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Western Ontario (Ivey) Launches New EMBA Program in Hong Kong
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This fall, the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario is starting its inaugural Executive MBA (EMBA) program in Hong Kong. The 18-month program teaches senior executives and managers using the Ivey-pioneered interactive case learning method and Cross-Enterprise Leadership learning model. According to the school, 43 executives from 15 countries are taking part in the program, which began in mid-August.
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EW reviews two Melvin Van Peebles DVDs
By Sam Adams
Updated January 20, 2006 at 05:00 AM EST
Two years after Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song burned through American theaters, Melvin Van Peebles channeled the same energy into the movie musical, with inspired, if scattered, results. In Don’t Play Us Cheap, two ”devil-bats” (Joe Keyes Jr. and Avon Long) vainly try to bust up a Harlem house party, but fall prey to their victims’ infectious energy. Although Van Peebles’ direction is needlessly showy (jagged jump cuts, abrupt zip-zooms), the movie still bewitches — who can resist a song called ”You Cut Up the Clothes in the Closet of My Dreams”? The Story of a Three Day Pass was Van Peebles’ first feature, and, oddly, his most cohesive. Harry Baird plays a black GI whose romance with a white Frenchwoman (Shoot the Piano Player‘s Berger) threatens his hopes for promotion. Though heavily influenced by the French New Wave, the film showcases plenty of Van Peebles’ characteristic fury, especially in the scene where Baird’s mirror image accuses him of being an Uncle Tom. EXTRAS In his brief Pass intro, Van Peebles recalls exploiting his status as a French writer to snag a filmmaking grant in France, while Cheap comes with the singularly bizarre 21-minute documentary ”The Real Deal (What It Was…Is!)”: Van Peebles drops his pants in a vacant Paris lot, fondles a naked woman with a bag on her head, and occasionally drops a making-of detail or two — not the most informative of supplements, but a perfect guide to Van Peebles’ inner world. Cheap: B Pass: B+
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'Real Housewives': Camille Grammer back in Beverly HIlls
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10 Facts about Corinth
Friday, March 18th 2016. | Cities
Facts about Corinth talk about a city in Greece. The existing settlement of Corinth was damaged by earthquake which led into the establishment of New Corinth or New Korinthos in 1858. If you are interested to reach Corinth, it is situated around 48 miles or 78 km west of Athens. You can spot the inland townlets and coastal townlets. Check other interesting facts about Corinth below:
Facts about Corinth 1: the city’s name
The name of the city is taken from the city state of antiquity, Ancient Corinth. The ancient city was recognized as Archaia Korinthos in 1858. The location of the ancient city was 1.9 miles or 3 km southwest the modern city. Due to the earthquake at magnitude 6.5, it was totally destroyed.
Facts about Corinth 2: the natural features
If you visit Corinth¸ there are various natural features that you can spot here such as the monolithic rock of Acrocorinth, Isthmus of Corinth , the Oneia Mountains, the Corinthian Gulf, the narrow coastal plain of Vocha, and the Saronic Gulf.
Corinth City
Facts about Corinth 3: the location of New Corinth
The New Corinth or the present day Corinth was located several km off the Gulf of Corinth. In 1928, there was an earthquake at magnitude 6.3. It made New Corinth destroyed again. But the city was re-established in the similar location. In 1933, there was a great fire in the city and it was rebuilt again.
Facts about Corinth 4: the population
In 1991, it was inhabited by 28,071 people. The population increased 8.4 percent in 2001. At that time, it was occupied by 30,434 people. In 2011, there were 30,176 people who lived in the city.
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Facts about Corinth 5: Municipality of Corinth
Based on the census in 2011, there were 58,192 people who lived in Municipality of Corinth.
Facts about Corinth 6: the economy
The largest oil refining industrial complex in Europe is located in Corinth. Check Columbus Ohio facts here.
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Facts about Corinth 7: other productions
The items produced nearby are petroleum product, copper cables, marble, ceramic tiles, medical equipment, leather, meat products, gums, beverages, mineral water and salts.
Facts about Corinth 8: the new Corinth railway station
In 2005, the new Corinth railway station was completed and it linked the city to Proastiakos.
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Facts about Corinth 9: Korinthos F.C
Korinthos F.C is the association football team in Corinth. In 1999, Corinth Football Club and Pankorinthian Football Club merged to establish Korinthos F.C. Get facts about Copenhagen here.
Facts about Corinth 10: the notable people from Corinth
The notable people from Corinth include the revolutionary leader of Greek War of Independence named Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos, Professor of Physics at Iowa State University named Costas Soukoulis and the famous Greek actress named Irene Papas.
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blutto
sniper said:
good post, appreciate it, although I disagree on many points.
ScienceIsCool said:
Who was clean? Lemond, Bauer, Hampston, Mottet, possibly Alcala, Criquielion and a whole host of others. For those that didn't want to, there really wasn't a whole lot of pressure to dope if you were sincere about being clean because you could compete and still get results.
First off, Mottet wasn't clean. He admitted to using amphetamines. A one-time thing? I doubt it.
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Hampsten in my mind certainly wasn't clean in 1992, when he was doing a winter preparation with Max Testa in Como on the border with Switzerland (Hampsten's place of residence throughout his carreer) where EPO was available without prescription and where, indeed, the entire Motorola gang would go in 1994 to fetch their ampules on Testa's advice (Swart testimony). Hampsten's results in 1992 speak for themselves. The way he bulked up in 92 is also suspicious, but let's stick to the blood boosting, which is really tough to deny for that year. Now, I'm having trouble imagining why he would have been clean in 88 with Testa, or in 86...with Testa. Testa is an exposed doping doc, and you really going to have to explain to me why you think he wasn't helping Hampsten (and others at 7-11) with 'marginal gains' in 86 and 88. I think Mike Neel was perfectly aware whom he brought in when he hired Testa in 85. Prior to that appointment, Testa had already done physiological testing with various Italian cracks including Argentin.
Scienceiscool:
Transfusions did happen, but the logistics were a nightmare. You couldn't extract in January/February and reinject throughout the year as you can now. That meant injecting from a donor which is dodgy as hell. The risk of infection from something in another person's blood isn't worth the risk.
Not worth the risk to you, maybe, but certainly worth the risk to cyclists aspiring to become pro. Hell, even worth the risk to amateur cyclists. And hell, even worth the risk to their ambitious parents. Section from Wheelmen (but could've taken this from any other source) about 84:
The US team, however, went ahead with the blood-boosting effort. Participation in the program was voluntary. If they were interested, they were to arrange for family members with compatible blood types to provide the blood donations. A few days before the Olympic track cycling events, the cyclists and their blood donors lined up in a room at the Ramada hotel in Carson City, and a doctor connected tubes between them, allowing the blood to flow directly from one to the other.
Come to think of it, which GT rider was in the habit of bringing his parents to GTs? Just saying...
Thus, it was restricted to big events with organizations that had big budgets such as national teams going to the Olympics or someone like Merckx heading into Paris Roubaix (for the record he states he was offered, but declined).
Anquetil and Zoetemelk are two riders of whom we know they were using different methods of blood boosting for GTs. That's early to late 70s. So you're clutching at straws when you're suggesting blood boosting wasn't done during GTs in the 80s. Exactly what kind of blood boosting is anyone's guess, but there were different methods by that time that had proven their worth. We're lucky that it's documented for 88. It's only plausible to assume it happened throughout the 80s.
The thought you'd use it constantly through the season is big-time laughable.
You'd use it primarily before important one-day races and during GT rest days. And that's only for the guys with a budget. Water carriers would have to make do with less advanced procedures.
...even if the very first riders got hold of it in 1987 during the drug trials,
For athletics and skiing the year of introduction is 1986. So for cycling 86 isn't impossible either. Lemond and Hampsten mixing it up at the TdS and TdF should ring all sorts of Sky-ish alarm bells. And as it happens, the guy responsible for taking Amgen public was a wanna be world champ masters cyclist trained by a certain Eddie B from 85 onwards. Ow, and Lemond did a nice little investment in that guy's company. Oh well.
it took the next six or seven years until a large percentage of the peloton was using. Even then to mixed effect.
Indeed, and if you want to find users in the early period, it makes sense to look at guys with big results. Hampsten, Roche, Lemond.
Lastly, the world of pro cycling is a small one. Everyone is "related" in one way or another. Of course a clean Alcala could ride with PDM and remain clean back then.
I doubt Alcala was clean. Seems likely that Gisbers was referring to EPO. Throughout the 70s and 80s, Mexico was the go-to place for PEDs for many Americans (see the famous David Jenkins drug ring). Mexican cyclists would have known where to find the honey, too. You gotta wonder why Alcala was the only Mexican making a breakthrough. Just doesn't make sense that he was clean. If he were, many of his doping countrymen would probably have surpassed him. Doping did make a difference you know, also in the 80s, in all sports. I trust you won't ask me to provide evidence for that.
PDM, I think, was one of the first that started ramping up a team-wide program. Lemond was appalled enough to leave
that's a weird myth. We know he had contractual issues. Sure, his lawyer said something about testosterone, but the details are unknown. You can't jump to conclusions from there. Lemond had his own doctors and a carreer-long Mexican fixer with whom he did odd ooc training sessions. In 87-88, ADR had four positives, all publicized, plus a doctor (VanMol) who'd been sent away from his previous team due to doping issues (cortisone gone wrong). If Lemond was appalled by PDM's doping program, why, of all teams, did he sign for ADR? The irony there is huge.
Another anecdote: Zoetemelk was widely known to have experimented with blood doping. IT had been written about already in the late 70s early 80s. So Lemond would've known. Yet Lemond didn't mind coming second to Zoetemelk at the 85 worlds. In Sam Abt's "Incredible Comeback" there is a paragraph dedicated to Lemond praising Zoetemelk's deserved win and his great carreer. Lemond appalled? Not really. Then you look at some of the people singled out as Lemond's 'close friends' in that period. It includes the likes of Johan Lammerts and Rini Wagtmans. Two keepers of omerta if ever there were any.
And that's disregarding all the other evidence of doping among the Americans that has surfaced. USOC providing internal testing. Eddie bringing Harvey Newton on board. I'm just cherry-picking here. Rigged testing at the Coors Classic. Blood doping among the '74 US Junior team n Poland.
And re-read Gisbers' statement about Americans and doping on the previous page.
He knew what time it was.
Talking about timing: coincidentally, this "clean americans vs. doped europeans" narrative started emerging forcefully in the mid/late 80s, after the 84 Olympics scandal had made them realize that doping really should best stay burried deeply under the carpet.
There is such a huge Sky-avant-la-lettre stink to the whole Hampsten-Lemond story, it's not funny, starting with Eddie B and his alleged introduction of 'scientific' Eastern European training methods, praised extensively by Lemond.
....to the bolded...kinda funny but during that period LeMond also bulked up ( to the point it became a bit of a running gag in the peloton ) ....and I don't have to point out what a strange thing that is to do when your success is predicated on being able to climb well....
...so I guess the question why the bulking up....
pmcg76
blutto said:
He didn't bulk up, he got fat, in 1990 in particular and also 91 to a degree and would spend the first half of the year trying to lose the weight. He was Ullrich before the German came along in terms of gaining/losing weight. It was hardly the Armstrong 96 type bulking up now, but nice attempt at trying to rewrite history.
“When I saw riders with fat asses climbing like airplanes, that’s when I knew,” said Luis Herrera.
Irony aside, him having gained weight does raise the question: how did he win that TdF in 1990 against some riders who were possibly already reaping the benefits of EPO.
Not only had Lemond gained weight, if I'm not mistaken he also suffered two viruses (one in the winter and one in April) in the run up to the TdF that year, both of which took him out for ca. a month each and he was terrible at the Tour de Trump.
In 1989 the story of his comeback was a story of (extremely) hard training and suffering.
Him gaining weight in 1990 but still performing in the 1990 TdF as well as in 1989 is a bit, well, unexpected.
Disregarding Lemond, Hampsten's bulking up did show parallels with Armstrong's.
Because he did what all riders did in those days, he raced himself into shape. He rode the Tour de Trump, followed by the Giro, followed by the Tour of Switzerland. His approach was the complete opposite of the EPO generation who would miss lots of racing and then just arrive at their target in top shape.
pmcg76 said:
Because he did what all riders did in those days, he raced himself into shape.
If all riders did it, then how did Lemond go on to win it, and not one of those other riders?
Not all riders in those days had two viruses in the run up to the tour. Lemond did.
Not all riders had gained weight relative to 89. Lemond did.
Not saying impossible, but certainly against the odds, even more so *if* it is true that certain riders were already on EPO in 1990.
Edit: and these certain riders weren't *only* on EPO, but on a whole cocktail of PEDs.
Benotti69
Is this not the standard for today's pros? Don't race themselves race fit, but 'train' to race, i.e. dope. On Tenerife or other OOC testing free zone.
Hayman allegedly on his trainer in the garage in preparation for his Paris Roubaix win. Yeah sure.
ScienceIsCool
You're funny. There's a thing called revisionist history and then there's something called alternate history. You're like the "Deutschland 83" or "Man in the White Castle" of cycling. Seriously, I admire the amount of effort you're putting into your hobby.
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Energy Starr said:
In any of the TDf "wins" of the LA era, would he not be the winner of the race? If dude finished 89th, but did it clean and the first 88 finishers were dopers, is he not the deserving winner of the race?
Exactly, you hit the nail on the head.
That's why people saying Contador continues to be the winner of the 2010 TDF in their minds is absolute rubbish. Schleck has never been caught doping. But, even if he had, then you'd have Sánchez. And then you'd have some other guy. And eventually you'd find some dude who's never doped, and HE would be the rightful winner.
So no, I have no time for fanbois saying Armstrong really won those 7 Tours or Contador really won the 2010 Tour (and 2011 Giro).
blackcat said:
With his injury he had no choice. Somehow, I doubt that was all he was on though.
@NL_LeMondFans
That's the kind of comment that gets on my nerves...
This way of thinking is the same paranoia as the guy who is convinced his wife is cheating on him. Interpreting facts and make them fit your narrative.
Say, your wife is taking her smartphone when she's going to the bathroom. That guy will say she's texting her lover. But he fails to see, accept or even consider she's just playing Candy Crush. When he confronts her, nothing she will say will sound right to him. She can't prove she was playing Candy Crush. He'll say she deleted the messages. And why would she play Candy Crush in the first place ? Nobody does that, etc...
Greg was the first to bring his family along during the Tour de France. He was the first to break the tradition (no wives on races at the time) and he had the budget for it. First you saw a doping crew with physicists, now you see blood doping with relatives. You insinuate things : "just saying".
Is it possible he just got homesick and wanted his folks around ?
@NL_LeMondFans said:
'Just sayin'
It's potentially relevant information in the context of blood doping (see the 84 family-donor story).
And relevant in the context of the discussion where certain posters claim blood doping during GTs in the 80s would have been close to infeasible.
What you see as '(baseless) insinuation', others might see as 'informed speculation'.
The distinction between one and the other is largely a matter of taste/perspective.
Bottomline: why would you want to ignore such context?
Sure, I could've spent another half an hour crafting a more elaborate post and/or reformulating the whole thing so as not to 'get on your nerves', but believe it or not I do have other things to do as well.
If Lemond or Hampsten doping discussions get on your nerves, you're under no obligation to participate in or even read the respective threads.
On a side, do allow me to recall your recent "Mig-hell" rant. Indurain 'destroying' cycling, etc.
I think my comments on Lemond and Hampsten are quite innocent in comparison.
If I'm wrong about Lemond bringing his family to GTs, just tell me and I'll stand corrected.
yes, that's possible.
Sorped
To many people, "Just saying" means "I'm putting this out there without saying it, but you can all connect the dots"
To those many people, what does "Mig-hell" mean?
It still is insuating. I'm not saying it's baseless. I just want to make clear there is still a difference between "opinion" and "truth". Which is lost in many posts in the now 3 or 4 threads trying to prove Greg LeMond doped.
By not caring, you're bringing on yourself a lot of what has been described as "fanboyism" on this threads. You can't blame people for reacting if you've been careless about their sentiment. Some might even consider this trolling. But I'm not one of them.
Agreed, and I might in the future, but this tends to make me do the exact opposite. It triggers me into participating. Like you, I have many more things and mostly way more interesting things to do with my life, like riding my bike to name just one.
In my opinion, I gave more facts in a 2 pages article than 300 pages of LeMond probing. But that's just my opinion.
You can't blame people for reacting if you've been careless about their sentiment.
From a poster who was only recently ranting about "Mig-hell" destroying cycling, this is, well, an interesting view.
Anyway, it's good to hear your perspective and I apologize if my careless choice of words got on your nerves.
Now let's get back on topic.
Clean riders.
"Only recently" was 2 years ago.
The "Mig-Hell" quote that you keep re-hashing was never posted on a forum, which is very different. You might as well quit using it as a way to attack my credibility. Thank you.
EDIT : There is a "comment" section on our blog that you are free to use if I offended you with that...
I'm just pointing out what I perceive as a double standard in your argumentation.
I don't question your credibility, not one second. (I do remember several posts where you questioned mine )
I think you're a strong poster generally willing to engage without mudthrowing.
Anyway, the thread is about which rider you think was clean and about why you think they were clean.
Wanna give that a try?
At this point, I don't have any name that has not been discussed yet. The obvious ones, besides Greg LeMond, for me, are Gilles Delion and David Moncoutié.
What I do want to say about this is that if we're taking the "guilty by association" stance, then we might as well close this thread. Everyone in pro cycling is linked to a doper. Period. So, I am not sure of the interest of this discussion, to be honest. As it's been said over and over again, you can't "prove" someone was clean. And it's so easy to associate him with dopers or dope enablers.
I trust my instincts. To me their stories add up, that's all. I don't feel the need to convince anyone I am right about this, and I wouldn't bet my life on it, either.
Gilles Delion interview from last year, that I find very interesting. I don't think someone who doped would talk like this, but it doesn't prove anything :
http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/visuel/2015/07/20/on-a-retrouve-gilles-delion-le-champion-inacheve_4690925_3242.html
EDIT : by the way, I don't think you lack credibility, but I often question your methods, Sniper, which is different. And there would be no "double standards" issues on my part if Greg had been able to pursue his career until 1995, given my method based on facts.
Yeah, I'm comfortable with the view of Delion as clean-ish (i.e. a program restricted to amphetamines and some recovery stuff).
To the extent that I can read French, I agree he sounds more credible wrt antidoping than many others.
To my knowledge, there isn't anything tangible against him and his results are not suspicious, except perhaps 1990 where he won Lombardy and came 15th in the Tour.
Nicolas Aubier once said you can't be part of the top 100 in procycling without EPO, HGH and other illegal PEDs.
Sure, he was talking about the mid-90s, but I don't see the 80s (or the year 1990, in Delion's case) being *a whole lot* different, based on the testimonies that have come out suggesting PEDs did in fact make all the difference between winning and losing also in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
So maybe Delion got to that 15th in the TdF without EPO, but (much like Mottet) with a lunchbox of pan-i-agua-i-amphetamines.
I do like Gisbers' testimony re: Alcala, strongly suggesting that at least in 1990 Alcala was able to keep up without EPO.
I wouldn't know as I'm only me.
One interpretation could be what American pilots said during the cold war when they met a squadron of Russian fighter planes?
he was on something, i reckon a little like Wiggo, he was in the crepescular career phase CCP alliterationz, and he decides to roll the dice on a bit more Edgar Poe and penguin classics
decides to roll the dice on a bit more Edgar Poe and penguin classics
This forum really needs a 'like' option.
Sometimes posters need to be recognized in a high-fives sort of way without commenting further.
Oops. I tried to quote blackcat, but something went terribly awry.
Just one more example of the need for a like option.
a hashtag and #wildeandrollery will suffice
a 'like' option is a little banal and jejune for my efforts
You're not going to like this, but here goes...'like."
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Home/Featured/Fufa clears air over the ownership of Tooro United
Fufa clears air over the ownership of Tooro United
Tooro United players line up for a team photo in the first round of the 2019/2020 StarTimes Uganda Premier League / Courtesy Photo
The Federation of the Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has written to the chairperson of Tooro United Football over the true owner of the club.
On January 6th, 2020, Tooro United players petitioned the FA over the true owner of the football club; whether it was Smart Obedi, Spelito Ssesanga, Godfrey Galabuzi or Alice Namatovu.
The players were also disgruntled over unpaid arrears of close to three months on top of sign-on fees that are yet to be cleared and the club’s failure to provide the players with regular training something that affected their performance.
This forced the biggest number of them to shun their StarTimes Uganda Premier League encounter against Onduparaka FC at Fort Portal.
The game was also abandoned as Tooro United could only raise three licensed players while their guests could only manage seven.
However on January 7th, 2020 FUFA through the office of the CEO, Edgar Watson responded to the letter;
“According to FUFA official records, Tooro United FC is owned by Mr Smart Obediah and Mr Ssesanga Spelito with a 51% and 49% respectively,” read part of the letter.
“Worth noting also is that change of ownership of any club registered by FUFA is guided under the FUFA Club Ownership and registration Rules,” the statement added.
In the same document, Tooro United was requested to forward an official statement to FUFA Secretariat within 48 hours for clarity about the status of their players who notified FUFA about their concerns.
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A Collection of Short Stories by David Geraghty
We look forward to bringing to you soon the latest collection of short stories by David Geraghty. He is the author of Snake in the Shrine (please see below) which covers some of his experiences and adventures while living in Japan.
A Snake in the Shrine by David Geraghty | Buy Now
David Geraghty lived and worked in Tokyo for three years in the late 1990s. A Snake in the Shrine recounts his (mis)adventures in the big city, his friendship with his neighbour Nobuyuki (‘Nobby’), and his deepening affection for Japan’s rural backwaters, which Geraghty visits with increasing frequency as the book progresses. Among many places, his travels take in the beautiful and wild upper east coast of Honshu (since tragically annihilated in 2011 by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami), and repeat visits to Yasaiku; a tiny, Edenic village in the mountains of rural Yamanashi.
A Snake in the Shrine is a gritty and entertaining account of life in Japan as a foreigner. By turns curmudgeonly then captivated, the narrative portrays Geraghty’s unwilling, gradual, and absolute seduction by Japan.
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‘[Geraghty] immediately wins the reader’s confidence with incisive, sensitive descriptions of his surroundings and the people he meets. His eye for detail is sharp, his language spot on — the result, one infers, of a detailed diary, a passion for both reading and note-taking and an ever-ready camera.
Whether reading about the disappointments, perplexities, amusements or joys of Geraghty’s life here, readers will no doubt find themselves nodding or smiling in recognition, or simply taking pleasure in a witty or insightful turn of phrase. Commuters on Japan’s trains — crowded or lonely — will find this book as welcome as a breath of crisp, clean country air.’
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WICKHAM LINKS
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FAQs About the Family of Thomas Wickham (1624-1688)
Wickham Genealogy and Family History on DistantCousin.com
FAMILY HISTORY: WICKHAM
This genealogy of Frederick Wickham is an excerpt from the transcription of a handwritten notebook entitled: Family History: Wickham, Benedict, Preston & Deaver, that I discovered in my grandmother’s papers. The family history in this notebook was the work of two women, Agnes Caroline Wickham and her daughter, Harriott Benedict Wickham Barton (my grandmother), who separately researched and made entries in it over a period of seventy years. Agnes Wickham wrote roughly half of the entries in the notebook from 1909 to 1915. In 1915, she gave handwritten copies of her work to each of her five children: Eleanor, William, Lucy, David and Harriott. Harriott continued her mother’s work off and on for the next sixty years, adding entries as late as 1977.
Dave Barton
UPDATE AS OF 7/5/09: Since I first published this page, it has been brought to my attention by Mr. Joseph Wickham that the first Wickham ancestor of Frederick Wickham to settle in America was not Israel Thomas Wickham of Rhode Island, but Thomas Wickham who settled in Connecticut around 1648. Samuel, who is listed in this genealogy as Israel Thomas Wickham’s son, was actually the son of Thomas Wickahm. Agnes Wickham made this mistake when she first researched the Wickham line. Her daughters later caught the error, but did not correct her text. Please see Mr. Wickham’s website FAQs About the Family of Thomas Wickham (1624-1688) for more information about Thomas Wickham and his descendants. I am grateful to him for pointing out the error in this genealogy.
Wickham Genealogy
Wickham of Hoisington
The family is supposed to be descended from one John Wycomb of Bristol, who represented the city in Parliament in 1346. Several of its members, who spell the name Wicomb, Wickham, and Wykeham, filled the office of Sheriff of Bristol and Theobald Wickham was high sheriff of Somerset in 1393.
— Wickham married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Silver, who in 1453 purchased of Sir Theobold, George House Lands in Hoisington & South Chester, which had belonged to Thomas Frayin who held them of William De New March, or De Nova. Mercata, as written in the original deed still extant, & to whose ancestor they were granted by William the Conqueror.
Crest: A Bull’s head, sable, barbed or
Helmet. A Knight’s helmet of steel, full-faced.
Motto: “Manners Make the Man” – “Hominem Mores Fingen”
Arma: Argent, a chevron sabel, three roses, gules,
seeded, or
Seat: North Hill House – Thome.
Wickham 1662
“Records of Colony of Rhode Island”
Israel Thomas emigrated from England and landed in Newport, Rhode Island in 1662. He died 1687 and was buried at Hampton Long Island – tombstone still stands. (1)
1. Samuel born June 16, 1664.
2. Joseph.
2. Samuel, son of Israel was born June 16, 1664, died about 1712. Married Barbary Holden, June 4, 1691. Barbara Holden, daughter of Randall & Frances (Dungren) Holden, was born July 2, 1668; died 1707. (1) He was of Warwick, King’s Town, Rhode Island. On May 27, 1700 was made commander of a trained band. Deputy from Warwick to General Assembly, 1701, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10. In 1702 gave 2 shillings toward building the Quaker meeting house at Niashopany. Clerk of Assembly 1703, 9, 10. On March 23, 1708, he sold at Kingstown to Israel Arnold of Pasotuset, homestead, mansion house, and Farm at Norwich for 113 pounds. May 17, 1710, he, with 17 others, bought 7,000 acres of public land. Inventory of his goods taken about 1712: featherbed, 3 flock beds, 20 oz. Plate pewter, warming pan, Negro woman, hourglass & goods at Newport. (2)
1. Sarah, born March 9, 1692. Married Fowler
2. Samuel, born September 2, 1693. Married (1) Collins (2) Goldring; died February 23, 1758.
3. John, born June 26, 1695; died June 20, 1729.
4. Gideon, born January 22, 1696 or 7.
5. Mary, born July 15, 1698. Married Cougdon.
6. Thomas, born July 30, 1700. Married Hannah Brewer
7. Capt. Benjamin, born November 17, 1701; Married (1) Natmaugh (2) Mary Gudner; died September 10,
8. Charles, born December 6, 1703; Married Rebecca Brewry; died September 6, 1787.
9. William.
10. Barbara; married John Cottrell.
3. Thomas, born July 30th, 1700; married Hannah Brewer, March 23, 1725; died September 19, 1777. (1) He was a shopkeeper 1735; admitted as freeman in 1742. One of original members of Newport Artillery Company, 1747. Made member of Redwood library in its incorporation. He, with Samuel Wickham, offered to raise a company of militia – granted in 1742. In 1748, was Deputy and bore the title of Captain in May 1755. March 18, 1772 made a will which was proved August 5, 1782. All real estate to be sold at Newport and proceeds divided equally between sons, Thomas, Samuel, and Charles. To wife Hannah, Negro woman Bess; to wife and daughters, the rest of personal property. Inventory amounted to 86 pounds, 5 shillings, 2 d. He and wife buried in Trinity Churchyard, Newport. (3)
1. John, born September 26, 1728
2. Thomas, born May 30, 1730
3. Samuel, born May 13, 1734
4. Thomas, born April 5, 1736
5. Sarah, born October 4, 1737
6. Mary, born July 2, 1739
7. Samuel, born February 28, 1742
8. Rebecca, born April 29, 1743
9. Charles, born May 1745
10. Hannah, born December 22, 1746
11. Charles, born April 22, 1748
12. Ann, born October 7, 1749
4. Thomas, born April 5, 1736; married Elizabeth Wanton, December 22, 1762; died, March 21, 1817. (1) Admitted as freeman 1759. In 1778 was paid 30 pounds for a whale boat by the state. About 1881, when thrown into jail because of sympathy for England, his father-in-law was Colonial Governor for King, he presented to the assembly a petition praying to be released from prison, and payment of 5,000
silver dollars, to be restored to full citizenship. Assembly gave him freedom of Newport upon payment of 500 silver dollars and bonds for his good behavior during the war. January 1782, he prayed for permission to go to New York in interest of his distressed family. Assembly allowed this, if in return he agreed to procure copies of accounts from books of Joseph and William Wanton at New York, as committee may request, and if Joseph and William Wanton do not allow him to examine books, and make copies of same, the Assembly will take estate which they now permit Mrs. Sarah Wanton, widow of late Joseph Wanton, Esq., to enjoy for her comfort and the education of her children. (4) In 1784 a petition was presented for restoration of a house and land, etc. to Thomas Wickham, his wife Elizabeth & other heirs of Joseph Wanton, and a committee was appointed to look into matter (report not given). In 1791 Thomas Wickham with others of Trinity Church, Newport, petition Assembly to allow them to have a lottery, the proceeds to make much needed repairs on church.
1. Thomas, born November 7, 1763.
2. Mary Winthrop, born May 22, 1772
3. Elizabeth, born November 2, 1773
4. Catherine, born January 23, 1775
5. John, born April 2, 1785
6. William, born July 7, 1778 – served in U.S. Navy, March 1798.
7. Ann, born April 2, 1785 – Died at Godus Point, N.Y
8. Thomas, born April 2, 1785 – Married Katherine Rutger. This must be “Aunt Katie” in Angelica’s poem about the house.
All above were natives of Newport, R.I.
5. William, born July 7, 1778; married Catherine Christian, (daughter of Frederick & Elizabeth Hodgkinson Christian) March 24, 1803; died at Sodus point, New York, May 1875. He went to sea when 13 years old – sailed all over the world and at 21 was Captain of a ship. The old spy glass was his, and the scratch on one of the lenses was made by a passenger when on a trip home from Russia. Frank Wickham told me that William had a chance (even signed up) to go on the ill-fated Astor expedition (as 1st Mate, I think), but Catherine objected so strenuously that he gave it up. The ship reached Oregon, but all on board were killed there, presumably by Indians. Abandoning the sea, he went into business in New York with his brother Thomas as an importing merchant. They had a shipping business in New York after 1803. Their ships sailed to the West Indies and one was lost on a return voyage. In 1807, when President Jefferson put the Embargo on U.S. shipping out of U.S. ports, they had a ship loaded, ready to sail. Being in hard circumstances, they took a chance, sent the ship out and it was caught and confiscated with its cargo. This ruined them. William then went to wilderness shore of Lake Ontario and built a cabin, moving his family up there about 1812 (the year his son, my grandfather, Fredrick was born in New York City). William had fishing boats and nets there. The British raided from Canada, burning his cabin, boats, and nets. The U.S. Government reimbursed all settlers who swore they stayed to defend their property, but William refused to lie (as others did), so had no relief, until, in later years, Congress granted to him and his descendants the right to fish in Lake Ontario forever, regardless of season. William & Katherine buried in the woods during the raid their silver, including, I think, a tea set given by Queen Anne to William’s ancestor for service to the Queen with their ships out of Rhode Island (Queen Anne’s War). (5)
William Wickham married Catherine Christian in 1803. She lived in Philadelphia. Her father, Frederick Christian had married Elizabeth Hodgkinson. (6) Elizabeth’s father, or grandfather, John Hodgkinson, according to family legend, was originally John Erskine, Earl of Mar, who took part in the Jacobite insurrections in Scotland in early 1700’s, was in the conspiracy to restore the old Stuart “pretender” to the throne, was captured, escaped to Ireland (where he changed his name to Hodgkinson) then to America. (See Webster Biographical Dictionary).
“There was a young man in Philadelphia who was attentive to me, and while I couldn’t say I loved him, I thought more of him than of any other young man I knew. One day he invited me to go horse back riding and I felt that day he was going to ask me to marry him, and I had made up my mind to accept him. Just as I came downstairs in my riding habit, my brother came into the house with a young man whom he introduced to me as Captain Wickham. I knew right then I was going to refuse the other young man that afternoon, and I did. Later your grandfather asked me and we have been lovers ever since.” Told by Katherine Christian + Wickham (daughter of Frederick & Elizabeth * Hodgkinson Christian) to Sara Wickham of Huron, Erie County, Ohio. (They were married in Christ Church, Philadelphia).
+ The Christians were Flemish people who had settled in Philadelphia.
* Elizabeth Hodgkinson was a granddaughter of Lord Erakeyre,
Earl of Man, who (about 1816) lost his title because of his part in the attempt to put the Stuart “Pretender” back on the throne. He fled to Ireland and changed his name to Hodgkinson.
1. Elizabeth Wanton, born December 22, 1803; married Alden S. Baker; died February 4, 1892.
2. John William, born 1806, died 1893?; married (1) Marial (2) Sarah (3) Elizabeth Van Ransellaer; died 1893. Father of Schuyler Wickham. Cousin Schuyler, of Huron, Ohio. My father took me (not quite three years old) to visit them. Uncle John was very old, long white hair – sat by the window & looked sadly down the river (which was back of their house). Handsome man.
3. Thomas, born 1808; married (1) Proseus, (2) Frances Shipley.
4. Samuel Christian, born 1810 (died young)
5. Frederick, born March 11, 1812; married Lucy Preston (my grandparents).
6. Samuel Christian, born 1819 (died)
7. Samuel Christian, born 1824; married Gertrude Van Ransellaer. My “Aunt Gertie” Van Rensellaer Wickham had summer house in Huron, Ohio (very interesting old lady).
6. Frederick, born March 11, 1812; married Lucy Preston, June 15, 1835 at Norwalk, Ohio; died January 12, 1901; buried at Norwalk. (7) In early life a sailor on the Great Lakes, but gave it up at request of his wife. At time of marriage was captain of a schooner, DeWitt Clinton, owned by himself and brother John. Baptized as infant in St. John’s Episcopal Church in New York City. Brought up at Sodus, New York. Came to work in Norwalk, Ohio in store of Wickham, Alling & Christian (relatives). Returned to sailing. Last trip he left his boat at Perrysburg, Ohio in December 1834, 5 or before, and walked most of way to Norwalk; there went to work in office of Norwalk Reflector, belonging to his father-in-law. He later became owner and editor of the paper. Having lived in early life in the wilderness of western New York, he had no education, could not read nor write until grown up. He then acquired an education and was one of best known editors of Northern Ohio for more than 50 years. Was Associate Judge of Court of Common Pleas in Huron County, Ohio, Mayor of Norwalk – member of State Senate during Civil War. (8) Soon after coming to Norwalk, he was very homesick, walking with an acquaintance, he passed a yard where a girl was picking flowers. He was introduced and was given a flower. He later says his homesickness vanished immediately. The girl was Lucy Preston, later his wife. His son recalls that he spoke of that incident to his wife the day before her death. (9) Their home was the large white house with two-story vine covered porch, on the north side of West Main Street, Norwalk, just east of the library. Said to have been a wedding present to Lucy from her brother. Now the Firelands Museum (the house was moved around the corner to Case Avenue. Several of the Wickham Brothers had a shipping business – owned a number of Lake Erie sailing ships – Also sold nets & other things to the fishing boatmen. The Twine House at Huron, beside the river, was one of their warehouses. Their ships went up into Lake Superior, etc. – Their ships were built up the Huron River, near Milan.
1. Charles Preston, born 1836; married Emily Wildman.
2. Catherine Esther, born 1838; married Thomas Christian, son of William & Rachel Christian, who died 1861; she died 1902.
3. William Samuel, born 1840; married Jeannette Adams; died 1911.
4. John Thomas, born 1842; died 1844.
5. Frederick Christian, born 1842; married SusanAdams; died 1912.
6. Mary Elizabeth, born January 23, 1845; married General Romaine Kellogg; died 1938(?).
7. Sara Louise, born 1846; died October 31, 1916.
8. Lucy Preston, born 1848; married Andrew J. Minard; died December 19, 1919.
9. Albert Wanton, born 1850; married Adelle Merry.
10. Caroline Lovell, born August 21, 1852; married James E. Gibbs.
11. Emma Winthrop, born March 2, 1854; Married W.H. Peters (Divorced); died July 1950.
12. Jessie French, born 1856; married Charles L. Merry; died 1909.
13. Frank Dudley Erskine, born April 29, 1860; married Agnes Benedict, St. Paul’s Church, Norwalk, Ohio, October 14, 1886.
(Fredrick’s children all natives of Norwalk, Ohio, and all but 3, 6, 8, 9 & 12 made Norwalk their residence).
(1) History of Western Reserve, p. 1689, by Upton
(2) History of Western Reserve
(3) Records of Rhode Island
(4) Records of Rhode Island; History of Western Reserve.
(5) Told by Frank Wickham, who had it from his father.
(6) See Webster’s Biographical Dictionary, page 488.
(7) History of the Western Reserve, p. 1688-9-90).
(9) Told by Frank Wickham
NOTE: Agnes and Harriott cited their sources in the margins of original notebook. I included these citations as footnotes, attempting to keep them as close as possible to where they appear in the original notebook.
I would appreciate critiques and corrections of this genealogy. Please comment below. Thank you.
© 2006, 2009 by David W. Barton. All rights reserved
Robert Davis Wickham, on October 21, 2009 at 2:04 pm said:
Sir, you have researched a prodigious amount of information and I am in awe. My Wickham ancestor came from Glocestershire in late 1600s, settling in Maryland until 1760s then taking advantage of free land in Virginia. Nathaniel Wickham was the original immigrant and their were 7 in a row.
Bradley S. Wickham, on September 23, 2010 at 6:33 am said:
I am trying to find links to my geneology to other more published findings and have hit a snag. Maybe you could help. My great great grandfather was William E. Wickham, born March 9, 1861, died December 30, 1935, in St. Joseph, MO. I cannot find any information about him other than he once lived in Little Sioux, IA in 1889 when my great grandfather, Frederick Newton Wickham was born on 7-25-1889 to William and a Sarah J. Ellis. If you could help me I would really appreciate it as I am the last Wickham, having no brothers or uncles.
Leni Lopez, on November 24, 2010 at 10:00 pm said:
Bradley,
William E.Wickham married Sarah Jane Ellis b.1869 Little Sioux,Iowa.On DEC 30 1887 in Logan,Harrison Co.Iowa.She was the daughter of my Great Great Great Aunt Mary Ellen Hall b. Jan 8 1850 in St.Joseph ,Missouri .She being the Daughter of Andrew Hall b.1817 Maine & Sarah Jane Moody b.1820 Maine.
Mary Ellen Hall married John Hezikah Ellis in Little Sioux.The marriage record for William E.Wickham to Sarah Jane Ellis states William was born in Warren County,New York.
His Fathers name is listed as WARREN WICKHAM
And his MOTHER as JULIA SMITH 🙂
Hope this helps….. Leni
Gregory Wickham, on January 22, 2011 at 11:45 am said:
I would like to contact Robert Davis Wickham who posted the first response above. If anyone knows him please contact me at the listed email address.
Angel Lowe, on April 14, 2011 at 3:21 pm said:
I was born a Wanton I was just trying research my family history. It seems every time I internet search Wanton there is a little history.
Mary Tuttle, on August 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm said:
I am researching my aunt’s family tree. Her parents were Fred and Jennie Blanche Kimble Wickham. They lived in the Ashland, Ohio area (Ruggles/Savannah). My aunt, Opal Arlene, a sister, Evelyn, and two brothers, Harold and Walter grew up in Ruggles and went to Savannah High School. I am looking for the father of Fred and his wife Jennie Kimble.
Melissa Hillstrom, on January 4, 2012 at 2:33 pm said:
I am researching a John Wickham (possibly Wm ‘John’), who, in his Revolutionary War Pension application, stated that he was born in Rhode Island in Jun of 1734. He said he moved from Rhode Island at the age of 8 into New York. (Lived in Dutchess, New Britian and Albany counties). Any have information they would like to share? Thanks!
James Wickham, on February 23, 2013 at 4:12 pm said:
1 Thomas Wickham 1624-1688 is my Great etc Grand father.
2 Joseph Wickham 1662-1734
5 Daniel Hull Wickham 1771-1853
6 George Wickham 1801-1854
7 John Wickham 1826-1888
8 Charles Wickham 1859-1900
9 William H Wickham 1892-1940
These are my Great Grand fathers one after the others down. My father’s sister Dorothy’s daughter inlaw researched George Wickham on down. I am James an I got my data from the internet for Thomas Wickham to Charles Wickham. I am still looking at data from a site in England for Thomas Wickham’s father and back further to the 1500’s! 🙂
I have some of the Grave marker pictures and cemetery locations from the Internet. Visit the Topix West Milford NJ Online for some of the Pictures. I can’t find some of the locations of markers like John and his wife Elenor who both died in Essex County NJ
Some sites like Findagrave post pictures of Tombstones but I found some of the pictures are posted only to be removed later. I had found pictures from Holy Sepch in East Orange NJ for Grand Parents but they were removed! I know the people are still there! I was at the funeral for William H Wickham’s Wife Mulvena Marie Fernette which is my Grandmother when I was a small child . I take no credit for the photos or other research gleaned off the Internet of my blood relatives however they are my actual ancestors. I missed meeting many of the relatives or decendants of John Wickham’s brother William Wickham born in 1829. Many of the decendants of his brother lived in theSussex County area like Newton NJ. I visted my mother’s relatives in the 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s not aware there were any of the Wickham family members living there. My father had a uncle’s son Charles Wickham that had worked at a bar across the street from us. I met a few of Charle’s kids at the Colonia NJ fair back in the early 1980’s.
At the Topix site for West Milford NJ look for MrDoughnut for the Wickham Info. CSA Brigadier General Williams Carter Wickham statue is posted.
Charlote Georgiana Carter Wickham was married to Fitzburg Lee’s son of CSA General Richard E Lee. Parker Wickham is a Great Uncle.
Much of the George Wickham and his Son George Big Ed Wickham’s West Milford Properties were sold off to The City Of Newark and the Senior Home near Echo Lake Road/ Macopin Road as far as I know.
Parker Wickham lost Robin’s Island in NY and other properties.
Thomas Wickham’s father died before he was born but some how he managed to have a brother Richard and still another one.
Richard and Thomas came on the ship John to Rowley Mass. (1638) but Thomas ends up in Weatherfield CT. The third brother I have to find his name but not sure what happened to him.
Russell, on June 8, 2013 at 8:24 am said:
Hello Wickhams. Daniel Hull Wickham is my great great great grand father (or something like that). I’m from the Wickham branch that headed out West for the Gold Rush. I’d love to connect with any of you that are my distant relatives. There are not many more of us out here.
William Russell Quinan
russell (at) quinan,net
D. Gibbs & Rosemary, on November 19, 2013 at 5:32 pm said:
Another Line from Thomas Wickham of Wethersfield CT
(work in progress
):
Thomas Wickham (b 1624-d 11 Jan 1689 Wethersfield CT) m Sarah ?(b 1628-d 7 Jan 1699/1700)
William Wickham (b 28 Aug 1657 Wethersfield CT m Sarah Churchill (d 11 Nov 1657 Wethersfield CT- died?) Marriage 1681 Wethersfield CT
Jonathan Wickham (b 1684 Wethersfield CT – died ?) m Elizabeth Morley (b 23 Jun 1691 Westfield MA – died ?) Marriage1713 Glastonbury CT
David Wickham Sr (b 17 Feb 1714/15 Glastonbury CT – d between 26 August 1793 & 23 Dec 1797 Glastonbury CT) m Phebe Cole, Mayflower Descendant (b 29 Oct 1709/10 Orleans/Eastham MA – d 4 Nov 1736 Glastonbury CT)Marriage 4 Nov 1736
David Wickham Jr (b 26 Aug 1737 Glastonbury CT – d after 27 Jan 1805) m Dimmes/Demmis Ackley (b 16 Feb 1745/46 – buried d 27 Jan 1805 East Haddam CT) Marriage 23 Aug 1764 East Haddam CT
David Wickham III (b 26 June1772 East Haddam CT – buried 16 Nov 1864 S.Canaan CT) m Hannah Wood (b 29 July 1771 – d 25 Oct 1849 Canaan CT) Marriage 3 Dec 1795 Canaan CT; member of Methodist Episcopal Church in South Canaan CT in 1840 acc. to Parish Record.
Esther Minerva Wickham (b 30 Mar 1807 Canaan CT – d 25 Dec 1882 Falls Village CT) m Julius Curtis Hosford (b 23 Mar 1807 Canaan CT – d 3 Feb 1887 Canaan CT) Marriage 22 Aug 1831; members of Methodist Episcopal Church in South Canaan CT
Marcella Minerva Hosford (b 31 Jan 1846 Canaan CT – d 12 Mar 1899 Falls Village CT) m Arthur Foote Gibbs (b 3 Dec 1844 – d 1 Nov1926 Lakeville MA) Marriage 10 Nov 1869 Canaan CT
Herbert Hosford Gibbs (b 5 Sep 1889 Falls Village CT- d 24 Jan 1949 Lakeville MA) m Anna MacDonald (b 18 Jan 1892 West Lake Ainslie, Inverness, Cape Breton N.S.- 1987 Mass.) Marriage 26 Jan 1915 Newton MA
4 children & descendants (private)
Would like to hear from a member of this Wickham line.
Some data from Esther Wickham’s Family Bible; 2 albums with several dozen unidentified tin-types; a carte visite from Orange NJ, Binghamton NY, Friendsville & Towanda PA; various Connecticut towns; members buried in Vineland, Cumberland NJ
James Wickham, on February 8, 2014 at 9:24 am said:
Following site Below : has data for Thomas Wickham b1624 England d 1687/88 Weatherfield Connecticut.
http://macomberkin.com/tng/surnames-all.php?tree=macomberkin
The sight had problems with software previously. The data they have goes back from Thomas Wickham who died in Wetherfield Connecticut to his Great grandfathers in England.
I matched Macomberkin’s data with :
http://fmg.ac/FMG/Scanned_Sources/TPG/vol_3/pp049-074.pdf
Thomas Wickham is descendant of those that came over to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. Possibly related to Walchelin the Bishop of Winchester.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63791
The UK site has several pages covering the Wickham family so you will have to flip throuh the entire website to find the Wickhams as they are descendants of the de Stokes to Walchelin going back to the Domesday Book 1086 and Earlier.
I have found photos and data published on findagrave.com that belonging to Thomas Wickham’s decendants in NY, Connecticut and Massachuesetts. The site had some in NJ but somebody had removed them. Some of Mine from NJ were lost in a Hard Drive Crash however I do have a few from St Joseph Catholic Church in Macopin / Echo Lake West Milford NJ. I burned all the others on CD!
Several sites in England gather their info from Christ Church and the Colleges like Durham ect.
James Wickham, on February 8, 2014 at 10:01 am said:
It’s very possible that CSA Brigadier Williams Carter Wickham was on the Gettysburg Battlefield Pennsyvania with my Great/Great Grand father Union Sargent John Wickham Company B 3rd Calvary NJ Butterflies. The Civil War data for NJ shows Data missing for John but I have a pdf that shows him listed. The 3rd Calvary was scheduled to head to Washington DC after following other divisions through several battles including Gettsyburg; Both survived the Civil War and both died in 1888.
I lost the link to the NJ info but you can search for the NJ info by looking for the Company B 3rd Cavary in your brouser, In 1890 a Warehouse fired had burned a lot of census and other data for NJ
I try to copy the web site addresses but forget some times then have to go back and copy them later Sorry!
Note: Daniel Hull Wickham b 1771 is Father George Wickham B 1801 father. Daniel Hull Wickham is buried in Greenwood Cemetary Brooklyn New York. George is buried in Macopin West Milford NJ. I was unable to get the photos from the web site from Greenwood Cemetary NY.
Found the NJ site for Civil War Data. Note: John Wickham is listed at this site.
http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/searchable_publications/civilwar/NJCWn1327.html
http://archive.org/stream/livesofbishopsof02cass/livesofbishopsof02cass_djvu.txt
http://www.broughtoncastle.com/archive_familytree.htm
http://longislandgenealogy.com/SoutholdPeople/southoldpeople3.html
Above are all related Wickham data.
Russell Wickham Quinan, on February 10, 2014 at 1:08 pm said:
Hello there. Daniel Hull Wickham is my great grandfather. James Wickham did you and I meet at the Wickham family reunion in NY last year? Let me know. Cheers/Russell
Ellen Anderson, on March 7, 2014 at 9:35 am said:
Hi Wickham cousins. Isn’t this site just wonderful?
Have any of you been in touch with Joe Wickham who, I suspect, has found every single Wickham who ever lived in the US? By the way, the Wickham Family Fruit Farm (from the late 17th century) is still in business in Southold. I will give you a couple of links to Joe’s latest posts.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jwickham/elinor.htm
James Wickham, on September 14, 2014 at 9:05 am said:
Russel Wickham Quinan: Hello, I wasn’t at the reunion in NY.
Have you been able to get a copy of ” The Salmon Records” ? The Salmon family kept records of deaths and marriages from Southold NY and related families from Connecticut. Many of the Wickham family is recorded in there from the late 1696’s to 1811. Joseph Wickham 1662-1734, Joseph Wickham 1701-1749, and, Joseph Wickham 1728-1782 is in the record .
