boston Airport, municipal. Located 1.5 miles east of the Customhouse tower in center of business district; adjacent to harbor and docks. Altitude, 12 feet. Four runways, one 3,700 feet, the other three, 2,500 feet. 24-inch rotating beacon rotating clear with green auxiliary code beacon, operates all night. 24-hour aircraft service facilities. Seaplane ramp on south-west end of field. Airport is used as the operating base by the Massachusetts National Guard Air Corps Reserves.
Boston – (North Quincy) – Dennison Airport, commercial. Located at the north-east edge of North Quincy, 4 miles airline south of Customhouse Tower in Boston. Altitude, 14 feet. Three runways, 2,030, 1,900, and 1,410 feet in length. “Dennison Airport” on hangar roof. Aircraft service facilities – days only.
Brockton – Brockton Airport, commercial. Located two miles south of center of Brockton on main highway. Altitude, 128 feet. Two gravel runways, 1,00 and 1,400 feet long. Runways are only safe landing area in early spring or exceptionally wet or rainy weather. “Brockton” on hangar roof. Aircraft service facilities – days only.
Brookfield – Brookfield Airport, auxiliary. Located 7/8 of a mile west of Brookfield, 1/4 mile west of cemetery, across street from large barn, state road on north. Altitude, 740 feet. Railroad to the south. No service facilities.
Vintage Post Card View Of
Martha’s Vineyard Airport
Edgartown – Marthas Vineyard Airport, commercial. Located 1.5 miles south of city. Water tower, 100 feet high between city and field. Altitude, 5 feet. “Curtis Wright”, and “Edgartown” on hangars. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Fairhaven – New Bedford-Fairhaven Airport, commercial. Located 2.5 miles north-east of center, on east bank of Acushnet River; three miles east of New Bedford; three miles north-east of Buzzard’s Bay. Altitude, 17, feet. “Fairhaven-New Bedford” on hangar. 200 foot water tower 3/4 mile to the west. Aircraft service facilities – day only. Airport was dedicated April 19, 1930.
Falmouth – Falmouth Airport, municipal. located three miles east of North Falmouth, five miles east of Buzzard’s Bay; six miles north of Falmouth center. Altitude, 100 feet. “Falmouth, Mass” on hangar roof. Facilities for servicing aircraft day and night during the summer. Coonamessett Lake 1.5 miles to the south of field available for seaplanes in emergency, with gas and oil.
Fitchburg – Fitchburg-Leominster Airport, commercial. Located two miles south-east of Fitchburg; two miles north of Leominster in valley. Altitude, 300 feet. Three runways, measuring 2,800, 2,600, and 1,700, feet. “Fitchburg-Leominster” on hangar roof. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Framingham – Framingham Airport, commercial. located on eastern side of railroad, one mile south of Framingham. Altitude, 199 feet. Three runways, measuring 2,800, 2,000, and 1,900 feet. “Framingham Airport” on hangar. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Great Barrington – Berkshire Airways Airport, commercial. located two miles west of town. Altitude, 726 feet. Two runways, measuring 2,000, and 1,700 feet. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Greenfield – Greenfield Airport, commercial. Located three miles north of Greenfield, railroad to west, Highway No. 5 to the north-east. Altitude, 450 feet. Two runways, measuring 2,200, and 1,700 feet. “Airport” on hangar roof. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Hanover – Clark Airport, commercial. Located two miles west of city, two miles south-east of Rockland. Altitude, 74 feet. Four runways, measuring 2,100, 1,160, feet, and two at 1,400 feet. Aircraft service facilities – days only.
Haverhill – Haverhill Airport, commercial. Located two miles north-east of Haverhill business district, near Lake Kenosa. Altitude, 125 feet. Aviation fuel available, day only.
Holyoke – see Westfield, Barnes Field.
Vintage Post Card View Of Hyannis Airport
Hyannis, Massachusetts – Cape Cod
Hyannis – Hyannis Airport, commercial. Located half-mile north of post office. Altitude, 15 feet. “Hyannis Airport” on hangar. High tension line, buildings, hangar, and grandstand on east side of field. 24-inch rotating beacon, flashing green and white, operated June 15 to September 15, from sunset to midnight. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Lowell – Lowell Airport, commercial. Located two miles south-east of center of city, on east bank of the Concord River. Altitude, 100 feet. 38 acres in use. “Lowell” on water tower. Tower and building to the south-east. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Mansfield – Boltz Field, commercial. Located 1.5 miles south of Mansfield. Altitude, 140 feet. Two runways, measuring 1,200 feet. “Mansfield” on barn roof. no service facilities.
Marlboro – Marlboro Airport, commercial. located two miles east of Marlboro; 1/4 mile north of Reservoir No. 5. Altitude, 255 feet. Two runways, measuring 1,650 and 1,350 feet. “Marlboro” on hangar roof. Greenhouses and scattered buildings to the west. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Medfield – Fairacres Field, auxiliary. Located one mile south-east of Medfield on north side of railroad. Altitude, 160 feet. Four runways, measuring two at 2,100 feet, and the others at 1,100 and 1,000 feet. Orchard to the west. Two radio towers 2.5 miles north-west. No aircraft service facilities.
Mendon – Mendon Airport, commercial. Located 3 mils south-west of Milford; 4 miles north-east of Uxbridge; 10 miles north of Woonsocket, R. I.; Lake Nipmuck 1/2 mile south-west of field. Altitude, 450 feet. Three runways, measuring 1,880, 1,700, and 1,500 feet. “Mendon” embedded in field. Arrow pointing north. 36 inch red and clear rotating beacon. 24 hour aircraft service facilities.
Nantucket – Nobadeer Airport, auxiliary. Located 2.5 miles south-east of Nantucket. Altitude, 15 feet. Two runways, measuring 2,200 and 1,600 feet. Aviation fuel – day only.
Natick – Natick-Wellesley Airport, commercial. Located about 1.2 miles north of Natick. Altitude, 200 feet. Three runways, measuring 2,100, 1,900, and 1,550 feet. Hangars and administration building to the south of field. Aircraft facilities – day only.
North Adams – North Adams Airport, auxiliary. Located 2.5 miles west of North Adams, .5 mile north-west of reservoir, south of state road, railroad, and river. Altitude, 750 feet. No service facilities. Filed soft in spring after heavy rain.
North Hampton – La Fleur Airport, commercial. Located .8 of a mile north-east of city. Altitude, 120 feet. “La Fleur Airport” on side of building.
North Grafton – Grafton Airport, municipal. Located to the south of North Grafton; five miles south-east of Worcester. Altitude, 450 feet. Four runways, measuring 3,000, 2,450, 1,800, and 1,600 feet. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Norwood – Canton – Boston Metropolitan Airport, commercial. Located two miles east of Norwood, and one mile west of Canton. Altitude, 51 feet. Four gravel runways, two measuring 2,500 feet, and the other two measuring 2,000 feet. “Norwood-Canton” on hangar roof. “Metropolitan Airport” across front of hangar. Flashing amber beacon located 1/2 mile to the north-east of airfield on Gliders Hill, operated from dusk to midnight. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Pittsfield – Department of Commerce Intermediate Field (day field) Site 3, Albany-New York Airways. Located one mile south of Pittsfield center. Altitude, 1,130 feet. Two runways, 2,600 and 1,800 feet long. Aviation fuel available. Airport was dedicated June 6, 1931.
Revere – Muller Field, commercial. Located one mile north-west of Revere, six miles north-east of Boston post office. Altitude, 30 feet. Two runways, 2,500 and 1,500 feet long. “Muller Field” on hangar. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Southbridge – Southbridge Field, auxiliary. Located one mile north of town center. Altitude, 50 feet. Two runways, measuring 1,500 and 850 feet. Trees to the east. No service facilities.
South Dartmouth – Round Hill Airport, privately owned. Located three miles south of city on Buzzard’s Bay; six miles from New Bedford Mass. Altitude, 12 feet. “Round Hill Airport” on airship dock. Windmill to the north; 150 ft. radio towers to the north-east; water tower to the south-east; 135 foot radio towers to the south; swamp, and airship dock to the west. Lighthouse 1/3 mile south-east of field. 24-inch green and white rotating beacon, flashing code “D”, (- . . ), also a 20-inch green and white rotating beacon flashing “RH” (. – . ….). 24-hour aircraft service facilities. seaplane anchorage available on south side of field.
Springfield – Bowles-Agawam Airport, commercial. Located five miles south-west of city, about 1.25 miles south-west of Agawam. Altitude, 200 feet. Four runways, measuring 1,000 feet, surrounded by a 2,500 ft. taxi circle, asphalt paved. “Bowles-Agawam, Mass.” neon sign on hangar. Scattered woods and buildings around field, a 1,000 foot hill to the south-west. 24-inch green rotating beacon flashing “BA”, (- … .-) 24-hour hangars, aviation fuel and accomodations.
Springfield – Springfield Airport, commercial. Located 2.5 miles north-east of city. Altitude, 200 feet. “Springfield, Mass. Airport” on hangar, illuminated. Hangars and houses to the north-east. Boundary lights and flood lights. 24-inch clear and green rotating beacon flashing “SA” (. . . .-). 24-hour aircraft service facilities. Radio receiving equipment.
Squantum NAS Seaplanes – 1949
Squantum – Naval Reserve Aviation Base, U.S. Navy owned. Located four miles south-east of Boston on edge of harbor. Altitude, sea level. Two runways measuring 1,600 and 1,300 feet. Large buildings to the east. Tower four miles to the north-west, lighted by revolving beacon. radio tower 1/2 mile to the east – lighted. Seaplane facilities in Dorchester Bay. Small boats ramp and hangar available. Aircraft service facilities available for government planes only, daytime hour only. Naval radio station NAG, operating frequency 545 kc.
Taunton – King Field, commercial. Located four miles east of city; south of river; east of two large mills. Altitude, 45 feet. One runway, 3, 650 feet long. 24-hour aircraft service facilities.
Turners Falls – Franklin Airport, commercial. 1.75 miles south-east, on the east bank of the Connecticut River; 3.5 miles east of greenfield, Mass. Altitude, 345 feet. “Franklin Airport” on hangar. Aviation fuel in summer only.
West Barnstable – Cape Cod Airport, commercial. Located two miles south-west of town center. Altitude, 100 feet. Facilities for servicing aircraft – day only.
Westboro – Turnpike Airport, commercial. Located two miles north-west of Westboro; 7.5 miles east of Worcester; five miles south-west of Marlboro. Altitude, 310 feet. Pond to the south. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Westfield-Holyoke – Barnes Airport, municipal. Located two miles north-east of Westfield, 4 miles south-west of Holyoke. Altitude, 280 feet. Facilities for aircraft service – day only.
Westwood – Westwood Airport, commercial. located 1.5 miles south-west of Westwood; two miles north-west of Norwood; five miles south-west of Dedham. Altitude, 190 feet. Three runways, measuring 1,400, 1,200, and 1,230 feet. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Winchendon – Winchendon Airport, auxiliary. located five miles south-west of Winchendon; on east side of Route No. 32. Altitude, 860 feet. Two runways, measuring 1,650, and 1,450 feet. Hangar and aviation fuel – day only.
1930s Post Card View Of The
Claremont, New Hampshire, Airport.
Berlin – Berlin Airport, municipal owned. Located four miles north of Berlin. Altitude, 1,100 feet. One runway, 2,000 feet long. One hangar. Aviation fuel – day only.
Claremont – Claremont Airport, municipal owned. Located one mile due west of Claremont. Altitude, 520 feet. “Claremont Airport” on hangar roof. Ski jump tower to the east of field. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Concord – Concord Airport, municipal owned. Located one mile east of Concord. Altitude, 335 feet. “Concord Airport Corporation” on hangar. 24-hour aircraft service facilities.
Conway – Conway Airport, auxiliary. Located 1/4 mile north of Conway, on Highway No. 18. Altitude, 500 feet. Aviation fuel and minor repairs – day only – only during the summer months.
Deerfield – Hilton Field, auxiliary. Located one mile north-west of Pautuckaway Mountains, 2 miles south of Deerfield post office. Altitude, 575 feet. Buildings to the west, brush to the north and east, garden to the south. No service facilities.
Freedom – Freedom Field, auxiliary. Located .5 mile south-west from center of town. Altitude, 600 feet. “freedom” on nearby building. Stone wall on west and north side of field,; barn and rocks to the north-east. No service facilities.
Gorham – Gorham Field, auxiliary. Located three miles north on west bank of Andrascoggin River. Altitude, 830 feet. Hangars. No service facilities.
Keene – Keene Airport, commercial. Located 2.5 miles north-west of center of keene. Altitude, 500 feet. Two runways, 2,000 and 1,200 feet long. “Keene” on hangar roof. Hill to south-east. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Lisbon – Corbleigh Airport, auxiliary. Located one mile north-east of Lisbon on cement highway. Altitude. 600 feet. Aviation fuel only.
1930s Post Card View Of
Concord, New Hampshire, Airport.
Manchester – Manchester Airport, municipal. Located four miles south-east of center of city. Altitude, 220 feet. Three runways, 2,500 and 2,000 feet long. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Marlow – Keith Flying Field, privately owned. Located three miles north-west of Marlow between two ponds; midway between Keene and Claremont, and Keene and Newport. Altitude, 1,500 feet. One runway, 1,500 feet long. Stone walls to the north and south of field. No service facilities.
Newport – Albert N. Parlin Field, auxiliary. Located 1.5 miles north of Newport center on east bank of Sugar River, and west of Colt Mountain. Altitude, 800 feet. Two runways, measuring 3,000 and 1,800 feet. “Newport, N.H.” on hangar roof. Hangar mechanic and aviation fuel, days only.
North Conway – White Mountain Airport, commercial. Located three miles north of town center between highway and railroad. Altitude, 500 feet. One runway, 1,800 feet long. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Plymouth – Plymouth Airport, commercial. Located three miles south-east of city, just east of Pemigewasset River. Altitude, 470 feet. Aviation fuel – day only.
Portsmouth – Lafayette Airport, commercial. located 1.4 miles south-west of city on Lafayette Road. Altitude, 25 feet. Hangar building. Marsh and creek to the east. Aircraft service facilities – days only.
Twin Mountain – Twin Mountain Airport, auxiliary. Within city limits, .5 mile south of post office on U. S. highway No. 3. Altitude, 1,495 feet. One runway, 2,000 feet long. Mechanic, aviation fuel – day only.
Whitefield – Whitefield Airport, auxiliary. Located 2.5 miles east of town center. Altitude, 1,000 feet. No services.
Winchester – Winchester Airport, auxiliary. Located one mile south-east of city; five miles east of Connecticut River. Altitude, 490 feet. One runway, 1,900 feet long. No aircraft facilities.
Vintage Hillsgrove Airport Postcard.
Today known as T.F. Green State Airport – Warwick, R.I.
Middletown/Newport – Newport Airport, commercial. Located 3.3 miles north of city. Altitude, 85 feet. “Newport Airport” on hangar. Limited repair facilities, aviation fuel – day only. (Airport is actually located in Middletown, R.I.)
Newport – Seaplane base, U. S. Naval Air Depot. Located 2 miles west of Newport Airport, on Gould Island in Narragansett Bay. Runway available for taxing amphibians to ramp. Buoy available for mooring seaplanes. Magazine on east side of island filled with high explosives. Aviation fuel and service on emergency basis only.
North Smithfield – Montgomery Field. Located off Mendon Road near the Woonsocket city line. Altitude, 162 feet. Two runways, measuring 1,700 feet, and 1,400 feet. “Woonsocket” on hangar roof, but airport was in town of North Smithfield. Hangar measured 50 by 60 feet. Aviation fuel, oil, repairs, and telephone available.
Pawtucket – What Cheer Airport, commercial. Located 5.5 miles north of the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Providence, on land between Manton St. and Newport Avenue in the city of Pawtucket, extending into the neighboring city of East Providence. Three runways, measuring 3,200, 3,000, and 2,600 feet. 60 by 60 ft. hangar, with name of airport illuminated on front. (What Cheer Airport closed in 1934.)
Providence – Providence Airport, commercial. Located six miles south-east from center of city. (Airport was actually located in the town of Seekonk, Massachusetts.) Altitude, 25, feet. “Providence Airport” on hangar. Aircraft service facilities – days only.
South Kingstown/Quonset Point – State Camp grounds, auxiliary. Located 3.5 miles from village of Wickford, R.I.. Altitude, 10 feet. No service facilities. Became a major naval base during WWII.
The original hangar at the Smithfield R.I. Airport which opened in 1932. Bryant University now occupies this land.
Smithfield – Smithfield Airport, commercial. Was located in the area where the football stadium is at present-day Bryant University. Two runways, 2,000 and 1,500 feet long. “Smithfield Airport” on hangar. Aircraft service facilities – day only. Altitude, 580 feet.
Tiverton – Miltex Field, privately owned. Located two miles south-east of Fall River, Mass. Altitude, 250 feet. Landing area flood lights. Hangar and fuel open during the day.
Warwick – Buttonwoods Field, auxiliary. Located on Greenwich Bay in Buttonwoods section of the city. Altitude, 10 feet. Open for seaplanes. No service facilities.
Warwick – Hillsgrove Airport – owned by state of R.I. Is today known as T.F. Green Airport. (The main airport in the state.)
Westerly – Atlantic Airport, commercial. Located 9 miles east of downtown Westerly. Name and wind-cone on 40 by 60 foot hangar. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Woonsocket – Woonsocket Airport, auxiliary. Located 2 miles north-east of center of downtown Woonsocket. Altitude, 400 feet. Four runways, measuring 2,400, 2,000, 1,800, and 1,500 feet long. “Woonsocket Airport” on hangar. No aircraft service facilities.
Old Postcard View Of Burlington Airport
Burlington – Burlington Airport, municipal. “Burlington” on hangar. Two runways, both 4,000 feet long. 24-hour aircraft service facilities.
Forth Ethan Allen – Fort Ethan Allen Field, owned by U. S. Army. Located five miles north-east of Burlington. Altitude, 200 feet. “Fort Ethan Allen” on roof of building. Radio towers to the north-east and buildings around field. No aircraft service facilities. Radio communication station operated by the army, WUX, operating on frequency of 200kc.
Manchester – Equinox Airport, commercial. Located one mile east; and .5 mile north of lumber mill; 1/4 mile east of Rutland Railroad and Battenki River; east of Equinox Mountain. Altitude, 700 feet. One runway, 1,600 feet long. “Manchester Airport” on field. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Middlebury – Middlebury Airport, auxiliary. Located 2.5 miles south-east of town center. Altitude, 336 feet. One runway, 1,750 feet long. No aircraft service facilities.
Milton – Schill Airport, commercial. Located 2 miles south-west of center of town. Two runways, measuring 1,600 and 1,550 feet. “Schill Airport” on hangar. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Montpelier – Barre-Montpelier Airport, commercial. Located four miles south of Montpelier; three miles west of Barre. Altitude, 1,100 feet. “Barre-Montpelier” on hangar roof. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
Rutland – Rutland City Airport, commercial. Located 3/4 of a mile south-west of city; Otter Creek to the east. Altitude, 600 feet. Two grass runways, measuring 1,600 and 1,500 feet. “Rutland City Airport” on building. Hangar and aviation fuel – day only.
Springfield – Hartness Airport, municipal. Located four miles north-west of North Springfield, and half-way on compass course between Boston, mass., and Burlington, Vermont. Altitude, 600 feet. Five runways, measuring 1,660, 1,170, 1,616, 1,325, and 1,200 feet. “Springfield, Vermont” on hangar. Hangar and aviation fuel – day only.
Swanton – Missiquoi Airport, municipal. (Temporary air port of entry) Located one and one-eighth miles north-east of Swanton. Altitude, 300 feet. Two gravel runways, each measuring 2,000 feet long. “M” embedded in circle on field. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
White River Junction – Twin State Airport, commercial. Located one mile south-west of White River Junction. Altitude, 400 feet. Two runways, measuring 2,000 and 1,500 feet. “Twin State Airport” on hangar roof. Aircraft service facilities – day only.
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Editorial: Create a watchdog to protecting our aquifer
Rich Kniff of Suffolk County Water Authority opens a hydrant in the Summerfield community to test the pressure of water flow in case of fire in Holtsville, NY. Credit: Joel Cairo, 2009
We walk on water every day on Long Island. The water we use to drink, to bathe, to grow our lawns, to irrigate our farms, all comes from beneath our feet. We live on top of a vast sole-source aquifer, and protecting its purity and its availability must be a top priority for our region.
But whose job is that?
The Island's roughly 50 water suppliers can't do a lot to protect the water in our multilayered aquifer. Their job is to find it, pump it, filter it if necessary, and deliver it. They can issue water conservation alerts at times -- such as the peak summer months -- when people use a lot more water and may endanger the pressure needed for firefighting. But their job is to sell water, not to persuade people not to use it.
The Suffolk County Water Authority, the Island's largest water utility, monitors land-use decisions that might endanger its wells, and makes recommendations to those who control zoning. But it's not responsible for the whole aquifer. The authority is one member of the Long Island Water Conference, whose members meet fairly regularly, but are in no real sense a legislative body responsible for the aquifer. What we need is a Nassau-Suffolk entity that can take that responsibility on.
Now, the Suffolk County Water Authority is proposing to create something that would fill the void: the Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection. It's not a costly new bureaucracy, the authority promises -- and backs up that promise by volunteering to do staff work for the commission.
Rather, it would pull together representatives of the providers, along with technical experts, such as the U.S. Geological Survey. The 11 voting members would meet quarterly, build on existing studies, watch trends, create a State of the Aquifer report and update it annually, and draw up a regional comprehensive water plan.
This resource is so precious, so endangered by pollutants, so crucial to our future, that establishing a regional entity to watch over it makes excellent sense. Once the bills are introduced, both county legislatures should act to bring this commission into being.
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Peter Weir: NI schools funding crisis can’t be solved with no minister in place
Peter Weir said some schools could need to be closed and others amalgamated to solve long-term problems
Niall Deeney
Published: 15:52 Monday 22 July 2019
The funding crisis facing Northern Ireland schools can’t be solved without “political direction” for long-term changes, former education minister Peter Weir has said.
Mr Weir was speaking after a committee at Westminster said the lack of money is having a devastating impact on schools .
Peter Weir was education minister when Stormont collapsed in 2017
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee published the results of an inquiry into education yesterday, and called for Secretary of State Karen Bradley to inject more money into the school system.
But DUP MLA Mr Weir told the News Letter that while more money is required “immediately” the funding crisis requires more long-term changes that can’t be made without an elected minister.
The Strangford MLA, who was the last education minister in place at Stormont before the collapse of the Assembly, said: “There is both a short-term crisis and a long-term crisis.
“You need some level of financial support injected more or less immediately, or at least within a very short period of time.
“But you also need long-term solutions because we will require changes to our structures of education and the provision of schools right throughout the community.
“But that’s not going to have an impact immediately so we need a mixture of some immediate funding combined with some level of reform.”
Mr Weir believes some of those long-term changes, which could include closing schools and amalgamating others, require a minister to give “political direction”.
“If you’re going to take those larger, strategic decisions then there needs to be political direction for that and political cover for changes such as closing schools.
“That’s why we (the DUP) didn’t want to bring the Assembly down and why we’re ready to go back tomorrow with no preconditions.
“But it’s not just in the schools, it’s in health and other areas.”
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Namibia Rare Earths Initiates Environmental Impact Study for Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project
Namibia Rare Earths Inc.
Jul 13, 2015, 12:22 ET
HALIFAX, July 13, 2015 /CNW/ - Namibia Rare Earths Inc. ("Namibia Rare Earths" or the "Company") (TSX:NRE) (OTCQX:NMREF) is pleased to provide the following update on the Lofdal Heavy Rare Earth Project in Namibia. Following the release of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") on November 14, 2014 the Company has focused its operations in Namibia on baseline environmental monitoring in support of the planned Environmental Impact Assessment, continuing metallurgical studies to improve concentrate grades and recoveries, and modest geological field programs to support future drilling to increase mineral resources. From a corporate perspective, the Company continues to evaluate qualified technical or financial partners to advance development of Lofdal through to feasibility and mine development. Management and the Board are cognizant of difficult market conditions and have undertaken steps to minimize administrative costs and overhead to ensure funding to support the approved project activities over the next 12-24 months.
The Company has selected SLR Environmental Consulting (Namibia) (Pty) Limited ("SLR Namibia") as the lead consulting group for completion of the Environmental Impact Assessment ("EIA") by the third quarter 2016. The EIA will be submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in support of an application to the Ministry of Mines and Energy for a Mining Licence in 2016. SLR is an international environmental consultancy with an expanding network of offices in Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific and Africa with 1,100 employees. SLR Namibia has been associated with significant mine development projects in Namibia including Swakop Uranium (Husab uranium mine), Paladin Energy (Langer Heinrich uranium mine) and B2 Gold (Otjikoto gold mine).
Initial baseline environmental reports have already been completed for archaeological, invertebrate, vertebrate and vegetation studies by independent Namibian experts. Baseline monitoring equipment and programs for the collection of all required meteorological and radiometric data have been implemented (Figure 1). A groundwater monitoring program has also been initiated comprising regular sampling of existing farm wells and from planned monitoring holes which will be completed by the end of the July. The EIA will utilize and update these reports and will include a radiological impact assessment to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and to develop an appropriate Environmental Management Plan ("EMP") for the proposed mine development at Lofdal.
Metallurgical Studies
The PEA provided an economic assessment of the project based on the beneficiation of the Lofdal run-of-mine feed to 20% TREO mineral concentrate grade with an overall recovery of 64%. Beneficiation comprised upfront coarse crush and sorting with x-ray transmission sorters followed by fine grinding to magnetic separation, flotation and gangue acid leaching. This mineral concentrate would then be subjected to "cracking" in a hydrometallurgical plant to remove thorium and uranium to provide an acceptable mixed rare earth oxide product for separation. On-going testwork at Mintek in South Africa and at Nagrom in Australia has indicated the sensitivity of the flow sheet to increased levels of ankerite (iron carbonate) with calcite which can diminish the effectiveness of the magnetic separation stage. Additional sample has been provided to Nagrom to produce sufficient magnetic concentrate which will be utilized to optimize flotation to maintain the target 20% TREO grade in the presence of ankerite-rich ore. The objective is to develop a robust flow sheet that can mitigate fluctuations in ankerite/calcite ratios in the gangue. The test work will focus on the selective flotation of xenotime in the presence of carbonates and will be conducted by Kwan Wong a post-graduate of the University of Melbourne in primary metallurgy and mineral processing and principal of KYSPYmet Mineral Processing Consultants. During his career of over 50 years as a practising metallurgist, Dr. Wong has worked in CSIRO, Mt Gunson Mines and Amdel. He was the Managing Director/Consulting Metallurgist of Optimet Laboratories which was acquired by AMMTEC. Dr. Wong has extended his specialization to non-metallic and industrial minerals, particularly rare earth oxide ores, and over the past twenty years has worked on eight rare earth oxide ore development projects covering Australian and overseas deposits.
The PEA also recommended that a larger bulk sample be collected to provide a more representative sample. A 7.8 tonne sample has been collected from a series of thirteen trenches covering the 600 meter strike length of the 43-101 Area 4 resource. This sample will be utilized for future metallurgical studies including both XRT and XRF sorting. Recent test work on Lofdal samples provided to RADOS in South Africa has confirmed the potential of XRF sorting to effectively upgrade run of mine at a cut-off of 0.2% TREO. This offers the potential to consider primary XRF sorting or to use XRF sorting as a scavenger following XRT sorting which has demonstrated a potential for 90% recovery of the rare earths.
Geological Field Programs
The PEA has proposed development of Lofdal as a 2,500 tpd mining operation which with the current available 43-101 mineral resources (Table 1) would provide a 7.25 year life of mine ("LOM"). This current mineral resource is contained in an open pit with a 600 meter strike length to a maximum vertical depth of 200 meters. One of the fundamental objectives in the development of Lofdal is to increase the mineral resource base to provide sufficient mineable reserves to support a minimum 15 year LOM. This will require additional drilling and the geological field programs have therefore been focused on delineating those areas with the potential to provide those additional resources.
Table 1 – Mineral Resources1 for the Area 4 Deposit
within the >0.1% TREO Envelope with effective date 31 July 2012
Indicated Mineral Resource
LREO
HREO
%TREO
Inferred Mineral Resource
1 Mineral resources which are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability
At Area 4 the potential to expand resources at depth has already been demonstrated by previous exploration drilling which has intersected the mineralized structure to a vertical of over 300 meters. Geological mapping, rock sampling and surveys of nine new trenches with handheld XRF and radiometric instruments has demonstrated the potential to expand the strike length of Area 4 mineral resource an additional 200-300 meters to the west (Figure 2). Channel samples are currently being taken from the trenches to confirm grades and widths of the potential strike extension. A drilling program can then be developed to expand the resource at depth and along strike to the west with sufficient drill density to upgrade the mineral resource into the measured and indicated categories for purposes of conversion to mineral reserves for a Prefeasibility Study.
Corporate Update
The corporate objective remains to bring in a qualified technical or financial partner to participate in the development of Lofdal in exchange for the provision of funding for prefeasibility and feasibility level studies, which would include the above mentioned drilling program to develop a minimum 15 year LOM project. The Company has signed a number of confidentiality agreements with interested parties to further this objective. Market conditions for the resource sector in general, and rare earths in particular remain difficult. In order to safeguard the project in the interim, significant cost saving measures have been implemented on both an administrative and operational level to allow the critical path objectives of the EIA and metallurgical test work programs to progress.
Donald M. Burton, P.Geo. and President of Namibia Rare Earths Inc., is the Company's Qualified Person and has reviewed and approved this press release.
About Namibia Rare Earths Inc.
Namibia Rare Earths Inc. is developing a portfolio of mineral exploration projects in Namibia and is currently focused on the accelerated development of the Lofdal Rare Earths Project. The common shares of Namibia Rare Earths Inc. trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "NRE" and in the United States on the OTCQX International under the symbol "NMREF".
No regulatory authority had approved or disapproved the adequacy or accuracy of this release. The foregoing information may contain forward-looking information relating to the future performance of Namibia Rare Earths Inc. Forward-looking information, specifically, that concerning future performance, is subject to certain risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the appropriate securities commissions.
SOURCE Namibia Rare Earths Inc.
PDF available at: http://stream1.newswire.ca/media/2015/07/13/20150713_C7335_PDF_EN_443635.pdf
For further information: Namibia Rare Earths Inc., Don Burton, President, Tel: +01 (902) 835-8760, Fax: +01 (902) 835-8761, Email: [email protected], Web site: www.NamibiaRareEarths.com; Cowen Securities LLC, (Principal American Liaison), OTCQX International Market (U.S.), Christopher Weekes / Stephen Nash, Tel: +1 (212)-372-5766
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Rossi 1 Megawatt Energy Catalyzer is a failure after 3 years of testing by Industrial Heat
Brian Wang | April 9, 2016 |
A lawsuit has been filed by Andrea Rossi and Leonardo Corporation against Industrial Heat. Industrial Heat rejects the claims in the suit. They are without merit and we are prepared to vigorously defend ourselves against this action. Industrial Heat has worked for over three years to substantiate the results claimed by Mr. Rossi from the E-Cat technology – all without success.
Leonardo Corporation and Mr. Rossi also have repeatedly breached their agreements. At the conclusion of these proceedings we are confident that the claims of Mr. Rossi and Leonardo Corporation will be rejected.
Although there does seem to be solid evidence of low levels of excess heat from cold fusion, the larger claims of commercial levels of energy seem to clearly be fraudulent.
Rossi is suingRaleigh investors Thomas Darden and JT Vaughn, along with their companies, investment firm Cherokee Investment Partners and clean-tech startup Industrial Heat., Rossi alleges both the venture and its investors owe him $89 million for a cold-fusion invention he insists he’s validated.
At the heart of the suit is a controversial invention Rossi calls the “Energy Catalyzer” or “E-Cat,” a black box he claims generates a low energy nuclear reaction – cold fusion. If it works, it’s a cheaper, greener way to generate a huge amount of energy, no coal plant required.
In the suit filed Tuesday, Rossi claims Darden and Vaughn contacted him in 2012 about licensing his science for $100.5 million.
According to the complaint, the sum of $1.5 million was to be paid upon the execution of the license agreement, with $10 million to be paid upon successful completion of a 24-hour validation test. Rossi further claims that the remaining $89 million would be paid after a 350-day test period, with both tests to be performed by independent experts. Darden and Vaughn created a company to research the technology, Raleigh-based Industrial Heat.
Both the licensing payment and the first test fee were paid and in 2013 an E-Cat Unit was delivered to a Raleigh facility to prepare for the final test, the suit alleges. That’s where Rossi says the deal started to sour, with Industrial Heat’s alleged “inability or failure to secure an adequate facility” where the test could be completed, preventing him from completing that final milestone in accordance with the initial agreement.
In late 2015, Industrial Heat is expanding its operations into a 20,000-square-foot lab space in Cary, North Carolina
SOURCES – NC Triangle Biz Journals, PR Newswire
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Nextiva Takes an Environmental Leadership Position by Joining Carbonfund.org's CarbonFree® Program
Tempe, AZ (February 24, 2009)
Nextiva announced today that it is partnering with Carbonfund.org, the country's leading nonprofit climate solutions organization. By joining Carbonfund.org's CarbonFree® Partner program, Nextiva has joined a national movement of environmentally responsible businesses and organizations that are leading the fight against global warming, and establishes Nextiva as the environmental leader in the small business VoIP communications industry.
Carbonfund.org's CarbonFree® partner program supports verified renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation projects in the U.S. and abroad to reduce CO2 pollution and help hasten our transition to a clean energy future.
This relationship will serve to further promote and enhance Nextiva's commitment to environmental principles and sustainability. Nextiva uses eco-effective technology in its data centers, recently launched a paperless fax product, created an internal recycling program, and has assigned Nextiva Green Team Members in each department to further incorporate environmentally conscious business practices.
"Consumer interest in socially responsible business practices has never been higher, but for us going green isn't just smart business; it's an opportunity for a positive global impact. Nextiva aims to be the industry leader in environmental performance." said T. Griffin Conrad, the CEO and president of Nextiva. "We hope to be only the first of many in our industry committing to progressive policies of environmental stewardship."
Carbonfund.org's Ivan Chan said, "Nextiva is demonstrating initiative and responsibility in the fight on global warming by becoming a CarbonFree® Partner. In the process, Nextiva is supporting Carbonfund.org's third-party verified projects to reduce carbon emissions."
About Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org is the country's leading nonprofit climate solutions organization, making it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact. Carbon offsets enable individuals and businesses to reduce carbon dioxide emissions they are responsible for in their everyday lives by supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects where they are most cost effective. Carbonfund.org works with over 1,000 corporate and nonprofit partners including Discovery, Volkswagen, Motorola, Orbitz, Amtrak, Staples, and JetBlue.
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Jive Software's new owner breaks up the business
Less than three months after Jive Software's sale, its new owners sold off one of its two core products.
Texas-based Aurea on Tuesday sold the Jive-x social marketing product to a San Francisco company called Lithium Technologies. The companies didn't disclose how much Lithium paid.
"We expect certain Jive employees to join Lithium when the transaction closes, as well as over the weeks and months to follow," Lithium said in a written statement.
Jive-x is one of Jive's two main product lines. It enables communities of customers around products or brands for customer service, purchasing and product research.
Jive's best-known product is called Jive-n, which uses social media technology to encourage collaboration among a company's employees.
"Aurea's intent following the acquisition of Jive Software was to 'fork and focus' - establishing separate strategies for the Jive-n and Jive-x businesses based on the different customer needs that exist in each of those markets," Aurea chief executive Scott Brighton wrote in a note to customers, outlining a strategy his company hadn't previously articulated.
Though based in California, Jive's largest site is in downtown Portland, its onetime headquarters. The company helped kick off a high-tech renaissance in the city focused on software and social media.
Aurea completed its $462 million purchase of Jive in June.
Jive once employed upward of 200 people in Portland, but after a 2016 layoff and an exodus following the company's sale, its workforce has fallen considerably. Jive and Aurea haven't said how many local employees remain.
This article has been updated Wednesday with additional comment from Aurea and its note to customers.
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https://www.ourmidland.com/opinion/editorials/article/Sutherland-Consider-two-articles-and-find-deeper-6970175.php
Sutherland: Consider two articles and find deeper meaning
By Jan Sutherland
Published 6:30 am EDT, Sunday, June 3, 2012
Even the Midland Daily News is capable of irony -- but not intentionally, I think.
At the bottom of page 11 in the Sunday paper ran two stories as disparate as they come, but connected by the words food and distributor, with two fully different effects and meanings.
The first article highlighted Dave Camp for receiving the Thomas Jefferson Award from the International Foodservice Distributors Association.
"...Camp's votes in the 112th Congress demonstrate a belief in the free market system and commitment to stimulating economic growth through strengthening the private sector." The award is to "thank legislators who stand true to the ideals of Thomas Jefferson by working to protect America's businesses and reducing the amount of government in our economy."
The article below announced that the Midland County Emergency Food Pantry Network would be distributing food at Trinity Lutheran Church.
This program helps those in need by providing supplemental food at no cost.
How funny, I thought. Simply change a few words in the top article, and food and distribution take on a meaning with much more depth and importance.
Consider these words for a different kind of Jefferson award that I would give. Call it the "Jan Sutherland Can We Have a Reality Check on the Effects of the Recent Economic Melt Down and How Our Founding Father Thomas Jefferson Must Be Turning in His Grave Right Now Because Every Industry Abuses and Misuses His Name Award."
A bit wordy, yes, but here is the reworded paragraph:
"The Midland County Emergency Food Pantry Network demonstrates a belief in the worth of every American citizen and commitment to stimulating bodily health and growth through strengthening the private sector by distributing food. Let's thank those volunteers who stand true to the ideals of the Gospel message by working to protect families, and especially children, from hunger and increasing the involvement of everyday people by making them aware of where our government falls short of supporting its most vulnerable citizens."
How ironic that Mr. Camp received an award in the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, when every vote made to defund and wreck regulation and oversight of industry by government has weakened and stymied the very rights and spirit of the American worker, each one who was viewed by Jefferson as an important individual necessary to the health and welfare of our great nation.
Jan Sutherland is a Midland resident.
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Freeland golfers take seventh at state for best finish in school history
Published 9:00 am EDT, Sunday, October 21, 2012
EAST LANSING — Freeland took seventh place for its best finish in school history Saturday at the Division 4 state golf finals at Michigan State University’s Forest Akers West Course.
The Falcons shaved 20 strokes off of their Friday score to cap their performance with a 411 on Saturday that gave them a two-day total of 842.
Tara Padgett led Freeland with a 97 on Saturday, while Janna Brown had a 99, Mollie Daly had a 107, Kaitie Morrissey had a 108 and Tori Argyle had a 120.
Padgett had a two-day total of 202, while Morrissey followed with a 206, Brown had a 212, Daly had a 226 and Argyle had a 235.
“I think we probably had one of the top five or six (team) scores for the day, which made the kids feel better,” said Freeland coach Mike Ritt of bouncing back from a tough opening. “To jump up one place and finish seventh, which was our best finish ever, is a lot to be proud of.
“Tara improved her score from yesterday by eight strokes, and our other senior, Mollie Daly, improved hers by 12 strokes,” he added. “Both felt like they should have played better, but to improve that much from one day to the next, I was really happy for them.”
Freeland reached the finals for the second consecutive season and the fourth time in five years after winning its fifth straight Tri-Valley Conference championship.
Lansing Catholic won the state title with rounds of 344 and 341 for a combined 685 that was 64 strokes better than runner-up Kalamazoo Hackett’s score.
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Bravo makes return, named in T20I squad for Ireland series
Outlook January 13, 2020 09:36 IST Bravo makes return, named in T20I squad for Ireland series
St. George''s (Grenada), Jan 13 (IANS) West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who came out of international retirement in December last year, has been named in the T20I squad for the three-match series against Ireland.
Bravo, a two-time ICC World T20 winner, last played at the international level against Pakistan in the UAE in September, 2016.
"Dwayne Bravo was recalled with the specific intention of bolstering our ''death'' bowling which was identified as an area that really needs improving. His record in this department speaks for itself. He will also be able to act as a mentor to the other ''death'' bowlers and lend his experience wherever needed," Selector Roger Harper said.
The 36-year-old has played 270 matches for West Indies across all three formats. In T20Is he has made 66 appearances with an impressive record of 52 wickets and 1,142 runs.
Apart from Bravo, Windies have also recalled all-rounder Rovman Powell. "Rovman Powell is a genuine all-rounder who we believe can add impetus and up the strike rate at the back-end of the innings," said Harper.
The 26-year-old Powell has played 34 ODIs and 23 T20Is since his debut in November 2016.
While Fabian Allen and Keemo Paul weren''t considered because of injury, Jason Holder has been rested for the series keeping his workload in mind.
The first match of the series will be played at the Grenada National Stadium on Wednesday.
West Indies squad: Kieron Pollard (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Khary Pierre, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Lendl Simmons, Hayden Walsh, Kesrick Williams
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Chapter XIII.
Chapter XIV.
Chapter XV.
Chapter XVI.
Chapter XVII.
Chapter XVIII.
Chapter XIX.
Chapter XX.
Chapter XXI.
Chapter XXII.
Chapter XXIII.
Chapter XXIV.
Chapter XXV.
Chapter XXVI.
Chapter XXVII.
Chapter XXVIII.
Chapter XXX.
Chapter XXXI.
Chapter XXXII.
Chapter XXXIII.
Chapter XXXIV.
Chapter XXXV.
Chapter XXXVI.
Chapter XXXVII.
Chapter XXXVIII.
Chapter XXXIX.
Chapter XL.
Chapter XLI.
Chapter XLII.
Chapter XLIII.
Chapter XLIV.
Chapter XLV.
Chapter XLVI.
Chapter XLVII.
Chapter XLVIII.
Chapter XLIX.
Chapter L.
Chapter LI.
Chapter LII.
Chapter LIII.
Chapter LIV.
Chapter LV.
Chapter LVI.
Chapter LVII.
Chapter LVIII.
Chapter LIX.
Chapter LX.
Chapter LXI.
Chapter LXII.
Chapter LXIII.
Chapter LXIV.
Chapter LXV.
Chapter LXVI.
Chapter LXVII.
Chapter LXVIII.
Chapter LXIX.
Chapter LXX.
Chapter LXXI.
Chapter LXXII.
Chapter LXXIII.
Chapter LXXIV.
Chapter LXXV.
Chapter LXXVI.
Chapter LXXVII.
Chapter LXXVIII.
Chapter LXXIX.
Chapter LXXX.
Chapter LXXXI.
Chapter LXXXII.
Chapter LXXXIII.
Chapter LXXXIV.
Chapter LXXXV.
Chapter LXXXVI.
Chapter LXXXVII.
Chapter LXXXVIII.
Chapter LXXXIX.
Chapter XC.
Chapter XCI.
Chapter XCII.
Chapter XCIII.
Chapter XCIV.
Chapter XCV.
Chapter XCVI.
Chapter XCVII.
Chapter XCVIII.
Chapter XCIX.
Chapter C.
Chapter CI.
Chapter CII.
Chapter CIII.
Chapter CIV.
Chapter CV.
Chapter CVI.
Chapter CVII.
Chapter CVIII.
Chapter CIX.
Chapter CX.
Chapter CXI.
Chapter CXII.
Chapter CXIII.
Chapter CXIV.
Chapter CXV.
Chapter CXVI.
Chapter CXVII.
Chapter CXVIII.
Chapter CXIX.
Chapter CXX.
Chapter CXXI.
Chapter CXXII.
Philip expected to find a letter from Norah when he got back to his rooms, but there was nothing; nor did he receive one the following morning. The silence irritated and at the same time alarmed him. They had seen one another every day he had been in London since the previous June; and it must seem odd to her that he should let two days go by without visiting her or offering a reason for his absence; he wondered whether by an unlucky chance she had seen him with Mildred. He could not bear to think that she was hurt or unhappy, and he made up his mind to call on her that afternoon. He was almost inclined to reproach her because he had allowed himself to get on such intimate terms with her. The thought of continuing them filled him with disgust.
He found two rooms for Mildred on the second floor of a house in the Vauxhall Bridge Road. They were noisy, but he knew that she liked the rattle of traffic under her windows.
"I don't like a dead and alive street where you don't see a soul pass all day," she said. "Give me a bit of life."
Then he forced himself to go to Vincent Square. He was sick with apprehension when he rang the bell. He had an uneasy sense that he was treating Norah badly; he dreaded reproaches; he knew she had a quick temper, and he hated scenes: perhaps the best way would be to tell her frankly that Mildred had come back to him and his love for her was as violent as it had ever been; he was very sorry, but he had nothing to offer Norah any more. Then he thought of her anguish, for he knew she loved him; it had flattered him before, and he was immensely grateful; but now it was horrible. She had not deserved that he should inflict pain upon her. He asked himself how she would greet him now, and as he walked up the stairs all possible forms of her behaviour flashed across his mind. He knocked at the door. He felt that he was pale, and wondered how to conceal his nervousness.
She was writing away industriously, but she sprang to her feet as he entered.
"I recognised your step," she cried. "Where have you been hiding yourself, you naughty boy?"
She came towards him joyfully and put her arms round his neck. She was delighted to see him. He kissed her, and then, to give himself countenance, said he was dying for tea. She bustled the fire to make the kettle boil.
"I've been awfully busy," he said lamely.
She began to chatter in her bright way, telling him of a new commission she had to provide a novelette for a firm which had not hitherto employed her. She was to get fifteen guineas for it.
"It's money from the clouds. I'll tell you what we'll do, we'll stand ourselves a little jaunt. Let's go and spend a day at Oxford, shall we? I'd love to see the colleges."
He looked at her to see whether there was any shadow of reproach in her eyes; but they were as frank and merry as ever: she was overjoyed to see him. His heart sank. He could not tell her the brutal truth. She made some toast for him, and cut it into little pieces, and gave it him as though he were a child.
"Is the brute fed?" she asked.
He nodded, smiling; and she lit a cigarette for him. Then, as she loved to do, she came and sat on his knees. She was very light. She leaned back in his arms with a sigh of delicious happiness.
"Say something nice to me," she murmured.
"What shall I say?"
"You might by an effort of imagination say that you rather liked me."
"You know I do that."
He had not the heart to tell her then. He would give her peace at all events for that day, and perhaps he might write to her. That would be easier. He could not bear to think of her crying. She made him kiss her, and as he kissed her he thought of Mildred and Mildred's pale, thin lips. The recollection of Mildred remained with him all the time, like an incorporated form, but more substantial than a shadow; and the sight continually distracted his attention.
"You're very quiet today," Norah said.
Her loquacity was a standing joke between them, and he answered:
"You never let me get a word in, and I've got out of the habit of talking."
"But you're not listening, and that's bad manners."
He reddened a little, wondering whether she had some inkling of his secret; he turned away his eyes uneasily. The weight of her irked him this afternoon, and he did not want her to touch him.
"My foot's gone to sleep," he said.
"I'm so sorry," she cried, jumping up. "I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees."
He went through an elaborate form of stamping his foot and walking about. Then he stood in front of the fire so that she should not resume her position. While she talked he thought that she was worth ten of Mildred; she amused him much more and was jollier to talk to; she was cleverer, and she had a much nicer nature. She was a good, brave, honest little woman; and Mildred, he thought bitterly, deserved none of these epithets. If he had any sense he would stick to Norah, she would make him much happier than he would ever be with Mildred: after all she loved him, and Mildred was only grateful for his help. But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved; and he yearned for Mildred with his whole soul. He would sooner have ten minutes with her than a whole afternoon with Norah, he prized one kiss of her cold lips more than all Norah could give him.
"I can't help myself," he thought. "I've just got her in my bones."
He did not care if she was heartless, vicious and vulgar, stupid and grasping, he loved her. He would rather have misery with the one than happiness with the other.
When he got up to go Norah said casually:
"Well, I shall see you tomorrow, shan't I?"
"Yes," he answered.
He knew that he would not be able to come, since he was going to help Mildred with her moving, but he had not the courage to say so. He made up his mind that he would send a wire. Mildred saw the rooms in the morning, was satisfied with them, and after luncheon Philip went up with her to Highbury. She had a trunk for her clothes and another for the various odds and ends, cushions, lampshades, photograph frames, with which she had tried to give the apartments a home-like air; she had two or three large cardboard boxes besides, but in all there was no more than could be put on the roof of a four-wheeler. As they drove through Victoria Street Philip sat well back in the cab in case Norah should happen to be passing. He had not had an opportunity to telegraph and could not do so from the post office in the Vauxhall Bridge Road, since she would wonder what he was doing in that neighbourhood; and if he was there he could have no excuse for not going into the neighbouring square where she lived. He made up his mind that he had better go in and see her for half an hour; but the necessity irritated him: he was angry with Norah, because she forced him to vulgar and degrading shifts. But he was happy to be with Mildred. It amused him to help her with the unpacking; and he experienced a charming sense of possession in installing her in these lodgings which he had found and was paying for. He would not let her exert herself. It was a pleasure to do things for her, and she had no desire to do what somebody else seemed desirous to do for her. He unpacked her clothes and put them away. She was not proposing to go out again, so he got her slippers and took off her boots. It delighted him to perform menial offices.
"You do spoil me," she said, running her fingers affectionately through his hair, while he was on his knees unbuttoning her boots.
He took her hands and kissed them.
"It is nipping to have you here."
He arranged the cushions and the photograph frames. She had several jars of green earthenware.
"I'll get you some flowers for them," he said.
He looked round at his work proudly.
"As I'm not going out any more I think I'll get into a tea-gown," she said. "Undo me behind, will you?"
She turned round as unconcernedly as though he were a woman. His sex meant nothing to her. But his heart was filled with gratitude for the intimacy her request showed. He undid the hooks and eyes with clumsy fingers.
"That first day I came into the shop I never thought I'd be doing this for you now," he said, with a laugh which he forced.
"Somebody must do it," she answered.
She went into the bed-room and slipped into a pale blue tea-gown decorated with a great deal of cheap lace. Then Philip settled her on a sofa and made tea for her.
"I'm afraid I can't stay and have it with you," he said regretfully. "I've got a beastly appointment. But I shall be back in half an hour."
He wondered what he should say if she asked him what the appointment was, but she showed no curiosity. He had ordered dinner for the two of them when he took the rooms, and proposed to spend the evening with her quietly. He was in such a hurry to get back that he took a tram along the Vauxhall Bridge Road. He thought he had better break the fact to Norah at once that he could not stay more than a few minutes.
"I say, I've got only just time to say how d'you do," he said, as soon as he got into her rooms. "I'm frightfully busy."
Her face fell.
"Why, what's the matter?"
It exasperated him that she should force him to tell lies, and he knew that he reddened when he answered that there was a demonstration at the hospital which he was bound to go to. He fancied that she looked as though she did not believe him, and this irritated him all the more.
"Oh, well, it doesn't matter," she said. "I shall have you all tomorrow."
He looked at her blankly. It was Sunday, and he had been looking forward to spending the day with Mildred. He told himself that he must do that in common decency; he could not leave her by herself in a strange house.
"I'm awfully sorry, I'm engaged tomorrow."
He knew this was the beginning of a scene which he would have given anything to avoid. The colour on Norah's cheeks grew brighter.
"But I've asked the Gordons to lunch"--they were an actor and his wife who were touring the provinces and in London for Sunday--"I told you about it a week ago."
"I'm awfully sorry, I forgot." He hesitated. "I'm afraid I can't possibly come. Isn't there somebody else you can get?"
"What are you doing tomorrow then?"
"I wish you wouldn't cross-examine me."
"Don't you want to tell me?"
"I don't in the least mind telling you, but it's rather annoying to be forced to account for all one's movements."
Norah suddenly changed. With an effort of self-control she got the better of her temper, and going up to him took his hands.
"Don't disappoint me tomorrow, Philip, I've been looking forward so much to spending the day with you. The Gordons want to see you, and we'll have such a jolly time."
"I'd love to if I could."
"I'm not very exacting, am I? I don't often ask you to do anything that's a bother. Won't you get out of your horrid engagement--just this once?"
"I'm awfully sorry, I don't see how I can," he replied sullenly.
"Tell me what it is," she said coaxingly.
He had had time to invent something. "Griffiths' two sisters are up for the week-end and we're taking them out."
"Is that all?" she said joyfully. "Griffiths can so easily get another man."
He wished he had thought of something more urgent than that. It was a clumsy lie.
"No, I'm awfully sorry, I can't--I've promised and I mean to keep my promise."
"But you promised me too. Surely I come first."
"I wish you wouldn't persist," he said.
She flared up.
"You won't come because you don't want to. I don't know what you've been doing the last few days, you've been quite different."
He looked at his watch.
"I'm afraid I'll have to be going," he said.
"You won't come tomorrow?"
"In that case you needn't trouble to come again," she cried, losing her temper for good.
"That's just as you like," he answered.
"Don't let me detain you any longer," she added ironically.
He shrugged his shoulders and walked out. He was relieved that it had gone no worse. There had been no tears. As he walked along he congratulated himself on getting out of the affair so easily. He went into Victoria Street and bought a few flowers to take in to Mildred.
The little dinner was a great success. Philip had sent in a small pot of caviare, which he knew she was very fond of, and the landlady brought them up some cutlets with vegetables and a sweet. Philip had ordered Burgundy, which was her favourite wine. With the curtains drawn, a bright fire, and one of Mildred's shades on the lamp, the room was cosy.
"It's really just like home," smiled Philip.
"I might be worse off, mightn't I?" she answered.
When they finished, Philip drew two arm-chairs in front of the fire, and they sat down. He smoked his pipe comfortably. He felt happy and generous.
"What would you like to do tomorrow?" he asked.
"Oh, I'm going to Tulse Hill. You remember the manageress at the shop, well, she's married now, and she's asked me to go and spend the day with her. Of course she thinks I'm married too."
Philip's heart sank.
"But I refused an invitation so that I might spend Sunday with you."
He thought that if she loved him she would say that in that case she would stay with him. He knew very well that Norah would not have hesitated.
"Well, you were a silly to do that. I've promised to go for three weeks and more."
"But how can you go alone?"
"Oh, I shall say that Emil's away on business. Her husband's in the glove trade, and he's a very superior fellow."
Philip was silent, and bitter feelings passed through his heart. She gave him a sidelong glance.
"You don't grudge me a little pleasure, Philip? You see, it's the last time I shall be able to go anywhere for I don't know how long, and I had promised."
He took her hand and smiled.
"No, darling, I want you to have the best time you can. I only want you to be happy."
There was a little book bound in blue paper lying open, face downwards, on the sofa, and Philip idly took it up. It was a twopenny novelette, and the author was Courtenay Paget. That was the name under which Norah wrote.
"I do like his books," said Mildred. "I read them all. They're so refined."
He remembered what Norah had said of herself.
"I have an immense popularity among kitchen-maids. They think me so genteel."
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Imprint: Transworld Digital
An Indian Adventure
Sarah MacDonald
After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return.
But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South Asia correspondent, is posted to New Delhi, the most polluted city on earth. Having given up a blossoming radio career in Sydney to follow her new boyfriend to India, it seems like the ultimate sacrifice and it almost kills Sarah - literally. After being cursed by a sadhu smeared in human ashes, she nearly dies from double pneumonia. It's enough to send a rapidly balding atheist on a wild rollercoaster ride through India's many religions in search of the meaning of life and death.
From the 'brain enema' of a meditation retreat in Dharamsala to the biggest Hindu festival on earth on the steps of the Ganges in Varanasi, and with the help of the Dalai Lama, a goddess of healing hugs and a couple of Bollywood stars - among many, many others - Sarah discovers a hell of a lot more.
"Funny, touching and addictive"
"British images of India are invariably filtered through the apologetic hangover of the Raj or the ganja whiff of the hippy trail. In this refreshingly cliche-free and highly readable memoir, we are given a blunter, Australian view... frequently wry and thoughtful"
"Refreshingly ambivilent about the country's so-called charms. Part travelogue, part life-changing odyssey, part love story"
"Kathy Lette meets Tom Robbins on a slow train to Varanasi with Bill Bryson supplying the onion bhajis... Very, very funny. Sarah MacDonald captures everything that is frustrating, infuriating and exhilarating about India and presents it in an irresistible package. Will make even the most die-hard atheist want to don a sari and go on a spiritual journey"
"Sarah Macdonald pays up in the spiritual mega-market... Raunchy religion with redemption on the side"
Justine Hardy, author of Bollywood Boy
Sarah Macdonald is a journalist and radio broadcaster who lives in Sydney with her husband, ABC journalist Jonathan Harley, and their baby daughter Georgina. HOLY COW! is her first book.
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Is XTC too Competent to Be Cool?
Showtime's XTC: This Is Pop draws worthy attention to this underrated band. But does their music still hold up?
Kenneth E. Harrison, Jr.
A Partridge Compendium That Probes Some of the Best Parts of XTC's Rich Pageant
In lieu of an XTC biography or a Partridge memoir, we take a trip through the notebooks and brainwaves of the master.
Songs of anxiety, paranoia, freak-outs, chilling verses, feverish desire, harrowing lyrics -- they all make for damn good music.
Chris Gerard
Counterbalance: XTC - Skylarking
You might not hear of bands talking about XTC as a big influence, but they were certainly in the mix that became the music that was to come.
Jason Mendelsohn and Eric Klinger
Prinzhorn Dance School: Clay Class
Somber, minimalist punk rockers from Britain serve up a solid sophomore effort, full of ominous bass lines and oblique lyrics.
Billy Hepfinger
Jim Moray: A Beginners Guide
Whatever he might say to the contrary, Jim Moray has married into folk music. His excellent albums represent a series of innovatively renewed vows.
Richard Elliott
Parcels from a Patchouli Past: An Interview with Andrew Partridge
With a newly remastered, limited edition presentation of the Dukes of Stratosphear's entire catalog just out, the guiding guru of XTC's alter-ego band discusses the past, the present, and a particularly severe case of 'bad vibes'.
Bill Gibron
XTC as the Dukes of Stratosphear - "My Love Explodes" / "Brainiac's Daughter" (MP3 / video)
Andy Partridge: Monstrance
Now, as middle age meanders across Partridge's considered cult career, it's obvious he's looking for another, more solemn outlet for his talent.
Andy Partridge Retrospective
PopMatters Staff
Featured: Top of Home Page
The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
Having worked for years in a hinterland between obscurity and popularity, Andy Partridge has finally hit the fulcrum as he's gained his artistic freedom, and recognition of his band XTC's influence on pop history has suddenly blossomed.
Patrick Schabe
XTC: Skylarking
So, as an album, Skylarking is beautiful and whole and just shy of perfection enough that it doesn't come off as too clean.
Andy Partridge: Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 1 / Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 2
For fans of Andy Partridge and his music, these first two Fuzzy Warbles are a wonderful way to pass the time until the next official XTC release.
Gary Glauber
XTC: A Coat of Many Cupboards
Cult status or no, XTC's raw deal at the hands of Virgin Records is slightly rectified herein, and helps repair a rift of under-representation that spanned decades and resulted in a bruising industry battle.
XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
Wasp Star is the kind of album that can reinvigorate the listener in the belief that pop music is wonderful and hasn't degenerated into carbon copy boy bands.
Never Say Nevermore: Edgar Allan Poe's 10 Best Stories
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Hartzell Engine Technologies Announces Availability of Cabin Heaters To Replace South Wind Heaters
24 February 2017 | Published in Latest News.
Janitrol Aero heaters will not be affected by the FAA’s proposed AD on South Wind aircraft cabin combustion heating systems
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Jan. 31, 2017 – Mike Disbrow, president of Hartzell Engine Technologies (HET), announced today that as a result of its asset purchase of C&D Associates in 2016, the company is now producing a line of South Wind replacement heaters under the Janitrol Aero brand.
“Our new Janitrol Aero brand heaters are FAA STC and/or PMA approved and will not be affected by the FAA’s proposed AD on South Wind aircraft cabin combustion heaters,” Disbrow said.
Once issued, the AD related to the FAA’s most recent Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) will require that owner-operators with the affected South Wind heaters (8XXX series and 9XX series), comply within the next 10 hours of heater operating time, or next scheduled maintenance activity, whichever occurs first.
“As written in the NPRM, along with some other inspections and tests, the AD will require a pressure decay test (PDT) on the South Wind heater’s combustion tube. For the tube to pass, it cannot have any leaks,” Disbrow explained.
“The FAA estimates that 90 percent of these heaters will fail the PDT,” he continued, “And, according to the AD, any tubes that fail must be replaced. The AD does not allow for any repairs.
“Should the owner-operator decide to replace the South Wind combustion tube, the AD also mandates that they repeat the compliance testing every 250 hours of heater time or every two years, whichever comes first,” he said.
Disbrow said that while the test is not difficult, there are only a limited number of aircraft maintenance facilities that are experienced and equipped to perform the required testing and compliance procedures.
Another challenge facing shops with regard to the PDT is that it is also more difficult to conduct on-wing than on a bench.
“The FAA estimates that there are over 6,300 aircraft affected by this AD—we think that over 2,500 of those will be Piper Apaches, Aztecs and Twin Comanches,” Disbrow said.
“Even if some operators choose to disable their cabin heater, there are still thousands of piston singles and twins that will need to comply.
“If an owner-operator waits until the AD is issued and they fly-off the allotted 10 hours of heater operation time, there just won’t be enough capacity at all the heater shops to handle the deluge of South Wind systems needing testing and repairs,” he continued. “That will leave thousands of owner-operators likely facing next winter without cabin heat.
“There is a way to beat the rush. Hartzell Engine Technologies’ has Janitrol Aero cabin heaters that are FAA PMA approved as direct replacements for the South Wind 8XXX series, and for Piper owners we also have FAA STC kits to replace the South Wind 9XX series heaters,” he added.
“These can be purchased and installed ahead of the AD and will not be affected by the proposed AD when it is issued.
“By the time you factor in the cost of the South Wind heater AD testing, replacing the combustion tube and the periodic compliance testing,” he continued, “you would pay for a sizeable amount of the Janitrol Aero STC heater kit.
“And any licensed maintenance facility can change out the heaters, which will save the owner-operator a lot of added aircraft downtime.”
Janitrol Aero replacement heaters can be purchased directly from HET or through one of its authorized distributors. Distributor information can be found by visiting Hartzell.aero/contact/.
The NPRM containing a draft of the current AD is available at https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FAA-2014-0603-0013.
For further information about Hartzell Engine Technologies and its products, visit Hartzell.aero.