Daniel Hall Wickham 1771-1854 wasn’t listed but the wife and their son Daniel and wife and others are buried in Greedwood cemetary in
Brooklyn NY. Danilel Hall Wickham 1771 his son George Wickham and much of his family is buried St Joseph Catholic Church In Macopin/ Echo Lake West Milford NJ. John Wickham, George’s son is missing along with Eleanor.
I think I have a photo of George Big Ed Wickham who married Josephine. I got it from an ancestor site by luck while searching in the browser.
Check this site out for the Wickham family:
One of their family married a Wickham so the people who run the site added it to all the other people they are related to. Originally their server contained data going back to the Medieval age in England. They changed software and had problems but this link will let you serf through their Wickham files from Thomas Wickham of Wetherfield CT back to the Medeival Ages in England. I was lucky to have copied the older collection of web pages before the software change site at the site. Apparently they had a few errors in death dates. I am sure they had gotten some info off the Fmg. Medieval site that had the records of Charles Wyekham Martin. I have that pdf also!
Here is a site that lists some Wickham records including some data on John Parker whose daughter Abigail married Joseph Wickham 1701 -1749.
http://www02.us.archive.org/stream/christophersgene00tott/christophersgene00tott_djvu.txt
I am still trying to find out if John Parker is related to the Parker that brought the first printing press to Woodbridge Towship NJ. If so then I would be related because Abigail Parker married my great… grandfather Joseph Wickham 1701-1749. Parker Wickham 1727-1785 was named for his mothers side. Joseph Wickham 1728-1782 is my great grand father line and Parker’s brother.
James Wickham, on September 14, 2014 at 10:10 am said:
Just wanted the Wickham relatives to know some of George Wickham’s descendants from West Milford NJ were still alive in Newton Sussex County NJ in the 1950’s,1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. I visited my mother’s side of the family an did not know the Wickhams lived there. My dad was unaware while I was too young, not even thinking of the subject.
To check Wickham members who passed in 1878-1888 + please use this New Jersey State site:
https://wwwnet1.state.nj.us/DOS/Admin/ArchivesDBPortal/DeathIndex.aspx
You can copy and paste data found there. Enter the surname and you get all the Wickhams available.
James Wickham, on September 15, 2014 at 8:46 pm said:
Joe Wickham: who made the nice tree of Thomas Wickham 1624-1688.
I have found various sites on the Internet with information pertaining to our ancestors in England. The following was taken from the plea rolls and was meant for a E Book Reader.
http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/george-wrottesley/pedigrees-from-the-plea-rolls-collected-from-the-pleadings-in-the-various-court-hci/page-31-pedigrees-from-the-plea-rolls-collected-from-the-pleadings-in-the-various-court-hci.shtml
Curia Regis Roll. No. 123. Easter. 26. Hen. 3. m. 20.
Rutland. — Ralph de Wickham sued the Prior of the Hospital of St.
John for land in Stokes.
Richard, seised
temp. H. 2.
Ralph de Wikham, the plaintiff.
*This must be one of the bits of info researched by Charles Wykam Martin. c 1852. I have the pdf file of his papers that tries to link the Bishop Wyekham to the Wickham family. I also have other files from sites from the U.K. dealing with the medieval subject matter for the Wickham line.
Manors and Other Estates.
You should find this interesting because it deals with Waukelin or Wachelin and the other versions of Wickham that linked to Robert de Stokes.
Wiki : says they believe Thomas Wickham 1624-1688 came over with brothers. When George Wickham of England died in 1609 some of the ancestor data had mentioned his wife Jane Shepard remarried Henry Chatfield. Well The Chatfield family ancestors posted their pdf link Online. The pdf lists the marriage of this Jane Weykham and mentions the 3 sons from the marriage that came to America in 1639.
*The key here is other families who have done their tree , post it listing the names and marriages to other different familes. As for Richard Wickham and Ann of the Rowely MA colony said to be Thomas Wickham’s Brother, I have gotten the Ipswich court papers found on line which show Wicom and Wickham in several documents in Gif’s.
I would post the Gif’s here but there are over 15 or so. and Gif’s don’t post as text.
Joseph Wickham 1701-1749 m. Abigail Parker. John Parker, Abigail’s father had married Abigail Tuthill who had married Joseph Conklin first one site says. I use several sites and documents to compare. The Salmon Record, Christopher’s Genealogy, and many others are notes taken from actual records.
Robert son of Walchelin
http://www.archive.org/stream/eynshamcartular04saltgoog/eynshamcartular04saltgoog_djvu.txt
Wickham. Robert, son of Walcheline, who is mentioned in
Donusdc^ as the holder of a mill in Banbury, gave to Eynsham
all his tithe from Wickham in Banbury (vol. i, p. 37). In 1239
this possession is described as the tithe of the demesne of Wick-
ham and of the land which had once been demesne (ib., p. 5).
In 1279 the demesne was one carucate (Hundred RolUy ii, p. 708),
and it is probable that Eynsham took the tithes of the two hides
which in the time of Dotmsday were held by ‘ Robert ‘ in Wickham.
In 1293 this portion of the tithe was resigned to the rector of
Banbury (vol i, p. 337). .
Nicholas A. Wickham, on December 10, 2014 at 6:53 pm said:
Hello Wickham family,
I recently have started researching the family. I was born in Phoenix Arizona in 1984. My father and his family are from the Ashland, Ohio area. I live in Ashland now also and work as an outside salesman for a local company. While driving in Crawford county today I found Wickham Rd off of state route 100. Curiosity got the best of me and I drove on down. Slightly east of the end of the road at Orr road is a small cemetery with a large Wickham family marker and several small markers. I am now diving head first into research. I know I’m related to 3 generations buried in the Savannah cemetery but am now highly interested in knowing more. My father was Gerald E. Wickham (1945-2002) and his fatherwas John or Jack (?-1971) . Any information would be much appreciated. I do see a trip to the firelands museum in my near future lol. Thank you in advance.
Melissa, on December 10, 2014 at 8:03 pm said:
Best advice is hit findagrave.com, familysearch.org, rootsweb.com and ancestry.com… Best of luck! It’s a process, don’t get discouraged!
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McMurray, Fort McMurray Airport (YMM), CanadaFort Myers FL, Southwest Florida Airport (RSW), United States of AmericaFort Wayne IN, Fort Wayne Airport (FWA), United States of AmericaFrankfurt, Frankfurt Airport (FRA), GermanyFresno CA, Yosemite Airport (FAT), United States of AmericaGdansk, Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), PolandGeneva, Geneva Airport (GVA), SwitzerlandGenova, Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA), ItalyGlasgow, Glasgow Airport (GLA), United KingdomGoteborg, Landvetter Airport (GOT), SwedenGran Canaria, Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), SpainGrand Rapids MI, Gerald R Ford Airport (GRR), United States of AmericaGreen Bay WI, Austin Straubel Airport (GRB), United States of AmericaGreensboro NC, Piedmont Triad Airport (GSO), United States of AmericaGreenville SC, Spartanburg Airport (GSP), United States of AmericaGuernsey, Guernsey Airport (GCI), GuernseyHalifax, Stanfield Airport (YHZ), CanadaHamburg, Fuhlsbuettel Airport (HAM), GermanyHannover, Hannover Airport (HAJ), GermanyHanover, Hanover HBF Train Station (ZVR), GermanyHarrisburg PA, Harrisburg Airport (MDT), United States of AmericaHartford CT, Bradley Airport (BDL), United States of AmericaHelsinki, Vantaa Airport (HEL), FinlandHouston TX, George Bush Airport (IAH), United States of AmericaHumberside, Humberside Airport (HUY), United KingdomIndianapolis IN, Indianapolis Airport (IND), United States of AmericaIslamabad, New Islamabad Airport (ISB), PakistanIsle Of Man, Ronaldsway Airport (IOM), United KingdomIstanbul, Istanbul Airport (IST), TurkeyIzmir, Adnan Menderes Airport (ADB), TurkeyJacksonville FL, Jacksonville Airport (JAX), United States of AmericaJeddah, King Abdulaziz Airport (JED), Saudi ArabiaJersey, Jersey Airport (JER), United KingdomJohannesburg, O R Tambo Airport (JNB), South AfricaKalamazoo MI, Battle Creek Airport (AZO), United States of AmericaKaliningrad, Khrabrovo Airport (KGD), RussiaKansas City MO, Kansas City Airport (MCI), United States of AmericaKarachi, Jinnah Airport (KHI), PakistanKazan, Kazan Airport (KZN), RussiaKerry, Kerry Airport (KIR), IrelandKhartoum, Khartoum Airport (KRT), SudanKiev, Boryspil Airport (KBP), UkraineKiev, Zhuliany Airport (IEV), UkraineKilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO), TanzaniaKisumu, Kisumu Airport (KIS), KenyaKnock, Ireland West Airport (NOC), IrelandKnoxville TN, McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), United States of AmericaKrakow, John Paul II Balice Airport (KRK), PolandKrasnodar, Pashkovsky Airport (KRR), RussiaKrasnoyarsk, Yemelyanovo Airport (KJA), RussiaKuwait, Kuwait Airport (KWI), KuwaitLa Crosse WI, La Crosse Airport (LSE), United States of AmericaLagos, Murtala Muhammed Airport (LOS), NigeriaLahore, Allama Iqbal Airport (LHE), PakistanLambert MO, St Louis Airport (STL), United States of AmericaLamezia Terme, Lamezia Terme Airport (SUF), ItalyLanzarote, Lanzarote Airport (ACE), SpainLarnaca, Larnaca Airport (LCA), CyprusLas Vegas NV, McCarran Airport (LAS), United States of AmericaLeeds, Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), United KingdomLexington KY, Blue Grass Airport (LEX), United States of AmericaLille, TGV Railway Station (XDB), FranceLipetsk, Lipetsk Airport (LPK), RussiaLisbon, Portela Airport (LIS), PortugalLittle Rock AR, Adams Field Airport (LIT), United States of AmericaLjubljana, Joze Pucnik Airport (LJU), SloveniaLondon, Heathrow Airport (LHR), United KingdomLondon, London City Airport (LCY), United KingdomLos Angeles CA, Los Angeles Airport (LAX), United States of AmericaLos Angeles CA, Ontario Airport (ONT), United States of AmericaLouisville KY, Standiford Field Airport (SDF), United States of AmericaLuxembourg, Luxembourg Airport (LUX), LuxembourgLyon, Part Dieu TGV Railway Station (XYD), FranceLyon, Satolaos Saint Exupery Airport (LYS), FranceMadison WI, Dane County Airport (MSN), United States of AmericaMadrid, Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport (MAD), SpainMalaga, Malaga Airport (AGP), SpainMalta, Luqa Airport (MLA), MaltaManchester, Manchester Airport (MAN), United KingdomManhattan KS, Manhattan Airport (MHK), United States of AmericaMarquette MI, Sawyer Airport (MQT), United States of AmericaMarrakech, Menara Airport (RAK), MoroccoMarseille, Marignane Airport (MRS), FranceMarseille, St Charles TGV Railway Station (XRF), FranceMedellin, Jose Maria Cordova Airport (MDE), ColombiaMedina, Madinah Prince Mohammad Airport (MED), Saudi ArabiaMemphis TN, Memphis Airport (MEM), United States of AmericaMiami FL, Miami Airport (MIA), United States of AmericaMilan, Malpensa Airport (MXP), ItalyMilwaukee WI, General Mitchell Airport (MKE), United States of AmericaMinneapolis MN, Saint Paul Airport (MSP), United States of AmericaMinsk, Minsk 2 National Airport (MSQ), BelarusMoline IL, Quad City Airport (MLI), United States of AmericaMombasa, Moi Airport (MBA), KenyaMontpellier, St Roch TGV Railway Station (XPJ), FranceMontreal, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport (YUL), CanadaMoroni, Prince Said Ibrahim Airport (HAH), Comoros IslandsMoscow, Domodedovo Airport (DME), RussiaMoscow, Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO), RussiaMoscow, Vnukovo Airport (VKO), RussiaMultan, Multan Airport (MUX), PakistanMunich, Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC), GermanyMuscat, Muscat Airport (MCT), OmanN'Djamena, N'Djamena Airport (NDJ), ChadNairobi, Jomo Kenyatta Airport (NBO), KenyaNantes, TGV Railway Station (QJZ), FranceNapoli, Capodichino Airport (NAP), ItalyNashville TN, Nashville Airport (BNA), United States of AmericaNew York NY, John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), United States of AmericaNew York NY, La Guardia Airport (LGA), United States of AmericaNew York NY, Newark Liberty Airport (EWR), United States of AmericaNewcastle, Newcastle Airport (NCL), United KingdomNewquay, Cornwall Airport (NQY), United KingdomNice, Cote D Azur Airport (NCE), FranceNizhny Novgorod, Strigino Airport (GOJ), RussiaNorfolk VA, Norfolk Airport (ORF), United States of AmericaNottingham, East Midlands Airport (EMA), United KingdomNovosibirsk, Tolmachevo Airport (OVB), RussiaNovy Urengoy, Novy Urengoy Airport (NUX), RussiaNur-Sultan, Astana Airport (TSE), KazakhstanNuremberg, Nuremberg Airport (NUE), GermanyOakland CA, Metropolitan Airport (OAK), United States of AmericaOklahoma City OK, Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), United States of AmericaOmaha NE, Eppley Airfield (OMA), United States of AmericaOmsk, Tsentralny Airport (OMS), RussiaOrlando FL, Orlando Airport (MCO), United States of AmericaOslo, Gardermoen Airport (OSL), NorwayOslo, Torp Sandefjord Airport (TRF), NorwayPalermo, Punta Raisi Airport (PMO), ItalyPalma Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca Airport (PMI), SpainParis, Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG), FrancePenza, Penza Airport (PEZ), RussiaPerm, Bolshoye Savino Airport (PEE), RussiaPeshawar, Bacha Khan Airport (PEW), PakistanPhiladelphia PA, Philadelphia Airport (PHL), United States of AmericaPhoenix AZ, Sky Harbor Airport (PHX), United States of AmericaPisa, Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA), ItalyPittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Airport (PIT), United States of AmericaPodgorica, Podgorica Airport (TGD), MontenegroPonce PR, Mercedita Airport (PSE), United States of AmericaPortland OR, Portland Airport (PDX), United States of AmericaPorto, Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport (OPO), PortugalPrague, Vaclav Havel Ruzyne Airport (PRG), Czech RepublicPraslin Island, Praslin Island Airport (PRI), SeychellesRabat, Sale Airport (RBA), MoroccoRail n Fly, DB German Railway Service (QYG), GermanyRaleigh Durham NC, Durham Airport (RDU), United States of AmericaReggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), ItalyRegina, Regina Airport (YQR), CanadaReno NV, Tahoe Airport (RNO), United States of AmericaReykjavik, Keflavik Airport (KEF), IcelandRichmond VA, Richmond Airport (RIC), United States of AmericaRiga, Riga Airport (RIX), LatviaRio De Janeiro, Galeao Airport (GIG), BrazilRiyadh, King Khalid Airport (RUH), Saudi ArabiaRochester MN, Rochester Airport (RST), United States of AmericaRochester NY, Greater Rochester Airport (ROC), United States of AmericaRome, Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport 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the Great Airport (SKP), MacedoniaSochi, Sochi Airport (AER), RussiaSofia, Sofia Airport (SOF), BulgariaSouthampton, Southampton Airport (SOU), United KingdomSplit, Split Airport (SPU), CroatiaSpringfield MO, Branson Airport (SGF), United States of AmericaSt. John's, St John's Airport (YYT), CanadaStavanger, Sola Airport (SVG), NorwayStockholm, Arlanda Airport (ARN), SwedenStockholm, Bromma Airport (BMA), SwedenStrasbourg, TGV Railway Station (XWG), FranceStuttgart, Echterdingen Airport (STR), GermanySyracuse NY, Clarence E Hancock Airport (SYR), United States of AmericaTaif, Taif Airport (TIF), Saudi ArabiaTallinn, Lennart Meri Airport (TLL), EstoniaTampa FL, Tampa Airport (TPA), United States of AmericaTangier, Boukhalef Ibn Battouta Airport (TNG), MoroccoTenerife, Tenerife North Airport (TFN), SpainTenerife, Tenerife South Airport (TFS), SpainTirana, Rinas Mother Teresa Airport (TIA), AlbaniaTivat, Tivat Airport (TIV), MontenegroToledo OH, Express Airport (TOL), United States of 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RussiaChicago IL, O'Hare Airport (ORD), United States of AmericaCincinnati OH, Covington Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG), United States of AmericaCleveland OH, Hopkins Airport (CLE), United States of AmericaCologne, Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), GermanyColumbia MO, Columbia Regional Airport (COU), United States of AmericaColumbus OH, Port Columbus Airport (CMH), United States of AmericaCopenhagen, Kastrup Airport (CPH), DenmarkCork, Cork Airport (ORK), IrelandDallas TX, Fort Worth Airport (DFW), United States of AmericaDammam, Khobar SABTCO Bus Station (DMS), Saudi ArabiaDammam, King Fahd Airport (DMM), Saudi ArabiaDar Es Salaam, Julius Nyerere Airport (DAR), TanzaniaDayton OH, James M Cox Airport (DAY), United States of AmericaDenver CO, Denver Airport (DEN), United States of AmericaDes Moines IA, Des Moines Airport (DSM), United States of AmericaDetroit MI, Wayne County Metro Airport (DTW), United States of AmericaDonegal, Donegal Airport (CFN), IrelandDubai, Etihad Bus Station (XNB), United Arab EmiratesDublin, Dublin Airport (DUB), IrelandDubrovnik, Dubrovnik Airport (DBV), CroatiaDubuque IA, Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ), United States of AmericaDurban, King Shaka Airport (DUR), South AfricaDusseldorf, Dusseldorf Airport (DUS), GermanyEdinburgh, Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United KingdomEl Paso TX, El Paso Airport (ELP), United States of AmericaEntebbe, Entebbe Airport (EBB), UgandaErcan, Ercan Airport (ECN), CyprusEugene OR, Mahlon Sweet Field Airport (EUG), United States of AmericaEvansville IN, Evansville Airport (EVV), United States of AmericaExeter, Exeter Airport (EXT), United KingdomFaisalabad, Faisalabad Airport (LYP), PakistanFargo ND, Hector Airport (FAR), United States of AmericaFaro, Faro Airport (FAO), PortugalFayetteville AR, Northwest Arkansas Airport (XNA), United States of AmericaFlint MI, Bishop Airport (FNT), United States of AmericaFlorence, Peretola Airport (FLR), ItalyFort Lauderdale FL, Hollywood Airport (FLL), United States of AmericaFort McMurray, Fort McMurray Airport (YMM), CanadaFort Myers FL, Southwest Florida Airport (RSW), United States of AmericaFort Wayne IN, Fort Wayne Airport (FWA), United States of AmericaFrankfurt, Frankfurt Airport (FRA), GermanyFresno CA, Yosemite Airport (FAT), United States of AmericaGdansk, Lech Walesa Airport (GDN), PolandGeneva, Geneva Airport (GVA), SwitzerlandGenova, Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA), ItalyGlasgow, Glasgow Airport (GLA), United KingdomGoteborg, Landvetter Airport (GOT), SwedenGran Canaria, Gran Canaria Airport (LPA), SpainGrand Rapids MI, Gerald R Ford Airport (GRR), United States of AmericaGreen Bay WI, Austin Straubel Airport (GRB), United States of AmericaGreensboro NC, Piedmont Triad Airport (GSO), United States of AmericaGreenville SC, Spartanburg Airport (GSP), United States of AmericaGuernsey, Guernsey Airport (GCI), GuernseyHalifax, Stanfield Airport (YHZ), CanadaHamburg, Fuhlsbuettel Airport (HAM), GermanyHannover, Hannover Airport (HAJ), GermanyHanover, 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PakistanKazan, Kazan Airport (KZN), RussiaKerry, Kerry Airport (KIR), IrelandKhartoum, Khartoum Airport (KRT), SudanKiev, Boryspil Airport (KBP), UkraineKiev, Zhuliany Airport (IEV), UkraineKilimanjaro, Kilimanjaro Airport (JRO), TanzaniaKisumu, Kisumu Airport (KIS), KenyaKnock, Ireland West Airport (NOC), IrelandKnoxville TN, McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS), United States of AmericaKrakow, John Paul II Balice Airport (KRK), PolandKrasnodar, Pashkovsky Airport (KRR), RussiaKrasnoyarsk, Yemelyanovo Airport (KJA), RussiaKuwait, Kuwait Airport (KWI), KuwaitLa Crosse WI, La Crosse Airport (LSE), United States of AmericaLagos, Murtala Muhammed Airport (LOS), NigeriaLahore, Allama Iqbal Airport (LHE), PakistanLambert MO, St Louis Airport (STL), United States of AmericaLamezia Terme, Lamezia Terme Airport (SUF), ItalyLanzarote, Lanzarote Airport (ACE), SpainLarnaca, Larnaca Airport (LCA), CyprusLas Vegas NV, McCarran Airport (LAS), United States of AmericaLeeds, Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA), United KingdomLexington KY, Blue Grass Airport (LEX), United States of AmericaLille, TGV Railway Station (XDB), FranceLipetsk, Lipetsk Airport (LPK), RussiaLisbon, Portela Airport (LIS), PortugalLittle Rock AR, Adams Field Airport (LIT), United States of AmericaLjubljana, Joze Pucnik Airport (LJU), SloveniaLondon, Heathrow Airport (LHR), United KingdomLondon, London City Airport (LCY), United KingdomLos Angeles CA, Los Angeles Airport (LAX), United States of AmericaLos Angeles CA, Ontario Airport (ONT), United States of AmericaLouisville KY, Standiford Field Airport (SDF), United States of AmericaLuxembourg, Luxembourg Airport (LUX), LuxembourgLyon, Part Dieu TGV Railway Station (XYD), FranceLyon, Satolaos Saint Exupery Airport (LYS), FranceMadison WI, Dane County Airport (MSN), United States of AmericaMadrid, Barajas Adolfo Suarez Airport (MAD), SpainMalaga, Malaga Airport (AGP), SpainMalta, Luqa Airport (MLA), MaltaManchester, Manchester Airport (MAN), United KingdomManhattan KS, Manhattan Airport (MHK), United States of AmericaMarquette MI, Sawyer Airport (MQT), United States of AmericaMarrakech, Menara Airport (RAK), MoroccoMarseille, Marignane Airport (MRS), FranceMarseille, St Charles TGV Railway Station (XRF), FranceMedellin, Jose Maria Cordova Airport (MDE), ColombiaMedina, Madinah Prince Mohammad Airport (MED), Saudi ArabiaMemphis TN, Memphis Airport (MEM), United States of AmericaMiami FL, Miami Airport (MIA), United States of AmericaMilan, Malpensa Airport (MXP), ItalyMilwaukee WI, General Mitchell Airport (MKE), United States of AmericaMinneapolis MN, Saint Paul Airport (MSP), United States of AmericaMinsk, Minsk 2 National Airport (MSQ), BelarusMoline IL, Quad City Airport (MLI), United States of AmericaMombasa, Moi Airport (MBA), KenyaMontpellier, St Roch TGV Railway Station (XPJ), FranceMontreal, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport (YUL), CanadaMoroni, Prince Said Ibrahim Airport (HAH), Comoros IslandsMoscow, Domodedovo Airport (DME), RussiaMoscow, Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO), RussiaMoscow, Vnukovo Airport (VKO), RussiaMultan, Multan Airport (MUX), PakistanMunich, Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC), GermanyMuscat, Muscat Airport (MCT), OmanN'Djamena, N'Djamena Airport (NDJ), ChadNairobi, Jomo Kenyatta Airport (NBO), KenyaNantes, TGV Railway Station (QJZ), FranceNapoli, Capodichino Airport (NAP), ItalyNashville TN, Nashville Airport (BNA), United States of AmericaNew York NY, John F Kennedy Airport (JFK), United States of AmericaNew York NY, La Guardia Airport (LGA), United States of AmericaNew York NY, Newark Liberty Airport (EWR), United States of AmericaNewcastle, Newcastle Airport (NCL), United KingdomNewquay, Cornwall Airport (NQY), United KingdomNice, Cote D Azur Airport (NCE), FranceNizhny Novgorod, Strigino Airport (GOJ), RussiaNorfolk VA, Norfolk Airport (ORF), United States of AmericaNottingham, East Midlands Airport (EMA), United KingdomNovosibirsk, Tolmachevo Airport (OVB), RussiaNovy Urengoy, Novy Urengoy Airport (NUX), RussiaNur-Sultan, Astana Airport (TSE), KazakhstanNuremberg, Nuremberg Airport (NUE), GermanyOakland CA, Metropolitan Airport (OAK), United States of AmericaOklahoma City OK, Will Rogers World Airport (OKC), United States of AmericaOmaha NE, Eppley Airfield (OMA), United States of AmericaOmsk, Tsentralny Airport (OMS), RussiaOrlando FL, Orlando Airport (MCO), United States of AmericaOslo, Gardermoen Airport (OSL), NorwayOslo, Torp Sandefjord Airport (TRF), NorwayPalermo, Punta Raisi Airport (PMO), ItalyPalma Mallorca, Palma De Mallorca Airport (PMI), SpainParis, Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG), FrancePenza, Penza Airport (PEZ), RussiaPerm, Bolshoye Savino Airport (PEE), RussiaPeshawar, Bacha Khan Airport (PEW), PakistanPhiladelphia PA, Philadelphia Airport (PHL), United States of AmericaPhoenix AZ, Sky Harbor Airport (PHX), United States of AmericaPisa, Galileo Galilei Airport (PSA), ItalyPittsburgh PA, Pittsburgh Airport (PIT), United States of AmericaPodgorica, Podgorica Airport (TGD), MontenegroPonce PR, Mercedita Airport (PSE), United States of AmericaPortland OR, Portland Airport (PDX), United States of AmericaPorto, Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport (OPO), PortugalPrague, Vaclav Havel Ruzyne Airport (PRG), Czech RepublicPraslin Island, Praslin Island Airport (PRI), SeychellesRabat, Sale Airport (RBA), MoroccoRail n Fly, DB German Railway Service (QYG), GermanyRaleigh Durham NC, Durham Airport (RDU), United States of AmericaReggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria Airport (REG), ItalyRegina, Regina Airport (YQR), CanadaReno NV, Tahoe Airport (RNO), United States of AmericaReykjavik, Keflavik Airport (KEF), IcelandRichmond VA, Richmond Airport (RIC), United States of AmericaRiga, Riga Airport (RIX), LatviaRio De Janeiro, Galeao Airport (GIG), BrazilRiyadh, King Khalid Airport (RUH), Saudi ArabiaRochester MN, Rochester Airport (RST), United States of AmericaRochester NY, Greater Rochester Airport (ROC), United States of AmericaRome, Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport 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Articles tagged “lavatory”
Airplane Lavatory ‘Laviator’ Self-Portraits Get Artsy
Three years ago, Gadling’s Heather Poole snapped a self-portrait in an airplane lavatory, started a Flickr group and the “laviator” trend was born. Over a hundred official members later, California-based artist Nina Katchadourian has taken the laviator to a new level by creating Flemish Renaissance-style self-portraits on a 14-hour flight.
Katchadourian started with a basic paper toilet seat cover and a camera phone, and then introduced a few scarves to create different backgrounds and airplane accessories ranging from an eye mask to a neck pillow to build a group of portraits. The resulting photographs resemble Dutch masters you might see in an art museum, but savvy travelers will recognize some of her props from around their airplane seat.
This isn’t Katchadourian’s first appearance on Gadling. We’ve previously admired her work with maps, and Mike Barish found a kindred spirit with her “Skymall Kitties” video.
Want to put your own spin on the laviator portrait? Snap a pic on your next flight and add it to the Flickr pool. You might even usurp my title as cutest laviator.
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[Photo courtesy artist Nina Katchadourian]
VIDEO: Curb Your Enthusiasm coachy vs. first class
by Meg Nesterov on Aug 17, 2011
On this week’s episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry David returned to New York, home of Seinfeld. On the plane, he got into an argument with a coach passenger on using the bathroom in different classes. Larry claims to still be “coachy” even when flying first class. This isn’t the first time Larry David has tackled the class issue, here’s a classic scene of Elaine suffering in coach on Seinfeld, and here’s why you can’t just move up to an empty seat up front.
Do you consider yourself first class or coachy? What other sitcoms have had great airplane scenes?
FAA orders removal of all airplane bathroom oxygen masks
by Scott Carmichael on Mar 10, 2011
Yesterday, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a directive instructing the removal of oxygen masks from every single commercial aircraft in the United States.
The reason? A “potential security threat”.
No specifics were mentioned, but apparently, the oxygen generator used in the airplane bathroom could somehow be used in terrorist attacks – and this was serious enough to order every one of them removed or disabled. The most likely scenario is that the oxygen generators would be used to create a massive fire, too fierce to be put out by current extinguishers on the plane.
Thankfully, rapid decompression events that require oxygen masks are quite rare But from now on, if you are in the lavatory during one of them, you’ll have to make your way back to your seat to get some oxygen. And remember, always fit your own mask before helping others. Houston’s KPRC got a statement from the FAA, published after the jump.
[Photo: Flickr/Danquella Manera]
FAA’s Full Statement
“The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently required the nation’s airlines to disable the oxygen generators located in all aircraft lavatories to eliminate a potential safety and security vulnerability.
The airlines completed the work on the 6,000 aircraft in the U.S. fleet on Friday, March 4.”The FAA, along with other federal agencies, identified and validated the potential threat, then devised a solution that could be completed quickly.”In order to protect the traveling public, the FAA eliminated the problem before making the work public.
Had the FAA publicized the existence of this security vulnerability prior to airlines fixing it, thousands of planes across the U.S. and the safety of passengers could have been at risk. This proactive measure will help keep travelers as safe and secure as possible.”Rapid decompression events on commercial aircraft are extremely rare. If there is a sudden loss of cabin pressure, pilots are already trained to guide the aircraft to a safe, breathable altitude as quickly as possible. Flight attendants are also already trained to assist passengers to quickly access oxygen – including those in the lavatories.”Lynn Lunsford Mid-States Communications Manager Federal Aviation Administration
Five ways to join the mile-high club around the world
by Tom Johansmeyer on Dec 24, 2010
Generally, it’s best to avoid an airline lavatory for any reason. It’s cramped, smelly and generally not a pleasant place to be. If you’re planning to use the lav for something other than its stated purpose, you’re going to need to brace yourself. Unfortunately, it really is the best environment on the plane for joining the mile-high club (for those of you not in the know, that means having sex on a plane).
You could always try to do it in your seat, but you’ll need a fairly empty flight. Also, your options will be limited, even compared to the lav.
Fortunately, there appears to be a better way. If you want to join this unique, exclusive club without risking an angry speech from a safety-focused flight attendant, take a look at the options below. You can attain your newest “status” at a fairly reasonable price in some cases – and have a memory to savor.1. Mile High Atlanta: if you’re not in Atlanta, it’s pretty easy to get there. After all, it is home to the busiest airport in the country. So, catch a flight to this city, and trade your airline seat for a jaunt with Mile High Atlanta. It costs only $379 per couple for an hour-long flight in a Piper Cherokee Six … “designed exclusively for this purpose. And yes, there is a bed.
Good to know: “Our pilot is VERY discreet and all flights are handled with the UTMOST confidentiality.”
2. Exstacy Air: Based in St. Clair County, Michigan, this service will bring you up above the clouds so you can have your moment of bliss. For $375, you and your cohort – unless you’re logging solo hours – will get an hour in the sky, a bottle of champagne and a set of mile-high wings (that you’ll doubtless earn).
Unique feature: You can keep your sheets as a souvenir!
3. Chicago Mile High Club: this service offers “you and your loved one the exclusive use of our 20 passenger airliner so that you can become mile-high club members, with all of the safety and privacy that comes with having a large twin-engine turboprop airliner all to yourselves.” But, this sort of service is pricey: $999 an hour, and you have to make reservations at least a week in advance.
Selling point: The cabin is more than 20 feet long, six feet wide and 5 ½ feet tall. Break out your copy of the Kama Sutra!
4. Mile High Flights: earn your international wings with this UK service, which includes champagne, “stunning views” and whatever other fun you can concoct! Several options are available, with products named “The Big One (£640) and “The VIP” (£930).
Mortgage your orgasm: Flexible payment options are available for those who don’t want to wind up spent right away.
5. The ol’ fashioned way: look both ways, and move casually toward the lavatory, preferably while the flight attendants are working the beverage cart. Step out with your hair askew and a fantastically broad smile on your face.
Multiple benefits: No, not that kind – I’m referring to the fact that this flight will also take you to your destination, rather than cart you around on a “sightseeing” experience. You may also pick up some frequent flier miles.
[photo by rick via Flickr]
Galley Gossip: Laviators – the best of the best contest!
by Heather Poole on Oct 23, 2009
Last week a producer from ABC Nightline News contacted me about doing a story on the laviators – THE LAVIATORS! I know, it’s weird, I can’t believe it myself. But one of their corespondents actually happened across my blog after surfing around Youtube where they found people doing all sorts of bizarre things in airplane bathrooms. Of course I asked if he’d seen my video, 25 ways to use a maxi pad in flight, but he had not, so I emailed it to him right away. What he had seen, it turns out, was Michelle’s funny laviator music video featured below.
“Michelle really stepped it up a notch,” the producer said matter of fact over the phone.
“That she did!” I agreed. Then I added, “She’s also the one responsible for getting the word ‘laviator’ into the urban dictionary! Now if only we can get the word ‘lavatar,’ as in a laviator avatar, in there as well.”
The producer laughed, and then went on to describe the club as “hysterically weird” and asked what might compel someone to take pictures of themselves in the lavatory.
Honestly, I’m still trying to figure that one out myself, and I’m the first official laviator! Although I’m pretty sure it has something to do with boredom. Or maybe it’s just exciting to do something a little risque – and weird – on an airplane. Then again, it could be all of the above. Who knows. All I know for sure is the end result is fun.
After pitching his story idea, the producer assured me he’d be back in touch. That was over a week ago and I still haven’t head from him. Well that got me thinking. Let’s have a best of the best laviator photo contest!
That way ABC Nightline News will have no choice but to feature the club on their award winning show when they see just how amazing the laviators truly are. How about if I narrow it down to a few of my favorite shots and you be the judge? Come on, what do you say? Don’t be scared. It’ll be fun! Winner gets a free Laviator T-shirt donated and designed by Windtee, a maker of aviation T-shirt art. All you have to do is click on the photo gallery above, choose your favorite laviator, and then scroll down to the bottom of this post and cast your vote by Tuesday, October 27! That’s it.
Not a member of the laviators club yet? What the heck are you waiting for! On your next trip pack a camera in your carry on bag and then, when the seat belt sign is turned off, nonchalantly slide it into a pocket before making your way to the lav. Once behind the locked door, start clicking away. Don’t be shy. Get creative! As soon as the flight touches ground, make sure to email your photo to me – Heather DOT Poole AT weblogsinc DOT com (or submit it to the Gadling Flickr pool) – and I’ll include it in the official laviator photo gallery. Who knows, perhaps you’ll even make it into the best of the best laviator contest, and maybe, just maybe, you’ll see yourself on ABC Nightline News. Hey, you never know!
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Original Platforms: SEGA Master System, Genesis
Gauntlet is a fantasy hack and slash dungeon crawl arcade developed by Atari Games and released in October 1985.
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Gauntlet is a fantasy hack and slash dungeon crawl arcade developed by Atari Games and released in October 1985. The game was ported to many platforms including Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, Apple II and others.
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Memories of manga shock store shelves as Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! debuts next month
By Elisha Deogracias
Yesterday, VIZ Media announced that it will release a manga adaptation of last year’s anime film Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You! with the adaptation getting released on December 11. The manga will highlight the events of the film and will be rated A for all ages.
When Ash Ketchum oversleeps on his 10th birthday, he ends up with a stubborn Pikachu instead of the first partner Pokeěmon he wanted! But after a rocky start, Ash and Pikachu become close friends and true partners—and when they catch a rare glimpse of the Legendary Pokeěmon Ho-Oh in flight, they make plans to seek it out together. Trainers Verity and Sorrel join Ash on his journey, and along the way, they meet the mysterious Mythical Pokeěmon Marshadow. When they near their goal, an arrogant Trainer named Cross stands in their way. Can Ash and Pikachu defeat him and reach Ho-Oh as they promised, or will their journey end here?
“The POKÉMON THE MOVIE: I CHOOSE YOU! manga gives fans a whole new way to enjoy the unforgettable story of Ash and Pikachu and how they met,” says Annette Roman, Editor. “We invite Pokémon fans to add this newest release to their personal collections.”
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Sugarcane-Skewered Scallops
Get Roth Farms’ recipe
photo: Field to Feast
Sugar is the most economically valuable field crop in the Sunshine State, with Palm Beach County growing about 75 percent of Florida’s commercial sugarcane, according to the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Behind the numbers are small farms that are members of the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, harvesting, transporting, and milling the sweet crop. “My dad was one of the founders of the sugarcane co-op,” says Rick Roth, a third-generation farmer.
Much has changed since his father started farming in Belle Glade in 1949. They planted sugarcane in the 1960s, but never stopped growing other crops, such as leafy vegetables, radishes, sweet corn, and beans. “Being diversified is an efficient way to farm with crop rotation,” Rick explains. “The rotation breaks the cycle of insects and diseases.”
While Roth Farms focuses on using its land as efficiently as possible, Rick says he also wants to raise awareness about the issues affecting farmers today and offers tours of the farm to share best practices. “We’re on a mission to tell the world that with agriculture you can be part of the solution, or part of the problem,” he says. “We’re part of the solution.”
If you don’t want to make your own, sugarcane skewers are available in specialty stores and in the produce section of many large supermarkets. The skewers add a subtle sweetness to the buttery scallops.
1 cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons finely minced sweet onion
1 tablespoon finely minced garlic
2 teaspoons lime zest
1 tablespoon chopped fresh mint
8 jumbo sea scallops
4 sugarcane skewers
1/4 cup dark rum
Mix olive oil, onion, garlic, lime zest, and mint in a small bowl. Pour over scallops and marinate in refrigerator 2 hours.
To make sugarcane skewers, wash the sugarcane stalk thoroughly. Place the cane on a cutting board and position a sharp knife (a cleaver works well) horizontally across the cane. Be careful; the cane is harder than you might thing. Apply as much pressure as you can or tap the knife with a rubber mallet or hammer to help push it through. Trim the ends of the sugarcane and cut the stalk crosswise into 5-inch sections. Trim the tough skin of the cane. With a heavy chef’s knife or cleaver, cut the cane into flat ¼-inch-thick strips. Cut each strip lengthwise into sections. Sharpen the ends of the skewers into points.
Place two scallops on each skewer. Heat butter and olive oil in sauté pan over medium-high heat. Sear scallops, lightly brushing with rum as they cook, about 3 to 5 minutes total.
Recipe from Field to Feast: Recipes Celebrating Florida Farmers, Chefs, and Artisans. Reprinted with permission of the University Press of Florida.
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MACHINES AND PLANTS FOR PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY
Romaco is a leading global supplier of processing and packaging technology. Divided into two business areas, “Tableting” and “Packaging”, the company develops system solutions for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food and chemical industries. Romaco focuses on serving the technically sophisticated segment of flexible machinery, which benefits from the strong global growth of generic drug manufacturers. The company’s product range includes primary and secondary packaging, sterile liquid and powder filling solutions, as well as tablet compression technology.
By investing in Romaco, DBAG is participating in one of the most attractive and strongly growing segments of Germany’s mechanical engineering sector. Romaco benefits from the growth drivers in the pharmaceutical market – a growing global population, an aging population in industrialised nations and rising prosperity in emerging countries. The countless machines that the company has delivered worldwide in the past provide an excellent basis for establishing a stable service business.
POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
The strategic goal is to develop Romaco into a so-called full liner in the group’s key area of tablet production and packaging. This will enable the company to offer its customers integrated system solutions for the entire tablet production process. By investing in its sales organisation, Romaco aims to improve its regional market coverage. In addition, it plans to expand its service business.
In 2013/14, DBAG and DBAG Fund V provided funding to help Romaco take the first key steps towards fulfilling its development potential and implementing its strategic goals. With the acquisition of IMA Kilian in November 2013, the company gained another important process step in tablet production. On the other hand, in October 2014 Romaco sold its group company FrymaKoruma, a manufacturer of machines for food production, to Stephan Machinery (“ProXES”), another company in our portfolio. The revenues generated by this disposal will go towards further implementing the full-liner strategy, among others.
2013/14 FINANCIAL YEAR
In the first half of the 2013/14 financial year (31 October), Romaco suffered from its customers’ reluctance to invest, especially in emerging countries that are key to the company’s business. In these countries, political uncertainty and the resulting devaluation of the currency resulted in an unfavourable climate for investment and in orders being postponed in the business for new machinery. Revenues and earnings in the second half of 2013/14 were therefore below expectations and down on the previous year’s values on a comparable basis, despite a clear turnaround. Sales and the services business were enhanced.
OUTLOOK AND OBJECTIVES
Romaco is continuing to focus on acquiring companies to complete its range of machines. Given a considerable improvement in the order situation more recently, the company started the 2014/15 financial year with a larger order backlog, which is expected to yield higher revenues and earnings.
€ 11.2mn
INVESTMENT OF DBAG
SHARE OF DBAG FUND V
TYPE OF INVESTMENT
SHARE OF DBAG
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1 Including the acquisition of IMA Kilian in 2013 but excluding the disposal of FrymaKoruma in 2014
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Profit-share entitlement to a fund management company or its managers linked to the performance of managed private equity funds. After fund investors have received a minimum return on their invested capital, fund managers can achieve a superior profit share.
Indicator used to determine a company‘s financial position and frequently also its earnings position: the flows of funds within a period resulting from the difference between the inflow and outflow of cash.
End of subscription period for a (private equity) fund.
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A third-party fund managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG that co-invests alongside Deutsche Beteiligungs AG or, if appropriate, other financial investors. Investors commit a certain amount of capital which is successively drawn down as soon as fitting investment opportunities arise. Following the sale of the fund’s investments, the proceeds are paid to the investors. A co-investment fund in Germany is generally organised as a limited partnership (“Kommanditgesellschaft”).
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A concept, initially unique to Great Britain but increasingly also found in Germany, aimed at supporting a company in the capital market through a bank. A corporate broker assists in managing relationships to current and potential shareholders. He advises companies on identifying potential new institutional investors and provides feedback from investors to the company.
Standards for the management and supervision of companies defining the spheres of accountability for supervisory boards, management boards, shareholders and other stakeholders.
Abbreviation for 'contractual trust arrangement' a model for the funding of a company's pension obligations, by which certain assets (plan assets) are transferred to a trustee (trust). In the IFRSbased financial statements, this results in a balance sheet contraction, in that plan assets are offset against pension provisions. This enhances international comparability of financial statements.
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German stock market index; benchmark for the development of the capital market
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Global private equity performance index. Part of an index family; the LPX 50 consists of the 50 largest quoted private equity companies worldwide, measured by their market capitalisation. The shares of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG are one of two German stocks in the LPX 50 and have a weighting of 0.68 percent.
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Management buyout; the takeover of a company by its management with the support of one or more financial investors who finance the transaction.
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Market value of all tangible and intangible assets of a company less its liabilities. This value corresponds to the equity in accordance with the IFRS. The net asset value per share (or equity per share) is a key indicator used in assessing the value of a quoted private equity company.
Official Market
(Amtlicher Markt) Primary tier of the German Stock Exchange that sets high standards for admittance.
Operation Blanche
Purchase of new shares without the employment of own capital; a shareholder sells exactly as many subscription rights in a regular capital increase as would be required to exercise the remaining pre-emptive rights and pay the issue price using the proceeds from the sale of the rights. After an Operation Blanche, the absolute amount of the shareholder’s investment in the shares of the respective company remains unchanged; his relative share of the capital stock, however, will decrease.
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Also: co-investment fund. A third-party fund that co-invests (usually by a fixed percentage) alongside another investor; at Deutsche Beteiligungs AG: the funds managed by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG
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Here: all the holdings of an equity investment company.
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Private capital; capital provided to non-quoted companies for the mid to long-term.
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Delisting of a formerly quoted company; also referred to as taking private.
Entry segment for newcomers to the stock exchange with less stringent admission conditions.
Indicator used in assessing the business performance of a company; the profit delivered to the owners is expressed as a percentage of the equity available at the beginning of a financial year.
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Key target and performance indicator of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (is equal to return on NAV per share). The closing NAV per share at the end of the financial year is set against the opening NAV per share at the beginning of the financial year, less dividends paid in the course of that year.
Presentation of the company to institutional investors.
S-Dax performance index
Selection index of the German Stock Exchange for smaller companies from classical sectors of the economy. Comes after the stocks indexed in the M-Dax and consists of 50 stocks admitted to the Prime Standard of the Official Market or Regulated Unofficial Market.
Secondary buyout
A kind of second management buyout: the financial investor and MBO managers sell to a new generation of managers and to a new private equity investor.
A silent partnership usually having a fixed term, fixed interest rate and defined performance- related components; not subject to public disclosure.
SME (in Germany: “Mittelstand“)
Small and Midsize Enterprises. There is no generally valid definition of what is considered an SME. Possible distinguishing factors could be, for example, a company&8217;s annual revenues, the number of employees or the ownership structure. Deutsche Beteiligungs AG defines Germany’s “Mittelstand“ as companies generating annual revenues of between 50 and 500 million euros, regardless of their ownership structure or the number of employees. There are more than 5,000 such companies in Germany.
The splitting off of a division or subsidiary from a company/large corporation and the creation of an independent company.
Rights granted for the purchase of a company’s stock at a fixed price (or a price determined on the basis of a certain scheme). Deutsche Beteiligungs AG had installed a stock option programme in 2001; the final stock options were exercised in financial year 2008/2009.
STOXX Private Equity 20 Index
European private equity index. Tracks the performance of the 20 largest listed private equity firms in western Europe; DBAG shares are a constituent of the index.
A record of performance by a company or an entrepreneur or manager.
Trade Sale
The sale of an investment to a company that wants to complement its product portfolio, expand its market presence or achieve other strategic goals.
Value of the debt-free enterprise.
The restructuring of a business to achieve profitability again. In some cases, the business will start off anew with a new management and/or a revised product range.
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German Special Investment Company Act (Gesetz über Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaften ? UBGG); in 1986, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG was the first firm to be recognised as a special investment company. Among other things, this law exempts companies ? subject to certain conditions ? from municipal trade tax.
Valuation reserves
The difference between the book value in conformity with the German Commercial Code (acquisition cost or lower) and the current market value.
Risk capital; mostly private capital provided to start-ups or emerging businesses.
A reduction in the value of assets; must be disclosed in the profit and loss account.
Electronic market trading system.
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The Americans: Chloramphenicol
April 7, 2016 4:59 AM - Season 4, Episode 4 - Subscribe
Philip, Elizabeth, William, and Gabriel have thoughts about loyalty. Stan looks at an apartment. Martha goes on a date. Nina is transferred. Oleg makes a deal with his father.
posted by Thorzdad (43 comments total)
When I saw the mop and bucket sitting in the corner in the room Nina was being taken to, I just knew nothing good was about to happen. That's a great bit of staging and foreshadowing, putting an innocuous prop there that speaks so loudly. Even then, though, I kept hoping that scene wouldn't end the way it did. Still, I was stunned when it happened.
This was easily one of the best episodes this show has done.
posted by Thorzdad at 5:08 AM on April 7, 2016 [6 favorites]
I was absolutely stunned by Nina's death, even though I've known for a while that her story was probably going to end that way. Are we supposed to interpret the scenes with Oleg that he chose America over Nina's life or that nothing could be done because she was a traitor?
Nina is the first major character (as in, been in more than a couple of episodes, and/or been around since the first season) that's been killed off right?
Philip and Elizabeth's scenes were just so great. Their relationship is such the core of the show. Philip's worried face as Elizabeth was sick really struck me. Keri and Matthew are just so good.
I am a bit disappointed that this supposedly terrible disease was treatable with antibiotic shots and you're almost better overnight? Takes away from the scariness of it a little.
posted by LizBoBiz at 6:29 AM on April 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Could it be that Gabriel was only lightly dosed? Or, it's the sort of virus which, if you get treatment started early enough in the cycle, there's a good chance of recovery? Personally, I was hoping Gabriel was killed by Claudia. Oh well...
posted by Thorzdad at 6:33 AM on April 7, 2016
Well if it was a virus those antibiotics wouldn't have worked at all!
Yeah I guess it could be that if you get treatment after immediate exposure then its recoverable.
posted by LizBoBiz at 7:19 AM on April 7, 2016
Nina's death was inevitable, but like Oleg and Stan, I'd gotten caught up in the idea she was savable even though she was caught in the Soviet system. Also: Oleg's father is really cold-blooded. (I totally think he not only didn't try to save Nina, but was involved in consigning her to death.)
I feel bad for Martha, up there on her tightrope. She's doing the best she can but is really not prepared for the personal con aspects of the job. I don't think she even saw the look on Adeholt's face when she told him she was dating a married man - and how it was so great. It was such an interesting combination of wish fulfillment, reality, lies, and protective wall instead of a more tactical lie to keep him at a distance.
Stan searching Martha's apartment was interesting. Did she get rid of her photos of Clark? He found her gun (which ... not that surprising), and fingered her stuff, but it didn't feel like his free-floating ball of suspicion got any more defined.
posted by julen at 7:50 AM on April 7, 2016 [6 favorites]
I didn't see Nina's death coming, and I felt blindsided by how quickly it happened ("shortly" indeed), especially after her dream about freedom. I'm glad the creators had the courage to follow her story to a truthful end. Nina being saved after twice transgressing wouldn't have been realistic, even if Oleg's father tried to exercise his influence.
Martha has evolved so much from the first season. She used to be treated like such a silly character, a dupe even. Now, she's still an amateur double agent, but her low-level of panic and resignation make her scenes so tense. The delivery of her speech was wonderful, too.
Elizabeth giving her blessing to Philip to become American with the kids after her death felt like a big shift for her character.
posted by gladly at 8:27 AM on April 7, 2016 [5 favorites]
If it's the stuff from the Altoids tin, it's not a virus. Wikipedia to the rescue! Glanders disease is caused by Burkholderia mallei, a bacterium. Untreated, it can kill within days. I guess quick diagnosis would be the tricky part (a horse disease eradicated in the forties isn't going to be many urban doctors' first guess), but since they already knew what they were dealing with, they knew all they needed was an aggressive course of antibiotics immediately.
posted by Sys Rq at 9:53 AM on April 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
There's also that I don't believe the tin was kept refrigerated. When we last saw it in the previous episode, it was sitting on the mantel in Gabriel's place. It was stressed earlier that it had to remain refrigerated. So, perhaps the bacteria was degraded?
posted by Thorzdad at 10:35 AM on April 7, 2016
Oh! Oh! Oh! Didja see who overheard Stan talking to whassisname about suspecting Martha? Mail Robot: Super Spy! (Is it still working for the KGB?)
posted by Sys Rq at 10:58 AM on April 7, 2016 [5 favorites]
Oh! Oh! Oh! Didja see who overheard Stan talking to whassisname about suspecting Martha? Mail Robot: Super Spy!
And, speaking of bugged technology...I can't believe Liz and Phil have the computer up and running and didn't go through the thing, looking for bugs. They know how their government works, after all...
Didn't Gabriel give them the computer? For the kids? I could be remembering that incorrectly...
posted by pearlybob at 12:42 PM on April 7, 2016
posted by Sys Rq at 12:44 PM on April 7, 2016
Yep. Which is exactly they should go through the thing.
posted by Thorzdad at 1:24 PM on April 7, 2016
Brutal last scene. My thoughts during that scene:
"Her appeal is denied, but he said shortly, so Oleg's father can still... "
BLAM!!
"...... "
"Fuck..."
posted by Pendragon at 1:50 PM on April 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
Ahhhhh... Good point.
posted by pearlybob at 1:50 PM on April 7, 2016
BTW, Walking Dead ? This is how you kill a character.
I didn't really like the Nina storyline -- I was waiting for it to somehow collide with the America story -- but at least it was coherent. I have a feeling Oleg's father ordered her execution and he's going to tell Oleg she was "transferred to a nice comfortable place where they will treat her well, but you can't see her."
I'm surprised Gabriel lived, I thought he'd die for sure.
I'm doubtful about "handling" Pastor Tim and his gossipy wife. But the writers handled Paige's character really well, and I think it ended up making her closer to her parents because she helped them manage a crisis.
posted by mmoncur at 3:00 PM on April 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
I thought the Russia storylines were just sort of weirdly out there this season, but seeing the results of both kidnapping the scientist and what happens to a Soviet who betrays the USSR makes for a wider perspective on what Phillip and Elizabeth - and Stan! - do. I like seeing the byzantine way the Soviet Union works - and how it is struggling - as background for Phillip and Elizabeth's struggles and successes - whether it's Oleg's father making deals with his son to keep him close at hand, Arkady realizing the limits of his power/access at the Consulate, or the increasing criticality/emergency of the demands on Phillip and Elizabeth.
posted by julen at 3:28 PM on April 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
But the writers handled Paige's character really well, and I think it ended up making her closer to her parents because she helped them manage a crisis.
I agree. I really loved that moment at the bowling alley, when Paige and Elizabeth were able to share a private joke about bowling and spy training.
posted by Superplin at 3:54 PM on April 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
I didn't happen to find out that the show was airing on Wednesday rather than Thursday until early this evening. Grrr.
The hit on Tim and Alice was cancelled, and Elizabeth takes a surprise psychological turn. I don't know if I buy this. Alice is a gossip -- there's no telling whether she's already told people or not. The Jennings really ought to run.
William seems like a somewhat decent guy after all, given the thorough and gentle care he took of Gabriel and Elizabeth and the honesty with which he spoke to Philip and Gabriel. The mordant sense of humour is a veneer.
Martha couldn't have come up with a better lie if Philip had been advising her and/or if she knew Stan was going to search her place. Her affair with a married man story makes sense of everything he found at her place and will keep Aderholt from pursuing her romantically. I could see his disappointment in her -- he won't see her as someone he wants to date now. Which is tragic, because, had Philip never entered Martha's life, Aderholt could have been the man she married, and he does seem like a catch.
Stan seemed to pick up on some suspicious vibes from Henry and Paige. He may lose interest in Martha as a suspect now but start eyeing Philip and Elizabeth again.
I so much did not want Nina to die that even after she was lying on the floor in a pool of her own blood I thought perhaps she wasn't really dead, perhaps this was another dream.
I hope Oleg ends up finding out the truth about how his father kept his end of the deal, and goes back to America.
Did anyone else think the height differential between the actor who plays Oleg and the actor who plays his father didn't make for a particularly happy casting choice?
posted by orange swan at 5:33 PM on April 7, 2016 [3 favorites]
Nina being saved after twice transgressing wouldn't have been realistic, even if Oleg's father tried to exercise his influence.
This is true. Nina's story is based on a very similar real life account of an American-based KGB staffer who was sending money home to his family and blackmailed into spying for the Americans just as Nina was. The actual KGB agent was caught, shipped back to Russia, tried, and executed. Nina's story differs a little in that she turned herself in and worked as a triple agent, which meant she survived a little longer, but in the end her story could only end the same way, because even a slight subsequent transgression would seal her fate.
He is so totally dead though, right? I mean, he knows their names. He knows their children's names. He knows their handler's address. They know where he lives, they know he has no dependents, and they know that maybe this biological warfare business isn't worth the hassle. (The Rezidentura would probably disagree on that point, but the "suicide" of a turncoat is explained away easily enough; they're recruited in the first place because they're dissatisfied and have nothing to lose, and it's not a huge leap from there to suicide.) They have every reason to kill him and no especially compelling reason not to.
That said, Dylan Baker is by all outward appearances a regular cast member now. His name's on the front, even. So maybe he just gets sucked in deeper?
posted by Sys Rq at 7:07 PM on April 7, 2016
I agree. I mean, it's always excellent, especially in how it lets its women characters be fleshed-out people, but this was a standout in that respect and in general. Martha, you fucking badass! This is a woman who is supposed to be in a partnership but is actually hung out to dry whenever it counts, and she's so isolated and has experienced so much disappointment, but she's also clever and self-sufficient and practical.
Her speech about the benefits of dating a married man was JUST. FANTASTIC. not only by showing us so much about her viewpoints and inner life but as an absolutely logical and reasonable real-life perspective on dating and women's experiences of it that you just never ever hear on TV, in movies, etc. I almost gave it a standing ovation here in my living room.
Nina is sort of the other side of that coin -- she's pretty much an ABC Afterschool Special on how the patriarchy sucks emotional labor out of women until they're husks, and then (usually figuratively) shoots 'em in the head. We knew, and she knew, her days were numbered when the note was found. And she already knew what a precarious state she was in when she got the Cozy Up to Scientist gig but just could not stop herself from being kind and generous and empathetic, which yeah, we could argue is a wonderful noble thing, especially after all she's been through, but it's always about shoring up the guys, isn't it? to the direct detriment of self-preservation.
Which sort of helps to account for Elizabeth's chilly self-contained persona. Is she the warmest, fuzziest person we know? No, but that doesn't mean she lacks emotions as we have seen in snippets here and there and then a lot in this ep. At least she has some workable survival skills, and lord knows it's better to be proactively guarded than a freaking deer in the headlights like poor Nina. I do buy the (fairly gradual and minor) changes in Elizabeth's behavior and attitudes because I think they're earned -- as part of her increasing emotional attachment to Philip since the show started and especially in the development of her relationship with Paige in conjunction with her mother's death. The fact that she's learning to consider other viewpoints and be a little freer with her emotions doesn't mean she's not also still a rigid emotionally stunted true believer; it's interesting to see all those qualities churning around together in her.
Two especially enjoyable bits of this episode were: a) defusing the whole Pastor Tim assassination thing by cancelling it in the first 30 seconds rather than relying on it to generate suspense (Martha's dinner was a much more effective and character-driven one) when there was already plenty of tension inherent to the quarantine and Paige being worried; and b) taking a little time to let us get to know more about William and Gabriel. A lot of shows just don't give enough of a shit about their minor side characters to make them interesting or multi-faceted like that, but a great show does.
(The house configuration establishing shot still bugged me when Henry went to borrow milk from Stan, though.)
posted by FelliniBlank at 7:12 PM on April 7, 2016 [10 favorites]
He is so totally dead though, right? I mean, he knows their names. He knows their children's names. He knows their handler's address. They know where he lives, they know he has no dependents, and they know that maybe this biological warfare business isn't worth the hassle.
Part of me wants William to slip Gabriel a hypo of something not an antibiotic and kill him in off, then run for the hills.
Complete with Boris and Natasha accent -- I loved it!
posted by FelliniBlank at 7:21 PM on April 7, 2016 [4 favorites]
He is so totally dead though, right? I mean, he knows their names. He knows their children's names. He knows their handler's address.
William's a Russian illegal like Philip and Elizabeth, isn't he?, not an American asset, so it's OK for him to know that stuff. Like it was OK for P&E and Emmett and Leanne to know each other. Or did I misunderstand that? I thought Gabriel referred to William as "one of our people" or something when he gave P&E the job of working with him.
I definitely got the idea that William is a long-standing KGB operative, whatever his background might be. He might be an illegal -- didn't Gabriel say William had had a partner but that it hadn't worked out? He's way too valuable to be killed off as long as he's still obeying orders which he seems to be, so I don't think we need worry about him.
posted by orange swan at 7:44 PM on April 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
I think Oleg's father expedited Nina's execution because he saw how much Oleg cared about her and he didn't want his son to be seen as aligned with a traitor. He didn't want to lose his second son.
posted by matildaben at 7:47 PM on April 7, 2016 [7 favorites]
Hmmm. Maybe y'all are right about William. I think I might recall something like that. He was definitely an old asset, assigned to Elizabeth and Philip after he'd been around awhile, but I don't remember if he was himself an Illegal or just reported to them.
Aaaand I've deleted that episode off my DVR. Of course. Sigh.
Excellent episode all around. I'm interested to find out if they actually did manage to call off the hit on Pastor Tim and Blabmouth - if the call went out too late and he's dead, and P&E spent a weekend mysteriously away....
posted by coriolisdave at 9:10 PM on April 7, 2016 [1 favorite]
Oh man, if the hit went through. . . shit would get real chez Jennings. Much as I would like Pastor Tim to die, I'd be sort of disappointed because the prospect of P&E, especially Elizabeth, having to make nicey-nice to work this total dick she utterly loathes who could ruin their life, is just full of delicious grim comedy potential.
Also, LENE LOVICH at the bowling alley!
Sys Rq: The line from Glanders where Gabriel introduces William is "One of us has been getting American samples of pathogens for many years." And later in the episode William says "Gabriel and his friends at the Center have been waiting my whole goddamned life for this." So I'm pretty sure he's an Illegal too.
posted by mmoncur at 4:43 AM on April 8, 2016 [2 favorites]
Pastor Tim and his wife die in a car accident, hit by lightning, whatever, and Stan is all over it b/c of the connection between Paige and Pastor Tim.
posted by mlis at 3:09 PM on April 9, 2016 [1 favorite]
Loved this episode. Particularly struck by Philip and Elizabeth's growing acceptance that they have different goals in their fucked up lives, but they are in it together and compromise for each other. Elizabeth's a true believer in the mission and Philip just wants to his family to be safe and happy. And they both know and accept that about each other.
I was a bit chilled with Elizabeth asking Philip "what does EST think about death?", particularly coming on the heels of William's comments about religion. Is she going to embrace EST? Given her zealotry I could imagine her going all-in on that. (And boy EST is a brilliant choice of a plot device, particularly for the era. Sort of a cult but not really. And a bridge from the New Age 70s to the Reagan era.)
I'm confused at the structure of killing Nina here, in episode 4 of the season. Usually you kill off a character at the end of a season, or very rarely at the beginning of a new one. What was the point of showing more of her and Anton? I guess we've planted more of a story for Oleg, maybe now he has a real reason to hate Mother Russia? I'm sad Nina didn't get to have a bit more agency on her way out.
posted by Nelson at 8:25 AM on April 10, 2016
Orange swan, do you have a cite for this? I would most curious to read this story.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 7:13 PM on April 10, 2016 [1 favorite]
Sys Rq: That said, Dylan Baker is by all outward appearances a regular cast member now. His name's on the front, even. So maybe he just gets sucked in deeper?
With the exception of Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, all the names in the title credits are in alphabetical order of last name.
posted by techSupp0rt at 12:15 PM on April 11, 2016
No, by "on the front," I mean in the opening titles at all. Shows generally don't do that for characters that are in three or four episodes and then disappear. So if he's up there, it would appear that he's a full-on series regular rather than merely a recurring character.
posted by Sys Rq at 6:36 PM on April 11, 2016
Orange swan, I also would be interested in reading about a real-life Nina, if you happen across the article again.
posted by blueberry at 12:03 AM on April 12, 2016
Orange swan may be referring to a story from the book Farewell written by Sergei Kostin, who is a consultant on the show.
posted by Falconetti at 12:52 PM on April 15, 2016 [2 favorites]
Martha came up with a great story. I love that she's totally turned. And I love that she's married to Philip now rather than Clark.
I thought maybe Oleg's father was helping her from receiving decades of torture in a gulag. From his perspective, perhaps that's helping. I was surprised they killed her in the fourth episode of the season. Seems like her arc should have finished last season.
OTOH, doesn't the FBI still have Oleg on tape admitting treasonous acts? Could this season be about Oleg's downfall? Perhaps Nina's death is to show that his father can't help traitors no matter what.
So many threads from last season haven't been addressed. Kimmey? The woman from AA?
posted by about_time at 6:55 AM on June 21, 2016
I wondered during the dinner scene if Martha might really think Clark is married in addition to being a spy - I mean she does work with several agents and knows they all generally get to go home to their wives most nights.
Nina's death was really shocking and I too wondered at first if it was another dream. I was almost grateful that it was so quick because I was already dreading the execution scene. Why didn't she take the money and run when she was still back in the U.S.?
posted by bunderful at 4:17 PM on May 19, 2018
I didn't care for the dream sequence, it was a bit too much, but other than that I thought this was the best episode of the series.
If it turns out that they didn't stop the assassination of Pastor Tim and wife I'll be pissed, that's Three's Company level plot mechanics.
Elizabeth giving Phillip her blessing to become "real Americans" if she died was touching, to me it signals a fundamental shift in her loyalty from the Motherland to her family. Not that she wants to give up the fight for The Cause, but that she wont'
I love the fact that while he is a terrible person overall, Stan is his best self when he gets to play uncle to Henry, which lets him get back the time he lost with his own son that he lost to his deep cover gig. Of course, just like the job with the FBI cost him his marriage and his relationship with his son, it will probably ultimately cause him to lose Henry as well. Tough break.
Martha on the phone--damn that was a good scene. Then she follows it up with the mind-blowing dinner scene with the genuinely nice agent who could have become her true love if Phillip hadn't gone ahead and ruined her life.
There are sooo many good opportunities for E&P to work the Tim and Alice. They just have to convince them that their work is something with a noble bent that a left-leaning church like theirs would be sympathetic too, like stealing agricultural secrets to help feed poor Russians.
posted by skewed at 11:38 AM on August 4, 2018
Further confirmation that William is an illegal: when E&P first sat down with him on the park bench, some of his first words to them were "Where's Gabriel?" Gabriel is a handler for illegals, so William wouldn't be expecting Gabriel otherwise. And the thread of him starting out with a partner and it not working out gets picked up in this episode with the things he says to Philip about being so lucky to have a partner, someone he can talk to about the work they do.
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This was fun. I'm a little sad to see Ontari get rolled up into Allie's plots, since she was interesting on her own, but there's no way she wouldn't take that chip.
Sinclair ;_;
posted by vibratory manner of working at 12:18 AM on April 24, 2016 [1 favorite]
Sinclair's death ticked me off. Meh.
Otherwise, fine episode.
posted by Atreides at 11:34 AM on April 24, 2016
Despite my sparse posting, I really liked this one too. The AV Club take was that it was the best episode of the season, and I think that's probably true.
* Emerson as the Grounder-wear-clad boogieman is a small stretch. I feel like Octavia in particular could've put up more of a fight. I also wonder why in the world Arkadia would leave a structurally sound airlock intact instead of scavenging enough materials to at least compromise the seal - it didn't look like they were using that for hazmat containment or anything. However, the whole thing was creepy and atmospheric, and I'm just going to roll with it. The music box thing bit made me laugh. Also, despite everything that's happened, Lexa kicks more ass while *dead* here than she does as a living person on FTWD.
* Jaha and ALIE continue to be super creepy. I enjoyed the reveal that Emori was chipped all along - they did a great job with that, though it made me feel bad for Emori. No way she did that freely. I was also disappointed to see Ontari caught up with them because I was hoping for more of a three or four way conflict at season's end, but it did make total sense. The shot with ALIE on the Grounder throne was good, too.
* Poor Sinclair. Sucks to be an adult in a YA dystopia though, and he was a mentor figure on top of it. I guess this was coming. I wish they'd subverted the trope though - I liked Raven having anybody to interact with on that level. (She and Monte are both teen genius types, but their disciplines are pretty disparate.)
* While I do not support Bellamy's redemption, him and Octavia having a moment in the airlock still rang true.
I'm glad anybody else is still watching. I was surprised when nobody else posted a thread, like maybe everyone had given up on it. Personally, I'm here to the bitter end because it's still 'like Game of Thrones, but I don't feel so dirty after watching.'
My girlfriend doesn't watch, but she sent me this vine compilation last week, so I was all pointing out, "Aww, she's so cute - her character ordered the deaths of hundreds of people and let missiles hit her own friends and family to retain a strategic advantage during a key engagement. D'aww... look at that kid, his committed war crimes. That one's guy too. Oh, that one's probably playing a psychopath, but he's hilarious. They're so adorable!"
I dunno why it didn't sell her.
posted by mordax at 11:46 AM on April 24, 2016 [2 favorites]
I got a phone call most of the way through: did we actually see Emerson die? I saw him collapse screaming, but then the next bit was later. And if so, where did they bury him?
I admit that I was kind of hoping there would be a short time where the AI would work before Emerson died, and Clarke could interrogate the chip. Instead, nothing.
Murphy is not having a good time. I wonder how he'll manage to avoid getting chipped.
posted by suelac at 1:22 PM on April 24, 2016
Murphy will abide, never fear.
I was waiting for something on Emerson, too. Either it was glossed over for the funeral pyre and Polis scenes, or we will get something next week.
The final shot of ALIE on the throne was pretty cool. I'm looking forward to seeing/meeting Luna, hopefully next episode. Who wants to take bets she rejects the initial offer to take on the implant?
The airlock thing kind of surprised me, as well. Ironically, it was the reverse of Mt. Weather. They died because air was let into the mountain, here, air was pulled out.
posted by Atreides at 1:38 PM on April 24, 2016 [2 favorites]
P.S. Thank you for posting Mordax, I took it for granted other people would do so, so I didn't think to do it myself!
posted by Atreides at 1:38 PM on April 24, 2016
I was in the 'I thought Emerson would say something' camp as well, but it might be that he was fighting too hard to interface with it for even a moment.
Welcome! I would have sooner but I was sidetracked on watching the episode too - put it off until shortly before this.
Hah! I missed that point. Thanks, that makes the WTF-ness of it make thematic sense, anyway.
posted by mordax at 3:28 PM on April 24, 2016
I'm glad anybody else is still watching. I was surprised when nobody else posted a thread, like maybe everyone had given up on it.
Nah, I would have done given more time or if I was more on top of the ball. This show is still great, even if Lexa was bullshit and it hasn't quite been firing on all cylinders lately.
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This month’s Hobby Tech opens on an interview with Bitmap Books founder Sam Dyer, covering what his nostalgia-driven coffee-table book specialist publisher has been up to in the half-decade since last we spoke, moves on to a preview of the soft-launched Sensoreq CooliPi Raspberry Pi 4 case and heatsink, and ends with a look at UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan.
I last interviewed Dyer on the back of the launch of Bitmap Books’ inaugural publication, the crowdfunded Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium – the spelling of the latter, he was at pains to tell me at the time, a deliberate pun. In the five years since, Dyer’s press has moved from collecting screenshots of Commodore 64 and Amiga games to producing some big-budget hardback titles, most recently including officially licensed titles – a rarity in the all-too-often copyright-ignorant retro gaming sphere. There’s more to come, too, Dyer told me in this latest interview – including some non-gaming works, including a Micro Machines-focused book dubbed Micro But Many due later this year.
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This month’s Hobby Tech column takes a look at Argon 40’s revised Argon One – or Argon 1, depending on which bit of the packaging you’re looking at – case for the Raspberry Pi 4, the RISC-V-based Sipeed Longan Nano development board, and Toshi Omagari’s Arcade Game Typography.
First, the Argon 1 Pi 4 case. Externally, this looks a lot like the Argon One reviewed back in Issue 188; internally, though, things have been shifted around to provide support for the latest Raspberry Pi 4 single-board computer – and the brown-outs caused by the smart power and cooling board drawing too much power are now a thing of the past.
As with its predecessor, the Argon 1 Pi 4 is impressively solid and does a great job at cooling the Raspberry Pi 4 by using the aluminium housing as a heatsink – even running a heavy synthetic workload, the temperature didn’t reach the minimum required to activate the built-in PWM-controlled cooling fan. It also adds some neat features, such as a labelled and colour-coded GPIO header, neater cabling through the shifting of audio and video ports to the rear, and a smart power button.
Shortly after the review was completed, but thankfully before the magazine went to press, the power board on the Argon 1 Pi 4 died – thankfully without taking the Raspberry Pi 4 with it. The review was updated accordingly, and since then Argon 40 has been stellar in attempting to resolve the problem – paying to have the faulty board returned for analysis and replacing both the faulty board and the entire unit in order to get things back up and running. While it will be a short while before it’s clear whether the failure was a one-off or not, it’s certainly impossible to fault the company’s customer service ethos.
The Sipeed Longan Nano, supplied by Seeed Studio, is an interesting beast: costing less than $5, the board is based on a low-power RISC-V microcontroller with a breadboard-friendly board design and a built-in low-resolution colour LCD display. For the money, the hardware is absolutely incredible – especially as Seeed has even designed a rough but serviceable acrylic case for the board, bundled at no additional cost.
The software and documentation, however, is definitely an issue. The libraries provided failed in a variety of ways – including an inability to use printf() or open a serial port – and the English documentation is extremely sparse. Particularly lacking is anything to demonstrate the use of the LCD – bar a single example program documented using Chinese in-line comments.
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November 7, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
My Hobby Tech column this month opens with a look at a surprisingly swish programming environment for the Nintendo Switch, of all things, walks through the creation of a power-saving networked display using the Pimoroni Inky wHAT and a Raspberry Pi, and looks at a book which purports to chart the history of Apple Macintosh gaming.
First, the programming environment. Fuze4 Nintendo Switch, available now on the Nintendo eShop, builds on the Fuze BASIC programming language originally developed for the Raspberry Pi and reviewed – alongside its BBC Micro-inspired housings – in Issue 124 and Issue 136. This time around, though, the language is considerably less BASIC and more like a hybrid between BASIC, Python, and a bit of C thrown in for good measure. It’s also less focused on things like sensor reading and GPIO control – for obvious reason – and instead designed specifically for a single task: making games.
There are aspects that need polish – in particular the sharing of created projects, which at present can only be done via Nintendo’s clunky friends-list system – but overall Fuze4 Nintendo Switch is impressive. You’ll want a keyboard, but once you get started it’s easy to build some impressive projects – one demo supplied with the game showcases a fluid 3D engine with dynamic lighting, created in a remarkably short number of lines.
The Inky wHAT project, meanwhile, was largely a means of documenting something I created for my own use: an electrophoretic display that would display the output of the schedule printer I detailed in Issue 183 without needing to print on physical paper. There’s a twist, too: after finding that the only box-frame available that would fit the project depth-wise was too large, I created a mock-up of an Amiga Workbench desktop to frame the smaller Inky wHAT display – and the effect is surprisingly convincing.
Finally, Richard Moss’ The Secret History of Mac Gaming was a pleasure to read, though a few aspects of Apple’s history are presented from the eyes of a fanboy rather than a historian. Switching between recollection, research, interview content, and contributed material, the book does a great job of documenting the largely-forgotten history of gaming on Apple Macs – though it could have benefited from another editing and layout pass, in particular to avoid the recurring issue where screenshots either appear out-of-order or without any reference in the text.
As always, the latest Custom PC Magazine is available from all good newsagents and supermarkets, or can be ordered for worldwide delivery from Raspberry Pi Press.
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October 10, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
This month’s Hobby Tech column opens on an interview with Ryan Brown on the impressive Quarter Arcades miniature fully-licensed reproduction arcade cabinets, moves on to a review of the RISC-V-based Seeed Studio Grove AI HAT for the Raspberry Pi, and closes with a look at Pimoroni’s clever Inky wHAT electrophoretic display.
First, the interview. Answering the important question first, Brown admitted that “the pun certainly helps” when it came to deciding to what scale the Quarter Arcades cabinets should be produced: each carefully-designed reproduction, modelled on real period-appropriate cabinets, is built to a quarter scale both as a means of having it sit nicely on a desk and of providing a name which echoes the most commonly-required coin of US arcade cabinets.
While the Quarter Arcade range is currently limited to licensed properties including Pac-Man and Galaga, Brown has indicated there’s potential there to expand: “Starting with the most beloved classics really helps us open doors to other, more niche arcade games, and even potentially games that never reached the arcade.”
The Seeed Studio Grove AI HAT, by contrast, was an undeniable disappointment. Based on the Kendryte K210 system-on-chip, which uses the RISC-V instruction set architecture and includes a co-processor designed to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads, the AI HAT can be used as a stand-alone development board or attached on top of a Raspberry Pi – but in the latter mode is almost entirely divorced from the Pi itself, to the point where it’s not even possible to program the AI HAT without detaching it again and connecting it to a more traditional PC.
Finally, the Inky wHAT. Another Raspberry Pi HAT (Hardware Attached on Top) board, the Inky wHAT offers a 4.2″ electrophoretic display in three colours: red, black, and white in the model reviewed, with a yellow variant available alongside a slightly cheaper black-and-white two-colour version. Forming the heart of a project which will appear in next month’s magazine, the Inky wHAT impressed – though it would be nice to see the price drop a little, given how cheap full-colour though considerably more power-hungry LCD panels are these days.
Custom PC Issue 195 is available now at all good supermarkets, newsagents, and digitally through the usual outlets.
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September 12, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
My regular Hobby Tech feature provided two opportunities to break out the thermal camera, thanks to a detailed analysis of a range of cooling products for the Raspberry Pi 4 and a review of the Libre Computer Project’s La Frite single-board computer – and there was even time to take a look at Brian Dear’s exhaustive title The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the Rise of Cyberculture.
First, La Frite. Funded, as with all Libre Computer Project boards, via crowdfunding, the compact single-board computer is designed to compete with the like of the Raspberry Pi. It certainly has its selling points: there’s a mounting point on the underside for an eMMC storage module, though it uses proprietary mounting holes; there’s a clever midship-mounted Ethernet port to reduce the overall height; and it even comes with the option of a clever two-piece aluminium case that doubles as a heatsink. Sadly, the board’s performance isn’t there, its software support struggles, and despite the name of the organisation its openness is limited to targeting mainstream Linux kernels; the board itself is a proprietary design.
Moving on to the topic of the Raspberry Pi 4, there’s no secret now that the new high-performance processor at its heart runs a little warm. For my analysis of the issue and a look at some potential solutions, a benchmarking workload was executed while temperature and clockspeed were measured and charted – demonstrating handily the loss of performance you get when the system-on-chip begins to heat up.
These data are joined by the same workload while the Raspberry Pi 4 is enjoying the benefits of a range of third-party cooling products: the Pimoroni Heatsink and Fan Shim options, the former running in passive-only and fan-assisted modes and the latter in always-on and software-controlled modes, along with the 52Pi Ice Tower heatsink and fan assembly as supplied by Seeed Studio and running in 5V, 3V3, and wholly passive modes. The temperatures across the run are then charted, while thermal imagery provides a visual insight into how the whole board heats under passive and active cooling.
Finally, The Friendly Orange Glow is a book I’d heartily recommend to anyone interested in the history of a surprising range of modern technologies – from flat-panel plasma displays and multiplayer gaming to Microsoft’s FreeCell. Charting the rise and fall of PLATO, a computer-assisted learning platform now largely forgotten by history, the book is about more than just technology: as its subtitle, The Untold History of the Rise of Cyberculture, suggests, PLATO and those who built and used it were responsible for cultural movements that wouldn’t be repeated elsewhere in the world for decades.
You can pick up the latest issue of Custom PC Magazine at your nearest newsagent, supermarket, or online at the Raspberry Pi Press Store, or grab it in digital form via the usual distribution services.
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August 8, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
My Hobby Tech column focuses this month on the Raspberry Pi 4, the amazingly inexpensive M5Stick-C microcontroller platform, and Zach Barth’s game design retrospective Zach-Like.
The column opens with the Raspberry Pi 4 review, a two-page look at the layout, features, functionality, and performance of the latest single-board computer from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. As always, there’s plenty of photography – including thermal imagery, using an in-house process I developed to get the most detail possible by combining visible light and infrared photography into a single print-resolution image.
My look at the M5Stick-C, part of the M5Stack family of products, needs no such clever photography – though there is a shot of the device on my wrist, thanks to a bundled watch strap mount. Designed around the low-cost ESP32 microcontroller the M5Stick-C includes buttons, a full-colour screen, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, LEDs, a range of sensors, a built-in battery chargeable over USB Type-C, and the aforementioned watch strap plus a wall-mount bracket, LEGO-compatible mounting bracket, and even a built-in magnet – and all for under £10 excluding VAT. It may not be perfect, but it’s certainly cheap enough.
Cheaper, though, is Zach-Like, a collection of game design documents charting the early days of Zach Barth and his company Zachtronics. Initially available as a limited-run print edition on crowdfunding site Kickstarter, Zach-Like is now available as a free electronic download on Steam in PDF format – and comes with a huge selection of bonus content, including playable versions of several unreleased games and prototypes. At £10, Zach-Like would be a bargain; for free, it’s astonishing.
You’ll find the full column, and a lot more, in Custom PC Issue 193 at your nearest supermarket, newsagent, or on any one of a selection of digital distribution platforms.
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July 11, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
This month’s Hobby Tech kicks off with a look at the Zepsch PocketStar – by far the smallest Arduino-compatible games console I’ve seen – and the Pimoroni Keybow, before reviewing Felipe Pepe’s The CRPG Book in digital form.
The pages of my Hobby Tech column are no stranger to Arduino-compatible handheld consoles: over the years I’ve reviewed the Gamebuino and its MAKERbuino spin-off, the Creoqode 2048, the Arduboy – then all four at once in a head-to-head group test – and most recently the Gamebuino Meta. Of these, the Arduboy was the smallest with a footprint matching a credit card and a thickness of around three cards stacked.
The PocketStar, a crowdfunded creation from Zepsch, has it beaten. Although thicker than the Arduboy, the Game Boy-inspired design has a tiny 50x30mm footprint, despite packing a colour screen and haptic feedback motor. What it doesn’t include, sadly, is a speaker – though it was originally planned, and the mounting point is still present – but it at least includes the ability to switch between games on the fly, something the Arduboy sadly lacks.
The Pimoroni Keybow, by contrast, is a very different beast. A no-solder DIY kit, the Keybow is a nine-button programmable keypad with a difference: rather than using a Teensy, Arduino, or other microcontroller, it uses a Raspberry Pi Zero WH. The reason why isn’t really adequately explained in the product briefing: it connects to the host machine via USB rather than Bluetooth, and makes no use of the Zero WH’s Wi-Fi connectivity either – though third-party firmware is available to vastly expand its functionality. Despite some bugs in the official firmware and the aforementioned surprising lack of wireless connectivity – switching to the Zero H, which does not include a radio, would shave a fiver off the retail price – it’s certainly an interesting desk accessory with plenty of flexibility.
The CRPG Book, published by Bitmap Books, doesn’t have author Felipe Pepe’s name on the cover. There’s a reason for that: it’s a collaborative effort, the physical incarnation of a four-year effort from 119 authors to document the computer role-playing game genre in as much detail as possible – going all the way back to the PLATO system and its infamous ‘friendly orange glow.’ The result is an exhaustive tome, brought to life with full-colour printing between its hardback covers – though the review is based on a digital copy, the physical version having been rejected by Bitmap Books’ quality control post-printing and sent back to the factory for a re-do with the first of the reprints due to land towards the end of the month.
While The CRPG Book is far from perfect – there are a few issues with typography and grammar, increasing in frequency as you work your way towards the back of the book – it’s pretty close to it, and made even more pleasing by the fact that the £29.99 print edition is joined by a free, Creative Commons-licensed download available from the official website. Sales of the print edition, meanwhile, have raised £12,475 in author royalties for Felipe Pepe – royalties which he has donated in full to Vocação, a not-for-profit Brazilian organisation aimed at getting children and teenagers in poor communities access to quality education.
Custom PC Magazine Issue 192 is available now at all good newsagents, supermarkets, and via the Raspberry Pi Press store. Digital outlets will update later today.
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June 13, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
This month’s Hobby Tech column takes a look at Nvdia’s first-ever entry into the maker market with the Jetson Nano, guides the reader through assisting the Internet Archive with its Sisyphean task, and takes a look at the Xiaomi Wowstick cordless screwdriver.
First, Nvidia’s offering. While the original Jetson TK1 single-board computer was sold through the since-departed high-street electronics outlet Maplin in the UK, its near-£200 price tag meant it wasn’t of much interest to the pocket-money shopper. Its successors in the Jetson family have been successively more expensive, culminating in the £1,199 Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier reviewed last month. The Jetson Nano, by contrast, is just £95 – £101.50 if you include shipping – and is specifically aimed at makers and tinkerers.
The board uses a system-on-module (SOM) on carrier design, dominated by a massive heatsink. Although it’s perfectly possible to view the device as a souped-up and considerably more expensive Raspberry Pi, general-purpose computing isn’t Nvidia’s primary market: instead, it’s aiming to bring a new generation of developers into the CUDA GPU-accelerated computing ecosystem by using the Jetson Nano as a jumping-off point for deep learning and machine intelligence projects, including its own Jetbot autonomous robot platform.
The guide, meanwhile, walks the reader through using almost any PC to assist the Internet Archive with its goal of storing all the world’s information for immediate retrieval. Written as I was firing up a Warrior – the name given by the Archive Team to its distributed data capture systems – to assist with the archiving of the last bits of Google+ before its closure, the step-by-step instructions will let anyone contribute to the not-for-profit effort.
Finally, the Wowstick comes from a company better known in the UK for its cut-price smartphones: Xiaomi. Designed, as with much of the company’s output, to give a premium feel, the USB-rechargeable electric screwdriver is aimed at fine electronics work rather than flat-pack assembly – and does a surprisingly good job of it. Only limited torque for locked-down or larger screws and a terrible case whose tiny magnets are improperly attached let the bundle down.
For the full run-down on all this and more you can pick up Custom PC Issue 191 from your nearest newsagent or supermarket, or snag a digital copy from Zinio or similar services. Alternatively, a new subscription offer will get you the next three issues for just £5 – renewing at £25 every six issues if you don’t cancel beforehand.
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May 9, 2019 Gareth 2 Comments
My Hobby Tech column this month, wrapped in Custom PC’s newly-redesigned layout, takes a look at a powerful yet low-power machine likely out of the reach of most hobbyists along with the mind-bending 90s web simulator Hypnospace Outlaw and the book Robotics with Raspberry Pi by Matt Timmons-Brown.
First, the headline act: Nvidia’s Jetson AGX Xavier is its flagship entry in the Jetson range of Arm-based embedded computers, which launched with the Jetson TK1 I reviewed way back in Issue 133, and comes with a price tag to match: £1,199, dropping to £819 with educational discount. At that price, it’s a device aimed at professional developers more than hobbyists – but it provides a hint as to what to expect from the far more affordable and hobbyist-focused Jetson Nano, a full review of which will appear in next month’s column.
Hypnospace Outlaw, meanwhile, is Jay Tholen’s attempt at marrying what is effectively a 90s web simulator with a sci-fi plot involving headsets which let you browse while you sleep. Crowdfunded via Kickstarter, the game isn’t quite what was originally promised – but, frankly, that’s no bad thing: what has been delivered is impressively immersive and likely to thrill anyone who was around during the heyday of Geocities and Angelfire.
Finally, Robotics with Raspberry Pi is the first full book from self-styled “Raspberry Pi Guy” Matt Timmons-Brown. Designed with a very friendly hands-on approach in mind, the book walks the reader through the proces sof building a robot with each chapter adding new functionality: line following, Bluetooth remote control, user-addressable LEDs, a speaker, and even machine vision via the Raspberry Pi Camera Module. While a little muddled in places, it’s one of the better tomes on the subject – and one that avoids the usual pitfall of being little more than an elongated instruction manual for a single off-the-shelf robot kit.
Custom PC Issue 190 is available in all good newsagents and supermarkets now, and will shortly land on digital distribution platforms.
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April 4, 2019 Gareth Leave a comment
This month, my regular Hobby Tech column opens with a look at a RISC-V based not-quite-off-the-shelf personal computer build by AB Open, walks readers through building a weather monitor powered by a Raspberry Pi and a Pimoroni Unicorn HAT, and marvels at the excesses of the computer retail scene in the 1970s and 1980s via David Pleasance’s Commodore: The Inside Story.
First, the PC. The majority of PCs on desks around the world today are based on processors which use the x86 architecture or its 64-bit equivalent; a small handful are based on similar Arm chips to the ones you might find in your smartphone; and an even smaller number are powered by things like Zilog Z80s, MOS 6502s, and Motorola 68000s belonging to people who just don’t like to throw away a perfectly good decades-old system. The system built by AB Open recently, though, is different: it’s based on RISC-V, an open instruction set architecture (ISA) for which anyone can – given time, money, and a fair smattering of expertise – build a chip.
“It might be some time before there’s an off-the-shelf chip that can compete with x86 on raw performance and traditional benchmarks,” AB Open’s Andrew Back, who for full disclosure is a client of mine, admits, “but the open nature of the ISA, and the ecosystem developing around it, is driving a renaissance in novel computer architectures.” By way of proof: a fully-functional Linux-based desktop PC, built in a custom-designed laser-cut chassis, created using the SiFive HiFive Unleashed development board and Microsemi expansion board.
From a PC you can browse the web on to one which flashes a few lights: the Raspberry Pi weather monitor is a remix of a project I published in Issue 153, to use a Pimoroni Unicorn HAT LED matrix to graph energy usage in my home. This time, the same hardware is repurposed to show animated weather icons based on data downloaded from OpenWeatherMap – and, despite the low resolution of the LED matrix, it works an absolute treat.
Finally, Commodore: The Inside Story sounds like it should be an exhaustive history of the company behind one of the world’s biggest-selling home computers. It isn’t. Instead, it’s a two-part affair: the first is a series of personally recollections, presented in a very similar fashion to the stories you might hear if you took author David Pleasance to the pub and asked him about his time working in Commodore’s sales and marketing division; the second is a collection of guest chapters, and as fun as it is reading about orgies in Consumer Electronics Show hotels and drink-driving incidents the second half is, for me, the better half.
All this, and a raft more, can be found at your nearest newsagent or supermarket; the electronic version, meanwhile, is enjoying a brief holiday while background administration relating to its recent switch of publishers takes place.
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How 3 Prospects Grew Their Personal Brands off the Field Before the NFL Combine
Marketing / February 28th, 2019
Photo credit: INFLCR
(*INFLCR is a Proud Partner of FOS)
Josh Allen entered the 2018 college football season with a big goal: Help the University of Kentucky make history, and in the process, solidify himself as one of the nation’s top players and top NFL draft prospects going into the Feb. 26-March 4 NFL Combine.
That was on the field.
Off the field, Allen had big goals too. Among them was to leverage his time in the Southeastern Conference spotlight to grow a larger following on social media.
And that is where Influencer (INFLCR) became a valuable tool for Allen and Kentucky teammates like Benny Snell.
The INFLCR content delivery software platform helps clients like Kentucky football distribute their internally curated content into personalized galleries on each of the mobile devices of their athletes, coaches and other brand ambassadors, for them to access and share via their personal social-media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and Facebook. Clients like Kentucky can then use their INFLCR dashboard and usage reports to track their “audience lift” via the much larger collective audience of those brand ambassadors.
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A post shared by Father To Wesley DeVon Allen (@41len_) on Jan 1, 2019 at 3:49pm PST
Allen began the 2018 season with about 6,700 followers on Instagram. But with the help of some coaching from a new relationship he struck with INFLCR founder and CEO Jim Cavale — one of the nation’s leading experts on personal branding — and access to great content produced by Kentucky via the INFLCR mobile app, Allen ended his senior season with more than 34,600 followers on Instagram — an increase of 416 percent.
“I love the INFLCR app,” Allen said. “Before INFLCR, you might have to wait two weeks to get a picture. But with the INFLCR app, all the pictures are right there. You never have to ask for your pictures. Having everything at the tip of your fingers instead of having to ask someone is awesome.”
Teammate Benny Snell also saw a dramatic rise in his personal brand as he became Kentucky’s all-time leading rusher on the field and increased his Instagram following off the field from 25,200 to 90,400 during the course of the season.
“It is clear from our metrics that delivering content to the student-athletes via the INFLCR app helps them grow their personal brands,” Cavale said. “But the important thing to remember is that this is happening within the context of the team brand. Empowering your athletes to tell their stories on social media, using the great content the team is already investing significant time and money to create, is a win-win ‘rising tides lift all boats’ situation for the athlete and the team.”
Sharing content with its student-athletes and other brand ambassadors paid off in big ways for the team, too. Programs like Kentucky reached millions of additional viewers on social media by delivering content to their student-athletes.
It was clearly a mutually beneficial relationship.
On average, Kentucky student-athletes saw their personal Instagram followings grow by 38 percent during the course of the season, and overall athlete brand growth grew by an astounding 57 percent. But Kentucky wasn’t the only INFLCR client to see its student-athletes experience significant personal-brand growth while enjoying easy access to team content.
INFLCR looked at the Instagram numbers for five clients during the season: Auburn and Kentucky from the SEC, Miami from the ACC, UAB from Conference USA and Troy from the Sun Belt. All five saw their student-athletes grow their following substantially while sharing content produced by the school. The clients then could measure the additional audience they reached through this activity via INFLCR’s dashboards and regular client success reports.
Miami, for example, reached more than 2.8 million additional social media viewers with content shared by its student-athletes to their personal accounts via INFLCR during the season. On average, Miami student-athlete Instagram accounts grew by 28 percent during the season, while Auburn came in at 27 percent. UAB student-athlete accounts grew followings by 18 percent, while Troy check in at a 12-percent increase.
It get greater later 4️⃣🙌🏾 #EndurePain
A post shared by JaQuan Johnson (@authenticmade_quan) on Nov 4, 2018 at 6:36pm PST
Miami senior defensive back Jaquan Johnson grew his Instagram audience more than 15 percent, topping 22,600 followers on the platform.
“I love to give out my story,” Johnson told INFLCR at the Senior Bowl, where he was one of more than 80 participating athletes who accessed content produced by the All-Star Game and shared via INFLCR through an innovative partnership. “I love to post inspirational quotes and the things I live by. With the INFLCR app, it’s easy to access pictures and get them out to the media.”
Johnson was a big fan of how easy INFLCR made it to tell his story using content produced and distributed by Miami’s creative staff.
“As soon as we get into the locker room, you can see the entire team going to the app looking for good-looking pictures that we can post. I was able to access pictures immediately, right away, pictures that I didn’t think I would have access to. With the app I was able to post immediately and show the fans my life.”
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FSFE is hiring: project manager
We are looking for a project manager to support our work to empower people to control technology. The person will work 35 hours per week with our team in the FSFE's Berlin office supporting FSFE projects and managing larger FSFE events. There will be coordination with remote staff and volunteers, as well as travels to other countries.
About the FSFE
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. Software is deeply involved in all aspects of our lives; and it is important that this technology empowers rather than restricts us. Free Software gives everybody the rights to use, understand, adapt and share software. These rights help support other fundamental freedoms like freedom of speech, press and privacy.
The FSFE helps individuals and organisations to understand how Free Software contributes to freedom, transparency, and self-determination. It enhances users' rights by abolishing barriers to Free Software adoption, encourages people to use and develop Free Software, and provides resources to enable everyone to further promote Free Software in Europe.
We are involved in legal, economic, political, and technical projects around Free Software (see our work areas and our campaigns).
In the Legal network we facilitate the discussion between legal and technical experts around Free Software legal and licensing questions. For this audience the FSFE also organises a yearly workshop for ~120 experts in this field.
In our work we build upon our volunteers in cooperation with other organisations, companies, and public administrations.
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Lead or support existing and new projects by the FSFE (for example FOSS4SMEs, REUSE.Software, or sub projects of Public Money Public Code).
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Organise logistics, in particular around the Call for Paper process, and the execution of the Legal and Licensing Workshop for ~120 people, as well as community gatherings like the FSFE’s 2018 community meeting.
Communicate about the projects and events with our volunteers and the general public.
Moderate and summarise discussions on mailing lists to enable process while making sure participants keep to the FSFE’s Code of Conduct.
Contribute to the delivery of EU funded projects and actively monitor further opportunities (currently we are involved in FOSS4SMEs, for former EU funded projects, have a look at STACS, SELF, or AGNULA).
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SETAC Ecological Risk Assessment Global Interest Group – Recent Activities and Strategic Outlook
admin2019-10-03T17:03:37+00:003 October 2019|Categories: 2019, Group News, Interest Group News, Volume 20 Issue 10|
Mark S. Johnson, US Army Public Health Center, and Lyle Burgoon, Engineering Research and Development Center
The Ecological Risk Assessment Global Interest Group (ERAIG) is an active, engaged group dedicated to advancing and promoting emerging science to improve the methods used to estimate risks to non-human receptors from exposures to chemicals in the environment. A significant driving force has historically been regulation where jurisdictions require ecological risk assessments for various applications, ranging from assessing contaminated environmental sites to making decisions on the use of new chemicals expected to be released in the environment. The primary questions behind regulations have not changed much through the years; however, guidance and metrics do vary between jurisdictions. Academia, government and industry have provided data and research to help frame ecological risk assessment questions appropriately and, for many topics, have provided empirical evidence to support what can be reasonably accomplished to address many of these questions.
In many ways, the methods currently used in ecological risk assessments have not changed much, and typically, more data not new methods have been predominantly required. However, opportunities exist to improve methods, and some recent regulatory support has helped to advance research on non-animal methods. Recent advances in understanding mechanism through adverse outcome pathway (AOP) analysis has assisted in providing a greater understanding of phylogenetic and physiologic differences that help in extrapolation of toxicity data between species. Differences that exist can often be explained due to species-specific toxicodynamic and toxicokinetic relationships, and understanding both are important to assist in extrapolation. AOP and toxicogenomics technologies are advancing for many species and promise to help provide more detailed information of adverse effects that could also be valuable in field applications.
Endpoints of concern for many species have moved beyond mortality, growth and reproduction, particularly for species where more information can be collected. The “ecological” aspect (i.e., understanding the influences of how xenobiotic exposure affects the way animals and plants interact with their environment) of ecological risk assessment has advanced as well. Superfund requires only investigations relative to chemical exposures, not other stressors, which can be relatively more important. In many cases, jurisdictional constraints have had the influence of restraining research and practical assessment of improving our relative view of chemical versus “other” stressors and their interactions. Research efforts in understanding exposure is less extensive than research conducted to understand effects. Simple life history traits, such as food consumption rates, daily foraging ranges and even life span data, are not available for many species. In many cases, ecological aspects of how sublethal effects influences animal, plant or environment interactions are largely unknown, and the term “ecological” in ecological risk assessment has largely inferred “toxicological effects to non-human species from environmental releases.” Understanding population-level consequences from chemical exposures has and continues to be an area of focus within the ERAIG, and insights on new approaches and data are encouraged.
Improving exposure estimates for ecological receptors also continues to be a focus area. Individual-based models that allow for individual choices, which can influence exposure in a heterogeneous landscape, have shown excellent results with highly vagile species. However, many of these models have limited utility for sessile or species that do not move much within the landscape. Still, understanding effects on wildlife from non-oral exposures (e.g., dermal, inhalation) remain a challenge, as do lapses in empirical data for many life history attributes described in the preceding paragraph. Work has advanced in areas defining tissue-specific concentration toxicity benchmarks that reduce the need to model exposures. Spatially explicit models have also been developed for fish that consider habitat and sediment concentrations of organics in predicting body burdens.