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Tonight (5 December 2016) is the 14th edition of Second Movement's Rough for Opera at the Cockpit Theatre, London NW8 8EH, the scratch night were producers of new opera can try things out and get audience feed back. At tonight's event there will be new opera from Anna Clock, Freya Ireland and Martin Ward. Constellations, by London-based cellist and sound designer Anna Clock, is a piece for electronics and two performers exploring our relationship with the night sky through myth, memory and the Hubble telescope!
Martin Ward is presenting scenes from The Sinken Sun, his new opera for soprano and baritone, which draws on the life and work of poet John Clare. Martin Ward's works for the stage include the opera Clocks: 1888 the greener (see Ruth's review on this blog), and The Canterville Ghost for English National Ballet.
Freya Ireland, the winner of the 2016 Royal Philharmonic Society award for young composers, will be introducing new material for work in progress The Two Sided Boy an interactive web opera which looks at the volatile dynamic between the real and online world of virtual reality gaming through the relationship of a mother and her computer obsessed son.
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Your Brain Could Still Be Growing Even in Adult Years, Says New Study
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Remember a month ago, we wrote a story that said your hippocampus probably wasn't delivering any new brain cells? Well, now here's a study that says yes, it is in fact probably still growing new neurons for you.
Before you flip that table screaming 'make up your mind!', we're here to remind you that this kind of debate is what makes science so incredibly powerful. What looks like confusion actually tells us something important about the way science works.
To briefly recap decades of neurology, the general consensus used to be that the human brain stopped growing neurons sometime after birth, meaning by adolescence we really ought to be preserving those precious few cells we have left up there.
Some studies conducted on other animals have since suggested we shouldn't be too hasty, pointing out that a number of mammals keep growing new brain cells.
More recently a study published in Nature and led by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, literally dug deeper into this meaty topic by studying autopsied samples of hippocampus tissue taken from people of different ages.
Their conclusion was that we can forget those animal studies – beyond adolescence, we humans don't grow any new brain cells in our hippocampus.
Since this is the favoured spot for ongoing generation of new neurons, it's unlikely that any of our grey matter is still growing.
Final word on the matter, then? Not so fast.
Now a study led by neurobiologists from Columbia University has followed a similar method to conclude we do indeed grow new cells in our hippocampus, all the way into our twilight years.
The team also used hippocampi taken via autopsy from 28 individuals aged between 14 and 79, all of whom were given a clean bill of health before their sudden death.
Not only did the scientists look for signs of new neural growth, they also examined the state of the blood vessels in this part of the brain.
What they found was that so long as that area of the nervous system is in fairly good shape, the hippocampus stays roughly the same size and new cells continue to grow throughout our lives.
"We found that older people have similar ability to make thousands of hippocampal new neurons from progenitor cells as younger people do," says lead author and neurobiologist Maura Boldrini.
"Nevertheless, older individuals had less vascularization and maybe less ability of new neurons to make connections."
This reduced capacity to make connections is mostly speculation, but could help explain cognitive decline in later years.
While this research ultimately agrees with previous ideas that there's a physiological process causing cognitive decline with age, it's far from a backflip taking us back to the old argument.
For one thing, these results offer more details on what might explain such radical differences between all these neuron generation studies, as this time the team took the health of older brains into account by looking at the blood vessels.
Not only does it mean we're closer to a solid answer, it fills in some of the blanks that otherwise create confusion.
The diverse pool of studies also tells us just how much confidence we should have in any one conclusion. (Spoiler: not a lot.)
But beyond that, scientists are continuing to gather vital data, building a picture that gets clearer with each single study.
Human brains are notoriously complex organs, so whatever the truth is, the eventual model will have to take into account a mountain of subtle observations, finally explaining a history of conflicting research.
That's exciting. And it's science at its best.
This research was published in Cell Stem Cell.
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35.13. Operator Optimization Information
A PostgreSQL operator definition can include several optional clauses that tell the system useful things about how the operator behaves. These clauses should be provided whenever appropriate, because they can make for considerable speedups in execution of queries that use the operator. But if you provide them, you must be sure that they are right! Incorrect use of an optimization clause can result in slow queries, subtly wrong output, or other Bad Things. You can always leave out an optimization clause if you are not sure about it; the only consequence is that queries might run slower than they need to.
Additional optimization clauses might be added in future versions of PostgreSQL. The ones described here are all the ones that release 9.3.25 understands.
35.13.1. COMMUTATOR
The COMMUTATOR clause, if provided, names an operator that is the commutator of the operator being defined. We say that operator A is the commutator of operator B if (x A y) equals (y B x) for all possible input values x, y. Notice that B is also the commutator of A. For example, operators < and > for a particular data type are usually each others' commutators, and operator + is usually commutative with itself. But operator - is usually not commutative with anything.
The left operand type of a commutable operator is the same as the right operand type of its commutator, and vice versa. So the name of the commutator operator is all that PostgreSQL needs to be given to look up the commutator, and that's all that needs to be provided in the COMMUTATOR clause.
It's critical to provide commutator information for operators that will be used in indexes and join clauses, because this allows the query optimizer to "flip around" such a clause to the forms needed for different plan types. For example, consider a query with a WHERE clause like tab1.x = tab2.y, where tab1.x and tab2.y are of a user-defined type, and suppose that tab2.y is indexed. The optimizer cannot generate an index scan unless it can determine how to flip the clause around to tab2.y = tab1.x, because the index-scan machinery expects to see the indexed column on the left of the operator it is given. PostgreSQL will not simply assume that this is a valid transformation — the creator of the = operator must specify that it is valid, by marking the operator with commutator information.
When you are defining a self-commutative operator, you just do it. When you are defining a pair of commutative operators, things are a little trickier: how can the first one to be defined refer to the other one, which you haven't defined yet? There are two solutions to this problem:
One way is to omit the COMMUTATOR clause in the first operator that you define, and then provide one in the second operator's definition. Since PostgreSQL knows that commutative operators come in pairs, when it sees the second definition it will automatically go back and fill in the missing COMMUTATOR clause in the first definition.
The other, more straightforward way is just to include COMMUTATOR clauses in both definitions. When PostgreSQL processes the first definition and realizes that COMMUTATOR refers to a nonexistent operator, the system will make a dummy entry for that operator in the system catalog. This dummy entry will have valid data only for the operator name, left and right operand types, and result type, since that's all that PostgreSQL can deduce at this point. The first operator's catalog entry will link to this dummy entry. Later, when you define the second operator, the system updates the dummy entry with the additional information from the second definition. If you try to use the dummy operator before it's been filled in, you'll just get an error message.
35.13.2. NEGATOR
The NEGATOR clause, if provided, names an operator that is the negator of the operator being defined. We say that operator A is the negator of operator B if both return Boolean results and (x A y) equals NOT (x B y) for all possible inputs x, y. Notice that B is also the negator of A. For example, < and >= are a negator pair for most data types. An operator can never validly be its own negator.
Unlike commutators, a pair of unary operators could validly be marked as each other's negators; that would mean (A x) equals NOT (B x) for all x, or the equivalent for right unary operators.
An operator's negator must have the same left and/or right operand types as the operator to be defined, so just as with COMMUTATOR, only the operator name need be given in the NEGATOR clause.
Providing a negator is very helpful to the query optimizer since it allows expressions like NOT (x = y) to be simplified into x <> y. This comes up more often than you might think, because NOT operations can be inserted as a consequence of other rearrangements.
Pairs of negator operators can be defined using the same methods explained above for commutator pairs.
35.13.3. RESTRICT
The RESTRICT clause, if provided, names a restriction selectivity estimation function for the operator. (Note that this is a function name, not an operator name.) RESTRICT clauses only make sense for binary operators that return boolean. The idea behind a restriction selectivity estimator is to guess what fraction of the rows in a table will satisfy a WHERE-clause condition of the form:
column OP constant
for the current operator and a particular constant value. This assists the optimizer by giving it some idea of how many rows will be eliminated by WHERE clauses that have this form. (What happens if the constant is on the left, you might be wondering? Well, that's one of the things that COMMUTATOR is for...)
Writing new restriction selectivity estimation functions is far beyond the scope of this chapter, but fortunately you can usually just use one of the system's standard estimators for many of your own operators. These are the standard restriction estimators:
eqsel for =
neqsel for <>
scalarltsel for < or <=
scalargtsel for > or >=
It might seem a little odd that these are the categories, but they make sense if you think about it. = will typically accept only a small fraction of the rows in a table; <> will typically reject only a small fraction. < will accept a fraction that depends on where the given constant falls in the range of values for that table column (which, it just so happens, is information collected by ANALYZE and made available to the selectivity estimator). <= will accept a slightly larger fraction than < for the same comparison constant, but they're close enough to not be worth distinguishing, especially since we're not likely to do better than a rough guess anyhow. Similar remarks apply to > and >=.
You can frequently get away with using either eqsel or neqsel for operators that have very high or very low selectivity, even if they aren't really equality or inequality. For example, the approximate-equality geometric operators use eqsel on the assumption that they'll usually only match a small fraction of the entries in a table.
You can use scalarltsel and scalargtsel for comparisons on data types that have some sensible means of being converted into numeric scalars for range comparisons. If possible, add the data type to those understood by the function convert_to_scalar() in src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c. (Eventually, this function should be replaced by per-data-type functions identified through a column of the pg_type system catalog; but that hasn't happened yet.) If you do not do this, things will still work, but the optimizer's estimates won't be as good as they could be.
There are additional selectivity estimation functions designed for geometric operators in src/backend/utils/adt/geo_selfuncs.c: areasel, positionsel, and contsel. At this writing these are just stubs, but you might want to use them (or even better, improve them) anyway.
35.13.4. JOIN
The JOIN clause, if provided, names a join selectivity estimation function for the operator. (Note that this is a function name, not an operator name.) JOIN clauses only make sense for binary operators that return boolean. The idea behind a join selectivity estimator is to guess what fraction of the rows in a pair of tables will satisfy a WHERE-clause condition of the form:
table1.column1 OP table2.column2
for the current operator. As with the RESTRICT clause, this helps the optimizer very substantially by letting it figure out which of several possible join sequences is likely to take the least work.
As before, this chapter will make no attempt to explain how to write a join selectivity estimator function, but will just suggest that you use one of the standard estimators if one is applicable:
eqjoinsel for =
neqjoinsel for <>
scalarltjoinsel for < or <=
scalargtjoinsel for > or >=
areajoinsel for 2D area-based comparisons
positionjoinsel for 2D position-based comparisons
contjoinsel for 2D containment-based comparisons
35.13.5. HASHES
The HASHES clause, if present, tells the system that it is permissible to use the hash join method for a join based on this operator. HASHES only makes sense for a binary operator that returns boolean, and in practice the operator must represent equality for some data type or pair of data types.
The assumption underlying hash join is that the join operator can only return true for pairs of left and right values that hash to the same hash code. If two values get put in different hash buckets, the join will never compare them at all, implicitly assuming that the result of the join operator must be false. So it never makes sense to specify HASHES for operators that do not represent some form of equality. In most cases it is only practical to support hashing for operators that take the same data type on both sides. However, sometimes it is possible to design compatible hash functions for two or more data types; that is, functions that will generate the same hash codes for "equal" values, even though the values have different representations. For example, it's fairly simple to arrange this property when hashing integers of different widths.
To be marked HASHES, the join operator must appear in a hash index operator family. This is not enforced when you create the operator, since of course the referencing operator family couldn't exist yet. But attempts to use the operator in hash joins will fail at run time if no such operator family exists. The system needs the operator family to find the data-type-specific hash function(s) for the operator's input data type(s). Of course, you must also create suitable hash functions before you can create the operator family.
Care should be exercised when preparing a hash function, because there are machine-dependent ways in which it might fail to do the right thing. For example, if your data type is a structure in which there might be uninteresting pad bits, you cannot simply pass the whole structure to hash_any. (Unless you write your other operators and functions to ensure that the unused bits are always zero, which is the recommended strategy.) Another example is that on machines that meet the IEEE floating-point standard, negative zero and positive zero are different values (different bit patterns) but they are defined to compare equal. If a float value might contain negative zero then extra steps are needed to ensure it generates the same hash value as positive zero.
A hash-joinable operator must have a commutator (itself if the two operand data types are the same, or a related equality operator if they are different) that appears in the same operator family. If this is not the case, planner errors might occur when the operator is used. Also, it is a good idea (but not strictly required) for a hash operator family that supports multiple data types to provide equality operators for every combination of the data types; this allows better optimization.
Note: The function underlying a hash-joinable operator must be marked immutable or stable. If it is volatile, the system will never attempt to use the operator for a hash join.
Note: If a hash-joinable operator has an underlying function that is marked strict, the function must also be complete: that is, it should return true or false, never null, for any two nonnull inputs. If this rule is not followed, hash-optimization of IN operations might generate wrong results. (Specifically, IN might return false where the correct answer according to the standard would be null; or it might yield an error complaining that it wasn't prepared for a null result.)
35.13.6. MERGES
The MERGES clause, if present, tells the system that it is permissible to use the merge-join method for a join based on this operator. MERGES only makes sense for a binary operator that returns boolean, and in practice the operator must represent equality for some data type or pair of data types.
Merge join is based on the idea of sorting the left- and right-hand tables into order and then scanning them in parallel. So, both data types must be capable of being fully ordered, and the join operator must be one that can only succeed for pairs of values that fall at the "same place" in the sort order. In practice this means that the join operator must behave like equality. But it is possible to merge-join two distinct data types so long as they are logically compatible. For example, the smallint-versus-integer equality operator is merge-joinable. We only need sorting operators that will bring both data types into a logically compatible sequence.
To be marked MERGES, the join operator must appear as an equality member of a btree index operator family. This is not enforced when you create the operator, since of course the referencing operator family couldn't exist yet. But the operator will not actually be used for merge joins unless a matching operator family can be found. The MERGES flag thus acts as a hint to the planner that it's worth looking for a matching operator family.
A merge-joinable operator must have a commutator (itself if the two operand data types are the same, or a related equality operator if they are different) that appears in the same operator family. If this is not the case, planner errors might occur when the operator is used. Also, it is a good idea (but not strictly required) for a btree operator family that supports multiple data types to provide equality operators for every combination of the data types; this allows better optimization.
Note: The function underlying a merge-joinable operator must be marked immutable or stable. If it is volatile, the system will never attempt to use the operator for a merge join.
User-defined Operators Up Interfacing Extensions To Indexes
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Ury House
Developers abandon plans for luxury hotel near Stonehaven due to oil downturn – and could create apartments instead
Plans to transform a historic Mearns home into a hotel as part of a multi-million-pound golf resort have been abandoned after being deemed financially unsustainable.
Homes and flats could be final pieces in the ‘jigsaw which is the Ury Estate’
Ury House is to become flats it emerged yesterday as councillors backed plans for another part of the "jigsaw which is the Ury Estate".
Stonehaven homes may be built to bankroll golf course – despite councillor’s ‘slum housing’ warning
More than 90 affordable homes could be built in a north-east seaside town despite warnings they may be “the slums of the future".
Unique garden hide-away within 5-star golf resort gets go-ahead for Stonehaven
Plans for a unique garden hide-away within a five-star hotel and golf resort got the go-ahead yesterday.
Fresh drawings submitted for new supermarket in Stonehaven
Fresh plans and drawings have been submitted for a long-awaited supermarket on the edge of Stonehaven.
Fresh proposals pitched for hotel and golf course
Developers have launched plans to build an unusual boutique hotel on the site of the proposed Jack Nicklaus golf course in Aberdeenshire.
Ury House at the heart of FM Group’s ‘transformation’ plans
Scottish property developer FM Group has reinforced its reputation for breathing new life into listed buildings after investing £10million into two historic landmarks.
REVEALED: When historic Ury House will re-open, and who will run it
The historic mansion at the centre of an £80million north-east golf development will be managed by the people in charge of Andy Murray's Scottish hotel.
Patrols ramped up at historic Mearns manor following deliberate fire
The developer behind a £80million north-east golf resort designed by Jack Nicklaus has stepped up patrols on the site after a deliberate fire.
Councillors back plans for £80million Jack Nicklaus golf course
Aberdeenshire councillors have backed plans for an £80million golf course development, designed by Jack Nicklaus, despite fears over the loss of ancient woodlands.
Work to rebuild ruined Aberdeenshire mansion gets under way
The multi-million pound restoration of a ruined Victorian mansion on a historic Aberdeenshire estate is now under way.
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Home News Posts TIP OF THE ICEBERG: Florida Voters Upset People in NY Voting in Their Name
TIP OF THE ICEBERG: Florida Voters Upset People in NY Voting in Their Name
in Voter Fraud / News Posts / Press Releases / Top Stories
FL Resident Shocked: “I care!” “if somebody voted under my name in New York”
“If I don’t have residency, how can I vote? I’m not a New York state resident.”
Mysterious Person Knocks on Old NY Address…
Another FL Voter: “… I haven’t voted in New York for 13 years… it was voter fraud apparently”
A THIRD Floridian: “I haven’t been there [in NY] in many years.”
Investigation Verified in Three Independent Ways (Data, Election Official Interviews, and Voters’ Own Words)
Faces Of Voter Fraud #2: The Victims
(Tallahassee) Project Veritas has released undercover footage which shows Florida residents and voters expressing shock when told that voter data shows they also voted in the state of New York. All three Floridians moved from the state of New York several years ago. Project Veritas believes these individuals are the victims, not culprits, of voter fraud.
Said Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe:
“There are things that can greatly reduce voter fraud, like voter ID requirements, standardize residency laws across the country, and interstate cross checking of voter rolls.”
‘He hasn’t been here for years”
Kevin Michael Robinson, who has “lived in Florida for the past five years,” says in the undercover footage that he changed his drivers’ license and voter registration as soon as he moved to Florida from New York.
JOURNALIST: And you’re no longer registered in New York?
ROBINSON: I turned in my license and everything at the DMV… They took my ID, my New York State license and everything at the DMV.
Robinson’s parents, Charlene and Larry corroborated that their son no longer lives in New York:
CHARLENE ROBINSON: He does not live here anymore. He lives in Florida
Larry Robinson also states that there is no other Kevin Robinson registered to their New York address, where their son used to live:
LARRY ROBINSON: No, he’s one and only. Trust me, okay?
Justin Rooney, an official from the Erie County Board of Elections confirmed that Robinson voted in person in New York in 2018 and 2013.
Robinson, who is now in his 30s, assumes that somebody is voting in his name in New York, and that he hasn’t voted in New York in years:
ROBINSON: Yeah, someone’s voting with my name in New York… I haven’t voted in New York, I mean let’s face it, I was what, 25, 26 when I moved out here…
When told again that voter data shows him voting in 2018 in both Florida and New York, Robinson exclaims concern:
ROBINSON: I care. I care… I mean, of course I have concerns if it’s showing that I’m voting in New York, [be]cause I know I don’t vote in New York.
Robinson reveals that every year since he has moved away from New York, somebody knocks on the door of his old address to find out if he still lives there. Project Veritas believes Robinson could be the victim of voter fraud.
“It was voter fraud apparently”
Michael Bornhorst, another Florida voter and apparent victim of voter fraud, was also told about his active voter history in the state of New York.
BORNHORST: It wouldn’t surprise me if I’m still registered to vote in New York, but I haven’t voted in New York for 13 years.
Bornhorst agrees that he is a permanent Florida resident and does not split time between his home and another state.
The individual who lives in Bornhorst’s old New York address confirms that Bornhorst moved to Florida years ago. When Bornhorst hears that his name and old address appear active on recent voting records, Bornhorst says, “it wasn’t me. It was voter fraud apparently.”
Toni Rayner, an official from the Columbia County Board of Elections in New York states that Bornhorst voted in person during the 2018 and 2004 general elections.
RAYNER: He voted in the general election 2004, and then he voted in the general election 2018… They both would have been at the polls because he doesn’t have an absentee on file ever.
Project Veritas plans to release more undercover video reports exposing voter fraud. Elections insiders and poll workers can be brave and contact Project Veritas here.
“We’ve been residents in Florida, that’s our old address.”
A third Florida voter, Dwight Mumper, was also told that voting records show he cast a ballot in both Florida and New York during the 2018 elections.
JOURNALIST: We have that you voted in the 2018 general election in Florida, early voting. Is that correct?
MUMPER: Mhm…
JOURNALIST: … We also happened to find this little anomaly that shows that you also voted in um, it says you voted in New York. At [REDACTED ADDRESS,] New Paltz?
MUMPER: Well, we’ve been residents in Florida, that’s our old address.
Mumper says that he hasn’t lived in New York since “probably 2007,” and reiterates that he did not vote in New York in 2018. Mumper says that he is registered to vote in Florida, but voter data still shows that Mumper voted in-person in the 2018 general election in New York.
Like Robinson and Bornhorst, Project Veritas believes Mumper may be a victim of voter fraud.
Faces Behind Voter Fraud
This is the second video in a series of voter fraud investigations conducted by Project Veritas. Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe says that elections insiders and poll-workers can help expose double voting, ballot harvesting, or voting by illegal aliens by visiting www.projectveritas.com/brave.
See the first video in this series.
Double-Voting
NH Attorney General Arrests Double-Voter Exposed By Project Veritas
New Hampshire AG Attacks Free Press
New Hampshire Voter Admits Voter Fraud? Cast Second Ballot Out-of-State
IMPACT: Public Interest Legal Foundation Alerts Authorities to Veritas Voter Fraud Videos
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“They Got it Right”: Ebook Central to Help Libraries Create a User-Focused, Budget-Friendly Ebook Collection
To prepare for the launch of ProQuest Ebook Central, we kicked off a series of blog posts with the librarians that helped shape the platform during our beta testing phase. Our first post was an interview with Kathleen Folger in which the Electronic Resources Officer told us about how the new platform supports her accessibility initiatives at University of Michigan Library.
This week we had a chance to speak to two more of the librarians who provided insight during our ProQuest Ebook Central beta testing phase: Jeffrey Daniels, Head of Knowledge Access and Resource Management Services at Grand Valley State University Libraries, and Erin Crane, current E-Resources and Instruction Librarian at Germanna Community College and former Electronic Books Librarian at Jerry Falwell Library at Liberty University during the ProQuest Ebook Central beta testing phase.
The Grand Valley State University Libraries’ goal is to enrich the educational mission of the university by advancing intellectual growth and discovery. Jeffrey and his fellow librarians focus on the acquisition, application, dissemination and preservation of knowledge to promote teaching, learning and active scholars.
Germanna Community College Library aims to support the college curriculum, to meet the research and information needs of the college community, to promote information literacy and lifelong learning, to provide instruction in the use of library resources and also to encourage leisure reading and listening. In order to fulfill this mission, Erin and her fellow librarians need insight into the ways that their content is used so they’re sure to provide the resources that their researchers seek.
Read on to learn how LibCentral’s reporting features will help both of these libraries achieve their user-focused missions and stay tuned for additional profiles of libraries that helped shape the new ProQuest Ebook Central platform.
ProQuest (PQ): What obstacles do you face in proving ROI on your e-resources?
Jeffrey Daniels, Grand Valley State University Libraries (JD): To put it simply, our biggest obstacle is one that many, if not all, libraries face: collecting data that is consistent across platforms. COUNTER has started to help with this, but there are still a lot of vendors out there that don’t supply COUNTER-compliant usage statistics and resources that don’t lend themselves to COUNTER compliance.
The other problem is the scope of the data available. Our library provides researchers with access to such a large number of ebooks on multiple platforms. It’s a challenge to make sense of the scope of the numbers for those outside of the library who don’t understand the wealth of resources available.
Erin Crane, Germanna Community College Library (EC): I agree. One of our biggest obstacles is collecting detailed, consistent data with the context to make it make sense to those outside of the library — actually, sometimes data that I pull from vendors makes it difficult for even the librarians to figure out what it’s showing! Timeliness of data is a major obstacle as well as many vendors provide data a month later and it’s less helpful than it could be, especially nowadays when you need information quickly.
As far as consistency goes, I often run into the problem of not being able to easily export and manipulate cross-platform insights, especially as some vendors just provide HTML, some just provide PDF, some just provide a long Excel spreadsheet of numbers. As Jeffrey mentioned, COUNTER helps those with the trained librarian eye gain insight into what’s happening in our collections, but it’s helpful to have detailed info for more in-depth analysis when trying to prove return on investment and make the case for those outside of the library.
PQ: Has any of the data that you've collected surprised you? Why or why not?
JD: Specific to LibCentral, one thing that has surprised me since the ebrary and EBL merger under ProQuest is that there is a great amount of overlap between the EBL and ebrary catalogs. It’s to be expected as these have traditionally been competing products, but I’m excited to see that ProQuest Ebook Central will automatically address this duplication for me, removing the need for me to ensure that patrons are choosing the subscription option when we have it and the DDA record when we don’t.
EC: Since the new reporting functionality provides deeper insights into how our collection is used, I was able to see usage trends that were previously not clear to me. For instance, our EBL history titles received the most page views — history is not a major class here at Germanna, though it is required for many students as they work towards their associate’s degrees. The new LibCentral reports gave me good cause to look into why this is as well as to see how the Library can further support these students.
PQ: How will LibCentral help you assess ebook usage and expenditure?
JD: We provide access to over a million ebooks through multiple sources, but our highest usage is seen with EBL and ebrary. To have them consolidated in one platform is game changing.
We’re specifically looking forward to the reporting features, as they’ll allow us to do something that we’ve been wrestling with for a while now: weeding our electronic collection. We’re running into the problem of having multiple editions of the same title available. We have retrospective collections so filtering by year of publication doesn’t work, but we need to make it easier for our users to choose the most up-to-date title when it’s appropriate. Our library’s only option before LibCentral would have taken hours and hours of manual work and, honestly, just wasn’t feasible. LibCentral Title Reports make what used to be an unrealistic task a realistic goal.
EC: As I mentioned earlier, we need detailed data in order to make the case for resource investments. LibCentral has that level of detail available in the reports. Actually, it might even have more detail than we need!
I’m looking forward to being able to see not just which titles are used, but also how they were used and how long they were used. Looking through the reports I’m reminded of Michael Levine-Clark’s “E-Book Usage on a Global Scale: Patterns, Trends, and Opportunities” presentation featuring the in-depth usage analysis that he conducted in partnership with EBL and ebrary. The new LibCentral’s enhanced capabilities make it possible for me to gain as clear of a picture of the patterns, trends and opportunities for the Germanna Community College Library as Levine-Clark did for global ebook usage.
As far as expenditure goes, being able to pull the average STL costs to see if certain subjects are more expensive even though they receive less use will help us make the best use of our budget. We are part of a consortium so won’t be making these budgeting decisions on our individual level, but will be able to make the case should changes in the approach seem reasonable.
PQ: What are you going to be able to do now that you weren't able to do before using the new LibCentral?
JD: We’re going to be able to paint a clear picture of how our researchers are using our ebooks. As I mentioned before, we see our highest ebook usage in ebrary and EBL for current, general resources. Learning about this new reporting functionality as a part of beta testing with ProQuest has left me excited because I don’t yet know exactly what insight I’ll gain.
My hope is that we’ll see trends that were previously under the radar. Maybe there’s a department on campus that we didn’t think would rely on ebooks, but the reports prove otherwise and act as a conversation starter. With the report in hand, our liaisons will be able to approach faculty and say, “We’re seeing heavy use in this subject area. Would you like to work with us to build out the ebook collection for your students?” Any data that supports librarian-faculty collaboration is a definite win for all parties involved.
EC: At my previous institution, we didn’t use it very much as we relied on another platform for managing our ebook collection. With the launch of the new, improved platform and administrative portal, I can see ProQuest Ebook Central becoming a very useful data center on ebook use at my institution.
PQ: What else can ProQuest do to help you streamline your ebook assessment workflow?
JD: One of the things that I’m very happy about that’s not tied to the usage reports specifically is how ProQuest is helping to make DRM more transparent for users. The dream is no DRM but I understand the realities of it. Our users just don’t get DRM — They don’t understand the license restrictions, they don’t understand why they can’t print or download a whole book. What you’re seeing with Ebook Central is that the restrictions are made more clear by communicating how many pages a user can print and how many they have printed so far. The more information we can push to the patron to help them understand, the better, and ProQuest is definitely keeping this in mind.
Specific to LibCentral reporting, I’m looking forward to the Expenditure Reports. More and more of our budget has been dedicated to DDA as it’s a great way to let our patrons shape our collection and allows us to offer access to a greater number of titles than we would be able to with outright purchasing. The problem is we can’t dedicate our whole budget to DDA. Once Ebook Central launches, we’re going to have one platform driving the majority of our ebook usage so we’ll be able to review the Expenditure Report and make acquisition decisions based on which subject areas are seeing high usage, which areas are not and which are most costly. It will allow us to ask and answer questions to better shape our collection moving forward.
I’m impressed. I think ProQuest got it right with Ebook Central, taking the best from EBL and the best from ebrary to create what’s shaping up to be a very impressive platform.
EC: I’m pleased with the improvements ProQuest has made to reporting with the new LibCentral and excited to see the enhancements that they’ll roll out in the future as well.
Interested in learning more about Ebook Central? Contact us.
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news, local-news, kangaroo, cull, conservation, canberra, act
It's been suggested that prior to 1788 there was a natural balance in predator-prey relationships. As an apex predator, the humble dingo played a pivotal role within the ecological web of life. As Europeans colonised the limestone plains, the native dingo watched on, surveying the open grassy woodlands. Kangaroos grazed. Dingoes preyed. There was a natural rhythm. Then began the clearing of fertile land. This native dog was seen as a menace, for it soon developed a taste for fat, woolly sheep. After all, gangly kangaroos were problematic. Sheep were easy prey. Dingo numbers dwindled as they were hunted down. Opportunistic kangaroos populated. The once natural order was influenced by the touch of the human hand. As the new farmers improved their pastures, they built dams. The rural landscape changed again and, again, kangaroo numbers increased in response. To keep this healthy kangaroo population in check, farmers turned to the gun. But as this agricultural landscape transitioned into our urban world, the resourceful kangaroo once again seized the moment. We manicured lawns, built lush sports grounds and set aside nature reserves, all free from any natural predator. Today, in our bush capital we record some of the highest residential densities of kangaroos in Australia. It's not realistic to bring back an apex predator to perform its vital role. That role of contemporary population control now falls to us. After all, we humans inadvertently tipped the balance in favour of kangaroos to the detriment of biodiversity values. Kangaroos are critical in maintaining grassy habitat, but overgrazing by hungry kangaroos - especially during times of drought - is evident. The scientific evidence is clear. The ecological impact is obvious. Regrettably, we must take steps to address an ecological predicament shaped by anthropomorphic practices. A non-lethal fertility control vaccine is on the horizon, but is not yet operationally viable. Today, humanly culling overabundant kangaroos remains the most effective means of managing populations to reduce the environmental impact large numbers of grazing kangaroos are having upon this ancient landscape. This year's conservation cull will be the largest to date. Given the lack of rain, if we don't reduce kangaroo numbers now, ecosystems will suffer further degradation before many kangaroos starve to death. Winter can be harsh. Remnant grassy habitat will deteriorate, leaving vulnerable native species at risk. Adopting the latest scientific research, our ecologists have analysed the status of kangaroo populations and the grassy layer to determine the numbers to be culled. This is all to strike a balance for our environment. Nobody likes culling kangaroos, but given the influence humans have had upon this landscape, as conservation custodians we must manage today for tomorrow to ensure the ecological integrity of the conservation estate for all species, and for those generations who will walk in our footsteps. For further information along with detailed reserve closures visit www.environment.act.gov.au.
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May 27 2019 - 11:25AM
Bush Capital | Balance set to be restored
Brett McNamara
It's been suggested that prior to 1788 there was a natural balance in predator-prey relationships. As an apex predator, the humble dingo played a pivotal role within the ecological web of life.
As Europeans colonised the limestone plains, the native dingo watched on, surveying the open grassy woodlands. Kangaroos grazed. Dingoes preyed. There was a natural rhythm.
Then began the clearing of fertile land. This native dog was seen as a menace, for it soon developed a taste for fat, woolly sheep. After all, gangly kangaroos were problematic. Sheep were easy prey. Dingo numbers dwindled as they were hunted down. Opportunistic kangaroos populated. The once natural order was influenced by the touch of the human hand.
As the new farmers improved their pastures, they built dams. The rural landscape changed again and, again, kangaroo numbers increased in response.
To keep this healthy kangaroo population in check, farmers turned to the gun. But as this agricultural landscape transitioned into our urban world, the resourceful kangaroo once again seized the moment.
We manicured lawns, built lush sports grounds and set aside nature reserves, all free from any natural predator. Today, in our bush capital we record some of the highest residential densities of kangaroos in Australia.
It's not realistic to bring back an apex predator to perform its vital role. That role of contemporary population control now falls to us. After all, we humans inadvertently tipped the balance in favour of kangaroos to the detriment of biodiversity values.
Kangaroos are critical in maintaining grassy habitat, but overgrazing by hungry kangaroos - especially during times of drought - is evident. The scientific evidence is clear. The ecological impact is obvious. Regrettably, we must take steps to address an ecological predicament shaped by anthropomorphic practices.
A non-lethal fertility control vaccine is on the horizon, but is not yet operationally viable. Today, humanly culling overabundant kangaroos remains the most effective means of managing populations to reduce the environmental impact large numbers of grazing kangaroos are having upon this ancient landscape.
This year's conservation cull will be the largest to date. Given the lack of rain, if we don't reduce kangaroo numbers now, ecosystems will suffer further degradation before many kangaroos starve to death. Winter can be harsh. Remnant grassy habitat will deteriorate, leaving vulnerable native species at risk. Adopting the latest scientific research, our ecologists have analysed the status of kangaroo populations and the grassy layer to determine the numbers to be culled. This is all to strike a balance for our environment.
Nobody likes culling kangaroos, but given the influence humans have had upon this landscape, as conservation custodians we must manage today for tomorrow to ensure the ecological integrity of the conservation estate for all species, and for those generations who will walk in our footsteps.
For further information along with detailed reserve closures visit www.environment.act.gov.au.
Brett McNamara is with ACT Parks and Conservation Service.
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Startside Podcasts Filosofi A History of the Infinite
A History of the Infinite
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Where Does This Leave Us?
Adrian Moore reaches the end of his journey through two and half millennia of philosophical thought about the infinite. In the final episode, he comes to the conclusion that his voyage through the worlds of philosophy, theology, mathematics and cosmology has in the end led him to ourselves and our place in the universe. With the help of writers and philosophers as diverse as Rene Descartes, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Iris Murdoch, Adrian returns to the theme of our finite nature and how that is fundamental to our sense of what is infinite. He considers the relation between the infinite and the transcendent and examines where the desire to look for something beyond ourselves belongs in a secular society. Throughout the series, Adrian and his cast of philosophers have made connections, performed calculations and looked up at the stars in their attempts to clarify what we mean by the infinite. But, his history tells us, it all comes back to us and how we relate to what surpasses our finite nature. A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
Death and Immortality
In his series on thought about infinity through the centuries, Adrian Moore has considered the topic through the lenses of philosophy, theology and mathematics. Now, as the series reaches the penultimate episode, the focus is firmly on us. Adrian ponders our finite nature and confronts the question of whether, if we could, we really would want to live for ever. He brings us the Czech composer Janacek's opera, with its eponymous heroine Elina Makropulos. Her father, the court physician, has procured an elixir of life for her but, far from making her eternally happy, her long life has become unbearably tedious. Some philosophers fully sympathise with Elina Makropulos and celebrate our finite nature. Others lament it. But as Adrian discovers, there is consensus on one point - the fact that one day our life will end doesn't rob it of meaning. Indeed, it is our very sense of our own finite nature, argues John Cottingham, Professor Emeritus at Reading University, that produces what St Augustine called 'the restlessness of the human heart' - our constant desire to reach out for more. A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
Does space go on for ever? Are there infinitely many stars? These are some of the questions Adrian Moore explores in the eighth episode in his series about philosophical thought concerning the infinite. With the help of the theories of the Ancient Greeks through to those of modern cosmologists, Adrian examines the central question of whether our universe is finite or infinite. For most of us, looking up at the stars gives us a sense of infinity but, as Adrian discovers, there is a strong body of opinion which suggests that space is finite, albeit unbounded. This is a difficult idea to grasp, but by inviting us to think of ourselves as ants, astrophysics professor Jo Dunkley attempts explain it. Adrian also tackles the idea of the expanding universe and the logic that leads cosmologists to argue that it all started with a big bang, and may all end with a big crunch. Finally, we discover from cosmologist John Barrow how the appearance of an infinity in scientists' calculations sends them straight back to the drawing board. The infinite, which the Ancient Greeks found so troubling, has lost none of its power to disturb. A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
Crisis and Uncertainty
Adrian Moore's series on philosophical thought on infinity finds him mired in a near meltdown in mathematics. In episode 7, Adrian tells the story of the controversy caused by the work of the German mathematician, Georg Cantor, on the infinite. In a world of paradoxes, we meet the nun who cannot decide whether to pray for herself. Her dilemma is beautifully explained by Marcus Giaquinto, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at UCL, in conversation with Adrian. And we find out how an associated paradox, first posed by one of the giants of twentieth century philosophy, Bertrand Russell, devastated the career of another German mathematician and philosopher. The arguments of the early twentieth century no longer plague modern mathematics in the way that they did. As Adrian explains however, by subjecting the infinite to formal scrutiny, mathematicians have ended up confronting puzzles at the very heart of their discipline. A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
The Mathematics of the Infinitely Big
Adrian Moore continues his exploration of two and a half millennia of philosophical thought on infinity. In episode six, we meet the brilliant but tortured German mathematician, Georg Cantor, who devised a way of distinguishing between infinitely big numbers and of performing calculations with them. His work was revolutionary but, as Adrian discovers, it greatly polarised opinion amongst his late nineteenth and early twentieth century contemporaries - and we hear how Cantor himself suffered a complete breakdown in his mental health. As Adrian takes us with him deep into the world of infinite set theory, he enlists the help of Mary Leng, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at York University, and four very familiar twentieth century friends. A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
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Get out the vote for Renton Schools
Friday, February 1, 2019 11:15am
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We just had a very important mid-term election in November, but now it’s time to get out to vote again. Some might be asking — Why? What’s this ballot about? Why should I bother?
Besides voting being an important responsibility in general, this election will directly impact the future of our local community. If we value a community filled with critical thinkers, caring individuals, an educated workforce and individuals who want to participate in our community to make it a better place then we all need to invest in education and we do this through supporting education bonds and levies.
A great community starts with great schools with appropriate and safe infrastructure as well as educational programming that helps students thrive. This election is about both.
By approving the bond, you are ensuring that our schools receive much needed heating and cooling system replacements, safety upgrades and improvements in ballfields, playgrounds, tracks and pools that are used not only by students but by neighborhood residents as well. The bond will pay for construction of an additional elementary school in the northeast of our city where schools serving our youngest students are overcapacity.
By voting yes on the levy, you will ensure there are nurses at each school, security personnel, thriving music and performing arts programs, opportunities in athletics and qualified staff who are trained in trauma-informed instruction, advanced studies and technical education to meet the individual needs of all students for post-graduation participation in our community. The levy will provide instructors and support staff with the tools they need to provide a great education.
By supporting both of these measures, you will show that you value our community. And due to timing and economic success of the region, voting yes will see your tax rates actually decline.
As a private citizen volunteer, I participated in the Capital Facilities Advisory Committee for the Renton School District, providing input on bond funding. I am also a volunteer at Lindbergh High School and have the privilege of working alongside committed staff.
I ask you to join me in supporting both measures and invest in the future of Renton.
You can put your ballot in the mail (no stamp needed!) or drop it off at a ballot drop at one of several official ballot drop boxes.
Mary Duncan
Chamber endorses school district’s ballot measures
Help support the district by voting yes
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November 21, 2019 / 8:38 AM / 2 months ago
British watchdog reviews Hasbro's Entertainment One takeover
FILE PHOTO: A Monopoly board game by Hasbro Gaming is seen in this illustration photo August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo
(Reuters) - Britain’s competition watchdog has launched a review of Hasbro Inc’s (HAS.O) proposed $4 billion deal to buy Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One ETO.L, it said on Thursday.
The U.S. toymaker, however, said it still expects to close the deal no later than the first quarter of 2020.
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had earlier said it will consider whether the deal could hurt competition and invited comments on the acquisition. (reut.rs/2rX11Av)
In an email to Reuters, Hasbro said that it had been in talks with the CMA about the review, which could last up to 40 business days.
Entertainment One declined to comment.
Hasbro, known for its Nerf guns and Power Rangers action figures among others, made its cash offer in August.
If concluded, the deal is expected to give Hasbro more exposure in its content media push by providing access to popular TV shows such as Peppa Pig and PJ Masks from the independent studio.
Hasbro has been buying smaller companies and tying up with film studios to boost sales of toys linked to movie franchises.
Reporting by Shanima A and Pushkala Aripaka in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and James Drummond
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Videocon A55HD – 5-inch, Quad-Core, 8 MP Camera, Jelly Bean for Rs. 13499
Videocon Mobiles announced its new Android Smartphone, A55HD for Indian Market at the price of Rs. 13,499. Videocon A55HD comes with 5-inch OGS Capacitive Touch Screen with 1280 x 720 HD resolution, 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor, 1 GB RAM, 8 MP Rear camera and 3.2 MP Front Camera. The device runs on Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean.
The 8 MP Rear camera features Auto Focus, Panorama Shot & up to 40 continuous Burst shots. The device is powered by 2000 mAh Battery (i guess not enough for 5-inch device).
The device loaded with engaging features like Flip to Silent and Face Detection. In Connectivity, the device has HSPA 42 Mbps, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and A-GPS.
The Videocon A55HD is value for money as you’ll get a Quad-Core processor, 5-inch HD Display, 8 MP Rear & 3.2 MP front camera and most importantly loaded with Jelly Bean.
Features of Videocon A55HD:
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Home > Dignity for All Students Act & Bullying
Dignity for All Students Act & Bullying
New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (formerly known as DASA but now known as The Dignity ACT or DACT) seeks to provide students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment, and bullying on school property, the Internet, a school bus and/or at a school function.
The Dignity Act states that NO student shall be subjected to harassment or discrimination by employees or students on school property or at a school function based on their actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sexual orientation, gender or sex.
This law originally earned the nickname of “DASA” but the state Education Department changed the nickname to DACT because it now includes the topic of cyberbullying.
Cyberbullying is defined as using the Internet, cell phones or other electronic devices to send or post text or images intended to intimidate, hurt or embarrass another person. Much of cyberbullying is initiated outside of school by using programs such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or texting.
The Dignity Act arises out of legislative concern about bullying and safety in schools. While the act does not use the word “bullying,” that is its primary focus. This act is designed to prevent and prohibit discriminating and harassing conduct on school property and at school functions.
Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a student has been subjected to discrimination or harassment must act reasonably and in good faith by reporting the incident. Incident reporting forms are available here.
Embedded YouTube Dignity for All Students Act information video
Some common terminology used in The Dignity Act:
Bullying is a conscious and deliberate hostile activity intended to harm, induce fear through the threat of further aggression and create terror. Bullying includes three elements:
Imbalance of power – Children who bully use their power, such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information or popularity, to control or harm others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even if they involve the same people.
Intent to harm – The person bullying has a goal of causing harm.
Repetition – Bullying behaviors generally happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once.
What is harassment?
The Dignity for All Students Act defines harassment as the creation of a hostile environment by conduct or by verbal threats, intimidation or abuse that has or would have the effect of unreasonably and substantially interfering with a student’s educational performance, opportunities, benefits, or mental, emotional or physical well-being; or conduct, verbal threats, intimidation or abuse that causes or would reasonably be expected to cause a student to fear for his or her physical safety.
The harassing behavior may be based on any characteristic, including but not limited to a person’s actual or perceived:
Gender (including gender identity and expression)
What is hazing?
Hazing is an induction, initiation or membership process involving harassment which produces public humiliation, physical or emotional discomfort, bodily injury or public ridicule or creates a situation where public humiliation, physical or emotional discomfort, bodily injury or public ridicule is likely to occur.
What is discrimination?
Discrimination is the act of denying rights, benefits, justice, equitable treatment or access to facilities available to all others, to an individual or group of people because of the group, class or category to which that person belongs.
That includes, but is not limited to, a person’s actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sex, sexual orientation, and gender (including gender identity and expression).
Link to NYS Education Department website about The Dignity Act
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An obscene bill would make Arabic a “secondary” language in Israel
May 19, 2008 May 19, 2008 Dan FleshlerComments(43)
Last Friday, I spent the morning at a planning session with the most courageous, inspiring and sensible Israelis I have ever met: the leaders of Givat Haviva, which has been fighting the battle for coexistence and equality between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel for decades.
At a time when the social and economic gaps between Israel’s Arabs and Israel’s Jews are gaping, these Jews and Arabs are striving, almost defiantly, to build a “shared society,” an Israel where different cultures have a shared stake in the future, despite the Nakba, despite the racism, despite the difficulties of reconciling the Zionist ethos with the Israeli Arab experience, despite the Arab villages that have disappeared, despite the Muslim cemetaries that have been desecrated by government-approved construction projects, despite everything.
Other American Jewish groups are also engaged in this struggle, including the Abraham Fund and Ameinu, on whose board I serve. Recently, the plight of Palestinian citizens of Israel has been taken up by the American Jewish mainstream, or at least part of it, in the form of an Interagency Task Force on Israeli Arab Issues. That is a coalition of 80 North American Jewish organizations, foundations, federations and private philanthropists, who “support Israel’s Declaration of Independence, including the article that promises social and political equality for all its inhabitants—Jews and Arabs alike.”
This is, to put it gently, a journey up a very steep, perilous slope. It may well be harder to reach the goal of a shared and equal society within Israel than to create a Palestinian state. But the last thing Israel needs is to make the problem worse, to send a signal to Israeli Arabs –one fifth of the population–that they are not full-fledged citizens. That is why a Knesset bill that will be introduced by Likud MK Limor Livnat is not just infuriating; it is obscene. As noted in today’s Haaretz:
MK Limor Livnat (Likud) and three other leading MKs from Kadima, Likud and Shas are set to propose this week that the Knesset remove Arabic from its list of the country’s official primary languages.
The bill would make Hebrew the only official primary language, and Arabic, English and Russian would become official secondary languages…
“It cannot be, it is not appropriate or reasonable that the status of one language or another in the Land of Israel is identical to the status of the Hebrew language,” said Livnat.
“Precisely in these times, when there are radical groups of Israeli Arabs trying to turn the State of Israel into a binational state, it is most urgent to put into law the unique status of the language of the Bible – the Hebrew language.”
Her last statement might win this year’s prize for the most contorted, creative Orwellian doublespeak. Yes, there are single-staters among Palestinian citizens of Israel, and there are fierce separatists, and there is bitterness and fury and confusion. The answer to that trend is to make every effort to give these citizens equal standing in Israel. Instead, some political opportunists are going out of their way to slap them in the face, to treat them as a kind of irritating afterthought.
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Odessa, 1918 and the Gaza Strip, 2008-2009
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My maternal grandmother, Pearl Weiner, used to tell me stories about her adolescence in Odessa, where, in 1918, she lived through the Ukrainian Revolution. In one year, Odessa was overrun with a succession of occupying armies and gangs, whom she invariably described as “the Bolsheviks, the Denekinovitches [followers of Anton Denekin, a White Russian General] […]
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Sorry to disappoint you, conspiracy theorists: few Jewish voters are obsessed with Israel
February 9, 2008 February 9, 2008 Dan Fleshler
A commentator with a brilliant nickname, “Agog,” was disturbed by the previous thread’s discussion of candidates’ positions on Israel. Agog asked: “Is that how you judge the merits of the respective candidates: who is best for Israel? Shouldn’t the criterion be who is best for the US? The two countries’ interests are not one and […]
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I’ve been deprived of the Realistic Dove experience for a few weeks, but am always glad to check back in to observe the mental and moral gymnastics you go through, in order to prove to yourself that “the Zionist ethos” can be “reconciled” with the needs and rights of the indigenous Arabs of Palestine. Last time I checked, merely endorsing the idea that Israel could be defined as a “state for the Jews and all its citizens” was enough to enough to place any Israeli politican beyond the pale…
Jonathan Mark says:
I’ve been deprived of the Marco experience for a few weeks, but I am always glad when he checks back in to observe the mental and moral gymnastics he goes through, in order to prove to himself that “the Palestinian ethos” can be “reconciled” with the needs and rights of the indigenous Jews of Israel.
Last time I checked, merely endorsing the idea that Israel could be a “Jewish state” alongside a Palestinian state was enough to place any Palestinian politican beyond the pale…
Oh, I don’t know about that, Jonathan. For decades, Palestinians recognized the rights of “indigenous” Jews, i.e., those whose families were there before about 1900. It’s those troublesome European-born, Zionist secularists, most of whom didn’t care very much about their ancient homeland but used it as a rallying cry to mobilize the masses, who posed a problem.
And now, Abu Mazen et. al. might not recognize the “right” of a Jewish state to exist, but they have certainly endorsed the idea that the only way out of this mess is for such a state to exist “alongside a Palestinian state.”
Bill Pearlman says:
Actually this is exactly the right time for a bill like this. It’s a symbolic statement to the Arabs minority that things like the flag and the national anthem aren’t changing and that Israel will continue to be a Jewish state. The drawback is that it’s always helpful to know what your seditious minority is saying. Downgrade the official status but upgrade instruction. That’s actually a matter of national security.
Dan Fleshler says:
Bill, I am glad you think that pointlessly insulting a large minority of Israeli citizens will enhance “national security.” I am glad because you are now in second place in the Orwellian doublespeak contest…
Marco, Judaism, Hebrew and the Jews are indigenous to Israel. That is where Judaism, the Jews and the Hebrew language came from. That is where most Jewish births today occur.
For decades, Palestinians refused to recognize the rights of this “indigenous†group, the Jews, not even those Jews whose families were in Israel before about 1900.
The problem is chiefly with those troublesome Islamists, the vast majority of whom weren’t even born in Palestine. They neither know nor care very much about the Jews’ ancient and current homeland.
Rather, the Islamists use calls to destroy Israel as a rallying cry to mobilize the masses, who pose a problem. “Destroy Israel” is a way of diverting the masses from seeking social change in their own nations.
And now, Abu Mazen et. al. might not recognize the “right†of a Jewish state to exist, but they have certainly endorsed the idea that the only way out of this mess is for such a state to exist “alongside a Palestinian state.â€
Unfortunately that is not the case with the Islamists, including Hezbollah, Iran, Hamas, Al Qaeda, etc. These latter groups, including Hezbollah and Hamas which rule Lebanon and Gaza, respectively, still seek the destruction of Israel.
Back in the mid-1980s Jesse Jackson made a statement that the Israelis would have to try harder to assimilate into the region in order for there to be peace. Since then Israel has moved far along that road and this is further proof of that. Getting hung up on symbolic issues, downgrading the position of the Arabs to a dhimmi-like status, further enhancing the position of the religious establishment shows that the Israelis have learned well from their Muslim Arab neighbors.
If this bill is passed Israel will have to start reminting its coins, printing more stamps without Arabic, etc. But this is much easier than reducing the social gap, saving the failing education system, improving the combat capability of the IDF, or making peace with its neighbors.
In Northern Ireland the Democratic Unionists replaced the Ulster Unionists as the mainstream party by making a big deal of the cap badge and the name of the new police service.
I don’t understand the reference. If you have a moment, please explain. Thanks
The US doesn’t put Spanish on its coins. The US could if it wanted to, and I would not mind if it did.
But it doesn’t.
How many of the people complaining on this website have made any effort to put Spanish on US coins and stamps?
The US puts Latin on its coins. (Noone speaks Latin).
Its the fight between the degree that Israel is a Jewish nation (nationalist), vs a democratic nation.
Personally, I think that a democratic approach is the most congruous with what I read in Torah, while the nationalist contradicts Torah.
So, do I want to be a shell-Jew, or a nut-Jew. Without begging the yuk-yuk, I want to be a nut (the living part that can actually perpetuate).
Not only that, but the US dollar bill has an eye on a pyramid, and no one lives in pyramids!
I think that the Democratic tangential melifluent threnody is the essence of pilpul (Talmudic dialectic.)
I don’t want to be a viper-Jew, or a watermelon-Jew either or a whooooo-whooooo! Without prognosticating the sandwich, I want to be the mayonnaise that makes it all go down smoothly.
When as part of the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 the police service underwent reform it changed its name from the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and had redesigned uniforms and badges. In practice the PSNI was much closer to the old RUC than to the police that Sinn Fein wanted. But the unionist public got hung up over the name change and the new badge. This in addition to the IRA’s failure to disarm in the time alloted under the agreement (and its declared intention not to disarm) led most unionists to stop supporting the GFA.
You don’t like metaphor Jonathon?
Do you get the difference between “shell” and “nut”?
The war could be over.
“Without begging the yuk-yuk,” I would rather be cous-cous than a plate of fried spaghetti. Get the metaphor?
Hakshivu, hakshivu! Attention, metaphor makers! I don’t have the slightest idea what either of you are talking about…
nitwit says:
“In Northern Ireland the Democratic Unionists replaced the Ulster Unionists as the mainstream party by making a big deal of the cap badge and the name of the new police service.â€
Teddy: Irony alert! I think he means these are only diversionary tactics. You can even win elections with gamesmanship, “e.g.” by convincing people that a new name of the station and new police caps badges changes reality for the better.
But then I am a f******, Kraut. So what do I know.:)
sorry, didn’t realize there was an answer. blushing, turning deep red.
“Light of the nations” or “a stubborn stiffnecked people”.
Our choice.
“Suffer” or “Take Arms”
“Happy” or “Sad”
“George” or “Ringo”
Are you Jewish, Jonathon?
Why don’t you care about peace, Richard?
Its just a question Jonathon.
Between your ridicule of metaphor, and your response of a question to a question, I get the sense that you are responding defensively, rather than asserting what you do seek.
Its just a question Richard.
Between your ridicule of land-for-peace, and your support of war to force Israel to settle Palestinians inside of Israel, I get the sense that you are responding defensively, rather than asserting what you do seek.
Why do you oppose land-for-peace, and support war-for-right-of-return? Why don’t you care about peace, Richard?
I think I’ll ignore you Jonathon.
The concept of war-for-right-of-return is a very dangerous one.
The believer in war-for-right-of-return maintains that it is acceptable for the Palestinian side to reject land-for-peace.
Supporters of land-for-peace should proclaim that they do not support anyone–including the Palestinian side–rejecting land-for-peace and threatening or waging war to force Israel to agree to limited-right-of-return-plus-land-for-peace.
Nitwit,
Actually the PSNI encompasses legitimate reforms, but not enough to satisfy republicans who continue to want to be able to resort to force to change the constitutional position of the province and to maintain a hegemonic position in Catholic ghettoes. My critique was that many unionists were unable to accept the fact that they were the winners in The Troubles and unable to separate the important from the trivial.
Which Palestinians have said that they will “wage war” explicitly over the right of return? You keep bringing that up…Perhaps I’ve missed something.
Anyone who refuses to make peace with Israel is, at minimum, threatening to wage war with Israel.
Those who reject peace with Israel may not, for practical reasons, carry out that threat, but the threat is still there. Peace is the absence of war. A refusal to make peace is a threat to wage war.
Every Palestinian leader from Abbas to Hamas has stated that they won’t make peace with Israel unless Israel agrees to settle some fraction of Palestinian refugee descendants inside of Israel. Hamas says 3 million. Abbas may only demand a vastly smaller number.
If Hamas and Abbas won’t make peace with Israel without right-of-return, then they are threatening to wage war over the issue of right-of-return.
I haven’t posted on this blog in a while, partially because the quality of the comments section has really diminished since Jonathan Mark started commenting. What does the question of how many Palestinian refugees should be allowed to settle inside Israel in a peace agreement have to do with the status of Arabic as an official language?
“””What does the question of how many Palestinian refugees should be allowed to settle inside Israel in a peace agreement”””
You are assuming that Israel will agree to settle some inside its borders.
“””have to do with the status of Arabic as an official language?”””
It’s all related to peace between Jews and Arabs, what is required for peace, what Palestinians can ethically fight to achieve and what they cannot.
I maintain that war-for-right-of-return is immoral.
I know you like to take quotes out of context and flip them.
So, if Israel had acted on that, at any point in its sovereignty, including now, Israel would have been conducting gross immorality.
Language, like law, is best applied justly. Again, I learned my favorite method of fairness as a child. “I cut the cake. You choose which piece you want.”
In that game, the most equal turns out to be the most advantageous. It can be customized if different parties have different needs, but the same spirit of mutuality applies.
Richard, you said that you were going to ignore me. You shouldn’t promise something and then not do it.
No lives are at stake.
Why did you lie?
You mean, why did I change my mind?
And, why did you not answer the question about Israel’s morality, applying your quote?
You broke your promise. You promised that you would ignore me.
What if people who sign peace treaties break their promises too? Is that okay too? Or is breaking promises only okay when you do it?
And you say nothing.
I believe Jonathan makes rather glib interpretations when he stresses that anyone who refuses land for peace is esentially waging war against Israel. By that flawed logic, he is putting not only Palestinians in this column, but also Israelis and Americans at war with Israel. I find it rather dangerous and very hubristic that one can call for a one-man one-vote system and be an advocate of war. It seems to me that the civil rights movement was a war movement that would destroy the American state over the rights to vote or to rid themselves of second-class status. Would Jonathan make that equation too?
paul malfara says:
I think Jonathan means “anyone who refuses Bantustans for peace or refuses to make peace with and recongnize Israel as a Jewish State while Israel continues to deny and vacillate when it comes to a Palestinian State is waging war against Israel”
“””anyone who refuses land for peace is esentially waging war against Israel.”””
Peace is the absence of war. If the Palestinians “refuse” land-for-the-absence-of-war then they are at least threatening war against Israel.
“””“anyone who refuses Bantustans for peace or refuses to make peace with and recongnize Israel as a Jewish State while Israel continues to…”””
As I noted above, peace is the absence of war. Those who refuse to make absence-of-war with Israel are at least threatening war against Israel.
The PA has long committed to talk rather than war to resolve differences, even fundamental ones.
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By Adam Grosbard | agrosbard@scng.com | Southern California News Group
PUBLISHED: November 17, 2019 at 1:16 am | UPDATED: November 17, 2019 at 1:16 am
Here are some highlights from USC’s post-game press conferences following its 41-17 win over Cal:
Head coach Clay Helton
Opening statement:
“Good win for our football team. Another good road, Pac-12 win. And I’m really proud of the kids. I thought they had a tremendous week of preparation. I thought they brought the right energy and the right attitude today. I thought they really made a statement for their team and what they’re trying to attempt to do down the stretch here. There were some big playmakers all over the place. We had the game ball in there, I really couldn’t give it to one guy. This was really a team a win and there were big plays made by a lot of people. Defensively, I was nervous coming into the game. I thought Cal had done a wonderful job against Washington State the week before. And I thought defensively they really set the tone, especially that third quarter coming out and doing what they did. Offensively, couldn’t be more proud of how we operated as an offense. Four touchdown passes, I think that defense had only given up nine total for the entire year. That’s a really, really good defense and I’m proud of our kids for how they operated.”
On Kedon Slovis’ third 400-yard performance in four games:
“My favorite number is that zero; zero interceptions. That’s a really good defense and I think Justin Wilcox is one of the better defensive coaches in the country. I’ll never forget being here and Sam Darnold having one of his hardest days because of how they mixed up coverages, pressures and things like that. One, credit the offensive line. They did come after us and they held up. And credit the wideouts. They did an unbelievable job when they got their one-on-one situations making big plays for the kid. And he protected the football. When you have four touchdowns and zero interceptions, that’s a hell of a day.”
On the difference in the game:
“I thought the separation was the drive right before half. We talked about that, how important ending the half and beginning the half was going to be. It was the last thing we talked about in our team meeting because we lost that last year, if you remember. We had a turnover that happened right before halftime and then we came out flat in the third quarter. That cost us a loss against this team last year. We discussed it as a team and man, the kids took it to heart. To go down, get that two-minute drive for a touchdown, then come right out in the second half and double up with another touchdown, that was the separation we needed.”
On electing to defer after winning the coin toss:
“I challenged our kickoff coverage as well as our defense, that I wanted them to be able to set the tone tonight. We said it in our team meeting, that if we had the opportunity to win the toss, we were gonna defer and put that strike force out right off the bat and get back on the horse, go cover it and get it down. And the defense, I wanted them to set the tone. I was really proud after that first drive. There was no panic or anything amongst anybody that was there. We got two penalties on that drive that allowed them to get to the plus side of the field. Everybody took a deep breath and said, ‘Okay, this is what’s happened. Let’s go to the next drive.’ From that point on, I thought defensively they had a heck of a night.”
If he second-guessed that decision after Cal scored on the opening drive of the game:
“No. Sometimes you have to be able to show confidence in the guys that are around you and let them know that, ‘Hey, I’m confident in you.’ And it may not have paid off for the first drive, but it paid off for the game. When a coach has confidence in the men that are around him, they’ll feed off of it. And that was what I wanted to happen. I believe in these kids. They keep on showing up each and every week and putting their best foot forward. They got a chance to win five out of the last six games next week and really put an exclamation point on the season.”
QB Kedon Slovis
On the game:
“I thought the team played really well. Obviously a few drives wish we had of scored but overall I thought we had a pretty good night.”
When he felt like he was on his game:
“I don’t know I really thought like that, but in the second half after the second touchdown, we kinda had it rolling offensively, I thought.”
If Cal’s defense was as good as expected:
“That’s one of the things, the beauty of this offense, is no matter who we play, we’re an execution-based offense. So if we execute, if we do our job, we’re gonna score. And that’s what happened tonight.”
If his confidence grows playing with the receivers he plays with:
“Yeah, definitely. I remember in high school I wouldn’t be able to make some of the throws because I knew my guys couldn’t make it. It wasn’t their fault; they’re not Michael Pittman or some of these guys. It’s definitely getting used to what they can do and their skillset.”
On what he’s learned and gotten better at lately:
“Going through the reads and being more consistent. And that comes with reps. Obviously, the last week, made a few ugly mistakes and this week made a few mistakes too that obviously didn’t cost us, luckily.”
On Drake London:
“He’s been awesome. I think confidence-wise you see him getting more excited. He tried to hurdle someone so definitely more confident than he was a few weeks ago.”
On three 400-yard games in last four weeks:
“I think it just shows what our offense is capable of. Obviously I think I can play better even after a game like this and especially after the other three games. I think it’s just a testament to what this offense can be in the future.”
Where he wants to grow before season is over:
“Just eliminating those bad decisions, really. There’s one throw, the one to [Tyler Vaughns] that probably should have been picked off, I can’t make that throw. That’s a bad decision. So just eliminating those. We obviously got better at it throughout the year but just making that a staple.”