The ERAIG has also been engaged with many other interest groups collaborating in workshops, Focused Topic Meetings (FTM) and other projects of shared concern. The ERAIG has been involved with helping to design ERA training modules that have been used to help provide information to others regarding ERA conduct and goals. Examples include modules developed specific to the African geo-region, general modules for teachers and even for the U.S. Congress during deliberations on the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. Short courses for Brazil and Israel are also being discussed. ERIAG was engaged in the Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures SETAC North America Focused Topic Meeting in September 2017 and the Environmental Risk Assessment of Per- and Poly-Fluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) SETAC North America Focused Topic Meeting in August 2019 to discuss the state of the science on the risk assessment of PFAS. This meeting included experts from academia, government and industry from around the world to learn about recent advances, understand how various jurisdictions are interpreting the science, and identify key research needs to develop a roadmap on how best to proceed. Working with the Wildlife Toxicology Global Interest Group, another workshop is being planned, titled “Wildlife Ecotoxicology in the 21st Century: Integrating Advancements in Ecology, Toxicology and Conservation into Risk Assessment Workshop,” where goals include bringing the latest science to the forefront while also outlining data requirements needed to advance the science further.
These events are brief examples of efforts occurring within the ERAIG; many more projects within subcommittees are also underway. All happen through engaged efforts of our members, and the ERAIG is actively seeking and encouraging participation from all interested within the SETAC membership. The ERAIG is particularly interested in encouraging student participation to help bring in new ideas and enthusiasm to the group. Most in-person meetings occur during the North America and Europe annual meetings and are open to all. Individuals who participate in specific projects meet based on their specific schedules and demands of the project or subcommittee. Please feel free to contact Mark Johnson or Lyle Burgoon if you have any questions or requests.
Authors’ contact information: Mark.S.Johnson.civ@mail.mil and burgoon.lyle@gmail.com
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The Speeding Man
By nightfuryfan
Joke: Late one night a man is driving down the road, speeding quite a bit. A cop notices how fast he is going and pulls him over. The cop says to the man, "Are you aware of how fast you were going?"
The man replies, "Yes I am. I'm trying to escape a robbery I got involved in."
The cop gives him a skeptical look and says, "Were you the one being robbed?"
The man casually replies, "No, I committed the robbery."
The cop looks shocked that the man admitted this. "So you're telling me you were speeding...AND committed a robbery?"
"Yes," the man calmly says. "I have the loot in the back."
The cop begins to get angry. "Sir, I'm afraid you have to come with me." The cop reaches in the window to subdue the man.
"Don't do that!" the man yells fearfully. "I'm scared you will find the gun in my glove compartment!" The cop pulls his hand out. "Wait here," he says.
The cop calls for backup. Soon cops, cars, and helicopters are flooding the area. The man is cuffed quickly and taken towards a car. However, before he gets in, a cop walks up to him and says, while gesturing to the cop that pulled him over, "Sir, this officer informed us that you had committed a robbery, had stolen loot in the trunk of your car, and had a loaded gun in your glove compartment. However, we found none of these things in your car."
The man replies, "Yeah, and I bet that liar said I was speeding too!"
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Theresa!
Theresa who?
Theresa courier for you!
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Punch line: Looking sharp.
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Punch line: A river, because it has two banks!
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Joke: How does a lion treat other animals in the jungle?
Punch line: Pleased to eat you!
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Joke: Which nutrient is most supportive of growing adolescents?
Punch line: Pro-teens!
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Ransomes, Sims and Head
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1869. Haymaker and Horse-Rake at the Manchester Show.
1871. Head and Thomsons' Farm Steamer.
1871. Farm steamer.
1873. Straw Burning Portable Engine at The Vienna Exhibition.
1876. Three-Furrow Plough.
1878. 6 hp traction engine exhibited at the 1878 Paris Exhibition.
of Orwell Works, Ipswich. Agricultural Engineers
1 Genealogy of the Company
Genealogy of the Company
1779 Thomas and Robert Ransome
1785 Ransome and Co
1808 Ransome and Son
1818 Ransome and Sons
1825 James and Robert Ransome
1829 J. R. and A. Ransome
1836 Ransomes and May
1852 Ransomes and Sims
1869 Ransomes, Sims and Head and Ransomes and Rapier
1880 Ransomes, Head and Jefferies
1884 Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies
1869 Ransomes and Sims became Ransomes, Sims and Head
1869 Four engineers J. A. Ransome, R. J. Ransome, R. C. Rapier and A. A. Bennett left the company by agreement to establish a new company, Ransomes and Rapier, on a site on the River Orwell to continue the business of railway equipment and other heavy works.
1871 The manufacture of their food-preparing machines was taken over by R. Hunt and Co, of Earls Colne, which allowed room for the expansion of the main sections of the business.
1872 A lawnmower works was opened.
1877 Trademarks were registered for the company, which at that time was known as Ransomes, Sims and Head of Orwell Works, Ipswich.
1877 Exhibitor at 1877 Royal Agricultural Show.[1].
1880 Around this time the name was changed to Ransomes, Head and Jefferies and presumably John Jefferies became a partner
1881 John Head died
1884 Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies was registered on 12 May, to acquire the business of Ransomes, Head and Jefferies agricultural engineers[2]
↑ The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
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Hopes of Greek debt deal rise
Markets buoyed by possibility of end to standoff as new government in Athens vows to reach deal
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has insisted Greece will not accept an extension to the current bailout programme.
by Katie Allen at The Guardian
Greek stock markets have rallied on growing confidence that Athens will reach a deal with its international creditors next week.
In the runup to a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday, the new Greek prime minister’s office vowed to do “whatever we can” to come to an agreement over a new support programme for the bailed-out country.
Talks between eurozone ministers this week failed to make progress in resolving a standoff over the desire by Greece’s new leftist government to ditch the strict terms of its €240bn (£180bn) bailout programme and the insistence from other eurozone countries, most notably Germany, that the old framework should continue.
But on Friday, the new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, appeared to soften his stance. He agreed that Greek officials would meet representatives of the troika of lenders who supplied the bailout MONEY and imposed and policed the terms that came with it. Previously, Greece’s finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, said the new government would refuse to engage with representatives of troika, made up of the European Central Bank, the European commission and the International Monetary Fund.
Alexis Tsipras, who appears to have softened his stance. Photograph: Xinhua News Agency/Rex
A government spokesman said Greece was straining to get the pieces in place for a deal on Monday, but he also sought to play down fears time was running out to avert a fresh crisis in the eurozone that would see Greece defaulting on the bailout programme and being forced to leave the single currency.
“We will do whatever we can so that a deal is found on Monday,” Gabriel Sakellaridis told Greece’s Skai TV. “If we don’t have an agreement on Monday, we believe that there is always time so that there won’t be a problem.”
Markets were cheered by signs the two sides were looking for common ground and the main share index in Athens rallied while yields came down on Greek government bonds. The ATG index rose 5.6% and the Athens Stock Exchange FTSE Banks Index, which has seen wild swings since the new Syriza-led government came to power last month, gained 12.7%.
The current bailout programme expires on 28 February, but Monday 16 Februaryis the last date Greece can apply for an extension, according to Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chair of the eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers.
Dijsselbloem, who is also Dutch finance minister, said on Friday he was “very pessimistic” about getting a new deal at Monday’s meeting of eurozone finance ministers. “The Greeks have sky-high ambitions. The possibilities, given the state of the Greek economy, are limited,” he told Netherlands’ public broadcaster, NOS. “I don’t know if we’ll get there by Monday.”
The possibilities, given the state of the Greek economy, are limited
Syriza swept to power on a vow to break FREE of the “cruel” conditions imposed under the bailout, which it blames for causing widespread unemployment and poverty. Greece has sought to take the same message to its eurozone neighbours, insisting that relentless cuts aimed at repaying loans have been self-defeating and an end to austerity would do more for economic recovery.
At meetings with his counterparts around Europe, Varoufakis has been adamant that Greece wants a new deal and that the bailout programme must not simply be extended.
The new Greek finance minister risked further stoking tensions with the country’s creditors on Friday when he used a German news magazine interview to liken the Troika’s actions to the CIA’s waterboarding of suspected terrorists. “Just before heart failure we are allowed to take a few breaths. Then we get pushed back under the water and it all starts over,” he told Germany’s Spiegel.
Troika officials were decent people, he told the magazine, but added: “There were also very good people in the CIA, who against their will were engaged in waterboarding and therefore found themselves in a terrible moral dilemma.”
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One response to “Hopes of Greek debt deal rise”
Troika officials were decent people, he told the magazine, but added: “There were also very good people in the CIA, who against their will were engaged in waterboarding and therefore found themselves in a terrible moral dilemma.” …
This Finance Minister is entirely correct about the bailout and how it kills Greeks as has done for years.
The Troika includes the IMF, which was the cause of the Ebola outbreak, from not allowing publc spending to prevent Ebola from even starting. Only now forgiving debt to Ebola affected nations.
In Greece, the Troika / EU stopped funding spraying swampland against malaria and West Nile Disease. There have been fatal outbreaks of West Nile Disease in Greece with Greks dying. Asylum Seeker farm workers have died of malaria.
Without businesses no debt can be repaid.
With nil basic tax allowance and layer upon layer of tax on each every Euro again and again, the EU is indeed fiscally waterboarding the individual Greeks, each and every one.
The Enfia wanted to tax gardens in villages that were growing food for the cashless.
The state was not feeding the people. As the church was gaining donations, the EU wanted to tax the church and so deprive Greeks of food for all ages, including the pensoners of whatever age losing most of their pensions from all sources.
There is no bank run. Whatever savings Greeks had is still paying tax from last year.
SYRIZA saved lives from day one, with making life sustaining medicine available on social medicine, returning pensions to the elderly, and in the process of ending Enfia and bringing back a basic tax allowance of 12,000 Euro.
If the EU stop these, then they are literally killing Greeks, as great if not greater than those who starved under German occupation during the war.
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INTERVIEW: Banjo Virtuoso Bela Fleck
Banjo Virtuoso Bela Fleck On World Music, Africa & the Flecktones Reunion
Every once in a while– maybe once per generation– an extraordinary musician comes along whose sheer originality, talent and vision allows them to reinvent their instrument, challenging listeners and other musicians alike to reconsider everything they previously thought they knew about its inherent possibilities. Buddy Rich did it with the drums. Miles Davis did it with the trumpet. Jimi Hendrix did it with the guitar.
Soft-spoken banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck may not be as flashy as those guys, but his musical influence has been no less impactful. Over the course of the 20th century, the banjo went from being a beloved traditional folk instrument to something of a joke, more commonly associated with the backwoods denizens of Deliverance than with musical prowess. But, through his work with New Grass Revival and his legendary group The Flecktones, Fleck’s artistry gradually revealed the banjo as an instrument capable of adapting to myriad stylistic influences.
From country, folk and progressive bluegrass to jazz, classical and world music (including albums with musicians from Africa and India), Fleck has received Grammy nominations in more different categories than any other musician in history, winning a total of 12 to date. Now, on the heels of back-to-back Best World Music Album wins for his African collaboration Throw Down Your Heart, the maestro has reunited with his original Flecktones lineup for the first time in 20 years and released a new album, Rocket Science.
The gracious, humble Fleck sat down for an exclusive interview that covered a range of topics, from his interest in diverse musical genres to how it felt getting the band back together.
You’ve been performing professionally for over 30 years, and in the process revolutionized the way a lot of people think about the banjo as an instrument. Was that your intention from the start?
I just loved the banjo, and it was my window into music. I needed to learn these things on the banjo in order to understand them. And as I went along, I did see the inherent possibilities, and it began to seem like a quest.
I love your solo work and your work with the Flecktones, but the album that blew my mind was Tabula Rasa, your Grammy-nominated 1996 recording with Indian guitarist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. How did that album come about?
The idea for the collaboration was suggested by Kavi Alexander, the man who runs Water Lily Acoustics records. He had previously done records with Ry Cooder, Bhatt, Edgar Meyer and Jerry Douglas. I loved the way he recorded them on one stereo mike, by finding a beautiful sounding acoustic space, and placing the musicians around that one mike. When he invited me to do a recording with Bhatt, I said yes, but can we make it even more interesting? We came up with the idea of having Indian and Chinese musicians together, and I was in! Ironically, some of the Indian musicians had a misunderstanding with Kavi and left in mid session. I recorded more with the musicians who stayed and it ended up making the album even more diverse and interesting. I love that album, those musicians, and the way it all turned out great, despite the logistical complexities. The whole thing was recorded in three days.
How did that experience influence your style of banjo playing?
It strengthened the idea that collaboration with musicians from around the world could be an important area for me.
You’ve always moved fairly nimbly from jazz/funk, to bluegrass and country, to world music fusion. Where does this interest in exploring different musical genres come from?
Short attention span? Jack of all trades, master of none? Simple curiosity? (Laughs) I’m not sure…
You returned to the world music arena a few years ago, when you and Edgar Meyer paired with tabla legend Zakir Hussain to compose The Melody of Rhythm. I interviewed Zakir a few months ago and he recalled that you and Edgar had approached him with the concept. What was it about his playing that inspired you to work with him?
Edgar and I had so much to learn from Zakir, and we are both very happy when we are challenged, and in a position to grow. Zakir is an effortless master, a great composer, and an all around highly musical individual. My musical world is so much richer due to his participation in it. We do have some new music we’re composing together that has been started. The touring time has ended for now, but we are looking at doing a major trip to India and perhaps Australia, and the Pacific Rim. This might happen in 2012.
A few years ago you went to Africa to record the album Throw Down Your Heart, and filmed a wonderful documentary about your experience. What inspired that musical journey, and what are some of your favorite memories from the trip?
The banjo comes from Africa, so I had thought I had good reason to go and see what would happen there. I loved everyone I got to play with, and the experience was most profound.
When you collaborate with these masters of the ngoni and kora, how does that impact your approach to your own instrument?
They have a whole different musical language, so it showed me a new way to play a plucked instrument. They have found some very different solutions to the problems found in playing gourd instruments with very little sustain.
Where does your work with The Flecktones fit in with your current musical vision?
This is an unexpected gift. The chance to reunite with Victor, Future Man and Howard came up when Jeff Coffin took a full time position with the Dave Mathews Band. Now we have started the reunion tour, and it is incredibly exciting. This was the band I put together in 1988, and here it is back together 23 years later, and with enhanced powers due to everyone’s musical growth over the last 18 years.
When you guys spend time apart to work on your various other projects, what’s it like when you reunite for a project like your new album, Rocket Science?
Having Howard back is so different. It really made it feel like we were picking up right where we left off when he left in 1992, rather from where we were when we made the last recording with Jeff. Victor and Future Man and I have so much history now, we find it very easy to make music together.
How would you summarize what all of your various adventures have taught you about music, the world and the inter-connectedness of its people?
There is more that we have in common with each other than there is that is different. It’s the communication that is critical. When we play music with people from different lands, joy fills the room. I wish the world’s politicians could experience it.
Any other forthcoming projects our readers should know about?
The biggy is a banjo concerto I have composed that was commissioned by the Nashville Symphony. The premiere is in September, and I am petrified! The Flecktones will continue touring until April of 2012, and then I have several other musical ideas to pursue. But I can’t talk about them just yet… –Bret Love
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Google says it will invest $1 billion to fight homelessness and build thousands of affordable homes in the Bay Area. (Shutterstock)
Google Offers $1 Billion to Build Housing, Fight Homelessness
Google plans to invest $1 billion to build thousands of homes and fight homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area, where skyrocketing housing prices have pushed people out of the market, the tech giant’s CEO announced Tuesday.
In a blog post, CEO Sundar Pichai said the company will rezone about $750 million worth of land owned the Google and currently zoned for office or commercial use. The company then can support development of at least 15,000 homes “at all income levels,” Pichai wrote.
“We hope this plays a role in addressing the chronic shortage of affordable housing options for long-time middle- and low-income residents,” the CEO wrote.
The company also will establish a $250 million fund that can provide incentives for developers toward building an additional 5,000 affordable homes in the Bay Area, Pichai said.
Google started in the SF Bay Area, and we know our responsibility to help starts at home: we’re making a $1B investment to enable the development of 20K new homes in the region at all income levels, including affordable housing options in the next 10 years https://t.co/vVEYOFIUm5
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) June 18, 2019
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, on its Twitter account, welomed Google’s announcement.
Today @Google announced they are investing $1 billion to build 20,000 Bay Area homes. We hope this inspires other companies to invest in housing affordability in CA. 🏡 https://t.co/54bDJHQBdQ #CaliforniaForAll pic.twitter.com/mtVH0xuEu6
— Office of the Governor of California (@CAgovernor) June 18, 2019
Pichai said Google also will give $50 million in grants to nonprofit organizations that focus on homelessness.
“In the coming months, we’ll continue to work with local municipalities to support plans that allow residential developers to build quickly and economically,” Pichai wrote. “Our goal is to get housing construction started immediately, and for homes to be available in the next few years.”
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Master of Social Work (coursework or coursework and dissertation)
The Master of Social Work (coursework or coursework and dissertation) prepares beginning social work practitioners for employment in local, State, national and international human services agencies. The course is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and is regarded as a qualifying master's degree course.
Note: The dissertation stream will not be available for new students commencing in 2020.
master's degree by coursework or by coursework and dissertation
Beginning of year only
Master of Social Work (coursework or coursework and dissertation) is accredited by: Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Commonwealth supported and/or HECS-HELP
Dr Susan Young
NS SWSP5301 Social Work Knowledge, Theory and Values
3 hours per week
NS SWSP5306 Indigenous People and Social Work
interactive lectures: 3 hours per week
NS SWSP5309 Field Education 1: First Placement (12 points)
SWSP5306 Indigenous People and Social Work (formerly SWSP8306 Indigenous People and Social Work); SWSP5630 Introduction to Psychosocial Theory (formerly SWSP8630 Developmental Practice); SWSP5301 Social Work Knowledge, Theory and Values (formerly SWSP8301 Social Work Knowledge, Theory and Values); and SWSP5631 Introduction to Social Work Methods (formerly SWSP8631 Introduction to Social Work Methods)
440 hours over 13 weeks full-time
S2 SWSP5409 Social Work in Health and Human Services Contexts
Successful completion of all Year 1 MSW units -SWSP5301, SWSP5630, SWSP5306, SWSP5309, SWSP5631, SWSP5633 and SWSP5632
NS SWSP5429 Field Education 2: Final Placement (18 points)
Successful completion of all Year 1 MSW units SWSP5301, SWSP5630, SWSP5306, SWSP5309, SWSP5631, SWSP5633 and SWSP5632.
560 hours (ie 16 weeks full-time)
NS SWSP5630 Introduction to Psychosocial Theory
NS SWSP5631 Introduction to Social Work Methods (12 points)
72 contact hours.56 hours during the 27th of May to the 7th of June 2019. 6 hours during wk beginning the 15th of July 2019 & 6 hours during the wk beginning the 19th of August 2019. 4 hours the wk beginning the 16th of September 2019. Interactive lectures and workshops.
NS SWSP5633 Counselling and Ethics
SWSP5306 Indigenous People and Social Work, SWSP5631 Introduction to Social Work Methods, SWSP5309 Field Education 1: First Placement SWSP5301 Social Work Knowledge, Theory and Values.
6 hours per week for 6 weeks
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points from Group A or take unit(s) to the value of 24 points from Group B:
S2 SWSP5406 Policy and Community
S2 SWSP5407 Research Methods
NS SWSP5632 Organisational Practice and Law
S2 SWSP5634 Social Work and Mental Health Practice
Note: Note: The dissertation stream will not be available for new students commencing in 2020. Students should complete all units in Group A. Re-enrolling students who commenced prior to 2020 can contact their Student Advising Office for enrolment advice.
S1, S2 SWSP4536 Dissertation (12 points)
enrolment in the Master of Social Work (11550)
seminars: 2 hours per week; individual supervision: 8 hours
N/A SWSP5635 Organisational Practice, Law and Research
3.(1) To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
(2) Applicants presenting with the IELTS Academic require an overall score of at least 7.0 and no band less than 7.0 at time of application.
(a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA.
(b) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average of at least 5.0.
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on—
(a) the grade point average;
(b) the intake quota for the year
8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must—
(a) pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal with academic penalty;
(b) pass all practicum units in their enrolment.
[(b) is an approved addition to University Policy]
10.(1) Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 after being enrolled at the University for one or two semesters only are assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' by the Faculty.
(2) Unless the Faculty determines otherwise in exceptional circumstances, students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 and who have been enrolled at the University for more than two semesters are assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' by the Faculty.
(3) Unless the Faculty determines otherwise in exceptional circumstances, students who have previously been allocated a progress status of 'Suspended' and fail again to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 are assigned a progress status of 'Excluded' by the Faculty.
12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent which is calculated based on—
13. Unless the Faculty permits otherwise in exceptional circumstances, before being permitted to enrol in SWSP4536 Dissertation and SWSP5406 Policy and Community a student must—
(a) have achieved a mark of at least 70 per cent in SWSP5635 Organisational Practice, Law and Research;
(b) have completed the other core units of the course at a sufficiently high level as determined by the Faculty;
(c) not have failed any unit undertaken for the course.
14.(1) Unless the Faculty approves an extension, the time limit is five years from the beginning of the semester in which the first unit is credited towards the course.
(2) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from a completed degree course, the credit dates from the year of first enrolment in the course for the degree of Master of Social Work (by coursework or by coursework and dissertation).
(3) Where a student is permitted to credit a unit or units from an incomplete degree course, the credit dates from the year in which the unit or units concerned were passed.
Enrolment in practicum units
15. Unless the Faculty, in recognition of exceptional circumstances and on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Allied Health, approves otherwise, students must undertake both practicums on a full-time basis.
Withdrawal from practicum units
16. A student who withdraws from a practicum unit after confirmation of placement with the host organisation is declared to have failed the unit unless the Faculty, having considered the advice of the Head of the School of Allied Health, is satisfied that there were exceptional circumstances to justify withdrawal.
Failure of practicum units
17. The Faculty will consider the case of a student who fails a practicum unit and, after considering the advice of the Head of the School of Allied Health, will—
(a) permit the student to repeat the practicum;
(b) permit the student to repeat the practicum following satisfactory prior completion of specified additional relevant work;
(c) exclude the student from re-enrolment in the course.
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Hey's saw, ebony and metal, c 1860s.
Pictured here is an example of a Hey Saw, which would have been used to saw through bones of the skull. The small head of the saw was designed in such a manner so as to reduce shards of bone from flying into the face of the surgeon.
S. Maw & Son, Ltd.; 1860-1979; Health care manufacturer
c. 1860s
2003/12.3
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Title: Hey Saw
Description: Hey's saw, ebony and metal, c 1860s. Pictured here is an example of a Hey Saw, which would have been used to saw through bones of the skull. The small head of the saw was designed in such a manner so as to reduce shards of bone from flying into the face of the surgeon.
Creator: <a href="https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/1124">S. Maw & Son, Ltd.; 1860-1979; Health care manufacturer</a>
Identifier: 2003/12.3
Date: c. 1860s
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Tyler, The Creator "Wolf" Tracklist
by Jake Paine
Tyler, The Creator’s sophomore studio album Wolf is releasing on April 2. The Odd Future front-man’s second album is as many years has three album covers. Today, DDotOmen revealed what is believed to be the tracklist to the Sony/Red-backed album on O.F.’s label.
With various Odd Future members, this album also notably features Pharrell, former member Casey Veggies, Erykah Badu, and international star vocalist Dave Matthews.
Tyler, The Creator’s Wolf tracklisting is as follows:
1. Wolf
2. Jamba (Feat. Hodgy Beats)
3. Cowboy
4. Awkward
5. Domo23
6. Answer
7. Slater/Escape-ism (Feat. Frank Ocean & Dave Matthews)
9. Colossus/The Bridge of Love
10. Partyisntover/Campfire/Bimmer (Feat. Lætitia Sadier & Frank Ocean)
11. IFHY (Feat. Pharrell)
12. Pigs
13. Parking Lot (Feat. Mike G & Casey Veggies)
14. Rusty (Feat. Domo Genesis & Earl Sweatshirt)
15. Trashwang (Feat. Na-kel, Jasper, Lucas, L-Boy, Taco, Left Brain & Lee Spielman)
16. Treehome95 (Feat. Coco O. & Erykah Badu)
17. Tamale (Feat. Tallulah)
18. Lone/Jornada
RELATED: Tyler, The Creator Expands “Wolf” Tour, Adds Dates With Earl Sweatshirt
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Method Man Cast In ‘Power’ Spinoff ‘Power Book II: Ghost’
The Wu-Tang Clan has accomplished actors, son.
Source: Starz / Starz
Power is dead, long live Power. While this may be Power‘s final season on Starz, more stories will be told in the forthcoming spinoff Power Book II: Ghost, which has already cast Method Man.
The Staten Island rapper is readily known as a founding member of the Wu-Tang Clan, but over the years he has become quite an accomplished actor. Some of his notable credits include The Wire (Melvin ‘Cheese’ Wagstaff), The Deuce, The Last O.G. and, of course, How High with Redman.
In the new Starz Original series, Mr. Tical (born Clifford Smith) will be portraying Davis Maclean, who is described as a “sharp, highly motivated attorney.” While he continues to be described as “brilliant” he is also said to be “ethically challenged” which should make for some good television.
Method Man will be joining previously announced cast member Mary J. Blige on the series, and she will reportedly portray its main character. 50 Cent will serve as an Executive Producer of the new series as well.
There are only three episodes left of Power, with the final episodes so far being flashbacks of series characters. The question still is (spoilers forthcoming), who shot Ghost?
We trust we’ll also find out the premise of Power Book II: Ghost as Power comes to its conclusion.
Method Man’s last album was 2018’s Meth Lab Season 2: The Lithium. Most recently, it appears he will be appearing in a forthcoming Netflix series called Slutty Teenage Bounty Hunters.
Meth is definitely diversifying his bonds.
I got Meth getting busy in POWER book 2 it’s lit🔥 #lecheminduroi #bransoncognac #abcforlife
A post shared by 50 Cent (@50cent) on Jan 14, 2020 at 10:32am PST
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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume IV, Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969–1972
162. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of the Treasury (Walker) to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger)1
Washington, August 6, 1971.
Policy Towards Expropriation
I thought it would be useful if I wrote down the Treasury policy option which I described and you identified as one of the three from which the President would be asked to choose. (It is neither option 1 nor 3(a) of the State paper.)2
What I call the “presumption option” has the following elements:
There would be a presumption that if a significant United States interest is expropriated, new preferential benefits to the expropriating country would be suspended. This presumption would be applied to suspend such benefits unless it was determined that the expropriating country was taking reasonable steps to provide compensation or that the presumption was overcome by major factors requiring continuance of all or part of these benefits.
New loans from multilateral institutions would be deferred and we could vote against them if necessary.
The United States would take an active role in judging whether reasonable steps had been taken.
Preferential programs would not be resumed until the expropriating country had taken reasonable steps to assure prompt, adequate, and effective compensation.
While this general policy would be publicly announced, when an expropriation actually took place no public announcements of [Page 426]cutoffs of foreign assistance or other preferential benefits would be made.
The major thrust of this option is to put governmental decision making on expropriation into a policy framework where it is possible to take decisions to protect our overseas economic interests. This is done by the presumption that preferential benefits would not be continued unless this presumption was overcome by overwhelming other factors. Other options without this presumption make the cutoff extremely unlikely and thus limit the President’s ability to respond to expropriation problems.
Yet the presumption which is the vital element of the option I have outlined retains flexibility to react to difficult situations. There are several points that should be mentioned.
First, the presumption of suspension of assistance would apply to new preferential benefits; existing benefits would not be cut off pending a decision on suspension of them. This avoids confrontations with governments in the interim period before a decision is made on whether or not there are sufficient factors present in the case to overcome the presumption of suspension.
Second, the policy applies only to significant cases of expropriation. It could be decided, as we have done in Indonesia, that no significant U.S. interest is affected.
Third, the policy applies unless reasonable steps have been taken to provide compensation. This gives two important elements of flexibility:
It would allow a decision from the very outset that a country had taken reasonable steps to effect compensation. If a country had a history of adequate compensation and made specific provisions for compensation in its law, the policy on expropriation would not have to be applied.
It would assure that the U.S. Government maintained control over policy and was not helpless in the hands of a difficult American investor who demands unreasonable compensation. Although most U.S. investors need U.S. Government protection in order to have adequate bargaining leverage against a foreign government, in the case of an unreasonable U.S. investor the U.S. Government could determine that the host government was taking reasonable steps and resume assistance to that country.
Finally, in making decisions in the light of the presumption that preferential benefits would be suspended, the President would have the options to, for example,
allow all assistance to continue
narrow the scope of the cutoff of preferential benefits
allow continued humanitarian assistance.
Because of this flexibility, the presumption option has none of the disadvantages which the State options paper ascribes to options 1 and [Page 427]3(a). This option, together with new decision-making machinery, should contribute in a major way to curbing the rising trend of expropriations and restore the President’s ability to take initiatives which are denied to him under present machinery and policies.
Source: National Security Council, Secretariat, Box 98, 8/4/71 SRG Meeting-Expropriations (NSSM 131). Confidential. Walker and Petty were the Treasury attendees at the SRG meeting on August 4 (see Document 161). This memorandum was prepared to describe further the Treasury Department position.↩
Document 157.↩
Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969–1972
Foreign Assistance, International Development, Trade Policies, 1969-1972 (Documents 1-446)
Expropriation Policy, 1969-1972 (Documents 148-180)
Kissinger, Henry A.Petty, John R.Walker, Charls E.
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Sign of the Cross by Glenn Cooper blog tour #extract @GlennCooper @blackthornbks
July 5, 2019 July 4, 2019 / Jacob Collins
I’m delighted to be bringing you an extract from Sign of the Cross by Glenn Cooper as part of the blog tour. With thanks to Holly at Blackthorn Books for inviting me to take part.
Abruzzo, Italy: a young priest suffers the stigmata of the crucifixion.
The Vatican, Rome: the Pope calls on Harvard professor Cal Donovan to investigate the truth of the priest’s claim.
Berlin, Germany: a neo-Nazi organisation believes the priest is the key to an earth-shattering secret. A secret that can be used as a deadly weapon.
When the priest is abducted, a perilous race against the clock begins. Only Cal can track down the ruthless organisation and stop it, before an apocalyptic catastrophe is unleashed.
Syria Palaestina, 327
The relentless Jerusalem sun had baked the earth hard as stone. Despite the midday heat, the leather-skinned laborers swinging heavy picks dared not break their cadence. The lady was close by, watching their every move, listening to the musical pings of iron striking the hard concretion.
She sat, shaded by her tent, on a flattened mound of detritus overlooking the excavation. Unsmiling Roman soldiers stood guard at each corner of the open-sided enclosure. These men and their comrades, who encircled the site with a ring of steel, were no ordinary legionnaires, but an elite cohort of centurions chosen by the emperor himself. It was not as if there were specific threats against the lady’s person or even a general sense of menace. In truth, most of the people of Jerusalem were supportive of her actions and appreciative of her generosity to the poor. But there was no room for a cavalier error. One malcontent with a sling could have wrought disaster. This was the emperor’s mother, an empress in her own right.
Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta.
The tavern girl who was consort to an emperor, Constantius Chlorus, and birthed a greater one, whom history would come to know as Constantine the Great. The man who defied centuries of Roman tradition, sweeping aside the gods and embracing Christianity.
If Constantine did the sweeping, then Helena was the broom.
So enamored was she with this young Christian religion, that at the age of near-eighty – when most noble women in extreme dotage were being carried from room to room in comfortable Roman villas – spry Helena was making pilgrimages to distant lands in search of the relics of Christ.
Arriving in the holy city of Jerusalem with her entourage, she astonished the ordinary populace by walking among them in their markets and churches, asking what they had learned from their ancestors about the location of Christ’s tomb and Golgotha: the site of his crucifixion. The oral history was strong. Three hundred years in a land so ancient and rich in storytellers was but a grain of time. Now, two years into her expedition, the end was in sight and Helena’s success was staggering. She had churches built on the site in Bethlehem, which she deemed to be that of Christ’s birth, and on the Mount of Olives, the place of his ascension. These discoveries were but a trifle compared with the enormous task at Calvary: the site most often mentioned by locals as Jesus’s burial place. Two hundred years earlier, Emperor Hadrian had undertaken a reconstruction of Jerusalem following the violent and destructive Jewish revolts. At Calvary, he covered the mound with earth and erected a large temple to Venus and it had fallen to Helena to take that building down, block by block.
The venerated Bishop Macarius of Jerusalem was Helena’s constant companion, spiritual advisor and it was he who had chosen the spot for excavation, once the ground was laid bare. A team of pick and shovel men (Syrians and Greeks for the most part) led by the foreman, an unctuous Syrian named Safar, had soon found an old, Jewish-style rock-cut tomb. Safar helped Macarius descend a ladder into the excavation pit and when the old bishop returned to Helena’s side he tearfully proclaimed it to be the Savior’s very tomb. Weeks later, at a nearby location, the diggers unearthed three sets of decayed and petrified timbers. Lifted from the pit and laid out for Helena’s inspection, she and Macarius joyfully declared them to be the crosses of Christ and the two thieves. But which one was Christ’s?
Macarius proposed a solution to the vexing problem.
Pieces of each cross were taken to the bedside of a cachectic woman dying from tumors in her belly. Firstly, one piece of wood was placed in her hand. Nothing happened. Likewise a second piece had no effect. But the third piece was miraculous. Clutching the splinter, her color went from yellow to pink and the swelling of her belly receded. She sat up, the first time she had been able to do so in ages and smiled.
They had found the True Cross.
Now Helena had one final quest before she could bundle up her relics and journey back to Rome. She sent the diggers back into the pit to find the nails of the crucifixion.
‘Will there be three or four?’ she asked Macarius.
The bishop sat beside her in the tent. ‘I cannot say, my lady. Some executioners preferred a separate spike for each ankle. Others speared both ankles with a single one.’
‘I do wish they would hurry,’ she said. ‘I am an old woman.’
The bishop dutifully laughed. He had heard her say the same countless times.
Down in the pit and hidden from view, Safar watched his men scrape away at the earth beneath the spot where they had found the True Cross. His keen eye spotted something. He pushed the nearest man aside and continued the task with his handpick. Digging on his knees he exposed a large spike, black with oxida¬tion. It was as long as a man’s hand, quadrangular, with an intact, flat head. He was about to pull it out when his eye settled on a black dot a short distance away and soon he had exposed a second nail, this one shorter, with a broken tip. Then a man several feet away called out to him in Syrian. He had unearthed another nail and while Safar was cleaning along the shaft he noticed yet another trace of black. Soon four nails were exposed. The last one was missing half its head, apparently sheared off in its insertion or removal from the cross.
‘The lady will be pleased, no?’ the worker said to Safar.
‘I am sure she will be most pleased,’ Safar said, looking up at the pale sky. ‘Her work is done. She will leave us now.’
‘Will she give us coins?’ the worker asked.
‘She will give me a bag of coins and if you keep your mouth shut then I will give you a nice share.’
‘Keep my mouth shut about what?’
‘She will receive three nails only.’
‘What of the fourth?’
‘That one is mine,’ he said, pointing to the last found, the one with the broken head. ‘I have long endured laboring under the yolk of a woman.’
‘She is an empress.’
‘She is still a woman. This is my reward for the indignity. Besides, it is broken and she will accuse us of causing the damage. I will sell the relic. If you talk, you will die poor.’
Safar used his pick to loosen the dirt around the fourth nail, until he could pry it out. He greedily closed his fingers around it to feel its heft but he loosened his grip at once. There was a tingling sensation in his wrist, a slightly unpleasant warmth, and he quickly shoved the nail into the front pocket of his robe.
The other worker climbed from the pit and ran over to Helena’s tent.
‘Safar has found the nails, your majesty!’ he declared.
Helena’s wrinkled face lit up at the news. ‘How many?’ she asked, as Safar approached. ‘Three or four?’
Safar gave her a gap-toothed grin. ‘Three, your majesty. Only three.’
If you would like to purchase Sign of the Cross, you can do so by clicking on one of the following links below.
BLACKTHORN BOOKS, BLOG TOUR, EXTRACT, GLENN COOPER, SIGN OF THE CROSS
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What You Did by Claire McGowan #bookreview blog tour @inkstainsclaire @damppebbles @AmazonPub @EmmaFinnigan →
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Dependent Tuition Assistance - Human Resources at Ohio State
Dependent Tuition Assistance
The Dependent Tuition Assistance Plan (Plan) pays a portion of the instructional and general fees for an eligible employee’s spouse or unmarried dependent children who take courses at Ohio State.
A dependent of one eligible employee will receive 50% off the cost of instructional and general fees. The benefit for a dependent of two eligible employees is 75%. An eligible dependent may receive tuition assistance benefits for up to eight semesters or 140 semester hours of enrollment, whichever is greater.
This overview is a summary of the dependent tuition assistance benefit. Refer to the Dependent Tuition Assistance Plan for complete information. In the event the information on these pages differs from the Plan, the Plan will govern.
Dependent Tuition Assistance Application
Dependent Tuition Assistance Plan
Dependent Tuition Assistance Details
Eligible Employees
To be eligible for the Plan, a faculty or staff member must hold an eligible appointment on the first day of the academic term to which the benefit applies. For purposes of the Plan, “eligible appointment” means (1) a regular or term appointment of Faculty, Senior Administrative and Professional Staff, Administrative and Professional Staff, Classified Civil Service Staff, Associated Faculty, Visiting Faculty, or Clinical Instructor House Staff and (2) such appointment is at least 50% full-time equivalent (FTE).
Eligible Dependents
A dependent may not receive tuition assistance benefits under any other university tuition assistance benefit while receiving tuition assistance benefit under this Plan.
The following individuals are eligible to participate in the Plan if they have been admitted to the university through either the admissions office (undergraduate, graduate and professional) or the Office of Distance Education and eLearning:
An eligible employee’s legal spouse
An eligible employee’s unmarried child. For this purpose, “child” means (1) a biological child of the eligible employee, (2) a step-child of the eligible employee, (3) an adopted child of the eligible employee (or a child who has been legally placed with the eligible employee for adoption), and (4) a foster child of the eligible employee who has lived with the employee for at least five years.
The Office of Human Resources has the authority to administer the Plan. All decisions of the Office of Human Resources will be final. Refer to the Dependent Tuition Assistance Plan for complete information.
Benefit Detail❯×
Eligible dependents may receive tuition assistance for courses taken for credit through undergraduate or graduate (including professional) programs at Ohio State.
Dependent tuition assistance benefits are based on the dependent’s fee schedule. These amounts are based on current undergraduate tuition rates and are subject to change.
For an eligible dependent of one eligible employee, the Plan will cover 50% of the dependent’s instructional and general fees, up to a maximum of $4,820 per semester.
For an eligible dependent of two eligible employees, the Plan will cover 75% of the dependent’s instructional and general fees, up to a maximum of $7,230 per semester.
An eligible dependent may receive dependent tuition assistance benefits for a maximum of eight semesters or 140 semester hours of enrollment, whichever is greater. This is known as the maximum benefit limit.
The Plan covers only instructional and general fees. Examples of fees not covered include: application fees, registration fees, the Instructional Fee Surcharge for credits above 18 credit hours, the General Fee Surcharge for credits above 18 credit hours, late fees, lab fees, computer fees, study abroad fees, student activity fees, RPAC fees, COTA bus fees, insurance, books, or non-resident fees (out of state).
Courses must be taken for credit. The Plan will not provide dependent tuition assistance benefits for a course that is audited.
If the dependent has enrolled in classes for the term and not reached the maximum benefit limit, the tuition assistance benefit will reduce the instructional and general fees assessed for that term. The dependent is responsible for paying the difference between the tuition assistance benefit and the total fees for the academic term.
If a dependent receives financial aid through the university, the amount of tuition assistance benefits provided by the university will be reduced so the combined total of financial aid and tuition assistance does not exceed the total instructional and general fees for the academic term.
The dependent must adhere to the requirements, rules and policies pertaining to Ohio State students such as registering for classes, paying fees and withdrawing from classes by the applicable deadlines.
Any fee adjustments applicable to instructional and general fees for failed or dropped courses will be covered under the Plan. The credit hours associated with failed and dropped courses will be counted against a dependent’s maximum benefit limit. Late fees will not be covered.
Failure to meet any terms and conditions of this Plan will require payment by the dependent to the Office of the University Bursar for all costs, including instructional and general fees, associated with course enrollment.
Refer to the Dependent Tuition Assistance Plan for complete information.
Tuition assistance under the Plan is provided on an academic term basis and eligible employees must enroll in the Plan for each academic term that assistance is requested.
To enroll in the Plan for an academic term, an eligible employee must log in to Employee Self Service, go to eBenefits, and complete the application for that term for each dependent. Eligible employees who want a paper form should complete the Dependent Tuition Assistance Application. Dependents must have their Social Security Number on file within Buckeye Link before dependent tuition assistance enrollment can be processed.
The deadline for enrolling is based on the university academic calendar (see Enrollment Schedule below). For each academic term, all applications must be submitted by the 100% refund date, which is the first Friday of classes during that academic term. No applications will be accepted for an academic term after the 100% refund date.
Retroactive applications for previous terms will be denied.
Enrollment Schedule❯×
The Enrollment Schedule below indicates the enrollment window open and close dates for submitting Dependent Tuition Assistance applications. Active eligible faculty and staff may apply online by signing in to Employee Self Service, click on eBenefits, and complete the application each term for each dependent.
Enrollment Window Opens
Enrollment Window Closes
If an eligible employee retires or dies and the employee has completed at least 10 years of continuous university service in a regular appointment of at least 50% FTE, then the following rules apply:
If the employment change was prior to September 1, 2017, the employee’s eligible dependents who have used the tuition assistance benefits at least once during the five-year period following the employment change can use the benefits until the date they reach the maximum benefit limit.
If the employment change was on or after September 1, 2017, the employee’s eligible dependents can use the tuition assistance benefits for up to five years after the employment change occurred or until the dependent reaches the maximum benefit limit, whichever happens first.
In the event of an eligible employee’s military leave of absence, the employee’s eligible dependent(s) will remain eligible to receive the dependent tuition assistance benefit during the entire duration of the military leave or, if earlier, until they reach the maximum benefit limit.
If a reduction in force results in an eligible employee’s termination or reduction in appointment to less than 50% FTE, and the employee is eligible for the university’s Staff Severance Program, the employee’s eligible dependent(s) can receive dependent tuition assistance through the end of the academic term in which the employee’s severance period ends.
In the event of any other change in employment status, the tuition assistance benefits under the Plan will cease immediately after the academic term in which such change in employment status occurs.
If a dependent is the eligible dependent of two employees and one of those employees’ FTE falls below 50% for any reason, the tuition assistance benefit will decrease from 75% to 50% for the academic term following the change in employment.
Taxation❯×
General information regarding taxation of tuition benefits is summarized below. The university does not provide individual tax advice. Contact your personal tax advisor for more detail. Additional information is also available in IRS Publication 970.
Plan participants are fully responsible for any tax liability.
Undergraduate Dependent Tuition Assistance Benefits
The federal government does not tax undergraduate tuition assistance benefits for an eligible employee’s legal spouse.
Undergraduate tuition assistance benefits for an eligible employee’s child are exempt from federal taxation if the child can be claimed as a tax dependent on the employee’s federal income tax return for the calendar year to which the benefits apply. If the employee’s child is not eligible to be claimed as a tax dependent, then the undergraduate tuition assistance benefits are subject to federal taxation.
Graduate and Professional-Level Dependent Tuition Assistance Benefits
Graduate and Professional-Level tuition assistance benefits for all dependents are subject to federal taxation.
IRS Publication 970, Tax Benefits for Education
Office of Distance Education and eLearning
ODEE website
(formerly Student Service Center)
(for questions regarding the tax treatment of tuition assistance benefits)
Faculty and Staff Tuition Assistance Non-Employee Tuition Assistance
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Investigation of adsorbed polymer layers by flocculation of oppositely charged sols - II. Determination of relative stabilizing layer thickness
S. Rohrsetzer, F. Csempesz
Eötvös Loránd University
The stabilizing effect of water-soluble neutral polymers and of their 1:1 (w/w) mixtures on the mutual flocculation of a positively charged Fe2O3 sol and a negatively charged AgI was investigated. The electrical attraction potential vs. particle surface separations curves were calculated at three different electrolyte concentrations. From these curves the approximate thickness of the adsorbed polymer layer required for the stabilization (slow flocculation) was constructed. These thicknesses are denoted as relative stabilizing layer thicknesses (Hst). The adsorbed polymer amounts required for the stabilization (equivalent stabilizing amounts, ast) have also been determined at three different electrolyte concentrations. The Hst vs. ast curves are characteristic both for the stabilizing effect of the different polymers and the changes of the stabilizing layer thickness with the adsorbed amount. Furthermore, they offer a possibility to calculate whether the stabilizing effect of the mixed polymer layers does, or does not, deviate from the values of the polymer components by assuming additivity.
Colloid & Polymer Science
polymer mixtures
relative layer thickness
Rohrsetzer, S., & Csempesz, F. (1982). Investigation of adsorbed polymer layers by flocculation of oppositely charged sols - II. Determination of relative stabilizing layer thickness. Colloid & Polymer Science, 260(12), 1133-1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411235
Investigation of adsorbed polymer layers by flocculation of oppositely charged sols - II. Determination of relative stabilizing layer thickness. / Rohrsetzer, S.; Csempesz, F.
In: Colloid & Polymer Science, Vol. 260, No. 12, 12.1982, p. 1133-1136.
Rohrsetzer, S & Csempesz, F 1982, 'Investigation of adsorbed polymer layers by flocculation of oppositely charged sols - II. Determination of relative stabilizing layer thickness', Colloid & Polymer Science, vol. 260, no. 12, pp. 1133-1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411235
Rohrsetzer S, Csempesz F. Investigation of adsorbed polymer layers by flocculation of oppositely charged sols - II. Determination of relative stabilizing layer thickness. Colloid & Polymer Science. 1982 Dec;260(12):1133-1136. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01411235
Rohrsetzer, S. ; Csempesz, F. / Investigation of adsorbed polymer layers by flocculation of oppositely charged sols - II. Determination of relative stabilizing layer thickness. In: Colloid & Polymer Science. 1982 ; Vol. 260, No. 12. pp. 1133-1136.
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AB - The stabilizing effect of water-soluble neutral polymers and of their 1:1 (w/w) mixtures on the mutual flocculation of a positively charged Fe2O3 sol and a negatively charged AgI was investigated. The electrical attraction potential vs. particle surface separations curves were calculated at three different electrolyte concentrations. From these curves the approximate thickness of the adsorbed polymer layer required for the stabilization (slow flocculation) was constructed. These thicknesses are denoted as relative stabilizing layer thicknesses (Hst). The adsorbed polymer amounts required for the stabilization (equivalent stabilizing amounts, ast) have also been determined at three different electrolyte concentrations. The Hst vs. ast curves are characteristic both for the stabilizing effect of the different polymers and the changes of the stabilizing layer thickness with the adsorbed amount. Furthermore, they offer a possibility to calculate whether the stabilizing effect of the mixed polymer layers does, or does not, deviate from the values of the polymer components by assuming additivity.
KW - polymer mixtures
KW - relative layer thickness
KW - stabilization
JO - Kolloid Zeitschrift
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It's On Broadway
If there is something to be said, “It’s On Broadway” to step up and say it!!!
Author: Bobby Broadway
NFL Voluntary OTAs are just that VOLUNTARY!
Posted on June 1 by Bobby Broadway
I hate that y’all make me do this, lol.
As a Giants’ fan I don’t want to defend Odell Beckham Jr because he’s no longer a GIANT!
New Browns coach Freddie Kitchens said the following during voluntary OTAs when asked about Beckham’s absence
“I just want to see him”
What did he miss?
“A lot — the offense”
Mary Kay Cabot, Cleveland.com
Last week Kitchens downplayed Beckham’s absence from voluntary OTAs
“I have never disputed the fact that it’s not important for him to be here, but it’s also also important for him to be mentally ready to be here,’’ said Kitchens. “I’m not giving him an out by any stretch of imagination, and nobody here knows the conversations that Odell and I have. I’m just saying it is better for him to be here when he can present his best self – emotionally, physically, everything.’’
It never fails when summer rolls around and NFL teams start their voluntary OTA programs; the media, fans and coaches talk about players who don’t participate in voluntary workouts. And it’s the fans that trip me out the most. These fans should take a look at themselves in the mirror and ask the question, would you go into work voluntarily if given the choice?
Of all the criticisms of Odell, there is no disputing his work ethic when it comes to practice and knowing the offense. Browns’ receiver coach Adam Henry stated
“He’s a worker,”
“He’s a guy who works hard. He’s always in condition. You’ve got to save him from himself when he’s practicing because he’ll just go and go and go. He’s like the young person with the ball. If there’s a ball being thrown or kicked, he wants it. He wants to play. So even in the course of practice, the offense may not be going, the defense is going, he’s doing something. He’s a busybody that way.”
So Cleveland relax, stop the shaming, and enjoy the show Odell and Baker Mayfield about to put on for you.
According to Merriam-Webster
As always….
If there is something to be said, “It’s On Broadway” to step up and say it!!
Happy Bornday Carmelo Anthony!!!
Posted on May 29 by Bobby Broadway
Happy Bornday Melo!
Those who know me, know I have definitely caped for Melo over the years. He’s a Cuse guy who brought a National Championship to Syracuse, and he took on the challenge of trying to bring a NBA chip back to NYC.
Even though he fell way short in NYC, I still appreciate he wanted the challenge. I can only hope he will now get another shot to end his career on a higher note than where it is now.
Do You Care Now?
I had planned on writing about something different this week, however, I have to touch on the Billie Eilish video. Aria sang that song, Hostage, by Billie Eilish on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019. Four days before she passed. I posted a video of that performance on my Instagram. Along with a paragraph explaining how proud I was of her professionalism when the events of the day did not turn out exactly as planned. That performance was supposed to be a duet. Her friend got the flu and couldn’t perform. Aria forgot her keys and couldn’t get into the house to get her Ukulele. I was already at work, so I couldn’t help. She had an hour to change her song choice and prepare. STILL with all the chaos, SHE DELIVERED. I was so proud, still am. Not only of her beautiful performance but mostly how she rose to…
Sixers Down Nets to Advance to the Next Round #NBAPlayoffs
Posted on April 23 by Bobby Broadway
No hate against the Brooklyn Nets, they have nothing to be ashamed of this season. And the Nets are a team that is on the rise
As of right now, stop all that dancing in Brooklyn!
Yes. pic.twitter.com/AoV6HUF311
— Did the Sixers Win? (@DidTheSixersWin) April 24, 2019
US AG William Barr Believes You’re Stupid…
Posted on March 29 by Bobby Broadway
When Robert Mueller completed his investigation into possible Russian interference during the 2016 elections, and/or coordination between the Russian government and the Trump campaign. Mueller submitted ‘The Mueller Report’ to United States Attorney General William Barr, for his review.
Barr took all of 48 hours to put together a 4-page document that stated Mueller’s investigation,
“does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.'”
48-hours to review a report that took about 2-years to complete didn’t make sense, especially when it’s being reported that Mueller’s report is over 300 pages long.
After a week of criticism Bar wants you to believe that his initial 4-page document was never meant to be a summation of Mueller’s Report. Barr is now saying that he wants Congress and the American people to have the opportunity to read the Mueller Report, but there is sensitive information that has to be redacted. The plan is to work with Mueller’s team to properly redact the report, and have it ready for release by mid-April.
“Our progress is such that I anticipate we will be in a position to release the report by mid-April, if not sooner,”
“Although the president would have the right to assert privilege over certain parts of the report, he has stated publicly that he intends to defer to me and, accordingly, there are no plans to submit the report to the White House for a privilege review,”
IF that was the case, why not say that from beginning, and rush a response 48-hours after the investigation was completed?
Well we know the answer to that question, it’s because Barr thinks we are stupid, and he’s partly right…
Conservatives, Trump Supporters, and Trump jumped on Barr’s summation and went ham on Twitter touting the presidents innocents and damning the ‘witch hunt’ (Mueller’s Investigation). Trump called out the media that pushed the Mueller Report / collusion story. Trump was taking his victory lap.
But the criticism grew and with public support growing for the release of the full report, Barr has to try to save some face. The release of the full Mueller Report may reach the anticipation level of Drake dropping a new album, lol. Well, at least in the political world.
Rex Chapman Compares Zion Williamson to Rodney Rogers… and it’s a Good Comparison!
Posted on January 4, 2019 by Bobby Broadway
Ever since Zion Williamson‘s 1st collegiate game with the Duke Blue Devils, people have been obsessed with making him the undisputed #1 NBA Draft pick in 2019. This has led to struggling Knicks’ fans to dream about Zion wearing a Knicks uniform playing next to Kristaps Porzingis…
I am not one of those Knicks fans clamoring for Zion, don’t get me wrong he is an athletic freak that can jump out of the gym. He’s dominating college kids with his 6’7′ (or 6’6”), 285 lb frame, but I’m hesitant how his game will translate from college to the pros. And I discussed my apprehension on Twitter, which led to a nice back and forth with fellow Knicks fan @PauliePancakes5 and Brooklyn Nets lover @AdamOrecchio
As I went thru listing what I believe are Zion’s negatives, Adam replied with positives that made sense. And then Paulie said the following…
At that time I believe I replied with, good comparison but I think Rogers had a better jumper and post-up game then Zion. I didn’t think much of the comparison after that until today, when Bomani Jones (@bomani_jones) retweeted former NBA player Rex Chapman‘s (@rexrex_chapman) tweet
Before Zion there was Rodney.
If you don’t know ~ now you know.
Rodney Rogers, y’all…pic.twitter.com/uAEaPIkfJh
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@rex_rexchapman) January 4, 2019
I definitely needed the video to remind me how much of a beast Rodney Rogers was in college, DAMN!!!! Zions outweighs Rogers by approximately 50 lbs but the height, athleticism and ferocious finishes at the rim compares favorably.
So shout out to Rex and I guess [sigh] props to Paulie for the Zion / Rogers comparison, but at the end of the day I still wouldn’t take Zion #1
Photo Credit: Sporting News
House Democrats Plan for Ending the Government Shutdown
Posted on December 31, 2018 by Bobby Broadway
Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer warned President Trump about shutting down the government over funding for his wall. Democrats in the House and Senate knew that Trump didn’t have the votes for funding the wall, and they knew they had the leverage with Dems taking over the House in 2019.
With Trump’s Government Shutdown heading into its 2nd week, House Democrats are putting together a spending bill to re-open the gov’t without funding for the wall.
As reported by the Washington Post House Dems will look to pass a stopgap spending bill that will fund the Department of Homeland at existing spending levels through February 8th. This will not include funding for the wall
The bill will also include funding for the following depts through September 30th:
Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
Programs related to science, financial services, and other agencies
The National Flood Insurance Program
The Violence Against Women Act
The Pesticide Registration Improvement Act
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Immigration extensions (EB-5, E-Verify, Conrad 30 program for international medical school graduates, Special Immigrant Religious Workers program, and H2B returning worker authority for DHS)
The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Act
Two expiring provisions of the Pandemic All-Hazards Preparedness Act
Medicaid Money-Follows-the-Person and Spousal Impoverishment, through March 31
Action Institute
Pres Trump severely overplayed his hand with this government shutdown, lack of public support (outside of Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter) and he let his ego guide him instead of common sense.
Right now Trump has the protection of the holidays to hide behind as people have been more focused on Christmas and celebrating the New Year. Once the holiday hangover has passed all the focus will be on this shutdown; and I don’t see Trump being able to handle the scrutiny. This is a lonely hill for Trump to die on, it’s time to end the shutdown!
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IMSHANELBTW
Étiquette : celebrities
Kanye West : THE phenomenon.
Publié le 16 octobre 2016 16 octobre 2016 par Shanel FalcoLaisser un commentaire
Who doesn’t know Kanye West? Some of you may recognise him beacause of his incredible music career, some others may identifie him as the Kardashian’s husband or even as the new fashion phenomenon.
Kanye West, since his infancy, has been into art and especially poetry and music. At only twelve years old, he wrote and sold his first hip hop’s composition. Moreover, it the end of the 90’s, Kanye west studied at Chicago’s Univeristy of Art for 6 months before deciding to dedicate his life to music.
Kanye soon started to collaborate with many famous artists such as Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson or even Jay-Z, by being their productor. Eventually, he realeased his first album solo The College Dropout in 2004. The latter has won 3 Grammy Awards. The College Dropout is qualified has the best album of the year by The New York Times and Time Magazine, which ranks Kanye among the 100 most influential celebrities of the world. On top of that, in december 2009, Entertainment Weekly would design Kanye’s first album solo as the « best album of the decade ».
30-years-old Kanye released his third album, Graduation, on september 11 2007 which represent the most sold album since 50 cent’s album The Massacre, in 2005. In this album we can hear the well-know french group Daft Punk on the title Stronger, which is a remake of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. The song is considered as the best featuring of the year. This album symbolises the start of his international sucess. At this point, every single album of Kanye has known a phenomenal sucess, especially in America.
Once again, Kanye surprised us on twitter, in February 2016, by annoucing a brand new album named The Life Of Pablo. His well-known family, The Kardashians contributed to the whole promotion, thanks to the incredible number of followers they have.
Kanye West is also known for being a fashion victim. As he has a very strong image in the media, luxury brands try to use his fame in commercials or collections. For instence, in 2009, Louis Vuitton collaborated with Kanye West for a sneaker collection. Furthermore, Nike increased their sales with a new design made by K.West named « Yeezy », which can be sell for about 3000$ (10 times more expensive than it initial price.)
On October 1 of 2011, during the Paris Fashion Week, Kanye invited around 50 people to premiere his women’s fashion label, DW Kanye West. His debut fashion show received mixed-to-negative reviews. On February 11 of 2015, West premiered his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line at Madison Square Garden in conjunction with the previewing of his album The Life of Pablo.
Most of you may know Kanye West for his relationship with the word famous reality star : Kim Kardashian. West began dating longtime friend Kim Kardashian in April 2012. They became engaged in October 2013, and married on May 24, 2014 at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy. They have two children: one daughter named North West and a son named Saint West (and not South, lol). In April 2015, West and Kardashian traveled to Jerusalem to have North baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church at the Cathedral of St. James, because of the Armenian’s origins of KKW. The couple’s high status and respective careers have resulted in their relationship becoming subject to heavy media coverage; The New York Times referred to their marriage as « a historic blizzard of celebrity. »
Which celebrity inspires you the most? Do you like Kanye West?
Comme vous le savez, je vous dis depuis un petit moment que j’aimerais écrire en anglais sur le blog, d’une part pour m’entrainer et puis pour que les lecteurs étrangers puissent lire mes articles.
Mon premier article sur Kanye West est également publié sur le blog « A Year Of Review » élaboré par les TL (spé anglais) de mon lycée, où vous retrouverez également d’autres articles concernant la mode, la politique, les séries, concerts etc…Je vous invite fortement à y faire un tour si vous aimez être au courant de l’actualité et lire en anglais !
Sur ce, j’essayerais de faire le plus d’articles possibles si l’idée vous plait.
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Afghanistan: Japanese doctor gunned down in attack in Nangarhar
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 4(ANI): Seven people, including a Japanese doctor who headed an NGO, were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar on Wednesday, the provincial government said.
Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor who headed the NGO Peace Medical Service in Nangarhar, succumbed to his wounds at Jalalabad airport while awaiting an airlift to Bagram airbase, Nangarhar governor spokesperson Attaullah Khogyani said, as cited by Tolo News. The other casualties include Nakamuram's driver and five bodyguards.
The gunmen fled the scene after the incident and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Taliban's spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid tweeted that the group has "no connection" with the attack.
Police have initiated an investigation into the incident.
Nakamura had worked in the Nangarhar province for more than a decade and was recently awarded honorary Afghan citizenship by President Ghani. (ANI)
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AI solution to design new tuberculosis drug
Washington D.C [USA], Nov 22 (ANI): Researchers have developed a software tool that is likely to assist in creating more effective treatments for tuberculosis.
"This could replace our traditional trial-and-error system for drug development that is comparatively slow and expensive," said Sriram Chandrasekaran, U-M assistant professor of biomedical engineering, who leads the research.
Dubbed INDIGO, short for INferring Drug Interactions using chemo Genomics and Orthology, the software tool has shown that the potency of tuberculosis drugs can be amplified when they are teamed with antipsychotics or antimalarials.
"This tool can accurately predict the activity of drug combinations, including synergy -- where the activity of the combination is greater than the sum of the individual drugs," said Shuyi Ma, a research scientist at the University of Washington and a first author of the study published in --mBio.
"It also accurately predicts antagonism between drugs, where the activity of the combination is lesser. In addition, it also identifies the genes that control these drug responses," added Shuyi Ma.
Among the combinations INDIGO identified as showing a strong likelihood of effectiveness against tuberculosis were:
A five-drug combination of tuberculosis drugs Bedaquiline, Clofazimine, Rifampicin, Clarithromycin with the antimalarial drug P218.
A four-drug combination of Bedaquiline, Clofazimine, Pretomanid and the antipsychotic drug Thioridazine.
A combination of antibiotics Moxifloxacin, Spectinomycin -- two drugs that are typically antagonistic but can be made highly synergistic by the addition of a third drug, Clofazimine.
All three groupings were in the top .01% of synergistic combinations identified by INDIGO.
"Successful combinations identified by INDIGO, when tested in a lab setting, showed synergy 88.8% of the time," Chandrasekaran said.
Tuberculosis kills 1.8 million people each year and is the world's deadliest bacterial infection.
There are 28 drugs currently used to treat tuberculosis, and those can be combined into 24,000 three- or four-drug combinations. If a pair of new drugs are added to the mix, that increases potential combinations to 32,000.
These numbers make developing new treatment regimens time-consuming and expensive, the researchers say. At the same time, multidrug-resistant strains are rapidly spreading.
At a time when new drugs are in short supply to deal with old-but-evolving diseases, this tool presents a new way to utilize medicine's current toolbox, they say.
Answers may already be out there, and INDIGO's outside-the-box approach represents a faster way of finding them.
INDIGO utilises a database of previously published research, broken down and quantified by the authors, along with detailed information on the properties of hundreds of drugs. (ANI)
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Blaize™ Emerges From Stealth to Transform AI Computing; Strengthens Its Presence in India
Hyderabad, India – Business Wire India Blaize, formerly known as Thinci, Unveils the first true Graph-Native silicon architecture and software platform built to process neural networks and enable AI applications with unprecedented efficiency Expands its capacity in Hyderabad to enable hiring of engineersNews Highlights• Blaize Graph Streaming ProcessorTM (GSP) architecture: the first to enable concurrent execution of multiple neural networks and entire workflows on a single system, while supporting a diverse range of heterogeneous compute intensive workloads• Fully programmable solution brings new levels of flexibility for evolving AI models, workflows, and applications that run efficiently where needed, a breakthrough for dynamic intelligence at the edge• Directly addresses technology and economic barriers to AI adoption via streamlined processing that yields 10-100x improvement in systems efficiency, lower latency, lower energy, and reduced size and cost BlaizeTM has emerged from stealth unveiling a ground-breaking next-generation computing architecture that precisely meets the demands and complexity of new computational workloads found in artificial intelligence (AI) applications. In cadence with the development and as part of their growth strategy, the company has expanded its existing capacity in Hyderabad which can now accommodate 450 employees; thus giving more scope for hiring skilled engineers from India.
Driven by advances in energy efficiency, flexibility, and usability, Blaize products enable a range of existing and new AI use cases in the automotive, smart vision, and enterprise computing segments, where the company is engaged with early access customers. These AI systems markets are projected to grow rapidly* as the disrupting influence of AI transforms entire industries and AI functionality becomes a “must-have” requirement for new products.
Blaize was founded on a vision of a better way to compute the workloads of the future by rethinking the fundamental software and processor architecture. It is a special day for the entire team in Hyderabad which has played a crucial role in helping us in realising this vision”, says Dinakar Munagala, Co-founder and CEO, Blaize. “We see demand from customers across markets for new computing solutions that address the immediate unmet needs for technology built for the emerging age of AI, and solutions that overcome the limitations of power, complexity and cost of legacy computing.” Graph-Native Techniques Drive Huge Efficiency GainsThe scope and capabilities of the comprehensive Blaize technology stack is unprecedented. The Blaize GSP architecture and Blaize Picassoä software development platform deliver breakthroughs in computational efficiency. The solution blends dynamic data flow methods and graph computing models with fully programmable proprietary SOCs. This allows Blaize computing platforms to exploit the native graph structure inherent in neural network workloads all the way through runtime. The massive efficiency multiplier is delivered via a data streaming mechanism, where non-computational data movement is minimized or eliminated. This gives Blaize systems the lowest possible latency, reduces memory requirements and reduces energy demand at the chip, board and system levels.
Blaize GSP is the first fully programmable processor architecture and software platform that is built from the ground up to be 100% graph-native. While there are many types of neural networks, all neural networks are graphs. With the inherent graph-native structure, developers can now build multiple neural networks and entire workflows on a single architecture that is applicable to many markets and use cases. End-to-end applications can be built integrating non-neural network functions such as Image Signal Processing with neural network functions, all represented as graphs that are processed 10-100 times more efficiently than existing solutions. And AI Application developers can now build entire applications faster, optimize these for edge deployment constraints, and run them efficiently using automated data streaming methods.
Quotes from Industry Analysts, Investors and Customers:“Blaize is very innovative, our important business partner,” says Yukihide Niimi, CEO of NSITEXE and DENSO Advisory Board member. “DENSO is demonstrating leadership in many areas as the automotive industry undergoes extraordinary technology changes. NSITEXE was established to catch up such technology change and to accelerate development of flexible compute IP solutions like DFP. NSITEXE is willing to work together with Blaize to boost the flexible Graph (Data Flow) compute technology ecosystem.” “I have been watching Blaize for several years and saw early on that their graph-native architecture would be particularly well suited to a wide range of AI and robotics workloads,” says Schuyler Cullen, VP AI & Robotics, Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center. “I have been impressed by their rapid scaling in team, organization, and technology.” “The proliferation of AI across multiple industries and application areas is dependent upon robust, programmable, efficient, scalable, high-performance hardware, that extends AI processing from cloud datacenters through to the end device, server or appliance,” says Aditya Kaul, Research Director, Tractica. “It’s becoming clear that traditional processing architectures will not be enough to meet the demands of this new emerging market, with new techniques like graph-based computing showing promise. Success will be defined by combining new computing approaches with modular hardware and a deployment-oriented software stack, all of which is part of the Blaize value proposition from day one.” “Blaize’s vision of a native graph streaming processor (GSP) is relatively unique,” noted Karl Freund, Sr. AI analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. “The GSP is more general purpose than, say, a single-function ASIC for AI, and can consequently create opportunities in many markets, from Automotive to the Edge to the Cloud.” “The coming out of Blaize and its leading Graph Streaming Processor is extremely exciting,” says David (Dadi) Perlmutter, an angel investor, entrepreneur and former EVP and Chief Product Officer of Intel corporation. “As an initial investor in Blaize, I recognized early on the great efficiency of one of the first to market a complete solution designed from scratch, fully optimized for AI and Neural Network applications. The unprecedented efficiency is great for a wide range of edge applications, particularly the automotive market. I am proud of the team in delivering on the promise.”About BlaizeBlaize leads new-generation computing unleashing the potential of AI to enable leaps in the value technology delivers to improve the way we all work and live. Blaize offers transformative solutions that optimize AI wherever data is collected and processed from the edge to the core, with focus on automotive, smart vision and enterprise computing markets. Blaize has secured US$87M in funding from strategic and venture investors Denso, Daimler, SPARX Group, Magna, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Temasek, GGV Capital, SGInnovate, and Magna. With headquarters in El Dorado Hills (CA), Blaize has teams in Campbell (CA), Cary (NC), and subsidiaries in Hyderabad (India), Leeds and Kings Langley (UK), with 325+ employees worldwide.
*Footnotes-The AI systems market is predicted to reach $97.9 billion by 2023, as AI influence changes entire industries. International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Artificial Intelligence Systems Spending Guide September 2019-AI functionality will be a requirement for many new products and by 2023 will represent a $34.3 billion revenue opportunity for semiconductor vendors.
Gartner: AI Neural Network Processing Semiconductor Revenue, Worldwide, 2019 Update Copyright 2019 © Blaize.comBlaize, the Blaize logo, GSP, and other designated brands included herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blaize, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other brand and product names are trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
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Daraz launches GyaraGyara with 8 million deals and discounts worth Rs 50 crore
by Badar Zubair November 1, 2019 November 1, 2019
Karachi:Daraz, the country’s leading online marketplace, has announced that the second edition of the Gyara Gyara (11.11) sale will be kicking-off at midnight on November 11, 2019 and will offer customers a unique experience that will go beyond retail to offer entertainment.
Daraz introduced the 11.11 sale in Pakistan in 2018 and witnessed an 8x increase in sales volume. Over 3 million users visited the Daraz app during the five-day sale and had access to 3 million discounted products. This year, the magnitude of the sale is much bigger: Daraz is offering 8 million deals, discounts worth Rs 50 crore and expects to host a monumental 10 million visitors on its platform.
Ehsan Saya, MD Daraz Pakistan
“Last year, the first edition of the 11.11 sale received an overwhelming response. This year, we have partnered up with the top brands and sellers in the country and are very confident about the event, especially after the huge surge of activity we witnessed in October. At a time when inflationary pressures are high, we are also hoping to bring customers some relief,” Ehsan Saya, MD Daraz Pakistan.
Daraz harnessed its access to unprecedented technology and artificial intelligence to bring customers a variety of digital payment options, automate logistics to ensure swift fulfillment of orders and personalise customers’ experiences on the app. The 11.11 sale brings all these various aspects into play to optimise customer experience.
The platform has been gearing up for the 11.11 sale event for the past few months. Daraz Express (DEX), the platform’s logistics service specifically designed for ecommerce operations, has hired 3,000 additional DEX heroes (delivery agents) to manage hundreds of thousands of orders expected during the sale. The platform’s 20,000 active sellers have been undergoing free-of-cost trainings that will enable them to make the most of the sale which is poised to drive unprecedented traffic. Daraz has also launched 55 pick-up points in various cities across the country so that customers can conveniently collect their packages from the location closest to them.
With features such as in-app gamification, Shake Shake and collectible vouchers, Daraz will be offering customers a highly-engaging experience. The 11.11 Countdown Gala will take place on November 8th in partnership with ARY Digital’s popular game show, Jeeto Pakistan, and will be streamed live on TV and on the Daraz app. The Gala is a revolutionary show that will allow an offline audience to interact with A-list celebrities and show host Fahad Mustafa, play games and win prizes using the Daraz app.
Daraz has partnered up with leading brands in the country for the sale. Event cosponsors – Unilever, RB, Vivo, Nokia, Prince DFSK, P&G, L’Oreal and Nestle – will be offering customers deals and vouchers. Other brand partners – Hisense, Real Me, Tapal, Akira, Audionic, Limelight, Levis, Unifoam, Tecno, Moltyfoam, TCL, Rivaj and Keune – are also joining the 11.11 revolution. Digital partners include KFC and Foodpanda. Gyara Gyara will also serve as a testament to financial inclusion. Bank partners – HBL, Meezan Bank and EasyPaisa – will be providing their entire customer base additional discounts up to 25% off. Customers can opt to pay for products worth more than Rs10,000 with easy monthly installments. Daraz Wallet is the smartest payment option on the app, offering customers cashback, exclusive bonuses, fast check-out and instant refunds in case of returns. With its PCI DCCS compliant checkout, Daraz ensures that customers are safeguarded against fraud.
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nationalsecuritylaw proposed legislation: CIPA Reform and Improvement Act (Senator Cardin)
December 21, 2010 Robert M. Chesney Leave a comment
* Proposed Legislation: The CIPA Reform and Improvement Act (“CRIA”, S. 4050)
Senator Cardin has introduced a bill to update and reform CIPA. The full text is attached, as is a page from the Congressional Record containing the introductory comments explaining the bill. The key passage summarizing the bill’s aims:
“…I am introducing the CIPA Reform and Improvement Act, CRIA, of 2010. CRIA contains reforms and improvements to ensure that the statute maintains the proper balance between the protection of classified sources, methods and information, and a defendant’s constitutional rights. Among other things, this legislation, which includes the applicable changes that the Congress made when it enacted the Military Commissions Act of 2009, will codify, clarify, and unify Federal case law interpreting CIPA; ensure that all classified information, not just documents, will be governed by CIPA; ensure that prosecutors and defense attorneys will be able to fully inform trial courts about classified information issues; and will clarify that the civil state secrets privilege does not apply in criminal cases. CRIA will also ensure high-level DOJ approval before the government invokes its classified information privilege in criminal cases and will ensure that the Federal courts will order the disclosure and use of classified information when the disclosure and use meets the applicable legal standards. This legislation will also ensure timely appellate review of lower court CIPA decisions before the commencement of a trial, explicitly permit trial courts to adopt alternative procedures for the admission of classified information in accordance with a defendant’s fair trial and due process rights, and make technical fixes to ensure consistent use of terms throughout the statute.”
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Villains, Non-Playable Characters, Flash Villains,
Insurgence Member
Mirror Master
Evan McCulloch
173 lbs (79 kg)
Animal Man #8 (February 1989)
Mirror Master is one of The Flash's enemies and appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us Comic.
Mirror Master is a criminal who fights the Flash as a member of the Rogues. Evan McCulloch was at one point a professional assassin in Scotland, until he received the equipment of his predecessor Sam Scudder. He possesses a mirror gun that allows him to travel into an alternate dimension from any reflective surface, appear in many places at once, and perform other physical transmutations.
Mirror Master first appears in Chapter Seven, leading a team hired by the US government through several shell companies to kidnap Superman's parents, Jonathan and Martha Kent from their home in Smallville. Mirror Master kicks down the door to their bedroom, ordering them down on the floor. When they don't act fast enough, he shoves Martha down, prompting Jonathan to punch him despite McCulloch's warning.
Jonathan is restrained on Mirror Master's orders and then smacked upside the head by Master's rifle, knocking him out. McCulloch orders his men to torch the house before he and his men retreat into his mirror dimension with the Kents in tow. When Superman arrives at his parents burning house, Mirror Master greets him through a mirror, mocking Superman, unfazed by his threats. He tells Superman that he will never see his parents again but that they are safe, despite the fact McCulloch had to rough up Superman's father. In a rage, Superman smashes the mirror, but Mirror Master is unaffected.
He goes on, telling Superman a "Simple message: Stop what you're doing." He advises Superman to stop interfering with government affairs and their wars, and go back to doing superhero stuff like punching supervillains, or destroying giant robots. If he complies to this, his parents will stay alive, but that if he forgets his place again, and they will start "Sending little pieces of one of them. Maybe we'll even let you choose which one."
Mirror Master is the subject of a Justice League manhunt in Central City, with several of the Flash's Rogue gallery being interrogated by the League for McCulloch's location. It is ultimately Captain Cold who reveals where Mirror Master is: A bar in Keystone City.
The Flash and Wonder Woman crash the bar and make for McCulloch sitting at the bar, but it is revealed that it's not Mirror Master but a projection from the nearby wall mirror. Mirror Master mocks Flash but the Speedster has the last laugh when Raven appears behind McCulloch and forces him out halfway from the mirror. Wonder Woman forces the location of Superman's parents out of Mirror Master with her Lasso of Truth and the threat of smashing the mirror he is only halfway out of.
Mirror Master quickly reveals that the Kents are in Bolivia. Wonder Woman then orders Mirror Master to strip himself of his weapons so they can use his tech to free the Kents.
Though he is not seen after this, he was incarcerated at The Trench with the rest of the Rogues.
Come Year Five, after the prison was destroyed, Mirror Master and the rest of the Rogues are approached by Batman to join the Insurgency. Agreeing, the Rogues join Batman, and cause widespread chaos in order to buy more time for Batman to make his next plan. After a certain crime, however, they are tracked by Bizarro, who labels them as the bad guys and immediately fights them. During the fight, Mirror Master calls Bizzaro "Fake Superman", which causes Bizzaro to attack them with Heat Vision, instantly killing Weather Wizard and Heat Wave, and nearly killing Mirror Master and Golden Glider.
In the end, the two mourn the loss, and receive a surprise visit from Flash, where they grieve together.
Trained Mercenary
Wields Mirror Gun that gives him following abilities:
Illusion Casting
Size Alteration
Access and Control of Mirror Dimension
Mirror Master wears a military themed variant of his classic costume to keep with in with the design theme of the costumes in Injustice, which includes black body armor and several holsters for his various weapons and ammunition, including his Mirror Gun, and his green head mask.
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Your Client Wants to Retire Early? Have This Conversation First
By Brian O'Connell InsuranceNewsNet
Financial advisors and clients have plenty to talk about – budgets, investments, college savings, and taxes are all at the top of the list.
But one conversation that demands a particularly frank discussion is any talk of retiring early. That’s especially true since one in three Americans have zero money saved for retirement, and 56 percent have less than $10,000 saved, according to a 2016 study by GoBankingRates.com.
But if you have a client who’s been saving diligently, and has the cash to call it quits at age 50 or so, it’s a conversation that’s going to happen. So you might as well make some key points, based in financial reality, before a client calls it quits early.
When your client is ready for the talk – make sure he or she is aware of these realities about early retirement:
Get used to cutting back on lifestyle spending: Your client has probably already considered spending items he or she might have to cut out during an early retirement, such as lavish dining, travel, massages, daily Starbucks coffee, and premium cable, said Vic Patel, founder of Forex Trading Group in Fairfield, N.J.
“Why not cut them out right now?” Patel asked. “If an early retirement is truly important to you, start practicing your retirement lifestyle now. You will not only be able to increase your current savings, but you will also be able to ease into a moderated life style by smoothing out your consumption now.”
Get Small: Staying with a dialed-back lifestyle, it also makes sense to shrink your house and car.
“Maybe you already have plans of downsizing in retirement, but don’t wait,” Patel said. “You can reduce your housing expenses right now and save towards some extra retirement perks.”
Conduct a financial analysis: Talk about creating an income/expense analysis pre-retirement and during projected retirement, advised Jack Shinn, founder of J Shinn & Associates in Glen Rock, N.J.
“You’ll want to know how much income will be required to cover projected expenses after retiring,” Shinn said. “And you’ll want to know how much potential Social Security income that will not be taxable.”
Creating a detailed timing report to cover all Social Security scenarios is a good idea, he said. “Your financial analysis should also ensure preparations have been made to provide for healthcare during retirement, and cover any tax liabilities.”
Discuss an investment plan: If a client wants to retire early, tell your him or her to plan for a long time horizon and choose their asset allocation accordingly, said Larry Solomon, director of financial planning at OptiFour Integrated Wealth Management in McLean, Va.
Early retirees are likely to live decades longer, he said.
“Over this period of time, stocks will provide the best long-term growth,” Solomon said. “Sure, stocks or stock funds will have more short-term volatility, but from 1926-2016, U.S. large cap stocks have averaged around 10 percent per year, while bonds returned only about half as much around 5.5 percent.”
When you break that down into rolling 15-year periods from 1926-2016, over those 77 15-year windows, there wasn’t even one 15- year period of time when stocks suffered a loss, he added.
“If your client plans to spend at least 30 years in retirement they should have a portfolio that's heavily weighted towards equities and stays that way long into retirement,” Solomon said. “If you retire early, being too conservative is a recipe for failure.”
Push back: When a client wants to retire early, a key first question is to ask why they feel this way, said Andy Raub, a financial planner with 40 years’ experience who specializes in helping people plan and invest for retirement. “Often a client simply wants to escape a bad job situation and is at the risk of falling into a worse financial situation.”
It’s a good idea to advise clients to retire to something rather than retire from something, he added.
“Often a better alternative is to redefine their life goals with the idea of creating a new career or job situation that will focus on their gifts and passions,” Raub said.
Clients who retire early to a life of leisure usually find that, without a sense of purpose, they soon get bored and feel useless, he added.
Income Impactors: Don't underestimate the impact of inflation and taxes over the long haul. Stocks might average 10 percent per year from 1926-2016, but inflation has averaged 2.9 percent and taxes also take a toll, Solomon said.
Net of inflation and taxes, U.S. stocks have averaged a real rate of return of 5 percent per year, and U.S. bonds have returned a paltry 0.6 percent annually, he added.
“Even if inflation remains at its more muted current level, and averages only 2 percent, the prices of everything they need in retirement will almost double in 30 years,” he noted. “Health care costs will typically go up at 5 percent or more annually, meaning they will double every 14 years,” Solomon noted.
Retiring early takes guts, and it takes money. Now, add to the list taking time for a candid conversation between advisor and client before the latter calls it a career.
Brian O'Connell is a former Wall Street bond trader, and author of the best-selling books, The 401k Millionaire and CNBC's Guide to Creating Wealth. He's a regular contributor to major media business platforms, including CBS News, The Street.com, and Bloomberg. Brian may be contacted at [email protected]
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CEESE had a good year in 2019, with the economies in the region buoyed by increasing domestic consumption and capital spending that allowed the region to decouple from western Europe.
By Marcus How of Vienneast in Vienna January 14, 2020
The cake was abundant, and everyone ate a slice: despite a mounting global economic slowdown and regional geopolitical instability, CESEE had a good year, all things considered.
Economies in the region held up well, buoyed by increasing domestic consumption and capital spending. Where the German and Italian economies flatlined, the European Commission estimates that gross domestic product (GDP) in the 21 countries of CESEE will have grown in 2019 by approximately 3.1% on average. Within the EU-CEE states, it is likely to amount to 3.3%. Illiberal authoritarianism was no impediment: annual growth rates in Hungary and Poland are estimated to be 4.6% and 4.3% respectively, while Serbia is likely to have had another record year in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI).
Politically, it was lively but with few shocks. Liberal opposition forces posted some wins: in local elections in Hungary and Turkey and in presidential elections in Slovakia, Croatia and Romania; however, incumbent nationalists remained entrenched in strategic centres throughout the region, not least Poland, where the Law and Justice Party (PiS) romped home with a historic share of the vote in the parliamentary election.
More generally, 2019 proved the heterogeneity of CESEE, with its contradictory outcomes and resistance to easy categorisation. In Poland, PiS reaped the rewards of its heady mix of clerical conservativism and left wing-flavoured economics, especially among the young. In Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky and his self-moulded party, Servant of the People, won a landslide on a muddled populist platform caught somewhere between Macronian centrism, pragmatic nationalism and oligarchic masquerade. In Moldova, President Ihor Dodon’s pro-Russian Socialist Party (PSRM) propped up a government formed by the pro-European NOW Platform to oust the oligarchic hegemon of the Democratic Party (DPM)’s Vlad Plahotnuic – only to ally with the latter to dramatically purge the former once its purpose had been served. The Union State between Belarus and Russia was deepened – but amid growing unhappiness in Minsk.
Neither was the Western Balkans spared the geopolitical theatre, leaving the south-eastern flank of the EU in characteristic limbo. Emmanuel Macron vetoed the launch of EU membership negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, leaving confused disaffection and irritation in his wake. Serbia played all sides, signing a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) that will automatically become null and void if it accedes to the EU in 2025, while proposing a ‘mini-Schengen’ zone in the Western Balkans that would paradoxically exclude Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The perils of foresight
We expect that 2020 will be a year in which the dust settles in CESEE. Global or regional black swans aside, the risk outlook will not change but the trends underlying it will become clearer. These include:
1. Wind in the sails
Global macroeconomic conditions will continue to deteriorate, with slowing exports biting in the EU-CEE and Western Balkans in particular, but the region will maintain its rhythm owing to its emergence as a relative safe haven. If 2019 demonstrated anything, it is that although the Central European supply chain may be integral to the respective national economies comprising these subregions, they are no mere outsourcing centres, and although the long march to development has been slow, its trajectory is upward. Robust macroeconomic stewardship has complemented increasing domestic demand, even if structural reform has lagged in most countries, been half-baked and haphazard in many cases, with the spectre of long-term factors such as demographic decline, institutional inefficiency and middle-income traps looming large.
Nonetheless, in the event of an external macroeconomic shock, CESEE economies are in a far better position than a decade ago in 2009, when currency volatility and overleveraged banks created a downward cascade that swamped borrowers.
2. Sustained decoupling
The robust economic performance of CESEE, especially Central Europe, indicates that the region has decoupled somewhat from Western Europe in a way that would not have been possible a decade ago, with growth momentum being sustained in its own right. At the very least, this will provide a cushion against potential external shocks. Yet it is also indicative of the potential for psychological drift, a parallel symptom of which has been the changing of mentalities with respect to political economy, with its corresponding impact on institutional quality. Political culture aside, this is likely to impact a wide range of risk categories, not least corruption, regulatory, contract and legal.
Ursula Von der Leyen’s newly formed European Commission is unlikely to take decisive action to address this divergence or drift in 2020. The thin majority of her administration in the European Parliament, combined with the lack of the requisite unanimity among EU member states to trigger Article 7 proceedings against Poland or Hungary, will prevent radical action. However, the groundwork for longer-term action will likely be laid, such as through the tying of EU structural funds to the rule of law.
3. Strategic limbo – there are worse places to be
Furthermore, CESEE is likely to gain relative strategic autonomy in an increasingly multilateral global environment in which small- to mid-sized economies must position themselves pragmatically. Although the EU remains of structural importance to CESEE, 2019 provided a rude awakening. Enlargement became a tentative prospect; geopolitical limbo looms, a reality which North Macedonia and Albania bore the brunt of in 2019.
The French veto was not the end of enlargement. It is likely that progress towards pre-accession negotiations will be made at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in May. However, the veto demonstrated that, at best, geopolitical paths are not dependent but contingent, zigzagging according to capricious wills both at home and abroad. The greater the uncertainty, the wider the potential breadth of the zigzag. The veto thus had a symbolic impact for aspirant EU member states whose reform efforts have largely amounted to box-ticking.
Yet there is a competitive advantage to be enjoyed in limbo. Western Balkan states in particular enjoy relatively frictionless access to EU markets, thereby attracting not only FDI from the EU, but also from China, Russia and Turkey. The Serbia-EAEU FTA is a case in point: foreign companies are not investing in Serbia in spite of contradictory geopolitical arrangement like the FTA, but often because of them. Serbia is using the geopolitical limbo in which it finds itself to enhance its unique gateway position. It is likely that other countries in the Western Balkans will proceed along a similar path, which is also observable in Belarus and Moldova. Meanwhile, local elites whose hegemony relies on maintaining this balancing act will find themselves strengthened.
4. Liberal renaissance splutters
The last year demonstrated that liberal forces are, at the least, alive and in some cases well in a region that is commonly associated with nationalist authoritarianism. Hungary, Slovakia and especially Romania were noteworthy examples of this. However, liberal political parties remain fragmented and lacking in strategic vision.
The Slovak parliamentary election in February is likely to produce a chaotic political landscape, with North Macedonia following suit in April. In Romania, the National Liberal Party (PNL)’s minority government must contend with a deteriorating fiscal situation inherited from its predecessor ahead of parliamentary elections in December. In Poland, Civic Platform’s presidential candidate, Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, could unseat the PiS incumbent, Andrzej Duda, in May, but this is far from certain.
Meanwhile, Western Balkan strongmen Aleksandar Vucic and Milos Dukanovic are highly likely to safeguard their respective fiefdoms in Serbia and Montenegro, in April and October. Regional politics will remain characteristically heterogeneous in 2020.
5. Institutional individualism
Throughout much of CESEE, the absence of strong institutions enhances the role of individuals. Patronage networks conducive to nepotism, cronyism and corruption are symptomatic. Little has changed in this respect over the past decade, with institutional development stagnating. In countries such as Hungary, Turkey, Poland and Serbia, institutional development has even weakened, although there have been tentative improvements in Romania, Latvia, North Macedonia and Slovakia. Overall though, according to the World Bank’s World Governance Indicators (‘WGIs’), the average score of CESEE in the key categories of ‘rule of law’ and ‘control of corruption’ has stagnated, with the former rising slightly from 56.1 in 2010 to 56.9 in 2018, and the latter declining from 53.6 to 53.4.
Like many benchmarks, the WGIs are insufficiently qualitative, registering improvements such as legislative reform but overlooking the extent to which new rules may not always be applied fairly or consistently. Yet poor institutional quality is not necessarily an impediment to investment. The centralisation of informal power in countries such as Hungary and Serbia, which lead CESEE with respect to FDI, can also provide opportunities. If foreign investors plan ahead, mapping out the risk landscape, identifying which sectors to avoid and advocates to approach, they can enjoy bespoke treatment for their projects. Obstacles such as local corruption and slow permitting can also be cleared this way. The key is how to leverage political patronage without overstepping ethical or legal boundaries, with smart investment careening into foreign corrupt practices.
6. Russia – from the doghouse to the kitchen doorway but not beyond
Finally, relations between the EU and Russia are likely to show some signs of thaw in 2020. The trigger will be the likely agreement between Ukraine and Russia to a lasting ceasefire in Donbass. This will be an incremental step; Moscow will make no territorial concessions, leaving Donbass in a state of limbo as per Transnistria, Abkhazia or Northern Cyprus. Yet it will be sufficient to justify the gradual unpicking of the EU sanctions regime, which is tied specifically to Russia’s conduct in Ukraine (in contrast to the scattershot and wider approach of the US regime). Little more will be done, given the lack of unanimity among EU member states with respect to policy towards Russia.
The tentative rapprochement will signal further geopolitical drift between the EU and US, already apparent on Iran and the Middle East. On the issue of Russia, this will likely continue regardless of whether Donald Trump wins a second term in the US presidential election. A key objective of US foreign policy is to assert its energy interests in Europe through the sale of liquified natural gas (LNG) and the shrinking of Russia’s market dominance. As such, it will expand its sanctions regime to target Russian projects, such as Nord Stream 2, including by displaying a willingness to punish EU companies, as it did Switzerland’s AllSeas in 2019. In practice, this is not likely to amount to much more than political noise, although it will increase legal uncertainties and overall risk for EU energy companies.
Safe harbour amid a gathering storm?
With the exception of Russia and Turkey, CESEE is likely to continue to offer comparative predictability for investors in 2020. The primary risks originate from outside the region, with the action occurring elsewhere. Macroeconomic indicators will slow but remain robust, cushioning somewhat against such shocks. Institutional mediocrity, if not outright weakness, will prevent the effective resolution of longer-term structural issues, but the flexibility and informality of such systems, combined with the gateway status of numerous countries in the region, will continue to accommodate strategically-minded foreign investors on an ad hoc basis. Frontier states in the Western Balkans and the former Soviet orbit will leverage the benefits that a precarious geopolitical balancing act affords. Any steps in tentative rapprochement between the EU and Russia will be incremental. Political risks in most states will remain subdued; no major shifts are likely, even if liberal political forces make gains in individual states.
Marcus How is the Head of Research & Analysis at ViennEast Consulting GmbH
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Balance of payments for 4Q19 suggests weakness in the current account and tells us that as much as $25bn of net portfolio inflows into local currency state bonds (OFZ) may be needed in 2020 in order to avoid ruble depreciation.
Hungary's headline inflation rose remarkably in December, as expected, mainly on the back of energy prices. But what's more important is that core inflation slowed somewhat, so we see the central bank remaining calm.
At 4.0% y/y, December inflation came in slightly above our 3.9% forecast and market consensus. We believe that this will be the peak for many months to come.
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As the US tramples on international law and lapdog UK’s PM says nuclear deal can be replaced with something from “the great dealmaker”, respecters of democracy everywhere should side with the lesser of two evils: Iran.
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Denis Villeneuve's Dune Will Only Dive Into Half of the First Book
Beth Elderkin
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There will be spice, but not TOO much spice.
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The announcement that Legendary Pictures and Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve would tackle Frank Herbert’s sci-fi series Dune was met with excitement, but also apprehension. Would Villeneuve go the route of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, condensing a convoluted story into 120 minutes of action and exposition dumps? Luckily, Herbert’s son has confirmed that the (hopeful) franchise is taking its time, focusing the first film on only part of the first novel.
Author and Dune film consultant Brian Herbert announced on Twitter that he’s looking over the latest draft of Legendary’s Dune script, and confirmed that the first film will only tackle half of the first book in the six-part original Dune saga. This most likely means the first half, but I’m sure the film could jump around a bit as needed for the plot and characters.
You may recall, Villeneuve previously said he wanted to make his Dune film a two-parter, but we didn’t know much more than that. Herbert, who’s continued his father’s franchise in a prequel series with co-writer Kevin J. Anderson, has been sharing a lot of great information on Twitter about the process of getting Dune’s script approved and ready to film, as well as asking fans their opinion on ideal casting choices so he can send the ideas to the production studio. He and Anderson have been giving their input on the script drafts, and Herbert says they’re excited about working with Legendary on this big screen adaptation of his father’s work.
Legendary bought the film and TV rights to Dune two years ago (Paramount held them previously and then the Herbert estate) and has been hard at work getting the first movie off the ground. It’s no surprise, considering this remains a huge sci-fi property. The series is a complex and detailed saga that weaves politics, science fiction, and action into a big beautiful world. It launched over 50 years ago and has maintained (even grown) its legacy to this day.
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Fwd: Shmuley Boteach: It's A Disgrace Why Rubashkin Singled Out By Modern Orthodox and Conservative Movements And Not Madoff 'Der Ganef']
Received this from Jack. Worth reading, American Jews! AND TIME TO LEAVE!!!!
It also says that Jews in America are scared to death to be noticed as Jews, especially by the authoritiesand the establishment, the power centers. They are terrified that they might incur the disapproval of thenon-Jewish Powers That Be. For all their protestations of their being as American as anyone else, despite the power and influence that Jews wield, they know it isn't true. It could all end in a moment. Their reaction to anything that shows Jews in a bad light, that reflects ill on Jews is to hide in a hole and hope it goes away and, if it insists on being "too Jewish" (meaning, to visibly Jewish, too "different." too proudly Jewish) to join, shoulder to shoulder with the bigots to put it down and crush it. Rubashkin has done the unforgiveable. He has embarrassed the assimilated Jews in front of the goyim.
It will not help them. I have pointed out in the past that the Jews are being marginalized in the American system even as you read these words. With Jonathan Pollard, Caspar Weinberger and James Baker made sure Jews were definitively out of intelligence as anything resembling senior level. Remember the super mole, "Mega"? That was in 1996-1997. I told you I met the real Mega here in Israel. He was trying to find a right wing Israeli politico to buy some secret papers concerning the Oslo process, including secret agreements signed by Shimon Peres, the "black dossier" on Netanyahu, etc. It was a scam from his point of view. He would get to keep the money paid for the secrets. From the State Department's point of view, it was a sting. Jews had looked too prominent and too powerful at the Democratic Party National Convention in 1996 and they were looking for a new Pollard to beat them down with. If they could not find one, they were not above creating one. I won't tell you how we found that out.
Remember Loral Space and Communications, the last Jewish-controlled corporation to be a strategic level defense contractor? The CEO, Bernard Schwartz, was accused of passing secret technology to China. Schwartz was a compulsive record keeper, however, and was able to prove that everything he did was on instructions from President Bill Clinton. That was enough to save him from criminal conviction but it did not save Loral. It would get no more defense contracts until it sold out to Lockheed. That was the end of Jews in defense contracting above marginal level. I also told you to expect the next step to be elimination of Jews from Wall Street. I was met with embarrassed silence, as if tip-toeing away from a raving lunatic. Does it look plausible yet?
If I have your attention, look up the research being done at Johns Hopkins Medical School on what they have determined to be a high rate of bi-polar syndrom among Ashkenazi Jews. There are no objective scientific criteria. It is all based on subjective observations of shrinks. On that basis, they posit a proneness to eratic and criminal behavior under stress. Can such people be trusted with billions of dollars of other people's money? The only powerful political people to take a serious view of this are the Kennedys, including Senator Ted and Ahnold, the Governator. John F. Kennedy's only living descendants are from his daughter Carline, whose husband is an Ashkenazi Jew. All of her descendants, meaning all of JFK's descendants after Caroline, will have those Ashkenazi genes. I don't suppose it is an accident that Caroline has become quite an authority in the law of privacy.
A reporter who once interviewed the Lubavitcher Rebbe asked him if he believed the Holocaust could happen in America. His answer was, "Morgen in de Frih." ("Tomorrow morning.") At some level, in their bones, Jews in America know that that is true. They will not rise to the defense of Rabbi Rubashkin or of Jonathan Pollard or of anyone else who is "too Jewish" for fear of unleashing the beast.
Jack Golbert
Shmuley Boteach: It's A Disgrace Why Rubashkin Singled Out By Modern Orthodox and Conservative Movements And Not Madoff 'Der Ganef'
Published on: December 22nd, 2008 at 03:40 PM
News Source: Jpost
New York - When I was chosen this year to serve alongside Queen Rania of Jordan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Richard Branson as one of the judges for CNN's Heroes, I met and befriended an incredible woman named Carolyn Lecroy who runs the Messages Project, which videotapes prison inmates reading bedtime stories and communicating with their children. As I watched Carolyn's work with my own children on the DVD CNN sent me, tears streamed down all of our eyes. We immediately identified with the millions of children who have done no wrong but whose parents' incarceration brings them unending suffering.
In this spirit, consider the case of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, the former chief executive of Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa, who has been denied bail and is being detained pending trial in the Dubuque County jail where his wife can visit him once a week for 25 minutes and communicate only through video conferencing. She is charged with looking after their 10 children on her own, including their 15-year-old autistic son Moishe.
WHAT COULD this rabbi have done that would cause the justice system to be so harsh? To be sure the charges against him are serious, including child labor violations and knowingly employing hundreds of illegal immigrants. But Bernie Madoff allegedly ripped off $50 billion and took scores of Jewish charities to the cleaners, including the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Yet he's sitting under house arrest at his $10 million East Side apartment! Rubashkin and his wife Leah long ago surrendered their passports to federal authorities, not to mention the fact that he was previously fitted with a GPS ankle bracelet. So why did the judge deny a multimillion dollar bail package offered for his release, with 32 people offering mortgages on their homes to back the bond?
In his November 20 decision, federal magistrate Jon Stuart Scoles offered the astonishing and disquieting rationale that Rubashkin is a flight risk because "under Israel's Law of Return, any Jew and members of his family who have expressed their desire to settle in Israel will be granted citizenship." Huh? A federal judge designates 5.5 million American Jews as potential flight risks due to Israel's Law of Return, and the Jewish community responds with silence?
It is possible that there are uncharitable motives behind the absence of any Jewish outrage to a ruling with potentially devastating consequences to our community's basic rights. Until he imploded, Bernie Madoff was in a business Jews consider sophisticated and noble, finance. He was a secular Jew who made good on Wall Street and even brought the community pride by becoming chairman of Nasdaq. Rubashkin, by contrast, was essentially a glorified shochet and butcher, the country's largest producer of kosher meat. Rubashkin's beard and black hat were enough to unnerve many Jews. But that his missteps at Agriprocessors highlighted what others consider the unsavory sight of Jewish ritual slaughter all but guaranteed Rubashkin's total abandonment at the hands of American Jewry.