WR Michael Pittman Jr.
If anything surprises him about Slovis anymore:
“No, he’s showed up and he’s been the same guy week in and week out and I think that he’s getting better and he’s showing us that he’s an elite college quarterback.”
On breaking through 1,000 yards:
“That’s a big deal, I guess, so I’m just thankful that I had that opportunity.”
On how Drake London has played of late:
“I thought Drake has been big time. I actually talked to him after that Washington game when he didn’t make that tough catch and I kinda just challenged him. And he has came out and played great, especially for being so young. He still has a lot of time left here and I’m just looking for him to do great things.”
On his thoughts heading into his last game at the Coliseum next week:
“I haven’t really thought about it. It’s just happened so fast and I’m just so blessed to be part of this team and part of this brotherhood that I can’t see it ending. So I don’t really want to think about it yet.”
S Talanoa Hufanga
If the defense made any adjustments after Cal scored to start the game:
“We just had to focus on the run game, make sure we stop the run game, force them to throw. We just had to adjust. That’s the whole motto of it. We just got to relock in and that’s what we did when it came to the second series.”
WR Amon-Ra St. Brown
On Slovis’ performance:
“Kedon’s a beast. He’s been balling all year. He’s a great quarterback. I think just each game he feels more comfortable and he’s getting the hang of it.”
If the team went in expecting to throw the deep ball or if it became a point of emphasis as the game progressed:
“I think it’s just something that developed as the game progressed. We didn’t know what we were going to see, what kind of coverage we were going to see. As the game went on, the coaches upstairs saw what they were doing and just started dialing up some shots.”
On why the deep ball was so effective:
“I think we have great guys on offense on our side of the ball. Really good receivers, a great quarterback, a line that gave protection and we just went and made plays.”
Defensive coordinator Clancy Pendergast
On the impact of the targeting call against Christian Rector:
“It was huge. We had some things within the game plan that we were going to utilize him on third down from a rush standpoint that was kinda dialed up for him. So it was disappointing to lose him that early. But we made some adjustments for who were going to put in there and the guys stepped up and played ball.”
On the pressure the defense put on Cal’s QBs:
“Yeah, it was good. We mixed it up. We called some coverage. We called some blitzes. The guys executed it well, certainly in timely situations. The guys were disruptive.”
On Caleb Tremblay:
“He’s a guy that really benefited from redshirting last year. He’s helped us more in pass rush situations than he has in the running game. He got tied up on a couple blocks in the running game and the ball got out on the perimeter. But he’s a guy that’s still learning.”
Offensive coordinator Graham Harrell
On Slovis:
“I thought he played pretty well. It helps to have some big monsters out there who can go get the ball. But I thought it was one of our more complete performances as an offense, at least for a full game. So I was happy with that. … When he plays well, he should always throw for 400 with those guys. You can’t replace experience. The more games you’re playing in any offense, the better you’re going to get. Obviously with the receivers we have and the offense we run, it’ll enable you to have the opportunity to put up a lot of points and the opportunity to put up big numbers.”
If it was part of the game plan to throw the ball deep:
“They were playing a coverage that I felt allowed us the opportunity to take some shots and the opportunity to hit some big ones. And turns out we did.”
WR Drake London
On his confidence:
“The game has slowed down tremendously.”
If he got frustrated early in the season:
“To be honest, I didn’t feel like I was in a lull at all. I was a true freshman, I was playing, I was going out there and blocking for my teammates. So that’s all I could ask for.”
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The Face Of Tomorrow's Indie Games: Unity 5 Announced
Alec Meer
18th March 2014 / 5:30PM
In theory I’m working with someone to make a game in Unity, but I’ve yet to progress past the “very long Word documents with overwritten design ideas” stage myself. However, at some point I fully intend to fiddle under the hood to some degree, and as such today’s news of a big old update to Unity is going to affect me at some point. For now though, I’m not the best person to ask about quite why the newly-announced Unity 5 is quite so exciting, but judging from how the throngs of developers took a break from hard drinking and massed backslapping at GDC to light up Twitter with breathless wonder at the listed features for this increasingly ubiquitous game engine, it appears to be one hell of a big deal in devland.
From a games-player point of view, this is very likely to shape a lot of the indie games (big and small) that we’ll be playing over the next couple of years. As far as I can tell, two of the most promising additions are heightened visual spangliness and – potentially – running games in browser without the need for a plugin.
Real-time lighting system and physically-based shaders seem to be the headline feature, as they’ll mean a pretty big graphical boost to Unity games – in theory that much much closer to yer fancier-panted big budget games. We’ll have to see in practice, naturally. People also seem excited about a new audio pipeline and the ability to export to WebGL – which would mean no plugin is required to play in most modern browsers. That is most delightful in principle, I must say.
Here’s a video to look at too:
Beyond that I am useless to you, so please forgive me simply cutting and pasting the list of features below. Unity 5 is available for pre-order now.
Physically-based Shading
Unity 5 will launch with a new built-in physically-based shader system. It is designed to cover a wide variety of real-world materials under all lighting situations and includes a vastly improved workflow, from the art pipeline all the way to the UI. Unity 5 also introduces full deferred shading and baked reflection probes for realistic environment-based specular highlights.
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Unity has entered into a partnership with Geomerics to integrate Enlighten, their industry-leading real-time global illumination technology, into Unity 5. Enlighten is the only real-time global illumination technology optimized to deliver fully dynamic lighting in game on today’s PCs, consoles, and mobile platforms. Animate lights, emissive material properties and control the environment lighting in real-time. Enlighten’s technology also brings dramatic workflow improvements, enabling artists and designers to work directly in Unity 5’s editor to create realistic and engaging visuals for all game styles. The technology is the lighting solution of choice for some of today’s most advanced and best-selling titles.
Real-time Lightmap Previews
In partnership with Imagination Technologies, Unity 5 will be the first-ever development platform to ship with in-editor real-time lightmap previews based on Imagination’s ground-breaking PowerVR Ray Tracing technology. This exciting addition allows for near instantaneous feedback from changes to global illumination lightmaps by displaying an accurate preview in the editor’s scene view of how lighting will look in the final game. With this technology, artists can continue to iterate and refine the look of a level while final lightmaps update and bake in the background, dramatically decreasing the amount of time needed to make artistic adjustments to scenes.
Audio Overhaul
Unity’s entire audio pipeline has been rewritten to be more efficient and flexible. The first big feature included with the overhaul is an Audio Mixer designed to allow highly complex real-time re-routing and effects scenarios. Designers can take snapshots of mixer settings for dynamic transitions between sound profiles during gameplay.
WebGL Add-on Early Access
Unity’s multiplatform functionality remains one of its most valuable aspects and Unity Technologies is happy to announce its collaboration with Mozilla to bring WebGL and asm.js support to Unity. Starting with Unity 5.0, developers will be able to get early access to Unity’s WebGL add-on to begin creating interactive experiences for plugin-free play made possible in supported modern browsers. Attendees at GDC can stop by the Unity booth to see a demo of Madfinger Games’ Dead Trigger 2 running on WebGL.
Unity Cloud
Unity 5 will also see the launch of the Unity Cloud cross-promotion network, enabling mobile game developers to run full screen interstitial ads in their mobile games, as well as exchange ad units with other Unity developers, to unlock the combined power of over half a billion mobile game installs for free.
Furthermore, Unity 5 introduces many other additions and improvements:
Unity is now 64-bit
New multithreaded job scheduler
NVIDIA PhysX 3.3
Easier and incremental building of Asset Bundles
New 2D physics effectors
SpeedTree Integration
NavMesh improvements
Mecanim StateMachine Behaviours
Loading optimizations
And many other improvements
Out soon, and if you’re at GDC pop by Unity’s stand to find out more.
Tagged with Unity 5, Unity.
More about Unity
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Telltale to retire their engine after The Walking Dead S4
Daggerfall for Unity: Now with a beginning, middle & end
Not Our One: Unity Shows Off Cinematic Demo Adam
Shiny: Unity Demo's Screen-Space Raytraced Reflections
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Vocalese
Two of my longtime lawyer friends have echolalia. It’s a speech phenomenon that involves the imitation of words, sentences, or sounds. Echolalia is common in children learning to talk. In its severe form, echolalia can be a symptom of mental disorders like autism.
Each of my friends has a very mild version of echolalia. They compulsively repeat the last few words you say in conversation. As with certain hypnotic accents, the challenge for listeners is to resist echoing their echoes.
A few months ago, a cute guy in Vancouver told me “It must be hard to be a lawyer with your stammer.”
What stammer?
Ok, maybe I’ve always had a bit of a stammer that comes out when I’m stressed or nervous. It's never really interfered with life. I’m much more concerned about my PTSD-amplified trichotillomania, which causes me to relentlessly rub my scalp and pull my hair out.
Nowadays I’m well aware that I’m a person who sometimes stammers and who often pulls at his hair. Of course, I’m usually not consciously “aware” of doing either at the time. I assume my two lawyer friends with echolalia are the same – surely they didn’t make it into their forties and fifties without someone pointing out their obvious quirk of speech.
Here’s a helpful hint from a disabled person: don’t tell anyone living with depression, anxiety, compulsive disorders, or other mental illness to “snap out of it.”
While I’m in confessional mode, I should also mention that I compulsively hum or vocalize as I go through the day, particularly when I’m in a good mood.
When I catch myself, I try to identify the song and analyze why my subconscious chose it. Sometimes I’m merely harmonizing along with the jazz or classical music playing in the background. Other times particular people or places will trigger the musical motifs associated with them, like the friend who always inspires “The Way You Look Tonight.”
Shop clerks and strangers often notice, and usually smile. As with yawning, I’m contagious – I’ll walk out of Trader Joe’s and hear folks humming along behind me.
I generally default into random improvised vocalese, untethered to any particular melody. For some reason, eventually the song fades into “Somewhere That’s Green” from Little Shop of Horrors. I have no idea what that means.
Last week I picked up my nephew from an appointment downtown on our way to dinner at Grandma’s.
When the elevator doors opened, there he was, smiling: “I heard humming and knew it was you.”
Apparently when I’m in a good mood I can’t sneak up on people.
Labels: Brains, Mental Illness, Mindfulness, Music, Voices
Monologuing
The best class I took while I was in law school was Harold Bloom’s graduate Shakespeare seminar. For law school credit - Yale really is heaven.
Professor Bloom was the Pope of Bardolotry when I was a mere altar boy. Thirty years later, my memories of his in-class sermons and catechisms blur with the volumes of scholarly criticism. What I remember best about Hal at Yale, other than his obsessive identification with Sir John Falstaff, was this observation about Hamlet's monologues: Shakespeare's character is revolutionary because he changes by listening to himself think.
These days I'm the plaintiff in a lawsuit against Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC, “Seattle’s sleaziest bottom-feeding law firm®,” and one of its attorney/private investigators, Patrick Pearce. Defendants collaborated with my former employers at the Washington Attorney General's Office in a discriminatory and unethical scheme to deprive me of the benefit of the disability attorney I'd hired.
Even though I won in the Court of Appeals, last week I joined Defendants in asking the Washington Supreme Court to accept review of our case. As I wrote in my blog essay “This is what ‘Impact Litigation’ Looks Like,” I try to use my personal experiences to educate folks about the challenges facing people living with both mental illness and a hostile legal system.
When I was in private practice, I would have been alarmed to have a chatty client like me. (I know I make my mother and my lawyers nervous. Luckily I’m not on Twitter). But I’ve learned to trust my instincts, both as a writer and as an experienced civil rights lawyer. Even when I stumble in my efforts to figure things out, I’m always trying to tell the truth.
On the other hand, if you’re the only real audience, storytelling becomes “monologuing."
As Hal Bloom’s Hamlet analysis suggests, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I learn a lot from putting words on a page. However, I’m not doing this solely for my own health. I also write long, sometimes snarky epistles in hopes that someone on the other side will actually read them.
Before his retirement, my father spent four decades as an insurance claims adjuster handling high-value commercial liability matters. He’s been bemused by Defendants’ myopic and reactive strategy. (His current theory: no one with decision-making authority has read the file yet.) Dad is also a veteran bridge player. Defendants are acting as if they held cards that everyone else at the table knows are not in their hand.
Nevertheless, because I believe change is possible, the impulse to offer second chances is never completely futile.
"If You're Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow," NY Times 7/6/08
As I mark each major milestone in the litigation, my wordy navel-gazing isn’t meant to benefit only myself and my benighted opponents. These monologues also provide raw material for future storytelling and public education.
For example, as I was preparing my Answer to Ogden Murphy Wallace’s petition for review in the Washington Supreme Court, I went back and counted the times I offered to settle my claims out of court for a reasonable but increasingly large amount. On each occasion I also explained why Defendants should stop waiting for more shoes to fall:
A $________ (4/14/17)
B $________ (4/21/17
C $________ (7/12/17
D $________ (11/21/18)
E $________ (3/18/19)
F $________ (9/8/19)
G $________ (9/20/19)
H $________ (10/16/19)
Defendants and their paralyzed insurers and lawyers have yet to respond with a single settlement offer. One of these days I’ll plug in the dollar amounts. For now, I’ve been doodling equations on cocktail napkins:
a < small fraction of Defendants’ litigation costs so far
g > 5a
h < inevitable cost to Defendants’ reputation
Someday, bored professionals trapped in Continuing Legal Education seminars or Adjuster Continuing Education courses will hear about my story. Just like Alexander Hamilton.
In addition to collecting my thoughts, giving peace a chance, and raising public awareness regarding systemic problems with the legal system, there’s one final reason I keep writing long letters for Defendants and their lawyers to ignore: endless conversation at family meals.
Like my father, my next oldest brother is an insurance claims adjuster. Like me, my youngest brother is a lawyer. My other brother does something mysterious with computers for Google. He's the tiebreaker.
For the past three years, I’ve regularly reached out to the other side in the litigation and suggested they change their ways. I've also gave them enough rope to hang each other, then tie themselves to the tracks in front of the runaway train. Which brings us to the eternal question: Who’s stupider, a lawyer or an insurance claims adjuster?
Labels: English Major, Litigation, Ogden Murphy, Reading, Shakespeare
This is what "Impact Litigation" Looks Like
Today begins an exciting new phase in my lawsuit against Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC, the Seattle private investigator firm that collaborated with my former employers at the Washington Attorney General’s Office to harm my family and me.
It’s been a long and winding journey through the legal system. Now I'm in front of the Washington Supreme Court. I hope my case can have an even greater impact in the lives of other people living with disabilities, and other victims of dishonest and unethical lawyers.
A disabled attorney arguing before the Washington Supreme Court
In November 2015, my doctor diagnosed me with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. My symptoms were triggered by recent events, but they were rooted in trauma that occurred thirty years ago. Unfortunately, my employers thoroughly bungled their response to my disability.
My distress significantly increased after my employers hired a purportedly "independent" attorney/private investigator. He was supposed to look into a specific discrimination complaint challenging homophobic bias in the workplace. This investigator was the only lawyer dealing directly with me. He had the last clear chance to avert disaster. Instead, he collaborated with unethical lawyers at the Washington Attorney's Office in a scheme to deprive me of the benefit of the disability attorney I'd hired. Then they schemed to cover up their misconduct.
But the attorney-investigator's ethical lapses were just a marketing gesture to please his agency clients. The investigator's actual taxpayer-funded assignment was to lie to me, to accommodate my employers' prejudices, and to secretly focus his investigation on phony supervisor complaints about my conduct. The final investigation report whitewashed my employers' abuse, and clumsily attacked my character.
The investigator's name was Patrick Pearce. He's a partner in the Seattle firm Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC, “Seattle’s sleaziest bottom-feeding law firm®.”
Like the federal judiciary, the Washington court system has three levels. Superior Court is our trial court with general jurisdiction. After unsuccessfully reaching out to Ogden Murphy’s managing partner in an effort to clear my name, in May 2017 I filed my Complaint against Defendants in King County Superior Court.
Unfortunately, the trial judge quickly threw out my Complaint out on a frivolous technicality. Without reaching the merits of my allegations regarding lawyer-investigators, the judge agreed with Defendants that each of my legal claims was automatically barred by a Washington statute, RCW 4.24.510.
The Legislature passed the “Brenda Hill Bill” in 1989 to protect private citizens like Ms. Hill who voluntarily report misconduct to the appropriate government agency, then face grinding legal retaliation by the wrongdoers. The trial judge in my case erroneously concluded that this law also grants absolute immunity from civil liability for any injuries caused by paid government vendors during the course of their contractual engagements. The lower court also ordered me to compensate defendants as supposed "whistleblowers" under the statute, which obviously would have bankrupted me.
King County Courthouse
The party who loses in Superior Court has the right to appeal to Washington’s intermediate appellate court. The Court of Appeals is an “error-correcting” court. Unlike frantic and under-resourced Superior Court judges, the Court of Appeals judges and their clerks have time to carefully examine the record and the applicable legal authorities. Lots of time.
After a long and painful delay, on September 3, 2019, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals issued a published opinion reversing the lower court’s ruling. The Court of Appeals also vacated the cruel judgment ordering me to pay for all of the other side’s legal expenses. I am grateful for the Court’s vindication.
Washington Court of Appeal, Division I
After the Court of Appeals rejected Ogden Murphy’s arguments, I once again offered to settle my damage claim out of court for a reasonable amount. Instead of responding to my offer, Defendants filed a petition seeking discretionary review in the Washington Supreme Court.
In most Washington cases, the Court of Appeals has the final word. Like the United States Supreme Court, the Washington Supreme Court accepts only a small number of appeals each year. Unsuccessful civil litigants like Ogden Murphy have less than a ten percent chance of attracting the Court’s interest. Nevertheless, like virtually every other petitioner, Defendants argue that the lower court’s ruling in this case involves not just a clumsy legal error but also a tremendous miscarriage of justice that puts every Washington citizen in dire peril. (Go ahead, read Defendants’ overzealous Petition for Review for yourself.) You and I both know Defendants and their insurance defense lawyers are merely stalling.
Ordinarily, this is what would happen next: The successful appellant – that’s me – would file an Answer to Defendants’ Petition for Review after thirty days. (Actually, what ordinarily would happen is that Roger would ask for a thirty-day extension – but that was the old Roger.) My Answer would explain how the Court of Appeals got everything perfectly right, and besides this case involves such a messy yet simultaneously boring can of worms that the Justices shouldn’t worry their pretty be-wigged heads over it. On the first Tuesday of March 2020 (or maybe the first Tuesday of February or April), a panel consisting of five of the nine Justices will meet behind closed doors to work through a month's worth of Petitions, Answers, and staff analyses. After discussing a stack of approximately fifty cases, the Justices will vote to hear around five appeals, and deny the other forty-five Petitions. My case would almost certainly be one of the rejected forty-five. Defendants and I would go back to the same old trial judge, and we’d all start the case over from scratch.
However, as I’ve tried to tell mostly unlistening audiences from the beginning, this is no ordinary case. Today I filed my Answer to Defendants’ Petition for Review – two weeks early.
Unlike an error-correcting tribunal, the primary role of the Washington Supreme Court is to answer legal policy questions and provide high-level guidance to lower courts and litigants. But the Court can only make legal rulings when they’re asked to resolve a real dispute between two opposing parties. In my Answer, I therefore joined Ogden Murphy in asking the Washington Supreme Court to take review. I agree with Defendants that this case presents important issues of substantial public interest that should be determined by our Supreme Court.
Another disabled attorney arguing before the Washington Supreme Court
In this case I am both the lawyer and the litigant. But nowadays I think of myself as a writer.
Over the last three decades I’ve written or edited countless Petitions for Review and Answers. For its first seventeen pages, my Answer resembles all those other briefs – properly characterized allegations, accurately cited authorities, transparent and logical arguments, elegant but tediously legal prose. A well-written but normal brief. For example, I refer to myself in the third person as “Plaintiff” and “Leishman.” You can read my entire Answer to Defendants’ Petition for Review for yourself. You’ll probably think it’s boring.
However, the conclusion of my Answer differs from every brief I’ve ever filed with a court:
At this point I will abandon the third person mask, and speak directly to the justices of the Washington Supreme Court. Not because I appeared before you as an advocate before I was sidelined by my disability, nor because we previously collaborated in the work of the bench and bar – but because as an honest plaintiff and lawyer I want you to know exactly what kind of wormy case this is before you decide whether to open the can and accept review at the suspiciously enthusiastic request of both parties.
Washington courts and litigants would indeed benefit from the Court’s guidance regarding the Brenda Hill Bill, potentially justifying a few additional months of painful delay for my family. But to make the subtext explicit, I am joining Defendants’ request for review because this case also involves two vexing perennial issues: the systemic challenges faced by litigants who can't afford a lawyer, and the decline in professionalism by members of the bar.
After I settled my employment claims against the State with the help of my attorney Ms. Phelan, I reached out to Ogden Murphy’s managing partner in an effort to clear my name. I naively believed this was all a horrible misunderstanding. In my defense, (1) I was still addled by PTSD; (2) while in private practice I never had the misfortune of encountering faux independent attorney-investigators who lied about their assignments; and (3) I had not yet obtained copies of the Attorney General's Office’s incriminating documents via the Public Records Act. In any event, Defendants responded by lawyering up.
On the surface, this lawsuit appears to be just another factually messy and time-consuming case involving too many lawyers and an impaired pro se plaintiff. Two years ago, distinguished Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner shocked the legal world by announcing his retirement from the federal bench because he “suddenly realized that people without lawyers are mistreated by the legal system, and he wanted to do something about it.” Under the circumstances, it is sad but not surprising that a busy trial court judge grasped at the slimmest of reeds to get rid of us. I filed this pro se lawsuit in May 2017. That means that if the Court denies review in the ordinary course of things, I will be starting over from scratch in Superior Court after waiting three years. Fortunately I have a strong support system, much improved mental health, and appellate expertise. How many less privileged pro se litigants are mowed down each year by the weaponizing of RCW 4.24.510 and similar miscarriages of justice?
This case also demonstrates what happens when lawyers routinely lie and judges do not stop them. Together with their high-ranking collaborators at the Attorney General's Office, Defendants lied to me about the scope of their investigation. Complaint at ¶ 44. Defendants then lied to the Court of Appeals about the undisputed record documenting their misconduct. See Appellant’s Reply Brief at 7-8 (citing Respondents' Brief at 13 n.5). Now Defendants are lying to this Court about the actual allegations of my Complaint.
Like Defendants and their cynical lawyers, I do not expect the Court to accept review of the Court of Appeals’ straightforward and sound ruling. Nevertheless, despite the continuing harm to my family from Defendants’ delay tactics, I hope that you do choose to shine the bright light of justice on this particular story.
As I’ve written on my blog, one of my epiphanies after being diagnosed with PTSD was recognizing that the fight for full inclusion of disabled people hasn’t progressed much further than where LGBT folks were when I began advocating for that community over two decades ago. In particular, few plaintiffs living with mental illness have the capacity to engage in a coordinated campaign of public education and impact litigation. Someone has to do it. This Court should accept review, and affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals.
The Washington Supreme Court
I realize there’s a risk the Supreme Court will reverse my hard-won victory in the Court of Appeals, and stick me with a crushing bill for the other side’s legal expenses. I’m pretty confident that worst case scenario is unlikely – not just because I’m an experienced court observer, but also because apparently I’m the only person who’s actually read all of the legislative history, caselaw, and the undisputed contemporaneous evidence in this case. So far.
In any event, I’m willing to trade that small risk and a few extra months’ delay for the opportunity to shine a public light on the legal challenges facing people living with mental illness and other disabilities.
I am on a mission.
But I don't want to do it alone anymore.
For many years I was involved in high profile LGBT and other civil rights cases as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. I frequently filed amicus briefs with the Washington Supreme Court explaining how the legal dispute between particular parties had the potential to affect the rule of law and the rights of other community members. When I represented injured plaintiffs myself, I would welcome briefs from other advocates as amicus curiae – Latin for “friend of the Court.”
Today I am sending a public “Dear Colleague” letter to Washington attorneys at various advocacy organizations inviting them to file amicus briefs or letters of support asking the Washington Supreme Court to grant Defendants' agreed Petition for Review. Feel free to forward my invitation to anyone you think might be interested. The amicus deadline is Monday, December 4, 2019. I even submitted my Answer two weeks early just so everyone would have an enhanced opportunity to do their due diligence.
The members of the bar and our colleagues on the bench pride ourselves on being an honorable self-regulating profession. Please send your organizational and individual message to the Washington Supreme Court – and to the folks at Ogden Murphy and the Attorney General’s Office – that “lawyer” and “liar” aren’t synonyms.
Recently I published an updated version of "My Story So Far." I recognize even my summaries are much too long. But the important stuff isn’t complicated at all.
The other day an old friend interrupted one of my stories about the endless plagues that beset me, and said “Just give me your elevator speech.” I started my legal career on the 49th floor of Seattle second-tallest building. Elevator rides and speeches could take a while:
· This case involves unlawful and unethical conduct by two sets of lawyers who should know better: the Washington Attorney General’s Office, and the Seattle firm of Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC.
· When I filed a complaint about sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace in March 2016, my former employers at the Attorney General’s Office hired Patrick Pearce, one of the dishonest private investigators at Ogden Murphy Wallace, to conduct a fake “independent” investigation into my discrimination complaint.
· At the Attorney General's behest, Ogden Murphy barely acknowledged my actual complaint of discrimination based on sexual orientation, and ignored numerous other examples of the State’s implicit and explicit homophobia. Instead, Defendants whitewashed my employers’ misconduct, and parroted a litany of unrelated and unfounded complaints about my job performance. As wrongfully terminated Judge Patricia Petersen can attest, this is Defendants' standard technique.
· What made the Attorney General's and Ogden Murphy’s misconduct particularly horrifying was that they schemed to deprive me of the benefit of the disability attorney I’d hired to represent me in my employment dispute after I was diagnosed with PTSD.
· After illegally framing and firing me, my former employers at the Washington Attorney General’s Office pressured me into quickly settling my wrongful termination claims against the State.
· For the last three years, the Attorney General’s Office has taken extraordinary taxpayer-funded efforts to cover up their misconduct.
· Incriminating documents eventually produced under the Public Records Act reveal the likely reason for the cover-up: Chief Deputy Attorney General Shane Esquibel, Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s top lieutenant, left his fingerprints all over the smoking gun emails.
· Meanwhile, in May 2017, I filed a lawsuit against Ogden Murphy and Patrick Pearce, attempting to clear my name and obtain compensation from Defendants for their role in harming my family. At Defendants' request, the trial judge in Seattle quickly threw my case out on a frivolous technicality.
· On September 3, 2019, the Washington Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s erroneous decision. The court agreed with me that Washington’s whistleblower protection statute, RCW 4.24.510, does not grant absolute immunity from civil liability for injuries caused by paid government vendors in connection with their contractual engagements.
· On October 3, 2019, Defendants petitioned the Washington Supreme Court to accept review of the case. Even though I won in the Court of Appeals, I filed an Answer joining Defendants in asking the Court to take the case because it presents important issues of substantial public interest that should be determined by the Court.
Whoosh, here we are in the lobby.
Once upon a time I worked in glass skyscrapers. Then for a while I had a cozy corner office on campus in Old Main. Now I work at home with three kids, two Aussiedoodles, and PTSD.
We live in a one-level ranch house, so my elevator speech has to be short: This case is about what happens when lawyers start lying, and then won’t stop.
Prior blog posts about my lawsuit against Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC and Patrick Pearce:
De Profundis (4/24/17)
"Dear Bob" (4/25/17)
This is what a lawsuit looks like, Episode 1: Can I Sue Someone? (5/12/17)
This is what a lawsuit looks like, Episode 2: A Little More Complaining (5/22/17)
This is what a lawsuit looks like, Episode 3: Party Discovery (6/28/17)
This is what a lawsuit looks like, Episode 4: Goodbye and Hello (7/11/17)
This is what a lawsuit looks like, Episode 5: Never Surrender (10/8/17)
Some Days We Are All Less Smart (7/16/17)
Pro Se (9/13/17)
This is is what an Appeal looks like (6/4/18)
The Moral Arc Bends (9/3/19)
Epithets (9/16/19)
Schrödinger's Summer Vacation (9/18/19)
A Great Lawyer (9/19/19)
Labels: Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Hope, Justice, LGBT, Litigation, Mental Illness, Ogden Murphy
Watch for Quiet Explosions
It’s been one of those weeks where I can’t stop writing. I described an earlier erruption of this cyclical phenomenon a couple of years ago in “Dear Reader”:
For the first time in my life, including the year I was the editor of a weekly newspaper, I sit down at my fancy new computer and just write. Words are piling up much faster than I can edit and publish them, file them in some lawsuit, or incorporate them into my book project. Then I can’t resist going back and tweaking sentences. Even in the legal filings. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised by the frenetic pace – once the dam finally burst, I needed to process more than twenty years of repressed material. As well as publicly noodling about all the scary and exciting things in my life lately.
For example, I’ve started compiling a list of things I’ve given up in favor of writing lately. As with most of my writing projects, despite my best efforts the list is getting rather long. Item: I forget to eat and drink and pray. Or read, bathe, and parent. I am currently ignoring a painfully bruised toe my daughter Eleanor would insist is broken. [Ed. Note: She’s an obvious hypochondriac.]
My favorite sacrifice so far: I deleted a text from a porn star saying he happened to be in town this week and wanted to have sex with me again. (Hush, we didn’t find out he was a porn star until later.)
My newest shameful addition to the list of bad things writing made me do: this weekend I exaggerated the symptoms of my sinus infection so my children would leave me alone to write. Meanwhile I left each of them alone to stare at their iPhones and be assimilated by the Borg. Trust me, it’s what everyone wanted anyway.
For decades, interacting cycles of stress and seasonal allergies gave me chronic sinus infections. Ah, the good old days.
Then three years ago, PTSD amplified my formerly mild case of trichotillomania, i.e. uncontrollable hairpulling and skin picking. In addition to rubbing my forehead till it throbbed, I would wake each morning with bloodstains on my sheets. It turns out compulsive nose-picking is another delayed trauma symptom. At this point my nostrils are permanently raw – a nosebleed just waiting to happen. And our dog Buster has developed a disgusting taste for bloody Kleenex.
Most recently, I was diagnosed with a “mild case of MRSA.” (It really is thing). A round of thermonuclear antibiotics banished my stress-induced outbreak of underarm boils, a/k/a “furuncles.” According to my doctors, the acute infection is gone. Nevertheless, like a surprising percentage of the public and much of the healthcare profession, I’ve been “colonized” by MRSA.
Do you where MRSA hides its colony? In your nose.
From the Wisconsin Department of Health’s MRSA FAQs:
Q. I was told I am “colonized” with MRSA. What are the risks of my spouse being infected by having close physical contact with me?
A. Being colonized with MRSA means that you carry it on your skin or in your nose, but you have no signs or symptoms of infection. There is a small risk of transmitting MRSA to close contacts such as your spouse when you are colonized, but the risk is much less than when there is an active infection, with pus or drainage present on the skin. [Ed. Note: Like boils.]
Q. I am colonized with MRSA and have several children. Should I have them tested to see if they are colonized too?
A. In most cases testing of household members is not necessary. Sometimes the family doctor may wish to screen all household members for MRSA colonization. This may be done when there are recurrent infections in one or more household members.
If testing is needed, the doctor will rub the inside of the nose with a cotton swab and then send it to the laboratory for a culture. If MRSA is found, your doctor may give you an antibiotic ointment to be put inside the nose to kill the MRSA.
Sometimes family pets (dogs and cats) will also carry MRSA, so if testing of household members is done, pets should be included in the screening process.
Even if treated, family members may become re-colonized in the future, but treatment may still be effective in breaking the cycle of recurrent infections.
For now, I treat my sinuses by freebasing alternate doses of decongestants and antihistamines. Do I want more or less flow? And where exactly?
As I’ve written before, I’ve settled on hydraulics as the primary metaphor for the writing process. Droughts and deluges. Sluicing and mixing. Pressure and release.
For example, whenever I feel a burst of writing beginning to flow through me, I think of the first part of Lord of the Rings, when Sauron's Dark Riders approach the weary hobbits at the Fords of Bruinen. Elrond releases the magical cataracts and floods guarding Rivendell. The result could be good or bad, depending on which side you’re on.
I have a good feeling about this week’s torrent of writing. In fact, I think the final product will be a spectacular vintage. The kind of draught that decades from now will inspire an old gaffer at an inn, after a good pint of well-earned ale, to put down his mug with a sigh: ‘Ah! That was a proper twenty-nineteen, that was!’
In my previous incarnation as a fabulous gay uncle, I refused to learn how to change a diaper. That’s a task for actual parents. However, after living with teenagers, I now warn prospective fathers that diaper changing is the least of your worries. When I began guncling a pair of Aussiedoodles this year, I was fine with picking up pooper scooper skills.
Buster is a stealth pooper – slowing down to a trot and casually flinging his waste along the wayside, like a redneck in a pickup truck littering on the highway.
In contrast, when it comes to bodily functions Bear is a Drama Queen. As soon as we’ve reached the maximum distance from a garbage can and it’s time to poop, everyone for miles knows exactly what Bear is doing. He generally goes about his business with a shameless ostentatiousness that rivals President Lyndon Johnson.
I mention Bear’s and LBJ’s public toilet habits for a reason. As I’ve been consumed by a complicated array of active writing projects this week, I’ve been losing track of larger and larger chunks of time. That’s how “flow” works.
It’s not just happening with activities that are particularly amenable to autopilot mode, like driving the minivan, or pretending to listen to Eleanor chatter about high school social drama. I’ve also been losing conscious awareness while performing tasks that supposedly require one’s full attention, like operating heavy machinery, singing showtunes, or parenting. Or taking the dogs for walks.
I connected the dots when I returned from long dog walks two days in a row. I realized I had all my plastic bags left in my coat pocket, and I couldn’t remember Bear pooping. You know what that probably means for other pedestrians.
So my apologies in advance if you’re in Bellingham this week and walking in Fairhaven Village, the Western Washington Universe campus, Sehome Arboretum, South Hill, or Boulevard Park.
Watch where you step.
Other essays from "Roger On Writing":
“Blaming the Children” (9/21/18)
“Lilies That Fester” (3/25/18)
“Steam Heat” (3/19/18)
“Letting off Steam” (12/21/17)
“Super Fuzzy Things” (9/8/17)
“Dear Reader” (7/22/17)
Labels: Anxiety, Dogs, Family, Fatherhood, Mental Illness, Plagues, PTSD, Writing
I am a Sitcom Dad
Three actual father-daughter dialogues, on the occasion of my first Sehome High School Homecoming football game
[in the living room]
ELEANOR: I have a headache.
PAPA: I have a sinus infection.
ELEANOR: Don’t give me MRSA.
PAPA: Do you know the difference between a “malingerer” and a “hypochondriac”? Why can’t we both go to bed now?
ELEANOR: Homecoming.
PAPA: I’ll grab my keys and change out of my sweatpants.
[in the front row of the minivan]
ELEANOR: [suspiciously] Papa, are you writing?
PAPA: Why do you ask?
ELEANOR: I can tell.
PAPA: How? [wondering if anyone else has noticed his perpetually beatific expression lately]
ELEANOR: Your nostrils flare.
[approaching Civic Field]
PAPA: Did I tell you Vancouver Men’s Chorus has been invited to sing the national anthem at a major sports event? We have a lovely new a cappella arrangement. Unfortunately, I memorized “Oh, Canada” when I was in elementary school in the 1970s, so it’s much too late for me to learn the new inclusive language.
ELEANOR: Will you be televised?
PAPA: Maybe on cable somewhere. It’s the International Gay Curling Championships.
ELEANOR: Grandpa will watch it. He loves curling.
Labels: Canada, Chorus, Family, Fatherhood, Kids, LGBT, Sports, TV
On one of our walks this week, sweet-natured Bear accidentally traumatized a toddler. I gave the mother some pamphlets about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Unresolved trauma can leave psychic scars, resulting in everything from claustrophobia to fear of flying. There’s a whole cadre of mental health counselors offering “systematic desensitization therapy.” They attempt to reprogram the patient’s amgydala – the almond-shaped brain structure that controls our ancient “fight or flight” instinct. As patients are gradually exposed to a phobic situation, their amygdala gets increasingly accustomed to the specific stressor. Eventually the patient’s brain stops releasing hormones like adrenaline and cortisol into the bloodstream.
In a version of this therapy called “flooding,” counselors simply expose their clients to the full horror of their phobic situation. Repeatedly. Supposedly the amygdala learns from this experience that things aren’t so bad, and stops releasing stress hormones. Laypeople call this approach “sink or swim.” Or “abuse.”
Buster and Bear watching WWU students play Quidditch
As I wrote earlier this year in “Passive Aggression,” some people are born with a profound sense of place. For example, as you’ve probably figured out by now, I’m mad about Vancouver, British Columbia. Everyone should be – Vancouver is stunningly gorgeous and warmly welcoming. Other than being close to family, the best thing about my move to Bellingham has been spending as much time as possible in Vancouver.
I originally moved up from Seattle four years ago to take a job with the Washington Attorney General’s Office as chief legal advisor to Western Washington University. As I’ve chronicled on this blog, the job didn’t work out. But the kids are thriving here. Despite the occasional biblical plague, now I’m thriving here too. Even though my parents moved to Bellingham thirty-eight years ago, this summer for the first time Bellingham felt like my home.
Western Washington University is Bellingham’s largest employer and our dominating community presence. Other than when I worked at Western during 2015-16, I’ve always been a townie. Nevertheless, I’d occasionally visit the university for school events and community meetings. The girls' high school is across the street from Western. Despite my PTSD and various unpleasant work memories, I haven’t had any serious qualms about visiting campus. At least most places on campus.
A couple of years ago I needed to meet someone in Old Main, where my office as the university's general counsel was located. Although I’d walked by the building a few times, I hadn’t been back inside since the Monday morning in 2016 when my supervisor’s supervisor’s supervisor arrived to take away my keys, and sent me home forever.
I was nervous as I walked through Old Main's long halls. However, as with my other cautious visits elsewhere on campus, I was relieved to find the building itself didn’t trigger any PTSD symptoms. Then I unexpectedly saw one of my abusers.
Except I didn’t see actually her. Half my visual field disappeared. I literally, clinically, and visually disassociated. This was one of only two or three times in my life when something like that has ever happened to me.
I haven’t been back inside Old Main since then. And I became nervous about returning to campus at all.
“Aversion therapy” actually refers to treatment where the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously subjected to some form of discomfort. The purpose of aversion therapy is reduce the likelihood of engaging in the targeted behavior. For example, when one of my children developed a nail-biting habit, I ordered a nausea-inducing nail polish. Of course my child merely acquired a taste for nasty nail polish.
Aversion therapy has been around for a while. According to Wikipedia, Pliny the Elder attempted to cure alcoholism in first-century Rome by putting putrid spiders into the wine goblets of suspected substance abusers. When I attended Brigham Young University in the 1980s, doctors were still attaching electrodes to the genitals of desperate Mormon gay boys as they exposed these youths to gay porn, in a futile and cruel attempt to shock them into heterosexuality.
The dogs' anti-barking shock collar
In August my ex and his husband filed for divorce, and my ex moved to the Midwest to start a new life. The kids will be staying with me fulltime, but they look forward to visiting Daddy during school breaks.
To make the transition as smooth as possible for the kids, I ended up taking over their lease on a comfortable ranch house. It’s been an adventure. After all these years living with Victorian antiques under cathedral ceilings, who knew I really belonged in a mid-century modern rambler? With a couple of dogs?
Our house is perfectly located up the hill from historic Fairhaven Village and Bellingham’s charming waterfront boardwalk. The neighbors are comically friendly. We’re close to the kids’ schools.
We’re also just a block from the university. All of the dogs' favorite routes for walks go through campus. They're particularly fond of the rose garden next to Old Main.
Despite the unfortunate circumstances of my departure from the Washington Attorney General’s Office three years ago, I bear no ill-will toward any of my former clients at Western Washington University. To the contrary, I enjoyed my time at the university, and would welcome the opportunity to be part of the campus community again. Folks in Seattle can only dream about such a lovely setting and effortless commute.
Unlike typical wrongful termination settlements with the State, the Settlement Agreement that my lawyer negotiated does not bar me from seeking employment with Western or other state agencies. Indeed, one of the parties’ intentions when we mediated my claim was to facilitate efforts to find suitable employment in the Bellingham area. Every time there’s a lawyer-adjacent job opening at the university, I submit an application.
So far I haven’t gotten any interviews. My mother says it’s because my blog writing is too frank. But the Washington Law Against Discrimination forbids employers from retaliating against applicants who previously asserted their right to be free from discrimination. My Settlement Agreement with the State goes an step further and prohibits my former employers from saying anything about me beyond my name, rank, and serial number.
I think Western hasn't invited me to interview for any of these jobs because I’m a middle-aged white guy. Or gay. Or lavishly overqualified. In any event, hopefully by the time Western is ready to hire me, I’ll be ready to go back to work.
The modern words “aversion” and “avert” come from old Latin and English roots meaning “to turn away.” Who can forget the classic exchange in Monty Python and the Holy Grail between King Arthur and God:
God: Arthur, King of the Britons! [Arthur and the Knights grovel] Oh, don’t grovel! If there’s one thing I can't stand, it’s people groveling.
Arthur: Sorry.
God: And don’t apologize! Every time I try to talk to someone, it's “I’m sorry” this, and “forgive me” that, and “I’m not worthy”... What are you doing now?
Arthur: Averting our eyes, oh Lord.
God: Well, don’t.
Avoidance, denial, and repression can be useful coping mechanisms in a crisis. But they’re not healthy longterm strategies.
Sometimes we can overcome the effects of traumatic experiences by desensitizing ourselves – directly facing the unpleasant stimuli, and persuading our brains we have nothing to fear. Other times we can channel negative energy into positive endeavors. Or we can avert disaster by plotting a new course.
A couple of weeks ago, I was copied on an unexpected letter from a government lawyer who should have known better than to burden us all with clumsy lies. Reading the letter predictably triggered a rush of PTSD symptoms. Fortunately, I was able to take the dogs on a long walk through campus and the arboretum.
Therapy can go from being a crutch, to a tool, to a muse. Recently I wrote about my experiences in "Walking the Dogs":
As we begin our walks, I’m often still stewing over some lawyerly letter, or another futile job application, or a Machiavellian public records request. I’ve turned into cranky R.P. Tyler from Good Omens as he walks Shutzi – writing letters to the editor in my head in response to each indignation. Fortunately, Bear and Buster refuse to put up with lawyer talk.
On this day we all needed an extra long walk. As we left the house, I was mentally drafting an outraged response letter, plus a snarky bonus email. It helped me soothe my symptoms, process my anger, and channel my energy into something arguably productive.
Then we ran into a lesbian walking her gentle golden retriever through the Quidditch quad on campus. The sun was shining. We chatted as dog people do. For the first time in weeks, Bear and Buster miraculously didn’t bark at the other dog.
As the dogs and I continued our walk, I abandoned my indignant mental letter. Instead, I started thinking about the ways people can learn to overcome adversity. When we got home the dogs napped on the couch. And I wrote down this essay.
Fall quarter started last week. On one of our walks, the dogs and I wandered by a horde of students waiting for convocation outside Old Main. I kept hearing sighs of “Ah, cute....” It's never going to be about me.
Change takes time. That can be a good thing. By the time I finally get a job interview in Old Main, Buster and Bear will be certified as “Service Dogs,” rather than mere “Comfort Animals.” So I’ll get to bring them with me. It’s the law.
Labels: Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Brains, Dogs, LGBT, Mental Illness, Mormons, Plagues, PTSD, Western Washington University
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Rohos Disk and Rohos Mini 2.3
6th July 2016 /in Rohos Disk /by Igor
July 1, 2016 saw the release of new versions of Rohos Disk Encryption and its free counterpart Rohos Mini. These applications received a facelift and improved internal design.
Now you can make a full backup of your disk with just one click (using the Create Backup command). If a backup has already been created earlier, then its location is immediately shown in the dialog. By clicking on this line, you can command the application to overwrite the backup copy at this location. A backup can be stored either on the local PC or in a network folder. Please note that a backup is also an encrypted file container.
It has become popular of late to store an encrypt disk on a cloud service, such as Google Drive or Dropbox. The folder where the disk’s file container is located, will be synced with the cloud service, and as soon as the date of a changed file changes, it will be uploaded to the cloud. However, as the size of a container can grow quite large, syncing it requires a lot of time and computing resources. That’s why the Rohos Disk developers have added a field where you can specify how often the file container should be synced.
5 — default, syncing will be done no more than once every 5 days
3 — syncing once every 3 days
1 — daily syncing
In the same dialog you’ll find a command to set up a file to reset the password (Create Password Reset File).
The functionality for changing the password has been moved to the Tools menu, which appears when a disk is connected. In addition, you’ll also find here other commands for working with this disk: delete, resize, create a shortcut, or check for errors.
The Help menu has also changed: you will now find here functions to register applications, restore a disk, and check for updates.
The application’s internal design has greatly changed:
Fixed a bug when changing the password;
Added ability to change the disk configuration from the command line;
Improved way of updating a disk located in a folder and synced with cloud services (Google Drive and Dropbox). Now the disk won’t be uploaded completely, consuming traffic and impacting your connection speed, but instead only that part of files which have changed will be updated. In addition, you can now specify how often syncing should be carried out;
New feature to create encrypted images directly on DVD, to distribute documents and software that require a higher degree of security.
You can read more about these changes and much else besides in our following posts.
We also regret to inform you that we have ceased development of the Windows XP version of our application. We hope that this will not cause any inconvenience. You can download applications compatible with earlier versions of Windows from our software archive.
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Rohos Logon Key v.3.1 The new and updated Rohos Face Logon is ready to use
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Arya Fae Featuring at Sapphire Dayclub on Sunday, August 5th Special Guest DJ Liz Clark Performs LIVE at Sapphire Dayclub Sunday, July 29th
Special Guest DJ Serafin Performs LIVE at Sapphire Dayclub Saturday, July 28th
Often referred to as one of the top 10 remixers of all time, the Los Angeles-based DJ got his first set of turntables at age 12, and has been celebrated for his electrifying remixes and savvy technical style ever since. He is well known not only for his mash-ups, but for the esteemed remix website Crooklynclan.net.
A well-known rising star and an established performer in the international DJ community, his particular mix of hip-hop, house, pop and rock has been wowing audiences throughout the U.S. and has established him as an elite force in the musical world.
This self-taught music producer and remixer got his big break in 2008, when Jive Records signed him on for his remixes for superstars Livvi Frank, Jordin Sparks and Britney Spears. In 2009, he proffered his skills to the Hip Hop All Stars video game app, the first DJ video game for the iPhone. He released his first original track “WHUT” under Peak Hour Records in 2010, and followed it with the single “Never Leave Her” in 2011, under Vector Mode records.
In 2011 Serafin produced “This that shit” with the legendary Greg Nice of Nice & Smooth. “This that shit” became an instant hit and one today’s club anthems. In 2013 Serafin also just leant his remarkable production skills to Remix Parliament’s “FLASHLIGHT” in the Motion Picture HEAT, starring Sandra Bullock & Melissa McCarthy and Produced the opening score in Robin Williams The Crazy Ones with Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Serafin started 2014 with a bang. Sharing the stage with the band “Royal Machines” in a Sold out show at The Mayan in Downtown Los Angeles, which is composed of rock legends, from Ozzy Osborne, Billy Idol, Dave Navaro, Courtney Love & James Belushi.
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Oct. 9-14 | Cary, NC
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SAS Championship 2018
Tuesday, Oct. 9 – Sunday, Oct. 14 | Cary, NC
The SAS Championship is one of the premier tournaments on the PGA Tour's Champions Tour. One of the strongest fields of Champions Tour golfers consistently comes to Cary, NC, and has included World Golf Hall of Famers Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Tom Kite, Hale Irwin, Curtis Strange, Larry Nelson and Colin Montgomerie. Other fan favorites include Kenny Perry, Rocco Mediate, Kirk Triplett, Tom Lehman and John Daly.
*Registration is subject to availability.
SAS Championship Highlights
This unforgettable week includes many opportunities for top-level business executives to network with their peers in a relaxed, informal setting.
Pro-Am Pairings Party
Enjoy cocktails, heavy hors d’oeuvres and networking while you find out which golf icon is your teammate for the Pro-Am.
Play two rounds of golf on Wednesday/Thursday of tournament week with legends of the game on the SAS Championship tournament course.
Pro-Am Reception
Discuss the first day of Pro-Am play during this casual reception.
Tournament Hospitality
Watch the elite 78-person field take on the three-day, 54-hole SAS Championship from the comfort of the SAS private luxury skybox adjacent to the 18th green.
Honorary Observer Program
A day at the SAS Championship becomes the experience of a lifetime when you follow a selected group inside the ropes for an unobstructed view of play.
This is an invitation-only event. If you’d like to be considered for an invitation, please contact your SAS representative.
Registration for the SAS Championship and all related hospitality events is complimentary. However, all travel and hotel costs are the responsibility of individual attendees.
Debbie Quintiliani
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SABA May 2017 Newsletter
Willem Pretorius
The 8th World Bonsai Convention in Saitama City in Japan from 28 April to 30 April was a great showcase for South African bonsai.
Hannes Fritz and his team – Denise Cain and Gary Howes – did us all proud with an excellent demonstration. Though their nerves must have been tingling – imagine working on a tree from Masahiko Kimura in front of hundreds of people! – but they were very professional.
Hannes also did a talk on African styles which went down very well with the audience. Do not be surprised if more overseas countries invite our artists for talks…. They did so well I wanted to jump on stage when they raised the South African flag!
Congratulations to the team and well done. I will try to write something on the convention (We will hold you to it - Ed) soon but I hope you all followed it on social media.
Congratulations also to Jonathan Cain, President of the African Bonsai Association (ABA), for being elected as secretary (Congratulations, Jonathan, - Ed) for the next four years of the World Bonsai Friendship Federation. It is a big honour and an acknowledgement of the great work he has been doing in the region.
We have a lot to cover in the newsletter and I am going to try to be as brief as possible.
International consultants
The term of the three international consultants for WBFF in Africa has come to an end and we are looking for new ones. The previous three were Lynne Theodorou (South Africa), Neli Stoyanova ( Zambia) and Xavier de Lapeyre (Mauritius).
Jonathan has asked for nominations or volunteers to serve as consultants for the World Bonsai Friendship Federation (WBFF). Here is a brief summary of what is expected of them.
“International Consultants to WBFF to assist in carrying out WBFF’s objectives, each with a term coterminous with the term of the Chairman of the Board who either initially appoints the International Consultant or invites the International Consultant to remain in office. The primary goal of each International Consultant shall be to promote the art of bonsai in a manner that will advance international friendship and goodwill, in accordance with the objectives of WBFF. As International Consultants will bring different talents and attributes to WBFF, each should use his or her talents and attributes in the best way possible to carry out WBFF’s objectives. Some International Consultants may be skilled communicators who can explain WBFF’s mission to those unfamiliar with WBFF. Others may hold (or have held) important positions, either in the bonsai community or otherwise, that enable them to strengthen WBFF or its regional members. Others may be good negotiators who can build necessary bridges between different bonsai groups, again to strengthen WBFF or its regional members. Others may be proficient in raising funds for WBFF or may themselves be financially able to give money to WBFF to help finance its activities and programs.”
Please send properly motivated nominations before 31 May to willempret@mweb.co.za As soon as the nominations are in the SABA Exco will discuss them and make a recommendation to ABA.
SABA convention in PE
Robbie de Witt and his team have been working very hard to organise the convention which you all know by now takes place from 16 to 19 November in Port Elizabeth.
Remember the early bird discount ends 31st May! We’ve had a good number of people registering early but would like some more. Why, o why do people wait until the very end to register when they can do it early and make the organisers life so much easier. Come on boys and girls, wake up!
The mayor of PE has also agreed to open the convention, the goodie bags are organised and the demonstrators are ready to go.
Katrivier Kai is hosting the 3rd Annual Autumn Bonsai Festival with Harry Harrington, a professional bonsai artist, teacher and lecturer from England. This takes place from 16 to 18 June in George and is an opportunity not to be missed.
Those who’ve attend the previous autumn festivals will attest to the quality of the presentations and the wonderful show the club puts up.
Harry started bonsai as a hobby nearly 20 years ago whilst working as a gardener, and started working professionally as a bonsai artist and writer in 2000 after a back injury. His website www.bonsai4me.com starting life as a collection of private notes about Bonsai that were published as ‘Species Guides’ in 2001; the first comprehensive study of plant species suitable for Bonsai available online. Since that time bonsai4me has grown on an annual basis and now attracts over 1.5 million different visitors each year from around the world.
For more information on the festival and how to register, please go the club’s website.
We have really improved our communication thanks to Caroll Herman who is doing swimmingly with the website.
From time to time we get requests from people who start different groups to do it under the SABA banner. Remember if it is not under the SABA banner, it is not official. We will discuss a Whatsapp group at the convention in PE but at the moment feel no need for it as we have a Facebook page and a website.
A lot of the time people want to start their own groups for commercial purposes. SABA can and will not endorse any specific group or individual and will try to run our affairs as objectively and independently as possible for the good of bonsai and registered members.
The Facebook page has broken through the 1 000 mark of members and is lively. There has been some complaints that we allow to many overseas posts. We monitor them and delete those that we think do not attribute to our pool of knowledge. If there are others you don’t like please inform us.
Caroll has supplied the following stats about the website that makes for interesting reading.
1098 visitors with 81% new visitors and 19% returning visitors.
Web is being used by 18 – 25 and 25 – 34 age group the most
Most visitors come from the following countries:
USA (b) UK (c)Japan.
Most visitors from the following cities:
Sandton: = 17%
Saitama: = 5%
Most visitors spend between 10 minutes and 30 minutes on the site.
Most popular “landing” page (the first page users go to) and Time Spent on page, is the
Gallery = 23 % 0:15 sec
Clubs = 15% 2:50 sec
Vendor = 14% 2:59 sec
Photo Comp = 13% 1:37 sec
Events = 11% 3:27 sec
News = 10% 0:31 sec
On the Blog page, the most popular story by far, was the Rudi Adams Collection announcement & Rudi Adams story
People end up on web through:
Facebook: 44%
Google search: 33%
Straight: 17%
Link back: 6%
3 individuals signed up with SABA
3 requests for club info
32 followers (get notified when there is new news on the web)
The “live” streaming of Hannes Fritz demo was followed by up to 43 at times.
There was 0% page drops or “problems” since start of new web – thanks to Hetzner.
Clubs who keep me up to date are to be thanked. Quite a few have emailed with new contacts.
Plan of Action:
Get more clubs to promote the website on their newsletters and websites.
Educate people to sign up.
Actively punt for articles for the blog/write more articles.
Get more input from clubs.
Create more link-backs.
Encourage clubs to advertise on “Vendors” page as the high percentage interest in it (14%) indicates there is a need. We must decide if we can run a “free” trial for 6 – 12 months.
Not much have changed with the financials since the last newsletter. We have a healthy balance and will probably break even for the year.
Please remember that membership fees are due at the end of the financial year which is end of June.
At the last convention in Bloemfontein it was agreed that clubs would pay R40 per member and most clubs have adjusted their own membership fees accordingly.
Our effort to get regions more involved has not been very successful. It took a while for regions to nominate representatives as judges for the SABA photo competition and to be on the managing committee. Thank you to the Western Cape who responded quickly and to Gauteng. We are still waiting to hear from KwaZulu-Natal.
A big thank you to everyone who makes our work easier and to help build bonsai in South Africa.
Keep on growing,
Willem Pretorius.
Rudi Adam - a big tree has fallen
Kathy Steyn
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Home » Most cancer patients want to work, but face challenges: study
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Most cancer patients want to work, but face challenges: study
Photo: Jodi Jacobson/iStockphoto
New York – A new survey from the nonprofit organization Cancer and Careers has found that nearly 75 percent of cancer patients and survivors want to work but must contend with challenges, such as fatigue, that can affect their performance.
Researchers polled about 1,000 employed and unemployed cancer patients and survivors about their needs and opinions. Two out of three patients reported that working “gives them a sense of purpose” and is a part of who they are.
According to respondents who were working while undergoing treatment, frequent challenges included fatigue (42 percent), dealing with pain from side effects (26 percent) and taking more time to finish work (23 percent). About one-third of workers said they had to take time off work, and 1 out of 5 is concerned that doing so would impact job security.
73 percent of survivors said working during treatment “helped them cope.”
68 percent said they worked during treatment mainly because of “financial concerns.”
61 percent of respondents who are looking for work said they worry about revealing their cancer because it could prevent them from being hired – up from 50 percent last year.
Symptom control may help metastatic cancer patients stay on the job: study
‘Invisible impairments’ hinder stroke patients who return to work: study
Study links long-term night shift work to breast cancer
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Home > Journals > Chemistry & Materials Science | Engineering > WJET
WJET> Vol.7 No.2, May 2019
Expansion Characteristics of a Plasma Jet in the Stepped-Wall Chamber Filled with Water
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DOI: 10.4236/wjet.2019.72020 140 Downloads 249 Views Citations
Yi Liu1, Yonggang Yu1, Shanshan Mang2
1School of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
2School of Science, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
The interaction mechanism between the plasma and liquid is a key problem for the electrothermal chemical launch technology. To investigate this problem, a simulated experiment for the expansion process of a plasma jet in the working fluid is carried on. Based on this experiment, a two-dimensional axisymmetric unsteady theoretical model is established to reveal the plasma-liquid interaction flow field pattern. The results show that a typical Taylor cavity forms as the plasma jet expands in liquid. The induction effect of the stepped-wall structure enhances the radial expansion of the plasma jet. An arc-shaped pressure wave is generated at the front of the plasma jet and then evolves into the plane wave. A high-pressure area forms at the head of the plasma jet and then moves downstream. There is a strong plasma-liquid turbulent mixing at the interface, especially near the steps and the nozzle exit area.
Electrothermal Chemical Launch, Plasma Jet, Stepped-Wall Chamber, Plasma-Liquid Interaction
Electrothermal chemical launch technology, which is an advanced high-velocity propulsion technology, is widely interested by scholars [1]. The propulsive energy of electrothermal chemical gun consists of electrical energy input and the chemical energy from propellant combustion. Since the 1980s, more than a dozen countries such as the United States, Germany, and South Korea have started working on electrothermal chemical launch technology [2] [3] [4].
Electrothermal chemical guns can be classified into solid propellant electrothermal chemical guns [5] [6] and liquid propellant electrothermal chemical guns (LPETCG). Compared with solid propellant, liquid propellant has a higher packing density and chemical energy and is easy to realize loading automation. Therefore, liquid propellant has a good development prospect. However, there are complex phenomena including heat transfer, plasma expansion, liquid breakup, droplet entrainment, and vortex evolution during the interior ballistics process of LPETC guns. There even is the gun bore explosion accident in the internal ballistic process of the LPETCG. The crucial reason is the core scientific problem―the interaction mechanism of the plasma jet and liquid is not clear now. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the expansion process and characteristics of the plasma jet in liquid and find a suitable method to control the stability of the liquid propellant combustion.
The concept of using a stepped-wall structure in the liquid chamber was introduced as a potential mean of controlling the combustion of bulk-loaded liquid propellant [7], and this approach was further developed and tested by experimental and numerical research [8] [9]. Further, the stepped-wall structure in the liquid chamber is also an efficient way to control the plasma-liquid interaction. Yu [10] revealed that the axial expansion speed of the plasma jet in the stepped-wall liquid chamber is greater than in the traditional cylinder chamber. Zhang [11] found that the radial turbulence of the plasma jet is enhanced in the stepped-wall liquid chamber. Further, increasing the stepped-wall liquid chamber’s extension factor (ratio of the step diameter to the step height) can reduce the axial turbulence of plasma jet [12].
In this work, the evolution process of a plasma jet in the stepped-wall liquid chamber with four steps was observed by the experiment. Based on the experiment, a two-dimensional axisymmetric unsteady mathematical physics model of a plasma jet expanding in water was established to study the expansion characteristics of a plasma jet, as well as the pressure evolution in the plasma-liquid interaction flow field. The results can provide a reference to investigate the interaction mechanism of the plasma jet and the ambient liquid.
2. Experiment
2.1. Experimental Device
To study the interaction mechanism of the plasma jet and the working fluid, an experimental device was designed including a pulse power source, a plasma generator, and liquid chamber. The pulse power source mainly included a pulse-forming network, as shown in Figure 1. The role of the plasma generator was to generate the high-temperature and high-pressure plasma. The plasma generator was the load of the pulse-forming network, so the plasma generation process could be controlled by setting discharge voltages.
The plasma generator (shown in Figure 2) mainly consists of polyethylene capillary, exploding wires, electrodes, insulators, and metal shells. The polyethylene capillary was connected to the pulse power source by a pair of electrodes.
Figure 1. Pulse-forming network.
Figure 2. Plasma generator and liquid chamber.
The anode was sealed and the cathode was connected to the nozzle bottom of liquid chamber. This liquid chamber has four steps and the size details are shown in Table 1. Considering the experimental safety, water, which has a similar density and viscosity with the liquid propellant, was adopted as the liquid working medium in this experiment.
2.2. Experimental Result
During the experiment process, the pulse power source loaded electric energy between the anode and cathode of the plasma generator. The exploding wire in the plasma generator exploded, and the high-temperature metal plasma was generated. Then the metal plasma ablated the polyethylene on the capillary wall, and the plasma mixture is generated. When the pressure in the nozzle was high enough to break the copper film, the plasma jet was injected into the stepped-wall liquid chamber. The expansion process of a plasma jet in water, shown as Figure 3, was recorded by a FANSTCAM-ultima APX high-speed digital photographic system with 3000 frames per second.
A plasma cavity, called Taylor cavity, forms within the working fluid inside the liquid chamber. This cavity’s axial expansion goes faster than its radial expansion as the plasma cavity expands along the step structure in the liquid chamber. These images show that the cavity boundary is blurred, especially at the later stage of the expansion process, because there is strong turbulent mixing
Table 1. Structure size of the liquid chamber.
Figure 3. The expansion process of a plasma jet in the water.
of plasma and water at the interface. Further, this turbulence is stronger near the step corner than other areas, because the stepped-wall structure causes the reflow liquid which enhancing the plasma-liquid interaction at the step corner. In addition, the plasma cavity is brighter during the period of 2 - 4 milliseconds, indicating the thermal energy of the plasma jet is greater at this period. Certainly, the shading effect caused by many bubbles and vapors should be not ignored in these graphs.
3. Numerical Calculation
3.1. Theoretical Model
An unsteady 2D theoretical model was established to simulate the expansion process of a plasma jet in liquid. Some physical assumptions are made as follows:
1) The Volume of Fluid model calculates the multiphase flow and the Standard k-ε model simulates the plasma-liquid turbulent mixing.