THIS EXPLAINS why, in sharp contrast to what is developing in the kosher meat industry, there has been no move afoot to establish something akin to "Hechsher Tzedek," a rabbinic certificate of ethical excellence, for financial institutions. After all, how is it that when so many of the people going to jail on Wall Street turn out to be Jewish, the Modern Orthodox and Conservative movements have not immediately launched a campaign, as they are doing with kosher meat, to evaluate firms that invest Jewish money to ensure that they conform to the highest ethical norms in terms of treatment of employees and overcompensation of dead-beat executives?
Why is it that only kosher meat is being singled out as being in need of ethical reform? I suggest it is because the Jewish community has an obvious sense of discomfort with ritual observances that the non-Jewish world finds confusing or distasteful rather than the Jewish money machine which, when it works soundly, everyone rather enjoys.
To be sure, Judaism commands the highest ethical treatment of animals, including the commandment to feed one's livestock and pets before oneself. Indeed, the whole purpose of shechita is the severing of an animals' carotid arteries leading to death by asphyxiation so that an animal dies without suffering. I for one applaud many of PETA's goals of ensuring humane treatment of animals, even as I decry some of its more radical means, like their comparison of the slaughter of animals to the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust.
BUT LET'S be honest, the hatred that Jewry feels for Rubashkin cannot be completely divorced from his profession as a giant kosher butcher no more than secular Israelis natural scorn for the bearded settlers can be completely divorced from their view of them as religious fanatics who are obstacles to peace. Consider the fact that Israelis have expressed no strong outrage against former Knesset speaker Avrum Burg who recently published a book, highlighted in The New York Times recently, suggesting that "Israeli Arabs are like German Jews during the Second Reich and that the entire society felt eerily like Germany just before the rise of Hitler." Burg adds that "the Israeli government would probably soon pass the equivalent of the Nuremberg laws, with provisions like a prohibition on marriage between Jews and Arabs."
Now who is more of a fanatic? The settlers, or Burg who equates Israel with Hitler but is largely given a pass because of his essentially secular bearing (diminutive yarmulke notwithstanding).
WHEN I was a teenager at Chabad yeshiva in Los Angeles, my friend Dovid Goldman's sister Leah married a young rabbinical student from a Lubavitch family distinguished for its pedigree and vast philanthropy, including a decades-old soup kitchen in Brooklyn that fed thousands. His name was Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and there was great chatter in our yeshiva because his wife Leah was a ba'al teshuva (returnee to Judaism). I had never met him but respected him for rejecting some of the sillier ideas inherent in Orthodox courtship, including the fact that those from religious backgrounds do not marry those who are new to Jewish observance.
Those who read my columns know that I can be a sharp critic of this kind of Orthodox excess. Still, I have always been extremely proud of my faith, just as I have encouraged my Christian and Islamic brothers and sisters to be proud of theirs. If Rubashkin is guilty, he will pay a terrible price. But our rejection of him as some kind of fiend before he even goes to trial says more about us than it does about him.
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Helene Judge
Wed 14 Aug 2019, 04:03 pm
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The Kapiti Food Fair opened for vendor registration back in April and sites have been snapped up quickly. The total site footprint this year is increasing to 230+ and there are less than 10 sites left! “We are delighted with the mix of returning and new vendors and there is definitely something for everyone,” says Fair owners Helene Judge and Jeanine van Kradenburg. At this stage around 30% of sites are ready to eat vendors either in food trucks or cooking under gazebo, and the remaining 70%, are packaged products including a much larger liquor zone this year with craft beers & distilleries, liquors & ports, boutique wines and cider.
We are delighted to announce the Celebrity Guest for 2019, Nicky Sinden – ‘The Fishing Chick’ and host of ‘TradeZone Addicted to Fishing’, New Zealand's premiere fishing lifestyle show for people of all walks of life. She was the first female fishing show host in Australasia and remains the only one. Nicky knew she was stepping into a male-dominated arena and has more than made her mark and gained respect. She’s unapologetically groomed with locks in place and manicured nails but when that line goes tight, she fights hard. Nicky is described as ‘Mangawhai’s Siren of the Seas’ and her motto is “Paint your nails, gut a fish, give anything a go.”
You can tune in to her TV show on Prime each Saturday at 5pm and follow her on Facebook with 125,000 others and with 23,000 on Instagram.
We are running an event on Friday 29th November and inviting anyone who loves to fish recreationally or professionally to meet Nicky. We will be serving-up an arrival drink, fish n chips and a delicious Paekakariki Pops treat. Check-out more information about Nicky and to book your ticket to this fun event >>
“The other piece of exciting news is our application to the Major Events Fund was approved by the Kapiti Coast District Councillors’ last week,” says Helene. With growth of the Fair over the last three years this has added more demands on our infrastructure along with our own desire to run an innovative event. As a recipient of the Fund for the last three years we have worked hard to perform with our return on investment being 6:1 in 2016, 10:1 in 2017 and 16:1 last year. This result spurred us on to apply for more funding to support our drive to reduce significantly our waste that goes to landfill, providing comfort for visitors in the form of more shade and contributing to our significant marketing spend. We are committed to ongoing development of a sustainable event that Kapiti can be proud of and that will WOW all visitors, whether they are local or from out-of-town, and that will have them returning year after year.
Our application was approved to fund $25,000 in 2019, $15,000 in 2020 and $15,000 in 2021. We are excited by our waste minimisation plan as it also includes planting an edible community orchard in the Mazengarb Reserve and for us to observe and align their growth with that of the Fair.
We have made a start on developing the entertainment programme as we have been inundated with registrations of interest to performer at the Fair this year. Entertainment is super important to create a fun and vibrant atmosphere for visitors to stay longer and enjoy a day out with family and friends. Our three entertainment zones include the Beach FM Stage, the ZEAL Stage and the Coastella Tiny Town Stage.
The Fair will indeed be a pop-up extravaganza again this year with the aim of making a lasting impression in the minds and bodies of all foodies. “Vendors go to much effort to make their sites attractive for visitors and we are asking them to align with our values of being professional, having integrity & fun, being connected & engaged and having healthy food options along with being hygienic on their site,” says Jeanine.
Book your calendar now for another a magic day at the Fair on Saturday 30th November, from 10am to 4pm at Mazengarb Reserve in Paraparaumu. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and keep an eye on our website for updates.
The Kapiti Food Fair is proudly Sponsored by: Air New Zealand, Bayleys Real Estate Wellington, BCE Catering Equipment, Flightdec, Kapiti Business Projects, Kapiti News, Koakoa Limoncello, PartyPerfect Catering, Pope & Co Mortgages, SignCraft Kapiti, The Hits 92.7 and Tuatara Brewing; and is privately owned and operated in partnership by Helene Judge, Kapiti Business Projects and Jeanine van Kradenburg, PartyPerfect Catering.
Helene Judge, Kapiti Business Projects, 027 244 9585 or contact Helene
Jeanine van Kradenburg, PartyPerfect Catering, 021 605 488 or email Jeanine
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Madison Dailey, Community Editor & Sports Editor|April 17, 2018
Senior Nigel Haughton shoots a free throw during a game against Annapolis Area Christian School. Haughton is one of the seniors that stepped up for the team after senior Immanuel Quickley got injured.
Madison Dailey
By the time senior Immanuel Quickley got into foul trouble against a strong Baltimore Polytechnic Institute team, the JC men’s varsity basketball team had already become accustomed to playing, and even winning, without him. As the time cut down to 5:16 left, senior Nigel Haughton stole the ball, and scored a layup. When a Poly player cut the lead by hitting a two-point shot, making the score 65-61, Haughton answered with a clutch three-point shot.
While Poly’s head coach may have expected an advantage and easy win when Quickley got into foul trouble, JC was ready to win with or without him. “At the beginning of the season he wasn’t there [because of illness], so we weren’t as stressed as people might have thought we were,” Haughton said. Haughton was ready to lead the team to victory, “I was looking to everybody like give me the ball and I’m gonna take us home,” he said. In the final minutes of the game, Quickley hit four free throws to finish his 20 point game, defeating Poly 75-67.
Poly wasn’t the only game the Patriots played without Quickley’s leadership. When Quickley was benched due to an injury, the team faced a strong Mount Saint Joseph team, which includes Maryland commit and 5-star recruit Jalen Smith. According to Haughton, the team was well aware of their expected loss. “Without Immanuel people were saying we were gonna lose. We showed everybody we were still a good team,” he said. The team ended up defeating MSJ by 21 points.
While losing a leader of your team can cause stress, it pushed players such as Haughton, senior Montez Mathis, and junior Yavuz Gultekin to step up for the team. “It definitely pushed me to be a better player,” Haughton said, “because we would just rely on Immanuel a lot, so him not being there forced other people to step up.” Mathis also took over and led the team to victory many times, with a 30 point performance against MSJ, 25 points over Calvert Hall, and 31 points over McDonogh.
With Quickley back, the team now works to balance between many players with strong play-making and scoring abilities. “It’s definitely a challenge to play with everybody…we’re still learning to balance between everybody in their roles,” Haughton said.
Though the team lost some of their final regular-season games, Quickley will return for playoffs from a knee injury that kept him from playing in their last few games of the season, including senior night. Haughton is not worried by their loses and is confident in their team’s abilities for playoffs. “We have a positive outlook on things,” he said. “Because we know, with every team, we can beat them.” In February, Haughton’s words rung true when the team did in fact end up beating every team, and winning the MIAA “A” conference championship.
Madison Dailey is a Community Editor for The Patriot and jcpatriot.com.
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Close to four months after the official ground breaking ceremony for Gloucester’s new nursing home, Anglican Care has signed a contract with a builder.
Newcastle contractor, Kingston Building has been awarded the project after Anglican Care opened up the tender progress when getting the green light for the development application from MidCoast Council.
Although the project contractor isn’t a local business, Anglican Care chief executive officer, Colin Osborne said the company’s tender included quotes from Gloucester contractors.
“We made it very clear during the tendering process about local involvement,” Mr Osborne explained.
“There have also been initial discussions with the high school about student traineeships during the building process.”
Contractors have already been on site, getting the area prepared for construction and Mr Osborne hopes a bulldozer will be soon to follow.
“There’s a fair bit of work to be done to get the site ready for the building,” he said.
As part of the tender process, Kingston Building was required to layout a construction timetable, with Anglican Care expected to meet with the contractors regularly for updates on the project.
“We’ll keep a close eye on the progress,” Mr Osborne said. “I anticipate residents will be moving from the current facility into the new facility by August next year.”
After the building construction is completed, Mr Osborne said it will take four to six weeks to get the building ready for residents. The organisation will need to furnish the building, test all the equipment and have a few dry runs of things like food service to ensure everything is ready to go.
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Introduction Nature is our Guide
Chronological Summary 1. Rubber Latex
An Ancient art 2. Honey Bee Hives
1. Birch Tree Tar 3. Bird's Nests
2. Animal Glue 4. Termites
3. Mineral Glues and Cements 5. Barnacles
4. Natural Rubber 6. Geckos
5. Synthetic Resins 7. Rosin (or Colophony or Greek pitch)
8. Other Plant Adhesives
For a long time humans have succeeded in joining or bonding materials together with several purposes in mind: home construction, tools, weapons, machines (probably quite rudimentary at the very beginning) and decoration.
As a result bonding techniques allowing binding together various substrates and elements have been developed. Adhesives (or glues) and sealants are one of them. Bonding by fusion and soldering is another as well as several other techniques like riveting, joining with mortise and tenon, ligaturing, using weights and counterweights, etc.
Bonding technologies were developed by humans first by being inspired by nature. For example, insects, arachnids and birds are skilled at forming composites with natural fibres and their own secretions and several molluscs attach themselves strongly to rocks. We may reasonably speculate that the stickiness of birch tree tar or of latex issued from the hevea tree, eggs albumen or starch paste were soon put to use by the early humans. It’s also likely that the adhesive properties of blood were discovered a long time ago. Based on archaeological evidence, most probably the very first bonding attempts by humans are much anterior to the Neolithic period (circa 8000 B.C.) for which the first evidence of adhesive use has been discovered.
It is commonly accepted that the chronological evolution of adhesion knowledge acquisition is as follows:
Chronological Summary Adhesives Types and Evolution:
3 000 000 B.C.: Cell to cell bonding; mussels; spiders; bees and wasps; barnacles…
80 000 B.C. (Neolithic): Birch tree tar
5000 B.C. Mesopotamia (Babylon): Animal blood proteins, Plant resins (colophony) and Asphalt
3500 B.C. Egypt : Boiled Glues (Animal skins, etc.)
1500 B.C. Aztec : Animal blood and Natural rubber cement (Hevea Latex)
1841: Vulcanisation process >>> Synthetic adhesives development
1902: Bakelite
1921: Principles of Macromolecular Chemistry by Max Staudinger
1902-1940: Synthetic rubber (PolyButadiene); silicones; epoxy; polyurethanes…
1952: Cyanoacrylate (Super Glue)
An Ancient Art
1. Birch Tree Tar
In the Neolithic period, namely ca. 8000 BC, people used a resin from birch trees to attach the heads of spears and axes.
When the glacier man “Ötzi” was discovered, tools and pieces of clothing were found, including an axe made from yew whose blade was attached with birch pitch (adhesive) and strips of leather.
Birch tree sap is an edible liquid collected from trees at the break of winter. Birch tar is not made from the sap, but from the bark heated in the absence of air, like charcoal. Black oil is collected at the bottom of the oven and cooled in water. Detailed recipes on how to make birch tar using readily available and inexpensive equipment are available on the internet. The oil should then be boiled down slowly in the open (because of the fumes) until it thickens, just before it carbonizes. After it solidifies, it can be stored indefinitely and melted just before use, just like modern thermoplastic glues commonly called hot melt adhesives.
Birch bark tar has excellent resistance to humidity: it was used to seal leather seams on moccasins and boots. Not being brittle, it also has gap-filling properties like a sealant. It was extensively used to repair pottery and affix arrow points to shafts.
2. Animal Glues
In the warmer climates birch does not grow naturally and the need for alternatives developed.
There is archaeological evidence that proteins extracted by prolonged boiling and partial hydrolysis in water of skin, teeth, bones, horse hooves or tendons were used even by the Neanderthals. However, the oldest written evidence of such practices dates back to about 2000 B.C. in Egypt where their use in furniture and cabinet making probably first started.
Survival guides show how to make glue from raw hide. The hard hide must first be softened in boiling water, cut in small pieces and put back into the boiling water for several hours. After that, the remaining solids are filtered and the water is boiled down until it thickens. The thicker the solution, the faster it will dry. It can be dried up completely and if protected from humidity, it will keep for some time. Historically, hide glue was used to make composite bows.
Fish glue was invented in Ireland in the late 19th century. Until the advent of epoxy adhesives, refined fish glue was advertised extensively for affixing metals to each other, although it may have been over promoted for that use. Its major deficiency was that after drying it remained water soluble.
Albumen from egg white is used to bond gold leaf.
Casein based glues are made by precipitating casein from milk using vinegar. The curds that form are neutralized with baking soda causing them to unclump and thicken. Low fat milk works best. Casein glue can be made into a powder by drying it first by squeezing in a towel and then in air, and finally by grinding. It will keep better in that state. Before use, mix with water to a honey-like consistency and apply. Casein glue works well on woodwork.
Waste animal blood is readily available from slaughterhouses. The adhesive component is the albumen contained in blood serum. Addition of lime and alkali to albumen-water mixtures improves adhesive properties. The plywood industry is an important user of blood-based adhesives, as they are relatively resistant to humidity once hot-pressed. Synthetic glues like melamine/ formaldehyde are today more used due to a much higher resistance to humidity and regular availability. Of course due to the growing concern for sustainable and biodegradable materials, one may speculate that the market share of animal glues may increase again until a biodegradable synthetic material is available in large volumes.
3. Mineral Glues and Cements
In Mesopotamia, natural bitumen resurgences were used to make asphalt. The volatile components of oil evaporate and leave a sticky or solid black residue. In 6000 B.C., naturally occurring asphalt was quarried and used as mortar between building stones. Later on, bitumen was used as caulking for ships, to make jewellery and to set mosaics and weapon parts. In North America, Amerindians were using asphalt to waterproof their baskets and secure arrowheads to shafts. Nowadays, asphalt is made industrially from crude oil or from coal distillation and is still used for binding insulation panels or shingles.
Historically, the first known mineral cements were extensively used by the Romans from burnt limestone, volcanic ash and pulverized brick (from clay), calcined together and then crushed. Mineral cements harden in the presence of water due to the formation of crystalline hydrates. Mortar is a combination of cement and sand while concrete is made from cement and aggregate. Cement is nearly exclusively used in construction.
By extension, dental cements are made by mixing powder and liquid together. This is where the similarity ends. The powder is a basic metal oxide and the liquid is acidic. The metal salt formed acts as the cementing matrix.
Mineral cements are not considered further in this website since many of their properties and uses are unlike most adhesives and sealants.
4. Natural Rubber
Natural rubber is made by coagulating latex sap from the Hevea tree. A stable viscous liquid is formed by mixing with hydrocarbon solvent and some alcohol. The first raincoats were made by Charles Macintosh by gluing two layers of cloth together with rubber.
The accidental discovery of rubber vulcanization with sulphur in 1841 by Goodyear overcame rubber’s propensity to soften in the presence of oil or fuel or when heated. This was the first time a natural product was chemically modified to improve its properties.
Rubber cements used to repair inner tubes in tires contain cross-linking chemicals that prevent melting in hot weather.
5. Synthetic Resins
In 1862, A. Parkes succeeded in making semi-synthetic celluloid, a mixture of nitrocellulose and of camphor. Cellulose was too brittle to be used as an adhesive.
The first totally synthetic resin was Bakelite, a thermosetting phenolic compound invented by Belgian-born Leo Baekeland in 1907. Bakelite is a hard mouldable material unsuitable as an adhesive, but the same chemistry was modified to impregnate fabrics or paper.
Nowadays particle boards and chipboards are made by binding under heat and pressure wood chips, shavings or saw dust with amino-formaldehyde resins. Since formaldehyde is classified as a potential carcinogen, any traces of unreacted residues are maintained within very strict limits.
Many new synthetic rubbers such as polychloroprene, Buna (polybutadiene) and silicones were first synthesized during and after the Second World War. Then followed epoxy resins, polyurethanes and after that methacrylate and cyanoacrylate adhesives (superglues). New drying technologies based on UV light and on electron beams were also developed to eliminate volatile solvents, requiring specially designed resins and additives.
Nature is Our Guide
The study of nature has revealed many examples of the use of adhesives that continue to be a source of inspiration.
1. Rubber latex
Good adhesive strength is dependent on the molecular weight of the binding resin. Unfortunately, higher molecular weights increase viscosity of the resins in solution making use difficult or weakening the glue’s properties. Latexes widely used today in modern paints for example were indeed invented a long time ago by nature, which indeed has shown the way of modern lattices such as acrylic paint or glue dispersions where the resin in the form of microscopic particles is mixed with water and surfactant, just like the sap of Hevea.
In the same register, there are also several other examples of adhesives or sticky material produced by plants. Probably the most known and spectacular are the sticky glues secreted by carnivorous plants. They are made of mucilage, a gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms. It is a polar glycoprotein and an exopolysaccharide. Nanofibres and nanoparticles were found in Drosera mucilage, probably contributing to the observed viscosity and stickiness.
2. Honey Bee hives
The naw (or hulusheng in China) is a mouth organ used in Northern Thailand. The reeds are glued to an emptied gourd with beeswax.
The wax used to build honeycombs in honey hives is applied as a liquid due to the warmth of the bee’s body, like a hot melt adhesive.
Wasps Nests: many social wasps make nests from materials collected nearby and then chewed and mixed with wood fibres. The nests are water-resistant due to the proline-rich nature of the mucoproteins in the saliva, similar to the wasps’ chitin exoskeleton, which dries irreversibly to a water repellent surface.
3. Birds’ Nests
Very well know, designed for a temporary use are the swallow nests for example. They are built with earth agglomerated by saliva which contains imucin, a glycoprotein.
The dried saliva of the White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and of the Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus) is edible and is used to make bird’s nest soup, a Chinese delicacy. The swiflets deposit interwoven strands of pure salivary laminae cement secreted by glands underneath their tongues.
4. Termites
Termite nests are sometimes attacked by other insects. Some termite species have evolved a defence mechanism where a sticky liquid is sprayed on the attackers using a frontal secretion. The liquid rapidly hardens in contact with air trapping ants and other termites. Sometimes the spraying contractions are so violent that the termites rupture themselves (autothysis).
5. Barnacles
Barnacles are known to strongly attach themselves to hard surfaces, whether rocks or ship hulls (biofouling) or whales. Barnacles produce the most durable and toughest connection in the aquatic world. These molluscs secrete polyphenolic proteins which are now being investigated for various dental and medical purposes because of their resistance to antibodies. An enzyme, polyphenol oxidase, reacts with protein with a diphenol producing tanned (insoluble) protein.
6. Geckos
Geckos attach and detach their adhesive toes in milliseconds while running up to 1 meter/second on nearly any surface. The adhesive on gecko toes differs dramatically from that of conventional adhesives. Conventional pressure-sensitive adhesives are difficult to remove after applied. In contrast, gecko toes bear angled arrays of branched, hair-like fibres (setae) formed from stiff, hydrophobic keratin that act as a bed of angled springs with an effective stiffness similar to that of pressure sensitive adhesives. Setae are self-cleaning and maintain function for months during repeated use in dirty conditions. Thus, gecko setae resist inappropriate bonding and are capable of easy and rapid attachment and detachment. According to scientists, engineered adhesive nanostructures inspired by geckos may become the glue of the future.
7. Rosin (or colophony or Greek pitch)
Rosin is a component of the pine tree exudation in response to a wound. Distilled rosin as such is a brittle material melting at around 80° to 90°C with some weak adhesion properties which are insufficient for practical binding usage. In mixture it can be used to protect trees from climbing insects or as sealing wax. By chemical transformations rosin derivatives enable synthetic modern adhesive formulations like the hot melts and contact adhesives widely used today, as well as for the prodution of paints and printing ink resins. Rosin as such is used to improve the adhesion of the bristles of the bow on the strings of the violin. The first utilsation of rosin for this purpose probably took place in Cremona (Italy) original town of Stradivarius.
Starch extracted from many plants such as potato, rice, tapioca and the like is also useful as an adhesive although its poor resistance to humidity and mould formation are important limitations to their wider use. Starch adhesives are used to make corrugated board and wallpaper, for example. The ancient Chinese and Egyptians were quite adept at using starch-based adhesives in paper or papyrus making. When heated in water, native starch granules hydrate (absorb water), increase in size and thicken to form a viscous liquid, gel or paste. This paste can be used to bind wood and paper together. Once dried the paste becomes relatively hard while retaining some adhesives properties. One of the drawbacks is the poor resistance to humidity. Maybe some of us have already used this glue to build kites.
THE ART OF MAKING VARIOUS KINDS OF GLUES. By M. Duhamel Du Monceau, of the Royal Academy of Sciences (1771).
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Richard Matheson ‘s I Am Legend. Though referred to as “the first modern vampire novel”, it is as a novel of social theme that I Am Legend made a lasting impression on the cinematic zombie genre, by way of director George A. All the same, the story could have been an admirable minor work in the tradition of Dracula , if only the author, or somebody, had not insisted on encumbering it with the year’s most childish set of ‘scientific’ rationalizations. A little drunk, he contemplates going out to join the vampires, The lads at Hammer commissioned Matheson to self-adapt a screenplay, which he did, reportedly brilliantly and faithfully from a straightforward text that almost read like a script to begin with. Wikiquote has quotations related to: Suddenly, Cortman jumps out of the shadows of the garage: He is now killing such large numbers of vampires in his daily forays that his nightly visitors have diminished significantly.
My students love how organized the handouts are and enjoy tracking the themes as a class. Bradley; Paul Stuve The Twilight and Other Zones: In Search of Wonder. Its insights into what it is to be human go far beyond genre, and is all the more surprising because, having read his short stories–which range from competent but simplistic, to having classic Twilight Zone twists he was a major contributor to the original TV series –there is nothing within those short stories that suggests the supreme majesty of the existential masterpiece I Am Legend was aborning. Hammer, still in their relative infancy, were terrified of the all- powerful board and released Matheson from his contract, his screenplay left untouched and un-filmed. He obtains books and other research materials from a library and through painstaking research discovers the root of the disease in a strain of bacteria capable of infecting deceased and living hosts.
Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. But that was on the surface. The Dark Worlds of Richard Matheson. How can we improve? He couldn’t stop laughing because it was more than laughter; it was release.
When he wakes, Neville discovers a note from Ruth confessing that she is actually infected and that Neville was responsible for her husband’s death. I Am Legend First edition moviw.
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And what of poor Vincent Price, the chief reason Richard Matheson turned up his nose at the film to begin with? InVincent Price starred as Dr.
It wasn’t even that Cortman represented a part of the past. And to the late, great Richard Matheson, wherever you are…. An unrelated film tie-in was released in as a one-shot I Am Legend: Ina far different version was produced, titled The Omega Man.
He knew it wouldn’t be that easy. Suddenly, Movi jumps out of the shadows of the garage: When Matheson heard of the changes and rewrites to his script, and the casting of the larger than life Price as his reluctant working class hero Robert Neville, he balked and demanded his name be removed from the credits, instead sticking his often used pseudonym Logan Swanson on the final print.
The Last Man on Earth () – Giacomo Rossi Stuart as Ben Cortman – IMDb
I Am Legend has been adapted to a feature-length film three times as well as a feature video. He is now killing such large numbers of vampires in his daily forays that his nightly visitors have diminished significantly. And always returning, patient and bruised. Robert Neville is apparently the sole survivor of a pandemic whose symptoms resemble vampirism.
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Robert NevilleBen Cortman. It turns out that only the infected created from reanimated corpses are feral but not those who were alive when they were infected.
Tim Cain, the producerlead programmer and one of the main designers of the computer game Fallout said. Corgman cannot bring himself to leave his house and assumes that he will be captured and treated fairly by the new society.
They should be visions of their inspirations, not duplicates. No, it wasn’t either of those things. He finds brief solace in a stray dog that finds its way to his house.
Desperate for company, Neville slowly earns the dog’s trust with food and brings it into the house. The ending of the film was also altered to portray Neville as sacrificing his life to save humanity, rather than being executed for crimes against the surviving vampiric humans, although a deleted ending for the film was closer in spirit to the book.
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The living-infected have slowly overcome their disease until they can spend short periods of time in sunlight and are attempting to build a new society. Matheson had no influence on the screenplay for this film, [24] and cortmsn the premise remains, it deviates from the novel in several ways, removing the infected people’s vampiric characteristics, except their sensitivity to light. He lives his life like a machine, by day rising early, clearing the streets of comatose, emaciated ghouls and throwing their barely living bodies into an eternally burning tar pit, tracking the sleeping stronger ones to their lairs and driving his specially made stakes through their cortma.
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I Am Legend is the product of an anxious artistic mind working in an anxious cultural climate. Retrieved 3 June At night Neville is startled awake and finds Ruth fully clothed at the front door of the house. I Am Legend novel. This book was how a [sic] individual would handle thinking that he was the last survivor on Earth.
The infected are portrayed as nocturnal, feral creatures of limited intelligence who hunt the uninfected with berserker -like rage. The New York Times: Fatally injured, Neville accepts his fate and asks Ruth not to let this society become heartless. And though they come to scrape at his windows like clockwork and though the rotting females pout and slink in a vulgar attempt to arouse him, he accepts the vampires, he adapts.
His is a life pushed to the brink and beyond and yet, as his heroic, defiant nature dictates, he fights back; through his terrifying nights, his blood-drenched days and his bittersweet dawns, Morgan refuses to succumb to his hopeless situation, refuses to even abandon his ramshackle bungalow.
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Justia › US Law › Case Law › Oklahoma Case Law › Oklahoma Supreme Court Decisions › 1967 › HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY v. THOMPSON
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HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY v. THOMPSON
1967 OK 201
434 P.2d 250
Case Number: 42318
Decided: 10/03/1967
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
THE HOME INDEMNITY COMPANY, A CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,
RAY THOMPSON AND THE GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, A CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS IN ERROR.
¶0 1. At common law joint tortfeasors, as a general rule, have no right of contribution among themselves.
2. Where a judgment for damages is rendered against joint tortfeasors, contribution will not be enforced in favor of one of the joint defendants who pays the whole judgment.
3. Title 12 O.S. 1961, § 831, only furnishes a summary remedy whereby a judgment debtor, who is entitled to contribution, may have the benefit of the judgment to enforce his right to contribution, and does not abrogate the substantive law that joint tortfeasors have no right of contribution among themselves.
Appeal from the District Court of Oklahoma County; Boston W. Smith, Judge.
Action by insurer of joint tortfeasor who paid the whole judgment to enforce contribution from the other joint tortfeasor and his insurer. The trial court denied plaintiff's action for contribution and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
John R. Couch, Melvin F. Pierce, of Pierce, Duncan, Couch & Hendrickson, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.
Robert D. Looney, of Watts, Looney, Nichols & Johnson, Oklahoma City, for defendants in error.
DAVISON, Justice.
¶1 The parties to this appeal occupy the same relative positions in this court as they did in the lower court and will be referred to by their trial court designation of "plaintiff" and "defendants," or by name.
¶2 Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment in favor of defendants in which the lower court found and adjudged that plaintiff had no legal right to require contribution from the defendants because of plaintiff's payment of the full amount of the judgment rendered in a personal injury damage action arising out of an automobile accident.
¶3 There is no dispute as to the facts. Plaintiff was the insurer of one Virginia Bird and Great American Insurance Company was the insurer of Ray Thompson. Bird and Thompson were involved in an automobile accident at a time when one Roy Easton was a passenger in the Thompson car. Easton sued both Bird and Thompson and recovered a judgment against both of them for $6850 for injuries resulting from their negligence. Thereafter, plaintiff made demand on defendants for contribution on the judgment, which was refused, and later a garnishment was issued against plaintiff, as the insurer of Bird. Plaintiff paid the judgment and then brought the present action against defendants to compel contribution. The lower court denied plaintiff's prayer for contribution on the ground that Bird and Thompson were joint tortfeasors and contribution will not be enforced in favor of the joint tortfeasor who pays the whole judgment.
¶4 Plaintiff urges on appeal that under the provisions of 12 O.S. 1961 § 831 , a joint tortfeasor, upon paying the whole judgment, has a right to enforce contribution from the other joint tortfeasor who also had judgment rendered against him in the action.
¶5 In the opinion and supplemental opinion on rehearing in National Trailer Convoy, Inc. v. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Okl., 434 P.2d 238, promulgated this date, we had occasion to consider the same identical proposition, and therein determined the same adversely to plaintiff's contention. We adopt the pertinent portions of the cited case and syllabus and conclusion therein as determinative of all contentions and arguments made herein by plaintiff.
¶6 Judgment affirmed.
¶7 JACKSON, C.J., IRWIN, V.C.J., and WILLIAMS, BLACKBIRD, BERRY and LAVENDER, JJ., concur.
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Lincoln County Sheriff’s Report
Sheriff Todd Brackett reports the following:
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to 490 calls for the period of July 2-10. Year to date, LCSO has responded to 8,348 calls for service.
July 6, Sadea Q. Wright, 26, of Waterbury, Conn., was issued a summons for operating vehicle without a license, on Route 1, Nobleboro, by Deputy Jonathan Colby.
July 4, Selena A. Brewer, 45, of Boothbay, was arrested for violating conditions of release, on Matthews Road, Boothbay, by Sgt. Mark Bridgham.
July 4, Justin J. Moran, 26, of Naples, was arrested on a Florida fugitive from justice warrant and a Maine probation revocation warrant, on Matthews Road, Boothbay, by Sgt. Bridgham.
On July 2, an accident occurred on Route 1 in Newcastle involving Anne M. Peaslee, 61, of Edgecomb. Peaslee was operating her 2016 Hyundai Tucson northbound when a deer entered from the westbound lane in front of her and was struck. Sgt. Bridgham was the investigating officer.
On July 2, an accident occurred on Wiscasset Road in Boothbay involving Ann S. Harrison, 78, of Lincolnville Center. Harrison was operating her 2004 Toyota Prius southbound when she drifted over the centerline and into the left shoulder, where she struck a mailbox. Her vehicle then impacted the culvert of the driveway, crossed the driveway, and came to rest in the bushes along the left side of the road. Deputy David Bellows was the investigating officer.
On July 2, an accident occurred on Rockland Road in Jefferson involving Michael A. Stanton, 29, of Hope. Stanton was operating his 2005 Chrysler Town & Country eastbound when his vehicle struck a moose in the roadway. Stanton pulled over to the shoulder and the moose ran off into the woods. Deputy Andrew Miner was the investigating officer.
On July 3, an accident occurred on Bristol Road in Bristol involving Michael D. Sirois, 58, of Bristol. Sirois had parked his 2009 Chevrolet 1500 in the parking lot of C.E. Reilly & Son store, where he believes an unknown vehicle struck his rear driver’s corner, causing minor damage to his truck. Deputy Chad Gilbert was the investigating officer.
On July 3, an accident occurred on Lower Round Pond Road in Bristol involving Ethel Jackovich, 88, of Bristol. Jackovich was operating her 2006 Subaru Impreza southbound when she went off the roadway, where she struck a mailbox, a rock wall, and a tree. Deputy Gilbert was the investigating officer.
On July 3, an accident occurred on East River Road in Whitefield involving Angela Quirion, 29, of Newcastle. Quirion was operating her 2010 Toyota Yaris southbound when she swerved to avoid a deer in the roadway. As a result, her vehicle went off the road and hit a street sign. Deputy Colby was the investigating officer.
On July 4, an accident occurred on East Pond Road in Nobleboro involving Michael W. Reed, 56, of Nobleboro. Reed was operating his 2001 Toyota Tundra northbound when he fell asleep. As a result, his vehicle went off the roadway and struck a tree, then a utility pole. Deputy Gilbert was the investigating officer.
On July 5, an accident occurred on Wiscasset Road in Boothbay involving Sylvia O. Kelley, 80, of Key West, Fla. Kelley was operating her 2007 Toyota southbound when, due to a possible medical issue, she crossed the centerline. The vehicle went into the northbound travel lane, then the northbound ditch, and struck a tree before coming to rest. Deputy 1st Class Brian Collamore was the investigating officer.
On July 6, an accident occurred on Townhouse Road in Whitefield involving Joan F. Sweeney, 54, of Peabody, Mass. Sweeney was pulling her 2013 Subaru Impreza into the parking lot of a bakery when she struck the building. Deputy Ryan Chubbuck was the investigating officer.
On July 7, an accident occurred on Route 1 in Newcastle involving Joshua B. Steeves, 33, of Rockland. Steeves was operating his 2009 Dodge 2500 southbound when the front left wheel of his vehicle experienced a malfunction, which caused the vehicle to pull hard to the right. As a result, his vehicle left the right side of the roadway, where the front passenger corner and passenger door impacted the exposed rock of a hill on the right side of the road. Deputy Bellows was the investigating officer.
On July 7, an accident occurred on Boothbay Road in Edgecomb involving Dale O. Grover, 82, of Hallowell, and Wendy Cirko, 25, of Bel Air, Md. Grover was operating his 2002 GMC Safari westbound on Route 27 and stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of Route 27 and Route 1. Grover stated he looked both ways, thought it was clear, and began to move in traffic, making a left turn onto Route 1, when he crashed into Cirko’s 2014 Ford Focus, which was operating northbound on Route 1. Reserve Deputy Neil Genthner was the investigating officer.
On July 8, an accident occurred on Bristol Road in Bristol involving Kari L. London, 36, of Newcastle. London was operating her 2013 Subaru Outback southbound when she made a left turn into the Pemaquid River canoe and kayak launch parking lot. London made too wide a turn and went into the ditch on the right side, where the right passenger corner of her vehicle impacted a rock in the ditch. The vehicle came to rest with the undercarriage resting on the rock. Deputy Bellows was the investigating officer.
On July 9, an accident occurred on Route 27 in Boothbay involving Alexander S. Umberfield, 26, of Edgecomb. Umberfield was operating his 2003 Toyota Corolla southbound when a deer entered the roadway from the woods off the eastbound lane and was struck. Sgt. Bridgham was the investigating officer.
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Mammalian distributional records in Yucatán and Quintana Roo, with comments on reproduction, structure, and status of peninsular populations.
Birney et al. 1974.pdf (3.398Mb)
Birney, Elmer C.
Bowles, John B.
Timm, Robert M.
Williams, Stephen L.
Specimens of one marsupial, 25 species of bats, one edentate, 12 species of rodents, and five carnivores are reported from localities in Yucatán and Quintana Roo. Noctilio leporinus and Eumops bonariensis are added to the faunal list of Yucatán, and the first specimens of Chiroderma villosum and Lasiurus intermedius from Quintana Roo are reported. Other species poorly known from the peninsula and represented in our collections include Eptesicus furinalis, Lasiurus ega, Eumops glaucinus, Promops centralis, Tamandua tetradactyla, Heteromys gaumeri, Coendou mexicanus, and Conepatus semistriatus. Indices of similarity and diversity were calculated and discussed for samples of bats from nine collecting sites and for rodents from four sites. Trends in reproductive patterns of peninsular mammals and our interpretations of some aspects of man's interactions with mammals of the area are discussed.
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Birney, E. C., J. B. Bowles, R. M. Timm, and S. L. Williams. 1974. Mammalian distributional records in Yucatán and Quintana Roo, with comments on reproduction, structure, and status of peninsular populations. Occasional Papers, Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota 13:1–25.
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KG's Movie Rants
Movie reviews and occasional rants
Megamind Review
So I watched Megamind…
In a time saturated with one type of genre (in this case, superhero movies) it can be difficult to make additions to the genre that are fresh and innovative. Sure, Megamind hit theatres before the superhero genre hit critical mass but it still had to do a good job to ensure that it didn’t became just another faceless addition to the fad.
Okay, basic plot: Just after his birth, Megamind’s parents send him, in a shuttle, to Earth to escape the impending doom of their dying planet. Megamind’s shuttle goes off course and he crashes in a prison where he is raised by the inmates to be evil. Although initially reluctant, Megamind (Will Ferrell) embraces a life of villainy and launches several evil schemes to terrorise and rule Metro City. Megamind’s plans are always foiled by Metro Man (Brad Pitt) – the city’s guardian. One day Megamind manages to defeat Metro Man but he soon discovers that victory isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be and that being evil might not be what he wants anymore.
I loved the stance this movie took and the fresh spin it put on the traditional superhero story. Villains are often such fascinating characters but they’re often relegated to the periphery of stories, so it’s great to see a film that focuses solely on one. Sure, Megamind isn’t Darth Vader or The Joker but as cartoons go, he’s as bad as they get. I loved the progression in his story. When the movie begins, Megamind is a pretty helpless character. Everything he does and everything he is, is a result of his circumstances; but as the movie progresses, he becomes more proactive and starts to own his actions.
This film also has an element that I think all superhero movies should have – the internal conflict between the hero’s two identities. Now in the beginning, Megamind doesn’t have a secret identity because he’s a full-time villain but through his romantic escapades with Roxanne (Tina Fey) he adopts an identity and now has these dual personalities that he needs to balance. These two personalities, of course, have to clash and Megamind’s feeling of obligation to his past comes up against his longing for a new future. It’s entertaining to watch and adds depth to the character.
This movie also functions well on a more superficial layer – it’s hilarious. This movie is filled with a plethora of silly moments and pieces of well-thought-out humour that had me on the floor laughing. The voice-actors in this film do a really amazing job bringing the comedy to life. Will Ferrell and Jonah Hill had me laughing the hardest, for sure, but I think Tina Fey was my favourite performance. She has this amazing dry wit and razor-sharp sarcasm that perfectly suited the character of Roxanne.
The movie’s score is also a delight to behold, wonderfully composed by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe. I loved the use of old school rock and roll anthems interspersed with Zimmer’s iconic melodic style. The rock songs really helped the movie stay up-tempo and reminded me a lot of what I liked about Iron Man. Visually, the film is also quite impressive. The detail that the animators put into look and feel of the characters is incredible. From adding stubble, to the way characters’ hair moved and how being wet changed the look of characters really impressed me. Normally I wouldn’t even notice this but it was so well done in this film that I couldn’t ignore it.
Overall, Megamind is a fiercely enjoyable movie. It’s funny, has a great message, is well-written and acted, and a great re-telling of the superhero story. Sure, it’s a ripoff of Superman but it does Superman better than most Superman movies. Definitely worth watching 8/10
Posted in Movie reviewTagged brad pitt, dreamworks, jonah hill, megamind, Movie review, tina fey, will ferrellBy Kgothatjo Magolego1 Comment
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Ryan Mitra says:
One of my all time favs
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Chief Justice John Roberts has previously joined the four liberal justices to preserve the health law, so it is less likely that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's vote would be the one that sways any related decision. Meanwhile, an assessment finds that states' efforts to protect consumers from high costs after the government ended certain health law subsidies last year is working.
The Associated Press: Dems See Kavanaugh As Obamacare Threat, But Law Likely Safe
The heated debate over how Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would vote on the Affordable Care Act might not matter. As long as five past defenders of the health care law remain on the nation's highest court, the odds tilt in favor of it being allowed to stand. Some Democrats are warning that President Donald Trump's designee could spell doom for the statute, even as some conservatives are portraying Kavanaugh as sympathetic to former President Barack Obama's landmark legislation. (7/17)
The Associated Press: States: Workaround Succeeding After Cut In Health Subsidies
A workaround by states to counter Trump administration cuts to Affordable Care Act subsidies has largely succeeded in protecting consumers from higher costs, California and 17 other states said. The assessment came late Monday in a court filing asking U.S. Judge Vince Chhabria to put a lawsuit involving the cuts on hold. The filing says states have mostly protected subsidized consumers by allowing insurers to raise premiums on some plans offered on health care exchanges. (Thanawala, 7/17)
Simply housing more than 2,500 children separated from their families by the Trump administration has cost more than $30 million in the past two months, not to mention other costs. As the price tag continues to tick up, HHS scrambles to figure out ways to pay for the migrant crisis.
Politico: Trump’s Migrant Fiasco Diverts Millions From Health Programs
The health department has quietly dipped into tens of millions of dollars to pay for the consequences of President Donald Trump’s border policy, angering advocates who want the money spent on medical research, rural health programs and other priorities. The Department of Health and Human Services has burned through at least $40 million in the past two months for the care and reunification of migrant children separated from their families at the border — with housing costs recently estimated at about $1.5 million per day. (Diamond, 7/18)
Meanwhile —
The Associated Press: Immigrant Children Describe Hunger And Cold In Detention
Wet and muddy from their trek across the Mexican border, immigrant children say they sat or lay on the cold, concrete floor of the immigration holding centers where they were taken. It was hard to sleep with lights shining all night and guards kicking their feet, they say. They were hungry, after being given what they say were frozen sandwiches and smelly food. (Taxin, 7/17)
Bloomberg: A Trickle Of Immigrant Family Reunions As Judge’s Deadline Nears
Immigrant families who were separated after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border are slowly being reunited as the Trump administration tries to satisfy a judge’s order to restore more than 2,500 children to their parents by next week. Two mothers, each with a daughter, arrived Monday night at the Catholic Charities of San Antonio center. Three more reunited families arrived on Tuesday afternoon. As they were offered hot meals of meat, rice and beans, and outfitted with new clothing and shoes, mothers and daughters stayed close, hugging and touching. (Epstein, 7/18)
Administration News
“Our ultimate goal with modernizing our regulatory framework for nonprescription drugs is to help facilitate a market that is more competitive, enables greater access to medical products, empowers consumers in their health care decisions, and provides more affordable options for Americans,” FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said.
Stat: FDA Eyes New Ways To Lower Some Drug Costs, Boost Consumer Access
In its latest bid to address health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration issued a new guidance that offers suggestions for drug makers seeking to switch their prescription medicines to a so-called non-prescription status. The guidance, which the agency called a “first step,” is designed to encourage drug makers to think about ways to seek approval for over-the-counter approvals. A new FDA regulation that would formalize such an approach is expected next year, but the agency emphasized that approval standards for over-the-counter medicines are not being lowered. (Silverman, 7/17)
The Associated Press: FDA Plans To Ease OTC Approvals For Some Prescription Drugs
Drugmakers would have to do studies showing those strategies allow consumers to safely pick a drug and use it without medical supervision. The agency will take comments from drugmakers, medical groups and the public before issuing final rules, a process that usually takes many months. (Johnson, 7/17)
In other pharmaceutical news —
The Washington Post: The Truth About ‘Breakthrough’ Drugs
When federal regulators started giving certain drugs “breakthrough” status in 2012, pharmaceutical company interest exploded. The goal was to speed up the approval of drugs for serious diseases when there was preliminary evidence the new drugs were better than existing treatment options. Giving these drugs “breakthrough” status comes with a side benefit: an evocative name. The word “breakthrough” suggests scientific triumphs and miracle cures to many people, including physicians. Companies and media reports often tout the “breakthrough” designation for experimental drugs that have not yet been proved effective. (Johnson, 7/17)
Stat: Boston-Area Companies Bet On Antibiotics, Even As Others Step Back
Spero Therapeutics (SPRO), headquartered in Cambridge’s Central Square neighborhood, announced this week that two government agencies would give the company up to $54.2 million to continue developing a new antibiotic for complicated urinary tract infections. The news came just days after Novartis revealed it would shut down its antibiotics unit and and license out its drug candidates — including one for a complicated urinary tract infection. (Sheridan, 7/18)
The program helps hospitals cover charity costs related to prescriptions drugs. Last July, the Trump administration proposed slashing its higher reimbursement for the drugs by about 27 percent. A judge ruled that the hospitals had challenged the changes prematurely as none of them had taken effect yet, and the court of appeals on Tuesday affirmed the decision.
Stat: Appeals Court Rejects Hospital Industry's Challenge On 340B Changes
An appeals court on Tuesday rejected an attempt by hospitals to challenge the Trump administration’s changes to the controversial federal drug discount program known as 340B, sticking them with a $1.6 billion cut in federal payments. The decision is the latest in a series of blows to hospitals trying to preserve the program, which increasingly pits them against the drug makers who must offer steep discounts on medicines under its rules. Participating hospitals get higher reimbursement for the drugs from the federal government, and use the difference to cover charity care and other costs. (Mershon, 7/17)
Modern Healthcare: Appeals Court Rejects Hospitals' Challenge To 340B Cuts
"When the plaintiffs filed this lawsuit, neither the hospital plaintiffs, nor any members of the hospital-association plaintiffs, had challenged the new reimbursement regulation in the context of a specific administrative claim for payment," Judge Gregory Katsas wrote. "Nor could they have done so, for the new regulation had not yet even become effective." The D.C. Circuit also rejected the hospitals' argument that they had cured the presentment problem by filing payment demands while they waited for the appeal decision, and ultimately declined to rule on the merits—a major disappointment for the hospitals. (Luthi, 7/17)
The Hill: Hospital Group Says It Will Refile Suit Over Trump Cuts To Drug Program
The American Hospital Association said it would refile a lawsuit against the Trump administration's cuts to a discount drug program after losing its appeal Tuesday. "We will continue our fight to reverse these unwarranted cuts and protect access for patients, and we expect to refile promptly in district court," the AHA said. Three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that AHA's suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was premature. (Hellmann, 7/17)
The insurer instituted the policy with the goal of cutting down unnecessary emergency room visits, which drive up health care costs. But the doctors say Anthem violated legal requirements that insurers cover care in a situation where a “prudent layperson” would believe he or she was experiencing an emergency.
Bloomberg: Anthem Sued By Doctors In Dispute Over Emergency-Room Coverage
The health insurer Anthem Inc. was sued by doctors in Georgia for declining to pay for some emergency-room care, escalating a long-running battle over how far insurance plans can go to push patients to seek lower-cost treatment. The American College of Emergency Physicians and the Medical Association of Georgia filed suit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta against Anthem’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia unit over the denied payments. The doctors asked the court to require Anthem to halt its policy and cover the claims. (Tracer, 7/17)
Modern Healthcare: Emergency Docs, Georgia Medical Association Sue Anthem Over ED Policy
In February, Atlanta-based Piedmont Hospital and five sister hospitals filed lawsuits claiming Anthem's policy of denying coverage for non-emergency ED visits after the fact violates Georgia law. But while Anthem tweaked the ED program in February in response to outrage from state legislators and the public, it has refused to rescind it. So ACEP—after months of back-and-forth with Anthem detailed in the lawsuit—is jumping into the mix. "This is a first step in the process and depending on how things play out, we would entertain filing in other states where Anthem is (implementing) the policy," said Laura Wooster, associate executive director for public affairs in ACEP's Washington office. (Livingston, 7/17)
Georgia Health News: Physicians Groups Sue Over Blue Cross Denial Of Some ER Claims
Two physicians organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia and its parent company over the insurer’s emergency room payment policy, calling it “dangerous.’’ The parent company, Indianapolis-based Anthem, has pursued a new policy over the past year in Georgia and five other states, reviewing customers’ ER visits and limiting or denying payment for those it deems not to have been true emergencies. (Miller, 7/17)
In other health industry news —
Bloomberg: Cyberattacks On Health-Care Providers Are Up In Recent Months
Health-care providers and government agencies across the U.S. have seen an increase in cybersecurity breaches in recent months, exposing sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of people as the sector scrambles to find adequate defense mechanisms. “These threats are real,” Oscar Alleyne, senior adviser at the National Association of County and City Health Officials, said Tuesday during a panel in Washington. The breaches include malware attacks, computer thefts, unauthorized network access and other security breaches, according to a government database that tracks attacks in the health-care sector. (Kasumov, 7/17)
Nashville Tennessean: Envision Is Underpaying Shareholders In $5.6B Sale To KKR, Lawsuit Says
A new federal class-action lawsuit is claiming that shareholders of a massive Nashville-based health care company are being underpaid in the $5.6 billion sale to a private equity firm. Envision Healthcare Corporation, which runs hundreds of surgery centers in 35 states, announced last month it would be sold to KKR, an equity firm that has been on a spree of health care company acquisitions. (Kelman, 7/17)
The insurer lost customers from a core business: administering health coverage for large employers. CEO David Wichmann said that the company is not performing to its full potential and went on to tout digital health as a key part to its future success.
The Associated Press: UnitedHealth Posts Big Profit Jump But Sees Room To Improve
UnitedHealth Group easily topped profit expectations during the second-quarter and hiked its outlook for the third time this year, but company shares were punished Tuesday for a performance that even company executives believe falls short of the health insurer's full potential. Enrollment jumped due partially to a surge in government-funded business, and operating earnings soared about 21 percent for the company's fast-growing Optum segment, which strays well beyond health insurance. (7/17)
The Star Tribune: UnitedHealth Group Touts Digital Health Efforts As It Posts Earnings Gains
The new chief executive of UnitedHealth Group’s fast-growing Optum division told investors Tuesday that digital health is a key part of the company’s future as he touted a United-backed business that soon will open a new office in Minneapolis. For several years, UnitedHealth has been developing a digital health platform called Rally, which includes online and mobile tools that subscribers use to compare insurance benefit options, search for health care providers and participate in employer wellness programs. (Snowbeck, 7/17)
The Wall Street Journal: UnitedHealth Raises Profit Outlook
Analysts said the earnings beat was fueled largely by non-operating factors, particularly a tax rate that was lower than some had estimated. The second quarter “seems mostly in-line with tax rate driving upside,” Wells Fargo analyst Peter Costa wrote in an investor note. During the earnings call, analysts zeroed in on the insurance arm’s medical loss ratio, which reflects the share of premiums that go toward health-care costs. The ratio was slightly worse than some analysts projected. (Chin and Wilde Mathews, 7/17)
Bloomberg: UnitedHealth Falls After Quarter Only Delivers What Was Expected
UnitedHealth Group Inc. fell the most in more than five months after the health insurer’s results weren’t good enough to satisfy investors, despite beating analysts forecasts for second-quarter adjusted earnings and raising its full-year earnings projection. “We view the quarter as solid, but just meeting the bar for expectations and may underwhelm,” said Evercore ISI analyst Michael Newshel. (Tracer, 7/17)
Veterans' Health Care
In other news on veterans health care, a new top health official is named at Veterans Affairs but only temporarily, and the Kansas medical board revokes the license of a former VA doctor.
Politico: Veterans Spending Dispute Raises Specter Of Stopgap
Inviting more stopgap spending, the White House has fired off an official warning against congressional efforts to blow through budget limits. Top Trump administration officials sent a letter Monday cautioning lawmakers against raising spending caps to accommodate shifts in funding for a popular veterans health program, though they stopped short of threatening a veto. (Ferris and Scholtes, 7/16)
The Wall Street Journal: Acting Head Of VA Health, Hospital System Replaced With Temporary Appointee
The Department of Veterans Affairs will replace the acting head of its health care system with a temporary appointee on Wednesday, the VA’s acting secretary said Tuesday, though the department still hasn’t settled on a permanent replacement to lead the sprawling division. Dr. Richard Stone will take over the Veterans Health Administration, the VA’s acting secretary, Peter O’Rourke, told reporters. The health administration is one of the three main branches of the VA and comprises more than 1,500 health-care facilities, thousands of physicians and nurses and a budget of about $70 billion to treat some nine million veterans. (Kesling, 7/17)
Kansas City Star: Doctor Formerly At KC VA Medical Center Loses License
The Kansas medical board has revoked the license of an Emporia doctor for having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient who tried to commit suicide using pills he prescribed her. ...In a revocation order issued last week, the Kansas Board of Healing Arts wrote that Stone “was in a position of significant power” over the unnamed female patient “and he abused that power.” (Marso, 7/18)
Previous rulings have mostly come down on the side of the person who does not want to have the baby, with the idea that no one should be forced to become a parent. But new legislation in Arizona favors the party who intends to help the fertilized eggs “develop to birth.”
The Washington Post: Who Gets The Embryos? Whoever Wants To Make Them Into Babies, New Law Says.
When their marriage fell apart, the most contentious issue between Ruby Torres and John Joseph Terrell was the fate of their frozen embryos. There were seven in storage, created with her eggs and his sperm before Torres underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment for breast cancer. Torres, 37, wanted to use the embryos to have a baby. In divorce proceedings, she told the judge that the embryos probably represented her only chance to have biological children. Terrell protested that he had no interest in having a child with Torres. (Cha, 7/17)
In other women's health news —
The Associated Press: Planned Parenthood Sues Idaho Over Abortion Reporting Law
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands is suing the state of Idaho in federal court over new abortion reporting requirements that critics say are unconstitutional and intended to stigmatize women seeking medical care. Planned Parenthood filed the lawsuit in Idaho's U.S. District Court on Tuesday, asking a judge to declare the reporting law void. (7/17)
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Abortion Pills Are Safe And Effective. Why Can't U.S. Women Buy Them Online?
Abigail Aiken, a reproductive health researcher at the University of Texas at Austin, anonymously interviewed 30 women and two men from 20 states who tried to get abortion pills online because going to a clinic posed huge financial and logistical problems. None succeeded in getting the pills. (McCullough, 7/17)
The Atlantic: What Happens If Roe V. Wade Is Reversed?
With the prospect of a more conservative Supreme Court on the horizon, some progressive women have begun to fear what will happen if Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion, is overturned. Some of these prophecies have centered on a popular meme in the pro-choice community: The coat hanger. ...Women who want to have an abortion early in their pregnancies can take a combination of two drugs: misoprostol, whose brand name is Cytotec, and mifepristone, which is also called RU486. They are both on the World Health Organization’s “List of Essential Medicines,” which means they are considered safe and effective. The combination can be used until about the tenth week of pregnancy, and the medications are already used in roughly a third of all abortions. (Olga Khazan, 7/18)
Experts say that not only is overprescribing of "benzos" putting people at risk for dependence, but are also exacerbating overdoses from opioids. News on the drug epidemic comes out of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida, as well.
Stateline: These Pills Could Be Next U.S. Drug Epidemic, Public Health Officials Say
The growing use of anti-anxiety pills reminds some doctors of the early days of the opioid crisis. Considered relatively safe and non-addictive by the general public and many doctors, Xanax, Valium, Ativan and Klonopin have been prescribed to millions of Americans for decades to calm jittery nerves and promote a good night’s sleep. (Vestal, 7/18)
Bloomberg: McKesson, Cardinal Health Must Face New York Opioid Suits
McKesson Corp, Cardinal Health Inc. and other distributors of opioid painkillers must face claims they fueled a public health crisis by wrongfully shipping millions of opioid painkillers to retailers and pharmacies in New York. New York Judge Jerry Garguilo Tuesday rejected the drug distributors’ bids to have some counties’ and cities’ lawsuits aimed at recouping the costs of fighting the opioid epidemic thrown out. (Feeley, 7/17)
Boston Herald: Opioids Raise Chances Of Violent Encounters With Addicts, Police Say
Police officers are facing a high-risk environment with opioid-fueled junkies who think they have “superhuman strength” — dramatically raising the stakes in violent encounters, law enforcement experts and forensic psychologists say. In each of three killings of New England police officers in the past three months, the suspects had significant drug histories and are alleged to have acted with extreme violence — essentially executing Weymouth police Sgt. Michael Chesna and Maine Sheriff’s Deputy Eugene Cole, while ambushing Yarmouth police Sgt. Sean Gannon and his K-9 dog. (7/17)
The CT Mirror: More ER Docs Turning To Non-Opioids To Fight Overdose Epidemic
Emergency department physicians across the state are using more non-opioid treatments for conditions that historically have required powerful opioids for pain management, as they try to play a lead role in the overdose epidemic that kills on average 115 Americans every day. This change, coupled with other efforts, has resulted in a significant decrease in opioids ordered at emergency departments in at least two Connecticut hospitals, Norwalk and Middlesex, from 2016 to 2017. (Rigg, 7/18)
Miami Herald: Miami-Dade Jails Getting Body Scanners To Curb Contraband
Miami-Dade’s jail system will soon begin using airport-style body scanners to search inmates for contraband — a measure precipitated by the recent deaths of three inmates who overdosed on smuggled-in drugs. Corrections officers at the county’s three jails this month began receiving training on how to scan incoming inmates for cellphones, drugs and weapons hidden on their bodies. (Ovalle, 7/17)
The research suggests that there's at least a casual link, but experts don't know the extent of the connection.
CNN: ADHD Study Links Symptoms With Digital Media Use
The more teens check social media and stream video, the more likely they might develop symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a new study suggests. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA on Tuesday, sheds light on how more research is needed to determine whether symptoms of the disorder, commonly called ADHD, are possibly caused by digital media use. (Howard, 7/17)
The Wall Street Journal: Frequent Technology Use Linked To ADHD Symptoms In Teens, Study Finds
The study, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, tracked 2,500 teens over two years and monitored their usage and symptoms. It doesn’t prove a causal link. The study also didn’t rule out other possible causes such as lack of sleep, family stress at home or a family history of the disorder. But it was the first longitudinal study to follow so many teens over a two-year period, according to experts, going straight to an issue that pits parents and teachers against the tech industry in a battle for children’s attention. (Hernandez and Morris, 7/17)
Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles High School Students Reveal A Link Between Copious Amounts Of Screen Time And ADHD
The results do not show that prolific use of digital media causes ADHD symptoms, much less that it results in a level of impairment that would warrant an ADHD diagnosis or pharmaceutical treatment. Indeed, it’s possible the relationship is reversed — that attention problems drive an adolescent to more intensive online engagement. (Healy, 7/17)
NPR: Frequent Smart Phone, Internet Use Linked To Symptoms Of ADHD In Teens
Previous research has shown that watching television or playing video games on a console put teenagers at a slightly higher risk of developing ADHD behaviors. But less is known about the impact of computers, tablets and smartphones. (Chatterjee, 7/17)
There's currently no federal law for schools to test for lead. In other public health news: an Alzheimer's test, chronic brain injuries, gene-editing, aspirin, vaping, sleep and more.
The Associated Press: GAO: Less Than Half Of School Districts Test Water For Lead
A survey of school districts around the country finds that less than half test their water for lead, and among those that do more than a third detected elevated levels of the toxin, according to a federal report released Tuesday. Lead can cause brain damage and learning disabilities in children. (7/17)
CNN: Bill Gates Wants To Jump-Start A Test For Alzheimer's
Besides a cure, what do those afraid of Alzheimer's disease need most? According to entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates, a key need is a "reliable, affordable, and accessible" diagnostic test. To jump-start that research, Gates announced today that he has joined a coalition of philanthropists who are investing $30 million to create a venture fund called Diagnostics Accelerator. "We need a better way of diagnosing Alzheimer's -- like a simple blood test or eye exam -- before we're able to slow the progression of the disease," Gates wrote in a statement announcing the investment. "Imagine a world where diagnosing Alzheimer's disease is as simple as getting your blood tested during your annual physical." (LaMotte, 7/17)
NPR: Test For Chronic Brain Injury Among Athletes And Soldiers Gets Closer
CTE has been part of the national lexicon in the U.S. since the 2015 movie Concussion dramatized the discovery of this degenerative brain disease among football players. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is found among people who've had head injuries. Though not everyone with head trauma develops CTE, the group that's come to be most associated with it is football players, whose brains can be routinely jarred by hard hits. The disease has been linked to depression, dementia and even suicide among those who play the game. (Goldman, 7/17)
Stat: New Challenge Filed To CRISPR Patent Licensed By Editas Medicine
Another key patent on the CRISPR genome editing technology is facing a legal challenge. On Tuesday, St. Louis-based Benson Hill Biosystems, a privately held agriculture biotech company, filed a petition for post-grant review with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, arguing that a CRISPR patent granted to the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in 2017 and licensed by Editas Medicine (EDIT) is invalid. (Begley, 7/17)
The New York Times: An Aspirin A Day For Heart Health? It May Depend On Your Weight
A daily dose of baby aspirin is widely recommended for heart disease prevention, but a one-dose-fits-all approach may not work. A new analysis, in The Lancet, looked at data from 10 randomized trials and found that the size of the dose and the weight of the patient have significant effects on outcome. Researchers found that a daily dose of 75 to 100 milligrams of aspirin lowered the risk of cardiovascular events by 23 percent for people weighing less than 154 pounds, but had no effect in those weighing more. In people over 154 pounds, low-dose aspirin increased the risk for a fatal cardiovascular event. (Bakalar, 7/17)
PBS NewsHour: Educators Worry Students Don’t Know Vaping Health Risks
It looks like a flash drive, can be hidden anywhere and doesn't create tell-tale smoke. Across the country, the use of these e-cigarettes are spiking among youth, but parents often aren't even sure what they are and many teens mistakenly believe there are no serious health risks. (Cardoza, 7/17)
The New York Times: To Stretch Or Not To Stretch? Athletes Put It To The Test
Should we stretch before exercise? A thought-provoking new experiment with athletes suggests that the answer could depend on how we feel about stretching and what kind of exercise — and stretching — we intend to do. (Reynolds, 7/18)
The New York Times: Sleep Tied To Teenagers’ All-Around Health
A good night’s sleep may be critical for the metabolic health of teenagers. Researchers studied 829 boys and girls, average age 13, who wore electronic measuring devices that tracked sleep time, sleep quality and physical activity over seven to 10 days. They also recorded five factors associated with cardiovascular risk: waist circumference, blood pressure, HDL or “good” cholesterol, triglycerides and insulin resistance. (Bakalar, 7/17)
The Star Tribune: Doctors Warn About Trampolines: So Why Is There One In Almost Every Backyard?
On her way to the orthopedic clinic, April Jorgenson steeled herself for a lecture. She was bringing in her 5-year-old son, Rusty Golaski, to see if he had broken his arm while jumping on the trampoline in the family’s Hugo backyard. “I thought I’d get some backlash from the doctor when I told him what happened, but he didn’t say a thing,” said Jorgenson, 34. “He just told me not to let Rusty jump while his cast is on.” (Burger, 7/17)
Health News Florida: No Radiation Needed: 3D Tool Creates Maps Of Patients’ Hearts Before Procedures
A new mapping technology is helping doctors determine where to place life-saving catheters in patients with irregular heartbeats without the use of radiation. It’s being used at Florida Hospital. One of these patients is 14-year-old Grayson Abraham who has a heart condition that can cause sudden cardiac death in young athletes. (Prieur, 7/18)
Boston Globe: Study To Examine Prostate Cancer Rate In African-American Men
The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday that it is launching a nationwide study on aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men. The study will be one of the first to analyze how social stressors such as discrimination, lack of health care access, and segregation interact with genetic changes in African-American men with prostate cancer. (Eppolito, 7/17)
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Boston Globe: Long ER Waits Persist For Children In Mental Health Crises
Some patients with mental illness, particularly children, are spending days stuck in tiny windowless rooms in hospital emergency departments waiting for treatment, a persistent problem despite new statewide rules designed to resolve the backlogs. From February through May, 155 patients in mental health crisis spent at least four consecutive days in an emergency room, according to Massachusetts officials who began gathering the data six months ago. (Kowalczyk, 7/17)
The Associated Press: Lawsuit, Ex-Student Focus On Complaints About Ohio State Doc
Four former wrestlers say in a new lawsuit that Ohio State University officials ignored repeated complaints about "rampant sexual misconduct" by a now-dead team doctor, and a former student confirmed Tuesday that investigators have documentation about at least one decades-old incident that prompted a complaint. Former student Steve Snyder-Hill said he wrote to a student health center official in the 1990s after being examined by Dr. Richard Strauss, whose behavior is the subject of an independent investigation that began months ago. (7/17)
San Antonio Press-Express: Audit Finds Major Contracting Problems At Embattled Health And Human Services Commission
State auditors found sweeping contracting problems at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, a mega-agency responsible for overseeing billions of dollars worth of health care for the state's most vulnerable residents. An audit of 28 contract awards worth roughly $4.6 billion found errors at every level, from scoring the vendor’s proposals to keeping track of all documentation. (Morris, 7/17)
The Associated Press: Oklahoma Medical Board Lawyer Charged With Making Threats
The top lawyer at the Oklahoma State Department of Health already at the center of a controversy over new marijuana rules was charged Tuesday for allegedly sending threatening emails to herself. The agency's former general counsel, 37-year-old Julia Ezell of Edmond, was charged Tuesday in Oklahoma County with two felonies and one misdemeanor for allegedly sending the threats and then lying to investigators about it. (7/17)
Sacramento Bee: Sacramento Has One Of Nation’s Highest Risks For OB-GYN Shortage, Report Warns
A study released earlier this year by Doximity, the nation’s largest online network for health care providers, ranked Sacramento ninth in a list of the top 10 metropolitan areas in the nation with the highest risk of an OB-GYN shortage. The online network uses a score system to assess the severity of the lack of providers in 50 of the nation’s metropolitan areas, taking into consideration the age of practicing providers and the ratio of births to OB-GYNs. (Holzer, 7/18)
Texas Tribune: Texas Teachers' Health Care: Why Most Districts Are Enrolled In TRS-ActiveCare
According to the latest enrollment numbers, nearly 90 percent of Texas school districts participate in the program, known as TRS-ActiveCare.But in recent years, frustration has grown with the state’s support of the program, and a few larger districts have lobbied to leave. State law currently doesn’t allow that, however, and bills designed to give the districts permission to depart have failed in the Texas Legislature. (Haigh, 7/18)
Los Angeles Times: Assault Weapon Registrations In California Are Up 43% Under New Law
Assault weapons registered in California have increased by 43% under a new law that expanded the types of firearms gun owners must log with the state. Californians have applied to register 68,848 additional assault weapons in the last 11 months to comply with a state law enacted following the 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino. The 2016 law bans sales of semi-automatic assault rifles equipped with “bullet buttons,” which have detachable magazines that enable quick replacement of ammunition, and requires old ones to be registered with the California Department of Justice by the end of June. The mandate should allow law enforcement to better track the weapons. (McGreevy, 7/17)
Kaiser Health News: Hurricane Maria Still Taking A Toll On Puerto Rico’s Seniors
The question of who will care for Puerto Rico’s aging population is a growing crisis, says Dr. Angel Muñoz, a clinical psychologist and researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in Ponce. The island’s elderly population is particularly at risk amid the new Atlantic hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30. Earlier this year, a study by Harvard researchers estimated that 4,600 Puerto Ricans died in the months after Hurricane Maria hit last September. Many were seniors who faced delays in getting medical care. (7/18)
Oakland Tribune: Major Racial Inequity Exists In Oakland, Report Shows
A first-of-its kind report on racial equity in Oakland highlights some unsettling realities for African-Americans in the city, including that they are 12.95 times more likely than whites to be arrested for a felony, 8.6 times more likely than whites to be jailed and 23.68 times more likely than whites to have force used against them by a law enforcement officer. In addition to gauging public safety inequities in Oakland, the study issued last week by the City University of New York highlighted racial inequities in economy, education, public health, housing, and neighborhood and civic life categories. (Tadayon, 7/17)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Scott Walker Announces $4 Million To Help Milwaukee Replace Lead Pipes
The City of Milwaukee is getting another $4 million to help pay for lead pipe replacements, Gov. Scott Walker announced Wednesday. The additional money will be used to help homeowners, schools and day care centers replace their old lead service lines. (Spicuzza, 7/18)
North Carolina Health News: SNAP Expected To Be Harder To Use At Some Farmers Markets
At farmers markets around North Carolina, the tables are piled high with tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, peaches and more. But even as the growing season is peaking, some folks who might want to buy will have a harder time bringing those fresh fruits and vegetables home. That’s because the technology company that currently processes Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) benefits at 40 percent of the country’s farmers markets will stop doing so at the end of July. (Ovaska-Few, 7/18)
KQED: S.F. Landlords Back Fire Safety Measure That Could Force Installation Of Sprinklers
The industry association that represents San Francisco's landlords is backing a new Board of Supervisors proposal that would give city inspectors the power to force scofflaw property owners to install or upgrade fire alarm and sprinkler systems. Supervisor Hillary Ronen on Tuesday unveiled a set of measures that would allow the city's Fire and Building Inspection departments to order landlords who have failed to correct two or more safety violations to retrofit their buildings with sprinklers and alarms or improve existing systems. (Golderg, 7/17)
St. Louis Post Dispatch: St. Louis To Hire Ohio-Based Nonprofit Homefull To Run Biddle House Homeless Shelter
When Eddie Roth was appointed by former Mayor Francis Slay to direct Human Services — the department of St. Louis city government tasked with addressing homelessness — he sought guidance from Tina Patterson, the CEO of Dayton-based Homefull, a nonprofit providing services to the homeless there. Roth knew Patterson from his time in Dayton, and they stayed in touch when Roth returned to St. Louis. (Bott, 7/18)
St. Louis Post Dispatch: Medical Marijuana Push In Missouri Gets Help From Secret Donations Pouring In
An organization backing one of three competing medical marijuana initiatives in Missouri continued to pull in big-dollar contributions last quarter, though the origin of the vast majority of the haul is shrouded in secrecy. The Missourians for Patient Care campaign committee raised $530,000 in monetary contributions between April and July — and a nonprofit corporation with the same name funneled $505,000 of that total to the group. The nonprofit does not have to reveal its donors. (Suntrup, 7/17)
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Stat: Will Amazon Partner With PBMs, Or Seek To Conquer Them?
Amazon’s purchase of the online pharmacy PillPack answered long-lingering questions about whether and how it would enter the prescription drug business. But it also raised another big issue: What will it do about the PBMs? Pharmacy benefit managers are the companies that stand in the middle of the nation’s supply chain for prescription drugs. They administer drug benefits on behalf of employers and labor unions, and negotiate prices and reimbursements with drug makers and pharmacies that stand on either end of those transactions. In other words, they control access to the medicines and hundreds of millions of U.S. customers who take them. (Ross, 7/16)
Stat: In South Dakota, Opponents Of Drug-Pricing Ballot Initiatives Claim Victory
An initiative that would have attempted to cap drug prices in South Dakota was removed from the statewide ballot by a judge on Monday, the second time that a court has prevented such a measure from going before voters in the 2018 election. The ruling came after a court determined the measure’s supporters had improperly gathered some of the signatures necessary to qualify it for the ballot, according to the initiative’s biotech-backed opposition. (Facher, 7/17)
The Hill: Dem Senator Calls For 'Permanent' Price Cuts At Pfizer
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Monday called on pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to “permanently roll back prices,” days after the company said it would temporarily postpone a planned price hike. In a letter to Pfizer’s CEO Ian Read, Baldwin said the company needs to stop “playing games” with the costs of prescription drugs. Pfizer instead needs to “make a firm and clear commitment” to permanent price reductions, Baldwin wrote. (Weixel, 7/16)
Bloomberg: Is Trump Reining In Drug Prices? We're Keeping Track
As a candidate and then as president, Donald Trump has had plenty to say about how drug prices are out of control and how he plans to get them down. Drug companies are “getting away with murder,” he said in January 2017, promising to save “billions” through better negotiating. On May 11, Trump called his new drug price plan “the most sweeping action in history.” And after Pfizer Inc. raised prices of many of its products this summer, he tweeted on July 9: “We will respond!” (Langreth, Koons and Gu, 7/16)
Stat: On Drug Pricing, PhRMA Pushes For Lower Payments To PBMs
The drug manufacturing industry’s main lobbying group is backing a big change to the way prescription drugs are priced, but it’s unclear how it would impact the industry’s business model. At first glance, it looked like PhRMA is embracing one of the Trump administration’s biggest ideas for addressing prescription drug prices — eliminating rebates that drug makers pay to pharmacy benefit managers, the middlemen that negotiate drug prices on behalf of insurance companies. But in fact, PhRMA’s idea is vague enough that it’s unclear exactly what it would do and whether it will bring down the price of drugs for patients. (Swetlitz, 7/16)
Politico Pro: PhRMA, Generic Drug Lobby Join HHS’ Call For Overhauling Rebates
Leading trade groups for brand-name and generic drugmakers endorsed overhauling the drug rebate system as a way to address the high cost of medicines, aligning themselves with HHS Secretary Alex Azar's bid to change industry practices around drug discounts. Pharmacy benefits managers, wholesalers, pharmacies and other intermediaries in the drug supply chain should not be paid based on a percentage of the list price of medicines but could instead get a flat fee, PhRMA said in comments on the Trump administration's drug pricing blueprint submitted Monday. (Karlin-Smith, 7/16)
Reuters: J&J Beats Quarterly Expectations On Drug Sales Surge, Shares Jump
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday reported better-than-expected second quarter profit as sales of pharmaceuticals surged 20 percent despite a sharp decline in blockbuster arthritis drug Remicade, and its shares rose more than 4 percent. The healthcare conglomerate also expressed confidence that last week's finding by a Missouri jury that J&J's talc-based products caused cancer, and an order to pay a record $4.69 billion to defendants, would not stand. (7/17)
The Wall Street Journal: Johnson & Johnson’s Pharma Business Fuels Sales Growth
J&J’s pharmaceutical sales topped analysts’ expectations despite what executives said was a continued decline in average net U.S. pricing after discounts and rebates. Chief Financial Officer Joe Wolk said on a conference call with analysts that average U.S. net pricing could decline 4% to 6% this year, after a 4.6% drop last year. J&J shares surged 4% to $128.65 in midday trading after the earnings report, though the stock is still down 7.9% year to date on investors’ concerns about slower growth in other parts of J&J’s diversified business, including consumer products. (Loftus and Prang, 7/17)
The Associated Press: Swiss Drugs Giant Novartis Says Profit Up As Spinoff Looms
Novartis says net profit rose 3 percent in the second quarter amid strong growth for some of its top products, as the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant moves to spin off its Alcon eye-care business. New CEO Vas Narasimhan touted Novartis' plans to create a "focused medicines company," including through the Alcon spinoff announced in late June. (7/18)
Bloomberg: Novartis Blockbuster Drug Rebounds, Easing Generics Pressure
Novartis on Wednesday lowered its outlook for its Sandoz generics business, saying it expects a low-single digit decline in sales for the year. The company said earlier this year that the unit’s revenue would be broadly in line with the previous year or drop slightly. It raised its forecast for Alcon, saying it now expects mid-single digit growth in sales in 2018. The pharmaceutical giant earlier this year announced the purchase of rare-disease drugmaker AveXis Inc. for $8.7 billion, and Narasimhan has said he’s looking to focus Novartis’s gene-therapy program on cancer, neuroscience and ophthalmology. (Paton, 7/18)
Stat: Hugin Punches Back Against Menendez Over Records On Drug Prices
The drug industry has officially taken center stage in an increasingly bitter Senate race in New Jersey between incumbent Bob Menendez and former Celgene CEO Bob Hugin. Last week, an ad campaign excoriated Hugin for allowing Celgene to raise prices on drugs under his leadership. Now the Republican is striking back with a pharma-focused ad of his own. (Facher, 7/16)
Stat: Martin Shkreli’s Drug Company Is Losing Money, Documents Show
Martin Shkreli’s former company is losing money, watching sales of its famously costly medicine slip while considering yet another name change. Vyera Pharmaceuticals, formerly called Turing Pharmaceuticals, lost more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2018, according to financial documents obtained by STAT. Sales, driven by the $750-a-pill Daraprim, have been on the wane over the past two years, falling more than 14 percent in 2017 and on pace to drop another 7 percent in 2018. (Garde, 7/17)
CNBC: Increasing Drug Prices 'Makes Absolutely No Sense,' Says Analyst
Some drug companies have continued to increase prices despite growing public discontent, a move that senior equity analyst Elliot Wilbur told CNBC "makes absolutely no sense." "It’s simply bad decision-making and terrible policy on [a drug company's] part," Wilbur, who focuses on pharmaceuticals at financial firm Raymond James, said Monday on "Power Lunch." (Ell, 7/16)
The Baltimore Sun: Maryland To Help Retirees Pay Out-Of-Pocket Medicare Drug Costs After Coverage Change
Maryland government retirees will get financial assistance from the state to help pay for medications when their prescription drug coverage moves from a state plan to the federal Medicare Part D program next year. Gov. Larry Hogan and General Assembly leadership announced a one-year transition program in which the state will reimburse all out-of-pocket drug costs exceeding $1,500. That is the limit under the current state plan. The move to the federal prescription drug plan, which will take place Jan. 1, is part of state pension reform passed in 2011. (McDaniels, 7/16)
Kaiser Health News: Staggering Prices Slow Insurers’ Coverage Of CAR-T Cancer Therapy
Patients whose blood cancers have failed to respond to repeated rounds of chemotherapy may be candidates for a new type of gene therapy that could send their cancers into remission for years. But the two approved therapies, with price tags of hundreds of thousands of dollars, have roiled the insurance approval process, leading to delays and, in some cases, denials of coverage, clinicians and analysts say. (Andrews, 7/17)
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The New York Times: The News On Drug Prices? Nothing Good
It has been two months since the president released his road map for lowering drug costs that seems to lead nowhere, and about a month since he predicted the “big drug companies” would announce “voluntary massive” price cuts. Here’s where things stand: A congressional investigation has found that the drug company Novartis got more out of its $1.2 million payment to Mr. Trump’s “personal attorney” Michael Cohen than had been known. Meanwhile, several other drugmakers defied Mr. Trump’s lofty prediction by raising their prices substantially, while his administration shot down a proposal that would have helped individual states lower their drug costs. (7/17)
Stat: Hospitals Can Save Money On Drugs Without Washington's Help
Hospitals could make great strides in reducing the cost of delivering health care — particularly when it comes to drug costs — through a tight focus on their processes, especially the instructions that are often detailed in electronic health record systems. At many hospitals, drug costs are an expense second only to salaries. A 2016 survey of 712 hospitals by the American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals showed that inpatient drug spending rose 23 percent a year between 2013 and 2015, and by 39 percent on a per-admission basis. (7/16)
Bloomberg: Big Pharma’s Metabolism Is Slowing Down
The biggest players in pharma and biotech firms are in a rut, and even a heroic earnings season might not be enough to lift it out. The broader environment is positive: The Trump administration’s drug-pricing push is for now more sound than fury, the economy is humming, and new treatments are being approved at a rapid clip. And of course there are the benefits still accruing from the recent tax legislation. But pharmaceutical stocks from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co to Novartis AG are lagging behind the market, and a turnaround may not be forthcoming. It’s getting tougher to find blockbusters, which may make it difficult to deliver the returns investors are accustomed to, even if the latest crop of earnings come in strong. (Max Nisen, 7/16)
The Bakersfield Californian: How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices
One of Donald Trump's more memorable promises on the campaign trail was to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Polls show this issue remains popular with Americans, especially lower-income families, who are worried about high drug prices. Of course, the entire concept of drug prices' being "too high" is subjective. Drugs are too expensive ... compared with what? Certainly not compared with not having the drugs available at all. If you suffer from the intense pain of migraine headaches or have been diagnosed with lung cancer, how much would you pay for a drug to help you? I have friends who have children who are afflicted with epilepsy or rare and fatal blood diseases, and they say they would literally give up everything they have for treatments to cure their children. (Stephen Moore, 7/16)
Forbes: 4 Regulations That Would Terrify U.S. Drug Companies Ahead Of The 2018 Midterms
If you’re a powerful American drug company, then you’ve had a strange couple of months. In that time, you’ve experienced a rainbow of emotions: fear, relief and, now, confusion and anxiety. The roller-coaster ride, as you recall, began in mid-May when President Trump stood alongside HHS Secretary Alex M. Azar, in the Rose Garden of the White House, in front of a sign reading “Lower Drug Prices for Americans.” (Robert Pearl, 7/16)
Delaware Online: Why Are Drug Prices So High? Blame Big Money In Politics.
Champagne corks were popping on Wall Street on May 11. President Trump had just delivered his “American Patients First” speech to address the soaring cost of prescription drugs. Investors in the pharmaceutical sector had reason to celebrate there were few teeth in the president’s new policy, and the ones that were there had unspecified timelines. At the closing bell that day, the pharmaceutical sector had surged 2.7 percent on the S&P 500. (Judith Butler, 7/17)
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The Hill: Overcoming Health-Care Challenges By Moving From Volume To Value
While we served in different administrations, we faced similar challenges in trying to improve the nation’s health-care system. The basic goal was to improve the quality of the care delivered and moderate the costs. While there are several key reforms that will help us address this challenge, one idea that nearly all health leaders in the Bush, Obama and Trump administrations agree on is that we need to move as quickly as possible from a fee-for-service, volume-based model to a health system that pays for what happens to the patients — the outcome or value of care. (Kathleen Sebelius and Tommy G. Thompson, 7/18)
The Baltimore Sun: $24 Billion For Single Payer In Maryland Sounds Like A Lot — Until You Consider How Much We Spend Now
You can feel the glee radiating from Gov. Larry Hogan’s re-election campaign at The Sun’s report Tuesday on a Department of Legislative Services estimate of what it would cost to implement a Maryland single-payer health care plan like the one Democrat Ben Jealous is proposing in this year’s election. The grand total — about $24 billion in new state spending, which is more than half of the entire existing state budget — sounds like an enormous amount of money, and it fits right in with the Hogan campaign’s efforts to paint Mr. Jealous as a wild-eyed tax-and-spend liberal, if not outright socialist. (7/17)
The Washington Post: Did We Win The War On Poverty?
“Based on historical standards of material wellbeing and the terms of engagement, our War on Poverty is largely over and a success.” That’s from a new report by the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Naturally, the announcement triggered a certain amount of incredulity. Had the CEA visited the nation’s poorer urban, exurban and rural communities? If the War on Poverty is largely over and a success, why does poverty still seem to hold so many fortified positions? (Megan McArdle, 7/17)
The Wall Street Journal: No More Union Skimming
The Supreme Court said in its Janus ruling last month that unions must obtain clear and affirmative consent from public employees before they collect fees. Now the Department of Health and Human Services has taken the first step toward affording home-care providers the same protection against unions that want to confiscate their money on the sly. States receive federal funds to defray the cost of in-home care for the poor and ill or disabled. These caregivers are often family members who devote their time to changing adult diapers, making sure medications get taken as prescribed, and other labors of love. But unions wanted a cut of the cash from Medicaid, the Child Care and Development Fund, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. So they have argued that home-care providers should be counted as dues-paying state employees—regardless of whether caregivers want to join the union. (7/17)
Stat: Insurers Are Helping Shape The Future Of Our Health Care System
It’s one thing to look at America’s health care system as a business leader, legislator, or administrator. It’s quite another to look at it as a patient or a parent. That came into sharp focus when both of my children were born more than five weeks prematurely and suffering from respiratory distress syndrome. Long days became even longer nights in the hospital neonatal intensive care unit. Fear, anxiety, and questions swirled. What are we supposed to do when we get home? What if they stop breathing? Are they going to be OK? (Matt Eyles, 7/18)
Detroit Free Press: Would Abortion Be Legal In Michigan If Roe V. Wade Were Overturned?
Since President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the prospect that a conservative-majority court would overturn Roe v. Wade has been the subject of heated debate. A clear majority of Americans support abortion rights: Seven in 10 Americans oppose overturning Roe, according to the Pew Research Center, and 57% say abortion should be legal in most or all cases. ...If the high court overturned Roe, abortion would be illegal in Michigan. (Nancy Kaffer, 7/18)
The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Problem With Bob Sears' Alternative Vaccination Schedule
Pediatricians work hard to keep children safe. They rely on reams of evidence to support their interventions and spend their careers striving to deliver the best care possible. One voice should not drown out thousands of others simply because that voice invokes unnecessary fears. (Emiliano Tatar, 7/18)
Boston Globe: Proposed Big Hospital Merger Shouldn’t Come At The Expense Of Low-Income Patients
As Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Lahey Health continue to pursue their merger dreams, those questions are front and center. The answers have huge implications for the many residents of the state — many of them working-class and people of color — who worry about becoming collateral damage. (Adrian Walker, 7/17)
The Baltimore Sun: At 78, A Need For Speed
Now that youth has blown away with successive winds, it feels imperative to try to preserve some sense of vitality, of stamina — some recognition in the present of what had been the enthusiasm in the past for a vibrant life, especially as talk about illness and dying is endemic among the elderly. I’m not frail; I exercise at the gym three times a week. But after 30 years of smoking from my mid-teens to early middle-age, I have lung issues. Modern medicine has kept them under control, but I’m limited in what I can do. Take, for instance, the motorcycle course I failed. The lightweight Japanese bikes proved to be too heavy for me. It’s disillusioning and disappointing when the body can’t follow through on what the mind wants it to do. (Richard C. Gross, 7/17)
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Scarlett Johansson Is Reportedly Getting $15 Million for Black Widow Solo Movie
Earlier this year Scarlett Johansson was named the highest-paid actress of 2018. The Marvel star unseated Emma Stone for the title after earning $40.5 million – a sum my brain cannot even fathom – between June of 2017 and this past June. Thanks to this little unknown character she plays named Black Widow (maybe you’ve heard of her), Johansson’s annual salary is about to skyrocket to even crazier degrees.
The Hollywood Reporter has a new item revealing Johansson’s payday for her upcoming Black Widow solo movie: $15 million. Psh, peanuts right?! In all seriousness though, that’s pretty damn incredible. That’s the same amount Chris Hemsworth and Chris Evans earned for Infinity War alone. So it only took her, you know, five Marvel movies to make the same amount as her male co-stars. The figure is way beyond the $500,000 Robert Downey Jr. took home for his first Iron Man outing, but also nothing close to the alleged $50 million payday he got for the first Avengers.
Her Black Widow salary is also record number for a Marvel spinoff not starring a white man. Reports claimed Chadwick Boseman earned $2 million for Black Panther, while Brie Larson is said to have taken home $5 million for Captain Marvel. So clearly, Marvel is upping their salaries for their solo spinoffs. It’s also worth noting though that this figure is just a report, and a Marvel rep disputed the number to THR, noting that the studio “never publicly disclose[s] salaries or deal terms.”
Black Widow is being directed by Cate Shortland (Lore, Berlin Syndrome), the first woman to solo direct a Marvel movie – Captain Marvel is being co-directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, while Chloe Zhao was recently named as the director for The Eternals. Black Widow doesn’t have a release date yet, but we’ll see Johansson’s superhero return next May in Avengers 4.
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Seven Unanswered Questions From the Original Star Wars Films
June 9th, 2018 by Oren Ashkenazi
A favorite pastime of internet nerds is to put the new Star Wars films under a microscope and ask questions about anything doesn’t make sense. We ask how the First Order became so powerful after the Empire’s fall, how Maz got a hold of Luke’s lightsaber, and why Holdo was so secretive about her plan to keep everyone from dying.
These questions are fine, so long as they are asked in good faith. Star Wars is a multi-billion-dollar franchise, so it can withstand a little critiquing, and it’s important to hold storytellers to high standards if we want better stories. But sometimes it seems like we exchange our critical lens for rose-colored glasses whenever we look at the original Star Wars films. Because we’ve had those movies in our cultural lexicon for so long, it’s easy to forget that they contain plenty of plot holes and inconsistencies themselves. Here are just a few of the questions we’d probably ask if the original trilogy were released today.
1. Why Fly Down the Trench?
The Death Star Trench Run is one of the most iconic sequences in film history. It is masterfully shot, seamlessly melding WWII-style attack runs into a space environment. It puts the heroes in a desperate fight against the odds and magnifies their triumph when Luke makes his one-in-a-million shot. It also raises a serious question: Why fly down the trench at all?
Flying down a long, confined trench seems like the opposite of what the Rebels should be doing. Remember that one-in-a-million shot? One of the reasons it’s so hard is the pilot has to arc the shot so the torpedoes are moving directly perpendicular to the direction they were fired. The original film didn’t show this, but the special edition did, and it looks ridiculous. If the Rebels had simply flown straight down toward the exhaust port, they could have lined up a much easier firing angle.
At first, it seems like the trench is used to shield Rebel fighters from the Death Star’s turbolaser turrets. But that doesn’t make sense either. Not only is it explicitly shown that the turrets are too slow to hit the Rebel ships, but there are turrets in the trench too! So all flying in the trench accomplishes is giving the fighters less space to maneuver.
Then the Imperial fighters show up and raise even more questions. The film acts like once the Rebel ships have started their trench run, there’s nothing that can be done to help them. So the Imperials fly up behind them and blast them apart with ease. Why aren’t any of the other Rebel ships trying to help them by shooting into the trench? You know, the thing that Han Solo does to save Luke at the end? For that matter, why are the Imperials getting into the trench with the Rebels instead of shooting at them from above?
2. Why Does Luke Leave the Wampa Cave?
The first problem our heroes must overcome in Empire Strikes Back isn’t Darth Vader or an Imperial fleet – it’s the hostile environment of their frozen world. Hoth is not only so cold that it doesn’t have enough life to “fill a space cruiser,” but it is also home to a powerful apex predator: the wampa.*
The wampa makes its dramatic entrance when it knocks Luke out cold and drags him and his tauntaun mount to its lair. Cut to the next scene, where Luke makes his dramatic escape by levitating his lightsaber and chopping off the wampa’s arm. He then flees the cave to face the frigid temperatures of a Hoth blizzard, where only the timely arrival of Han Solo saves him from freezing to death.*
Except… why did Luke leave the cave? It was almost certainly warmer than outside, both because ice is great for trapping heat and because there’s no wind chill. Plus, the remains of Luke’s tauntaun, and therefore all his equipment and supplies, were there.
The obvious answer is that there was a wampa in the cave, but the wampa was no threat to Luke. He could have dispatched it with a single swing of his lightsaber, assuming it didn’t die from shock and blood loss after losing its arm. Then he could have made wampa steaks to sustain him while he waited for the blizzard to die down.
Instead, Luke runs out into the cold and almost dies for no reason. One could argue that he panicked and wasn’t thinking clearly, but this is a guy who can face down Death Stars, Imperial walkers, and a Dark Lord of the Sith without blinking. It seems unlikely that a wampa would crack his cool. Ironically, the sequence would actually have worked much better if it had gone the way Mark Hamill thought it would. Supposedly, he was under the impression that his lightsaber swing was only to scare the wampa, not hurt it.* At that point, it would make perfect sense to flee the cave.
3. Why Doesn’t Vader Force Choke Luke?
Luke and Vader clash twice in the original trilogy, and both times their fight is decided by skill with a lightsaber. It’s not hard to see why. The lightsaber is a deadly blade that can cut through nearly anything, and it can block blaster bolts.* It is a powerful weapon in a Force user’s arsenal.
The only problem is that by the time father and son cross blades, it has already been well established that Vader can incapacitate his foes just by raising a hand. I am referring of course to the famous Force choke. Vader normally uses it on underperforming subordinates, but presumably it doesn’t have a friendly fire requirement, so why not use it on young Skywalker?
A Force choke has several notable advantages over a lightsaber. For one thing, it can’t be blocked or deflected. In fact, as far as we know from the films, there’s no defense against it all. Second, the choke has much greater range, meaning Vader could defeat his son without ever putting himself in danger. Finally, Vader’s goal in the Cloud City duel is to capture Luke, and a Force choke is a much better way to do that.*
Of course, it’s possible that Luke has some kind of defense against a Force choke, perhaps taught to him by Yoda. But if that’s part of the Dagobah curriculum, it’s never shown on screen. Instead, Yoda spends most of his time teaching Luke to levitate rocks.* We also see clearly that Luke has no defense against Vader using the Force to hurl heavy objects at him, which at least indicates he doesn’t have an anti-choking shield.
Even if Luke did have a way to protect his throat from Vader, a Force choke would probably still have been worth trying. As far as Vader knows, Luke has received no instruction in the Force since Obi-Wan died, so he’d have no reason to expect Luke could block such an attack.
4. How Did the Falcon Cross the Void Without a Hyperdrive?
While the Millennium Falcon is a super cool ship, it’s also notoriously temperamental. Case in point: its hyperdrive malfunctions when Han, Leia, Chewie, and C-3PO try to escape from the Hoth system, leaving them stranded. They are forced to play cat and mouse with the Imperial navy at sublight speeds until they finally slip away by pretending to be a piece of space trash.*
But that still leaves the Falcon’s crew in quite the pickle. They’re stuck in the Hoth system, with no way to – wait, no, apparently that’s wrong. When Leia asks where they are, Han says, “The Anoat system.” Okay, I’m sure there’s a reasonable explanation for that. Maybe the planet Hoth is in the Anoat system? No, that can’t be right. Earlier in the film Vader and his underlings clearly say the Hoth system.
Somehow, the Falcon has crossed the gulf between star systems at sublight speeds and seems to have taken a few hours at most. Even if we’re really generous and say that each cut between scenes on the Falcon represents days, that’s still absurdly fast. If the ship can fly that fast at sublight speeds, then what is the hyperdrive even for?
Maybe there’s still a chance to explain this. Han and the Empire could be using maps with different names for the same system! Like how if you have a globe from before 1989, it insists that Yugoslavia is a place that exists. Admittedly, that’s a pretty slender thread, and even it breaks because Leia had to ask where they were in terms of star systems. If the Falcon were traveling at anything close to sublight speeds, they’d still be in the system they started in.
Just to add more confusion, secondary sources insist that Cloud City, the place Han and company go next, is in yet another system. That means the Millenium Falcon traveled across three different star systems without once breaking the speed of light. That’s almost as bizarre as Han being able to see the blast of Starkiller Base from half a galaxy away. The only explanation I can come up with is that the Star Wars galaxy is really, really small. The size of a single solar system at most.
5. Why Did They Knowingly Lead the Empire to Yavin?
After being captured by the Death Star’s tractor beam, our heroes stage a daring escape. You probably remember it: jail breaks, trash compactors, lightsaber duels, all the good stuff. But in retrospect, it does seem a little too easy. The Death Star had thousands of Stormtroopers on board. Could they really not stop a handful of Rebels from reaching their ship? And once the Falcon was in space, did the Death Star really only have four TIE fighters to send after it?
Fortunately, Vader and Tarkin have a scene that explains everything. They let the Falcon escape with a tracker on board so it would lead them to the Rebellion’s secret base. Well, that makes sense. Good catch, writers!* But then they have to go and un-catch it when Leia reveals that she also knows the ship is being tracked. You might remember the exchange; it goes like this:
LEIA: That doesn’t sound too hard. They let us go. It’s the only explanation for the ease of our escape.
HAN: Easy… you call that easy!
LEIA: They’re tracking us!
HAN: Not this ship, sister.
Why not this ship, Han? What is it about your flying rust-bucket that makes it immune to tracking? We never find out because they move on to discussing other topics. This leave us wondering not only why Han thinks his ship can’t be tracked but also why Leia doesn’t press the point. We’re left to conclude that she leads the Death Star to Yavin on purpose.
That’s beyond nonsensical. What if the Rebel technicians hadn’t found the Death Star’s weak point? What if the Rebel pilots had missed their one-in-a-million shot? For that matter, what if the Death Star had brought along a single Star Destroyer for escort? Any of those would have led to the Rebellion’s destruction, when all the characters had to do was stop somewhere long enough to find the tracker and disable it.
The only explanation I can think of is that the Death Star would have been hard to find and attack if it hadn’t been lured to Yavin. Maybe Leia didn’t think they’d get another chance and decided to gamble everything. You’d think the other Rebel leaders would have had something to say about that.
6. When Does Luke Learn to Use a Lightsaber?
One of the common complaints about the new Star Wars films is that it doesn’t make sense that Rei can use a lightsaber so well because she was never trained with one. It turns out that this is actually a Star Wars tradition, dating back to Luke Skywalker himself.
Before the duel in Empire Strikes back, we see exactly one scene where Luke trains with a lightsaber, on board the Falcon in New Hope. In that scene, he is specifically learning to block blaster bolts, not fight another lightsaber-armed opponent. We can be pretty sure Obi-Wan didn’t train Luke at any other time, because they had only met a day or so ago at most, and then Obi-Wan dies.
Yet somehow, Luke is really good at sword fighting by the time he journeys to Cloud City. Maybe Yoda trained him? It’s technically possible, but we spend a lot of time on the Dagobah training sequence, and lightsabers are never even mentioned. As noted, Yoda spends most of the time training Luke to levitate rocks. Indeed, the idea of Yoda training Luke with a lightsaber feels more than a little silly, considering Yoda’s general thoughts on war not making one great. Before the prequels, it didn’t seem like Yoda even had a lightsaber.
Maybe Luke trained himself? It’s always possible he downloaded* some manuals on fencing and practiced in a mirror. But trying to learn any skill on your own is difficult, and it’s doubly so for a physical skill like sword fighting. Without an experienced teacher, it’s really hard to tell what you’re doing wrong, and with a weapon as deadly as a lightsaber, even a training accident could be lethal.
There are, of course, more outlandish options. Maybe Luke bought a martial arts droid and trained with it, or maybe someone in the Rebellion just happened to be a retired fencing instructor. But that level of headcanon can explain almost anything. At least the new Star Wars films establish that Rey is already trained with a staff, which is a melee weapon even if it’s not used exactly the same way a lightsaber is.* Luke didn’t even get that much.