2) The plasma-liquid interaction process studied in this work is short (not more than 10 milliseconds), so the liquid vaporization is ignored. The effect of the plasma sheath, as well as the effect of gravity, is also ignored to simplify the calculation.
3) The plasma jet is approximated as a high-temperature and high-pressure compressible fluid.
Based on the assumptions, governing equations are described as following:
1) Equation of continuity:
∂ ( α q ) ∂ t + u ⋅ ∇ α q = 0 (1)
where u is velocity, αq is the volume fraction of qth phase. The volume fraction of the primary phase (plasma), α1, will be calculated based on the constraint: α 1 + α 2 + α 3 = 1 .
2) Momentum equation:
∂ ( ρ u ) ∂ t + ∇ ⋅ ( ρ u u ) = − ∇ p + ∇ ⋅ [ μ ( ∇ u + ∇ u T ) ] (2)
where ρ is density, p is static pressure and μ is dynamic viscosity. uT is the transposed matrix of u.
3) Energy equation:
∂ ( ρ E ) ∂ t + ∇ ⋅ ( u ( ρ E + p ) ) = ∇ ⋅ ( k eff ∇ T ) + S h (3)
where keff is effective thermal conductivity, E is energy and T is temperature. The radiant energy Sh is given by
S h = f σ ( T − T 0 ) 4 (4)
where f is emissivity, σ is Stefan-Boltzmann constant and T0 is environment temperature.
4) State equation:
p = ρ T R (5)
where R is mixing gas constant.
5) Turbulence equation:
∂ ∂ t ( ρ k ) + ∂ ∂ x ( ρ k u x ) = ∂ ∂ r [ ( μ + μ t σ k ) ∂ k ∂ r ] + G k + G b − ρ ε − Y M (6)
∂ ∂ t ( ρ ε ) + ∂ ∂ x ( ρ ε u x ) = ∂ ∂ r [ ( μ + μ t σ ε ) ∂ ε ∂ r ] + C 1ε ε k ( G k + C 3ε G b ) − C 2ε ρ ε 2 k (7)
where k is the turbulence kinetic energy, and ε is its dissipation rate, σk and σε are the turbulent Prandtl numbers for k and ε. In the equation, μt = 0.09ρk2/ε, C1ε, C2ε, and C3ε are constants, x is axial displacement, r is radial displacement, ux is axial velocity. Gk represents the generation of turbulence kinetic energy due to the mean velocity gradients, Gb is the generation of turbulence kinetic energy due to buoyancy, YM represents the contribution of the fluctuating dilatation during the compressible turbulence to the overall dissipation rate.
3.2. Calculation Domain and Mesh
The axial symmetry of the theoretical model enables the computational domain adopted half of the plasma-liquid interaction flow field. The computational domain, as shown in Figure 4, includes nozzle, liquid chamber, and atmospheric
Figure 4. Calculation domain and mesh.
environment. The geometric size of the liquid chamber is the same as the liquid chamber in experimental devices. The nozzle is 10 mm in length and 1 mm in radius, and the atmospheric environment is 100 mm in length and 81 mm in radius.
The computational domain is divided into the rectangular grid, and the gradient mesh is adopted in the atmospheric environment to shorten calculation time. The mesh has 90 thousand cells, and mesh independence has been verified.
In the computational domain, the left exit of the nozzle is defined as the inlet boundary whose pressure is determined by the experiment, the temperature is 5000 K. The pressure outlet parameters are the same as atmospheric parameters. The no-slip heat insulation condition is adopted at the wall, and the standard wall function method is used near the wall to deal with turbulence. At the initial time, the plasma jet has not been ejected into the liquid chamber filled with water, so the pressure of the computational domain is 101,325 Pa and the temperature is 300 K.
4. Discussion and Results
Expansion process of a plasma jet in the stepped-wall liquid chamber filled with water was analyzed by the numerical calculation. The phase distribution of the plasma-water interaction flow field is shown as Figure 5. The plasma expansion characteristics agree well as the experimental results. A plasma cavity forms inside the stepped-wall liquid chamber, and its axial expansion goes faster than the radial expansion. A wavy interface is created by the plasma-liquid relative motion. When the inertial force acting upon the wavy interface exceeds the surface tension force, the crest of the surface wave is picked off into small droplets, which are entrained into the plasma cavity. There is strong plasma-liquid turbulence mixing at the interface. The radial induction effect of the stepped-wall structure enhances the radial expansion of the plasma jet.
We defined the maximum axial position where the plasma volume fraction is more than 90% as the axial penetration distance of plasma jet. The experimental and calculated time histories of the axial penetration distance of plasma jet are
Figure 5. Phase distribution of the plasma-water interaction flow field.
shown in Figure 6. Those curves are in a good agreement, indicating the calculation model is reasonable in this work.
The pressure distribution of plasma-liquid interaction flow field is shown in Figure 7. With the plasma-liquid interaction, an arc-shaped pressure wave is generated at the front of the interface and then evolves into the plane wave by the reflection of the chamber wall. A high-pressure area forms at the head of the plasma jet, because the plasma jet has a great compression at the jet head area. This high-pressure area moves downstream and gradually decreases with the plasma expansion in liquid. When this high-pressure area moves near the stepped-wall structure, it expands towards the chamber wall due to the radial induction effect of the steps. At the later expansion stage, this high-pressure area disappears because there is a pressure balance between water and plasma jet at this time. Besides, there is a local low-pressure area at the corner of the step due to the influence of stepped-wall structure in the liquid chamber.
The evolution process of a plasma jet in the stepped-wall liquid chamber with four steps was observed by the experiment. Based on the experiment, a two-di- mensional axisymmetric unsteady mathematical physics model of a plasma jet expanding in water was established to study the plasma-liquid interaction mechanism. The calculated results agree well with the experimental results. The conclusions are obtained as follows.
Figure 6. Axial penetration distance of plasma jet.
Figure 7. Pressure distribution of plasma-liquid interaction flow field.
1) As the plasma jet expands in water, a plasma cavity, which forms within the water inside the liquid chamber, expands along the stepped wall. This cavity’s axial expansion goes faster than its radial expansion. The radial induction effect of the stepped-wall structure enhances the radial expansion of the plasma jet. The plasma cavity is brighter during the period of 2 - 4 milliseconds in the sampling period. Besides, there is strong plasma-liquid turbulent mixing at the interface, especially near the steps and nozzle exit.
2) The plasma-liquid interaction has an effect on the pressure distribution in the flow field. An arc-shaped pressure wave is generated at the front of the plasma jet and then evolves into the plane wave. A high-pressure area forms at the head of the plasma jet and then moves downstream. Besides, there is a local low-pressure area at the corner of the step.
This work is greatly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51506094).
The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
Liu, Y. , Yu, Y. and Mang, S. (2019) Expansion Characteristics of a Plasma Jet in the Stepped-Wall Chamber Filled with Water. World Journal of Engineering and Technology, 7, 293-301. doi: 10.4236/wjet.2019.72020.
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The Tiling Of Spectroscopy Plates
Tiling is the process by which the spectroscopic plates are designed and placed relative to each other. This procedure involves optimizing both the placement of fibers on individual plates, as well as the placement of plates (or tiles) relative to each other.
Because of large-scale structure in the galaxy distribution (which form the bulk of the SDSS targets), a naive covering of the sky with equally-spaced tiles does not yield uniform sampling. Thus, we present a heuristic algorithm for perturbing the centers of the tiles from the equally-spaced distribution to provide more uniform completeness. For the SDSS sample, we can attain a sampling rate of >92% for all targets, and >99% for the set of targets which do not collide with each other, with an efficiency >90% (defined as the fraction of available fibers assigned to targets).
Much of the content of this page can be found in the SDSS tiling paper; Blanton et al. 2003, AJ 125, 2276.
The Spectroscopic Survey
The spectroscopic survey is performed using two multi-object fiber spectrographs on the same telescope. Each spectroscopic fiber plug plate, referred to as a "tile," has a circular field-of-view with a radius of 1.49 degrees, and can accommodate 640 fibers, 48 of which are reserved for observations of blank sky and spectrophotometric standards. Because of the finite size of the fiber plugs, the minimum separation of fiber centers is 55''. If, for example, two objects are within 55'' of each other, both of them can be observed only if they lie in the overlap between two adjacent tiles. The goal of the SDSS is to observe 99% of the maximal set of targets which has no such collisions (about 90% of all targets).
What is Tiling?
Around 2,000 tiles will be necessary to provide fibers for all the targets in the survey. Since each tile which must be observed contributes to the cost of the survey (due both to the cost of production of the plate and to the cost of observing time), we desire to minimize the number of tiles necessary to observe all the desired targets. In order to maximize efficiency (defined as the fraction of available fibers assigned to tiled targets) when placing these tiles and assigning targets to each tile, we need to address two problems. First, we must be able to determine, given a set of tile centers, how to optimally assign targets to each tile --- that is, how to maximize the number of targets which have fibers assigned to them. Second, we must determine the most efficient placement of the tile centers, which is non-trivial because the distribution of targets on the sky is non-uniform, due to the well-known clustering of galaxies on the sky. We find the exact solution to the first problem and use a heuristic method developed by Lupton et al. (1998) to find an approximate solution to the second problem (which is NP-complete). The code which implements this solution is designed to run on a patch of sky consisting of a set of rectangles in a spherical coordinate system, known in SDSS parlance as a tiling region.
NOTE: the term "chunk" or "tiling chunk" is sometimes used to denote a tiling region.
Fiber Placement
First, we discuss the allocation of fibers given a set of tile centers, ignoring fiber collisions for the moment. Figure 1 shows at the left a very simple example of a distribution of targets and the positions of two tiles we want to use to observe these targets. Given that for each tile there is a finite number of available fibers, how do we decide which targets get allocated to which tile? This problem is equivalent to a network flow problem, which computer scientists have been kind enough to solve for us already.
Figure 1: Simplified Tiling and Network Flow View
The basic idea is shown in the right half of Figure 1, which shows the appropriate network for the situation in the left half. Using this figure as reference, we here define some terms which are standard in combinatorial literature and which will be useful here:
node: The nodes are the solid dots in the figure; they provide either sources/sinks of objects for the flow or simply serve as junctions for the flow. For example, in this context each target and each tile corresponds to a node.
arc: The arcs are the lines connecting the nodes. They show the paths along which objects can flow from node to node. In Figure 1, it is understood that the flow along the arc proceeds to the right. For example, the arcs traveling from target nodes to tile nodes express which tiles each target may be assigned to.
capacity: The minimum and maximum capacity of each arc is the minimum and maximum number of objects that can flow along it. For example, because each tile can accommodate only 592 target fibers, the capacities of the arcs traveling from the tile nodes to the sink node is 592.
cost: The cost per object along each arc is exacted for allowing objects to flow down a particular arc; the total cost is the summed cost of all the arcs. In this paper, the network is designed such that the minimum total cost solution is the desired solution.
Imagine a flow of 7 objects entering the network at the source node at the left. We want the entire flow to leave the network at the sink node at the right for the lowest possible cost. The objects travel along the arcs, from node to node. Each arc has a maximum capacity of objects which it can transport, as labeled. (One can also specify a minimum number, which will be useful later). Each arc also has an associated cost, which is exacted per object which is allowed to flow across that arc. Arcs link the source node to a set of nodes corresponding to the set of targets. Each target node is linked by an arc to the node of each tile it is covered by. Each tile node is linked to the sink node by an arc whose capacity is equal to the number of fibers available on that tile. None of these arcs has any associated cost. Finally, an "overflow" arc links the source node directly to the sink node, for targets which cannot be assigned to tiles. The overflow arc has effectively infinite capacity; however, a cost is assigned to objects flowing on the overflow arc, guaranteeing that the algorithm fails to assign targets to tiles only when it absolutely has to. This network thus expresses all the possible fiber allocations as well as the constraints on the numbers of fibers in each tile. Finding the minimum cost solution then maximizes the number of targets which are actually assigned to tiles.
Fiber Collisions
As described above, there is a limit of 55'' to how close two fibers can be on the same tile. If there were no overlaps between tiles, these collisions would make it impossible to observe ~10% of the SDSS targets. Because the tiles are circular, some fraction of the sky will be covered with overlaps of tiles, allowing some of these targets to be recovered. In the presence of these collisions, the best assignment of targets to the tiles must account for the presence of collisions, and strive to resolve as many as possible of these collisions which are in overlaps of tiles. We approach this problem in two steps, for reasons described below. First, we apply the network flow algorithm of the above section to the set of decollided targets — the largest possible subset of the targets which do not collide with each other. Second, we use the remaining fibers and a second network flow solution to optimally resolve collisions in overlap regions.
Figure 2: Fiber Collisions
The "decollided" set of targets is the maximal subset of targets which are all greater than 55'' from each other. To clarify what we mean by this maximal set, consider Figure 2. Each circle represents a target; the circle diameter is 55'', meaning that overlapping circles are targets which collide. The set of solid circles is the "decollided"set. Thus, in the triple collision at the top, it is best to keep the outside two rather than the middle one.
This determination is complicated slightly by the fact that some targets are assigned higher priority than others. For example, as explained in the targeting pages, QSOs are given higher priority than galaxies by the SDSS target selection algorithms. What we mean here by "priority" is that a higher priority target is guaranteed never to be eliminated from the sample due to a collision with a lower priority object. Thus, our true criterion for determining whether one set of assignments of fibers to targets in a group is more favorable than another is that a greater number of the highest priority objects are assigned fibers.
Once we have identified our set of decollided objects, we use the network flow solution to find the best possible assignment of fibers to that set of objects.
After allocating fibers to the set of decollided targets, there will usually be unallocated fibers, which we want to use to resolve fiber collisions in the overlaps. We can again express the problem of how best to perform the collision resolution as a network, although the problem is a bit more complicated in this case. In the case of binaries and triples, we design a network flow problem such that the network flow solution chooses the tile assignments optimally. In the case of higher multiplicity groups, our simple method for binaries and triples does not work and we instead resolve the fiber collisions in a random fashion; however, fewer than 1% of targets are in such groups, and the difference between the optimal choice of assignments and the random choices made for these groups is only a small fraction of that.
We refer the reader to the tiling algorithm paper for more details, including how the fiber collision network flow is designed and caveats about what aspects of the method may need to be changed under different circumstances.
Once one understands how to assign fibers given a set of tile centers, one can address the problem of how best to place those tile centers. Our method first distributes tiles uniformly across the sky and then uses a cost-minimization scheme to perturb the tiles to a more efficient solution.
In most cases, we set initial conditions by simply laying down a rectangle of tiles. To set the centers of the tiles along the long direction of the rectangle, we count the number of targets along the stripe covered by that tile. The first tile is put at the mean of the positions of target 0 and target N_t, where N_t is the number of fibers per tile (592 for the SDSS). The second tile is put at the mean between target N_t and 2N_t, and so on. The counting of targets along adjacent stripes is offset by about half a tile diameter in order to provide more complete covering.
The method is of perturbing this uniform distribution is iterative. First, one allocates targets to the tiles, but instead of limiting a target to the tiles within a tile radius, one allows a target to be assigned to further tiles, but with a certain cost which increases with distance (remember that the network flow accommodates the assignment of costs to arcs). One uses exactly the same fiber allocation procedure as above. What this does is to give each tile some information about the distribution of targets outside of it. Then, once one has assigned a set of targets to each tile, one changes each tile position to that which minimizes the cost of its set of targets. Then, with the new positions, one reruns the fiber allocation, perturbs the tiles again, and so on. This method is guaranteed to converge to a minimum (though not necessarily a global minimum), because the total cost must decrease at each step.
In practice, we also need to determine the appropriate number of tiles to use. Thus, using a standard binary search, we repeatedly run the cost-minimization to find the minimum number of tiles necessary to satisfy the SDSS requirements, namely that we assign fibers to 99% of the decollided targets.
In order to test how well this algorithm works, we have applied it both to simulated and real data. These results are discussed in the tiling algorithm paper.
There are a few technical details which may be useful to mention in the context of SDSS data. Most importantly, we will describe which targets within the SDSS are "tiled" in the manner described here, and how such targets are prioritized. Second, we will discuss the method used by SDSS to deal with the fact that the imaging and spectroscopy are performed within the same five-year time period. Third, we will describe the tiling outputs which the SDSS tracks as the survey progresses. Throughout, we refer to the code which implements the algorithm described above as tiling.
Only some of the spectroscopic target types identified by the target selection algorithms in the SDSS are "tiled." These types (and their designations in the primary and secondary target bitmasks) are described in the targetting pages). They consist of most types of QSOs, main sample galaxies, LRGs, hot standard stars, and brown dwarfs. These are the types of targets for which tiling is run and for which we are attempting to create a well-defined sample. Once the code has guaranteed fibers to all possible "tiled targets," remaining fibers are assigned to other target types by a separate code.
All of these target types are treated equivalently, except that they assigned different "priorities," designated by an integer. As described above, the tiling code uses them to help decide fiber collisions. The sense is that a higher priority object will never lose a fiber in favor of a lower priority object. The priorities are assigned in a somewhat complicated way for reasons immaterial to tiling, but the essence is the following: the highest priority objects are brown dwarfs and hot standards, next come QSOs, and the lowest priority objects are galaxies and LRGs. QSOs have higher priority than galaxies because galaxies are higher density and have stronger angular clustering. Thus, allowing galaxies to bump QSOs would allow variations in galaxy density to imprint themselves into variations in the density of QSOs assigned to fibers, which we would like to avoid. For similar reasons, brown dwarfs and hot standard stars (which have extremely low densities on the sky) are given highest priority.
Each tile, as stated above, is 1.49 degrees in radius, and has the capacity to handle 592 tiled targets. No two such targets may be closer than 55'' on the same tile.
The operation of the SDSS makes it impossible to tile the entire 10,000 square degrees simultaneously, because we want to be able to take spectroscopy during non-pristine nights, based on the imaging which has been performed up to that point. In practice, periodically a "tiling region" of data is processed, calibrated, has targets selected, and is passed to the tiling code. During the first year of the SDSS, about one tiling region per month has been created; as more and more imaging is taken and more tiles are created, we hope to decrease the frequency with which we need to make tiling regions, and to increase their size.
A tiling region is defined as a set of rectangles on the sky (defined in survey coordinates). All of these rectangles cover only sky which has been imaged and processed. However, in the case of tiling, targets may be missed near the edges of a tiling region because that area was not covered by tiles. Thus, tiling is actually run on a somewhat larger area than a single tiling region, so the areas near the edges of adjacent tiling regions are also included. This larger area is known as a tiling region. Thus, in general, tiling regions overlap.
The first tiling region which is "supported" by the SDSS is denoted Tiling Region 4. The first tiling region for which the version of tiling described here was run is Tiling Region 7. Tiling regions earlier than Tiling Region 7 used a different (less efficient) method of handling fiber collisions. The earlier version also had a bug which artificially created gaps in the distribution of the fibers. The locations of the known gaps are given in the EDR paper for Tiling Region 4 as the overlaps between plates 270 and 271, plates 312 and 313, and plates 315 and 363 (also known as tiles 118 and 117, tiles 76 and 75, and tiles 73 and 74).
Tiling Window
In order to interpret the spectroscopic sample, one needs to use the information about how targets were selected, how the tiles were placed, and how fibers were assigned to targets. We refer to the geometry defined by this information as the "tiling window" and describe how to use it in detail below.
When one is given a set of spectra from any survey, and one wants to ask statistical questions about them, the first thing one should ask is "How were these objects selected?" The SDSS is designed such that one can answer this question easily for the tilable targets (for the most part QSOs, Main Sample galaxies, and Luminous Red Galaxies). The answer has several steps:
Photometric detection (requires understanding the photometric imaging mask)
Target selection (requires understanding the target selection algorithms)
Tiling (the algorithm is described above)
Spectroscopic completeness (whether or not a spectrum successfully yields a classification)
This section addresses the second and third aspects: how tilable targets are selected and assigned to each tile.
The way to understand the tiling window is as follows. In each direction of the sky we can ask two questions:
what version of the target algorithm was used in this direction (for example, to determine the flux limit in the targeted data)?
what set of tiles had the opportunity to put a fiber on a target in this direction?
Once one can answer these two questions, one can define a complete spectroscopic sample from the SDSS. The second question, in detail, is not the same as asking whether the direction in question is within 1.49 deg of the tile center in question. This is because tiles near edges of tiling regions (that is, virtually all tiles) extend beyond the tiling region area. In some cases, the survey then later observed and targeted the adjacent area. This fact, and the generally complex geometry which results from the survey configuration, make the expression of the window function nontrivial. However, these geometric problems have been solved and the solutions are included in the data release.
To demonstrate the SDSS procedure, consider the following figures, which represent how targets were selected and how tiles were defined along a section of the SDSS near the Northern Celestial Equator. The region shown was successively targeted in Tile Region 4, Tile Region 5 and Tile Region 14. The images show:
1. The area targeted (in dark grey) by Tile Region 4 and the boundaries of the defined tiles.
2. The area targeted (in dark grey) by Tile Region 5 and the boundaries of the defined tiles, plus (in lighter tones) the geometry of Tile Region 4. Note that there exist areas in Tile Region 5 which are within the boundaries of tiles from Tile Region 4; however, those old tiles could not have been assigned targets in Tile Region 5.
3. The area targeted (in dark grey) by Tile Region 14 and the boundaries of the defined tiles, plus (in lighter tones) the geometry of Tile Regions 4 and 5. The same issue of overlapping tiles exists in this case.
4. The full area covered by the targeting and all of the relevant Tile Region and tile boundaries. One can divide this region into all the disjoint polygons defined by these boundaries (for example using Andrew Hamilton's Mangle software).
5. One can ask for each disjoint polygon what tiles cover it. A unique set of tiles covering any area of sky is known as a "sector" or sometimes "overlap region." The last figure colors shows the same set of disjoint polygons but colors each one according to its sector. Note that sectors can consist of more than one polygon.
Since the SDSS is so complete, the details of exactly which set of tiles covered any given region would not be important, except that in certain cases there are resulting gaps, which are important to track.
The Catalog Archive Server provides all tiling information needed to interpret the details of the above geometry.
The tiling window describes only how tiling treats the geometry for the relevant set of data released here. It does not account for decisions about the photometric window released here or for fields identified as bad since the era of targeting. So in addition to the tiling window, one needs to also account for:
the fact that targets 100 arcsec from the tile center are excluded
the photometric window (including bad fields) of the data release
which tiles had corresponding plates released
This information can be acquired elsewhere in this data release documentation, as referenced at the beginning of this page.
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Frankenstein Summary
Are you ready to be so scared your brain leaps right out of your skull and absconds with your socks? Then prepare for Frankenstein. (The film actually opens with actor Edward Van Sloan warning you that you're about to be really, really scared. Spoiler: The film isn't actually all that scary. Movie-goers were easier to scare back there in 1931.)
Anyway; scary stuff starts. Henry Frankenstein is startled to discover he's called "Henry" because he's Victor in the novel. But he recovers, and does his Frankenstein thing, which is stitching together a body out of corpse parts with the help of his assistant, Fritz.
To complete his work, Frankenstein needs a brain. Fritz tries to get him a perfect healthy brain, but instead grabs hold of an evil criminal brain. Bad move, Fritz.
Meanwhile, Frankenstein's fiancée Elizabeth is worried. Why is Henry locked away in his abandoned watchtower when he should be out getting hitched? Elizabeth and her friend Victor Moritz go to question Frankenstein's old medical professor Dr. Waldman. Dr. Waldman explains that Frankenstein's trying to create life. Why not create life the usual way, with some good ol' fashioned baby-making? Apparently that's not good enough for Henry.
Elizabeth, Victor, and Waldman go to confront Frankenstein just as he's finishing his last tests to create life. Using a thunderstorm for power, Frankenstein animates his monster while they all watch. Triumph!
Well, there are complications.
The monster doesn't speak; it just makes noises. Frankenstein keeps the monster in darkness. When he first brings it out into the light, the monster seems pleased…but then Fritz threatens it with a torch. The monster gets scared. Frankenstein and Waldman think the monster is attacking, and chain it in a dungeon because they're kind of awful.
While they try to figure out what to do with the scary monster they've made, Fritz threatens the monster again, and the monster kills him. Frankenstein and Waldman decide they have to destroy the monster. They inject it with a drug, knocking it out.
Frankenstein decides he's had enough of monsters, and goes back to Elizabeth. Meanwhile Waldman prepares to dissect the creature. But he didn't kill it first. So when he starts to cut into him, he wakes up and strangles Waldman. (You can hardly blame him.)
The monster leaves the lab and goes out into the country. He meets a small child, Maria, and the two play together. As part of playing, the monster throws Maria in a lake, and she drowns. Someone needs to teach this monster how to behave on playdates.
Meanwhile, Henry and Elizabeth are getting ready to be married. They're just waiting for Waldman, who keeps not coming, because—oops—they find out he's been strangled to death. Frankenstein figures it's the monster. Then there's a scream in the house, prompting much scrambling and rushing about. The monster ends up terrorizing Elizabeth, who faints. (Women were always fainting in movies in 1931.)
Maria's body is found, and the villagers organize to go kill the monster. Henry leads one group, and ends up confronting the monster alone. The monster knocks Frankenstein unconscious. Again, you can hardly blame him; this is all Frankenstein's fault after all.
The monster takes Frankenstein to a windmill. Frankenstein wakes up, the two struggle, and the monster throws Frankenstein from the mill. Frankenstein isn't killed (because test audiences really didn't like it when he was killed in an early version of the film). The villagers light the mill on fire, killing the monster…or at least appearing to kill him; he ends up coming back for Bride of Frankenstein.
Frankenstein's taken back home, where he recovers and marries Elizabeth. His father, Baron Frankenstein, raises a toast to a future son. You'd think after the horrible job he did raising his monster, Henry would be reluctant to have any kids, but maybe he figures he learned something—like, don't make your child out of dead body parts.
Warning: this film is scary. Edward Van Sloan comes out from behind a curtain just to tell you so.
(Edward Van Sloan is the guy who plays Dr. Waldman in the film. He mentions Carl Laemmle—that's the producer.)
Mr. Van Sloan walks off stage, and then you get the credits; this is the only part of the film that's set to music.
Look, there are weird floating eyes behind the credits. What do the weird floating eyes have to do with the film? Who knows? (But check out Symbols: Floating Eyes for some suggestions.)
Notice that the monster is credited as "?" Boris Karloff, who played the monster, wasn't well known at the time…so the filmmakers decided to be cute and build in some mystery by keeping his name concealed.
The film proper opens with a graveside scene and church bells tolling.
Very gothic and creepy.
Oops, there's Fritz (who has a hunchback) and Henry Frankenstein, sneaking around just outside the churchyard.
The mourners wander off and the gravedigger does his thing (that's digging graves.)
Then he leaves too.
Notice that it's not clear what time or place we're in. The gothic background is almost medieval, but the gravedigger's clothes seem early 20th century.
Henry orders Fritz out of their hiding place and into the graveyard.
They dig into the new grave.
And after some time they get out the coffin.
Henry says the corpse is just resting waiting for a new life. It sounds religious…but as you'll see, it's not.
The two graverobbers wheel the coffin away.
They arrive at a gallows, and Henry tells Fritz to climb up and cut the body down.
So up goes the reluctant Fritz, and down comes the body.
But the neck of the body is broken, which means the "brain is useless" according to Henry. He says they have to get another brain.
They need different brains, all right. Because (in case you couldn't tell) None of This Will End Well.
And the scene switches to a medical college.
Dr. Waldman's discussing brains; he's got one perfect specimen in a jar, and another which is the brain of a criminal.
Fritz is hiding outside the classroom and listening.
Waldman dismisses the class…and that's when sneaky brain-stealer Fritz makes his move.
He opens the window and sneaks, sneaks on in.
He bumps into a hanging human skeleton used for medical purposes and startles himself. But he recovers, and grabs the good brain.
While he's leaving, though, a loud noise startles him, and he drops the good brain.
So he grabs the one labeled "Abnormal Brain" instead, and scuttles off.
Notice the long shot of Fritz fleeing, with the skeleton framed towards the center of the frame. It's a very composed, still image.
Director Whale often keeps the camera still; as a result, it sometimes seems like you're looking at a theater set instead of a film.
The scene changes; you see a close up of a photograph of Henry Frankenstein.
That tells you you're in the home of his girlfriend, Elizabeth. She's visited by her buddy, Victor.
Elizabeth has sent for Victor, and says she's heard from Henry for the first time in four months.
She reads the letter from Henry, in which he says he is pursuing amazing discoveries and must hide out in case his discoveries are stolen from him.
Elizabeth says he sounds loony, and he does. She's got good sense, that Elizabeth. (Except for the part where she keeps Henry, rather than dumping him for Victor.)
Henry says he's living in an abandoned watchtower doing some experiments.
Elizabeth says she's heard about these experiments before.
When they got engaged, he told her about the experiments.
Victor says he ran into Henry in the woods, and asked to see the laboratory. Henry was suspicious and generally behaved like a jerk.
He doesn't seem like such a catch, this Henry guy.
Victor says he'll go to Dr. Waldman, Henry's old teacher to see if he knows anything.
Victor also tells Elizabeth he's in love with her. He's apparently said so before, but Elizabeth is pledged to her mad scientist. Poor Victor.
Victor is about to leave, but Elizabeth runs after him and says she's coming.
He seems horrified at the thought of her coming. Not really clear why. Maybe they just needed some drama there.
Anyway, they head off together.
In Dr. Waldman's office, Waldman's talking to Elizabeth and Victor.
Waldman says Henry is brilliant and erratic.
He says Henry has an "insane ambition to create life." Also, Henry wanted dead bodies for his research.
That's dead human bodies, Victor, not animal bodies.
If the film had a score, there'd be an ominous little crescendo after that revelation.
The university wouldn't give him bodies and/or brains, so Henry left so he could steal corpses unhampered.
Elizabeth says she wants to go see Henry, and asks Waldman to come too.
Waldman says, no thanks, but then she convinces him.
Bad move, Waldman.
The scene opens on the exterior of Henry's watchtower. There's a big old scary horror film storm brewing.
Switch to a very dramatic interior shot of the darkened watchtower, with Henry moving about amidst his equipment. Again, it's filmed from a fixed position with Henry moving around in the distance, as if on a stage set.
He orders Fritz about; do this, do that, get ready for some scary unspecified experiment that will make you shake in your boots.
Henry is relying on the storm for electricity, he says.
There's a corpse on a table in the center of the equipment; Henry pulls a sheet off its face to show that it's bandaged tightly about the head.
Henry says the brain Fritz stole is inside the body.
They do a test of the equipment, giving the film a chance to throw in some dramatic sparking special effect lights. (They still look pretty nifty, even today.)
The sparks stop sparking, and then there's a knock on the door.
Henry tells Fritz to send whoever it is away.
Fritz limps through the castle, in and out of shadows.
He opens the door and it's Dr. Waldman, Elizabeth, and Victor, but Fritz won't open up.
Henry looks down from a high window, and hears that it's Elizabeth .
So he troops downstairs, and finally lets them in.
But he's not happy about it.
He tries to get them to leave, but Victor says the magic words, "You're crazy."
All mad scientists react to those words by getting crazier, and Henry is no exception.
He takes it as a dare, and decides to show them his experiment.
So up they go to the lab.
Henry makes Victor and Elizabeth sit down. Waldman's about to uncover the body, but Fritz yells at him, and Henry stops him.
Henry then says he's discovered a super ray that's the basis of all life.
Dr. Waldman says essentially, "Sure, buddy, whatever."
Henry tells him that he's going to bring a monster to life just to prove it.
He also says the body is stitched together from other dead bodies. Everybody seems to think that's kind of gross.
Then he starts up all the special effects machinery again. Henry and Fritz uncover the body.
Why make a super strong large body? Why not make a small, easily handled body that can't hurt anyone?
Oh, well, too late now. In the most famous scene of the film, probably, the table with the body rises up through the darkness towards an open rectangular skylight.
Lights flash, thunder rolls, actors react with expressions of horror and fascination.
This goes on for a bit.
Then the table descends.
There's a close up of the monster's hand, which is moving. Henry does the famous cackling, shouting, "It's alive!" and comparing himself to God.
The others try to restrain him lest his overacting cause a chain reaction and destroy them all.
The scene cuts to the home of Baron Frankenstein, Henry's father. The old guy's chatting with Victor and Elizabeth.
They tell the Baron that Henry's fine but busy.
The Baron is not impressed; he thinks there's something wrong with Henry.
He also thinks that Henry must be involved with another woman.
No, Baron, he's obsessed with a reanimated corpse.
(But they don't tell him that.)
Then they're interrupted by the maid, who tells them that the Burgomaster has come to see the Baron.
The Burgomaster (Herr Vogel) wants to find out when the wedding's going to be.
The Burgomaster says maybe there won't be a wedding. He sounds petulant.
And then the Burgomaster sounds a little petulant too. He says the whole village is prepared for the wedding.
Where is Elizabeth's family anyway? You'd think they'd be involved in wedding preparations. Maybe Henry chopped them up for his experiments. Who knows?
Herr Vogel leaves. He's very cranky.
The Baron blusters and blusters some more; blustering is his schtick.
Finally, he says he's going to go to confront Henry.
Bluster on out, Baron.
Back in the watchtower, Henry's smoking at the table.
Dr. Waldman's pacing around and tells him the monster is dangerous.
Henry's blasé about it. He says danger is fun and he wants to discover awesome things because awesome things like monster corpses are awesome.
We'll see how you feel about that at the end of the movie, Frankenstein.
Waldman thinks Henry is young and stupid and should worry about creating a corpse monster.
Henry reveals that he got the brain from Waldman's lab, so it must be okay. Waldman tells him it was a criminal brain.
Henry looks a little nervous, but what can he do about it now?
Waldman wants Henry to stop the experimenting, but Henry says no way.
He says that the monster has so far been kept in complete darkness.
Then there are footfalls; the monster is coming.
Henry turns off the light, creating nifty shadows.
This scene is very famous too.
The monster turns towards the camera; not much expression there.
Henry tells the creature to come in, and then tells it to sit down.
It does; maybe that old brain understands English.
Then Henry opens the skylight.
The monster turns sloooowly, and looks up.
He raises his hands towards the light; it's almost like praying, or like he's trying to close his hands on the light.
Then they shut it off, and the monster looks sad.
Poor monster.
Henry makes the monster sit down again.
The monster's hands jerk as he sits. Poor monster. (There's a lot in the film to make you say "poor monster.")
Henry's all happy that he's made his monster sad. You jerk, Henry.
Then Fritz comes running up looking for the monster. He's carrying a torch, and the monster's scared.
Fritz brandishes the torch at him, which drives him into a fury.
The monster growls and thrashes, but Waldman and Henry manage to overpower him and tie him up.
Waldman says they should shoot him. Aww. Say it with us: "Poor monster."
We're down in the monster's cellar. He's in handcuffs, thrashing and growling.
Fritz runs up and starts to whip and beat him.
Henry shows up and tells Fritz to stop. But then Henry starts whining in self-pity and clutching his head. He staggers out telling Fritz to leave the monster alone.
But Fritz just goes back to threatening him with the torch.
Fritz is awful; Henry is awful. The monster never had a chance to be a good monster, with those two as his creators.
The scene shifts to upstairs in Henry's tower; it's not clear how much time has passed.
Henry and Waldman are together and hear a bloodcurdling yell from Fritz.
They rush downstairs, where they find the monster free.
They back away and shut a door against him, but he smashes on it in a fury.
Henry is all distraught. Waldman takes charge though, and says they should knock the creature out with a hypodermic injection.
Henry feels it would be murder to kill the monster, but Waldman has no qualms.
Henry comes down with a needle, and gives it to Waldman.
They open the door, and the monster goes towards Henry; Waldman stabs the needle into him from behind.
The monster seems like he's not affected at first and starts to strangle Henry.
But then the shot takes effect, and the monster falls over.
The monster makes sad little sounds like a whipped kitten.
Just as they get the monster down Henry and Waldman hear a banging on the door.
It's Victor; he tells them Elizabeth and the Baron are on the way.
The three of them drag the monster off to hide it.
Waldman tells Henry to go upstairs and wipe off the blood that's all over him.
Elizabeth and the Baron knock on the door, and Victor opens it.
The Baron demands to see Henry.
Waldman comes down and tells the Baron to take Henry away.
The Baron and Elizabeth go up to Henry, the Baron muttering and blustering the whole time.
They find Henry passed out muttering about Fritz.
Guilt's not much good now, buddy.
The Baron and Elizabeth decide to take Henry away; Waldman promises Henry to preserve the research notes and destroy the monster.
Waldman's examining the monster, who lies on a table.
Waldman makes notes and turns his back; the monster's eyes flutter.
Why on earth didn't you kill the monster before you started poking at it, Waldman?
This is one of those horror movie moments where you shout at the screen, but he screen doesn't listen.
Waldman leans over the monster…and then the monster's hand creeps up.
And the monster strangles Waldman.
You knew that was going to happen.
The monster stomps heavily around the castle and finally find the door; he gets out.
The scene goes back to Henry's home, where Elizabeth's helping him convalesce. (Check out the cute sleeping greyhound at his feet.)
Henry says he's happy to no longer be whacked out about his work, and they agree they should get married soon.
Cut to the day of the wedding, with the Baron giving orange blossoms to Henry and Victor (who's the best man.)
The Baron mentions Henry's mother, who seems to be dead; he also makes a toast with an old, old bottle of wine, wishing for a son in the house of Frankenstein.
Henry looks nervous. Maybe he's thinking he has a son, but the son is a giant growling corpse monster. Or maybe he's just embarrassed.
The Baron gives the maids some champagne, and then they all go back to work.
There's dancing and celebrating in the village.
The Baron goes out to make a short speech.
It's not clear why there's so much of this scene. Who goes to Frankenstein to see wedding preparations? More monster, less villagers dancing about, please.
Ah, there's the monster. He's walking through the forest.
Cut to a villager leaving his daughter Maria behind at his house while he goes off to work.
Maria takes her kitten down to the side of a lake…and then the monster comes out of the bushes.
Maria isn't scared though; she takes the monster's hand and brings him down to the water.
Then she gives him a flower. Aww.
The monster gives a cute little smile and then kneels down beside her.
She throws some flowers in the water so they float. The monster throws flowers too.
The monster is very amused, but then he runs out of flowers. So he throws Maria in the water.
This is why everyone should learn to swim.
The monster looks very upset at Maria thrashing around, and he runs away.
Back to the wedding. Everyone's dancing.
Cut to inside, where Elizabeth asks to speak to Henry in her room in private.
Elizabeth is wearing a completely preposterous wedding gown, with a train that looks like it's ten feet long at least.
She says she's afraid, though she's not sure why. She asks why Dr. Waldman's late for the wedding.
She says she's worried about losing Henry; he says he'll always be there. Aww.
But then there's a banging on the door. It's Victor, babbling about Dr. Waldman.
Henry locks Elizabeth in her room. Kind of a jerk move (and a tactical mistake, as it turns out).
Victor says that Dr. Waldman's been killed, and that the monster is loose.
They hear the monster groaning in the house. They run upstairs, but can't find him.
Then they think he's in the cellar.
Cut back to Elizabeth wandering nervously around the room.
The monster comes in through the window without Elizabeth seeing him.
She finally sees him and screams. He stalks her.
She can't get out because her dimwit would-be husband locked the door.
The monster gets out through the window and Henry and everyone bursts in.
Elizabeth is still alive but hysterical.
Cut back outside, where Maria's grief-stricken dad is carrying her body into town.
Everybody stops celebrating and follows Maria's dad to the Burgomaster's door.
The Burgomaster comes out and sees that Maria's been murdered. (Though how does he know she was murdered? Oh well; plot hole.)
Back at the Frankensteins', Elizabeth's still hysterical.
Henry tells Victor he cannot get married until the monster is destroyed.
Henry's wearing some ridiculous jodhpurs.
He tells Victor that he's leaving Elizabeth in his care. He rushes off (with his jodhpurs).
And it's nightfall now; the Burgomaster's organizing a search for the monster.
He splits up the crowd into three groups, one to be led by Frankenstein.
They're going to get the monster, alive or dead.
And off the mob goes, with shouts and torches. (Though…why don't they have electric lights? Remember, Frankenstein used electricity. Again, the time period seems to wander back and forth.)
Henry leads one group off to the mountains to search.
They see the monster, and then they find an injured man who points towards where he saw the monster.
Frankenstein gets separated from the others, and, of course, that's when he stumbles on the monster.
Henry tries to scare the monster with fire, but he's not scared by flame any more (ah, that must be why they're all carrying torches).
The monster and Frankenstein struggle. The monster knocks him unconscious.
But the villagers are coming, so the monster drags Henry away.
The monster takes him to a windmill; the villagers surround it.
The search party tries to bash in the windmill door. Meanwhile, the monster takes Henry upstairs, jodhpurs and all.
Henry wakes up and pulls himself across the floor. The monster sees him and attacks again.
Henry hides behind the windmill machinery, then runs and tries to jump from the mill.
The monster grabs him and they struggle as the villagers watch from below.
Henry finally falls from the mill; he's unconscious. Some men carry him home.
The rest stay to light the mill on fire.
The monster screams in terror in the tower as the flames surround him. He is trapped under a fallen beam.
He is finally dead…at least till the sequel, Bride of Frankenstein.
Back to the Frankensteins' home, where maids knock on the door of Henry's room.
The Baron opens the door, and the maids say they brought some of Henry's great-grandmother's wine.
You see Henry being tended by Elizabeth in the background.
The Baron makes another toast to a son in the house of Frankenstein.
(Note that you don't see Henry up close in this scene. That's because it's a different actor. In the original script, Henry died after falling from the mill. After audience reaction was negative, the end was changed, but Colin Clive had already returned to England, and was not available to reshoot.) (Source)
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June Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer. Hugo Best is a beloved late-night TV icon and notorious womanizer who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day weekend. This is the story of their four days together, a “zippy…magnificent…devilishly fun ride” (Vogue).
When June Bloom, an assistant on the late-night comedy show, Stay Up with Hugo Best, runs into Hugo himself at an open mic following his unexpected retirement, she finds herself fielding a surprising invitation: Hugo asks June to come to his mansion in Greenwich for the long Memorial Day weekend. “No funny business,” he insists. “Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, this timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection” (Entertainment Weekly).
June, in need of a job and money, but harboring the remains of a childhood crush on the charming older comedian and former role model, is confident she can handle herself. She accepts. As the weekend unfolds and the enigmatic Hugo gradually reveals appealingly vulnerable facets to his personality, their dynamic proves to be much more complicated and less predictable than June imagined.
“A witty and subtle commentary on sex, power, and social politics” (Refinery 29) and “an outstanding comedic debut” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Stay Up with Hugo Best announces a gloriously irreverent, bold, and winning new voice in fiction.
On the last episode of the show, Hugo interviewed a veteran America’s sweetheart who’d been on many times before. She sat on the stiff blue couch crossing and re-crossing her flashing shins and baring her wholesome gums. Hugo wore his black pinstriped suit, his signature.
The actress said, “Hugo, I’m going to miss seeing you in my bedroom every night at 12:34 Eastern Standard.”
Hugo said, sly grin, laughs from audience, “We can arrange something if you’d like...”
At the end of the hour he stood in front of the swaying purple curtain and thanked his producers, his band, his bandleader Bony Suarez for taking so many years of his jokes with such élan. He teared up when he got to his loyal fans, and Bony led the band in a sentimental version of the theme music.
The taping was over by late afternoon and there was a huge white sheet cake for the staff. Stay Up With Hugo Best, it read in the show’s font. We all had a piece and a small plastic cup of champagne and then went to the oyster bar on the corner to do our real drinking.
I found it important to drain a lot of top shelf liquor in situations like these, when someone else was buying and the revel was not wholly mine. I was out of a job after that day. The new host would hire his own writers, and those writers would hire their own assistant. As the writers’ assistant for under a year, I was so low totem I was subterranean. I was the part of the pole they buried under ground.
Come next week it was back to the open mics. Back to standing outside of the midtown clubs passing out flyers to tourists, saying, “Comedy, comedy inside, don’t you guys like to laugh?” I practiced it out loud in the corner of the oyster bar, spoke it into my rocks glass to remember how it felt in my mouth.
“Who are you talking to?” asked someone next to me. Bony Suarez had ditched his suit jacket, rolled up his cuffs. He was rubbing his bald head with one hand and holding a beer in the other.
“No one,” I said. I swirled the fluid in my glass. “Just an old friend.”
Bony nodded. He knew me only barely. “Drink up, because that motherfucker is paying.”
I followed his gaze to the motherfucker in question. Hugo sat at the bar at the center of an eager throng. The most junior writer, a Harvard grad named Julian who was three years younger than me, was at his elbow. On his other side, a very young woman perched on a bar stool touching his hair. I had never seen her before—she wasn’t on staff—and I wondered if Hugo hadn’t either.
“Where did she come from?” I asked Bony.
“Who knows?” said Bony. “Eugene Lang? The ether? Where do they ever come from? He arrives and they just materialize.”
Hugo sipped his whiskey and said something that made her laugh in a false, head-thrown-back way. In my experience a woman laughed like that for one of two reasons: to show off her delicate collarbone or to flatter someone who’d told a bad joke. Hugo still had on his pinstriped suit, though it must have held the funk of the studio by now — the faint burnt hair scent of the lights, the smell of his body. When the woman finished laughing she reached out and smoothed his lapel. He looked satisfied with himself. His lapel didn’t really need smoothing.
“You ever been so sick of a suit,” said Bony, “that you wanted to do an act of violence to that suit?”
The young woman climbed into Hugo’s lap. He looked over at us, over at Bony, and shrugged theatrically. I knew that shrug. I had grown up watching his stupid hammy gestures on TV, practicing them in front of my bedroom mirror.
I said, “He thinks it hides his paunch, I bet. He probably calls it ‘The Paunch Hider’ in his mind.”
Bony took a step back and assessed me. I was nothing to Bony Suarez, still less to Hugo Best. I was a shape on the periphery of their future nostalgia.
Bony said, “You’re gonna be okay. You’re young and pretty and sort of funny.”
“Say it like you mean it,” I said. “Give it some vim.”
Bony just snorted and walked away.
I was alone again in my white-tiled corner. It had grown hotter, hazier, more crowded. The party would continue to thicken until someone led a mass migration to a cheaper bar. One dollar shots, beer mud on the floor. Jukebox full of nothing you’d want to hear. The older people would all filter off then, to Metro North, to condos uptown, to wherever people went when they had somewhere compelling to go. The young people would stay late and drink too much, order pizzas to the bar, confess their true feelings and pair off to kiss each other in the bathroom.
After a while, Julian gave up on Hugo and came over, frowning.
He’d been the writers’ assistant before me, promoted to staff writer nine months ago. When he moved up, I had taken his place. Because of this we were bonded forever, members of the same wary club.
“I was pitching him a show,” Julian said.
He took a drink of beer. He was sweaty, agitated, his pale upper neck scratched up from an impatient shave.
“The one I told you about. Remember? Mates? The sitcom where the characters all live in a house together but you can’t make out what any of the relationships are. It’s just completely opaque.”
“I remember,” I said. “They’re all different ages and ethnicities.”
Julian smiled, ran a hand through his hair. He only ever truly relaxed when he was laughing at his own jokes. “Yeah, and they all leave the house together every morning in a grey minivan. And it’s unclear where they’re going and you never find out.”
“God, Mates,” I said. “I love it. But can it sustain itself for twenty-two minutes week after week?
“As a premise it’s no thinner than any other sitcom out there.”
“Is that how you pitched it to Hugo?”
“No, I pitched it as Friends taken to its logical conclusion. Cheers, but way dumber.”
“And how’d that go?”
“It went great. He ordered thirteen episodes. No. Come on. You saw how it went. He was barely listening to me. She was distracting him.”
We looked back over. By now Hugo was barely visible, his face concealed by the woman’s cascade of dark brown hair. She held her champagne flute aloft in a posture of victory. He put his hand on her thigh, just rested it there knuckle side down, and I had to turn away.
“Careful,” I said. “That’s the president of the network.”
A flash of real alarm passed over Julian’s face. Then he said, “Oh. Haha,” and took his glasses off to clean them with his shirttail. We were silent, trying to negotiate the moment. It seemed to call for some small gesture of mutual comfort or commiseration, which neither of us was able to summon. To do so would acknowledge the presence of feelings – uncertainty, dashed hopes, even friendship – and once the levees were breached there was no telling what would happen.
“What will you do now?” I tried.
“Another show. Another staffing job. Something will work out, eventually. Something’s got to. What about you?”
“Oh, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll go to law school. Prove everyone right.”
Julian shook his head. “You? No.”
“Why not?” I said. “Get to wear a nice suit, carry a briefcase. Go out for a power lunch, whatever that is. You know everyone who’s a lawyer is just someone who decided to do it?”
Julian said, “Yeah, but…”
He seemed on the verge of a sincere remark, but a clanging began, the sound of silverware on glass. The room rotated to face the bar, where Hugo had risen to give a speech. Julian looked at me once more and shrugged. Then Hugo started talking and whatever Julian had been about to say floated away towards the ceiling, never to be retrieved.
Hugo began, “I’m going to be brief because I know you all have more important things to do.” He mimed taking a shot to appreciative laughter. “I came to this show as a young man.”
A few feet away, Bony cleared his throat.
“A youngish man.”
Bony cleared his throat louder.
Exaggerated grimace. “All right, I was forty.”
Everyone laughed again.
“We started this thing twenty-five years ago,” said Hugo. “Think about that. Twenty-five years. George H.W. Bush was President. Remember him? Old willowy guy? No, me neither. The Internet as we know it did not exist. Meaning people were just blindly stumbling into stores seeking pornography. Bony had hair. Unimaginable.”
These were the contours of the show, its rhythms exactly. I got the sense someone else had written the speech for him. I could picture the head writer Gil yawning his way through this final bit of drudgery, his mind already elsewhere. He’d stop to glance out the window, sigh, think of the other courses his life could have taken — dissertations unwritten, chickens upstate — now all lost to him.
And while Gil worked, Hugo would have been where? Alone in his office squeezing a stress ball? Having a boozy lunch that stretched well into the afternoon? Passing time with one of the young women who came out of the ether and would return to it just the same? I found these scenarios all equally likely.
Hugo was saying, “For twenty-five years, I came in every day and did my best.” He paused for laughter, groans. It was his favorite pun, rarely un-deployed before large audiences. “Did I get good at it? Did I learn how to host a talk show? I’m sure you have your opinions on that. But I can say with confidence that it has been the greatest pleasure of my life, working with you.” He eyed Bony. “Correction: most of you. You were the ones that made me look good night after night. The credit for everything we did over there goes to all of you.” He took a long moment to make eye contact with each of us, even me. “You’re all equally to blame.”
Roaring laughter, whoops, applause.
He waved a hand, dismissing us. “Now go get drunk.”
Chatter resumed and the crowd rearranged itself. Hugo was swept along to another part of the room by Laura Posner, his longtime manager and executive producer. His stool stood empty, as if people sensed it would be presumptuous to sit there. After a while Gil sat down, scratching self-consciously at his trim, black beard with a capped pen.
Julian rattled his beer in Gil’s direction. It was still mostly full. “Do you want another drink? I think I’ll get another.”
“You’re going to pitch him,” I said. “You’re shameless.”
Julian winced. “What choice do I have? I might never see him again, or any of these people. Her—” he was pointing at Laura Posner, still holding Hugo’s hand. “I’ll never see her again. Or him—” Dennis Pascale, a programming executive talking into his cell phone. “No chance. Will they remember who I am a month from now? Doubtful. How would I begin to describe myself? Hi, I don’t know if you remember me, I wrote for the show for a few months? In the illustrious sinking ship period?”
His stubbled throat bobbed as he spoke. Even his Adam’s apple seemed panicked. I remembered how young he was. He had just moved out of his parents’ house in Short Hills, New Jersey. For years as a page and then as the writers’ assistant he’d commuted every morning on the bus. At the end of the day, he went home and ate the dinner his mother left out for him on a cellophaned plate, and went to sleep under a Wayne Gretsky poster he’d had since second grade. He told me couldn’t remember ever liking hockey that much. Now he might have to go back.
“All right, I was only kidding,” I said. “Go on and pitch him if you want to. Good for you. Maybe I would too if I had something to pitch.”
“You would?” he said.
Between the two of us I was worse off. He had the better resume, the parental fallback plan. He had his ideas, however silly, and the nerve to voice them aloud. Still, I couldn’t help reassuring him. He looked at me so hopefully.
“Definitely,” I said.
We watched Hugo break free of Laura and cross the room, making his way back to his young woman. The crowd parted for him and filled in again after he’d passed. When he reached her he took both her hands in his like they’d had a long separation.
Julian drained the dregs of his bottle, took a deep breath. “So I guess we’ll never see each other again.”
This was false and we both knew it. New York only ever got smaller. It contracted at the same rate the universe expanded. Eventually it would just be the same ten people shuttling back and forth between work and home, averting each other’s gaze.
“We’ll see each other in the next world,” I said, “and not a moment before.”
It was early evening when I left the oyster bar. I was buzzed, headache-y. The sun was still out, and I had the disorienting feeling of emerging from a movie theater into daylight. That feeling could turn into despair if you let it.
I decided to go downtown and do stand-up at Birds & The Bees. Told myself it’d help me ease back into things. Birds & The Bees was a dank basement room on Bleecker that never filled up. If I arrived early enough, the manager would let me do a set for whatever semblance of a crowd happened to be there. In the past, results had been mixed. Sometimes the place was full of NYU undergrads, ten or more of them, out on a weekday afternoon bender. Other times it was just Randy, a neighborhood pot dealer, wiry and balding, with one rolled up pant leg, nursing a club soda at the bar.
Today there was an act on when I showed up, an even more lost soul than me with a ukulele. Dressed in a bolo tie and cowboy shirt, he strummed a melancholy tune about the new president. His tone was hard to gauge. One minute he was close to tears, the next scornful. He flubbed a lyric about the electoral college and started over, apparently from the beginning.
“How long has he been at it?” I asked the bartender.
She had thick, pale, tattooed biceps and a delicate doll’s face. Her hair was braided into two long pigtails. She smiled rarely, laughed never.
“Since the dawn of man,” she told me.
I asked her for a gin drink and swallowed it down in three gulps. It tasted like quinine, like a pinecone, like last-ditch medicine. It was restorative in its way. It restored my aversion to gin.
“Do you want your hotdog?” asked the bartender.
She stepped aside so I could see the cooker behind her. I had made the mistake once before of cashing in on the free hotdog that came with every drink.
“Oh. God no.”
There was another figure at the bar, hunched, disheveled, and looking at me sidelong. The braided bartender looked at him sidelong, and I looked at both of them — sidelong, you might say. Then we all put the sidelong thing to rest and turned to watch the act in progress.
The guy on stage plunked away at his political epic. The tune sounded like “Clementine,” only slower. I paid close attention to see if I could figure out what was funny about it, or what was supposed to be funny. Was it bad comedy or a parody of bad comedy? Was it a bad parody or a parody of a bad parody? I went around like this for a while before giving up. At the end, he pulled out an air horn and set it off, a raw, honking noise that echoed around the room. A couple sitting near the stage got up and walked out. I tried to take a final sip of my drink, but all that was left was ice and lime husk.
At that hour at Birds & the Bees there was no one to herald your arrival on stage. If you wanted an introduction you had to do it yourself, into a microphone set up in the hallway near the bathroom. Some people did, affecting a booming announcer’s voice. I could never bring myself to do it. The indignity was too much. I preferred instead to walk on stage almost as if it was an accident. Oh oops. Well, now that I’m here.
By the time I went on, the audience consisted of two or three men sitting by themselves in the shadows. Even the bartender had disappeared; maybe she was changing the kegs. A pair of college girls wandered in with shopping bags and kept up a conversation at a table near the back. In the nearly empty room their voices sounded almost as loud as my own.
“It’s too much to handle. I cannot handle it anymore,” one was saying.
“You shouldn’t have to,” confirmed the other. “You should not have to.”
I was doing the bit about men being able to suck their own dicks. Men can suck their dicks, it went. They can suck them and suck them. It was time to stop pretending they couldn’t reach. Every time a man’s late it’s because he’s been sucking his own dick. He may show up panting with some excuse about transit or the dentist, but really he’s been sucking his own dick. He’s been sucking it and sucking it. And so on in that vein.
The bit got a couple of laughs from out in the gloom. I told the feeble crowd I was June Bloom, thank you very much for coming, and then went backstage to throw up. It was a dry heave, mostly, an empty and painful going-through of the motions.
When I came out of the bathroom, Hugo Best was standing in the dim green hallway. I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand, tried not to show my surprise.
“Nerves?” he asked.
“Ennui,” I said.
“I used to be a puker, too.”
The hallway was narrow and hung with framed portraits of legendary comedians. Lined faces, flat eyes. What came next was the part where I asked Hugo what he was doing here, but I didn’t know how to initiate this. Over his shoulder I could see a picture of Rodney Dangerfield. I had always liked Rodney’s face, his pop-eyes and look of forthright insanity. Sometimes there was solace in things that were very ugly.
“Can we go stand outside or something?” I said at last. I motioned to the pictures on the walls. “These guys are making this weirdly heavy.”
Hugo nodded. “We must avoid gravitas at all costs.”
I followed him out through the bar, past the college girls and drunks, back up the six stairs to street level.
In front of the club, a breeze ruffled my dress and raised goose bumps on my bare legs. It was late May, the eve of Memorial Day weekend, that precarious pre-summer period in New York when the weather hasn’t fully made up its mind about what it’s going to be.
“You work on my show, right?” asked Hugo.
“Worked on the show, yeah. The writers’ assistant. My name is June.”
“June,” he said. “Right. June. You were good in there, June.”
A year ago this casual praise from Hugo would have felled me, sent me careening back to the bathroom to puke again in a paroxysm of nervous joy. All that time, my whole life, of waiting for this man’s approval and here it was, too easily, too cheaply won.
“Thank you,” I said though. “It means a lot for you to say that.” I paused. “So what brings you here?”
“This is where I got my start. I guess I was feeling…”
He trailed off and turned to study the entrance of Birds & The Bees, its yellowing marquee. His grey blonde hair lifted boyishly in the wind. It had gotten almost completely dark.
“What happened to the girl you were with at the oyster bar?”
“Girl?”
“On your lap.”
“Oh. She didn’t want to come. Can’t imagine why.”
He gestured towards the bar. The smell of stale beer and public toilet was wafting out.
“Don’t you have somewhere to be?” I asked. “A party or something?”
It was last night, he told me. There’d been champagne and passed appetizers, those tiny puffed pastries with one bite of crab in them. A band had played. All on the network’s tab.
“Weren’t you there? I thought we invited the staff.”
I shook my head. No one had told me about a party. “I guess I missed the e-vite.”
“It wasn’t that fun. Mostly just executives patting themselves on the back. For what, I don’t know. Anyway, tonight I thought I’d let everyone celebrate without the boss. They deserve to trash me if they want to.”
He put his hands in his pockets. I braced for an awkward goodbye. But he made no move to end the conversation, no head fake up the street. Was he waiting for me to make my excuses — dinner plans, a dog to walk, a complicated train ride and someone expecting me at home? If I didn’t initiate, it might never end. But did I want it to end? Not exactly. Not unless he did.
“How did you come to be here?” he asked.
“N to 8th, walked the rest of the way.”
He rolled his eyes.
“I’m friendly with Susie, sort of. I took her standup class like a decade ago.”
“Ah, Standup Basics. And how would you rate your experience?”
The class had been a waste of money. The other students were non-serious: retirees trying out a hobby, office workers building their confidence. Susie herself had been bored. She’d taught it for thirty years as a way of supplementing the club’s income and her enthusiasm had expired long before I got there. The only real upside had been her offer, extended on a whim, to let me perform occasionally. I think she kept letting me do it because she’d forgotten how the arrangement had come about. Or because she just didn’t care.
“Two stars. Once she sent me out to get her an aloe beverage. Another time I helped fix her printer.”
“Bravo,” he said. “Multi-talented.”
“Hey, I’m no hero. It was a paper jam. I just reached in and yanked it out. Took thirty seconds. People tend to give me an easily accomplished task.”
“Why do you think that is?”
“Maybe I seem competent, but just a little.”
He laughed approvingly. “What did you think of the show today?”
I thought about what to tell him. The show had had the trappings of a celebration without feeling like one. There were tributes, special guests, a gag reel. Running jokes were reprised. Barbra Streisand sang a song. It was exactly the conclusion you’d expect, only the energy was off. Hugo’s enthusiasm seemed faked. Even so, I was sure the audience felt lucky, as if they’d witnessed a historic moment. This was what I finally landed on.
“It was historic,” I said. I sounded unconvinced.
He repeated, “Historic.”
I tried again, “It was...it made me sad.”
He nodded. “Me too.”
A burly guy in all black dragged a stool out of the club. It was late enough now for a bouncer. We watched him take a Sudoku out of his back pocket and start filling it out. People began to weave around us and down the stairs into the club, the first arrivals for the early show.
“Listen, let’s get a drink,” said Hugo. “Somewhere other than this.”
“I can’t. I’ve got a thing. I’ve got to go stand around on a roof with some young people.”
“Of course, a roof.”
“I’m serious. I’m not blowing you off. Another time maybe.”
He thought for a minute, swaying forward on the balls of his feet. He seemed a little drunk already. “This is going to sound crazy, but you should come spend the holiday weekend with me.”
He had a house in Connecticut, he said, growing more excited. With a pool, tennis court, everything. I should come hang out, discuss comedy. We could leave right then. He thought I had potential. He wanted to hear me talk.
I said, “That roof thing I mentioned? I’m meeting a boy there. A man. We’re at the beginning and I’m trying to figure out whether he loves me or hates me.”
“Love and hate aren’t mutually exclusive,” said Hugo. “Especially at the beginning.”
He smiled, a dashing enterprise that usurped his entire face. “Come to Connecticut. No funny business.”
The breeze gusted again, blowing blossoms off a tree just up the street. They came at us in small white cyclone. One landed on Hugo’s lapel, an accidental boutonniere. It was warm and cool both and what light was left in the sky looked purple.
“How can anyone make good decisions in this city?” I asked.
“They don’t,” said Hugo. “Nor anywhere in the world.”
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This reading group guide for Stay Up with Hugo Best includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.
Topics & Questions for Discussion
1. June doesn’t give her roommate, Audrey, a serious answer as to why she accepts Hugo’s spontaneous weekend invitation (for “fun” and because there’s a pool at the house), but her thoughts in the moment about Hugo’s smile give us a clue. Why do you think June goes to Connecticut? If you were in June’s shoes, would you have accepted Hugo’s invitation?
2. Over the course of the weekend, June tells a number of lies: how she and her boyfriend met, what her major was in college, that she doesn’t care if people find her funny, etc. In some cases, we know from her inner thoughts that these lies are intended to subvert the preconceived notions that June, in her cynical way, suspects that other people have about her. In other cases, June is lying to herself as much as to others. Identify an instance where June isn’t being totally honest with herself. Why do you think she is avoiding this truth in particular?
3. On Saturday Hugo cracks a joke to June after overhearing a tense phone conversation she has with her boyfriend in the car. Relieved, June thinks, “Banter I could do. It was [Hugo’s] sympathy I didn’t think I could face, the thought that I had come here and made him feel bad for me” (page 64). Why is June so loathe to accept Hugo’s sympathy? What does this scene reveal to us about the role banter, and more generally humor and comedy, play in her life?
4. Spencer and June are closer in age than June and Hugo. Compare their respective roles within their own families, based on June’s memories of her parents’ visit to New York (p. 124) and Spencer’s interactions with Hugo over the course of the weekend. Which family would you rather be a member of?
5. “I wanted [Hugo’s] fame and hated that I wanted it,” admits June (page 201). How do June, Hugo, Spencer, and Julian see fame differently? Is fame more than a fickle friend for anyone in the novel?
6. During his interview with Casey Caruso, Hugo emphasizes the importance of supporting female comics despite dismissing June’s points about inclusivity the night before. June wonders if he has stolen her ideas simply to make himself look good or if he has genuinely learned something from her. Which do you think is true?
7. Discuss your reactions to the revelation about the fan who stabbed Hugo. In what ways, if any, did this change your perception of him? Why do you think Hugo keeps the details a secret from Spencer?
8. There is a lot of comedy in Stay Up with Hugo Best. For June’s father, comedy is “for making people laugh”; for June, comedy is meant to “challenge the culture” (page 128). Which did this novel as a whole do more of for you?
9. From Kitty Rosenthal to the events aboard Duck Soup, discuss how Hugo and June’s relationship comments on the #MeToo movement and the questions raised about power dynamics and sexual assault. Did Hugo have “funny business” on his mind the whole weekend?
10. June is twenty-nine years old and well past her teenage years. Nevertheless, Stay Up with Hugo Best can be thought of as a coming-of-age story. How has June changed in the three days she spends in Connecticut?
11. We learn Hugo’s fate at the end of the novel. Where do you imagine June will be in five years? What will she be doing with her life?
Enhance Your Book Club
1. With your book club, check out recordings of some of the comics June and Hugo idolize, including Don Rickles, George Carlin, Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Andy Kaufman, and discuss your reactions to their various styles of comedy.
2. Read Labor Day by Joyce Maynard or Independence Day by Richard Ford, two other novels set over holiday weekends. Compare the techniques used by the authors to tell a complete story over a short timeline.
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Erin Somers
Erin Somers’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House Open Bar, Ploughshares, American Short Fiction, McSweeney’s, The Cincinnati Review, and many other publications. She holds an MFA from the University of New Hampshire and was a 2016 NYC Center for Fiction Emerging Writer Fellow and a 2016 Millay Colony resident. She lives in Beacon, New York, with her husband and daughter. Stay Up with Hugo Best is her first novel.
Publisher: Scribner (April 2, 2019)
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Raves and Reviews
“A zippy debut…June’s quick wit keeps the banter flowing over a bizarre Memorial Day weekend…the millennial and the magnetic celebrity are surprisingly well suited, two sardonic souls who find themselves connecting…magnificent…a devilishly fun ride.”
– Vogue
“Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, the timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection.”
– Entertainment Weekly
“Taut and incisive... tender... Somers is clear—exquisitely, wrenchingly—when articulating Bloom’s lifelong fixation on Best.”
– New York Times Book Review
“On the surface, Somers' debut is light and breezy, but the narrative is deft, controlled, and deadly smart. She mines depths out of Hollywood's propensity to look the other way when beloved men behave badly without a hint of preachiness. Instead, she's interested in complicity... What could be a straightforward novel about a young woman and an older man taking mutual advantage of one another is instead a brilliant study in how rarely we seize opportunities to grow and change for the better—especially if we're lucky enough to get more than one. An outstanding comedic debut about the deeply unfunny trials of growing up in and out of the spotlight. Somers is a writer to watch.”
"Stay Up With Hugo Best is a book that is also described as 'the perfect read for the #MeToo era,' but that isn’t just a platitude. The novel follows June, a junior staffer at a late-night TV show, who goes home with the much-older host of said show. You may think you know what happens next, but the novel doesn’t follow the sleazy old man plus naive ingenue playbook. It gives the agency to its rightful owner, a young woman stumbling into adulthood who must navigate an awkward weekend with her boss. Praised for its insider details of the world of late-night television, Stay Up With Hugo Best is a witty and subtle commentary on sex, power, and social politics."
– Refinery29
“I was honestly surprised to find so many funny one-liners in a novel with the unlikely subject of comedy writing, which is usually a bruising, neurotic enterprise. Erin Somers is a clear-eyed and clever young talent who has mastered the special art of dissection with affection.”
– Carl Hiaasen, author of Razor Girl
"A deeply necessary, poignant, and hilarious read."
– Popsugar
"Our whole culture desperately needs Stay Up with Hugo Best. A book so relevant, and yet so incredibly funny."
– Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story and Lake Success
"Funny, sharp, and very fun. A contemporary story that follows a complex set of characters so self-aware that they become even more vibrant on the page.”
– Weike Wang, author of Chemistry
“Stay Up with Hugo Best is sharp, funny, and moving. By the time I finished, I felt like I’d taken a weekend trip to comedian Hugo Best’s mansion myself, taken a dip in his pool, smoked with his son. Erin Somers brilliantly and beautifully captures the life of June Bloom, an ambitious young woman at the point of her career where she feels like anything might happen, and also nothing might, and is driven by curiosity about what’s to come. An extremely winning, relatable, and convincing debut.”
– Annie Hartnett, author of Rabbit Cake
"An older man, a younger woman, show biz, nakedness--but wait! This is the hilarious version with characters so sympathetic you root for them all, even the guy."
– Patricia Marx, New Yorker humorist and author of Him Her Him Again the End of Him
"Both challenging and, yes, entertaining.”
– AM New York
"This timely and often very funny novel speaks to how the #MeToo movement swept Hollywood—and the comedy world in particular."
– LitHub
"Somers sidesteps the predictable path the reader might expect this weekend to take, instead meandering into subtle, surprising territory. Within the strict temporal boundaries she has set herself, Somers depicts two equally lost souls unable to connect on a deep level. This is a winning debut."
"A timely comment on sex and power in the entertainment industry... There are some great laugh-out-loud moments and one-liners, and the pace is steady throughout."
"Ingenious… With Hugo Best, Somers deftly teases out the muddled and sometimes inappropriate relationship men like him have with fame, aging and the women who get caught in their wake… Somers does a great job balancing June's competing feelings… Somers shines when depicting the little moments between the two, which are funny and poignant... Stay Up with Hugo Best itself never feels unsure: Somers knows exactly when both the laugh lines and the cringes should hit."
– Shelf Awareness
"Erin Somers shows power dynamics aren't always what they seem.”
– Bustle
"Anything other than predictable."
"Exceedingly clever... Erin Somer’s debut novel is definitely worth staying up for.
– The What
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Best Kids Movies and Shows-There’s nothing more fun than family movie night. Kids easily
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Taare Zameen Par (2007) Drama, Family | 2h 45min | 21 December 2007 (India) 8.4
Director: Aamir Khan, Amole GupteWriters: Amole GupteStars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca ChopraSummary: Ishaan Awasthi is an eight-year-old child whose world is filled with wonders that no one else seems to appreciate; colours, fish, dogs and kites are just not important in the world of adults, who are much more interested in things like homework, marks and neatness. And Ishaan just cannot seem to get anything right in class. When he gets into far more trouble than his parents can handle, he is packed off to a boarding school to 'be disciplined'. Things are no different at his new school, and Ishaan has to contend with the added trauma of separation from his family. One day a new art teacher bursts onto the scene, Ram Shankar Nikumbh, who infects the students with joy and optimism. He breaks all the rules of 'how things are done' by asking them to think, dream and imagine, and all the children respond with enthusiasm, all except Ishaan. Nikumbh soon realizes that Ishaan is very unhappy, and he sets out to discover why. With time, patience and care, he ultimately helps Ishaan find ...
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018) Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 1h 44min | 7 December 2018 (USA) 6.5
Director: Andy SerkisWriters: Callie Kloves, Rudyard KiplingStars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict CumberbatchSummary: The story follows the upbringing of the human child Mowgli raised by a pack of wolves in the jungles of India. As he learns the often harsh rules of the jungle, under the tutelage of a bear named Baloo and a black panther named Bagheera, Mowgli becomes accepted by the animals of the jungle as one of their own, except for one; the fearsome tiger Shere Khan. But there may be greater dangers lurking in the jungle, as Mowgli comes face to face with his human origins. Written by bockalonge
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 2h 23min | 9 December 2005 (USA) 6.9
Director: Andrew AdamsonWriters: Ann Peacock, Andrew AdamsonStars: Tilda Swinton, Georgie Henley, William MoseleySummary: Four children from the same family have to leave their town because of the bombings of WWII. A women and a professor take the children to their house. While playing a game of hide-and-seek, the youngest member of the family, Lucy, finds a wardrobe to hide in. She travels back and back into the wardrobe and finds a place named Narnia. After going in twice, the four children go in together for the last time. They battle wolves, meet talking animals, encounter an evil white witch and meet a magnificent lion named Aslan. Will this be the end of their journey to Narnia or will they stay? Written by John ewart
Jurassic Park (1993) Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | 2h 7min | 11 June 1993 (USA) 8.1
Director: Steven SpielbergWriters: Michael CrichtonStars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff GoldblumSummary: Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island. Written by Film_Fan
Secret Superstar (2017) Drama, Music | 2h 30min | 18 October 2017 (USA) 7.9
Director: Advait ChandanWriters: Advait ChandanStars: Zaira Wasim, Meher Vij, Raj ArjunSummary: Insia is very passionate about singing but she belongs to a very conservative family. Her father doesn't let her develop her talent but her mother secretly lets her follow her passion for singing. She begins anonymously posting her songs over the internet and gains nation wide fame including people from the music industry. The movie shows her journey to break free and follow her dream of being a singer. Written by keith26293
Aladin (1992) Animation, Family, Fantasy | 43min | Video 31 December 1992 4.9
Director: Roswitha HaasWriters: Roswitha HaasStars: Armin Drogat, Rainer Maria Ehrhardt, Georg FeilsSummary: When a street urchin finds a lamp with a genie inside, he uses the lamp to turn himself into a prince in order to win the heart of a beautiful princess. But an evil vizier is after the lamp too.
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My Favourite Shape: the Love Triangle
by Melissa Yi
by Melissa Yi, Patreon
I’m going to break away from mysteries and death for a moment, because no book is 100 percent blood, and talk about the negative space between them. For me, that’s love and relationships, Dr. Hope Sze has a relationship with two different men.
Love triangles fascinate me.
Once Sting said something like, “‘I love you and you love me’ is boring. But if I love you and you love someone else … ” As a kid, I was riveted by that talk show interview.
As an adult, I married my high school sweetheart. So it’s only on the page that I create worlds where women have choices, shall we say. Not in all my books, but one major engine of the Hope Sze series is that two men vie for her affections.
“When are you writing a new Hope book?” asked Kat, one of the nurses.
“I’m working on it,” I said.
“Well, write faster! I need to know what’s happening to the guys.”
I didn’t start by conscious design, but it so happens that Hope solves quite complex mysteries in each book, yet her personal life remains even more complicated.
The first serious man in her life is her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Wu.
As Hope explains in Code Blues, Ryan and I had basically been set up by our grandmothers. He was a smart, hard-working, good-looking Chinese boy. In other words, Grandma’s idea of manna from heaven, and not far from mine, either.
The problem was, his engineering job tied him to Ottawa, while Hope was studying on the other end of the province. They broke up before she made it back to McGill for family medicine, until a chance encounter throws him back in her life.
In the meantime, she meets a mouthy resident (doctor in post-graduate training) who doesn't make much of an impression at first.
John Tucker was a white guy with a shock of wheat-coloured hair. I wondered if he dyed it, while he said in a baritone voice, "Call me Tucker. Everyone does. You can call me Tucker, Tuck, Turkey. I'll answer to anything." He winked at me.
I wrinkled my nose. He was trying too hard. Not my type.
Tucker doesn't know how to flirt or tease the way other guys do, but he ends up proving himself, especially during the hostage-taking in Stockholm Syndrome.
Was it a stupid idea to have more than one love interest? Jennifer Crusie points out in her excellent blog, “Readers/viewers pick a side, and then if their side is the one that isn’t chosen, the story fails for them.”
Another commenter, also named Jennifer, summed it up like this:
“Love triangles usually are a case of:
1. Twilight–the “triangle” is a joke because clearly the game is rigged
2. Stephanie Plum–this … will just drag on forever.
3. Lost–gee, two jerks, which of the jerks will Kate choose? Who cares?”
What do you think? Should it be all monogamy, all the time? More romance? No romance, just plot-plot-plot?
While I solicit feedback, please let me know what you think of my new quiz at http://melissayuaninnes.com/doctor-nasty/ ! You don't have to opt in to get your results, but I'm setting up a free gift for new subscribers by the end of the month. Cheers!
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Labels: Code Blues, Hope Sze, Jennifer Crusie, love triangle, Melissa Yi, Stockholm syndrome
Do You Do Artist Dates?
“The Artist Date is a once-weekly, festive, solo expedition to explore
something that interests you.” Julia Cameron
An artist date is permission to play. Every week, you are supposed to explore something that makes you smile.
When I first heard about them, I was excited, but I circled around the idea cautiously, like an animal scenting something new. What is this thing called play? Am I allowed to indulge in it, or do I have to spend every waking moment working as a doctor, a writer, and a mother?
For me, because I live in the country, one of the barriers is physically getting to something that interests me. It takes me an hour to drive to Montreal, 1.5 hours to drive to Ottawa, and more if there’s snow or traffic.
And yet, it’s almost always worth it.
I think this is why writers love conferences. You go from isolation to a collective army of smart, funny people who love the same things you do (reading, writing, and Riesling). You can get some of the same vibe online, but it’s not as fun as in person.
Steve Steinbock & Melissa Yi at Bloody Words 2014
“It’s Brigadoon!” said Steve Steinbock, of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, who suggested I come to Bloody Words, the former Canadian crime conference.
“Huh? What’s Brigadoon?”
He explained that it’s a town that materializes out of nowhere, and then it’s gone. “Brigadoon!”
“Brigadoon,” I repeated, still a bit confused, but enjoying his enthusiasm.
Another barrier for me is that I hate spending money. I went to Left Coast Crime last year, felt guilty about spending money, and quizzed other authors in attendance if they felt guilty, too. The answer: no, with the unspoken corollary of "Why are you wasting your time here worrying about it?" Stacy Allen was kind enough to answer in detail. She said something to the effect of, “You have a gift. Everyone here has a gift. It’s a crime not to use it.”
With thanks to Lisa de Nikolits for the photo!
I just spent a long, long weekend in Toronto. The main goal was speaking at OLA, the Ontario Library Association superconference, through Crime Writers of Canada, on the Friday. I spent my two minutes explaining the genesis of Stockholm Syndrome (chasing after an escaped prisoner, as I explained in my interview with CBC Radio's Robyn Bresnahan here), connected with new readers, learned of literary conferences in Renfrew and Kingston, met James Wigmore, an author who’s a retired forensic toxicologist, and Judy Penz Sheluk invited me to post on her blog.
I stayed extra-long so that I could sing in a mass choir with MILCK, my favourite new singer--a brave, talented, risk-taker whom I'd like to emulate in many ways.
How about you? Do you do artist dates? Do you spend money on your art, and on your writing career?
Labels: CBC radio, Crime Writers of Canada, Judy Penz Sheluk, Julia Cameron, Lisa de Nikolits, Melissa Yi, MILCK, OLA, Ontario Library Association, Robyn Bresnahan, Stacy Allen, Steve Steinbock, Stockholm syndrome
Lessons Learned in Hostage Taking
April 2013: 22:20
During my first night shift at a new hospital, a prisoner escapes while awaiting medical attention. I chase after him through an empty hallway, open the door to a stairwell, push open a second door, and discover his footsteps in the snow.
Only afterward, when the police have rounded up the prisoner and I'm safely home, do I realize that I could have been taken hostage if the prisoner had been lurking inside the stairwell.
I begin researching hostage takings in hospitals.
September 20th, 1991: 00:00
Richard Worthington storms into a suburban Salt Lake City hospital with a shotgun, a .347 magnum revolver, and a bomb. He screams, “My life was perfect! Dr. Curtis ruined everything! He butchered my wife!”
He wants to kill the doctor who performed a tubal ligation on his wife, which she'd requested after eight difficult deliveries. Worthington takes two nurses hostage, shoots the one who tries to wrestle the shotgun from him, and breaks into a room where 22-year-old Christan Downey, surrounded by her family and her labour nurse, is about to deliver her first baby.
Worthington orders the nurses to bring two other newborns into the room with them. Then he forces Christan's partner, Adam Cisneros, to retrieve the homemade bomb Worthington had planted at the front entrance.
Worthington tells one nurse, Margie Wyler, to call his wife. After the call, he shoots the telephone, yelling, "I'm going to die tonight, and so are all of you!"
Worthington decides to move them up to the third floor, where Dr. Curtis's office lies, even though Christan can't walk because of her epidural. She lies in bed, pushed by Adam and Margie; the two infants are carried by Christan's sister, Carre, and the second nurse, Susan Woolley.
Christan's epidural begins to wear off. Susan whispers, "Margie, Christan must have that baby."
Christian, coached by Margie and Susan, delivers a healthy baby girl, Caitlin, at 3:23 a.m.
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Police negotiations break down. Sometimes Worthington answers the functional phone lines, sometimes not. He demands to speak to his wife or to Dr. Glade Curtis. But he warms to Margie, calling her "a beautiful woman" when he discovers that she has 11 children.
By late morning, Worthington is screaming less and begins to weep. The adult hostages pray.
Eventually, Worthington allows Adam and the nurses to walk to the door, but becomes enraged when he sees the SWAT team. He pulls the nurses back in and demands to see his wife.
The police refuse, but Worthington allows Susan to come into the hall to repeat the request.
They refuse again.
"But you'll let seven of us die?" cries Susan, although she returns to the room.
Meanwhile, police negotiator Don Bell, knowing that a hostage taker is less likely to kill someone he cares about, asks Margie to hug Worthington.
"I don't know if I can," she says to him over the phone.
"You must," Bell replies.
She does.
"The next thing I knew, Susan and I were running down the hall--free!" says Margie. Susan is carrying one of the babies, Erich. Carre follows, holding a second baby, Bryan. Last to leave are the newest mother and child, Christan and Caitlin.
At 18:00, eighteen hours after the ordeal began, Richard Worthington begins to walk out of the office before dashing back in. The officers tackle him.
Worthington pleads guilty to criminal homicide, aggravated burglary, and eight counts of aggravated kidnapping. He receives 35 years to life. He claims that his now ex-wife, Karen, was responsible for his actions. In 1993, he hangs himself in his cell.
Alta View Women's Centre increases security at the hospital
Margie returns to nursing after only three weeks.
It takes 2.5 years of therapy before Susan finally comes to grip with her post-traumatic stress. She, too, returns to nursing.
Christan enters Alta View on November 1st, 1994, to give birth to her second daughter, Alexa. She asks for a different room.
Pregnancy and giving birth is a time where you are intensely vulnerable, both physically and emotionally.
I started writing the latest Hope Sze mystery, Stockholm Syndrome.
I knew Dr. Hope wouldn't be pregnant ("I'm on the pill, thanks," she points out), but she is exactly the kind of person who would be sucked into a hostage taking. She would have to take care of a woman in labour. At gunpoint. Trying to outwit and outplay the killer.
This one is a thriller. This one, you can't put down. This one, I almost can't read any excerpt at a reading except the first page or two, because jumping ahead is such a spoiler.
"I was relieved when I finished it. I thought, at least this didn't happen in real life. And then I turned to the last page and I saw it did happen in real life," said Stephen Campbell, when he interviewed me on CrimeFiction.fm.
Sorry, Steve. CBC Radio Ottawa Morning's Robin Bresnahan and Ontario Morning's Wei Chen were also interested in the link between reality and fiction. And I'm ever so grateful that CBC Fresh Air's Mary Ito took the time to ask me about my "snarky" heroine and "very graphic" thriller.
If you want to hear more, I'm appearing at the Brantford Public Library on May 11th for Mystery Month. I originally wrote this post so I could upload videos for the talk, but I'm running out of time and will have to upload them later.
In the meantime, Happy Mother's Day. I say that without irony. In the end, if you look at the real-life hostage taking, who survived? Think of the courage it would take to have a baby, or return to nursing, in the same building where you were held at gunpoint for 18 hours.
I worked this Mother's Day, and it was busy, but much more peaceful than that other hospital in 1991. I'm proud of the book I wrote, and I think it's good practice to consider how we might act in terrifying situations, so that we have some mental preparation, if it should ever come to pass.
Hug your loved ones tight.
Labels: Alta View hostage taking, CBC radio, Christan Downey, Crimefiction.fm, kidnapping, Margie Wyler, Melissa Yi, Richard Worthington, Robyn Bresnahan, Stephen Campbell, Stockholm syndrome, Wei Chen
Promote or write?
Dear SleuthSayers,
My medical thriller, Stockholm Syndrome, hit the shelves December first. I slammed the promotion hard for three weeks before the holidays and managed to rise to #12 on the Kobo bestseller list. My question for you is, do I stop now?
I burned myself out last month. At least two people reminded me of the metaphor of a candle burning at both ends, and I replied, “Up ’til now, I’ve had enough candle!” But it was a good reminder that no one’s candle is infinite.
However, I have hardly made a dent in Amazon, which is troubling. Amazon gives you a month on its Hot New Releases list and then you drop into obscurity.
What I really want is to cut into the national (for me, Canadian), American, and international market. To do that, I can’t keep bugging my 700 Facebook friends. I need to get more sales outside as well as within my area. And for that, I need more exposure. Because when there are 2 million books on the Kindle, it’s hard to get readers to notice you. Discoverability—everybody wants some, but it’s hard to find.
Some writers go the organic route. Write good books, publish them often, and your readers will find you. Trust the algorithm. Spend your time writing, not shilling yourself on ads and shows that may or may not pan out.
Pro: you write a lot more books this way. I pretty much stopped writing in December, which is unheard-of for me, but it’s hard to promote full-tilt and write full-tilt and work and look after kids at the same time—hence the burn-out.
Con: It’s possible that no significant number of readers will find you and you’ll die with just a handful of fans.
The opposite route: pimp yourself non-stop and never write another book.
Pro: people will hear about you.
Con: they will get sick of you, you don’t have enough product to attract repeat readers, and you can impoverish and humiliate yourself while braying about your one accomplishment.
So what’s a girl to do? I see both sides. I wrote in obscurity for years, so I’ve amped up my stage presence over the past year or so. But I know that in the big scheme of things, I’ve captured only the most minuscule crumb out of the pie. Stockholm Syndrome is a seriously good book. I don’t want it to disappear after a hundred people read it.
On the other hand, I feel stupid talking about one book over and over. I like creating new things, and my brain will stagnate if I dwell on one item.
Here are some potential marketing choices/goals.
Hire a publicist.
Try to get more radio interviews.
Try to get more television coverage.
Try to cut into the Ottawa/Montreal market, which is pretty much untouched right now, for me, let alone national/international markets.
Get some blog reviews--unlocked yesterday! Murder in Common's June Lorraine says, "A page turner....Dr. Hope Sze is a resident at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Montreal. She is on-call when the labour and delivery unit is turned into a danger zone.…An introspective thriller…A shaky, claustrophobic and menacing situation [with] reflective humour as chaos whirls around her."
Get some print reviews.
Get some awards.
Alternatively, here are some writing choices/goals.
Look carefully
and you'll spot my
EQ card at the top right.
Write the next Hope Sze novel.
Write related short stories. On Crimefiction.fm, Stephen Campbell and I talked about how a short story is the perfect ad for your work: the magazine or reader pays *you*, you get pages of exposure to your ideal reader, and Ellery Queen even sends you an annual Christmas card afterward.
I’m also working on a collection of mystery short stories, called Reckless Homicide, at the request of a reader.
Write something completely unrelated. This month, I aim to publish The Emergency Doctor’s Guide to a Pain-Free Back.
Write something that has a high chance of getting published. In my case, the Medical Post has been very, very good to me, and I need to submit more columns.
Write unrelated short stories/novels for fun.
Market stories already written--something that has fallen off my radar with the time crunch, but I should be more aggressive about this.
So what do you think, SleuthSayers? I’m at a crossroads.
What would you do? What have you done, what have you learned, and which way do you lean? Do you write or promote?
Either way, Happy New Year, happy writing, and happy reading,
Labels: Amazon, Crimefiction.fm, discoverability, June Lorraine, Kobo, Melissa Yi, Murder in Common, self-promotion, Stephen Campbell, Stockholm syndrome
Location: Lancaster, ON K0C, Canada
Being a bestseller is *sick*
The good news: Stockholm Syndrome hit the bestseller list on Kobo less than two weeks after its debut.
The bad news: I was willing to grind myself to powder to get there.
Most people hit the brakes before they get to either point. They’re smarter than me.
Me? TL; DR: I got the flu, then pneumonia, then side effects from medications that landed me in the ER as a patient for two nights with palpitations while raving on dexamethasone. My colleagues were worried about me. And I’m still heading back to the hospital for another work-up today.
Meanwhile, I was still trying to do it all. So far this year, I hit Utah, Oregon, New York (twice), Los Angeles, Boston, Kingston, Ottawa, and Montreal. Drive to Boston solo with my kids? Sure. Make a two-layer homemade birthday cake for my daughter’s fifth birthday party? Of course. Stay at an acting class in Montreal despite getting assaulted with the flu? No problem.
Us wrapped in Rush Couture
Max in Kingston
<–I bought this dress when I was pregnant with Anastasia, and now she can get inside it with me because it has peek-a-book cutouts on the sides. It’s from Rush Couture. This dress is popular on Facebook.
It looked weird on me when I was pregnant. Here it looks normal.
BTW, at one of my Stockholm Syndrome book launches, one woman told me I had love handles. “Or maybe it’s your shirt.” As an author, I tell you, NEVER say mean things to a writer at a book launch.
Natalie Goldberg always brings someone who tells her she’s beautiful. Doesn’t matter if she messed up. Tell her she rocked it hard. As a fashionista and a physician, I present this dress as evidence that I did not detect love handles. If I had love handles, I would not choose to wear a peek-a-boo dress. QED.
I was doing it “all.” Except I ended up so sick, I couldn’t work the ER any more. I had to ask for help. And one of my colleagues started lecturing me how much I was burdening the group, and I’d better not take more than a week off.
I started yelling at that doctor. Which made him worry about my mental health. Which is a whole other worm-can.
In truth, I am not the best doctor right now. Not only on December 7-8th, when I was high on dexamethasone and short of breath with palpitations of up to 200 (my husband was upset that I couldn’t figure out how to dial the phone. In my defence, it was a new phone, and I was more interested in getting my clothes together for my scheduled appearance on Rogers TV the next morning). That night, the doctor kept telling me I shouldn’t go on TV. I was like, “I’m supposed to be on TV! That’s why I took the dex at night, to heal my vocal cords enough to sing! I’ll take the train if you really want, but geez. I also have a recording for CBC’s White Coat Black Art scheduled for the afternoon.” I was all set, even though I couldn’t find the Imovane they’d just given me to sleep, but RN Rebecca stopped me. She said, “You look pale. And sick.”
Suddenly, I was shocked into cancelling. I can’t be ugly on TV. That would be bad. It was like, if you want to get young women to quit smoking, you can try and reason with them about how it’s expensive, and selling out to the man, and giving you lung cancer and emphysema, but the real money is in telling them they’ll get wrinkles. No way!
I knew I needed to sleep. My husband was mad at me for getting up in the middle of the night and working. I knew, logically, I’d never get better that way. And yet I couldn’t stop.
I tried to work with the flu until I was seeing double and forgetting to order chest X-rays, and the other doctor sent me home. Then I made myself pick up my Stockholm Syndrome books and ended up dehydrated and nearly delirious when they detained me at the border for 1.5 hours (hint: if the government sends you the wrong business number, you’re screwed. If the border guards are chasing after illegal cigarettes and the remaining guard has no clue what to do with you, you’re screwed). Even yesterday, when my friends and colleagues are like, “Are you much better now?”, I’d have to say that not only did it seem like my pneumonia came back with a vengeance after we stopped all antibiotics for a few days, but I’m not completely compos mentis–at the children’s Christmas party, I answered a page from the neurologist and forgot my purse on a bench in the hallway. RN Annie was too tactful to say anything, but I knew she’d noticed I wasn’t right.
The good news is, I managed to get to Ottawa to record an interview with Fresh Air’s Mary Ito, and it was pretty cool. You can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/cbc-fresh-air/final-melissa-yuan-innes-6287325-2015-12-12t04-21-11000. They’ll keep it up for two weeks.
I was able to put a good game face on for the 3 h drive and the recording, although I did lose my parking pass immediately.
I was taking selfies in the booth. Scared the heck out of the next group coming in to record.
I hadn’t checked Kobo recently–too nervous that I sucked, especially since they hadn’t mentioned the free code during the interview–but I nerved up and did it. And guess what I saw?
#8 in mystery overall. Not just #4 in thrillers. All of mystery and suspense, people. Maybe you’ve heard of Tom Clancy or Lisa Jackson? Or James Patterson?
But, greedy Gus that I am, I wondered how I was doing overall. I was euphoric when Mark Leslie Lefebvre told me Terminally Ill (Hope Sze #3) had broken Kobos’ Top 50 after my interview with Wei Chen on CBC’s Ontario Morning. Terminally Ill ended up hitting as high as #27 for all of Kobo’s books. Not segmented by genre. Every. Single. Book. On. Kobo.
Could Stockholm Syndrome repeat the magic? Even if Fresh Air hadn’t given out the time-limited magic Kobo code of STOCKHOLM100 during the interview, only on Facebook and Twitter?
NUMBER TWELVE, PEOPLE. That’s better than Terminally Ill.
I was freaking out, didn’t sleep (again), high-fiving Max.
OMG. Look at it. Fifteen Dogs just won the Giller Prize. Mary Ito interviewed Andre Alexis, too. NFW.
Should I not tell you about the bad stuff? Probably. But for those of you who already know my protagonist, Dr. Hope Sze, we’re pathologically honest. I could pretend to be perfect, but I’m no good at lying. So here you go.
In other words, it’s the best of times, it’s the worst of times. And I’m my own worst enemy. But mostly the best, because my husband, my friends, and my colleagues are rallying around me. And because I feel like telling near-strangers, I love you.
Because I do. Because we’re alive. Including me, despite myself.
Take care of yourselves. I care about you.
“Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.”
― Norman Cousins, Anatomy of an Illness
“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”
― Ian McEwan, Atonement
“The loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.”
― Anneli Rufus, Party of One: The Loners’ Manifesto
“The need for change bulldozed a road down the centre of my mind.” —Maya Angelou
“I can paint a barn with someone else’s blood. I just can’t stand to see my own.”―Colonel Henry Blake, a surgeon on M*A*S*H Episode Guide Team, M*A*S*H EPISODE GUIDE: Details All 251 Episodes with Plot Summaries. Searchable. Companion to DVDs Blu Ray and Box Set.
“Some people should not be allowed to see beyond your surface. Seeing your vulnerability is a privilege, not meant for everyone.” ― Yasmin Mogahed
“Being an open and vulnerable doesn’t mean you are weak..” ― Jayesh Varma
“A heart that can break is better than no heart at all.” ―Marty Rubin
“There is more hope in honest brokenness than in the pretense of false wholeness.”
― Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Vulnerable Faith: Missional Living in the Radical Way of St. Patrick
People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
People that go through serious illness – you can either go one way or the other. You can either become despondent about it all. Or it kind of rejuvenates you, makes you focus on what’s important.~Jack Layton
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Don't Buy This Book
Birth smells.
That’s the opening line to my upcoming medical thriller, Stockholm Syndrome.
An agent’s assistant said it made her want to vomit. She forced herself to read the first chapter and still wanted to puke. So the agent sent his regrets.
Stephen Campbell, who interviewed me for Crimefiction.fm*, had a more measured reaction. “It’s interesting,” he said. “I never thought about how birth would smell, but of course you’re right.”
As a doctor, I should note that birth smells aren’t the worst. Most parents are unaware of them, because they stay at the “office end” (head of the bed) instead of the “business end” (delivering the baby), plus 99 percent of the time, they’re ecstatic about their healthy newborn, not sniffing for overtones of amniotic fluid.
But as a writer, I tell you exactly what I think. That means the average person may not be able to handle Stockholm Syndrome.
Is that a problem? Maybe. As the Indian teacher Chanakya pointed out BCE, “A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.”
On the other hand, we have to take risks with our work if we want to create lasting excellence, as Edgar-nominated author Kris Rusch/Nelscott pointed out here.
My advance medical readers reacted to Stockholm Syndrome like this:
From: Dr. Greg Smith
Subject: Hope Sze's triumphant return
Message: The best yet, I think. Dang thing kept me up til 3:30--been a while since a book did that.
Tracy VanDalen Bradley, Respiratory Therapist: I finished it in three days. You can’t read just one chapter.
Dr. Paul Irwin: God, you write great. Your mind/thought process is at least as peculiar as mine.
But can the non-medical reader handle a book about a hostage-taking on an obstetrics ward?
New York Times bestseller Dave Farland wrote, “I was completely hooked--an intriguing and introspective thriller.”
Author of The Freshman Murders and reknown computer scientist Gerald Weinberg posted an advance review on Kobo:
Here's a book that's easy to read, but hard to review.
It's a page-turner, thrilling while sensitive, super-serious while witty, and gutsy while insightful.
So why so difficult to review?
In the first place, I want to give my reader information about the story, but I don't want to give
anything away. No spoilers.
More than that, however, it makes me feel like an appraiser of fine property confronted with an
item for which there is nothing comparable. It's simply unlike anything else I've ever read.
Stockholm Syndrome. Not for the faint of heart or stomach. It may garner a lot of one-star reviews. Those used to really bother me, but a) I stopped reading them, and b) now I think they’re kind of funny. Like the ones for Susanna Moore's In the Cut, where more than one reader said they threw the book in the garbage because they didn’t want anyone else subjected to it.
If you want to decide for yourself about my book, I’ve posted the first chapters on my website, and you can enter the Goodreads Giveaway here.
I’m having a Facebook party December 1st at 7-8 p.m. EST, with party favours, but foolishly set it as a private party, so friend me and message me if you want an invite here.
On December 6th, I’ll have a party at our local library in Cornwall. Theme: Swedish, for Stockholm. We’re going to wear blue and yellow and drink glögg.
Will anyone buy Stockholm Syndrome? Or will they just run away screaming?
We’ll find out after December first.
Preorder now.Available in print and in the format of your choice at http://melissayuaninnes.com/books/stockholm-syndrome/.
*That interview will air December 2nd.
Labels: active shooter, Crimefiction.fm, Dave Farland, Gerald Weinberg, Goodreads giveaway, Hope Sze, hospital, hostage, kidnapper, Melissa Yi, Stephen Campbell, Stockholm syndrome, Susanna Moore, The Freshman Murders
by David Dean
I've just finished the draft of a story (a first draft according to my editors, the Professor and, his sister, Bridgid, that is. They both assure me that it is far from submission-ready.). This unpolished gem is rather loosely based on the infamous Symbionese Liberation Army of the roaring seventies. I'm too young to actually remember them, of course, but I have made something of a study of their antics. As you may know, they hit their high note with the kidnapping of newspaper heiress, Patricia Hearst–a strike directly at the heart of the "fascist insect that preys upon the life of the people"–soaring and repetitive hyberbole was the stardard for radical groups of this era. The kidnapping, in of itself, would not have made the episode so distinctive, rather it was the completely unexpected events that followed that set the nation on its ear: Patty Hearst appeared to morph from helpless victim of a rather terrifyingly single-minded group of self-styled revolutionaries into a full-fledged, gun-toting (and shooting) member! It appeared to be a near incomprehensible evolution. Cries of Stockholm Syndrome rent the highly-charged air!
The SLA was not much of an army, as it turned out, though they claimed repeatedly to be operating cells nation-wide. In fact, the army that kidnapped Patty consisted of eight people. The only 'cell' they were operating was located in a California prison block where their other two members unhappily resided. These two were serving time for the murder of a school superintendent who had been deemed racist by SLA's revolutionary 'court of justice'. Apparently, actual trials of the accused were not required in their brave new world. They killed his aide, too. The victims were black men that were widely liked and respected in the Oakland, California community. This may you give you some inkling of the SLA's philosophy–possibly too subtle for most of us to comprehend.
The SLA sans Patty
The group that kidnapped, and subsequently "brain-washed" Patty Hearst was made up of three men, two white, one black, and five women–all white. Patty made six; and she was also white. Their leader was the sole black member who went by the assumed name, Cinque ( pronounced 'Sin-kay'), and wore the impressive title, Field Marshal. All of the group adopted what they purported to be African names; their avowed purpose being the destruction of racist, capitalist, fascist, Amerikkka. Yes, that's how they both spelled it and pronounced it. Whatever you may think of this group and its aims, they were certainly a conflicted knot of humanity. Bank robbing came next.
The heist at the Hibernia was well-planned, if not executed. While liberating money from the corporate oppressor they managed to shoot and kill two unarmed people. Everything was captured on the film of the security cameras–including the newest addition to the guerrillas ranks–Patricia Hearst. Wielding a sawed-off M-1 (the rest carried an assortment of automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns) she announced her identity, purpose, and new-found solidarity with the cause of oppressed peoples as championed by the SLA! A legend was born. Patty Hearst was now Tania. This being the moniker of a female revolutionary who died with Che Guevara in Bolivia. Curiouser and curiouser–Alice had certainly stepped through the looking-glass.
Tania (Patricia Hearst)
Fleeing from the intensifying heat they had generated in the San Francisco area, the gang headed south to hole up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton. This would turn out to be mistake. After fortifying a small house in this predominantly black, and poor, neighborhood, it appeared some neighbors took note of this sudden influx of heavily armed white people. Took note and grew alarmed despite the SLA's assurances that they were, in fact, there to protect and liberate them. It seems that some did not want the kind of liberation they deduced might be in store for these guerrillas.
Oblivious to these concerns, Tania (Patty), in the company of William and Emily Harris (Now known as Yolanda and Teko… say what?) set out to buy some supplies for their new household. This did not go well. While in the store, Revolutionary Teko decided to liberate some sweat socks that he was in sore need of. Why he did this when they had the requisite cash (Hibernia Bank job, remember?) will never be fully understood by the bourgeois mind. A security officer employed at the store attempted to uphold the reactionary status quo, and a struggle ensued with Teko. Yolanda joined in. Tania, having been left in the van parked out front, became alarmed when she saw that her revolutionary brother and sister were in dire straits. She reacted quickly and decisively by opening fire on the front of the store with a machine gun. This did have the effect of inducing a sense of despair in the security officer, and he chose the better part of valor at this juncture. The dynamic people's soldiers rushed out to freedom and Sister Tania.
In something of a panic now due to the attention they had drawn upon themselves, the rest of the evening and next several days was spent stealing and switching cars. The descriptions of all three were instantly recognized and the L.A.P.D. now knew that the feared SLA was in their town. This was to have repercussions for the folks back at the ranch(er).
As word circulated through the media and the Compton neighbors realized exactly who the new folks on the block were, a few discrete calls were made. So, while Tania and crew tooled around L.A., the FBI and police gathered their forces and laid siege to Cinque's band of not-so-merry pranksters. Though they were repeatedly offered the chance to surrender, this had never been in their plans according to Patricia's 1982 autobiography. A fierce firefight ensued, mostly fought with fully automatic weapons. Tear gas and smoke bombs fired into the house by the police resulted in the building catching fire. This in turn began to set off the crates of ammunition and bomb-making material within. No SLA member offered to surrender and none survived. The house burned down around them.
Tania during Hibernia Heist
The three remaining, at-large, members (including Tania) made themselves scarce upon hearing the news, and went on to reconstitute the SLA with new members, succeed in robbing another bank (during which Yolanda killed a perfectly innocent wife and mother with a shogun blast), and bomb a police car. In the fullness of time, they were at last apprehended and brought to trial. Tania (now Patricia Hearst once more) became the focal point of public, judicial, and political interest: was she a willing participant, or a helplessly brain-washed victim of terrorists? Theories abounded; talking heads chattered.
As for the jury handed her case– they weren't buying it. In spite of her attorney's attempts (a rambling, and almost incomprehensible F. Lee Baily) at convincing the jury that his client was simply another victim of the SLA, they just weren't having it. They found her guilty of robbery and assault and she was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. President Jimmy Carter foiled all this with an order of Executive Clemency after only two years served.
I must admit, that during these amazing chain of events (okay, I am old enough to remember–and a lot more besides) I was of the opinion that the jury got it right. Okay, the bad guys kept her in a closet (and not the walk-in kind) for seven weeks while blasting soul music at her day and night; but what's not to like about Otis Redding; James Brown? I'll also grant that being forced to listen to lectures on her political responsibility for the world's ills (largely because her father was what we now call a one per center) would try the patience of a saint. But joining up? To me, it just didn't add up.
Yet, we have the Stockholm Syndrome advocates. The general theory grew out of a bank robbery gone wrong in (you guessed it) Stockholm, Sweden. The robbers, foiled in their attempt to escape the bank with their loot took hostages. The police went to work trying to negotiate their release. The entire episode dragged on for days (or was it weeks? ) when lo, and behold, the hostages began to take up for their captors, complaining of their treatment by the forces of law and order. Some even went further, justifying the robbers' actions and blaming the police for the entire situation… including the robbery.
Still, in my mind, I'm thinking that's a long way from a hostage taking one of the bad guy's guns and opening fire on the home team. But, remember, Patty's ordeal was far longer and more intense than that of the Swedes: she was subjected to sleep, sensory, and food deprivation, constant threats to her life and that of her family, she was raped. A young woman in her very early twenties, brought up in a devoutly Catholic household amidst private schools and a close family network. Still, I'm thinking…
There's certainly a school of thought regarding behavior modification (Pavlov and his drooling dogs, etc… ) that argues a person's mind can be controlled through various methods. Naturally, as a writer, my own mind leaps to "The Manchurian Candidate"; "A Clockwork Orange". But wait, the would-be zombie hit man of the former defies his programmer in the end; foiling her plans rather decisively. As for the latter fictional example, Alex is not really changed at all, is he? Only his responses are; his violent yearnings remain (in the novel, not the film) forever unsatisfied, and he a clockwork organism pining for better; bloodier, days. Could this have been Patty during her Tania days? Was she acting as programmed while wistfully recalling the peaceful days of her 'other', lost life?
Tania/Patty
Her autobiography, "Every Secret Thing" would lead one to think so. I read it with a jaundiced eye, indeed. But, I must admit that she did manage to convey the pervasive sense of terror she endured during the initial weeks of her captivity. I thought of my own daughters in such circumstances… then quit thinking about it fast. What wouldn't you do to stay alive?
Ironically, according to Patty, the SLA crew, after granting her membership status (a propaganda coup dreamed up by the Field Marshal), repeatedly asked if she was doing so out of her own free will. This after seven weeks in a closet, blindfolded, threatened and raped. Well, they were liberators, remember, and had an image to consider. Additionally, they drilled nearly everyday for the final showdown with the "pigs" that they were convinced was going to happen. It was made clear to Patty that surrender was not an option. Talk about your self-fulfilling prophecy; talk about ideal conditions for Stockholm Syndrome. Remember Jonestown, anyone?
Okay, so I started moving closer to Patty's version of things. If she was to be believed, then her circumstances appeared pretty compelling. But how do you explain the hardware store incident? Remember Teko's socks? Patty was left alone in the van while her captors were inside the store–she opened fire with a machine gun in order to facilitate their escape.
Why didn't she drive away while she had the best chance she'd been given up till that point? I just couldn't get my mind around it. Had they really, and truly, made her into a convert? Or was she right where she wanted to be? Was it a genuine conversion, or a programmed survival mode she could not cast off? A young woman with no particular political leanings is kidnapped, only to emerge a few monts later as a violent urban guerilla. Things that make you go… hmmmm.
I've got to admit… I'm a little stumped. In the final analysis, the more information I considered, the more I dithered on a definitive answer. The jury was charged with considering Patty's acts while in the company of the SLA and got it right: she did participate in armed and deadly robberies, kidnappings (I skipped over that part as gilding the lily), and the firing of an automatic weapon on the streets of L.A. She did do those things. Why she did them is still up for grabs thirty-seven years later. Her own book never makes the claim that she was successfully "brain-washed"; only that she was very successfully terrified into unquestioning obedience to her captors. What do you think?
JB (Julian Brendan– English teacher, editor)
with JJ (James Joyce– a Big Shot Writer)
The characters you see portrayed here were not members of the dreaded SLA, but the equally feared Professor (see first paragraph) and collegue on an outing in Dublin. I'll let you determine which is which. I've not found a suitable photo of his sister for the line-up, but am working on it.
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Labels: Brainwashing, David Dean, Free Will, hypnotism, Patty Hearst, SLA, Stockholm syndrome
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Importance of Power Tolerance in Solar Panels
By Sagarika Bhattacharyya | Aug 17, 2016
This paper highlights the importance of power tolerance when choosing solar panels. Power tolerance is a measure of how much electrical power a solar panel can produce above or below its rated capacity at any time.
For example, a power tolerance of -5%/+5% on a 100-watt (W) panel would mean the panel could produce 95 W to 105 W under real-world conditions. A 0% negative power tolerance means that the panel should always produce power equal to or greater than its rated power.
During solar panel manufacturing, it is standard practice to carry out a flash test, exposing each panel to a flash of light (1-30 millisecond of 1,000 W per m2), a substitute for sunlight, and measuring power output. The panels are then sorted according to the measured power values which vary in range up to 5% of the rated output.
This is a factor worth considering while purchasing solar panels. A customer would like to score the panels that produce power at or above rated power, but not below. Any variation affects revenue generation. A smaller power tolerance range promises more accuracy.
Power tolerance is specific to each solar panel product line, as mentioned in the respective product data sheet. Solar panels are sorted after manufacturing. To understand why, consider an example where for the same rated power of 100 W, two panels having -5%/5% power tolerance operate at different ends of the tolerance range: i.e., at 95 W and 105 W. One may operate at a current of 4 amps (A) and a voltage of 23.75 volts (V) (23.75 x 4 = 95 W), and the other may take 4.2 A and 25 V (25 x 4.2=105 W). Even two modules having 100 W output may also operate differently as (25 V x 4 A) and (24.4 V x 4.1 A).
Every solar panel in an array can operate at different voltage and current levels. The panels after manufacturing can also be sorted by voltage or current. When solar panels are connected in series, the sum of individual panel voltages appears across the entire circuit. Thus voltage has no negative impact in the system and thereby this level of segregation can be neglected.
But producing power at different current levels incurs system losses. This is known as solar panel mismatch. It also accelerates solar panel degradation. Solar panels connected in series should operate at near-equal current levels to reduce losses and prevent accelerated degradation.
Sorting on the basis of current requires additional resources, even if carried out at the time of manufacturing or right before the installation, and thus increases costs. Studies have shown that such sorting based on current does increase the energy yield. But this increase in production is too small to justify the cost. Therefore, current binning is generally avoided unless specified by large-scale solar developers.
A solar panel’s optimal voltage-current combination varies according to solar irradiance and environmental conditions. The optimal combination is known as the maximum power point (MPP). By changing the resistance of the system, this combination of voltage and current can be modified, which impacts the power production. So if there are three data sets (V,I): (32V,7A), (33V,8A) & (34V,7.5A), then the second condition yields maximum power production (264W = 33 X 8). This point can be identified as the maximum power point. An MPP tracker is a device that combines a series of solar panels with mismatched current and finds the effective MPP at the string level.
http://www.solarabcs.org/about/publications/meeting_presentations_minutes/2010/02/pdfs/Stakeholders-Webinar-26Feb2010.pdf
http://www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/understanding-solar-panel-specifications-part-2-power-tolerance-efficiency/
http://myphotovoltaicsolar.blogspot.com/2012/04/solar-panel-power-tolerance-matters.html
http://solarprofessional.com/articles/products-equipment/modules/q-a-module-power-tolerance-matters
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Scented oils in shampoos, lotions tied to rare, temporary breast growth in young boys
JEFF DONN
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BOSTON — Lavender and tea tree oils found in some shampoos, soaps and lotions can temporarily leave boys with enlarged breasts in rare cases, apparently by disrupting their hormonal balance, a preliminary study suggests.
While advising parents to consider the possible risk, several hormone experts emphasized that the problem appears to happen infrequently and clears up when the oils are no longer used. None of those interviewed called for a ban on sales.
The study reported on the condition, gynecomastia, in three boys ages 4, 7 and 10. They all went back to normal when they stopped using skin lotions, hair gel, shampoo or soap with the natural oils.
It's unclear how often this problem might crop up in other young children.
These plant oils, sometimes called "essential oils," are added to many health-care products, usually for their scent. The oils are sometimes found in other household products or sold in purer forms. Tea tree oil is sometimes used in shampoos for head lice.
The suspected effect in this study is blamed on some chemical within the oils that the body processes like estrogen, the female hormone that promotes breast growth.
The findings were being reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The federally funded study came out of the University of Colorado and the environmental health branch of the National Institutes of Health. The findings were first released last year at a science meeting.
The three boys were brought to their doctors with overdeveloped breasts that looked like those of girls in early puberty. They were sore in one case. For each boy, doctors could tie the problem only to their use over several months of the natural-oil products.
The researchers suspected that the oils might be upsetting the boys' hormonal balance. So they did a series of laboratory tests to check how these oils work within human cells. The oils appeared to mimic estrogen and block the male hormone androgen.
On product labels, the oils sometimes are listed by their scientific names: Lavandula angustifolia (lavender oil) and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil). Such products do not require government approval to be sold unless they make specific health claims.
Marijuana and soy products also have been linked to gynecomastia.
Dr. Clifford Bloch, a hormone specialist in Greenwood Village, Colo., who treated the three boys, recommended that parents "be cautious" with such products, especially for prolonged use. "I would not give these products to my children," he said in an interview.
Bloch said he also suspects the oil played a role in a handful of young girls he saw for a similar condition, including a 17-month-old whose parents were washing her bottles with a lavender-scented soap.
Others sounded less worried. "It takes very little estrogen to cause gynecomastia in a young child," said Dr. Richard Auchus, a University of Texas hormone expert who knew of the study findings. "If they're getting it for a brief period of time, that really shouldn't cause long-term problems."
Also, the research did not pinpoint any specific estrogen-like compounds in the oils or look for them in a range of products. Chemist Steven Dentali, at the industry group American Herbal Products Association, said that warning people to avoid such oils "is premature without the additional basic research needed to bolster the case that the issue here is both real and significant."
Gynecomastia is very common in boys during the hormonal changes of puberty. But it also occurs as a rare condition in younger boys, men, and girls before puberty.
Bloch, the study doctor, said it's unknown if such oils could hurt women with estrogen-fed breast tumors.
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A customer makes a phone call with his new iPhone at the Apple Store in the Stamford Town Center. Apple has posted a message on the Stamford store’s website that indicates the store is closing and will be replaced by Apple’s new store at SoNo Collection mall in Norwalk, Conn.
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STAMFORD — Apple is closing its store next month at Stamford Town Center, the latest in a series of retailers that are leaving the downtown mall in favor of establishments at the new SoNo Collection mall in Norwalk.
Stamford Town Center owner Taubman Centers confirmed Monday the closing and said the store would finish on Feb. 12, ending a nearly 14 year-run that began in April 2006. On the store’s website, Apple posted a message reading “An inspired move: Come see us at SoNo Collection on February 15.”
The Norwalk opening will mark Apple’s seventh location in the state alongside stores in Greenwich and New Haven and at the malls in Danbury, Trumbull, Farmington and South Windsor.
In similar trajectories, fast-fashion retailer H&M and shoe seller Clarks, closed their Stamford stores earlier this month after opening at SoNo Collection.
Last year, Pandora jewelry and women’s clothing retailer Chico’s closed at the Stamford mall; both have since opened at SoNo Collection.
Other chains that do not have Norwalk stores are also leaving the Stamford mall.
A few doors down, Japan-based casual clothier Uniqlo is closing Sunday, culminating a nearly six-year run at the mall.
In addition, Boost Mobile has closed its store on the fourth floor — at least temporarily, after it opened last June. A spokeswoman for Sprint, which owns the prepaid-service brand, said the company was looking for a new owner for the location.
Before the latest round of closings, the for-sale Stamford Town Center had already grappled with a number of exits.
Other departures last year at the Stamford mall included J. Crew, Armani Exchange, Ann Taylor, Gymboree, Payless ShoeSource, The Walking Co., Pottery Barn and Williams Sonoma.
On its restaurant row, Kona Grill closed last April. That space is still vacant.
At the same time, the mall has partially offset the departures with a number of openings in the past year.
Newcomers in the past few weeks have included Luggage and Bags and Kilim Design, a seller of Turkish rugs and housewares.
Last year also saw the openings of a showroom for Hyundai’s Genesis luxury-car brand; a Crystal’s Fun Spot children’s play center; menswear retailer Zane; Perfume World; sports merchandiser The Sports Fan; mobile-device repair-and-accessory shop The Fix; custom-apparel store Concept Design; Custom Candle Co.; and Sasha, a hosiery-and-shapewear seller.
Upcoming arrivals include a Fun Palace play center, a couple of doors down from the H&M storefront.
Aside from the H&M, the mall’s other anchor storefronts are still filled by Barnes & Noble, Macy’s and Saks Off 5th.
pschott@stamfordadvocate.com; 203-964-2236; twitter: @paulschott
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NEXT SUNDAY, 29th September 2013, at 9:30 a.m. we will hold a combined
service with the Henderson PIPC to dedicate the HALL FLOOR PLAQUE. The service
will be followed by a light lunch.
During 2011 we ‘sold’ segments of the hall floor to individuals, families and
groups in order to raise money to lay the floor we have today. There was much
discussion as to the best way to honour these donations and a Plaque listing the
names was finally settled on. This will be dedicated and mounted next weeks
special service.
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Rev. Fei leaving St Andrew's
Just three short weeks until Fei's last Sunday with us. Her last service will be held on 3rd June, Queen's Birthday Weekend. She will then go to begin her new ministry as Secretary for the Pacific Region (covering 8 countries and 9 churches) for the Council for World Mission. Fei will be dedicated at the CWM World Assembly in Pago Pago in American Samoa in June.
A commissioning/induction service will be held for the Pacific Region in Auckland in July at St. John's Presbyterian Church in Papatoetoe. Date to be advised.
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does chromebook has in-built internet?
By Rashmishas3 · 8 years ago
Samsung chromebook series 5 has 2 models mentioned
1:Wi-Fi
2:3G
what is the difference b/w the 2?
and Does 3g model has wi-fi in built and does it have a sim card slot?
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Differences.
by CharlieSpencer · 8 years ago In reply to does chromebook has in-bu ...
A computer or tablet that uses a WiFi connection requires a separate WiFi router to communicate with. That router must be connected to the Internet. The tablet communicates wirelessly with the router, which passes the communication on to the Internet. It's common for hotels, airports, and some libraries and restaurants to offer free WiFi connectivity. If you want to use WiFi at home, you'll need to install your own router to a cable or DSL Internet connection (or pay your Internet service provider to do it for you).
3G is type of cellular connection. It uses the same cellular network as smart phones, so it's subject to the same connection availability as cell phones. Obviously, that's a much wider range than WiFi, but you're going to be paying the cell phone company every month instead of the cable company.
Most 3G tablets are also WiFi capable, but I'm not familiar with Chromebooks. Check the specs for each model.
If you're just going to be using it around the house and already have an existing Internet cable or DSL service, go with the WiFi. If you're going to be moving around over miles and can't be subject to searching for a WiFi 'hot spot', go with the 3G. (You may even consider a 4G model if 4G cellular service is available in your area.)
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Indian Idol 11 Contestant Jannabi Das: Age, Wiki, Bio, Personal Life, Photos and Other Info
Nishant Mulchandani
Jannabi Das, one the contestant of Indian Idol which has gone on air last week on Sony TV after the culmination of Superstar Singer, will be in tonight’s episode. Indian Idol since its first season has been one of the most viewed reality shows of all time and is considered a prestigious stage to perform.
The 11th season of the show is being judged by Anu Malik, Neha Kakkar, and Vishal Dadlani. Jannabi Das who impressed all the judges in the audition round was born in a family with Bengali theatre and music family.
Jannabi is well versed in Hindi, Punjabi and English Music apart from Bengali. She has been singing jingles and humming tunes for many ad jingles and web series in Hindi, English, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu since 2009.
Jannabi has an unconventional style of singing which she finds a key to winning the hearts of her audience. Her prominent work includes singing title song for web series TVF: The Timeliners. She was also in the top 10 on a reality show on Colors Infinity TV. Her versatility has helped her bag impressive playback voice work for Bollywood stars like Priyanka Chopra, Soha Ali Khan, Sharmila Tagore, Raveena Tandon, Karishma Kapoor.
Jannabi Das has also done commercial projects for T Series, Universal Videos, She has also been part of an international fusion band with Swaransh Mishra, Suroor, Tarkash, Rocknama, etc. she has also performed with House of Symphony and The Neemrana Foundation contributing with her unconventional singing style.
In academics, she holds a junior diploma from Prayag Sangeet Samiti (Allahabad) and has learned Indian classical music from Padma Bhushan Sri Pandit Rajan Sajan Mishra Ji and Sri Pandit Raj Burba Ji. She is a specialist in international marketing and a graduate in B.com (Hons.), both from Delhi University.
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Israel Defense Forces increase number of F-35s to 16
By Jay Jackson, St Petersburg News.Net
TEL AVIV, Israel - Israel has taken delivery of two more brand new F-35 "Adir" jet fighters.
The two new jets take the Israel Air Force fleet of F-35s to sixteen.
The Israel Defense Forces welcomed the new arrivals on their Facebook page:
"Two new F-35 fighter jets JUST joined our Air Force!"
"This shows the strong and growing military partnership between Israel and the United States," the post said.
"Here's what you need to know about these bad boys:
- In Hebrew it's called 'Adir' or 'The Mighty One'
- It can cross Israel from north to south in just 13 minutes
- These planes can take out threats without ever being seen
- And will help us keep our skies safe for decades to come"
The new planes landed on Sunday at Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel.
Israel is the second country to own the new state-of-the-art fighter planes. The third country to take delivery of the planes was South Korea.
"The ongoing procurement of the Adir is another expression of the long-term military cooperation between Israel and the U.S., which continues to produce exceptional results in the process of strengthening and streamlining the F-35," a statement from the Israel Defense Forces said.
"The capabilities of the Adir Squadron add another tier to the operational and strategic capabilities of the air force, which ensures the air force's superiority in all its missions, namely the protection and safety of the State of Israel's skies."
The total order for Israel of the F-35 planes is fifty, so an additional thirty-four are still to be delivered between now and 2024.
"With stealth technology, advanced sensors, supersonic speed, weapons capacity and superior range, the F-35 is the most lethal, survivable and connected aircraft in the world," its maker Lockheed Martin says. "More than a fighter jet, the F-35's ability to collect, analyze and share data, is a powerful force multiplier that enhances all airborne, surface and ground-based assets in the battlespace."
Israel became the first country to select the F-35 through the United States government's Foreign Military Sales process when an agreement was signed in October 2010. On June 22, 2016, the Israeli Air Force received the first F-35A Adir for Israel at a ceremony at the Fort Worth, Texas, F-35 factory.
The Israeli Air Force declared its F-35 fleet operationally capable in December 2017, the first international coun try to do so, marking the completion of an intensive integration and training effort conducted at Nevatim Airbase where the additional two new planes arrived on Sunday.
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Milligan brings varied background to St. Rose Therapy Services
By SRHC - Community Wellness,HaysMed / St. Rose
Holly Milligan, the new physical therapist at St. Rose Health Center, brings to the job almost a decade of experience in a variety of settings.
“At St. Rose, my colleague, Melanie Schroeter, and I work with people who experience joint, neck and back pain from arthritis or a fall. We also work a lot on strengthening and balance to improve safety.”
A population Milligan believes is missing out on the benefits of physical therapy are those between the ages of 30 and 60.
“I hear women say, ‘I had a baby a year ago. I thought it was normal for my back and hips to still hurt,’” Milligan related. “Others tell me ‘my neck began to hurt six months ago but that is just part of getting older.’ With earlier treatment and education, the hope would be to help decrease and prevent more significant or intense symptoms later on.”
When discussing with others the option of physical therapy, Milligan states, “I think it is important to focus on how their day would look differently if they could walk through the grocery store without having to lean on a cart and stop to rest five times; or if they could get down on the floor and play with their children or grandchildren with more energy. If physical therapy could help them do these things better, how would that change their day-to-day living?”
In Kansas, a doctor’s referral for physical therapy is not necessary; insurance provider requirements vary.
At St. Rose, physical therapy treatment depends on the patient’s circumstances. It could entail one to three visits a week for a few weeks. “But I have patients come in for one or two sessions for a tune-up treatment and education,” Milligan noted. “And then they are good to go.”
Milligan, who is originally from Larned and now lives in Great Bend, received her undergraduate degree in kinesiology at Kansas State University in 2004. She then earned her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 2007.
Milligan is currently being trained in Fascial Strain Counterstrain, a new technique that uses a gentle approach to release the fascia, a connective tissue located throughout the body, in order to treat a variety of dysfunctions.
She has experience in outpatient treatment; acute and skilled nursing; home health; and pediatric care of children age birth to 10.
The St. Rose Physical Therapy Services number is 620-786-6515.
St. Rose specializes in primary care, prevention and wellness. Services include St. Rose Family Medicine, Convenient Care Walk-in Clinic, Great Bend Internists, Imaging, Cardiac Rehab, Physical Therapy, Golden Belt Home Health & Hospice and a comprehensive Specialty Clinic. St. Rose is co-owned by Hays Medical Center and Centura Health.
St. Rose/HaysMed radiologist recommends annual mammograms
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Dr. Michael Wright, radiologist, has been noticing that some women are not having annual mammograms and wanted to take advantage of Breast Cancer Awareness Month to encourage them to reconsider.
Dr. Wright, whose main office is at Hays Medical Center, visits the imaging department at St. Rose Health Center on a regular basis.
He speculates that some women over age 40 are not having the exam every year because they are constantly bombarded with contradictory information.
While he understands the conflicting reports may be confusing, he encouraged women to consider advice from the American College of Radiology and the Society of Breast Imaging. Their advice is to get an annual mammogram beginning at age 40.
“The guidelines of both these respected organizations are clear,” he said. “Unfortunately, people who spread false information through the media can influence patients’ decisions.
“A mammogram is simply the best tool we have for early detection,” he added. “If we can find breast cancer early, there are many successful treatment options that are less invasive than surgery. In some cases, surgery may not be required if it is caught early enough.”
Women in central Kansas have the benefit of state-of-the-art digital mammography and diagnostic breast ultrasound at St. Rose, Dr. Wright noted.
“The screenings and diagnostic evaluations at St. Rose are extremely helpful to central Kansas residents,” he said. “When patients do require more advanced evaluation and/or intervention, HaysMed has the Breast Care Center. It provides breast MRI, advanced ultrasound and 3-D mammography.
“In addition, the breast center offers genetic testing and consultation with surgical and therapeutic specialists,” he continued. “HaysMed also provides a nurse navigator who guides patients every step of the way.”
Mammography also is a valuable tool for detecting benign breast diseases, the radiologist noted. These include cysts, fibrocystic disease, fibroadenomas and lymph-node conditions.
“There is another factor to consider when deciding to get a yearly mammogram,” Dr. Wright pointed out. “Patients who receive a good report following the exam will have peace of mind, and that is a wonderful thing.”
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Towers of Tech: the world's most futuristic buildings
We’ve come a long way from mud huts and mammoth-bone tents. Amy Frearson discovers the futuristic buildings that think they’re giant gadgets
04 May 2015 / 18:00MYT
Behold, some of the worlds greatest feats of architechture.
Here you'll find buildings trying to slow climate change, avoid increasing snowfall, retire the use of paper and turn smog into salt.
Obviously you won't be happy till Willy Wonka-esque horizontal glass elevators become a thing of reality, but these works from some of the world's most creative minds will have to do for now.
The eco warriors
One Central Park (Sydney, Australia) / centralparksydney.com
What’s the story? This twin-tower skyscraper by French architect Jean Nouvel is equipped with a heliostat system – a huge panel of motorised mirrors that track sunlight and reflect it into a street that would otherwise be in permanent shadow. It also boasts a remote-controlled irrigation system that allows over 1000 species of plants to grow without soil across the building’s walls.
Fact! When the sun goes down, the suspended mirrors transform into a canvas for an impressive LED light show by the renowned artist Yann Kersalé.
Agora Garden (Taipei, Taiwan due 2016) / vincent.callebaut.org
What’s the story? This twisted 20-storey marvel now under construction in Taiwan’s capital could be mistaken for a giant DNA strand. The double-helix construction isn’t just for show, though. It creates a cascade of balconies covered in vegetable gardens and fruit trees, so residents will be able to grow their own food and compost their waste.
Fact! A 1000m2 pergola of photovoltaic panels on the roof will generate enough energy to make it entirely self-sufficient.
ZEB Pilot House (Larvik, Norway) / snohetta.com
What’s the story? This house by architectural superstars Snøhetta not only generates enough electricity for itself – it has enough left over to fuel an electric car all year round. Its sloping roof is covered with solar panels and collectors that draw as much energy from the sun as possible, while energy wells in the ground supplement this with geothermal power.
Fact! The building is so well insulated that two radiators – one on each floor – are enough to heat every room.
Italy Pavilion, Expo 2015 (Milan, Italy due May 2015) / expo2015.org
What’s the story? Italy’s national pavilion at the upcoming Milan Expo has been designed by Italian studio Nemesi & Partners to clean the air around it, thanks to the smog-purifying cement covering its exterior. Made from recycled aggregates, including scraps of Carrara marble, the material can transform airborne pollutants into harmless salts.
Fact! Over three quarters of the special air-purifying cement is itself made from recycled materials.
The survivalist
Halley VI Research Station (Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica) / hbarchitects.co.uk
What’s the story? Imagine an environment where temperatures drop to as low as -56°C, the sun doesn’t rise for three months, and the icy ground below you can crack at any time. British architect Hugh Broughton was tasked with creating a building where at least 16 scientists can endure these conditions all year round. His response? A chain of heavy-duty modules that use hydraulic legs to climb up out of the snow.
Fact! As the ice shelf floats out towards the ocean, the modules can be lowered onto giant steel skis and towed by bulldozers to a safer inland location.
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In the 80s my father, an expert on terrorism, spent a number of years tracking American white supremacist groups for the US Government. Even 30 years ago the heavily armed extremists militia white supremacist and neo-Nazi organizations in Idaho and Montana were viewed as a significant internal threat to many of our national interests.
I was too young to know the details of his work, but I remember how I felt when I came home from school in our Washington D.C. neighborhood, thousands of miles away from those people, and found an axe at our front door. Even then, these people were scary and their networks and tactics of fear extended far and wide.
Extremist white supremacist groups have persisted in the US certainly for most of the 20th century. It's a short leap from the terrorist KKK groups responsible for lynching and other unspeakable crimes, to white supremacist groups proliferating and organizing today. It's easy to forget the Oklahoma City bomber was a radicalized white supremacist who viewed government as the enemy. And of course, nearly every mass shooting in recent years has been a white male with ties to white nationalist groups. The roots of violent white nationalism are deep and wide. After the horrific terrorist act in New Zealand, it's certainly the right time to be looking more closely here at home. Could a New Zealand like attack happen here? Of course, it has over and over again.
When I wrote my book, Crossing the Thinnest Line two years ago, my thesis was that white Americans have never been asked to seriously confront our racism and the deep-seated biases that have been part of our identity as a nation since its founding. We reinforce a constant narrative that institutional racism is a thing of our past. That the Civil Right movement won. That we have moved on. WE have failed to come to terms with the fact that America remains deeply segregated. Since the 1990s, progress on school integration nationwide has reversed. Most Americans live in totally homogenous communities, cut off from real connections with or the opportunity to learn from people different from ourselves. Too few Americans have the tools or the experience to recognize their own biases. White Americans largely deny we even have them.
This denial and unwillingness to seriously face our demons, our lack of commitment to fostering serious dialogue and understanding is exactly the vacuum in which white supremacy has been able to persist and now fester. Aided and amplified by social media and the internet age, abetted and mainstreamed by the Trump doctrine of us versus them, legitimized by him and by Laura Ingram, Tucker Carlson and others who peddle the idea that difference is the enemy. It's easy to see New Zealand, or Pittsburgh or Charleston as far away. But those places are now everywhere. There is nowhere that this hate needs not be confronted.
This denial and unwillingness to seriously face our demons, our lack of commitment to fostering serious dialogue and understanding is exactly the vacuum in which white supremacy has been able to persist and now fester.
There is a real and imminent danger to all of us if we cannot have a serious national discussion about the cause of hate which is isolation, persistent segregation in schools, universities, businesses and faith-based organizations who run from rather than engage in the real work of building deeper understanding across lines of difference. All of our institutions need to seriously confront this existential threat. As we move toward becoming a minority majority nation how will we prepare to capitalize on this diversity to be the great social and economic asset it truly is? Are we doomed to divide into entrenched camps of us and them? No. It is possible to show more Americans a path away from hate but it takes a willingness to be honest about how serious the problem is and commitment to fostering understanding and confronting the cancer of hate eating away at so many.
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Ellora Caves- Rock Cut Temples and Monasteries
The cave temples of Ellora are an absolute celebration of brilliant art work. Dating to more than 1500 years, this UNESCO world heritage site is a combination of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain caves with stupendous display of decorative art works carved on rocks. All the caves were built during the reign of Rashtrakuta and Yadava dynasty and were occupied by monks and pilgrims for prayers and meditation. While the Buddhist and Jain caves have works which spread a warmth of peace, the Hindu caves are embellished with dynamic scenes of gods and goddesses. This complex is also houses Kailash temple, believed to be the largest monolithic rock excavation in the world. Though remnants of paintings can be seen in a couple of caves, most of them have faded. However, the archaeological department have tried their best to preserve the sculptures and carvings to an extent. Caves 1 to 12 are Buddhist caves, 13 to 29 are Hindu caves and 30 to 34 are Jain caves.
Referred to as Maharwada, Cave 5 is one of the largest caves in Ellora and has a unique architectural design. One of the important Buddhist caves, it has cells, chambers and sanctums with various sculptures of Buddha. Lined with broad pillars, the huge hall here was used by monks for various rituals. The inner sanctum has Buddha in a preaching posture.
Cave 9 has wonderful carvings on its exterior and is a monastery.
Cave 10 is the only Chaityagriha in Ellora and is one of the prominent Budhist caves. Apart from the beautiful exterior, this prayer hall has exquisite carvings inside. The carved stupa with the shrine of seated Buddha with Bodhisattvas, the carved pillars and the ribbed ceiling are magnificent works of art. The upper floor has more sculptures and a music gallery. This cave is also known as the Vishwakarma cave due to influence of wooden architecture and intricate works.
Cave 11 is a three tiered Mahayana monastery with numerous carvings.
Popularly referred to as 'Ravan Ki Khai' due to the sculpture of Ravana shaking the Kailasa, Cave 14 has numerous sculptures on its side walls. It has a circumambulatory passage which displays more carvings. This was earlier a Buddhist vihara and was converted into a Hindu cave.
With numerous sculptures of various incarnations of Vishnu, Cave 15 is also known as Dasavatara cave. A flight of steps lead to this double-storey cave which has a natya mandapa (dance hall) and the main structure has numerous squarish plain pillars with a nandi. It has sculptures dedicated to Shiva also, the most prominent being Shiva in dance pose.
Cave 16 or Kailasnath cave temple is undoubtedly the most outstanding cave in Ellora and would leave you enthralled with its structure. It is one large monolithic basalt rock which has been chiselled 115 feet from top to bottom, and carved outside to inside. It is said that this creation took 150- 200 years in the making. Dedicated to Shiva, the temple has numerous carvings and sculptures both inside and on its exteriors. Some of the interesting sculptures are Parvati refusing to play the dice with her husband, Ravana sacrificing his nine heads, Vishnu covering the three worlds, Shiva leading his shy bride to bed etc. While there are numerous shrines here, a huge Shivlinga is the main one. The main hall with carved pillars have paintings on the ceiling, most of which have faded. An aerial view of the temple from the adjacent rock shows the magnificence of this exquisite and dynamic creation. It is also often referred to as the most engrossing single work of art in the country.
Known as Rameshwara cave, Cave 21 is one of the oldest Hindu caves. It has a huge hall with beautifully carved pillars and numerous sculptures from Hindu mythology.
Cave 29 is also referred to as Dhumar Lena and is known for its massive figure sculptures guarding the main shrine, shivlinga. There are numerous other sculptures carved on the side walls, pillars and the main hall. A seasonal waterfall over the cave further enhances its charm during the monsoons.
Also referred to as Indrasabha, Cave 32 is a double-storey cave dedicated to the Digambara sect of Jainism. Decorated with detailed sculptures of of Mahavira and other Jain deities, it has a huge hall with exquisitely carved pillars and intricate works on its walls and door frames. Apart from sculptures, the upper floor also has paintings.
Make Aurangabad your base to cover both Ellora and Ajanta caves.
The caves are open from 8.30 am to 5.30 pm and closed on Tuesdays.
After entering the premises, walk to your extreme right to visit the caves in chronological order.
30 Kms from Aurangabad (nearest rail head and airport)
100 Kms from Ajanta Caves
300 Kms from Mumbai
256 Kms from Pune
Food & Accommodation:
There are a few small eateries near the entrance of the caves. Aurangabad has a wide range of hotels from budget to luxury to suit your needs.
Posted by R Niranjan Das at 7:46 AM
Labels: Aurangabad, Ellora caves, Heritages, Maharashtra, Travels, UNESCO world heritage site
Vineeta Yashsavi October 24, 2016 at 3:13 PM
Lovely post... Nicely written post with beautiful pictures...
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interesting :)
Mridula October 24, 2016 at 7:25 PM
Beautiful pictures, will keep a note of your tips!
Thank you, Mridula.
Wonderful coverage of architectural masterpieces.
Thank you, Rajesh.
AJEYA RAO October 25, 2016 at 11:02 AM
Great pics. When did you travel here, you seem to have missed all the crowd. :-)
Thank you. I went in October. Tried to frame without the visitors. However, there was crowd. 😀
D.Nambiar November 5, 2016 at 4:58 AM
Ah! look at all the work that's gone into these caves. Amazing!
What treasures, right? :)
R Niranjan Das November 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM
Yeah, its a treasure trove.
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J.T. Burnette asks judge to drop public corruption charges, says FBI agent 'fabricated' story
The local businessman and hotel owner is accused in Tallahassee's public corruption probe of arranging bribes for ex-City Commissioner Scott Maddox.
J.T. Burnette asks judge to drop public corruption charges, says FBI agent 'fabricated' story The local businessman and hotel owner is accused in Tallahassee's public corruption probe of arranging bribes for ex-City Commissioner Scott Maddox. Check out this story on tallahassee.com: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fbi/2019/10/21/j-t-burnette-asks-federal-judge-public-corruption-case-drop-charges/4051710002/
Jeff Burlew, Tallahassee Democrat Published 12:29 p.m. ET Oct. 21, 2019 | Updated 12:02 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2019
Attorneys for John “J.T.” Burnette, one of Scott Maddox’s co-defendants in Tallahassee's public corruption investigation, asked a judge to drop all charges against him, accusing a former FBI agent of making false statements about alleged bribes to the former city commissioner.
In a motion filed Monday in federal court in Tallahassee, Burnette’s lawyers, Tim Jansen and Greg Kehoe, accused former FBI agent Josh Doyle of fabricating information in a 2017 report about alleged bribe payments Burnette was making to Maddox to help with his developments.
The motion says Doyle, now executive director of The Florida Bar, falsely asserted in the report that Burnette was paying Maddox $15,000 a month. It goes on to say the report, which was sent to higher-ups at the bureau, was used to justify continuation of the long-running corruption probe and get $7 million in “show money” undercover agents needed for a bogus real estate deal involving Burnette and Maddox.
J.T. Burnette indicted in FBI probe
J.T. Burnette, a Tallahassee businessman, smiles as he walks out of the Federal Courthouse after he was indicted in the FBI's long-running public corruption probe Thursday, May 9, 2019. Thursday, May 9, 2019. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee attorney Tim Jansen exits the Federal Courthouse in Tallahassee Thursday, May 9, 2019. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat
J.T. Burnette, a Tallahassee businessman, walks out of the Federal Courthouse after he was indicted in the FBI's long-running public corruption probe Thursday, May 9, 2019. Burnette, center, leaves with defense attorneys Adam Komisar, left. and Tim Jansen. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat
Tallahassee attorney Tim Jansen speaks with the Tallahassee Democrat about J.T. Burnette's indictment in the FBI's long-running public corruption probe Thursday, May 9, 2019. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat
Enterpreneur J.T. Burnette in federal court in Tallahassee on May 9, 2019. Illustration by Marina Brown
Defense attorneys Tim Jansen, right, and Adam J. Komisar in federal court in Tallahassee on May 9, 2019. Illustration by Marina Brown
Judge C. Stampelos presides in federal court in Tallahassee on May 9, 2019. Illustration by Marina Brown
Tallahassee attorney Tim Jansen looks through his files as he speaks with the Tallahassee Democrat about J.T. Burnette's indictment in the FBI's long-running public corruption probe Thursday, May 9, 2019. Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat
Document: Read J.T. Burnette's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment
Court documents filed by Burnette’s legal team include emails from federal prosecutors, who acknowledged Doyle’s assertion about the monthly bribes was a mistake. But Burnette's lawyers said it was a false statement that prejudiced the grand jury against him.
Josh Doyle, new executive director of the Florida Bar (Photo: Mark Killian, The Florida Bar News)
James Wedick, a former FBI agent hired by Burnette’s legal team, went even further, saying it appeared to be an outright lie. Wedick opined in a report to Burnette’s lawyers that, “Doyle fabricated Burnette’s confession and made other misrepresentations that seriously call into question the integrity of the case.”
Doyle did not return a phone call seeking comment.
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VancoreJones is 'the one with the real juice'
The motion includes revealing new transcripts of conversations secretly recorded in 2016 by the FBI between undercover agents and Maddox and Burnette, both of whom denied the monthly bribe arrangement. The conversations were recorded several months before Doyle wrote his report to FBI brass.
In an Oct. 4, 2016, conversation, an agent asked Maddox about alleged payments from Burnette.
"J.T. only pays you 15 he told me," the FBI agent said.
"He don't pay me that," Maddox replied.
"He told me he pays you 15 a month ..." the agent said.
"I'm pure as a Baptist (inaudible) f------." Maddox said, uttering an expletive. "I live ... for the cross."
Enterpreneur J.T. Burnette in federal court in Tallahassee on May 9, 2019. (Photo: Illustration by Marina Brown)
In a conversation the next day, the same agent clarified with Burnette that he was actually paying Tallahassee political consulting firm VancoreJones Communications.
The firm handles public relations for medical marijuana company Trulieve, whose CEO, Kim Rivers, is married to Burnette. It also has managed campaigns for a number of Leon County and city commissioners, including Mayor John Dailey, and has received more than $300,000 for consulting over recent years with the city and Blueprint.
The undercover agent brought up the consulting firm, saying, “So VancoreJones is ...”
“The one with the real juice,” Burnette replied.
"Yeah, so they are the ones you pay $15,000 a month," the agent said, recounting Maddox’s denial about Burnette payments from the night before.
The agent, who had purported projects before local government, went on to say he knew there would be “lifts” needed.
Steve Vancore, partner in VancoreJones Communication, a political firm, polled potential voters in April to determine their interest in support a Children's Services Council in Leon County. (Photo: Tony Giberson, Tony Giberson/tgi, Tony Giberson, Tony Giberson/tgi)
“And I think for us it’s better to start doing that now rather than wait, you know it builds good will and all of that,” the agent said. “So that’s who we would pay is VancoreJones?”
“Well, we only pay VancoreJones light money,” Burnette said, later adding “No, right now we don’t need anything.”
The agent said he was getting confused, prompting Burnette to say, “VancoreJones is really county.”
Steve Vancore, president of VancoreJones, said Burnette has never been a client of the firm. However, he said, the firm worked in 2014 for two “affiliated” companies, Inkbridge, which Rivers manages, and IB Tallahassee, the company that Burnette used to buy the DoubleTree Hotel.
Vancore said he doesn’t have “a clue" why VancoreJones was named or the “county” reference.
“I don’t know the context, how, when or where this conversation took place or even why we were mentioned,” he said.
Vancore added that while the firm's principals have not been interviewed about Burnette, they did speak to the FBI about another matter involving a Maddox bribery allegation and the downtown Onyx development.
A new undercover agent and a familiar name
The motion included other interesting tidbits, including the existence of a fourth undercover FBI agent who posed as a businessman named Chris Lancaster. He worked with an agent who went by Brian Butler as part of their business Butler Solutions Team, later revealed as an FBI front.
Also mentioned is FBI agent Michael Wiederspahn, whose name appeared on subpoenas earlier this year involving former Mayor Andrew Gillum’s 2018 campaign for governor and emails to state ethics prosecutors handling a Gillum complaint.
This photo shows the three men believed to be undercover FBI agents who used aliases and cover stories as part of an investigation in Tallahassee. Pictured from left are Mike Miller, Mike Sweets and Brian Butler. The Democrat decided to blur the physical characteristics of the men after discussions with the FBI. (Photo: Special to the Democrat)
Burnette’s lawyers signaled the motion was coming Oct. 11 during a telephonic hearing before U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle. They asked to file the request under seal to protect grand jury and other sensitive information. But Hinkle directed them to file one motion under seal and a redacted version for public access.
A federal grand jury in Tallahassee indicted Burnette in May on racketeering, extortion and other charges as part of the four-year FBI corruption probe. He is accused of arranging bribes as part of a scheme organized by Maddox and involving his close friend Paige Carter-Smith to extort city vendors in exchange for official action.
Earlier this month, the grand jury issued a second indictment against Burnette that contained explosive allegations that he gave Maddox a $110,000 bribe in exchange for his help killing a proposed downtown hotel that would have rivaled his own projects. Burnette owned the Hotel Duval at the time and was eyeing purchase of the DoubleTree, which he later acquired.
Back story: A $110,000 bribe, an empty chair and a hotel denied: Inside the J.T. Burnette allegations
The new indictment prompted Hinkle to push back Burnette’s trial in U.S. District Court in Tallahassee from Nov. 4 to Jan. 21, 2020.
Maddox and Carter-Smith, former executive director of the Downtown Improvement Authority, pleaded guilty in August to mail and wire fraud and tax evasion charges. They will be sentenced several weeks after Burnette’s trial, on Feb. 13. Both are expected to testify against Burnette as part of cooperation with federal prosecutors they hope will reduce possible prison sentences.
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Tina Fino’s Tattoo-Inspired Sign Painting
By Ross HowertonNYC
The visual artist found her calling by painting the window of her own coffee shop, and since then, she’s made tons of signs.
Two tattoo studios stand across the street from each other — one with a magnificent eagle painted on its front door and the other with an old sandwich board that reads “half-price tattoos.” Which one would you visit?
All too often a shop’s exterior is taken for granted. An eyesore of a storefront can discourage even the most eager first-timer from getting a tattoo, while a well-done window can inspire someone who never considered collecting body art to step inside a parlor. For these reasons, sign painters, like Tina Fino, are unsung heroes.
For all of the work that she has done Fino is worth her weight in gold, but prefers it leaved. She’s created signs for numerous tattoo shops around NYC, including Bound for Glory, Do or Die, and New York Hardcore Tattoo. Although she’s largely self-taught, her work is impeccably clean and irresistibly eye-catching. “I'm influenced by so many artists in all areas,” Fino explains. “Anything from graffiti to American traditional tattoos and, of course, the old school masters of the art form.”
Long before she was a prolific artist working around the city, the first window Fino ever put a brush to belonged to the business she used to operate. “I opened a coffee shop in Brooklyn, and when you've got Gil Elvgren pin-ups hanging on the wall over flocked wallpaper, it’s only natural to want to have gold leaf on the storefront,” Fino recalls. “I thought, ‘I can figure this out,’ but I really had no clue what I was doing. Though it came out great, I did everything wrong, and for the next three years, I stared at that window and fell in love with sign painting.”
The front door of New York Hardcore Tattoo, painted by Tina Fino (IG—tina_fino). #NewYorkHardcoreTattoo #signpainting #tattooinspired #TinaFino
The connections that she made at her coffee shop led to future projects in the NYC tattoo community, including storefronts and even banners for tattooists like Becca Genné-Bacon, making Fino one of the go-to sign painters in the area.
“Mark Harada, my longtime tattooer and friend, knew I was getting into sign painting, and by giving me a chance at New York Hardcore Tattoo, he opened the door to so many other opportunities,” says Fino. “He and Nick Caruso gave me full reign on the design and really let me run wild, so it was super fun but nerve-racking. This was my first time working for other artists.” The sign she created is as outspoken as the music on which the shop was founded, featuring three bold typefaces and the iconic NYHC cross.
Fino has also done storefronts working with original designs by tattooists. “Nick asked me to paint the window in his Staten Island shop, Bound For Glory. It is still physically the largest window I’ve done to date, and a very different experience than New York Hardcore,” says Fino. “Nick and Mike Bee provided me with artwork, and I did the layout and lettering, making it feel more like a collaboration. I was definitely challenged, working with so many colors and the scale. It seemed like I was always waiting for paint to dry, but it is one of my favorites.”
Similarly to how tattoos are signs that tell about their collectors to viewers, Fino’s creations show how storefronts speak worlds about tattoo shops and the artists who work in them.
To see more of Fino’s work, make sure to follow her on Instagram. If you’re thinking about getting a new tattoo, consider have it done at one of the shops that she painted, so you can see her handiwork in the flesh. Lastly, should you be in need of a new sign for your business, commission her to do it. She can be contacted via her website.
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The Single Income Tax
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Turning A False Corner
Not a corner to hurry round
Yesterday, the front page of the Times proclaimed:
Poll shows Britons see good times around the corner
People are more optimistic about the economy than at any time for the past 18 months, according to a Populus poll for The Times today."
Which was surprising, given the tidings of doom carried elsewhere in the same paper: another 5000 jobs axed by Lloyds, 700 cut by Ericsson - along with the closure of their UK research base - a ballooning trade deficit driven by all the cars imported under the government's cash for clunkers scheme, etc etc etc.
And that's before we even get round the corner. Once we see what's waiting for us there, we may well look back on this last Christmas spending splurge with a fond nostalgia. And wonder why we didn't stuff the cash under the mattress.
Last week the IMF gave us its own view of what's round the corner, racily entitled The State of Public Finances Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor. It spells out in horrific detail just what a fiscal mess we're in, and just how far our belts are going to be tightened over the next 10-20 years.
The IMF says that by 2014, the world's major economies (the advanced G20 economies) will have racked up government debt equivalent to about 120% of GDP. By all historic standards that is unsustainable, and will make the world economy extremely vulnerable to an uncontainable further crisis.
Indebtedness on that scale will also generate a significant increase in the interest costs of government debt (ie the yield on government bonds). For every one percentage point increase in government borrowing as a percentage of GDP, the IMF estimates that government bond yields are likely to increase by between 0.2% and 0.6%. Which means we have to pay more and more tax just to pay the interest bill.
So far, that bond yield increase has been headed off by the extreme weakness of the global economy and the highly accommodating monetary policy implemented by our central banks (eg the Bank of England's outright purchases of gilts - see here). But just wait until those measures go into reverse.
Action has to be taken. The IMF recommends getting government debt back down to a maximum of 60% of GDP by 2030 - ie relative to the world economy, debt has to be halved. Which is an enormous undertaking.
And for the UK, the IMF's analysis is even bleaker. Because our fiscal deficit is so much worse than most other countries, we will need to make just about the biggest cuts in borrowing anywhere in the developed world - only Japan will need to do (slighty) more.
To put some numbers on it, the IMF says that over the ten years from 2010 to 2020, our government will need to improve its so-called "primary balance" (ie its current income - mainly tax - less its current spending, before interest payments) by a staggering 13% of GDP. In cash terms, that's getting on for £200bn.
Now, let's just make sure we all understand what that means.
If the government tries to achieve the improvement by increasing taxes, it will need to jack them up to the kinds of levels that really do cause revolutions. For example, doubling the standard rate of income tax, doubling VAT, and doubling fuel duty - all at the same time - would still not raise enough (see HMT Ready Reckoner here). And that's without taking into account the highly damaging impact such tax rises would have on enterprise, employment, and future growth.
Which is why we strongly favour reductions in public spending. Even though that won't be easy either- the IMF's figures suggest public spending will need to be cut by over a quarter from where we are now.
Of course, the hope is that we will be bailed out by economic growth. If the economy grows enough, as the government projects, then some of the extra tax revenue we need will be generated "painlessly", without the need to rack up tax rates or imposing big public spending cuts.
Indeed, there are those who argue that if government just holds its nerve, then confidence will return and the economy will grow itself out of the current mess. At one bound we will be free.
But just ask yourself how likely that is.
Interest rates cannot be held at their current low levels indefinitely. And when they rise back to more normal levels, indebted households are going to find life very difficult. Christmas splurges and flash new motors will be a thing of the past.
Moreover, if the government fails to tighten fiscal policy as much as the bond market expects, confidence will evaporate and bond yields will spike up even further than the IMF suggests.
Just yesterday, the credit rating agency Fitch warned that of all the leading sovereign borrowers, the UK's AAA credit rating is most at risk. That's because it's the UK that has to make "the largest budget adjustment". Fitch says "our stable rating outlook [for the UK] reflected our expectation that the UK Government will articulate a stronger fiscal consolidation programme next year." Translation - we expect the incoming Conservative government to make some serious spending cuts straight off the bat, and to spell out a quantified plan for getting the UK's debt back below 60% of GDP soonest.
As we've blogged many times, our public finances have been wrecked. The government hugely overspent during the bubble years, and now we must pay for it. However you look at it, we must expect a pretty difficult decade ahead.
Of course, not everyone spends their time perusing IMF Staff papers. And maybe it's better that people don't dwell too much on what's really round that corner.
But we do expect our Chancellors and Shadow Chancellors to grasp the severity of our fiscal problem, and to produce serious plans for dealing with it.
Alarmingly, we've still to be convinced that Mr Osborne's team has got the measure of the task.
PS The IMF is about to publish another research paper we'll be blogging, on the design and use of fiscal rules. As regular BOM readers will know, we've long argued for the third fiscal rule - a limit on public expenditure. It has been specifically rejected by both Labour and Tories, largely we think because politicos don't like to be restricted in that way. It will be fascinating to see what the IMF says.
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Early Irish Manuscripts
The Early Irish Manuscripts Project
Book of Dimma, Book of Mulling, Codex Usserianus Primus, Conservation, Vellum
Repairing Parchment
July 6, 2016 The Library of Trinity College Dublin
Parchment is a very durable material and even if it is quite sensitive to humidity (see previous post) it can withstand a lot of wear and tear. This characteristic has made it a favoured writing material for several thousand years. It replaced papyrus when the first multi-quire codices came into use because its flexibility and resilience allowed the centrefold of the several gatherings to be sewn together into text blocks without tearing1; and when paper became the most widespread writing and printing support, parchment still continued to play an important role in bookbinding as a covering material.
Nevertheless parchment can be damaged when documents are heavily used or misused. Tears, splitting and losses can result (figs. 1 and 2).
Figures 1 and 2 – The Book of Mulling with repaired damaged areas, TCD MS 60, ff. 1r (left), 6r (right) © The Board of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. 2015.
Repairing parchment has therefore been a necessity for many centuries. In earlier times when damage occurred along the outer edges of a document or page it was not uncommon to trim the sheet. When damage occurred within the body of the folio, different techniques to patch losses were applied including patching the damage with an additional piece of parchment or paper adhered with glue or paste.
Stitching was a more refined way to repair parchment and one that avoided obscuring the text in the treated area. This technique followed the tradition of parchment makers who would mend holes on the fresh skins with sewing threads, joining the edges of damaged areas while the skin was still on the stretching frame, and using the collagen released during the scraping process as an adhesive to further consolidate the repair.
On our manuscripts we can find an interesting array of repair techniques used during their long history (see previous post – book moth). The Book of Mulling and Codex Usserianus Primus (see previous post) have both been extensively repaired. For both of them “grangerisation” (see previous post) was carried out in the 19th century. This resulted in individual pages of the manuscripts being inlaid into paper sheets to enable rebinding. Tears and losses along the margins were mended with strips of paper (fig. 3 and 4).
Figures 3 and 4 Codex Usserianus Primus still inlaid in paper and with paper repairs obscuring part of the text, TCD MS 55, ff. 163v (left), 182v (right) © The Board of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. 2015.
In more recent times the Book of Mulling was further conserved. New spine folds were created and the losses along the margins infilled to create a compact and uniform text block for rebinding. For this treatment new parchment was chosen. The repair patches were selected according to the thickness of the original skin, shaped to match the profile of the missing area and adhered. To obtain a secure attachment between the old and the new parchment in some areas a relatively large overlapping of the two was necessary.
Figures 5a and 5b The Book of Mulling with detail of the head corner and edge with the adhered toned parchment repairs made in the 1970s, TCD MS 60, f. 34v © The Board of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. 2015.
Some of our most important early manuscripts including the Book of Kells and the Book of Dimma were conserved between the 1950’s and the early 1980’s by Roger Powell, regarded as one of the most skilled manuscripts conservator of the times. He developed and used an improved method of executing repairs, by combining the adhesive technique with the old sewing practice and thus creating a functional and durable solution. This sewn repair was very effective because the strength of the parchment allowed fine stitches to be used without risk of tearing.
Figures 6 and 7 The Book of Dimma with the repairs sewn by R. Powell (1957), TCD MS 59, f. 148 (left), 147 (right) © The Board of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. 2015.
In figures 6 and 7 two different stitching patterns can be seen. In fig 6 the stitching is securing an adhered parchment in-fill while in fig 7 the stitching is used to pull together the edges of the manuscript and the patch without overlapping the text.
A development of this technique involved the use of a thin parchment strip passed through slits in the parchment, instead of the linen thread passing through holes, which further reduced the risk of tearing of the original (figs. 8 and 9).
Figures 8 and 9 Book of Mulling showing the sewn repair using a fine parchment strip instead of a linen thread. TCD MS 60, f. 94r (left), f. 94v (right) © The Board of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. 2015.
Powell’s treatments are still regarded as high achievements in the field, however today a less invasive approach is taken. For the Garland of Howth, the Book of Mulling and the Codex Usserianus Primus a thin protein-based film called caecum has been used.
Caecum, named after the part of intestine from which it is extracted, is the modern version of the traditional gold beaters’ skin (or swim bladder) which has often been used to repair parchment. Caecum is an extremely refined material, similar in nature to the parchment and therefore compatible with our manuscript folios. Because of its thinness it is challenging to handle the tiny sections required for tear repairs, so it is supported with a facing of very thin Japanese tissue adhered with an acrylic adhesive.
Figures 10 and 11 Applying a small patch of caecum on a split of TCD MS 55 with stainless tweezers and setting it with a Teflon folder.
Working under magnification the paper-faced caecum is cut to the size and shape of the repair and adhered to the parchment with a low temperature pure fish gelatin. Once the repair is dry a tiny amount of solvent is applied with a thin brush to soften the acrylic adhesive and remove the facing paper, leaving a strong and almost invisible repair.
Figures 12a and 12b Codex Usserianus Primus, TCD MS 55, f. 135v, top right corner, showing several splits on the parchment due to the heavy ruling on a very thin skin. On the left is a detail during conservation with the caecum applied but still with the tissue facing on it; on the right the same area after conservation with the caecum holding the splits and the fragment inserted in its conservation mount © The Board of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin. 2015.
Marco Di Bella, Senior Book Conservator, Preservation & Conservation Department, The Library of Trinity College Dublin
J. Szirmai, The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding (London, 1999), p.15.
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Tears For Fears / MASSIVE “Songs From The Big Chair” box set coming
September 29, 2014 by Paul Sinclairtags: 1980s, tears for fears
Universal team up with SuperDeluxeEdition.com to create stunning 6-disc super deluxe editon box set.
Roland Orzabal: (speaking to Paul Sinclair in 2014)
“We had let go of any Tears For Fears ideology, because it all came out in The Hurting. We were getting older, we had a bit of money, so life wasn’t that bad [laughs]. I mean, I bought my first house at 21. There wasn’t the ‘difficult second album syndrome’. It was an easy second album syndrome. You know, instead of being so het up by ‘the message’ we started to relax.”
Universal Music will reissue Tears For Fears‘ second album Songs From The Big Chair in November as a six-disc super deluxe edition box set that, amongst all the bonus material, delivers every commercially issued b-side and remix of the era, previously unreleased radio sessions and early mixes and a high-resolution 5.1 surround sound mix courtesy or highly respected remixer and engineer Steven Wilson.
As with last year’s The Hurting reissue, Universal brought SuperDeluxeEdition editor Paul Sinclair on board to assist with the reissue project. He has not only had access to the archives to help with the track selection, but has also interviewed the key players from the era, including band members Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, producer Chris Hughes and A&R man Dave Bates. The result of this work is an extensive “In their own words” track-by-track guide to Songs From The Big Chair within the 32-page booklet. Additionally, Paul has written a guide to every bonus track within the box set, so as well as knowing what has been included, fans will understand why each extra track has been included.
Disc one within the box set contains the remastered album and includes all the original Songs B-sides. In fact, the first 14 tracks deliberately replicate the original running order of the limited edition UK cassette version of Songs From The Big Chair that added six bonus songs to the eight-track album.
The second CD – Edited Songs From The Big Chair – largely contains various single versions/edits released around the world, including the U.S. Remix (actually a re-recording) of Mothers Talk (a song that was both the first and last single from the album), and I Believe (A Soulful Re-recording). Previously unissued on any audio format – but included on this disc – is the ‘Video Version’ of the American remix of Mothers Talk which contains a unique intro, as well as a promo-only ‘Radio Version’ of Head Over Heels that has never been commercially released. Charity single Everybody Wants To Run The World finally makes it onto a Tears For Fears deluxe edition (along with the semi-instrumental B-side ‘Running Version’ of the same song) and stunning album closer Listen is included with a clean intro so it can be enjoyed without the normal cross-fade. A Curt and Roland interview with short audio clips (originally included on the UK seven-inch double-pack of Everybody Wants To Rule The World) completes disc two.
Songs From The Big Chair / 6-disc super deluxe
Remixed Songs From The Big Chair is an appropriate title for the third CD which is packed full of twelve-inch remixes. The UK extended versions of The Way You Are (a non-album single), Mothers Talk and Shout are all included (having all been omitted from the 2005 deluxe edition) along with the ‘Acappella’ Mix of Shout and the instrumental version of Everybody Wants To Rule The World – both previously unreleased on CD. The alternate US Remix of Mothers Talk which (apparently inadvertently) appeared on the 2005 deluxe in place of the standard US Remix is also repeated here.
A fourth and final CD contains 14 tracks that have never been commercially available. Unreleased Songs From The Big Chair treats listeners to 1984 BBC radio sessions, the three tracks included on the Canadian promo-only Live At Massey Hall twelve-inch, along with three further tracks from Massey Hall (Shout, Mothers Talk and The Working Hour) newly mixed from the multi-track tapes. For the first time the band have authorised lifting the lid on some of their work-in-progress. To that end, early mixes of Mothers Talk, The Way You Are, Broken and Shout are included on disc four along with an unheard, rejected seven-inch edit of Everybody Wants To Rule The World.
Hi-res 5.1 surround mix / Cover to disc 5
A fifth disc is a DVD that contains a brand new 2014 5.1 surround sound mix of Songs From The Big Chair created by Steven Wilson and personally approved by Roland Orzabal. A new 2014 stereo mix is also included. Both mixes are flat transfers with no additional mastering EQ or compression applied. Paul Sinclair encouraged Universal to issue this as
a DVD-A (DVD Audio) to allow fans with the appropriate hardware (DVD-A compatible DVD player) to enjoy a lossless hi-res surround version of Songs From The Big Chair. The disc remains fully compatible with standard DVD players which will still be able to deliver the surround mix in Dolby 5.1 and DTS. A hi-res stereo mix can be enjoyed by all. This DVD is region free.
A standalone Pure Audio blu-ray audio is also being released that includes the 5.1 and stereo mixes in hi-res as well as the original album mix.
A sixth and final disc is another DVD that delivers the classic Scenes From The Big Chair documentary, along with the 2005 interview with producer Chris Hughes that was added to the standalone DVD reissue). Additionally, all the promo videos from the album are featured separately, including the rare early UK promo and US versions of Mothers Talk and non-album single The Way You Are). The icing on the cake is a selection of eight performances on BBC TV including six appearances on Top Of The Pops and a couple of spots on eighties chat show Wogan.
Songs From The Big Chair super deluxe box set and other formats are released on 10 November 2014. This BIG box is currently available for a relatively SMALL price from Amazon UK. See links below along with the full track listing.
6-disc super deluxe edition box set
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Vinyl Edition
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2014 Stereo Mix on vinyl
Pre-order exclusively from Universal Music
01. SHOUT : 6:31
02. THE WORKING HOUR : 6:29
03. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:09
04. MOTHERS TALK : 5:04
05. I BELIEVE : 4:54
06. BROKEN : 2:38
07. HEAD OVER HEELS : 5:02
08. LISTEN : 6:54
09. THE BIG CHAIR : 3:20
10. EMPIRE BUILDING : 2:41
11. THE MARAUDERS : 4:13
12. BROKEN REVISITED : 5:15
13. THE CONFLICT : 4:02
14. THE WORKING HOUR – Piano Version : 2:08
15. PHARAOHS : 03:42
16. WHEN IN LOVE WITH A BLIND MAN : 2:22
17. SEA SONG : 3:51
DISC TWO – Edited Songs From The Big Chair (this is second CD in the 2CD deluxe)
01. THE WAY YOU ARE : 4:49
02. MOTHERS TALK – Single Version : 3:53
03. SHOUT – Single Version : 5:58
04. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Single Version : 4:14
05. HEAD OVER HEELS – Remix : 4:15
06. I BELIEVE (A Soulful Re-Recording) : 4:39
07. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD : 4:30
08. THE WAY YOU ARE – Short Version : 4:21
09. MOTHERS TALK – U.S. Remix : 4:14
10. SHOUT – U.S. Single Version : 4:51
11. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD – Running Version : 4:30
12. HEAD OVER HEELS – Radio Version : 4.20
13. MOTHERS TALK – Video Version : 4:14
14. SHOUT – Short Version : 4:03
15. LISTEN – Clean Intro : 6:52
15. INTERVIEW WITH CURT & ROLAND : 7:35
DISC THREE – Remixed Songs From The Big Chair (exclusive to box)
01. THE WAY YOU ARE – Extended Version : 7:37
02. MOTHERS TALK – Extended Version : 6:18
03. SHOUT – Extended Remix Version : 7:40
04. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Extended Version : 5:40
05. BROKEN / HEAD OVER HEELS / BROKEN – Preacher Mix : 8:00
06. MOTHERS TALK – Beat Of The Drum Mix : 8:54
07. SHOUT – U.S. Remix : 8:02
08. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Urban Mix : 6:06
09. MOTHERS TALK – U.S. Remix alternate : 4:12
10. SHOUT – Dub : 6:49
11. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Instrumental : 4:21
12. SHOUT – Acappella : 5:02
DISC FOUR – Unreleased Songs From The Big Chair (exclusive to box)
01. HEAD OVER HEELS : 4:14 Richard Skinner Session
02. THE WORKING HOUR : 6:06 Richard Skinner Session
03. BROKEN : 3:19 Richard Skinner Session
04. MOTHERS TALK : 4:05 Live At Massey Hall
05. BROKEN / HEAD OVER HEELS : 5:01 Live At Massey Hall
06. MEMORIES FADE : 6:50 Live At Massey Hall
07. THE WORKING HOUR : 7:31 Live At Massey Hall
08. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:19 Live At Massey Hall
09. SHOUT : 7:50 Live At Massey Hall
10. MOTHERS TALK – Early Mix / Instrumental : 4:39
11. THE WAY YOU ARE – Early Mix : 4:25
12. BROKEN – Early Mix : 5:38
13. SHOUT – Early Mix : 5:08
14. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Alternate Single Version: 4.20
DISC FIVE (DVD-A)
5.1 and Stereo mix
SHOUT : 6:32
THE WORKING HOUR : 6:31
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:11
MOTHERS TALK : 5:10
I BELIEVE : 4:54
BROKEN : 2:38
HEAD OVER HEELS : 5:20
LISTEN : 6:49
DISC SIX (DVD-V) (exclusive to box)
01. SCENES FROM THE BIG CHAIR – Documentary : 1:14:43
02. INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER CHRIS HUGHES : 35:00
03. THE WAY YOU ARE – Music Video : 3:57
04. MOTHERS TALK – Alternative UK Video : 4:00
05..MOTHERS TALK – Music Video : 4.49
06. SHOUT – Music Video : 6:31
07. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD – Music Video : 4:52
08. HEAD OVER HEELS – Music Video : 4:26
09. I BELIEVE – Music Video : 4:45
10. MOTHERS TALK – US Mix – Music Video : 4:52
11. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RUN THE WORLD – Music Video : 4:52
BBC TV Appearances
03. THE WAY YOU ARE : 4:11 Top Of The Pops
04. MOTHERS TALK : 3:48 Top Of The Pops
06. SHOUT : 4:20 Top Of The Pops
07. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 4:08 Wogan
08. EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD : 3.35 Top Of The Pops
10. THE WORKING HOUR : 4:28 Wogan
312 responses to Tears For Fears / MASSIVE “Songs From The Big Chair” box set coming
Scott DeAscentis says:
Mr. Sinclair,
Are the promos videos and live performances on the dvd portion of the box set have DD 5,1 or DTS 5.1 audio options?
No, they don’t.
Robert Molema says:
Any news, updates or scheduled release date for the Seeds box set? Still patiently waiting….for many years now :-( Pst: I’ll keep waiting!
“Next year” is about as accurate as I can be right now (I know, I know…)
Any news,updates or scheduled release date for the Seeds box set? Patiently waiting….
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Can you tell me which track are ‘remastered’ on the first four discs please.
They all are, although some of the unreleased stuff is mastered for the first time.
At least I know the first three discs are remastered. Thanks, I appreciate it.
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Trawled through these comments whilst waiting for my box set to arrive.
There is some useful information here that could usefully be consolidated somewhere more accessibly – particularly the explanation of the DVD sources and the compromises that had to be made.
Paul I forgot to ask, in the Shout mixes/acapella what is Roland saying in the break. It sounds like some type of chant.
Paul, what’s the difference between the 8:58 version of the” Beat of the Drum Mix” of “Mothers Talk” and the longer 9:18 “full version” that only appeared on acetate?
Good question. I’ve never heard the long version – probably a few extra ‘James Browns’ at a guess. I’m not losing sleep over it, although we did try unsuccessfully to get it for the ‘Songs’ box!
I see. I thought it might have been a little different mix. It’s a very bizzare mix and strange that they chose to do it instead of extending certain things here and there and thwing in some reverb etc. like the 12″ mixes of this time.
Julian H says:
The Extended Version basically is what you describe.
Paul, I was curious when I saw some of the promo clips on the DVD having title cards and credits. They also look like they come from VHS sources. What are the sources for these especially Head Over Heals where you can just see credits start to roll at the end and why did you choose these sources. Also, any chance of ever hearing those versions of Run The World with the soundbytes and the Mother’s Talk version you too late to include?
Nothing was from VHS. I know some of them were from a 1″ reel. Up to Universal Music about those other tracks, I’m afraid. It will be a while before another “Songs” reissue :)
Very interesting to see them from those sources and yes I think this is the final word on “Songs” as this set really can’t be beat.
is there a possibility to have a new relased of the DVD in PAL ?
and in 4:3 aspect ratio to have the full cinematography seen on the screen?
all clips were 4:3 and all 16×9 TV’s have aspct ratio buttons to
display 4:3 content correctly
Can the DVD with all the promos also be had in PAL format ?
I’m asking because most of the clips were filmed 25 fps.
PAL would faithfully represent the work of the Director.
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Jonah McGarva says:
So, I now have this box, and although I am quite happy with it (despite NOT including the proper We Are Broken and featuring some vinyl rips of the Massey show, which makes no sense as the rest of the trax are sourced from master tapes) – I have discovered another “error”
The original songs from the album (CD1 tracks 1-8) have a weird volume fluctuation going on.
If you listen carefully and examine the WAV files, yuo can plainly hear and see that the Left channel is approx. 1-2.5 dB louder than the right channel.
Why? This is a crazy expensive box set, and the content is amazing – and even the sound of the remastered album is great (finally some low end bass!) – but it is a pain to have to go into a sound editor to fix a mistake, that the mastering engineer should have caught.
Being a mastering engineer myself, I find this appalling, as a lot of deluxe editions and box sets have come out with errors in the mastering (the Frankie box from a few years ago comes to mind, where the first 5 songs were transferred with only the left channel intact) and the fact that we, as consumers who put our hard earned money into the labels’ coffers, get left out in a lurch – having spent large sums of money to get a faulty product.
I have researched this issue with this particular box, and I am not the only one who has heard this issue, as it has been reported on many music forums.
Any ideas on if this will be fixed? or if better attention will be paid for the Seeds box?
Excellent release and wonderfully put together. I treated myself to the box set. The following may interest aficionados of the album: I noticed that on the DVD’s Stereo Mix, ‘I Believe’ ends by fading out completely, rather than running into ‘Broken’, giving ‘Broken’ a clean intro possibly for the first time ever.
I noticed it too and I didn’t like it.
Dan Stapleton says:
Hi Paul, sorry if this has already been addressed, but can you please let us know exactly which version of the album is on CD1? I gather it’s the “original” mix, but has it been compressed/EQed/normalised for this reissue?
Robert Goodman says:
Hi Paul! Excellent job here! I got this for Christmas and there is soooo much to love! I’ve going through the rare tracks first – have a new 7.1 system on the way so this will be the first surround mix I try on it.
I have a question that was skipped waaay above that I can’t find the answer. The “single version” of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World”… what’s the difference between that and the album version? It’s almost identical running time and I can’t tell any differences. Not sure if this was added because it was a different mix on paper?
My only minor gripe is yeah like someone said above – some of the BBC vids are like widescreen, made full screen, then made widescreen again, which is the effect of when you watch full screen stretched to a wide screen, but then put a black bar around it… pretty sure most tv stuff would have been 4:3. It’s an OCD thing mainly. But I fully understand what a nightmare it can be getting those right in a time constraint – I have a compilation that was all wrong like that and fixing it was a headache and a half. Again MINOR in a box full of major triumph. The sound – beautiful! The extra mixes… US and UK both… the promo vids I hadnt seen like the first Mothers Talk. Top Notch box set!
Thanks Robert. My memory is that there are some very minor mix differences on the single version of EWTRTW, although I agree they are very similar. What was used was definitely the single version, so it’s a case of ‘it is what it is’. Hopefully, historically accurate, even if not that that satisfying as a single mix!
It’s a 2014 remaster of the original mix. From all the comments I’ve read, everyone seems happy with the new mastering – in fact I don’t think I’ve read any criticism, so you can rest easy if that’s a concern.
Mike the Fish says:
Well I’ve been listening to this, and as a lover of 5.1 mixes it is actually the huge amount of stereo bonus material that I’m really enjoying. I particularly enjoyed the regular 12″ version of Mother’s Talk, and the US mixes. I was also surprised, having not listened to the 12″ of The Way You Are for years probably how much I enjoyed that too. Meant in the nicest possible way, it could have been a classic b-side.
I am also getting my refund as they have confirmed I was sent the wrong one. Still would be great to have that vinyl mix though.
pocox says:
the turquoise 2014 stereo mix vinyl can be ordered from here:
http://store.universal-music.co.uk/euro/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-vinyl-2014/invt/0602547005915
this is where I ordered it from and got it correctly!
Can anyone confirm that the U.S. 12″ version of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” is different than the U.K. 12″ version? In one of my Amazon.com reviews, a fan states that his U.S. 12″ of “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” is different: “the most striking difference is the beginning”.
I would guess they are talking about the Urban Mix versus the standard 12″ extended mix. There is no other extended remix outside those two.
Thank you, Paul. That’s what I thought.
Kelton says:
Can someone help me sort out Disc 5? My surround equipment isn’t high end, but I’m trying to understand exactly what’s on the disc. According to my player, it looks like:
Title 1 = Original Mix (What is this exactly? The same mix as on Disc 1?)
Title 2 = 2014 Mix (With 2 audio choices? PCM stereo and DTS 5.1?)
Title 3 = 2014 Mix (In Dolby 5.1?)
Is that right or am I way off? Sorry for sounding like an idiot, I’m new to surround/5.1 stuff.
Hi Kelton – you’re more or less correct…
Original Mix – same as disc 1 but this version better quality being in hi-resolution stereo (96/24).
2014 Mix (Stereo) – this is the new Steven Wilson remix in hi-resolution stereo (96/24)
2014 Mix (5.1) – this is the Steven Wilson surround mix. This is available in Dolby 5.1, DTS, and lossless MLP. The last version (MLP) is only accessible if you have a DVD/Blu-ray player that supports the DVD-Audio format and is equal in quality to the blu-ray edition which is available separately.
Which is debatable (at least the profit of a higher sample frequency) due to the use of that digital compressor.
i got same letter saying their is no turquoise 2014 vinyl available.
any idea where to get one?
Heinerich says:
Sigh* I received the standard “grey” vinyl instead of the turquoise 2014 remix, which I preordered from Universal… Today I got the “standard e-mail from them, telling me that they don’t have it any longer…
Is there any way to get this resolved and receive the correct LP? Please
I received my 4-CD/2-DVD box set today. It is wonderful! Beautifully packaged and loaded with information and music, of course. Nice work, Paul and everyone involved in the project. You guys truly did an overall fantastic job!
With that said, I have to admit that I am puzzled with the inclusion of a vinyl transfer for the U.S. Single Version of “Shout”. In my own collection, I have it in digital form (not vinyl transfer) on Universal’s own “More Pure 80’s” CD, released in 2000 on UTV Records, plus a few other compilations (no vinyl transfers either). I am thinking that the U.S. Division of Universal Music has it readily available in digital form, since it just recently appeared on the 2014 release, “ICON: ’80s Hits”, released by Universal Music (U.S.) as well.
If one glances over the All Music (www.allmusic.com) page for the various versions of “Shout” featured on compilations, one will see that the U.S. Single Version (often running 4:03-4:07) has appeared on CD numerous times over the years. I doubt that they are all vinyl transfers either since, as I mentioned above, all the ones in my music collection are not from vinyl.
Any ideas, Paul?
Don’t know to be honest. The whole finding-the-right-tapes situation is a nightmare and you are dealing with a major label going back and fourth on various things. Sometimes a tape will turn up but the whole thing is too far along to stop the process and correct. Not saying that is what happened here, but sometimes ‘business’ stuff or deadlines or budget ‘trump’ other things. We found a great version of Mothers Talk too late to include, which was very annoying!!
Thank you for the response, Paul.
Fear Of The Dark says:
Okay, I’m curious – what was the great version of Mothers Talk that was found too late? (Fair enough if you are not at liberty to say.)
I’d like to know as well. :)
Ronen says:
I also received the ‘grey’ LP from Universal instead of the ‘blue’ 2014 remix. Can you please let me know who I need to contact in order to get this resolved and receive the correct LP? A direct email address would be great. Many thanks.
have a look back at the comments – I posted an email address. Thanks.
axs says:
Just noticed a 2014 mix vinyl sold on eBay for over £100!! Still seems to be available on the record label website though.
Hi Paul –
Just received the correct vinyl version. Not had a chance to play it yet but it ‘looks’ great.
I can’t thank you enough for sorting this out for me (and others), you really went the extra mile. Please convey my thanks to the product manager also.
P.S. By the way, do you happen to know if the MP3 download mentioned on the front cover is a download of the standard mix or of the Stereo Mix?
You’re welcome. Don’t think that download works yet, but I’m not expecting it to be the 2014 version, even though that would be logical!
does somebody know where can I order the :
Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair (2014 Stereo Mix)
Label: Mercury – 4700591, vinyl?
I followed the link for preorder that was here in the article. It was working I ordered the vinyl, it was showing the green cover one on the site. Then i received today and it is the grey one:
Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair
Label: Mercury – 3794995, backtoblack vinyl.
I checked the Udiscover link here again and the item is not available anymore…can I be so unlucky that they mixed up my order, and this is sold out already and i can only buy it for hundreds of euros??? sometime..????:((
This seems to have happened to a lot of people / everyone. I’ve given up trying to figure out what’s going on to be honest. Sorry.
If you have a spare one for me i would be very happy to get one and pay you the price. (Only now i went through the comments..sorry)
Email me your address (via ‘get in touch’ button) and I’ll try and get one to you.
Stumbled upon this amazing site and had to run out to get the BR-audio! It states that the “original mix” is included, in addition to the Steven Wilson 2014 Stereo Mix & 5.1 Mix. Does anyone know if this “original mix” is the 1985 version or the new 2014 remaster by Chris Hughes?
Anyway, am super chuffed with the reissue and now cant wait for Seeds of Love to come next yr!
Hi Keith. The ‘original mix’ is the Chris Hughes version from 1985 but it’s remastered in 2014 by Andy Walter. Despite people worrying about the remaster I’ve read that most are pleased with how it sounds. thanks, Paul
Thanks Paul. Email sent. This is most gracious of you.
Got your email. Will be in touch. P
Hi Paul. Got the 2014 mix vinyl today! Thanks again for all your help.
Excellent – glad it got there safely.
Got an email reply this morning. Same reply Trash got. Simply said they are not available and that I’d get a refund in 3-5 days and to keep the vinyl received. Would love to get what I pre-ordered. If you know of a way to get me a copy it would be greatly appreciated.
Email me your address (use ‘Get In Touch’ button on the site) and I’ll get a copy sent to you. I’m bypassing official channels and doing this renegade SDE style :)
You’ll see my message subject:
“Message from ‘Trash’ re: TFF 2014 stereo mix”
Really appreciate this.
Just received my pre-order vinyl of the 2014 mixes, but received the Back To Black version instead. Sent an email to the support email listed above. Will see what happens. Very disappointed that this has happened.
Yes, it seems to have happened to quite a few people. Let us know what happens.
Did you see my comment above – even after insisting and mentioning the conversation you had with the product manager they are still insisting that there is no stock :-(
Somehow I don’t see this being resolved…
This is ridiculous. I don’t know WTF is going on. They’ve got 400 of them apparently. Anyway, email me your address and I can get one sent to you because I know a man who has a few spares.
P.S. Maybe someone is hoarding the 400 in the hope they may be valuable one day :-)
No worries. Got your email. I’m reckon the ‘missing’ vinyl will surface at some point…. P
Had a response from Universal who are still insisting that the item is out of stock. Can you get the product manager to have a word with them – this seems ridiculous.
FYI here is the latest response:
Hi Joe
We are sorry as stated in the email below, we have no further stock left and are unable to send this out to you.
We have therefore issued a full refund and the payment will process within 3-5 days. Please note that there is no need to return the wrong record.
We apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment caused by this.
Digital Stores Customer Services
Incidentally I now notice that the product has now been removed from the site…
This is all so so strange…
Many thanks for any further insights you can glean on this Paul.
Wayne Carter says:
Hope I am not asking something a second time…
Does anyone know where I can get good jpegs of all the covers for the Super Deluxe Box Set? Have imported all into my digital library and am a bit of a perfectionist..
fanart.tv
Paul Chapman says:
Not wanting to take away from the fantastic audio content, but the DVD is awful, looks like awful youtube clips, ratio is all over the place.
Very disappointing, wouldn’t a simple port from any of the few available dvds been easier than what Universal served up
10/10 for the audio 0/10 for the dvd
Hi Paul – I’ve had a couple of comments about the DVD so I went back and had another look.
Putting to one side the whole aspect ration situation, I have to say I completely reject the idea that anything looks like “awful youtube clips”. They don’t. They look like ’80s videos and an ’80s documentary much of which was almost certainly shot on video tape and not film. But even with that proviso I still think they look fine. I’ve watched them on a 40″ HD TV as well.
I’d go further and say “The Way You Are” looks really good. So does the video for the US mix of “Mothers Talk”. I mean, how “good” do you expect these things to look? I don’t see how the quality of that US version of Mothers Talk could be improved, short of going back and colour correcting all the promos. If this was a £100 box set perhaps the budget would have been there to do that.
All of the Top of the Pops and Wogan clips also look quite clean and sharp. Only “I Believe” does look a bit crap and grainy, but that’s mainly because it’s so dark.
On to the aspect ration ‘situation’. Four videos aren’t 4:3. That’s probably about 16 minutes out of 160 minutes of promo/documentary/interview. Two of those four videos (Everybody Wants To Rule The World and I Believe) look like they might be the original aspect to me, which leaves just the second Mothers Talk and Shout
as promos that look a bit cropped. Yes, it would be better if they were 4:3, but a couple of videos at a sub-optimum ration does not make for an “awful” DVD.
The Top of the pops all LOOK fine except nearly all of them are widescreen and not 4:3. Only both clips of Everybody Wants To Rule The World are the exception.
Ideal? No. A disaster/travesty/something worth writing to your local MP about? Hardly.
In short we will have to agree to differ on this. In my opinion the quality is in general FINE, often better than fine. The odd video is cropped and for some reason virtually all the BBC stuff isn’t 4:3. It’s not perfect, but the only reason I’ve answered this point at such length is because I’m worried people with think it’s horrendous and it’s miles from that.
I have the videos from multiple sources over the years & my comments are based what I’ve seen over the years.
Using Mothers Talk (US Version) as you have highlighted it I have in far better quality, so it’s out there.
The incorrect ratio of the clips is terrible quality control, there are many 80’s artists where a professional job has been carried out, Frankie’s – Frankie Said recently being a good example, BBC footage in a ratio that wasn’t in different ratios??
The quality isn’t so much the issue, it is what it is.
Couldn’t Universal have done just a simple port of the Promos etc?, would have been easy & cheaper.
This isn’t a criticism aimed at you Paul in any shape or form & I hope you haven’t taken it that way.
It’s an outstanding Box Set as I’ve said several times over the last couple of weeks, all over Twitter etc
But the DVD isn’t of the same quality , a simple fact
Paul, the 24/96 stereo 2014 mix is divine, thank you.
Is there a 24/96 stereo mix of the Hurting lurking about? The hurting box set did not have a DVD-A disc?
Thanks. There is a 24/96 version of the standard Hurting mix on blu-ray audio, but that’s obviously nothing like the 2014 stereo mix of “Songs” which was a proper remix.
Thanks Paul, I wonder if Universal will release this to HD Tracks as they have with SFTBC, where you can buy the two 24/96 stereo mixes.
John Drake says:
SFTBC is available over at HDTracks now. Stereo only, but both the original recording remastered as well as the stereo Steve Wilson 2014 mix.
http://www.hdtracks.com/songs-from-the-big-chair
At first I wasn’t all that interested, as I’d always assumed from the sound of it that SFTBC was a digital recording (or had been entirely processed thru a Fairlight or something). However, I found this curious note at HDTracks:
“Songs From The Big Chair was originally recorded on 1/2″ analog tape in 1983 using a digital compressor that cut frequencies higher than 20hKz before being written to tape. This 2014 remaster was done by Andy Walter, at Abbey Road Studios from these same analog tapes which were transferred to digital at 96kHz/24-bit.”
So it sounds like the original master, having gone thru probably a 44.1kHz/16-bit digital compressor back in the ’80s, might as well be a digital recording. In other words, there’s little to no advantage to doing a high-resolution edition of the original master.
However, now I’m very interested in Steve Wilson’s 2014 remix, since that would have been taken from the original analog multitracks which were NOT run thru a digital compressor. So, apart from anything that had been sampled thru a Fairlight on the recording, you should see quite a bit of improvement in any 24-bit, 96kHz version of Wilson’s remix. The bass in particular should be a lot more realistic at 24-bit.
That’s really interesting – thanks John.
Am I wrong or the track list in cd 2 is wrong? Track 14 should be the short version of shout while my player reports 4.40 time while track 9 that should be the us version reports 4.04
That’s correct. The Short Version is longer than the US Single Version.
We’re the original studio recordings analogue or digital and if digital does this mean the source for the 24/96 2014 remaster was actually 16/44.1?
They were analogue. You can see a photo of the box that the tape was in within this post https://www.superdeluxeedition.com/feature/exclusive-remixing-tears-for-fears-and-the-stereo-channel-saga/
By the way – with all my whining about not get the correct vinyl edition I think I may have totally neglected to say what a great job you have done on this Paul.
– The packaging is great – I liked The Hurting packaging too and it is nice that the boxes are consistent. Loved the Gold sticker :-)
– My CDs were held together with a white band which was a nice touch as these things often come loose in transit.
– The content is superb – I have not worked through everything yet but, being a huge fan rather than a detailed completist, it certainly contains all I could want (perhaps more demos would have been nice but I suspect they don’t exist or they would have been included).
– Soundwise: I do most of my listening on headphones and to my ancient ears things sound very nice indeed – balanced and full with nice separation and no remastering artefacts (of the type that unfortunately still seem to blight some remasters).
– I’ve only skimmed the booklet so far and it’s nice to have the artist commenting on their work especially with the benefit of distance. I look forward to reading it all.
– The reproduction program…. hmmm….. I guess it’s a nice addition but as I flicked through it, it really reminded me of why I always found programmes a bit of a rip off (especially as an impoverished student). Still it could have been worse – at least there are no glass marbles in sight :-)
Overall a fitting tribute to a great album. As much as I rave about Elemental, SFTBC is still my favourite TFF album and this reissue *finally* does it justice.
Thanks again Paul.
Thanks, much appreciated. You’re right about the demos!
Dave Harris says:
Quite annoyed to get the black and white version of the vinyl…thought the blue version LOOKED great as well as I’m sure sounding great. Hope universal pit this right!
The box set though is ACE!!
This is indeed annoying as mine was posted late last week and received the next day. I email them straight away to say there had been an error and yet they are clearly still sending them out.
Perhaps they think/hope we wouldn’t notice :-)
I’ve contacted Universal and this is the email address that you need to contact if you have received the wrong SFTBC vinyl: storesupport@umusic.com
Apparently you need to just explain the situation and include some kind of receipt number or proof of purchase and they will sort. You’d hope they might let you keep the other vinyl as a gesture of goodwill, but I’m not promising that that will happen…. let me know how you get on. thanks, Paul
Thanks for doing this. I have been using the web from up until now which seems to send emails into a black hole.
I have now contacted them using the email above as you suggest. I’ll let you know when/if I hear anything.
P.S. Ordered the David Rhodes album :-)
Yeah, let me know. Hope you enjoy David Rhodes!
Just received this fromUniversal:
We are sorry to hear that you have received the wrong album.
Unfortunately we have no remaining stock left and are unable to arrange a replacement.
I’m kind of suspicious as I pre-ordered this pretty much straight away. I’m wondering was it ever *actually* available?
Oh well disappointed but at least I won’t be out of pocket. :-(
Thanks again for your help with this.
Really sorry for you re this. It’s poor from Universal I have to say. I’ll make a few further enquiries…
What were you offered? Refund, but return the black LP? Or refund and keep the black LP or what?
Sorry about lots of messages. Here’s the situation, there are PLENTY of the limited edition 2014 mix vinyl left in stock. Please contact them again and if necessary say James Meadows in UK marketing has confirmed that.
Tony Law says:
I got the same reply as trash. Thanks for the advice Paul – I will try that as well and hope they don’t now suggest an exchange as I have now unwrapped the black vinyl!
Thanks for the continued updates on this Paul – I really can’t believe the effort are having to o through just to to get a simple order fulfilled.
Luckily I I have kept the album intact and unopened (as I really have no interest in replacing my original with a repressing).
I’ve taken your advice and written in again. I let you know what I hear…
No reply yet. Meanwhile, I notice that the album seems to be available here: http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-vinyl-2014/invt/0602547005915
I wonder if I should place an order or whether I will get yet another black album…
Just got my vinyl and it too is the black cover vinyl version instead of the 2014 Stereo version. Really disappointed after the long wait.
Steven Roberts says:
“Do deluxe editions get any better than this?”
Yes – IMHO, the XTC CD/BD release are still the yardstick by which other SDEs need to be judged…
Totally agree – The XTC reissues certainly set the benchmark in terms of quality and value for money…
But not packaging. XTC isn’t as nice as this. And the booklets just fall out when you open the digi-packs ?! Can’t argue with content though and obviously a great price.
I’ll tell you why the XTC edges out the Tears for Fears, and it’s not (just) the price – it’s the fact that all the music (original mix, remix, 5.1, demos, b-sides) is on the XTC Blu-ray in hi-res.
I think Universal have missed a trick with the Tears box set – if I had been in their shoes I would have pushed to put everything on the CDs on the included Blu-ray as well (at least in hi-res if not in 5.1), and included this expanded Blu-ray only in the box set.
So the casual fan gets the option of the standalone 5.1 Blu-ray in hi-res – and the dedicated collector gets *everything* in hi-res.
Will there be a CD of the 2014 stereo mix?
‘Fraid not.
Mine has just dropped through the door.
I went straight for the DVD-A 2014 stereo mix as I don’t really do surround. It’s clearly less compressed and more detailed than the previous deluxe edition without even running it through the Dynamic Range Meter.
It’s not a big an upgrade as the Hurting but it’s one of my favourite albums so any sound improvement is welcome.
Probably could’ve lived without the tour programme but the booklet is a good read with a lot more detail than you usually get with these sort of things.
Will work my way through the cds next week.
So glad to hear they’re going to do this for ‘Seeds.’
Really? Where did you hear that out of interest. I hope it’s true.
Seeds would be good but I would be even more interested in a remaster of Elemental – a great album with a really strong set of b-sides. I’d love to hear the demos for this album too.
Paul said this, it’s the first or second comment on this page :-)
Oops – sorry.
September was so long ago… :-)
NeilKelly says:
Bad feedback already?
I received my copy today, looks good and sounds good.
My only comments ate the booklets feel like fanzines, other Universal box sets I have like this are hard back books.
Why no CD of the 2014 Stereo Mix? Its not even available to download, poor. I’m not an audiophile who has a surround set up and don’t fancy sitting in front of my tv to hear this new mix. Poor.
The booklet says the footage on the DVD was restored, but it looks like straight transfers from the old ‘Tears Roll Down’ VHS compilation complete with bad blurry graphics and at one point you see credits for it before they fade out quickly. I’m disappointed with the TOTP’s clips, the ratio for most of them have been recreated as widescreen but while others aren’t, strange. they are also poorer quality, probably due to the disc being a DVD9 and compression. The same happened with Universal’s Big Country BBC box set.
However, saying this its a great box to have and look forward to the next one one.
Thanks for your comments… a few further comments in response…
I like the soft-cover booklets. Much easier to actually read (the whole purpose after all) and I always think the spines on the hardcover ones will fall apart quite quickly!
You don’t need a surround sound set-up to hear the new stereo mix – just a DVD player which is connected to two speakers or your TV. You have to draw the line somewhere with these sets… a CD of the new mix would have meant 7-discs! It’s on vinyl if you have a turntable.
The videos came from various sources – it wasn’t a straight transfer from the Tears Roll Down compilation as you suggest. Some are better than others – I think The Way You Are is very good for example. Some of TOTPs are 4:3, some aren’t. I can’t recall all the details but if Neil Wilkes reads this he might be able to offer some further comment. We did the best we could with the deadlines and budget etc.
As I said, I don’t want to sit in front of my TV to listen to this new mix. I’d rather have it on the go, car, mp3 player etc.
I don’t have a turntable and its a bit much to buy just to have the download of the new mix. I know, everyone is different but if it was me compiling I wouldn’t have included the bsides from The Hurting, regardless if they were on a SFTBC cassette because they shouldn’t have been included on that anyway. They are on The Hurting box set already. I don’t need a disc of single edits either. A new stereo mix is far more interesting than those, but I know there are completists for these things.
I’m going to rip the new stereo mix from the DVD with with some software and burn it to a disc assuming there is a LPCM layer on the DVD. I do agree though that the new stereo mix should have been released on CD because for the life of me i cannot see why anybody would be interested in buying the 2 disc edition to get a bunch of edits and i agree The Conflict should not be on this.
I have a 2nd copy secured at £37.99 but i may cancel it. Was hoping it would go back to £31.90 at some point. It’s currently about £45.99. I may be able to make a few quid towards my first copy but don’t think it’s worth the risk!
Just received my supposed 2014 Stereo Mix blue cover vinyl edition – ordered specifically from Universal. Was very excited until I opened only to find it looks like a reissue of the standard edition – despite the fact that this is not actually listed on their site!
Still waiting to hear what they have to say about it – I still have my original so I’m not interested in a reissue of the same thing!
Do you mean you got the black cover vinyl version by mistake?
Yes indeed – I got sent the black cover version which is not listed on the site so I don’t see how I could have ordered it in error.
To be clear – I ordered directly from Universal using the link posted above…
The link still points to the new Stereo mix version (and Universal don’t seem to be selling the normal version) so I think someone screwed up – but I’ll see what they have to say when they eventually get back to me.
You may get to keep that one too, so might work out….
Hi Trash. The same happened to me! I’m not happy either. Ordered the “blue version” and today received the normal black and white version.
I’ve made some enquiries about this for you at Universal. Will let you know what they come back with.
I’ve sent three emails to Universal so far and heard nothing (not even an acknowledgement that they have received my emails).
Thanks for following up on this Paul – anything you can find out will be much appreciated.
Dave, if I hear anything I will post back here…
the same thing happened to me. They sent me the normal black and white edition. Not the green color tinted package. i emailed them now
Slightly annoyed Amazon just jacked the price up for the 6 disc set by £10 over the last few days.
I was over the moon it was £35, now it’s £45 I’m a little more “wait and see”. I’ll still get it mind you, I just will need to wait.
Why didn’t you get an early pre-order in to secure the lower price? It doesn’t cost anything to do that.
Jose, I believe the b-sides of that era are the original Hughes/Stanley material.
Daran says:
@ Neil – yes i have seen the ‘new’ price too! I was sure I had pre-ordered it at £31-32 pounds. No such luck, that was the new PF album I ordered.
What on earth is Amazon playing at with a near 50% increase? Monolopy arrogance? Where is that SDE shop Paul! We need alternatives to Amazon.
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Paul, congratulations for fantastic job! I remember that I’ve read in 1987/1988 that Tears for Fears had abandoned a project because the songs were sounded very similar to “SFTBC” album. They’ve started all over again and finally released “TSOL” in 1989. Is it possible to confirm these information? If it’ true, is there any possibility for those previous unreleased material (After SFTBC and Before TSOL) to be release next year on the “TSOL” Super Deluxe version?
The price has gone up to £45.99 on Amazon.
always thought this song was great,
and i found a japanese EP that had
other cool tracks:
A1 The Way You Are 7:44
A2 Pale Shelter (New Extended Version) 6:52
B1 The Marauders 4:16
B2 We Are Broken 4:02
B3 Start Of The Breakdown (Live) 5:52
Then got the UK 12″, it was ages before i even
knew about the 7″ edit. but got it eventually
on vinyl.
it was on : Living In Oblivion: The 80’s Greatest Hits – Volume 3
the extended mix was on cd : Richard Blade’s Flashback Favorites Volume 4
this was before all the re-releases.
i don’t mind the band didn’t think too highly of it,
a lot of bands put out non album stuff – u2 – a celebration,
new order – confusion, murder, blue monday, etc. so if it works
for the fans, fine.
Rob Plunkett says:
Thank you for all your hard work Paul. This is how deluxe editions should be done. I am really looking forward to the informative booklet with the track details and interviews. Regardless of what some people say, I think a lot of these remasters would be worse off without your involvement. Of course there are some concerns about the sound of the remastering but that is outwith your control and you can always keep your original CD and enjoy them both.
Does Universal have the rights to the ABC catalogue? Would you consider being involved in a Lexicon of Love SDE? I am sure Martin Fry would be happy to assist also.
Daniele Paladini says:
The actual link in the article to buy from amazon italy is the import version, the regular super deluxe it’s much cheaper, 34,99 euro right now. Can’t copy/paste the link from my smartphone, but if you make a search will find, it’s not listed very well, has the picture of the regular cd and is listing 4 cds content, but being released in November you can’t go wrong
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Gareth Greenwood says:
I noticed that you mention an alternative “Mother’s Talk” US Remix on here that’s never been out before. I think it may have been as I have 2 different (but quite similar mixes) myself. I think the one you mention is probably on the CDV Single of “Head Over Heels” http://www.discogs.com/Tears-For-Fears-Head-Over-Heels/release/1571682
I will check myself when I get the box set :)
I’m also quite pleased that the 2 oddities from the MFSL CD of the album are not on the box set as it makes that CD quite unique still.
Both versions of the US Mix of Mothers Talk have been out before, but not on the same reissue! There is a completely unreleased version of Mothers Talk on disc four which is instrumental.
D.A. Siano says:
A point of clarity would be appreciated, because I am confused about something (or rather, it’s not readily apparent to me from this post, nor was I able to find something in the comments):
The single CD version or disc 1 of the 2CD and boxed set versions is NOT the Wilson stereo remix? It is simply a remastered version of the original mixes?
If I am understanding correctly, the only way to get Wilson’s stereo remix is on the DVD-A in the boxed set, the Blu-ray, and the vinyl.
I certainly plan to get the Blu-ray as I am a huge on both Wilson and TFF (this is something of a “worlds colliding” moment for me). But I would also like Wilson’s stereo remix on CD, admittedly mostly to rip for portable reasons.
Your understanding is basically correct, which means you should probably worked out that you can’t get the new 2014 mix on CD, unfortunately.
What are the choices for sound selections in the Blu-ray Audio?
DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and PCM Stereo 2.0?
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Universal have just announced a Limited edition coloured vinyl version if this too now….
LedMan says:
Great Job Paul!
I hope this is just the beginning and that Universal will at least consider including a true DVD-A in future “SD” edition box sets including many future Classic Rock reissues. Even if there won’t be 5.1 mixes included, I hope these future sets will include a hi rez stereo mix including flat transfers of the original mixes.
Will the DVD-A in this SD edition set also include a flat transfer of the original mix or is that only available on the Blu-Ray disc? I pre-ordered the box set and probably will order the Blu-Ray too which hopefully will be available in the U.S. soon.
Glad to hear that you’re working with Universal!
“Will the DVD-A in this SD edition set also include a flat transfer of the original mix or is that only available on the Blu-Ray disc?”
Good question. Conflicting bits of information on here and other sites. Clarification, please?
It includes the 2014 remaster of the original mix – i.e. what’s on CD 1 in the box / deluxe edition. It’s not a flat transfer but it is high res being on the DVD.
“but it is high res being on the DVD.”
I’d rather have a flat transfer in non-hi-res than a bad remaster in high res (I doubt I can hear the difference between CD and higher res anyway… my hearing stops at around 17 kHz which is well below the CD Nyquist freq), but we’ll see how it sounds. If it is compressed to death that will not be good when you’re switching on the DVD-A!
Paul, is there any chance that even though they put out a deluxe of ‘The Hurting’ the one thing that was missed was a 5.1 surround for it. Now that they got Steven Wilson to do SFTBC in 5.1 is there any chance for a 5.1 of ‘The Hurting’ and Steven Wilson please for the remix.
I did suggest that, but don’t think it’s going to happen (unfortunately).
That is unfortunate. Just gong through my SFTBC Box that I received for Christmas and love the 5.1 mix, and seeing TSOL is going to get the SDE treament, presumably with a 5.1 mix, it leaves Hurting out in the cold with no 5.1 mix. Perhaps a future Blu-Ray issue? Though having an existing 2.0 Blu-Ray and a boxed set surely must shrink the market for another disc. Very unfortunate state of affairs for the 5.1 fan.
SimonP says:
I haven’t unwrapped mine yet.
Michael Bird says:
Paul, if you are in contact with such people, I would like to know if it was intentional that The Hurting box boasts just enough empty space to accommodate the blu-ray being tucked inside it, which is where mine now lives.
The UK wowhd site shows there is a sale on, but none of the prices are discounted!
Mike Williams says:
Little nudge also to wowhd Ireland offering 15% off, a little under £26
Heads up US buyers, head to Wow HD for the sale today. I only paid $42.49 with the discount added. More than half off what Amazon is charging!
I’m getting a little confused by some of the various retailers and their marketing.
UVinyl, Universal’s vinyl reissue brand, are offering the box set AND an exclusive vinyl release of the SW new 2014 stereo mix (I presume the regular vinyl release is the original stereo mix?), as a bundle for £49.99. Or you can by this green tinged vinyl release on its own for £15.99
http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-vinyl-2014/invt/0602547005915
So, more editions! ;-)
Then there’s the Blu Ray which Amazon UK still don’t list, yet Amazon Germany and France do, albeit that the German’s are charging twice as much as the French. Even Universal’s own HFPA store isn’t showing it.
Lots of confusing messages, all compounded by the official video trailer failing to mention the Blu Ray too.
If you can enlighten us in any way on this Paul, I’d be incredibly grateful :-)
What do you want to know exactly and I’ll do my best!!
Great news but avid TFF fan has a few quibbles:
– PLEASE listen to all the cds! No more glitches, please…
– Is the “Beat of the Drum Mix” of “Mothers Talk” the 8:58 version also found on the 2006 deluxe edition or the longer 9:18 “full version” that only appeared on acetate?
– “Broken Revisited” was on SFTBC 1999, on SFTBC deluxe 2006 and on Hurting deluxe 2013 (although mislabeled as “We are Broken”). I know it belongs here but it would be nice to finally have “We are Broken”. After all, it was the early version of a SFTBC song…
– What is the difference between the 7″ and album version of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”?
– I don’t have the MFSL version but it has been repeatedly stated that “Head over Heels” has a longer chorus on that CD. Would have been nice to have this alternative version here but I see it would have been hard to integrate it.
But largely, this is really on the plus side – especially when considering the missed opportunities on the Hurting deluxe editions:
– A 5.1 Mix by Steven Wilson! This is not just “another” 5.1 mix. It actually raises TFF up into the league of respected progressive acts such as Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Caravan, Gentle Giant, XTC etc.
– Many rarities! (including oddities such as the interview and short versions) I’ve counted at least 12 rare tracks on discs 2 & 3, and the complete disc 4! Amazing when you consider the 2006 deluxe edition already included 20 extra tracks.
– All the videos! Again this makes me wonder why that wasn’t done for The Hurting…
– More rare material on the DVD (ok TOTP were playbacks but nice to see anyway).
Hi Julian… some answers
Is the “Beat of the Drum Mix” of “Mothers Talk” the 8:58 version also found on the 2006 deluxe edition or the longer 9:18 “full version” that only appeared on acetate? ANSWER: It’s the 8.58. We tried to find the tapes to 9.18 but to no avail. Presumed no one wants a scratchy version from an acetate?
– “Broken Revisited” was on SFTBC 1999, on SFTBC deluxe 2006 and on Hurting deluxe 2013 (although mislabeled as “We are Broken”). I know it belongs here but it would be nice to finally have “We are Broken”. After all, it was the early version of a SFTBC song… ANSWER: There is a cool demo/early mix of We Are Broken that no one has ever heard on disc 4 (we’ve called it “Broken (Early Mix)” so as not to confuse. It lasts for about a minute longer (it doesn’t have the backwards tape intro) and features saxophone. Hopefully that will make up for the lack of the proper We Are Broken :)
– I don’t have the MFSL version but it has been repeatedly stated that “Head over Heels” has a longer chorus on that CD. Would have been nice to have this alternative version here but I see it would have been hard to integrate it. ANSWER: Took a similar view to this as the extended version of Shout on the same disc. An interesting quirky error that doesn’t really belong on here since not an official remix or even an official promo. And an element of ‘you have to draw the line somewhere’ most of the discs are already full on this set.
Ok… thanks Paul. I’m definitely looking forward to this.
Friso Pas says:
As long as there’s a blu-ray or dvd-a in deluxe boxsets with 24bit audio, I’m very happy. A hires DL would be a bonus with that, but actually necessary when it’s not on one of the physical discs.
Jos says:
Great Job Paul, you are a true example for the whole musicbusiness. THIS is how a box should be compiled, by a musiclover!! Welldone!!!!!!
I forgot to thank fisonic as well.
By the way: the MFSL uncut version can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e02LXQid4aU
@ Jason & Paul:
Thanks for the info. Yesterday I analyzed both versions (the 7:38 and 8:02 mixes) and found, that the So80s 8:02 mix not only fades later, but also has a longer intro! It adds about 10 seconds of instrumental build-up. Not that it adds something new, it just repeats the gimmicky bass line at around 11 seconds into the songs one time more than the shorter version. Additionally, as you both pointed out, it fades out later. so mot just a later fade out but also a longer intro.
Wow. I had not noticed this previously. I will pull out my “so80s 8” CD and take a listen. Interesting that the compilers decided to extend that section. Strange. Thanks for pointing that out!
Now I must get my hands on that longer version of “Head Over Heels” from the MFSL CD. It can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUv-W-Gbx1A&feature=youtu.be
So, I pulled out my “so80s 8” disc, and I don’t hear the extended section in the intro to which you are referring. It sounds exactly the same as the MFSL version, except that it fades out at 8:02 instead of 8:17. Are you sure about this? Or, am I missing something?
I will check again, but when I analyzed them, I noticed that in the so80s version all the elements (singing, drums, solos etc.) after this point happen 10 seconds later… I really stood there with my watch and for me there is a longer intro. But, as I said, I will check again to make absolutely sure, I don’t want to add confusion to all these various mixes.
I now checked again, I compared the ‘Extended Version’ from the so80s 8 CD to the version from the Pearls Of The 80s CD and they are indeed different insofar as former fades out later AND really has a longer intro.
After 10 seconds the melody stops and there is just a goofy bass solo. The so80s version repeats this solo twice whereas the Pearls Of The 80s CD plays it only once. Hence the time difference of 10 seconds.
Can’t talk about the original 12″ versions, but the same mix on these two CDs is indeed different!
Dutch readers can get a good deal at bol.com. The deluxe set is there for just under € 63,00. I had a € 5,00 gift so € 58,00 is a great deal for this box.
With the Donna Summer, Another Place And Time also underway this was a great year for me in the form of Re-issued 80’s albums.
Still hoping for Fleetwood Mac’s Tango In The Night coming anytime soon.
Pharaoh says:
THANK YOU – This is wonderfully exciting!!!
I really hope that the complete Massey Hall gig may come out as a stand-alone release as DVD/BLU-RAY/LP but with the few tracks included in this set, it seems unlikely.
“The Seeds Of Love” box release will no doubt blow us away! Can’t wait!
gary c says:
What is the track-listing for the vinyl, will it have a DL card, and what will be on it?
Vinyl is standard album. Don’t know about DL, but will try and find out. Quite likely I think.
Or is this an edit of the aforementioned MFSL CD version?
My understanding is that the MFSL CD version from 1998 featured the full, uncut “Extended Version” (A.K.A. “UK Extended Remix”) of “Shout” at 8:17. (Some person was kind enough to send me a FLAC copy of this 8:17 version from the MFSL CD a few years ago). The original 12″ ran about 7:37 because it simply faded out earlier. That’s the way that it was heard at that time and for years (7:37 of playing time, that is) … until 1998 when MFSL put out a full, uncut 8:17 version.
“So80s8”, which apparently used the MFSL CD as a source, simply faded the song at 8:02 before it faded out, went back up in volume again, and faded out again. In other words, the ending sounded a bit sloppy by going up and down in volume, so the creators probably decided to get rid of those last 15 seconds, opting to fade out early. My understanding is that this “Super Deluxe Edition” of “Songs from the Big Chair” will feature the original 7:37 version of “Shout” as it was originally pressed and released at the time.
That is what I have gathered from all of this, unless someone can confirm or comment otherwise.
This is all correct.
Being not a hardcore Tears For Fears fan, but always a great admirer of their song “Shout” I noticed that the ‘Extended Version’ of this song (track 3 on the third CD) runs 7:37 minutes.
At the same time this same mix can be found on Volume 8 of Blank&Jones ‘S080s’ series but here the running time is given with (and actually is) 8:02 minutes. The 12″ info on Discogs also has the 7:37 minute info, so is the mix on B&J So80s CD another, longer version? It definitely is not the’ US Mix’ (which also runs 8:02 minutes), as it starts and ends like the ‘Extended Version’, still it is 25 seconds longer…?
Has anybody any information about this?
fisonic says:
As far as I can tell, the So80S 8 version of Shout is the UK Extended Version, but has a longer fade-out. Not totally sure if it’s otherwise 100% identical, but from a quick comparison it seems to be.
Lonewolf says:
Great news!!! The new mixes look tempting, I hope the mastering engineer do not apply a lot of compression on the tracks like the ’99 & the ’05 releases…
This seems simply perfect!
Thanks for doing it with style, Paul. And thanks for convincing Universal to do it the right way.
Great work! I can only second DJ Salinger’s words from above. :-D
Is the stereo remix on the DVD-A?
I’m deffo up for hearing that!
Yes it’s on there!
Cool! I’ll get this as soon as possible :D
By the way, considering that We Are Broken wasn’t really included on The Hurting boxset, wouldn’t it be possible to release it now?
I had an email this afternoon from Amazon stating that the release date has been put back to 10 November 2014
Yes, I said it was the 10th in the post! :)
Dan Slattery says:
Has the Pure Audio release been pulled? I see there’s just an Amazon.de link now, and it has a “sign up to be notified when this item is available” message on the product page.
roberto bessa says:
And now waiting for the seeds of love, money for nothing, the head on the door, the dream of the blue turtles……all with 5.1 and of course with mr.wilson
Joe j says:
Well done Paul on this great achievement and I hope you continue to be involved in future TFF releases. Do you know if the dimensions of the actual box itself is the same as the hurting box set? Also is it a lift-lid style like tho hurting? Hoping that it is as they would look great beside each other on the shelf. Hoping as well that TSOL will be the same to complete the trilogy!! ;-)
Thanks Joe. Yes, I’m almost certain the boxes are the same, so hopefully will look cool next to each other on the shelf!
Paul, someone mentioned that on the MFSL cd version of the Big Chair, the Shout – Extended Version is actually almost 40 seconds longer, totalling 8 min.17 s. So why is that one not in the boxset?
Because it shouldn’t have been 40 seconds longer. That was simply an error where someone accidentally left the tape running. It sounds terrible, and is in no way an official remix. It was never released in the 1980s for a start.
Thanks a lot, Paul, for all your efforts and comments here in the post.
I appreciate it very much that you take the time to answer all our questions. I really get the impression that you try to make the best boxset possible. Kudos!
So what were the glitches on the Hurting box set please, Fedge?
I have it and I only noticed the shitload of background noise on Change (New Version)
The glitches were on Ideas as Opiates (album version). One halfway into the song, right before the sax solo; the other one in the crossfade to Memories Fade.
I for one am very pleased with the DVD-A/V choice – thank you Paul. Also, it’s not clear to me, but is the new Steven Wilson stereo mix on the DVD?
I’m looking forward to the interviews you mentioned, and your track by track commentary for that matter. I’m really pleased to see such a fan oriented set. It ticks pretty much all my boxes (lyrics aside, but then maybe that’s a publishing/money thing. I’d rather pay less than have the lyrics for this) with the edits, remixes, unreleased stuff associated video stuff and 5.1. Delighted there’s going to be 5.1 mix. So thanks for your involvement Paul. This looks like a really, really good set.
Mike the DVD has everything: Steven Wilson 2014 Stereo Mix (hi-res), the Steven Wilson 5.1 mix (dolby 5.1, DTS and MLP lossless for DVD-A) and it has the original mix in hi-res stereo.
Paul, thank you for your effort & involvement in this project! Very excited about, but missed out the 15% discount offer when buying 2 items on wowhd. I’ll wait for the next offer.
Very happy about this release. But less happy that the record company took/takes 3x of my money (original release/2CD deluxe/now 6CD deluxe)! I hope all other future deluxe editions by all record companies will be “last time”, that means it will include everything, released, unreleased, first time on CD, unused etc. So they won’t be taking our money every 5 or 10 years. They have to do right the first time around, especially with help/involvement by the fans/Paul would be even better!
paul, am not buying this as you have let us down and not included the Venezuelan 1986 Dub Acappella edit from the limited 12” release of Shout…
Wow, amazing set, amazing value and utterly definitive. Congrats!
Hi Paul, what a great lavish set.
I think it’s great that Universal let you have input and make it a boxset that fans would love to have, as you are probably a big fan yourself.
I pre-ordered it straight away and I can’t wait for the Seeds box set as well.
So I read you pushed for a DVD-A, instead of blu-ray audio.
Is the content still uncompressed 24bit, as a blu-ray would be?
I do have blu-ray at home, but if not higher res than the DVD-A, there is no incentive to order that one as well. Am I wrong?
Pushed for DVD-A instead of DVD-V. Blu-ray in the box wasn’t on the agenda.
peter z says:
A BIG THANKYOU for pushing for Dvda for the box and Steven Wilson 5.1 mix, this is golden indeed.
If Seeds of Love is scheduled and another 5.1 and Steven Wilson involved, thats another buy as long as I can afford these special releases.
For next release(hoping for Seeds of Love) is it possible to have a cd\dvda or DVDA by itself as seems to be working for Yes,Xtc,King Crimson releases to come out like that and they must be making money s o I am not only person that loves surround 5.1 Dvda’s.
Daveyman19 says:
Superb box-set – ordered mine with Amazon UK just before the price increase. One of the best 80’s albums and great to see lots of new and unavailable additions for collectors.
Why the blu ray audio is not included in the box?
It was going to be ‘just’ a standard DVD, so at least DVD-A is one up from that.
Paul, just saw that your comment about was only going to be standard DVD, well that would have been crazy, DVDA format is fantastic, no difference than Bluray in sound quality other than Bluray has way more space, so a BIG THANKYOU if you helped to make this happen. Only thing that would have been better for my pocket book is if they could have done a stand alone DVDA or cd\dvda format, as good as the box is the 5.1 DVDA is the prize in the box for me. Keep up the good work, look forward to The Seeds of Love and if in 5.1 and Steven Wilson, instant buy.
Thanks Peter. You definitely won’t see any standalone DVD-As from Universal I don’t think. Their format of choice for that now is blu-ray audio (Pure Audio).
Piet Blank says:
fantastic job! orderd mine! good luck with this!
Thanks Piet!
I’d like to add in my concerns that Mike the Fisher and Kevin brought up regarding the mastering. I really do hope the band and management LISTEN CAREFULLY to the the test pressing as the glitch from The Hurting box set stuck out like a sore thumb – yet both the band and management both “approved” it all. It’s like the audio glitch on the Paramount US Titanic Bluray mere seconds into the movie – one glitch can pretty much ruin the whole presentation.
Robert van Diggele says:
Hi Paul, great work on this box set! Looks fab with a very decent Price. Great to see my favorite surround mixer is present as well. Hopefully Steven will be involved in the Seeds of Love reissue you mentioned in the comments. Thanks, looking forward to the box.
David Martin says:
It appears the Companies are belatedly learning, and it took the influence of music lovers, and not bean counters to make it happen.
Just to say then Paul, if possible can that California ‘shed’ concert be included on the Seeds box set. It perhaps is a better fit on that tbh. As mentioned it is just that it was included on the ltd edition Scenes DVD so it has been tagged into that era (probably in error really with hindsight).
I think ‘California’ is almost certainly going on Seeds, which will be next. As you say it really didn’t belong on the Scenes DVD, but was a welcome bonus at the time. It would have made no sense to include as part of the Songs box set.
Well done Paul. For some reason I never got around to buying SFTBC, my ony TFF omission. That will be put right with this box set.
One question though Paul – I am lucky enough to have the ltd edition DVD of (Scenes)FTBC with the included Going To California concert on it (which think was only relisted as a stand alone title in USA?). Was there any chance to include either the whole concert or just the relevant featured album songs from it on the included box set DVD’s? I know that concert was from the Seeds era, but TFF themselves put it in with the Songs… material and it would have been nice for others to be able to have it too. Although there is some live material included in the Scenes documentary.
Paul you have done a tremendous job on this. Only complaint I would have is that since there is so much room to put extra stuff on the bluray and it could all be put on at 24/96 why would they not have put more stuff on the bluray , just take a look how fully loaded XTC-Drums and Wires cd/bluray is(you get all bonus songs in 5.1) get all songs in 24/96 and priced much lower than even the best price on this boxset. Then you can still order a cd\dvda, I have ordered both versions for Xtc as dvda can play in car/home and bluray in home all in glorious 24/96. The quality of stuff in the box as fantastic but to me hearing songs in best possible sound 24/96 for stereo and lossless 24/96 5.1 trumps everything so they got that part right for regular album on dvda and bluray.
I think it’s just the difference between a major label and smaller labels that license the content in. Different approaches and strategy to the material etc. The Grace Jones release seems to be the exception (and there was no super deluxe for that release) but Universal consistently stick to ‘just’ the album for their Pure Audio blu-ray. Having all three mixes of Songs From The Big Chair (original, 2014 stereo mix and 5.1) is much better than some offerings. Thanks for your comments!
Stephen K. says:
Wow, Paul, thanks! I do have some questions, but let me say first that the box set looks fantastic! Okay, so usually I might have some minor quibble about the running order of the remixes and b-sides… but not in this instance, since I’ve been making my own tracklists for ages, and none of them have ever come off just right… so, I give up on that front. Thanks for: some rare music videos, the Massey Hall live tracks, the 5.1 mix, demos, radio sessions, and Shout (Acappella), all free of compression!
The double 7″ of I Believe uniquely featured a non-crossfaded (“clean outro”) version of the LP mix of I Believe. It also is more of a cold stop version than a fade out. Very interesting. Maybe you can still get it? It’s the most ‘in demand’ track from my wantlist not to appear on here.
Also, shouldn’t Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken (Massey Hall Live Version) be 7:36, not 5:01? In fact, 5:01 (or 5:02) would be the running time of the album version of Head Over Heels/Broken (Live).
A popular circulated discography has long shown a Japanese 12″ of Shout that included live versions of Shout and I Believe (otherwise unreleased)… I don’t know, since I’ve seen no other proof, and they don’t list a catalog number for it. It would be nice to hear these live versions… I don’t even know which show they’re from. With the caveat, I have no proof that this release really exists!
The same discography also lists something I have heard, a fairly decent Tears for Fears MegaMix (I would imagine it would make the band cringe, though):
12″: 1986 UK (Mercury; DMC42/2)
?:?? Head Over Heels
?:?? Shout
?:?? Everybody Wants To Rule The World
?:?? Everybody Wants To Run The World
?:?? Mad World
?:?? Change
Total run time around 8m55s.
Also, a brief re-request: maybe the band can do a stand-alone CD single for Mad World, since none of the tracks from the 12″ (the clean outro single mix, the single version of Ideas as Opiates, and the “unjustly maligned?” Saxophones as Opiates) appear on the box set of The Hurting.
Lastly, I own some DVD-A releases which I can play on my regular DVD player, mainly because the 5.1 content was also released as a DVD-V track. It looks like that is not the case here? Is the 5.1 material on the DVD-A layer only? No big deal, I wouldn’t mind the Blu-Ray.
Hey, thanks for your fantastic work! I love this box set!!!
Hi Stephen – thanks for your comments. I’ll address the things I definitely know about.
Broken/Head Over Heels/Broken at Massey Hall is 7.26, so 5.01 is just an error which I will correct.
The DVD-A does have the surround mix on a DVD-V layer, so everyone gets to hear it. It’s just that the DVD-A players play a lossless hi-res version where everyone else gets Dolby 5.1 or DTS (still good!).
Thanks for your response, Paul!
My stereo set-up developed a technical fault and lost its capacity for surround sound a while back. No big deal, I’ve been happy enough with 2 channel sound (on an otherwise prosumer setup) for the past 3 years.
However, with the SFTBC 5.1 mix, I think I finally have an urgent and compelling reason to update my system!
“Listen (Clean Intro)” lasts for 6:50 on that CD single. They seriously haven’t butchered it have they ?
No sorry, that is just an error. It’s definitely 6.52. Have now corrected the tracklisting.
Paul Brown says:
Yay! Have pre-ordered the deluxe set today, great price, thanks Paul for your work on this release and the web site!!
Cyrille says:
This set truly looks incredible !
Thanks Paul for your dedication to make sure Tears For Fears’ reissues get the Super deluxe treatment ! I stumble accross the tracklisting on a forum some days ago and thought it was fan-made because it was too good & complete to be true. I’m so glad I was wrong ;-)
I have one small question regarding “Listen (Clean Intro)” on CD2. The track duration 4’03 seems weird. Is it a typo or is it a different (edited) version than the one released on the CD Single for “Famous Last Words” ?
That must be a mistake. It’s the same as the one on the Famous Last Words CD – about 6.52.
Great ! And thank you for the fast answer Paul !
Incredible touch replicating the cassette running order. I threw all my tapes out 10 years ago apart from three … and if I’d only got to keep one it would have been SFTBC for the extra tracks.
Sorry to be coarse but you must feel like a dog with two dicks getting involved with this stuff, Paul! More power to you.
So are there any bonus tracks with the Blu-ray audio? It doesn’t say. Great if it was like Grace Jones’ Nightclubbing.
Unfortunately not, but you do get THREE mixes of the album: Original, 2014 Stereo Remix and 2014 5.1 remix! Not too bad :)
Mike Cox says:
Congrats and thanks for helping out Paul!! This set looks awesome. The price will hold me back for now but maybe I’ll pick it up later—no rush.
ChuckO says:
Would have made more sense to me to have disc 3 with the 12″ versions as the 2nd disc in the 2-disc version, but I’m just glad it’s all finding its way out finally. Hopefully I can download the extended mixes from itunes (no interest in all those 7″ mixes or other extra stuff)
Wow! This is the way a boxset should be done. Great work Paul.
Just like to add my thanks to Paul for the work on this.
I already have this album 4 times:
– Original vinyl release
– 1999 CD reissue (single CD with bonus tracks)
– Ultradisc II 24 Karat (sic) edition
– 2006 2CD reissue
But this release is to0 good to resist (almost too good to be true)!
It’s sad that the flat transfers are limited to the DVD-A disc. To me, that sounds like the CD discs *have* been subjected to mastering EQ and compression—which shouldn’t be necessary, except perhaps to the extent required to ensure the bonus material fits with the album proper.
I’d rather see a flat transfer remastered in a high-resolution format with volume the only real adjustment made—I haven’t opened up this album in an editing program to check, but some 1980s CD releases kept peaks well below 0 dB, in which case volume could be increased accordingly *without* affecting dynamic range.
Then again, I seem to be one of the few people who think that remastering ought to be primarily about getting the highest quality reproduction possible from the original masters, not trying to get older material to conform to current production/mastering practices.
_mostlybobbins says:
I think a little bit of wee just came out…
Gerry Forrester says:
Wow..that’s how you do a deluxe edition folks…
Indeed! I will be getting the 6-disc edition for sure! Absolutely amazing. Congratulations to the team behind this deluxe edition for getting it right and making it more than complete! Thank you!!! This is one of my favorite albums/eras.
This is one of the box sets of the year. With Steven Wilson on board and the plethora of material included this box is what this classic album deserves. Ordered straight away!
Just gone to order another and it’s now £37.99 lol
paul griffiths says:
ordered mine from amazon
are universal music doing a ltd 7″ single like they did with the hurting???
are they gonna tour this album…..there were rumours when they issued the hurting box set??
No and they are doing some dates in the US at the moment.
Can you confirm the release dates, Paul?
Your article states the 10th, Amazon UK state the 3rd and the TFF FB page state the 7th (I’m presuming that’s the U.S.)
It was the 3rd in the UK but I think that’s gone back to the 10th (That’s what Universal told me on Friday).
Thanks :-)
I didn’t think anything could tempt me to buy yet another version of my all-time #2 album….but you just have. And the biggest 6-disc version too!
All this makes my 2006 deluxe edition seem pointless. I wish there was also a 3cd version which includes the first three discs.
Any word on if the DVD will be region free NTSC like The Hurting is? I ordered from Amazon UK due to the much lower price but live in the US.
Both DVDs are region free.
Fantastic! Thanks for all your work on this!!
Paul – have the got the channels the right way round in this re-issue? The only cd release of SFTBC with the correct polarity was the Musical Fidelity one.
A-ha! Was waiting for someone to ask this! The answer is the channels are correct, but everything you know is wrong! Separate post all about the channels coming soon! :)
look forward to it :-)
newmusicmark says:
Paul, I think this now makes you the king of re-releases. Congrats. :) What’s next in your bag? Can you end up working on Malcolm McLaren Duck Rock or Grace Jones – Slave To the Rhythm?? :D
Thanks. Steve Hammonds at Universal also deserves a big pat on the back for his work on this set.
Lovely Paul. Are there plans for Universal to do a limited 7″ again like The Hurting?
Nope, but the Steven Wilson 2014 Stereo Mix is available on limited vinyl
Even the extended version of everybody is quite hard to find.
Has every single 12″ mix been included on here nothing missing?
Mike the Fisher says:
Wow, great job everybody. Now, somebody remember to include the lyrics and check the audio this time!
And please can done people here stop telling companies they can raise their prices!
You might be disappointed with the lyrics situation (there are none) but you will not be disappointed with the new interviews with Roland, Curt, Chris Hughes and Dave Bates. It’s REALLY interesting.
I just don’t understand why the lyrics can’t be included. It was possible for the 1999 remasters (at least the album tracks) so why not in what is supposed to be the definitive version of an album?
What do you want the lyrics for? Do you really need to see ‘Shout, Shout let it all out…” written down?
This new edition has over 10,000 words of in-depth interviews with all the key players, extensive guide to the bonus tracks… gimme a break!!
No, I just think they are an integral part of the piece of art that is SFTBC. TFF were always putting a lot of thought into their lyrics. Now, I have all the lyrics (from various internet sources) but I did find the lack of lyrics annoying already on the 2006 deluxe (as well as on RATKOS’s reissue, especially with Roland’s distorted vocals on many tracks). As a “Not quite native speaker” it isn’t always easy for me to understand all the lyrics if I don’t have them written down, and in many cases reading the lyrics while listening to the songs makes me understand the intention of the songwriters a lot more (sometimes very drastically, as recently with Rush). Pink Floyd did this with all their Immersion boxes, whatever flaws they had apart from that. Try to listen to Curt’s singing on “Listen”: Would you understand all the words if you didn’t have the lyrics?
I appreciate all the effort from you and the other collaborators that went into this, but I still think that even a little reprint of an original lyric sheet or sth. similar wouldn’t have hurt.
Anybody who likes to play his/her favourite songs on the piano and sing along should know what I’m talking about…
(Also, I think that many of the bonus tracks have never ever had their lyrics printed anywhere, apart from that japanese deluxe edition you wrote about awhile ago…)
I know I’m searching for something to gripe about and this set will be incredible value but it still doesn’t explain why no TFF re-release since 2006 has included any lyrics.
Le Baron says:
Paul Sinclair for President!!
I’ll buy this box set just to make Universal Records sure that there is still a massive interest in tears For Fears reissues…so that Seed of Love will be their next project ! :)
Paul, you’re my hero !! ;)
whaoh ! Can’t believe it ! Simply Awesome !
I Don’t really care about a DVD mix of the album, but apart of this, the content is just “more than meets the eyes” ! We couldn’t even have thought we would have the canhe to hear the early versions of some tracks of this wonderful album!
DJ Salinger says:
Really rather good news, Paul – at last a chance to redress the cock-ups of the 2005 Deluxe Edition, and add a lot more value besides. Comprehensive is the word that springs to mind – even the ‘clean intro’ version of Listen is there.
Last year’s ‘The Hurting’ box set was a great effort; this looks like it’s raising the bar higher still. An object lesson in what can be achieved when people who know what they’re doing are actually allowed to get involved with a reissue project…
Excellent work Paul, looks to be interesting. Thanks for working to improve the standards of what a Super Deluxe Edition is to be!
Thanks. I try :)
A fantastic album and set at an amazing prize!! Pleased that I did not buy the last “Deluxe” version and held out with the ‘original’ re mastered version for the past 10 years :-)
The 5.1 mixes will be epic!!
I was listening to this album just recently and it’s great how the songs have held up after all these years.
I agree with the other comments – here’s hoping for a Seeds of Love box set! I presume there will be recorded versions/songs related to the aborted recording sessions in the archives and that would be very interesting to hear.
E.X.C.E.L.L.E.N.T.
Really hope this is a prelude for a box with lots of seeds of love.
chdx says:
Reconsidering my preorder as I suspect an even more massive edition around christmas…One with tote bag & key ring…
Dave Van MusicMaster says:
I’ve many happy memories of this album – I was working in a record shop at the time of release, so this was on constant rotation :D
Great to see a reissue with all the associated tracks from the 7s 12s added in.
Of course I bought them all at the time in all the formats.
Everybody Wants To Run The World making a welcome return to CD after 28 years – the only previous way to get it on CD is here: – #Now That’s What I Call Music ’86 (Virgin-EMI CD NOW 86) – single disc compilation released in late 1986 – this CD is impossibly rare to find now, I bought mine in about Nov 1986 from Our Price for £10.99, although I suspect it’s worth substantially more now.
#- not to be confused with NOW 86, or NOW 1986 Millennium Series as these are both double CDs produced much later.
Really looking forward to the reissue in November – of course I’ve ordered the 6 disc edition :D
what on earth are Amazon up to ?
I bought this at £31.90 less than an hour ago – and nor it’s gone up to £37.99!!!!
Glad I got it at the lower price – but adding another £6.09 to the price is just profiteering!!!
This is an amazing set. Can’t wait to hear it! And yes, I’m also hoping for a similar Seeds of Love box.
Ok Paul, please settle this once and for all. Is there any difference whatsoever between the album version of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” and the “Single Version” on Disc 2?
Aevion says:
Yes I would love to know the story behind this one as well.
Why is The Conflict on this when it was on the recent deluxe of The Hurting and was the b side to Change and has nothing whatsoever to do with SFTBC even if it was on the cassette why replicate it ?
It doesn’t have ‘nothing whatsoever’ to do with SFTBC if it was on a SFTBC tape. I understand what you mean of course, but there are probably loads of people who that tape was ‘their’ version of the album. Why deny them an opportunity to ‘relive’ that running order on CD. If we’d removed it there would have been nothing else to replace it with anyway.
You could have removed it and replaced it with We Are Broken which wasn’t even on the deluxe of The Hurting instead we were subjected to the Revisited version yet again. Anyway despite my moans i have still bought it.
Unfortunately you are right. Great set still :)
Great point, Paul!
Wow, this is absolutely amazing stuff!
Roll on The Seeds of Love deluxe box!
I noticed yesterday and since the price I bought it immediately, today the price was reduced ! Ask soon amazon.uk to adjust the price – ).
here is what Steven Wilson says about it:
http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/tears-for-fears-songs-from-the-big-chair-remix/
Runicen says:
This is an amazing set. Even as someone only aware of the band by the singles, this represents an amazing package.
Without a doubt, one of the best albums of the 80’s. The Working Hour is just sublime!
Eh… is ok I guess….
JK !WOW! Paul can you be in charge of every reissue box for every act from here on out! Looks amazing.
It’s significantly cheaper to import from the UK than it is to buy domestically in the US. Cancelling my domestic order now.
Ok I am sold…Preorder From The Big Chair…see you for The Seeds Of Love box set :-D
Surely Amazon must have underpriced the 6-disc edition? It can’t be THAT cheap, can it? If so it’s utterly amazing value and would still be cheap at more than twice the price they’re charging, considering some of the dross we get subjected to in some so-called ‘Super Deluxe’ editions! A brilliant example of how to do a deluxe edition properly – no stupid badges, coasters, bags, t shirts – just the music! Order it now before they change their minds!!!
Roelant says:
Oh dear, I hate the person who phoned me during the order process… it did cost me a 6 GBP increase from Amazon :(
Is the blu-ray higher res than the DVD-A? Obviously the box is a purchase, but I’m wondering if the data on the blu-ray makes use of the capacity or if it’s just a port of the DVD-A content pressed to blu-ray.
Nope the DVD-A and blu-ray are the same but only if you have a DVD-Audio compatible DVD player. If you don’t then blu-ray trumps the DVD.
^Paul Rymer….yes, that’s the same Steve Wilson. He’s also been doing 5.1 mixes for Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Yes, XTC and others. He’s one of the most highly acclaimed surround sound producers.
very good work. This is a real superdeluxe boxset with many gems and no shit like scarfs or marbles.
Ok I am sold…see you for The Seeds Of Love box set :-D
Paul Rymer says:
Superb. Just want to check, is Steven Wilson the same guy that’s the leader of Porcupine Tree? I know he’s into doing 5.1 mixes of his own material.
Lanny Justice says:
I just wet myself a little. Am I dreaming?
Er, wow!
Paul Anthony Chapman says:
The box set I’ve been waiting for ! , hopefully this edition will give the album the remastering it deserves & what a track listing!!
Excellent work Mr Sinclair!!
And there was much rejoicing!!!! Finally TFF have their material mixed into 5.1. If ever there was a band that deserved this treatment, it’s certainly them. And to have Steve Wilson doing it, I’m sure this will be one of the best 5.1 mixes ever.
And the bonus content…..dear me……this is the mother of all box sets! So psyched that the A Cappella mix of “Shout” is included as that one always seems to get overlooked. Also, the Live at Massey Hall EP is one of my favorites, especially the live version of “Memories Fade” which is an amazing version. It will be nice to have Massey upgraded as the vinyl pressing never sounded too good, despite the amazing performances.
This is a box set done right! The way all box sets should be. Good job Paul for helping them to steer this in the right direction!
So November 2015 is Seeds of Love, right? :-)
I had to check the price three times there, that is pretty amazing value.
I’m ordering one for my brother too, he will love this. Well done all concerned!
One question. What is the track-listing for the vinyl, will it have a DL card, and what will be on it? Sorry three questions…
Excellent work, Paul.
The box set is already on pre-order and I’m just waiting for the Blu Ray :-)
Count me in for the big box!
Any plans to follow it with mome Seeds ?
Yes, Seeds is next :)
Todd R. says:
YES YES YES YES YES!!!
Paul you are a life saver – after the craziness of 99 and 05 reissues, finally getting this one right will be a fantastic adventure. Live period recordings and demos have me thrilled. After your great work on THE HURTING, I was hoping that you would be a part of this project – when I heard of it coming down the pike – crossed my fingers and ta da!!!
Thrilled to see Seeds for next year (or this – as it is 25 -gasp- years on). Obviously the inclusion of GOING TO CALIFORNIA would be ideal, but what about a reprint of the VIRGIN BOOKS “Seeds Of Love” volume that is now all-too-hard to find? Even some of the promo items (logo pins, iconography postcards set etc) would be nice to see in some way. Thank You Thank You Thank You!
Poul-Erik Borre says:
Any plans for at 5.1 mix of Seeds?
Is there any reason why ‘The Hurting’ was only issued as Hi-def stereo on Blu-ray.
Any chance that it may be released as 5.1 mix at a later stage.
I’m excited about the BIG CHAIR box set.
I am ECSTATIC that there is going to be a SEEDS box!
Hopefully a candid documentary about the ins and outs of the production of that album will be included! :)
Skip James says:
Hi Paul – any word on plans for Seeds?
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Bell has seven-goal week Minerva senior has 66 career goals
By TODD REEDNews Leader Sports Editor Maggie Bell and Rachel Fry recorded hat tricks in leading Minerva past Canton South 10-0. Also scoring were Chelsea Blitz, Hilary Borton, Brittany Kurzinsky and Tyler Mozzochi. "It's good to have Canton South, the last NBC school to not have girls soccer, finally in the league," stated Head Coach Scott Dramble. "It is always tough as a beginning team starts out. I started the girls program here in Minerva, so I remember what that was like. "Brittany Kurzinsky had a nice goal from a Tosha Fields' cross, which started us off. Maggie and Rachel finished the half with two goals a piece. "It was nice to be able to get our junior varsity in for some varsity time. I'm glad to see their progress, because they will have ever-increasing roles in the years to come." Minerva led in shots 27-4 and corners 4-0. Caity Haines had two saves for the Lady Lions. Earlier in the week, the girls tied Alliance 3-3. Bell had all three goals for Minerva. Haines was busy in goal, turning away 18 shots. The Lady Aviators led in shots 23-12. "This was definitely an evenly matched, back-and-forth game," noted Dramble. "It is somewhat frustrating that we scored three goals and tied, but that is the way it goes sometimes. With an all upper-class defense and many years of experience, I expect more, and we are working on some of our problem areas in the past two games." The girls lost to New Philadelphia 3-2. Bell and Fry each had goals for the Lady Lions. New Philadelphia led in shots 16-8. Haines had five saves. "New Philadelphia is fast and my defense was having a hard time keeping up with their forwards," commented Dramble. "We also had a marking up problem in the middle, where their offensive midfielders were way too open, allowing them to set up and make good plays to their fast forwards. "Because of this, I changed the formation, which seemed to shut them down for the rest of the game. In hindsight, I wish I would have done that sooner. "We were definitely in the game, but missed opportunities and defensive mistakes cost us this one. "Going into the week, I knew we had the potential to be 3-0 by the end. Unfortunately, we didn't quite get there. It is always nice when the homecoming queen (Bell) scores seven goals and two hat tricks. Maggie leads the team with 14 goals for the season and 66 for her career. "We are now 4-2-3 and are entering the toughest part of our schedule. If we can minimize some of our defensive mistakes and capitalize on offensive opportunities, I think we'll surprise some of these upper-level teams." Minerva was to travel to Marlington on Sept. 26, before hosting St. Thomas this Saturday, Sept. 29, and Canton Central on Tuesday, Oct. 2.treed@alliancelink.com
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May 13th, 2016
In episode 22, we speak to a long-time friend of mine in the fantasy industry, TJ Hernandez. TJ is a former online poker player and current DFS analyst who landed a full-time gig with 4for4.com. He and I shared similar arc to our careers and arrived on the scene at a similar point. TJ shares the story of how a love for football brought him into his current position in the community and why insatiable passion keeps him always working to get better.
Growing up as a Raider fan and how that struggle staying engaged with his moribund team informs his work ethic today.
TJ's data-heavy approach and how he works to make the content interesting while drowning readers in numbers.
Changing-up from a finance background and shaping his craft as a writer while constantly evolving.
Why TJ only covers football from a DFS perspective and why I believe that actually makes him one of the industry's best.
Meeting up with his podcast co-host Chris Raybon and how their relationship and partnership benefits them both.
The YouTube broadcast is at the top of this page, and the audio is below. Additionally, you can also subscribe on iTunes or through Stitcher for an audio only version to listen at your own convenience. If you enjoy the show, please consider leaving a rating and review through the various podcast apps.
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Assam Man Honours Late Dad’s Memory, Spends Rs 13L To Turn Kaccha Road ‘World Class’!
From solar lights to ornamental gardens, Gautam Bordoloi left no stone unturned to transform the street named after his father!
Assam / Lede / Quick Bytes / Road
A walk on the Heramba Bordoloi Path will remind you of streets abroad, perhaps Singapore.
But no, this street is not located in Singapore. It is in fact in the city of Dibrugarh in Assam.
Courtesy? Gautam Bardoloi, the son of the social activist after whom the street is named.
Dubbed “Dibrugarh’s first world-class road”, it is equipped with proper drainage, solar street lights and even a garden.
Before and After Source: Facebook
Speaking to the Indian Express, residents of the Boiragimoth locality where this road is situated, say how the Heramba Bordoloi Path was a low-lying kaccha road which was rendered useless each time it flooded in the monsoons.
50-year-old Pratima Das, who would wade through knee-deep water, said, “It wasn’t a road…more like a giant pothole, only fit for cows. But today, I’m at a loss for words to describe the transition.”
How did this transition come about?
This particular road is known to be one of the oldest in the Boiragimoth locality, a residential colony which is home to over a thousand families.
The street was christened Heramba Bordoloi Path after Gautam’s father in 2008, incidentally the same year that the city-based social worker passed.
Gautam Bardoloi. Source: Facebook
“The Dibrugarh Municipality named the road after my father in 2008. While it was a wonderful gesture, the road was in a pitiable condition,” Gautam told The Indian Express.
And so, armed with the will to turn it into a world-class street, the technocrat and entrepreneur embarked on a journey, to honour his father’s memory.
Recalling the legend that his father was, Gautam says, “My father, who was also a journalist, devoted his life to social work. In the floods of 1968, he had single-handedly rehabilitated the fisherfolk community, displaced from Mohanaghat by helping them build a new life in another village called Notun Tekela Siring Motek gaon. He helped them get documents for land, established a library and a namghar (prayer hall). My mother is still invited to the village to hoist the flag on his behalf every Bihu.”
Gautam, who began the reconstruction work in 2013, shuttled between his hometown Dibrugarh and Hong Kong, where his company is based.
He mobilised a few of the local boys and started filling up the road to raise its height by one-and-a-half feet. They also used PVC paver blocks in front of gates of individual houses later.
The journey of turning it into a modern street began in 2017 when the “real work” started, says Gautam.
“I set up a drainage system, the lack of a proper one was what was causing the floods every year. We then started laying out garden patches on both sides of the road. Some local boys helped me in painting the road too,” he says.
On either side of the 178 m road are garden patches with various ornamental plants — “and papaya, turmeric, and coriander, too!” he told the Express.
“I wanted to make a model world-class street,” he beams.
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In addition to the eye-catching ornamental features, the road is also equipped with solar street lights, reflective studs, pavement markers, rubber speed breakers, and convex road safety to avoid accidents.
The walls have been plastered with vinyl posters that have messages on cleanliness and road safety.
While Gautam is unsure about the actual cost of the transformation, he estimates the project at about Rs 13 lakh!
“It took me five years to do this. The first thing many people asked me today was, ‘How much did it cost you? Was it a community initiative?’ When I say it was my own, they are shocked. But it isn’t that shocking. My father devoted his whole life to social service. This was the least I could do,” he signs off.
(Edited by Shruti Singhal)
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Global Food For Thought
Expert commentary and analysis on global agriculture and food.
Guest Commentary – 3 Things You Should Know about Malnutrition in Mozambique
By Beatrice Montesi, Associate External Relations, GAIN
Malnutrition is a serious issue in Mozambique. Micronutrient deficiencies are widespread, representing a threat to the lives of many children across the country. Available data show that more than two out of five children under five suffer from chronic undernutrition and about 7 percent are severely malnourished.
Over the last few weeks, I had the opportunity to witness first-hand the extent of the problem during visits to several communities in the Sofala Province, near the city of Beira. When we think of malnutrition we usually think of people not having enough to eat. But the problem is much more complex.
Here are three things I learned about current malnutrition challenges in the country:
Malnutrition is not always the product of food insecurity
Malnutrition is not just about being hungry: malnourished children can be getting enough calories, but lack the essential nutrients, such as iron, vitamin A and iodine, they need to grow and thrive. This applies particularly in Mozambique where people rely on staple foods like cassava, maize, and corn for their diets. Xima, a porridge made with water and corn or maize flour, acts as a base for almost every Mozambican meal. However, this porridge lacks in many essential micronutrients and is widely eaten mostly because it is filling.
The families I visited in the Dondo area have various seasonal fruits in their “mashambas” (backyards) such as mangoes, bananas, coconuts, or other nutritious foods like peanuts, but in many cases they fail to integrate them in their daily diets. Let’s take the example of mangoes. In Dondo, I saw hundreds of juicy, ripe mangoes hanging from the trees and as many more going rotten on the ground. People do eat them, but only for the limited time they are available between December and January. Because the communities don’t have the capacity to store these fruits for the rest of the year, they lose an important source of vitamins and calories.
Other factors unrelated to food are also exacerbating the malnutrition problem, including early marriage, lack of clean water and sanitation, as well as high rates of HIV/AIDS among the population. Most of the mothers that I met are in their early twenties, have already two or three children, and are coping with HIV and antiretroviral treatments.
In order to improve the diets of these young children aged between 6 and 23 months, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, PSI, and Save the Children, is implementing a home fortification project that entails the distribution of sachets of multi-nutrient powders and promotion of optimal complementary feeding practices. Each sachet, called VitaMais, contains a colorless and tasteless powder of 15 essential vitamins and minerals that can be added to food that young children eat regularly. The use of micronutrient powders has been proven to prevent micronutrient deficiencies among children, while still promoting the use of foods available locally.
While this intervention helps to significantly improve nutrition during the 1000 days window, more needs to be done to inform families about good nutrition practices and ensure they improve their dietary habits. This brings me to my second point.
Lack of nutrition education seriously inhibits healthy dietary choices
Improving knowledge on feeding and health care is vital. When talking to mothers, I noticed that many of them have misconceptions about their food. For example, one of them told me that pregnant women and children should not eat eggs. Many of these ideas are embedded in traditional beliefs, and it requires the support of the entire community to ensure that people begin making healthy dietary decisions.
Community health activists involved in the home fortification project described above play a major role in communicating the importance of good nutrition and showing how mothers can make meals healthier with the foods they have available. They showcase recipes that combine xima and other locally available products, like orange sweet potato, coconut, papaya, and vegetables, in order to make traditional foods more nutritious and improve dietary diversity. In addition to cooking demonstrations, they use theatre to educate the entire community and involve fathers in the care of their children.
But more efforts are needed in order to reach a larger number of women with essential nutrition messaging. GAIN and the Ministry of Health have recently launched One Minute for Nutrition (Um Minuto Nutrição in Portuguese), a national campaign that uses TV and radio advertisements to promote breastfeeding, optimal complementary feeding, and healthy eating practices for children.
Making markets work for the poor is crucial to expand access to healthy nutritious foods
Once families gain this nutrition knowledge, it is important that they can access and afford the right foods in the marketplace.
I met Isabel, a 17 year old mom, while she was giving processed, sugar-heavy fruit juice to her one and half year old baby. When my colleague and I asked her, “Why are you giving this to your child when you could give him fresh, natural mango juice instead?” She shrugged and replied, “This is what I find at the market”.
Despite Mozambique’s impressive growth and potential, about 55 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. The majority of the population still lives in rural areas, but the number of people like Isabel living in urban and peri-urban areas is increasing at a rate of almost 4 percent per year. Most urban families do not produce their own food; they buy it and make choices based on what is available in the market at affordable prices. Even poor rural famers are net purchasers of food and, cruelly, these farmers are also some of the world’s most undernourished.
In this context, harnessing the role of markets and catalyzing small and middle-sized food enterprises is vital to improve nutrition. GAIN, with support from USAID and the Feed the Future Initiative, created the Marketplace for Nutritious Foods, a program designed to foster innovation and support promising businesses that produce healthy, safe and affordable food for low-income consumers. One of the businesses the Marketplace is supporting is the fish shop owned by Elizabeth Cavadias in Beira. This shop sells fish and seafood in small quantities, allowing poor consumers to buy what they need for their meals at low prices. Our support enables her to better preserve the quality of her product, scale up her activity, and keep costs low.
Mozambique has shown me how complicated it is to solve the problem of malnutrition for the most vulnerable communities. It is about what we eat, not just how much, improving consumer awareness, and – crucially – reshaping the market so that nutritious foods become more affordable for the population. To do this, we have to continue to work closely with the communities we serve.
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Resident questions homeless shelter
Published November 22. 2019 12:50PM
<p>By Amy Miller</p><p>amiller@tnonline.com</p>
Nesquehoning officials heard some opposition regarding a proposed homeless shelter moving into a former church and rectory in the borough.
On Wednesday, borough council allowed resident Rich Stromelo to read a letter regarding his feelings about Family Promise of Carbon County purchasing the former St. Francis of Assisi church and rectory on West Mill Street to use as a new site for its operations.
He questioned many things regarding the plan, including the clientele, the impact on the surrounding neighbors and the future of the borough with the shelter.
Several other residents questioned the clientele that would be moving into the shelter and their fears of the crime that may increase as a result.
Council, which has no formal say on the matter until it goes through zoning, recommended attending the upcoming zoning hearing board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the borough hall.
At that hearing, Family Promise of Carbon County is asking for a use variance of the site.
The plans for Family Promise of Carbon County moving into the former church was made public last month when the Carbon County Commissioners held a hearing regarding shifting $50,000 from the 2018 Community Development Block Grant project fund for Banks Township to Family Promise for help in the purchase of the former St. Francis of Assisi Church and rectory, located at 140 W. Mill St. in Nesquehoning. The cost for the property is $80,000.
Tina Dowd, founding board member and current co-board chair of Family Promise, said last month that the mission of the organization is the help families and soon, single women, who have found themselves homeless.
According to the organization’s website, “Family Promise of Carbon County is a public charity whose mission is to provide temporary shelter, meals, and fellowship in order to meet the basic needs of families without permanent housing in Carbon County and the surrounding communities.
“Families are educated, encouraged and empowered to become self-sufficient by support from the faith community and other local community resources. ... Support organizations (churches, community groups, scouts, etc.) provide additional volunteers and financial donations to the mission.”
For more information on Family Promise of Carbon County, visit www.familypromisecarboncounty.org.
countryboy2
why is my tax money being given to help church groups... isn't this a step over the church state line?
In reply to (No subject) by countryboy2
Family Promise of Carbon County is a public charity, not a Church group.
In reply to (No subject) by Eagle1
but it seems everyone they interact with is a religious group.
tony frantz
Isn’t it amazing? Provide for the homeless on the condition you accept their mythology. How about simply providing care minus the religion
What are the qualifications to enter the program?
Must they provide proof of citizenship?
What is the longest an individual or family can stay?
Are they drug screened?
Are there background checks done on the individuals (Crime backgrounds that will hinder or disqualify them from employment)?
Will there be medical staff on site?
What is the maximum time they will provide shelter for an individual?
What is the rate of recidivism?
JLeague
In reply to (No subject) by Resident
these all sound like fine questions for the borough meeting or borough itself not a newspaper comments section
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krystal method
Why are the citizens of Nesquehoning so against helping people in need yet have no problem with a jail in their backyard?
budgetbuster
The church is just one part of the equation. Maybe if some of these individuals would have some religion in their lives maybe they wouldn't be the the predicament that they find themselves in now. The question is why are certain individual so afraid of religion.
In reply to (No subject) by budgetbuster
oh so you think a person's belief in a god has to do with their position in life? So are you saying if you don't believe in a myth you are prone to be homeless? And you asked two questions ... People that believe in myths are afraid of religion... People that do not believe are not afraid of religion they are afraid of the people that believe and what they will do to people that do not believe.
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SHOCK!!! KCPD OFFICER SUSPENDED AMID ALLEGATIONS OF SHOOTING FAKE NEWS!!! KANSAS CITY NEWSIES NAME THE COP!!!
This afternoon authorities confront allegations of Kansas City police report falsification.
And the local news organization with the best police connections calls out officer in question on the record . . .
KCPD officials are not naming the officer at this time. However, KCTV5 News has confirmed through multiple sources that the officer on leave is Officer Kelly Sapp.
Remember that a couple of years ago the officer walked to Jeff City to push for more solutions on rising violence in KC.
Deets:
"Police originally said an off-duty KCPD officer was patrolling a shopping center near 63rd Street and Blue Ridge around 1 a.m. when the officer said he heard noises along the property's tree line.The officer said when he approached on foot, he heard multiple gunshots coming from a wooded area. The officer said he retreated for cover and called for assistance, which is when he discovered he had been shot in the chest, according to a statement from Capt. Tim Hernandez. A suspect was never located, and the bullet did not penetrate the officer's vest.
Police have continued to investigate the incident and now say the officer's account was not an accurate report of events.
In a new statement released Monday, a police spokesman said the department is no longer investigating the incident as an aggravated assault against a police officer."
Check the links:
Fox4: Officer suspended after KCPD says he didn’t give an ‘accurate report’ of being shot
KSHB: KCPD officer lied about being shot in the chest while off-duty
KMBC: KCPD: Officer's account not accurate report of events in 63rd, Blue Ridge shooting
Developing . . .
Posted by Tony at 9/23/2019 04:53:00 PM
Good cop in a bad situation.
Held to a higher standard and that is appropriate. Wish him the best, KCPD needs more like him.
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Granger said...
Accuracy is important, so is taking the side of police. Looks to me like a political power shift in the making.
KCPD has a lot of misconduct going on in the ranks. They cover it up well.
Super Dave said...
Okay so who shot him? It took this long to see there were maybe no bullet holes in his outerwear or vest? Why release any news if it's going to be so vague as to what really happened?
Could have been anything.....but you lie in Law Enforcement and you're done.......unless you are a higher up.
The standards aren't that high in Law Enforcement but if Sapp got caught sleeping with another mans wife I understand why he would want to hide the issue.
Still not as bad as the stuff the fire department is doing.
You trusts any of the jackbooted thugs anymore try driving through Lee’s summit at 2:00 in the morning they’ll invent probable cause to pull you over than the first fucking thing out of their mouths is”how much you had to drink tonight? All done in hopes of making a buck for themselves to further “ public safety”. The cops all know there’s no money in serving and protecting only in usurping and harassing and corruption no more Andy of Mayberry just a bunch of shaved bald jackbooted thugs with a chip on their shoulder who view the citizens as their personal piggy bank
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Neither team scores in men’s soccer season opener
Madison College freshman Cole Kleiboer (16) steals the ball during his team's scrimmage on Aug. 22.
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Andrew Kicmol, Editor Emeritus
It’s soccer season again, and the men’s soccer team has started with a 0-0 tie against Anoka-Ramsey Community College on Aug. 25 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.
Saxon LaFlash started in goal and played all 110 minutes, saving nine shots on the day. Sophomore Jonas Luskey-Sanders lead the team in shots with seven, including two on goal.
The WolfPack was outshot in the game 15-10 in regulation, but did have more shots in both overtimes 4-1. The shots on goal were 9-4. Anoka-Ramsey also led in corner kicks 8-3.
The tie starts the WolfPack 0-0-1 and third place in the conference on the on the fresh season.
The men’s program is shooting for a third season of at least 10 wins, after going 10-5-1 least season and 6-3-1 in the conference. The team brings back five players, including goalkeepers LaFlash and Msughter Abel Dzoho.
The duo split time last year, with 16 starts combined, and a goals-against average at 2.00 or below. The team will rely on the veteran pair to keep the ball out of the net.
Last year, Herrera Dejesus, a sophomore at the time, was much of the offense with 23 goals. Of the returning players on this year’s squad, Sanders has the most goals with two.
The team will have a large incoming class with 16 freshmen. The five Big Eight Conference players, Bubacarr Bah, Jheison Garcia, Ian Marquandt, Kebba Saidy, and Ebrima Sallah will all have a chance to be regular contributors. Four were teammates from Sun Prairie High School, and three played for United Players Soccer Academy.
The next three games will see the WolfPack play one home game against Joliet Junior College on Aug. 31 in Madison at noon.
That will be followed by road games at Triton College in Illinois on Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. and Harper College in Illinois on Sept. 7 at noon.
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Object-recognition AI – the dumb program's idea of a smart program: How neural nets are really just looking at textures
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Don't ask these models
By Katyanna Quach 13 Feb 2019 at 07:22
Analysis Neural networks trained for object recognition tend to identify stuff based on their texture rather than shape, according to this latest research.
That means take away or distort the texture of something, and the wheels fall off the software.
Artificially intelligence may suck at, for instance, reading and writing, but it can be pretty good at recognizing things in images.
The latest explosion of excitement around neural-network-based computer vision was sparked in 2012 when the ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge, a competition pitting various image recognition systems against each other, was won by a convolutional neural network (CNN) dubbed AlexNet.
After this, tons of new image-scrutinizing CNN architectures came flooding in, and by 2017 most of them had an accuracy of over 95 per cent in the competition. If you showed them a photo, they would be able to confidently figure out what object or creature is in the snap. Now, it’s easy for developers and companies to just use off-the-shelf models trained on the ImageNet dataset to solve whatever image recognition problem they have, whether it's figuring out which species of animals are in a picture, or identifying items of clothing in a shot.
However, CNNs are also easily fooled by adversarial inputs. Change a small block of pixels in a photograph, and the software will fail to recognize an object correctly. What was a banana now looks like a toaster to the AI just by tweaking some colors. Heck, even a turtle can be mistaken for a gun.
And why is that? Could it be that machine-learning software focuses too much on texture, allowing changes in patterns in the image to hoodwink the classifier software?
Never mind the image, feel the texture
A paper submitted to this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) may explain why. Researchers from the University of Tübingen in Germany found that CNNs trained on ImageNet identify objects by their texture rather than shape.
They devised a series of simple tests to study how humans and machines understand visual abstracts. In the computer corner, four CNN models: AlexNet, VGG-16, GoogLeNet, and ResNet-50. In the fleshbag corner, 97 people. Everyone, living and electronic, was asked to identify the objects and animals shown in a series of images.
Crucially, the images were distorted in different ways to test each viewer's ability to truly comprehend what they were seeing: the pictures were presented as grayscale; with the object as a black silhouette against a white background; just the outline of the object; just a close-up of the texture of an object; with a distorted texture laid over the object; and just as normal.
An example of an image being distorted in different ways and the accuracy of the neural networks and humans in analyzing it. Source: Geirhos et al
The results showed that almost all the images that retained the objects' shape and texture were recognized correctly by humans and the neural networks. But when the test involved changing or removing the texture of the objects, the machines fared much worse. The software couldn't work with the shape of stuff alone.
AI systems fail to correctly identify a picture of a cat if it is given the texture of an elephant. Source: Geirhos et al
“These experiments provide behavioral evidence in favor of the texture hypothesis: a cat with an elephant texture is an elephant to CNNs, and still a cat to humans,” the paper stated.
Neural networks are lazy learners
It appears humans can recognize objects by their overall shape, while machines consider smaller details, particularly textures. When asked to identify objects with an incorrect texture, such as the cat-with-elephant-skin example, the 97 human participants were accurate 95.9 per cent of the time on average, but the neural networks only scored between 17.2 per cent to 42.9 per cent.
“On a very fundamental level, our work highlights how far current CNNs are from learning the 'true' structure of the world,” Robert Geirhos, coauthor of the paper and a PhD student at the university, explained to The Register.
“They learn the easiest associations possible, and in many cases this means associating small texture-like bits and pieces of an image with a class label, rather than learning how objects [are typically shaped]. And I think adversarial examples are clearly pointing to the same problem – current CNNs don't learn the 'true' structure of the world.”
The problem may lie in the dataset. ImageNet contains over 14 million images of objects split across many categories, and yet it's not enough – there are not enough angles and other insights, it seems. Software trained from this information can't understand how stuff is actually formed, shaped, and proportioned.
The algorithms can tell butterfly species from the patterns on the creatures' wings, but take away that detail, and the code seemingly has no idea what it's actually looking at. It's fake smart.
“These datasets may just be too simple: if they can be solved by detecting textures, why bother checking whether the shape matches, too?" said Geirhos.
"For humans, it is hard to imagine recognizing a car by detecting a specific tire pattern that only images from the 'car' category have, but for CNNs this might just be the easiest solution since the shape of an object is much bigger, and changes a lot depending on viewpoint, etc. Ultimately, we may need better datasets that don't allow for this kind of ‘cheating’."
Time for a tech fix
Back to the adversarial question: do these findings of an over-reliance on texture confirm why slightly altered colors and patterns in pictures fool neural networks? That corrupting a section of banana peel makes the code think it's looking at the texture of a shiny metal toaster?
To investigate this, the researchers built Stylized-ImageNet, a new dataset based on ImageNet. They scrubbed the original textures in the images and swapped them with a random texture, and then retrained a ResNet-50 model. Interestingly, although the CNN was more robust to the changes, it still fell victim to adversarial examples. So, no. The answer to our question is no.
“Even a model trained on Stylized-ImageNet is still susceptible to adversarial examples, so unfortunately a shape bias is not a solution to adversarial examples," Geirhos explained.
"However, current state-of-the-art CNNs are very susceptible to random noise such as rain or snow in the real world, [which is] a problem for autonomous driving. The fact that the shape-based CNN that I trained turned out to be much more robust on nearly all tested sorts of noise seems like a promising result on the way to more robust models.”
The texture versus shape problem may not sound like such a big deal, but it could have far reaching consequences. Some systems pretrained on ImageNet might not perform so well in other domains, like facial recognition or medical imaging.
In fact, other research has shown it’s pretty easy to evade identification with a pair of glasses or even fake paper ones. ®
Vid Most-accurate algorithms showed 'little to no bias', so nothing to fear, eh?
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Picture of a human + elephant = Chair. Good job.
This image-recognition neural net can be trained from 1.2 million pictures in the time it takes to make a cup o' tea
Just 90 seconds, it's claimed, provided a) you have 512 Nvidia V100 GPUs and b) er, no need for accuracy
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This image-recognition roulette is all fun and games... until it labels you a rape suspect, divorcee, or a racial slur
If we could stop teaching AI insults, that would be great
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Iron ore mining declines in Odisha
Statesman News Service | Bhubaneswar | May 30, 2018 4:28 am
Representational Image.
Iron ore mining has witnessed a decline in Odisha, following the Supreme Court’s direction to the miners for a payment of compensation of Rs 17,576 crore for exceeding output beyond the quantum fixed under the environmental clearances, the ASSOCHAM said while seeking the central government intervention to resolve issues as a large number of jobs are at stake.
“The ASSOCHAM would like to request for your kind intervention to take up the matter with State Government of Odisha and impress upon them to take correct legal position on the concern of miners in Odisha,” the chamber said in its letter to the Union Mines Ministry.
In February 2014, a writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court, alleging illegal mining activities in Odisha. The apex court had directed in May, 2014 the Odisha Government to suspend operations of 102 mining lessees with a liberty given to the lessees to apply for resumption of mining operations by providing all the statutory clearances.
Supreme Court has directed the defaulting Iron Ore Mining lease holders to deposit the compensation for production of minerals in excess of environmental clearance.
This compensation adds to Rs. 17,575.99 crore, beyond the paying capacity of the miners. “Post the judgment, there has been a visible decline in the production of iron ore as the mining operations of a lot of lessees who were unable to pay the compensation by 31 December, 2017 were suspended. The mining lessees have been struggling hard to pay the compensation amount and the closing down of mining operations have further increased the troubles of the mining lease holders,” the ASSOCHAM stated in its letter to the Mines ministry.
It said, while most of the operating mines have deposited the compensation, the mine owners whose mines were closed back in 2014, four years ago, have been struggling to arrange the required way to pay the compensation.
The banks are not willing to lend the credit making the situation for these lease holders even worse. Due to closure of mining operations, there has been a sharp decline in the production of mineral, thus, escalating the prices of iron ore.
Since August, 2017, prices of fines (+) 62.5 percent Fe went up from Rs.1127/tonne to Rs 2050/tonne and those of Lump from Rs 2348/tonne to Rs 3915/tonne. This exorbitant hike in prices has severely hit the Industries making them globally uncompetitive.
The chamber said the mining industry provides over direct employment to 60,000 persons and indirect employment to over one lakh persons in ancillary activities like transportation, human resourcing, marketing and various other downstream activities in Odisha.
The industry has also developed the surrounding areas, built schools, colleges, hospitals etc. for the local populace. “It is this very mining industry that provided lucrative opportunities to various downstream activities, thus generating employment and stimulating development and economic growth. In light of the recent developments stated herein, however, the people of Odisha have become the major sufferers due to unemployment and loss of opportunities in the allied downstream activities,” said ASSOCHAM.
Odisha is among the richest mineral bearing states of the country and the mineral reserves here constitute 33 percent Iron ore, 24 percent coal, 59 percent Bauxite and 98 percent Chromite of India’s total deposits and therefore, it contributes to a large part of raw materials for the mineral based industry not in only in Odisha but in the entire country, it noted.
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‘Blatantly Irrational’ Ban On Selling Home-Baked Goods In Wisconsin Must Stop
Institute for JusticeWisconsin’s ban on selling home-baked goods is unconstitutional, with “no real or substantial connection” to consumer protection (and a lot to do with protectionism pushed for by groups like the Wisconsin Bakers Association).
That’s what a Wisconsin circuit court ruled in May, anyway. Despite that, the state continued to target small-scale entrepreneurs selling baked goods made in their homes.
According to the state attorney-general’s office, Judge Duane Jorgenson’s ruling only applied to the three women who had challenged the baked-good rules in court: Dela Ends, Lisa Kivirist, and Kris Marion, all farmers and bakers who wanted the right sell homemade goods directly to consumers. They filed a lawsuit last year with help from the nonprofit Institute for Justice (IJ).
Today, Jorgenson issued an opinion clarifying that no, the ruling was not limited to letting Ends, Kivirist, and Marion peddle home-baked foods, but applied to all entrepreneurs like them in the state.
“This is more than a win for us home-based bakers,” said Kivirist, “it’s recognition that all small businesses have the right to earn an honest living free from irrational government regulation.”
Wisconsin is one of only two places with state-wide rules banning homemade baked-good sales. (The other is New Jersey.) “Before a person could sell even one cookie [legally], they needed to acquire an expensive commercial kitchen and a burdensome commercial license,” said Erica Smith, IJ’s lead attorney on the case.
Nonprofit groups were permitted to sell homemade baked goods at public events up to 12 days a year, however—a paradox IJ calls “blatantly irrational.”
Breaking the regulations could mean a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.
The latest ruling from Judge Jorgenson “is a major step for economic liberty and common sense in Wisconsin,” said Smith. “Now, Wisconsin home bakers are free to sell their baked goods out of their home, at community events and at farmers’ markets—something people are already doing in almost every other state every day.”
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Bear stuck in tree above tiger cage climbs down after 5 days
APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — For five days, workers at a Florida wildlife facility watched anxiously as a bear remained stuck in a tree, hanging precariously over a tiger enclosure.
A caretaker at Florida C.A.R.E. Foundation first discovered the 50-pound (23-kilogram) bear Saturday. The bear appeared to be terrified by the 300-pound (135-kilogram) and 400-pound (180-kilogram) cats below, unaware they were in cages.
On Wednesday, workers tried to help the bear by moving the tigers to another location. The cub descended several branches but was still in the tree Wednesday night.
When the workers returned the next morning, the bear was gone. Foundation director Christin Burford called it a Thanksgiving miracle, saying the animal seemed exhausted.
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Delhi is a sacred place for these Adivasis
S. Harpal Singh
KESLAPUR (ADILABAD DT.) , December 04, 2019 19:45 IST
An Adivasi displaying his identity card issued for the December 9 public meeting to be held at New Delhi. | Photo Credit: S. HARPALSINGH
A few thousand Adivasis to attend Dec. 9 meet in national capital
The Adivasis of erstwhile united Adilabad district may not have seen the country’s capital city, New Delhi, but they have known of its existence since centuries. “We don’t know much about our connection with the national capital but we have a song sung as part of our Dandari-Ghusadi festival which mentions Dilli-Hastinapur ruled by Pandavas to be our sacred place,” revealed Raj Gond elder and former chairman of the Aboriginal Tribes Welfare Advisory Committee, Sidam Bheem Rao.
The disclosure came on Wednesday at a meeting of about 50 Adivasis belonging to the Keslapur and Ginnera Rai centres or Adivasi advisory councils, who are among the few thousand ethnic people from old Adilabad who will attend the December 9 public meeting in Delhi called to highlight the demand for expulsion of Lambada tribe from the list of Scheduled Tribes. “We are going to sacred Delhi to take part in the meeting in the belief that we will succeed in our fight,” observed Mr. Bheem Rao.
To achieve the objective, however, those headed for the national capital must observe certain rules, he cautioned. “You should stay away from liquor and tobacco during your sojourn and not carry even a match box,” he stipulated to those who attended the meeting at Keslapur.
“We have issued plastic identity cards to each individual bearing his name, mobile phone number and Aadhaar card number besides the name of the Rai centre. All those who are attending the meeting will be in white clothes with a green stole slung from the neck,” divulged youth leader Kotnak Barik Rao who is coordinating the journey.
The Adivasis will board a special train from Adilabad railway station at 8 p.m. on December 7 and return on December 11. A lot of 20 passengers will be led by a team leader during this period.
Many others are reaching Delhi in flights, by specially hired buses and four wheelers. Arrangements to receive them and their stay are under way in Delhi under the supervision of Adilabad MP Soyam Bapu Rao.
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New corporate watchdog could still pursue Wallace's €1.4m tax case
Paul Appleby has ruled out investigating M&J Wallace’s tax under-declaration – but his successor could still launch a probe.
By Gavan Reilly Monday 27 Aug 2012, 1:36 PM
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THE OUTGOING DIRECTOR of Corporate Enforcement has ruled out an investigation into the tax affairs of Mick Wallace’s construction company, it has emerged today – but the decision does not close the door to a further investigation.
Correspondence between the current director Paul Appleby and Fine Gael TD Tom Barry, published in today’s Irish Independent, sees Appleby argue that M&J Wallace Ltd’s VAT affairs are “a matter for the Revenue Commissioners”.
Given that the Revenue Commissioners have already settled the action, for a total of €2.13 million, this would indicate that Wallace would face no criminal investigation over his decision to knowingly underdeclare his company’s VAT liabilities.
However, Appleby’s tenure as Director of Corporate Enforcement ends tomorrow – and this afternoon a spokesman said that Appleby’s decision was not necessarily binding on whoever might follow him.
Appleby announced his retirement at the end of January, in order to benefit from more favourable pension entitlements for public servants retiring before the end of February.
A deal was quickly reached allowing him to remain in place on an interim basis, however, in order to minimise the disruption to his office’s investigations into Anglo Irish Bank and to give the government time to choose a successor.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation confirmed to TheJournal.ie this lunchtime that details of a new director would be announced later in the week, after Appleby’s extension has lapsed.
A spokesman for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement said any decisions reached by the current director were not necessarily binding on his successor.
“A decision as to whether a case is going to be looked at further or not is obviously one that is taken in the office by the director involved in it,” the spokesman said.
Every decision on whether something is investigated or not, is a matter for the Director.
A decision in relation to any sort of information that we get is one that we can always keep under review until circumstances change, or additional information or evidence comes to hand. We can always review to see whether we’ll change our stance.
The spokesman added: “We ‘ll have a new [director] on Wednesday so in theory any decision would be a decision that the Director of Corporate Enforcement might do.”
The settlement of M&J Wallace’s affairs with Revenue means that body is also unlikely to bring any action against him, unless it is dissatisfied with his attempts to meet the €2.13 million deal. Wallace has pledged to devote half of his €92,000 Dáil salary to repaying it.
The Dáil’s committee on member’s interests has said it cannot investigate Wallace’s affairs because he has not provided it with enough information.
If Wallace was declared bankrupt, or was to be jailed for six months or more over his company’s affairs, he would be disqualified from membership of the Dáil.
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Dirt moving to make way for MLEC service center
Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative is building a new operations center for Houston County at the Stewart-Houston Industrial Park.
Dirt moving to make way for MLEC service center Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative is building a new operations center for Houston County at the Stewart-Houston Industrial Park. Check out this story on theleafchronicle.com: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/stewart-houston/2017/10/19/new-mlec-service-center-scheduled-open-spring/777657001/
Mark Hicks, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 11:16 a.m. CT Oct. 19, 2017 | Updated 11:51 a.m. CT Oct. 20, 2017
An architectural rendering illustrates what Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative’s new operations center will look like.(Photo: Contributed image)
Site preparation is under way for Meriwether Lewis Electric Cooperative’s new operations center for Houston County.
“We are going to put in a new office and warehouse there,” said MLEC CEO Keith Carnahan. “It’s scheduled to be complete in March of 2018, so we hope to move in in early spring.”
MLEC bought an approximately 4-acre tract along Highway 49 at the Stewart-Houston Industrial Park for the new operations center.
Crews have been excavating and spreading dirt at Stewart-Houston Industrial Park where an MLEC service center is being built. (Photo: Mark Hicks / The Leaf-Chronicle)
“We will be moving our operations for downtown Erin because we had to get out of a flood plain,” Carnahan said.
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Sir Richard's Condom Company (RED) Condoms
These world-renowned condoms from Sir Richard's Condom Company will give you pleasure and lead to personal satisfaction (cause you're being charitable, duh). They come in 3-pack ($4.99) and 12-pack ($13.99) boxes and 5 per cent of profits go to the Global Fund.Sir Richard's Condom Company
Mophie (RED)
Does your phone annoyingly die at the worst possible time? Mophie's juicepack ($79.95-$119.95) and power station ($79.95) quickly recharge your lifeline on the go. The best part is, they've gone (RED) and will donate 5 per cent of each sale to the Global Fund. Mophie
(RED) Feed Bag
This limited-edition Feed bag ($80) gives a lot and will hold your groceries. $12 from each bag sale will go to the Global Fund, and proceeds will be donated the United Nations World Food Programme. Feed
Jonathan Adler's (RED) Tomato Candle
Jonathan Adler has designed a beautiful, tomato-scented candle ($38) for the (RED) cause. We never imagined we'd need something that smells like tomato, but, we're very curious. And 10 per cent of the retail price goes to Global Fund, so you get to smell something new for a great cause.Jonathan Adler
Moleskine (RED)
Moleskine has adapted its traditional, time-tested offerings and gave them the (RED) spin. The #OneREDDay collection features a luggage tag ($9.95) and a variety of planners and journals ($19.95-$24.95). Your next trip or your next novel (or poem!) could be the result of one good deed!Moleskine
Apple's (RED) App Store
Playing Kim Kardashian Hollywood could give you more than K Star coins. The popular app has gone (RED) and 100 per cent of sales (including in-app purchases) will be going to the Global Fund. Other popular apps who have joined in the fight against AIDS include Kitchen Stories, Clear, Farmville and the supremely beautiful Monument Valley. Hey, you buy apps anyway, so this is easy charity. Apple
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Archbishop Demetrios Shows Defiance toward Patriarch Bartholomew
By Theodore Kalmoukos June 2, 2018
FILE - Archbishop Demetrios with Patriarch Bartholomew in a previous meeting at the Theological School of Halki. (Photo by GOA/Dimitrios Panagos)
NEW YORK – An unprecedented crisis has burst between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America because of a total defiance of Archbishop Demetrios toward Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
Specifically, Archbishop Demetrios refused to resign after Patriarch Bartholomew invited him to do so officially at the meeting of the Patriarchate’s Holy Synod on May 30. He said that he wants to stay to fix the problems of the Archdiocese.
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Jeffdiner says:
The ones who caused the problems can never be the ones to fix them. The fact the Archbishop refuses to resign along with certain metropolitans shows just how deep the swamp really is. I personally like the Archbishop but feel he would make a better educator and college professor than an administrator. I don’t think anyone can argue or disagree with that and if you do you are blind to what is happening in our Archdiocese.
Everything you say is very true! I am troubled however because most of the Metropolitans potentially in line to succeed him are infinitely worse. And Evangelos has already worked his head deep into the EP’s rear end from all that brown nosing.
repanidi1908 says:
Evangelos is easily the least qualified of the metropolitans to become archbishop. And, truth be told, none of the others have the stature, foresight and vision, not to mention piety, that is needed today, perhaps more than ever before.
2nd Generation says:
Jeffdiner;
You make a valid point that those who created the problem can not fix it, however, that adage is better applied to the Patriacahte, which started this mess with the forced resignation of the late Archbishop Iakovos. After gutting any laity authority from the Archdiocese Charter, they elevated the US Bishops to Metroplotains, reporting to the Patriarch, and left the Archbishop of America with little authority, and a structure doomed to fail.
Toula Keystone says:
Sadly, hindsight, as it is said, is “20-20”.
We are in a quagmire. There is also an expression: “as the Archdiocese goes, so goes HC/HC”
We see this with record low numbers in attendance and at least two of the more qualified professors resigning. Also, as stated by Fr. Metropolus, the president of HC/HC, there is no money to pay the now very past due bills.
Answers, I don’t have. Pray that our Loving God will continue to humble us and guide us. The Church is not a business, but it must be administered to competently. Most of our clergy are priests, not businessmen. They have no administrative skills or background.
The deans of the respective schools resigned their positions but will remain at the school as teachers. HCHC has been touted as the flagship institution of the Archdiocese since, well, forever. But it is an orphan flagship. After 80 years its endowment is perhaps $25 million. And, it is continuously borrowed against to make ends meet.The school has never been adequately supported financially either by the Archdiocese or by the Greek American community, which is especially sad, shameful and embarrassing, because of the socioeconomically successful position to which Greek Americans have risen. The endowment should be in the range of $250-500 million and perhaps even more.
Very true the endowment should be bigger. But having watched our money misused and stolen and largely going to fund a luxurious lifestyle for our princeling bishops, many of us have shut our wallets until we see transparency and accountability. Sadly, I don’t expect to see that day in my lifetime
usmc12 says:
Many of us have administrative skills, I am a former Marine Officer that saw action in Viet Nam. Your typical of most people in the Church. The Church is a business, just see the code for a non-profit corporation. Joseph Mirowski
disgrunteld says:
the economic future of the Archdiocese is dire , at best…the monetary tap has been shit due to the financial improprieties engaged in by those in power at the Archdiocese including the misappropriation of St Nicholas funds, the priest pension fund and teh seminary….the fun times are over unless and until the glutinous ,egotistical driven, power hungry Metropolitans are replaced by pious and humble men of God…..only then, perhaps, our dear Lord will see to it that teh Archdiocese returns to the glory deserving of HIS name……
the economic future of the Archdiocese is dire , at best…the monetary tap has been shut due to the financial improprieties engaged in by those in power at the Archdiocese including the misappropriation of St Nicholas funds, the priest pension fund and teh seminary….the fun times are over unless and until the glutinous ,egotistical driven, power hungry Metropolitans are replaced by pious and humble men of God…..only then, perhaps, our dear Lord will see to it that teh Archdiocese returns to the glory deserving of HIS name……
Lower Manhattan Cynic says:
This is an insolvent, leaderless, corrupt, enterprise that stands for nothing except hyper ethnic Greek Leftist reasons. The head of the church is held in a gilded cage in an Islamic Republic that manipulates him, his deputies, and what’s left of the church like monies at a street side show.
There is no solution.
The only course of action is for the strongest of parishes in each region to break off, disavow any loyalty to this corrupt enterprise, and survive and reformulate within 20 plus years.
This the Dark Age and the patriarchate and archdiocese are The Black Plague
This is an insolvent, leaderless, corrupt, enterprise that stands for nothing except hyper ethnic Greek Leftist reasons. The head of the church is held in a gilded cage in an Islamic Republic that manipulates him, his deputies, and what’s left of the church like monkies at a street side show.
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On this section of my website, I post regular updates on our train service, my latest videos on the issue, as well as letters to and from government ministers. If you have questions on what you see here please do get in touch. I will also be posting updates on my Facebook page and Twitter feed.
I am happy for constituents to copy me in on their experiences for me to take up with GTR, but in the first instance you can complain here: http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/contact-us/form/
You can opt to receive updates on your mobile by downloading ‘Thameslink on Track’ app here: http://www.thameslinkrailway.com/your-journey/planning/app/
You might also want to visit: http://www.transportfocus.org.uk/, which tracks the performance of train operators.
GTR Winter timetable update
Thursday, 1 November, 2018
Planning approach to winter timetable
How many more reviews, inquiries, investigations, statements and urgent questions will it take before GTR is at last stripped of its franchise
During a recent statement on the Terms of Reference of the forthcoming Rail Review, I asked the Secretary of State about the Glaister review, which will be looking into the timetable debacle.
Latest developments at Govia Thameslink Railway
Monday, 3 September, 2018
I received a letter from GTR's Chief Executive Office, Patrick Verwer, explaining what they have been doing to try and give customers more certainty and stability over the summer:
TRAINS! - Fare Increases
TRAINS! Just when you think you have seen it all, when you think you have read and seen just about everything possible, along comes an increase in train fares. An increase! AN INCREASE!
Brighton Main Line Improvement Project update
Today Network Rail launched a public awareness campaign for passengers travelling on the Brighton Main Line who may be affected by a major programme of improvement works designed to reduce delays and provide better journeys for passengers between the south coast and the capital.
Office of Rail and Road take action to improve passenger experience on railway
Thursday, 9 August, 2018
I wanted to alert you to two actions which Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has taken this week to improve the passenger experience on railways:
Shoreham pupils report on GTR chaos
I am always happy to take students from local schools on for work experience in my Westminster office to have a glimpse into the life of an MP and the inner workings of Parliament.
GTR interim timetable causing school chaos
As a direct consequence of the third emergency timetable, which came in on Sunday, schools in East Worthing have had to bring forward the closing of their day by an hour because there are no longer any trains for their pupils.
Response to joint letter to Chris Grayling
We have received a response from Chris Grayling to our joint letter on GTR’s poor service back in June:
Update from Govia Thameslink and Network Rail
Friday, 6 July, 2018
Please find below the latest update from GTR and Network Rail:
Interim timetable 15th July
Details of a new interim timetable to provide a more reliable service for Thameslink and Great Northern passengers have been published today.
Stay informed on the latest news.
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Stolen motorcycle recoveries up nearly 10% in 2016
Stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) expert, Tracker, urges commuter and delivery motorbike owners to focus on security to protect their vehicles, as it reveals that it recovered over 225 stolen motorcycles in 2016. This represents a 9.2% increase in recoveries compared to 2015, with Tracker’s award-winning technology helping police recover motorcycles amounting to a total value of £687,000.
Among the 225 bikes recovered using Tracker’s market leading VHF technology, the most expensive was a Yamaha YZF; a highly desirable superbike worth £9,500. However, the least expensive was a scooter, a Honda Vision, famed for its urban mobility and worth just £800. With the average value for stolen and recovered motorcycles at just over £3000, the latest Tracker findings highlight the importance of good security regardless of value.
Top 5 Make and Model Motorcycles
Stolen and Recovered by Tracker
1. Peugeot Ludix
2. Peugeot Tweet
3. Yamaha TRX
4. Honda Vision
5. Yamaha XP
London – the UK’s largest city and the most challenging environment for motorcycle theft - came top of the regions with the most thefts and recoveries; nearly 60% of all Tracker stolen motorcycle recoveries were made in London. Essex and South Yorkshire followed, whilst Surrey and West Yorkshire came in fourth and fifth respectively.
Andy Barrs, Head of Police Liaison at Tracker (part of the Tantalum Corporation) explains, “Our latest figures show that the Peugeot Ludix is the most stolen and recovered bike, followed by the Peugeot Tweet. Indeed, 3 out of the 5 most commonly stolen and recovered bikes by Tracker are scooters. Commuter and delivery bikes appear to be a soft target for opportunists at the moment, with a significant number being used to commit more serious crimes such as street robberies and jewellery heists. So it’s not simply high value motorcycles that are at risk of being taken.”
In 2016 there was a staggering 44% increase in motorbike theft in London* compared to 40% nationally, with industry statistics revealing that for every five motorcycles stolen in the UK, only two were expected to be recovered**. This confirms that owners need to make security a greater priority to protect their vehicles from thieves.
Tracker’s award winning SVR solutions can play a vital role in addressing the problem. Whilst its tracking devices will not prevent a bike from being stolen, they will significantly increase the chances of police locating and retrieving the bike before it’s broken down for parts or sold on.
Specially developed to protect unpowered or infrequently used assets to avoid draining the battery, Battery Powered Tracker Retrieve has its own power source and does not need to be wired into the electrical system of a vehicle, making it ideal for motorcycles, including vintage bikes.
Using patented VHF technology it can track stolen motorcycles and scooters, even if they are hidden in containers, lock-ups or underground car parks. The high tech tracking technology is not stopped by GPS/GSM signal jammers and the signal can be picked up throughout the UK, as well as France, Spain, Poland, Holland, Luxembourg and Italy - perfect for those planning a summertime ride across Europe.
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RwB member named Forest Hero by the UN!
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The United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat launched the first ever International Forest Heroes Programme and Awards. Ninety nominations from forty-one different countries were received. Fifteen finalists throughout five geographic regions – Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America – were in the running for one prestigious award in each region. Their actions embody innovative and grassroots initiatives, tapping into the multiple values of forests. In a closing ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York, people who have made special contributions to protect forests in each region of the world were honored with a UNFF Forest Heroes Award:
Africa”s Mr. Paul Nzegha Mzeka (Cameroon)
Asia”s Mr. Shigeatsu Hatakeyama (Japan)
Latin America”s Mr. Paulo Adario (Brazil)
North America”s Ms. Rhiannon Tomtishen &amp Ms. Madison Vorva (USA)
Europe”s Mr. Anatoly Lebedev (Russia)
For the European region, Anatoly Lebedev was recognized for his work campaigning against illegal logging and destructive land use practices in Russia’s Far East that threaten indigenous communities and Siberian tigers, primarily in Ussury River basin.
Anatoly Lebedev began his career in environmental journalism and quickly found that organised crime and corruption in the forestry sector was going unpunished in Russia. Soon after his work with environmental group Taiga in the 1980s resulted in a national logging ban on cedar forests, Anatoly was elected into regional parliament where he passed legislation on forest and wildlife management, indigenous rights, and helped keep national parks from destruction by illegal logging.
In 2000, Lebedev was awarded Honorable Environmentalist of Russia for his efforts in promoting indigenous rights, biodiversity preservation and his support of local environmental journalists through the “Bureau of Regional Outreach Campaigns” (BROC). He also produced the first regional environmental TV show, “Preserved,” and the quarterly magazine “Ecology and Business,” which has been a key tool for environmental education and advocacy over RFE?Siberia.
Anatoly Lebedev remains highly active in local forest communities, analyzing models and impacts of illegal logging and timber trade, which rose in the RFE during the mid 1990s. He has written analytical reports on the Asian timber marketing collaboration with international organizations such as, IUCN, WWF and U.S. based NGOs.
Anatoly Lebedev and “Bureau of Regional Outreach Campaigns” are among founding members of the Rivers without Boundaries Coalition, and in 2011 he has been particularly active in RwB campaign against export –oriented hydropower plants. Despite being the eldest member of our community, Anatoly is always the first to react when help is needed or urgent problem should be resolved.
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As a popular holiday destination amongst South Africans, you will be able to find cheap flights to Mauritius from all the major cities. Mauritius is an archipelago of three small islands strewn across the tropical Indian Ocean, at the crossroads between East Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Caught in the path of spice and trade ships journeying pass, Mauritius is a hotbed of entwined cultures and eclectic flavours. It also has some of the best beaches in the world that never fail to amaze those who are lucky enough to visit this island nation off the coast of East Africa. South Africans do not need a visa to travel to Mauritius, but you will need to ensure your passport is valid for at least 6 months after your return date.
The beaches in Mauritius are by far the most famous attractions. Grand Baie and Trou Aux Biches are known for being the most beautiful beaches in Mauritius. Pereybere, Île aux Cerfs, Belle Mare Plage, Gris Gris, Flic en Flac, and Le Morne are also absolutely gorgeous. The little seaside town of Flic en Flac has the kind of island charm that you imagine when thinking about a holiday to a tropical place. Of course with great beaches comes amazing opportunities for water activities such as snorkelling and sailing. But if you prefer to keep your feet on the ground, the island is known for producing excellent rum. St. Aubin, Chamarel, and Labourdonnais are the main rum distilleries and definitely worth a visit if you are partial to authentic island rum. For nature lovers and adventure enthusiasts, hiking through Black River Gorges National Park will show you the wild side of Mauritius, while the lush vegetation of Curepipe conceals Trou-aux-Cerfs, a dormant volcano. The crater offers 360 degree views of the surrounding town and ocean. Other famous attractions in Mauritius include the surreal Seven Coloured Earth of Chamarel, the giant water lilies of Pamplemousses Garden, and Balaclava Ruins. And no trip to Mauritius would be complete without trying the street food at Flacq Market.
Le Caudan Waterfront is the vibrant, popularly photographed strip of shops and restaurants where you can sit down to an easy-going dinner or buy real Mauritian rum and local crafts. The markets in Mauritius will take you right into the heart of regular island life. Locals milling about and doing their shopping. Walk through Flacq Market in Centre de Flacq and Central Market in Port Louis and you will find mounds of vegetables in all shapes and sizes; bright tropical fruits, some you which you may have never seen before; famous Mauritius tea; fragrant spices; gorgeous textiles; real vanilla beans; and coconut milk served in its shell. The markets are the best place to go if you want to try the street food of Mauritius.
Getting around Mauritius is easy and fairly inexpensive. Renting a car or private driver is an easy way to get around the island. Renting a car is inexpensive and vehicles drive on the left, so you don’t have to worry about road rules. Cabs are available at the hotels, resorts, and bus stations, and most hotels and resorts also have bicycles or scooters for hire. The public bus service is regular and reliable with routes from Port Louis to the main towns and certain areas to the north and south of the island. If you want to go all out, helicopter services are offered by Air Mauritius, which are an incredible way to get around and see the island.
You are spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing a place to stay in Mauritius: a stylish bungalow near the beach, villa surrounded by palm trees, modern seafront apartment, luxurious 5-star resort and spa stretched along the beach with suites that open up onto sand, or a straightforward guest house with no fancy frills. First timers tend to gravitate towards the hotels in Mauritius because the staff are friendly and well trained in looking after guests. Luxury villas have all the trimmings of a hotel and are great for couples wanting privacy and a little adventure. They are also particularly popular because of the concierge service that makes planning trips easier, private chefs, and airport pick-ups.
Direct flights to Mauritius are available from Johannesburg and Cape Town and connecting flights to Mauritius depart from most cities in South Africa. Air Mauritius and South African Airways operate non-stop flights to Mauritius. Other airlines that fly to Mauritius are Kenya Airways and Air Austral. Flights to Mauritius are short and sweet, making it a popular option with South Africans who want to get away but not rough it out for hours on long flights. Flights from Johannesburg to Mauritius are about 4 hours, flights from Cape Town to Mauritius are about 5 hours, and flights from Durban to Mauritius are about 4 hours. Flights with more than one layover can be as long as 18 hours. All flights to Mauritius land at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU) just outside of Port Louis.
Between the bright green tropical forests of Mauritius are waterfalls that are breath-taking to look at and thrilling to find. Spending a day hiking through the wild jungles in search of these gushing waterfalls is one of the best experiences you can have on the island. Chamarel is the highest waterfall in Mauritius with a staggering drop of 100 metres. If you are up for climbing the stairs to the top, the sight from above is truly spectacular. Surrounded by rare vegetation, Alexandra Falls is a thing of wonder that will leave you spellbound. Tamarind Falls, Eureka Falls, Exil Falls, and Rochester Falls are equally mesmerising and you can get up close to them. But perhaps the most famous waterfall of all is the ‘underwater waterfall’ off the coast of Le Morne Mountain. A helicopter ride will give you a view of this marvellous mystery that is actually an optical illusion, but still utterly magnificent to see.
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There are more ways to explore the earth than overseas and overland. And the new Scenic Eclipse takes you there.
With 2 helicopters for ‘flight-seeing’ and a submarine to reveal vast beauty of underwater realms, this luxury expedition ship covers all the bases – and with its top Polar Class-rated hull, it can sail in any of the world’s seven seas.
What’s more, Scenic’s sleek, sophisticated style makes the Eclipse feel like a billionaire’s yacht… with fewer than 200 fortunate guests at a time sharing an adventure of a lifetime.
BestTrip TV got a tour of the Scenic Eclipse on her inaugural voyage and discovered there’s more than billionaire’s toys to the first ocean cruising vessel for a company that’s already made its mark on luxury land tours and river cruises.
The Scenic Eclipse echoes the luxury of its river cruises and land tours. For all the head-turning design and deluxe amenities and experiences you’ll find on board, as an expedition ship, the focus of any Scenic Eclipse voyage is outdoors.
An expedition team and local guides take guests on hikes, kayak excursions, and a host of ship to shore zodiac landings in remote coasts of the world – and that’s even before you step foot on the submarine launch deck or the helipad.
The Eclipse’s itineraries take her around the globe, from the Northwest Passage across Canada’s Arctic coast, through tropical adventures in the Caribbean and Central America, to the remote wilds of Patagonia and epic Antarctica, the storied coasts of North and South America, the maritime cradle of Western civilization in the Mediterranean, and north to the fjords of Scandinavia and the volcanic landscapes of Iceland.
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Herrenknecht moves through solid rock
Herrenknecht technology and expertise is breaking new ground on a challenging tunnelling project through tough rock in Norway.
Norway is a country with infrastructure rich in tunnels; however, until recently, tunnelling projects in the Scandinavian region have relied on the traditional drill and blast method, using explosives to deal with the extremely hard indigenous rock and limiting tunnelling technology to smaller hydropower projects.
Herrenknecht technology is revolutionising the tunnelling landscape on the Follo Line Railway Project in the country’s capital, Oslo, where – in a world first – tunnel boring machines (TBMs) are being used to excavate through tough and most abrasive rock, gneiss. The project, for Norwegian rail company Bane NOR, will remove 4 million m3 of rock to create twin 20 km tunnels from the municipality of Ski to Oslo.
“Probably no state has more tunnels than Norway,” says Bane NOR Project Manager Anne Kalager.
“For every inhabitant, statistically there are 1.3 meters.”
During site visits, Bane NOR’s Geologist Agnethe Hoff Finnøy shows guests the palm-sized chunks of rock that result from the four TBMs’ operations, which began in 2016, explaining the significance and effectiveness of the process.
“Gneiss is a particularly hard rock,” says Ms Hoff Finnøy.
“The TBMs crack the hard rock into chips like this. It works wonderfully.”
Changing with the times
There were a number of factors to consider when it came to selecting a construction methodology. The drill and blast method traditionally used in Norway would have required seven jobsites – some of them located in metropolitan areas – which would have been difficult for trucks to access.
Ms Kalager says it is important for the industry to keep up with advances in technology, in order to provide the best possible options for the communities impacted by construction that will continue over years.
“If we want to stay fit for the future we can’t just say: we’ll do it the way we’ve always done it. We must always keep looking for the best methods – and as it turns out, in this project TBMs have decisive advantages,” she says.
“So drill and blast tunnelling would have meant a huge burden on the traffic and the many residents living near the jobsites.”
In contrast to the drill and blast method, using a TBM requires only one central jobsite well away from residents, which provides easy vehicle access as it is linked directly to the highway. Two 900 m access tunnels connect the jobsite on the surface with two underground caverns, where the TBMs can commence tunnelling north and south.
“All these advantages were decisive for the TBM solution,” says Ms Kalager.
Progress in harsh conditions
According to the project timeline, the railway line is scheduled to be operational in 2021; in order for works to completed, the TBMs must achieve breakthrough in both tunnels by the end of 2018. Acciona–Ghella Joint Venture (JV) Project Director Fernando Vara carefully monitors the daily and nightly progress of the machines, receiving a report on the night shift’s progress each morning.
“So in the first minute after waking up I can see if the day is going to be stressful,” Mr Vara says.
“Ten rings are good when the geology is difficult, but 14 or 15 rings are normal.”
The 9.9 m diameter double shield TBMs simultaneously bore and line the tunnel with 1.8 m wide reinforced concrete rings. In order to achieve an average advance of 27 m/d through rock with a compressive strength of up to 300 MPa, Herrenknecht has equipped each of the machines with 13 engines, providing 475 horsepower for each drive of the 265 t cutter head.
The extreme toughness of the rock and geology can cause a number of difficulties that can result in slower progress. Sometimes the rock in front of the cutter head contains fissures filled with groundwater, which requires the team on the next shift to inject a liquid cement mass to displace the water.
Maintaining the machines
The strong vibrations and abrasive rock cause heavy wear to the cutter discs; to ensure that optimum use can be achieved by each 19 inch (483 mm) diameter disc, Herrenknecht manufactured each disc of special steel.
Over the course of the project, more than 6,000 cutter discs will be changed on each machine and transported to Herrenknecht’s Schwanau plant where they are completely overhauled. Herrenknecht Project Engineer Luis Cuartero is responsible for the cutter management in Oslo.
“In close cooperation with our customers we feel our way ever closer to the optimal parameters for the disc cutters,” says Mr Cuartero.
“We improve details on the bearing and try out the effects of different lubricants and seals.”
Mr Cuartero also ensures that strict maintenance procedures are followed for each of the TBMs, including making sure the hoses of the hydraulic circuits, electrical components, and engines and pumps are in good condition.
“It’s in everyone’s interest that the machines are kept in the best possible condition over the entire distance of the drive. That’s why we are so attentive, and sometimes suggest sensible preventive maintenance to the customer on the basis of experience.”
Impacting the future
Norway has a long history of tunnelling using drill and blast methods, while smaller TBMs and microtunnel boring machines had previously only been used on smaller projects.
Ms Kalager says this project – and the assessment and analysis used for its planning – has expanded the potential for greater use of tunnelling technologies in the region, expecting that it will as a signal for further tunnelling projects in Norway.
“In future TBMs will be a realistic alternative in large projects, even in our extreme hard rock,” she says.
This article was featured in the Summer edition of Trenchless International. To view the magazine on your PC, Mac, tablet, or mobile device, click here.
For more information visit the Herrenkencht website.
If you have a project you would like featured in Trenchless International contact Assistant editor Chloe Jenkins at cjenkins@gs-press.com.au
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HDK offers to hold talks with oppn, BJP leaders court arrest during ‘siege’ protest
PTI, Jun 16, 2019, 6:19 PM IST
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Bengaluru: Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Sunday offered to hold talks with opposition BJP on issues raised by it even as the saffron party workers courted arrest while attempting to proceed towards his official residence despite police barricades.
As the state BJP, led by its chief B S Yeddyurappa, intensified its two-day sit-in over issues, including sale of land in Ballari to JSW Steel at a “throw away” price, drought and farm loan waiver, Kumaraswamy, in a letter to the opposition leader, said he was prepared to discuss all matters.
“I am always ready to discuss with you. Steps will be taken to seek your time as per your convenience,” the chief minister said in the letter to Yeddyurappa, a copy of which was released to the media.
However, the BJP went ahead with its plan as the leaders and workers, who were on a round-the-clock sit-in at Anand Rao circle here since Friday, attempted to proceeded toward the chief minister’s residence despite heavy police presence and barricades in the area.
The protesters were stopped by police and huddled into buses as they tried to break through the barricades.
In the ensuing melee, a few BJP leaders including, former deputy chief minister R Ashok, suffered some bruises.
The protesters were taken to a nearby police ground and let off later, police said.
In his letter, Kumaraswamy informed Yeddyurappa about the measures taken to tackle the drought situation and added the loan waiver scheme for farmers in progress.
Regarding the sale of land to JSW Steel company, the chief minister said the matter would be referred to the cabinet sub-committee.
Speaking to reporters onboard a bus, Yeddyurappa accused the state government of “ignoring” the sufferings of people and said the BJP’s protest would continue.
The BJP leader also demanded that the state government completely drop the sale of land to the JSW steel.
The Karnataka cabinet had recently decided to convert the lease of 3,667 acres of land in Ballari district to JSW Steel into sale, in accordance with the initial agreement.
Caught in a row, the state cabinet Friday decided to refer its decision to a cabinet sub-committee for reconsideration, which Yeddyurappa termed as “eyewash”.
Responding to the chief minister’s message, the BJP tweeted, “After (former chief minister) Siddaramaiah became the coordination committee chairman, you too got the disease of sleeping. You woke up only now though the opposition (BJP) leaders were holding a sit-in demonstration since Friday morning.”
“Invitation for talks just ahead of laying siege to chief minister’s house is a commitment or a publicity stunt?” it asked in the tweet.
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Kittens can become infected with roundworms during nursing.
Hookworm and roundworm eggs are shed in the feces of infected cats and can survive in the soil for a long time. Hookworm eggs mature to larvae and remain in the soil, and roundworm eggs become infective a few weeks after being deposited. When cats lie down in a contaminated environment and then groom themselves, sniff or lick the ground, or eat grass and other things outside, they can be infected.
Cats can become infected with roundworms and hookworms when they kill and eat rodents, birds, and other small animals that can serve as hosts for these parasites.
Hookworm larvae can infect hosts by penetrating the skin to enter the body.
Most cats become infected with tapeworms through exposure to fleas. The immature stage of the tapeworm lives inside the flea; when the cat grooms a flea off of its skin or fur, the cat eats the flea (and the tapeworm) and becomes infected.
In the intestines, tapeworm segments detach from the end of the adult tapeworm and are shed in the pet’s feces. Each segment contains numerous tapeworm eggs. Once in the environment, the segments break open, releasing the eggs, which eventually develop into tapeworm larvae. Pets can become infected with a certain type of tapeworm when they hunt and eat prey, such as birds, rodents, or reptiles that have eaten tapeworm larvae.
Some cats infected with intestinal parasites develop clinical signs such as weight loss, diarrhea, and vomiting. Adult roundworms resemble spaghetti and can sometimes be seen in feces or vomit. Similarly, tapeworm segments resemble small pieces of rice and can sometimes be seen in feces or around the cat’s anal area. However, in many cases there are no clinical signs and adult worms or tapeworm segments are not visible, so the only way to tell if a cat in infected is to test a sample of feces and identify the parasites.
What Is Profender?
Profender is a medication that safely and effectively kills and controls roundworms, hookworms, and tapeworms in cats.
How Is Profender Used?
Profender is very easy for cat owners to administer because it doesn’t require giving a pill or other medication by mouth. Profender is a topical liquid medication. Pet owners simply need to part the hair between the cat’s shoulder blades and apply a small tube of Profender liquid directly to the skin. A single application is effective, but the medication can be reapplied in 30 days if reinfection occurs.
Is Profender Safe?
Profender is safe for adult cats and can be used in kittens as young as 8 weeks of age and weighing at least 2.2 pounds. However, owners should be careful to keep pets from eating the product; treated cats should be separated from other pets until the product dries. Profender has not been tested in pregnant or nursing cats and should be used with caution in sick, debilitated, or heartworm-positive cats.
Why Might My Veterinarian Recommend Profender?
In most cats and kittens, roundworm, hookworm, and tapeworm infections are not fatal. However, hookworms attach to the lining of the intestines and drink blood, so the diarrhea that they cause can be bloody and very severe. Some cats and kittens can even develop anemia (an inadequate number of red blood cells) from blood loss secondary to a heavy hookworm infection. Roundworms can also cause significant illness, including severe diarrhea and intestinal blockage. Treating these infections in cats and kittens is an important part of promoting overall health, well-being, and longevity.
Roundworms, hookworms, and tapeworms pose a threat to cats, but they can also infect humans:
Roundworm eggs can live for a long time in soil. Children are particularly at risk for exposure to roundworms if they play in soil or sandboxes that are contaminated with animal feces. In humans, roundworms are a significant cause of several types of larva migrans, an illness caused by migration of young worms through body organs such as the liver, lungs, and nervous system. Young roundworms may also travel to the eye, where they can cause blindness.
Humans can become infected with hookworms when infective larvae in the environment penetrate the skin. The larvae then migrate under the skin, resulting in a condition called cutaneous larva migrans. People with this condition may experience itchy skin lesions with a snakelike pattern. Occasionally, swallowed larvae may migrate to the intestine, causing abdominal pain. However, hookworms do not mature to adults in humans, and the infections usually resolve on their own.
Human tapeworm infections are relatively rare and usually occur when a person inadvertently consumes an infected flea. Most cases involve children. In isolated cases, people may become infected by accidentally eating certain types of tapeworm eggs. The tapeworm larvae form cysts, which may require drainage, surgical removal, or medication.
Because humans can become infected with roundworms, hookworms, and tapeworms, protecting your pets from these parasites also protects your family members.
How Can I Protect My Pets and Family Members From Intestinal Parasites?
Because parasite eggs and larvae can remain infective in the environment for months to years, pet feces should be removed and disposed of immediately. If possible, cats should be kept indoors to prevent them from hunting infected prey. However, even indoor animals can catch infected mice, so it is important to have fecal samples checked periodically for evidence of parasites.
If there are children in your household, make sure your pets are tested and treated for intestinal parasite infections. Also, make sure children wash their hands after handling pets or going to playgrounds, and keep sandboxes covered when not in use to discourage neighborhood cats from using them as litterboxes.
Any new pet coming into the home should be tested for intestinal parasites before being permitted to share a litterbox with other cats in the home. Veterinarians routinely treat young kittens with an antiparasite medication several times until they can be placed on a monthly heartworm preventive that also controls roundworms and other internal parasites. When cats reach adulthood, routine fecal examinations are recommended, and many veterinarians recommend year-round parasite preventive medication for the life of the pet. Always consult your veterinarian about the best ways to protect your pet—and your family—against internal parasites.
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This So Drove Mix Is a Hype Set of Pre-Club Action
The artist formerly known as Schwarz celebrates a new mixtape with a wild set of pop, rap, and footwork hits.
by Colin Joyce; illustrated by River Cousin
Feb 8 2019, 10:01pm
Adam Schwarz spent the better part of a decade establishing himself as one of the best contortionists of East coast club music. Living in Baltimore, making tracks indebted to the bounce of local dance music, as well as vogue, rap, and other forms of pedal-to-the-medal music, he built up a collection of scuzzy, high energy tracks that put him in demand as both a producer and a DJ. He made tracks with both local stalwarts (TT the Artist) and internetty superstars (Lil B), bringing his left-of-center approach to familiar forms no matter what sort of track he was involved with.
Back then, he was just working under his last name, but over the last couple of years his life’s had some big changes. He decamped from Baltimore and settled in Los Angeles, started making more pop focused music—even singing on his own tracks—and adopted a new moniker, So Drove. It’s a big shift stylistically, but one that pushes him more into his own lane as an artist. Today, that work has culminated in his first full-length statement, Solano Canyon OST, a careening, off-kilter soundtrack to the time he’s spent in the LA neighborhood that gives the record its title. It’s pretty varied stuff, bouncing from clubbier fare to new agey grunge ballads (“Water”), a bubbly pop song featuring Memphis legend La Chat, and something Schwarz himself calls “808 mall punk,” which is as gleaming and emotive as the name suggests. It’s essential listening for those who believe in blurring the border between established genres.
To further illustrate the ranginess of the new project, Schwarz put together a mix for Noisey that’s just as diverse. It opens with an interview clip of Avril Lavigne ruminating on the meaning of punk, before darting through dizzying footwork classics, Lil Peep ballads, and a host of rap hits, and some Sleigh Bells throwbacks. It goes some places, which is good. Listen below alongside an interview about the roots of this new project.
NOISEY: How are we meant to enjoy the mix? What's the perfect setting?
So Drove: I think this mix is good for driving around, getting ready to go out to the club, chilling with friends.
Is synesthesia a real thing and if so, what color is this mix?
I definitely believe in synesthesia. I asked my friend Oscar who has synesthesia and they say the mix is mostly aubergine.
Was there any specific concept to the mix?
Mostly just fun bops, maybe playing on the similarities in some seemingly disparate songs.
Do you have a favorite moment on this mix?
I live for the Avril interview that opens the mix.
Photo by Shannon Kelly
You operated for a long time under your last name, but now you’re working as So Drove. Tell me about the genesis of this project. Should people read anything into the decision to distance yourself from your given name?
I felt like I grew so much as a songwriter and a producer around the time I changed my name. Having the new name feels like I have more freedom creatively. I also like that it’s an entity besides just my actual self.
The mixtape you have coming out today is billed as an OST. What’s it a soundtrack to? Is there a plot to the film you’re imagining?
Solano Canyon is a neighborhood in LA that I lived in for over a year. This mixtape documents some of my ups and downs during that time. Also the vibe of the neighborhood informed my aesthetic a lot. A lot of green and trees and nature but also trash and barbed wire and weird abandoned concrete structures.
I think people are most familiar with the work you’ve done in club contexts—what does So Drove allow you to access, either emotionally or thematically, that you couldn’t before. Why branch out basically?
The name change freed me up so much to feel like I could do anything I want instead of what people would like me to do or expect me to do. I’ve always loved pop music so much but was unable to make it at the level I wanted to. Now that I’m learning how to make pop music I can filter all the club impulses and things I learned from DJing and remixing into the pop structure I’m working in.
The press materials you wrote reference the idea of “808 mall punk,” which I feel like is an increasingly resonant idea. Are you interested in the ways in which forms like that can blend together? It’s easy enough to remember times when stuff like Lil Peep was like, aesthetically controversial.
I’ve always been interested in blending things from different musical histories. That’s where most “cool” and “new” things happen from. It’s just as simple as combining certain things people don’t expect, it’s very natural to me because I’ve existed in so many different music cultures. It only feels right.
1. *Avril Lavigne Interview*
2. Amps For Christ - Esaus Blessing
3. Chief Kee f- Belieber
4. RP Boo - Earth’s Battle Dance
5. Asian Doll - First Off
6. Cuban Dol l- Blue Cheese
7. The Carters - Apeshit
8. Lil Peep - Don’t Cry
9. So Drove - 160 Drums
10. DJ Toya x Pat Man - Remii Wop
11. DJ Flawless - Ruff Rider
12. Lil Uzi Vert - 444 + 222 (So Drove Remix)
13. Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend feat. Lil Mama
14. Sleigh Bells - Just us
15. City Morgue - Ken Park feat. Sickboyrari
16. Britney Spears - Rock Me In
17. Sleigh Bells - Comeback Kid
18. So Drove - Say U Luv Me feat. Nezzy
So Drove
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