7. How Does the Rebel Fleet Win at Endor?
The Battle of Endor is a desperate fight for the Rebellion. Their fleet is trapped between the second Death Star on one side and the Imperial fleet on the other. It’s hard to say exactly how many Star Destroyers the Empire brought to this fight, but it’s enough to fill an entire screen. Fortunately, Rebel fighters are able to fly inside the Death Star and destroy it, at which point the Imperial fleet… leaves?
Hang on, what happened to that entire screen full of Star Destroyers? I don’t know, and the film doesn’t ever say. The Falcon flies out of the exploding Death Star, and the Imperial ships are just gone. It’s unclear if they were all destroyed or if they left.
Both options are unlikely. The Imperial fleet outnumbered and outgunned the Rebel fleet by a huge margin. Each Star Destroyer is at least as powerful as the biggest Rebel cruisers, and most of the Rebel fleet is made up of smaller support ships. The Rebels get lucky when they destroy the Super Star Destroyer, but the Empire still has more than enough firepower to wipe them out.
The Imperial fleet running away is slightly more likely, but it still doesn’t make sense. While history is full of examples where a superior army fled the field, that sort of route is usually caused by imperfect information. One group of soldiers breaks and runs, and then their friends break and run, not knowing that the battle as a whole is still in their favor. This behavior spreads until the entire force is in retreat.
That probably didn’t happen at Endor. As far as we can tell, Star Wars ships have nearly perfect information of what’s going on around them. That makes sense, since they’re in space and there’s very little to hide behind. Any Imperial commander worth their stripes should have looked at the remaining forces and concluded that the Rebels were doomed.
Secondary Star Wars sources have a truly bizarre explanation for this: the Emperor was using his Force powers to coordinate the Imperial fleet, and when he died, the officers were so disoriented that they could no longer fight effectively. Not only is there no indication of this in the film, but it’s hard to imagine why he would even bother. His fleet had the Rebels dead to rights, so why waste concentration on a needless exertion of power?
The original Star Wars films are triumphs of cinema. Not only are they great movies, but they also showed that science fiction could be successful with a mass market, and they influenced the way films have been made for decades. But they are not perfect. No film, no matter how beloved, is completely free of problems. That’s something we should remember when we type up our critiques of the new films, lest we let our nostalgia for what came before distort our judgment.
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How you can have a huge apex predator with no life around for it to eat is another question.
And also gifts us with beautiful puns about the inside of a tauntaun being Lukewarm.
Mark Hamill is just a really sweet guy who doesn’t like the idea of maiming a hungry animal.
Granted, this is a lot easier when blaster bolts travel at the speed of a fast baseball.
Of course, choking can also kill someone, but it’s better than dismembering Luke with a laser sword.
A power Luke never uses against Vader, weirdly.
Some would say the Falcon doesn’t need to pretend very hard in this respect.
Or possibly editors, since the Death Star attacking Yavin is largely the work of the Star Wars editing team.
Does a galaxy far, far away even have internet?
To be fair, in film fight choreography, every weapon is pretty much the same.
Martin Christopher
Why they knowingly led the death star to the rebel base has a very banal answer. Last minute script changes after the main filming had already ended. Originally there was no tracking device and the death star never threatened the rebel base. But during editing they realized that this isn’t heroically dramatic enough. And so they quickly threw some new shots together to have the death star attack the rebel base.
Which is the reason why during the battle both the rebel and imperial commanders are only silently staring at screens and all the dialog is off screen radio communication. That’s what they were able to get on such short notice. You also never see the huge red planet in the sky at any point during the battle, even though the establishing shot of the death star puts it right next to it.
Having Leia say she is certain that they are being tracked addes a minor plot hole though. Still worth it, I would say.
Reply to Martin Christopher
The easy answer to all of the above questions: Deus Ex Machina. The trench made for a good action sequence, Han finding Luke almost dead was more dramatic, the lightsaber duel was a great action sequence, the ship needed to get to the next step on their trip for story reasons, otherwise the big action sequence of Star Wars would never happen, Luke knowning how to use a lightsaber was necessary for the big fight, they just won.
You could also have asked why C-3PO is recognized as a protocol unit by Own Lars (and we see others of his kind in Empire and Return), if Anakin actually built him from scratch. That is an error which George didn’t care for, either.
The important thing about Star Wars is that it ultimately is all about heroics and spectacles. More than most movies, it makes a lot of sense to compare it to mythology. It’s not meant to be a whodunit that can be decrypted rationally, or a logic based exploration of technological developments. It’s not a puzzle to be figured out through reasoning, but made to be an emotional experience that evokes feelings of wonder and heroism.
What really matters is what the characters are feeling when they make their choices and that this comes across to the audience as authentic. Strict logical consistency was never a priority, nor an intention. They are movies that try to make you feel, not to make you think.
Which is one of the shortcomings of the new movies, since they try to set up mysteries and imply that they are puzzles that can be figured out and will make sense, which draws attention to the logic holes that didn’t matter before.
Rey is already trained with a staff, which is a melee weapon even if it’s not used exactly the same way a lightsaber is.
I’ve run into several people who have praised her initial fight with Kylo Ren for exactly that – the mistakes she starts out making being consistent with someone using a sword when they’re used to a staff.
catfips
The final question is answered in the books and comics leading up to TFA as a year after the Battle of Endor the RA had their decisive victory over the Empire at Jakku. The Empire’s forces retreated aftet Endor and regrouped only to be beaten at Jakku.
Reply to catfips
the best question you should be asking is why luke is so boring without vader…he is only interesting because of his father, nothing more
Most of this is answered with one real difference, Audience Expectation and Imagination. When those movies were made, people would ‘inject’ their own thoughts into the little info given..
People didn’t need everything spelled out for them, and it led to great conversations after you watched a movie with the person who wasn’t paying attention.
“The entrance to the trench had less lasers, vs exhaust ports are near the engines and need more coverage against attack” was one I heard as a kid, “the Wampa cave smelled bad, was underground (no tracking) and no-one would have found him before they left the planet” was my take on it back then, how many weeks and months happened between events, Luke learning to fight, Chewie fixing the hyperdrive while on a asteroid. Even conversations could have jokes in them, and having Han ignore a ‘womans point of view’, even thought she’s likely right (and was). I mean how long do you think Luke was training with Yoda? months? years? It felt like at least 9 months.
Reply to Bane
MichelleZed
All these are great questions except there’s an easy answer to why Vader didn’t force choke Luke: because he didn’t want to.
Reply to MichelleZed
Okay, I’ll bite. Why not?
Perhaps he was burning for a real fight? He didn’t force-choke Obi-Wan in A New Hope, either. Not many Jedi left, he probably hasn’t had a decent sword fight in years and Luke is younger than Obi-Wan and thus more of a challenge.
American Charioteer
Or he knew that Luke was his son and still hoped that they could join together to overthrow the emperor. Or he was just overconfident. It still doesn’t explain why he didn’t force chock Luke when he was losing in Return of the Jedi, there is probably some soft cannon explanation about how Jedi are resistant to direct force effects. That conflicts with Obi-Wan and Ankin’s fight in Revenge of the Sith, however. (A similar question has been brought up in regard to using the force to deactivate lightsabers or other equipment).
Reply to American Charioteer
Vader wanting a good fight is reasonably plausible, but it takes a lot out of the fight scenes if we assume Vader could have ended it as any moment, and as pointed out it doesn’t really work once he starts losing.
As for the idea of trying to turn Luke, his goal in Empire Strikes Back is to capture Luke in carbonate, so I don’t see how force choking would make that worse, especially since he was read to lop off limbs.
Of course there is a soft canon explanation, lots of soft canon explanations, but there’s a soft canon explanation for literally everything in Star Wars. In this case, it’s basically that Jedi can cancel each other’s force powers, which is pretty contrived. This is what happens when you want your space wizards to fight with swords but also give them powers that are way more efficient than swords.
I also remember Jedi using the force choke against each other in the old EU and the only one who could cancel it was a guy who happened to control wind and air with his powers.
This is hurting my brain a bit. In the original trilogy Darth Vader is undoubtedly a badass, but I don’t remember any scenes where he was enthusiastic about doing anything evil. He always knew that Luke was his son so their ‘fights’ would have been little more than sparing as far as Vader was concerned. So doesn’t that make Lukes level of training irrelevant?
I haven’t seen The Last Jedi, but surely a malnourished noob with a with a hand full of lessons under their belt defeating a warlord who’s been trained at arms by professional sword-masters their entire life is a bit far fetched?
3. Why doesn’t Vader force choke Luke? In the instances of force-people fighting force-people in the movies, nobody is every force-choked. At best we get quick Force-pushes here and there; or the Force is used indirectly to throw objects and such. I would guess that Force-Choking simply didn’t work on anyone with any kind of Force training.
So why would a choke be easier to defend against than a push or “thrown” objects? Well, a throat is a smaller target than an entire body, especially a vigorously moving body in a lightsaber duel. A push is a wide application of energy, whereas a choke may require more precision and focus.
Some other Star Wars media ignores this, but I never really gave a hang about any media outside the movies themselves.
6. When does Luke learn to use a lightsaber? I have a theory about Jedi lightsaber use that is supported by circumstantial evidence in the movies, and contradicted by the novels and other media that talk about different lightsaber fighting styles like they are Fencing Schools and such.
I don’t think Jedi are trained to use lightsabers at all. I think they use the Force to “intuitively” wield them. That’s how Obi Wan trains Luke in the first movie. And that explains how Rey can do it so naturally too. What it doesn’t explain is how Finn can fight with one as well as he does. Perhaps his Storm Trooper Melee Weapon training helps him here.
Shawn H Corey
Because there’s fewer gun turrets in the trench.
Because Luke is from a hot desert planet and does know much about winter survival.
Why doesn’t Vader force choke Obi-wan? Why doesn’t Obi-wan force choke Vader? Because force users can easily counter the force choke.
Plot contrivance.
To lead it away from other targets, like innocence planets.
In the cave on Dagobah.
Only the emperor knew the security codes and after he died, they couldn’t communicate effectively.
Reply to Shawn H Corey
Why is there a trench?
Reply to Leon
Yup. A flat surface would have been much easier to defend.
I just realised; the reason there’s a trench. Galen Erso.
On 3…the force choke against Jedi.
“The force can have a powerful influence on the weak minded.”
So logically the Jedi must be immune to the force choke.
Wait, the Dantooine Ambush plot failed because the Death Star didn’t actually turn up???
I mean, it’s pretty clear Solo’s pride was stronger than Leia’s rationality.
Plus, I’m pretty sure Hoth wasn’t Leia’s first rodeo when it came to abandoning bases. I’m pretty sure Yavin wasn’t either.
Rose Embolism
Nice refrigerator logic thread. I’ve brought up some of these questikns, like #1 myself.
Probably because the universe isn’t Einsteinian. We know it’s got some sort of atmosphere in space, and theres a fundamental force that holdss everything together. Stars may be close enough to travel to without hyperspace, and the speed of light may be only a couple thousand miles per hour.
I think it’s interesting that if you go by the movies, both lightsaber use and the Force seems to be really easy to pick up. Makes you wonder what the hell the Jedi were teaching their students.
I like to think that the Emperor’s contingency plan in case of death was to send a message to each Star Destroyer commander telling them that they, and they only are the heir to the Emperor’s throne.
OK, now here’s my question:
8. Why were there any Rebel capital ships at Endor?
I mean, think about it: the attack on the Death Star could only be performed by starfighters. Likewise, starfighters can either dodge or take out capital ships. And we see that all Rebellion starfighters have hyperdrives, so they don’t need to be ferried to the battlefield.
So what actual purpose is there for the Rebel capital ships to be at Endor? All they do is complicate the lives of the fighter pilots by needing to be defended.
Reply to Rose Embolism
To #8: Starfighters of the rebel alliance can technically cross hyperspace, but usually are deployed by bigger ships. In addition, while starfighters can do a lot of damage, it’s easier and more likely for a bigger fighter to bring down a Star Destroyer. So the rebels brought a large fleet to counter the large fleet of the Empire.
Google the roles of different types of ships, is very interesting how they work together. Frigates and destroyers are optimised for taking down fighters and electronic warfare, destroyers and cruisers are optimised for putting big holes in big targets, cruisers and battle ships are optimised for totally ruining the other admerals day in about every way you can imagine. And all of these ships are required for getting the fighters inside the Deathstars effective range.
Unless you can come out of hyper space inside the trench ?
(Of course, there is a lot of cross over in roles and capabilities and designations change over time and i’m certain i am mixing up time periods and didn’t describe a few things, i’m just pointing out the mind boggling variety of warships)
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Super Freak
by Ricky Sanders · March 6, 2016
LF | HOU
RotoBaller News and Updates
Houston Astros outfielder Derek Fisher has a chance to make an impact for the World Champions, according to Jake Kaplan of The Athletic. The 24-year-old Fisher struggled in 146 MLB at-bats last season, batting just .212 with five home runs and a .663 OPS. However, Fisher batted .318 with 21 home runs and 66 RBI in 84 Triple-A and the Astros feel like he can make that kind of impact on the MLB roster. "I think he's major league ready," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said of Fisher. "It's a matter of whether or not he can be consistent enough to fight for some playing time." According to Kaplan, Fisher spent much of his offseason working out in West Palm Beach, Florida with Jeff Albert, the first-year Astros assistant hitting coach, looking to improve his consistency. Kaplan says that if Fisher underperforms, Marwin Gonzalez will get more opportunities in left field while Jake Marisnick would also get a chance as a platoon player.
Alex Abrines
SG | OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder shooting guard Alex Abrines (hip) is probable for Thursday's game against the Sacramento Kings. He participated in non-contact work on Tuesday and practiced fully on Wednesday. He suffered an injury on Feb. 14 before the All-Star break. It sounds like a minor injury, so Abrines should be ready to play on Thursday. Abrines will be looking at minutes in the low 20s and is really only an option in deeper leagues at the moment.
De'Aaron Fox
PG | SAC
Sacramento Kings point guard De'Aaron Fox (pink eye) has been ruled out of Thursday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Kings have decided to ruled him out early and he won't be in the arena on Thursday. Frank Mason (foot) is probable for this contest and may draw the start. Garrett Temple , Bogdan Bogdanovic and Buddy Hield are expected to see extended playing time as well. Fox will play big minutes when healthy and should be owned in most leagues.
SF | MEM
Memphis Grizzlies forward Chandler Parsons (knee) did not practice on Thursday. Head coach J.B. Bickerstaff said that Parsons absence was due to his knee injury. He returned to the lineup on Feb. 14, but is in danger of missing Friday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Grizzlies will give Parsons plenty of rest in the second half of the season. Memphis begins a back-to-back set on Friday, so we'll see if Parsons plays at all this weekend. He should be left on the waiver wire right now.
Skal Labissiere
PF | SAC
Sacramento Kings forward/center Skal Labissiere (shoulder) is questionable for Thursday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was ruled out 2-3 weeks as of Feb. 1, but he sounds like he's almost ready to play. His shoulder has responded well to the extended rest during the All-Star break. The Kings are expected to play their young players often in the second half of the season. He has enough upside worth owning in most leagues. Owners should check back closer to tip-off for an update on Skal. Zach Randolph will likely continue to see more playing time if Skal is sidelined on Thursday.
1B | SD
Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports the Padres are not concerned where Eric Hosmer bats in the order. Hosmer brings a career .342 on-base percentage, including .385 last season, to one of the league's worst disciplined teams. The Padres had a miserable .299 OBP in 2017. Manager Andy Green hopes Hosmer's patient approach permeates the team and injects a needed dose of plate awareness. The new Padres first baseman primarily batted cleanup in Kansas City, but also saw swings second and third in the order. Regardless where he hits, Hosmer will be somewhere in the heart of the lineup and any value he loses in RBI potential could be substituted by runs.
RF | ARI
According to Christopher Smith of masslive.com, there will not be a press conference today to officially announce the signing of J.D. Martinez by the Boston Red Sox. The reason is the physical has yet to be completed. There is no additional word regarding any specifics of the physical is causing the hold up. Smith also reported that Martinez' agent Scott Boras is also in town for the announcement; pending any sudden turn of events, the press conference is expected to occur in the next day or so.
P | SD
The San Diego Padres announced their starters for the first three spring training games this weekend. Brett Kennedy gets the nod Friday, followed by Tyson Ross on Saturday and Bryan Mitchell on Sunday. Ross signed a minor league deal after being a non-factor in 2016 and 2017. Ross is currently fantasy-irrelevant, but if he makes the team and performs, he could be someone to watch on the wire in April or May. Kennedy is a 23-year-old prospect that went 13-7 with a 3.70 ERA in Double-A last season. Mitchell was part of the Chase Headley deal with the Yankees and has struggled with a career 4.94 ERA in the majors.
Yasmany Tomas
LF | ARI
According to Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic, Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Yasmany Tomas looks to have a hard time securing a roster spot, let alone a spot in the starting lineup. The acquisitions of outfielders Steven Souza Jr. and Jarrod Dyson secured the most likely spots Tomas could play in the outfield. Among 12 other position players, there is depth even behind Dyson as the fourth outfielder. Tomas in incapable of providing league-average defense at any position, which further hurts his chances. Unfortunately, Tomas is still owed approximately $46 million of his contract. The likely route for Tomas will be to be designated for assignment, and he will have to report and use the time to improve his basic fundamentals. The only other option is to walk away from the contract altogether, as it is unlikely that he would get claimed by any other team or the Diamondbacks would take on another bad contract in a trade. Tomas should not be on any of your rosters.
P | SF
San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy has announced that starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner will start on Opening Day. This comes as no surprise as he is one of the best pitchers in the game. Bumgarner spent time on the disabled list in 2017 for the first time his career after injuring his shoulder. He came back in the second half and overall had a 3.32 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 101 strikeouts in 111 innings. He'll have a tough task opening up versus the Dodgers, but remains one of the best pitchers in the game and should be one of the first 10 pitchers off your board.
PG | PHO
Phoenix Suns point guard Tyler Ulis (back) did not practice on Thursday. He returned last week from his back injury, but played just nine minutes. Elfrid Payton has been playing well and eating up plenty of minutes as the starting point guard. The Suns are expected to use Devin Booker at PG on occasion. There is a good chance that Ulis does not play some nights even when healthy. He should be on the waiver wire in all leagues now.
3B | OAK
Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman left camp for an examination on his right hand, according to Jane Lee of MLB.com. Chapman was missing from Thursday's workouts, as he was in Los Angeles for an MRI on his hand. According to Lee, the results are not yet known, but the A's don't believe the injury to be serious. Chapman only hit .234 with 14 home runs and 40 RBIs in 84 games during his rookie campaign, but is more known for his glove. If Chapman had to miss an extended period of time, it would open up an opportunity for Renato Nunez , who is out of options and seeking a bench job, or Chad Pinder . None of those players are near the fantasy radar.
C | PHO
Phoenix Suns center Tyson Chandler (neck) sat out of practice on Thursday and is getting an MRI on his neck. Chandler missed Wednesday's game before the All-Star break and the week off apparently did not help.The Suns said they do not plan to rest players this season, but will likely be careful with Chandler. Alex Len will likely be the best candidate to start if Chandler is forced to miss time. He'll be worth a look with Chandler sidelined, but Len has a history with injuries and has not done much when given the opportunity. Dragan Bender might be a better option than Len at this point.
SS | TEX
Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus (back) is aiming to return to workouts in Rangers camp on Friday. Andrus has been resting for the last couple of days after coming down with back spasms. The 29-year-old shortstop carries huge fantasy potential into the 2018 season after slashing .297/.337/.471 with 20 home runs, 88 RBI, 25 stolen bases, and 100 runs scored over 158 games in 2017.
SG | LAC
Los Angeles Clippers guard Avery Bradley (groin) has been ruled out of Thursday's game against the Golden State Warriors. This injury could linger the rest of the season and head coach Doc Rivers said Bradley was 50/50 for this contest. Austin Rivers and Milos Teodosic should pick up a few extra minutes on Thursday. Tyrone Wallace will draw the start for Bradley against the Warriors. Wallace has deep league appeal, but probably should be left on the wire in standard leagues. Bradley is a cut-candidate, especially with his poor play this season.
Marcus Smart
PG | BOS
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (thigh) is probable to play against the Detroit Pistons on Friday. He sat out of Thursday's practice due to a thigh bruise. He's been cleared to return from his hand injury, but he has a thigh issue now. The good news is that this thigh issue is said to be minor, so Smart is fully expected to play on Friday. Owners will need to check back on Friday for an update on his status and possible restrictions. Terry Rozier is expected to see less minutes with Smart back in the rotation.
Reggie Bullock
SF | DET
Detroit Pistons guard/forward Reggie Bullock (illness) has returned to practice on Thursday. He sat out on Wednesday, but he's back now and is expected to suit up for Friday's game against Boston. Official confirmation on his status will have to wait until sometime on Friday, but Bullock should be ready to go. He's emerged as the best wing to own in Detroit and has been impressive over the last couple of weeks.
Boston Celtics point guard Shane Larkin (knee) returned to full practice on Thursday. He will make the trip to face the Detroit Pistons on Friday. Head coach Brad Stevens said his return date is still to be determined. Marcus Smart (hand) is expected to return on Friday. Larkin won't see more than a handful of minutes most nights. He should be left on the waiver wire in all leagues.
SF | HOU
Houston Rockets guard/forward Trevor Ariza (hamstring) returned to practice on Wednesday. He is fully expected to play against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday. He's been working at full speed for at least a week. Ariza may not even have a minutes limit when he returns, but no official confirmation on that yet. He suffered his injury on Jan. 28 and he's had three weeks to recover from it. Luc Mbah a Moute , P.J. Tucker and Gerald Green will lose minutes when Ariza returns. He's a must-own player in all leagues.
P | BAL
Baltimore Orioles closer Zach Britton threw on Thursday, according to Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com. Ghiroli points out that this is now nine weeks since he had surgery on his Achilles, but he is still in his boot. He was originally scheduled to throw last week, but, according to Ghiroli, the team changed his schedule. Britton has been looking good thus far in Spring Training, walking around the Orioles' complex. He is hoping that he will be back by May, but manager Buck Showalter says that Britton could miss the entire first half.
Graham Gano
K | CAR
The Carolina Panthers are more likely to put the franchise tag on place kicker Graham Gano than offensive guard Andrew Norwell. Gano has been the team's kicker for the last six seasons, and he made 29 of his 30 field goal attempts in 2017, including 10 of 10 from 40 to 49 yards out. However, he missed his only opportunity of 50-plus yards, and he's made 17 of his 31 attempts from 50-plus yards in his career. While Gano doesn't have the strongest kicking leg, he's been consistent for fantasy owners and could have more opportunities for field goals with new offensive coordinator Norv Turner emphasizing stretching the field.
SF | SA
San Antonio Spurs small forward Kawhi Leonard (quadriceps) could miss the rest of the season, according to head coach Gregg Popovich. Leonard was a preseason MVP favorite and a top pick in almost every fantasy league, but he could finish this season with just nine games played. Reports indicate that team doctors have cleared Leonard to return, but he does not feel ready to resume playing basketball. Leonard will likely be ready to go by the start of next season, but questions about his long-term future in San Antonio are starting to emerge.
2B | CLE
Cleveland Indians second baseman/outfielder Jason Kipnis is sitting out the first few Spring Training games due to a sore back. Kipnis himself said his back pain is caused by pushing himself too hard too early on in the spring. He said his body told him to take a break after taking batting practice for two hours a day several days in a row, but he tried to push past it. There's a chance Kipnis will play on Saturday, and this injury truly seems like one not to worry about.
WR | TB
The Tampa police said that the case involving Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver DeSean Jackson 's vehicle that was found crashed with bullets and marijuana is currently inactive. The police don't have any witnesses or evidence to place the driver behind the wheel at the time of the accident. D-Jax said he wasn't driving the car, but it looks like there isn't enough evidence anyway for him to be charged with anything. That's good news, as Jackson was a fantasy disappointment in his first season with the Bucs, catching only 50 passes for 668 yards (career-low 13.4 yards per reception) for three scores in 14 games. It didn't help that quarterback Jameis Winston missed a chunk of time with an arm injury, but Jackson's stock is down entering 2018 in his age-32 season.
PF | ORL
Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon (hip) will return to the lineup on Thursday, but head coach Frank Vogel will be monitoring his minutes. Gordon is Orlando's best player and holds tremendous upside even with his minutes restricted, though, so he's worth plugging back into fantasy lineups. His upside moving forward may be capped somewhat as the Magic have fallen out of playoff contention and the team will look to make sure Gordon is as healthy as possible heading into the offseason.
C | ORL
Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic (hand) returns to the starting lineup on Thursday after a two month absence, but head coach Frank Vogel says he won't play heavy minutes in his return to action. Vucevic is worth owning in all formats, but it might be a little tough to trust him until he gets back to playing a full load. Bismack Biyombo still has deep league fantasy value for now, but that is likely to change once Vucevic is fully worked back into the lineup.
LF | TB
After being curiously designated for assignment by the Rays over the weekend, outfielder Corey Dickerson has found a new home. The Pirates acquired Dickerson on Tuesday in exchange for reliever Daniel Hudson and infield prospect Tristan Gray. What was supposed to be an interesting position battle for the Pirates is no more, as Dickerson should immediately step into the left field role, relegating Adam Frazier to a utility role unless second baseman Josh Harrison is traded. Dickerson was the starting designated hitter for the American League in the 2017 All-Star Game, but he faltered in the second half (80 wRC+), finishing the season with a .282/.325/.490 slash line, 27 home runs, 62 RBI, and 84 runs scored.
C | CHI
Chicago Bulls center Robin Lopez won't play in the team's first post All-Star break game on Thursday. K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune reports that it is head coach Fred Hoiberg's decision to sit Lopez, who had started every game this season for the Bulls. In his absence, expect Cristiano Felicio to play major minutes, but don't expect much of a fantasy impact. If any player in the Chicago front court is worth fantasy consideration in this game, it would be Lauri Markkanen , who projects to be the only big man on the team with enough of an offensive game to succeed against the 76ers.
Brandon Guyer
RF | CLE
Cleveland Indians outfielder Brandon Guyer (wrist) will be shut down for a couple of days to let the inflammation in his left wrist calm down. He will reportedly increase workouts next week. Guyer injured his wrist in the outfield earlier this week, and while there was a lot of concern at first, it seems Guyer may have avoided serious injury this time.
C | LAD
Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal has joined the fly-ball revolution, according to The Athletic's Pedro Moura. Grandal ran into hitting coach Casey Chenoweth, who, ironically, now works for the Giants in the minor leagues, in the offseason and became interested in launch angles as a way to improve his catching. But an adjustment with his hands and launch angle have produced more power for Grandal, which is scary. Grandal led all catchers in the National League with 22 home runs in 438 at-bats last year. While posting his highest BABIP (.298) since 2012, he still hits too many pop-ups. Hopefully this adjustment in launch angle will help that. With the recent announcement that Grandal will be the primary hitter against righties and with this being a walk year, expect his value and ADP to rise.
Matt Bryant
K | ATL
Atlanta Falcons impending unrestricted free-agent place kicker Matt Bryant , who made $2.75 million last season, told his agent, Jordon Woy, that he's already had multiple contract talks with the Falcons. Atlanta wants Bryant back, and the feeling is mutual on his part. Bryant will turn 43 in May, but he made 88.1 percent of his field goals in his nine seasons with the Falcons, including 78 percent from over 50 yards. He currently holds the franchise record with 1,029 points. Despite dealing with various injuries the last several seasons as he ages, Bryant thinks he has plenty left and isn't worried about his body breaking down. There certainly is injury risk with Bryant, but as long as he's on the field and active, he'll be a fantasy viable booter, especially in an offense that remains productive.
Davis Webb
QB | NYG
New York Giants quarterback Davis Webb , who was drafted in the third round under former general manager Jerry Reese and head coach Ben McAdoo, has spoken with new GM Dave Gettleman and new head coach Pat Shurmur and has stated his case to be the future signal caller once Eli Manning is done. "I think there are enough people around the facility that believe in me and believe in my work ethic and believe in my ability to play quarterback one day for this franchise," Webb said. With the second overall pick in the draft, the Giants could select a successor to the 37-year-old Manning or go in another direction and see what they have in Webb. The young quarterback continues to work out and has already started throwing. However, he did nothing to impress with his work ethic in his rookie year, and he didn't see the field at all in a regular season game. The jury remains out on Webb for now.
Case Keenum
QB | MIN
New Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator John DeFilippo praised impending free-agent quarterback Case Keenum . "Case brings a lot to the table. He's athletic, you can change the launch point with him; he had a great deal of production this year, no doubt," DeFilippo said. "The thing you look at is does your quarterback win football games? Case Keenum helped this football team win a lot of football games last year." Whoever ends up starting at quarterback, DeFilippo said they will mold the offense to his strengths. Keeping Keenum would make plenty of sense after the season he had in 2017, but the Vikings first choice will likely be Washington Redskins impending free-agent quarterback Kirk Cousins . DeFilippo also had good things to say about Sam Bradford , but injuries continue to plague him.
Daniel Nava
LF | PIT
Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Daniel Nava (back) has not participated in the team's last two workouts and is "rehab-only," according to director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk. General manager Neal Huntington said the team is hopeful Nava will return quickly, but outfielders Bryce Brentz and Michael Saunders are backup plans in case Nava isn't ready. Nava had good numbers in limited playing time with the Phillies, but he also dealt with back problems last year, too. He has good splits against right-handed hitters, and he could become part of a platoon in left for the Bucs in 2018.
K | IND
Indianapolis Colts place kicker Adam Vinatieri has signed a one-year deal to stay with the team, per NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The Colts re-signing Vinatieri makes sense, as he was one of the most consistent players on the roster in 2017 despite the team's offensive troubles. The 45-year-old Vinatieri is only 58 points shy of passing Morten Andersen for the top spot on the NFL's all-time scoring list, meaning he has a lot to play for and could be a sneaky good kicker play in the upcoming fantasy season should the offense manage to prosper under new head coach Frank Reich.
2B | TOR
Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Devon Travis (knee) is a full participant at Blue Jays camp this spring. Travis missed the final 100 games of the 2017 season after requiring surgery to repair cartilage damage in his right knee, but he has impressed all onlookers so far in Dunedin, Florida. "You watch him move around, and if you didn't know he'd had an injury, you wouldn't think anything of it," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons told Sportsnet.ca. "Really, he looks that good." Travis, mostly a forgotten man in more casual fantasy leagues, might take on some sneaky value in 2018. The second baseman batted .301/.342/.469 with 19 homers, 85 RBI, seven steals, and 92 runs scored over his first 163 major league games between 2015-2016.
P | PIT
Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Joe Musgrove 's (shoulder) right shoulder pain is "minor" and "precautionary," director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said. Musgrove could resume throwing in the "coming days." The former Houston Astro should be fine for Opening Day, but he's currently slightly behind the other pitchers in camp. Musgrove was much better as a reliever for Houston in 2017, as he had a 6.12 ERA and 1.51 WHIP as a starter and 1.44 ERA and 0.86 WHIP in the bullpen. That is bad news, because the Pirates are expected to use him in the rotation, where more growing pains should be expected.
Austin Barnes
Austin Barnes began to feel his elbow "barking" as he prepped for spring training and won't catch during this first week. He will DH instead, according to Dave Roberts. The situation doesn't seem to be serious though he'll be put on a delayed throwing program. Yasmani Grandal was going to be given the majority of starts behind the plate, in any case. Barnes is a sleeper for 2018 after opening some eyes last season with his .895 OPS in 218 AB. He took over the catcher position from Grandal in the playoffs and has second base eligibility. He's a great late-round pick for catcher, especially if Grandal is traded at any point.
Blake Swihart
C | BOS
Boston Red Sox catcher Blake Swihart continues to be the focus of attention and efforts to get more playing time. Manager Alex Cora said that Swihart will focus on catching, outfield and designated hitter for the near future. There is no time yet for Swihart to get repetitions in the infield. "Versatile enough that you never know in an extra inning game, you pinch-run and somebody gets hurt, and then that can help him (versatility) wise," Cora said. The Red Sox have an abundance of talent on the roster, so there are a few players competing for playing time. Swihart will have to excel to separate himself from the rest and ultimately find his way into our fantasy lineups.
Brent Honeywell
P | TB
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher prospect Brent Honeywell had his batting practice session cut short on Thursday and now Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times is saying that he may have a serious injury. According to Topkin, Honeywell's injury is definitely "arm related and of potential major concern". He also said that nothing is confirmed and more information is to be known. Honeywell was "8-10 pitches into his BP session, threw a pitch, and cursed loudly a couple times," according to an earlier report from Topkin. Honeywell is a consensus top-15 prospect in baseball and is coming off of a 2017 season where he went 13-9 with a 3.49 ERA for Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham, striking out 172 batters in 136 2/3 innings.
SS | COL
Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story may be the cleanup hitter for the Rockies at times next season, as manager Bud Black is intrigued by the thought, according to Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post. In his final 23 games last season, Story hit .302 with five homers, eight doubles, two triples and 18 RBI. In 10 games in the cleanup spot, according to Saunders, Story batted .278, posted a .989 OPS, hit two homers and drove in seven runs. The limitations for Story are well known, though, as he set a Rockies record with 191 strikeouts in 2017. "Avoiding the strikeout, putting the ball in play, self-admitted he wasn't good at that early in the year," Black said Wednesday, noting areas Story must improve upon. "So he's got to get to that point. The guys who do knock in runs, the guys who do get it done in situations, those guys put the ball in play. That's where the challenge is for him and the improvement we're talking about."If Story is able to bat behind All-Stars like Charlie Blackmon , D.J. LeMahieu, and Nolan Arenado , he would have 100 RBI upside and could be on his way to becoming a top-10 SS.
LF | BOS
Boston Red Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi has already accomplished in his rookie year what many players fail to reach in their entire career; he joined the 20 homers and 20 steals club. Benintendi attributes his sudden rise to stardom to an offseason before his sophomore season at the University of Arkansas. "I didn't play summer ball in between those two seasons, and I think that just gave me a chance to get bigger and stronger," Benintendi said. He used the time to heal from a quadricep injury and focus on strengthening his upper body. Consequently, Benintendi batted .376 with 20 homers, 13 doubles, two triples and 57 RBIs and won the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy. Benintendi has learned a valuable lesson and has used the last two offseasons to strengthen his lower body. Physically, Benintendi looks ready to revalidate his ticket to the 20/20 club.
P | BOS
Boston Red Sox reliever Joe Kelly walked into the clubhouse with no tape or anything on his ankle, according to Jen McCaffrey of Masslive.com. Kelly was hit by a line drive during batting practice yesterday and had X-rays that turned out to be negative. Kelly had a 2.17 earned run average in 2017, but also allowed 4.19 BB/9. He is not ownable in any leagues, not even hold leagues.
P | CWS
Richard Justice of MLB.com reports that Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Carlos Rodon (shoulder) won't be rushed back in 2018. Rodon underwent arthroscopic shoulder in September and the club is looking to get him healthy for the long term. The left-hander has seen injuries slow the past few seasons for him. General Manager Rick Hahn said, "I'm guessing it's going to be closer to June 1, but until he's actually throwing in games, it's still speculative" in regards to when Rodon will be back. Rodon has shown strong potential when healthy and racks up strikeouts, but for now he makes for a nice late round pick that owners can stash and hope for the best with in 2018.
P | DET
Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Alex Wilson is on record saying he wants to stretch out and make a bid for a spot in the starting rotation this season. He will get his first opportunity in the Tigers' spring opener Thursday. The Tigers will take on Florida Southern University, as is tradition in Lakeland. Wilson has been a reliable reliever in his career, working to a 3.20 ERA and 170 strikeouts through 259 innings. If he's able to crack the rotation, it could mean Daniel Norris or Matt Boyd start the year at Triple-A. Wilson working as a starter could also provide some depth to protect against injuries, as Norris, Michael Fulmer , and Jordan Zimmermann have all had their issues in recent seasons.
RF | TEX
SportsDay's Evan P. Grant believes if Texas Rangers outfielder Nomar Mazara makes a small adjustment, he will be in the conversation for MVP in 2018. Grant is encouraged by Mazara's 100 RBI campaign from a season ago, and believes if he can clean up his approach against lefties then there is more success to come. The soon to be 23-year old is certainly a solid sleeper candidate going into 2018, and Grant is correct that he's done most of his damage against right-handed pitching. While Grant may be a tad optimistic about Mazara reaching the rarefied air of Trout, Altuve, Judge, Betts, and new ALer Stanton, there is no doubt that improving at all will buoy Mazara as a fantasy asset. Currently being drafted around pick 155, according to NFBC, Mazara represents a unique high floor, high ceiling option. If he does not improve on the .577 OPS he put up last season against lefties, which Grant noted included hitting .351 over the final two months of the season, he can still be deployed as a righty masher in daily lineups. Feel confident drafting 30 or more spots higher than his current ADP.
SS | SD
Padres shortstop Freddy Galvis is embracing his role as mentor for young San Diego ballplayers. Touted prospects like Fernando Tatis Jr. and Javier Guerra will soak in Galvis' tutelage as they plan to usurp his job. Galvis forecasts as the Friars' opening day SS, but rapid development of the next generation could eat into his 2018 at-bats. At an ADP of 367, Galvis is well-off the draft radar, but has gone for double-digit homers and steals the past two seasons. His value in NL-only and deeper leagues would sink lower if his playing time becomes jeopardized.
SF | CLE
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Lebron James has a lot to look forward to as the second half of the season approaches. He has a new team that ridded itself of six ineffective and aged-out players, and in a small sample size, added four players that have given the team a new-found hustle and exuberance. This is clearly visible in their 3-0 finish since this flurry of trades ended the trade deadline. Aside from this great finish to the first half, this team still has to find itself, and it will have two months to do so. In the meantime, Lebron James may surprisingly see more of a usage uptick as the team learns to mesh. In three games with King James' new knights of the roundtable, Lebron has seen his usage rate increase 4.1%. He has also seen his per game stats increase by 1.2 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 3.6 assists. I don't expect his assists to sit at over 12 per game, as that average is inflated with a 19-assist game versus Atlanta during that stretch. In the second half of the season, expect a very similar price point on DFS sites to what he had through the first half of the season, and expect one stat-point per game increase for points, rebounds, and assists, at least until Kevin Love returns.
Ryan Merritt
P | CLE
Cleveland Indians pitcher Ryan Merritt is on the roster bubble this spring and might have a hard time cracking the 25-man roster coming out of Spring Training. Merritt is out of options, which may complicate things, as Cleveland would risk losing him without any compensation if they choose not to carry him on the Opening Day roster. Merritt has shown flashes of promise at the big league level, but barring any injuries, Cleveland has a full rotation and bullpen. Merritt seems to have long odds to be wearing a Tribe uniform in 2018 once Spring Training ends.
Jabari Blash
RF | NYY
The Los Angeles Angels acquired outfielder Jabari Blash from the New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. Blash hit just .213 with five home runs and 16 RBI last year for the Padres. He has some pop in his bat but likely won't be anything more than a bench body if he makes the roster out of spring training. There's nothing to see here in terms of fantasy value.
Chris Owings
SS | ARI
Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Chris Owings will get plenty of playing time this year, according to manager Torey Lovullo. "He's going to walk all over the diamond and impact the game at a different angle at different times throughout the course of the season." The agenda seems to be getting him repetitions at all the infield positions, except first base. The trade of infielder Brandon Drury opens up an opportunity for Owings to win an everyday job at second base out of spring training. If he does, then he just might become a mixed league option. Unfortunately, expectations will have to be tempered, as his power will likely drop due to the new humidor. With a little pop, Owings' speed might still be enough for him to be a viable second base option in deep leagues. Also, be cautious about owning him in on-base percentage leagues (.299).
MLB.com reports the San Diego Padres will use closer Brad Hand in various situations rather than limiting him to the ninth inning. Hand's primary gig will still be slamming the door, but matchups and game circumstances may require his services earlier. A former starter, Hand appeared in several multi-inning outings last season and will still have a shot for saves entering in the eighth. The versatile lefty should be able to earn his share of saves while contributing to ERA, WHIP and strikeouts. Hand has a 2.56 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 11.5 K/9 since becoming a full-time reliever in 2016. His ADP is currently at 113, which provides reasonable value for a four-category reliever.
Dennis Lin of The Athletic reports San Diego Padres outfielder Wil Myers put on over 20 pounds in the offseason, increasing his playing weight to 224. Despite the gain, Myers thinks he's both faster and stronger. This could be an iteration of the classic "best shape of my life" maxim, but fantasy owners could take note, considering his pre-existing 30-homer, 20-stolen base potential. With a negative career UZR, Myers has never graded as a strong outfielder, so it'll be interesting how his new frame affects his playing style on defense. Myers currently has an ADP of 69 and is RotoBaller's 60th ranked player overall.
QB | NO
Free agent quarterback Drew Brees will meet with the Saints at the NFL Combine to discuss a short-term deal. This year's Combine will be held February 27 until March 5, so it is just under a week away. Per NFL Network's Rapoport, the expectation is Brees will not try to "break the bank" by looking to become the NFL's highest-paid quarterback, which he conceivably could do. Instead, Brees is expected to seek $20-25 million annually, less than Jimmy Garoppolo 's $27.5 million per year from the 49ers.
2B | CHC
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez can earn more at-bats this season if he improves his strike zone, draw walks and use the whole field. Baez is one of the more exciting players in the game today due to his light-tower power and defense, but he has still struggled with striking out. This past season in 508 at-bats, Baez struck out 144 times, however he did double his walk total from 2016 to 30 on the year. Much needs to be improved, but with infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist (back) remaining sidelined and aging, Baez should have the upper hand at second base. The potential is there to get 500-600 at-bats, but with Zobrist and infielder/outfielder Ian Happ in the picture, it is not a gurantee that he will play everyday. Baez makes for an interesting pick as he was enormous potential in one of the better lineups, he also has eligibility at second base and shortstop. He should be targeted in the mid-to-late rounds in upcoming drafts.
Mark Melancon
Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports that San Francisco Giants closer Mark Melancon (forearm) is expected to be 100%. Melancon had a rough debut with the Giants in 2017 as he dealt with injuries as well as on the field results. The closer underwent surgery in September to repair the pronator muscle in his right forearm and is on track to enter the season fully recovered. Pavlovic also reports that along with Melancon, veterans such as catcher/first baseman Buster Posey and third baseman Evan Longoria are not expected to play this weekend. Melancon could be a bargain this year at closer as his stock has fallen after a poor 2017. Those who draft Melancon would be wise to keep an eye on relief pitchers Tony Watson and Sam Dyson who will likely be next in line if Melancon get hurts or struggles.
PG | MIA
Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic isn't having his best season and more specifically, his numbers are down from last season in points, assists and steals per game, as well as field-goal percentage. This is quite disappointing, as you wouldn't expect a player to regress at age 31. The Heat are currently the eighth seed in the west, and they will have to fight to secure that with the Pistons close behind them. Dragic's minutes should only increase from here on out, as the Heat don't have a viable replacement and every game counts when you're in a battle for the eighth seed. Dragic hasn't been impressive this season, but there is still plenty of time for him to pick it up and help the Heat secure a playoff berth, which they were unable to do last season.
Hassan Whiteside
C | MIA
Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside has had an interesting season. He has been limited to 25.7 minutes per game, down seven minutes from last year. Whiteside has been battling some injuries, but since being deemed healthy, he has only broken the 30-minute threshold once in the last five games. Per 36 minutes, he is averaging about 20 points and 17 boards. He understandably doesn't play 36 minutes due to his injury history and size, as 36 minutes a night would be begging for an injury, but there is a happy medium between 25.6 minutes and 36. With the Heat battling for the last playoff spot, head coach Erik Spoelstra may begin to leave the big man out there for extended time. Although nobody is sure why Whiteside is sitting as much as he is now, which is quite concerning, we can only hope they are saving him for big games and the playoffs.
P | CHC
After throwing a 25-pitch session on Tuesday, many Cubs players and manager Joe Maddon were very impressed. Darvish recently signed a six-year deal with the Cubs and said "it seems like I fit naturally with the team." Darvish was the prized free-agent in regards to starting pitchers and seems to be making a strong impression with his new club. Darvish should return top-20 value for starting pitchers and can safely be targeted in the fourth or fifth rounds of upcoming drafts.
Chicago Cubs infielder/outfielder Ben Zobrist (back) remains sidelined for workouts. Zobrist has been absent all week with a back issue. Manager Joe Maddon seems to be playing it slow with the veteran and said "he's fine." Aside from daily leagues or an injury to Javier Baez or Ian Happ , Zobrist shouldn't hold much fantasy value heading into 2018.
3B | ATL
Atlanta Braves third base Johan Camargo is expected to be the Braves everyday third baseman to start the year, according to MLB.com's Mark Bowman. Camargo had a solid first season with the Braves, slashing .299/.331/.452 with 21 doubles in his 82 games with Atlanta in 2017. There has been speculation that the Braves could be players for free agent Mike Moustakas , but the 24-year-old infielder showed enough with the bat last year to earn a chance to play everyday for Atlanta in 2018. He could be a sleeper if some of those doubles turn into homers for Camargo this summer.
Colby Rasmus
CF | TB
Outfielder Colby Rasmus inked a minor-league deal with Baltimore. He'll have to play his way onto the roster, but many feel that his left-hand bat and outfield defense will give him a leg up on others. Rasmus could fill in at center if Adam Jones needs to rest or take part in a platoon in right field. He hit nine homers in 121 at-bats last year. There were some questions about his mental make-up since he left baseball in the middle of the 2017 season.Still, this is a low-risk, high-reward move. Watch how he does during Spring Training - he could be a late-round or even a Waiver Wire pickup.
Darren Collison
PG | IND
Indiana Pacers guard Darren Collison (knee) is expected to miss at least one more week. He's currently at the two week mark of his projected 2-3 week timetable. Hopefully Collison will be able to suit up sometime next week, but we'll have to wait and see. Cory Joseph will continue to start with Joe Young backing him up. Neither player is consistent enough to own in most 12-team leagues. However, Collison should be stashed in all leagues right now.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
SF | BKN
Brooklyn Nets forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson (groin) has been ruled out of Thursday's game against the Charlotte Hornets. Both RHJ and Caris LeVert (knee) will remain sidelined for Thursday's contest in Charlotte. The good news is that RHJ did practice fully on Wednesday. The Nets are just extremely cautious with bringing guys back from injuries. Head coach Kenny Atkinson said he's hopeful both players are back on the court soon. Joe Harris will continue to see increase minutes RHJ and LeVert sidelined.
Tim Frazier
PG | WAS
Washington Wizards guard Tim Frazier (nose) is expected to play against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday. He missed last Wednesday's game after undergoing nasal fracture surgery. He's been given time to recover and is not expected to have a minutes limit on Thursday. Frazier will have a face mask, but is expected to play around 20 minutes behind Tomas Satoransky . He's not an option in most leagues and is only worth a look in very deep leagues.
3B | MIN
Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano brought a "generous carriage" into camp this spring, according to general manager Thad Levine. In other words, the 24-year-old slugger put on some weight this winter while mostly incapacitated due to a stress reaction in his left leg that led to him missing a number of weeks down the stretch last season along with the Twins American League Wild-Card game against the Yankees. Sano is also still awaiting word on MLB's investigation into a sexual-assault claim against him. He may be facing a suspension to open the 2018 regular season. Perhaps he could use that time to get in better shape.
C | NY
New York Knicks forward/center Joakim Noah is not expected to return to the team, according to head coach Jeff Hornacek. "I think that is the plan," Hornacek said after practice. The Knicks sent Noah away after he had an altercation with Hornacek on Jan. 24. "We've moved on. He's ready to move on and maybe have an opportunity somewhere else," Hornacek said. Kristaps Porzingis (achilles) is going to miss the rest of the season. The Knicks could use Noah's help, but it appears his time on the Knicks is over. Noah can be left on the waiver wire and is not expected to appear on the Knicks again.
Michael Beasley
SF | NY
New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley (ear) was back at practice on Wednesday. He missed Tuesday's practice due to "ear irritation," but was able to get in a full practice on Wednesday. He is expected to be ready to play for Thursday's game against the Orlando Magic. Kristaps Porzingis (achilles) is out for the season, so Beasley has seen a large boost in minutes and production. Beasley is expected to finish out the season as the starter. He's a must-own player in all fantasy leagues and should be good to go on Thursday.
RB | IND
According to Mike Chappell of WTTV, former Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore is unlikely to come back to the team for a fourth season. While Chappel's article is far from definite, the analysis he provides is sound. Gore has made it clear that he wants to play football in 2018, but a situation more conducive to his smash-mouth playing style with the opportunity to win a championship is likely a preferred destination for the soon-to-be 35-year old back. Gore is only 75 yards away from fourth all-time on the career rushing list and could benefit from a change of scenery that gives him a lighter workload.
QB | IND
Indianpolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck (shoulder) has reportedly progressed in rehab from his surgically repaired shoulder to the point where he is able to throw weighted balls that are heavier than footballs, per NFL Insider Ian Rapoport. Although Luck appears capable of throwing everything but a football, fans should be happy that his arm strength appears to be returning. More promising updates are sure to come, but it's unlikely that fantasy owners will know anything for certain until the later stages of the offseason.
Jonathan Isaac
Orlando Magic power forward Jonathan Isaac (ankle) is set to practice with Orlando's G-League team on Thursday. He is expected to play for the G-League team on Friday. He'll have a minutes limit on Friday, but the fact he's returning to the court is a great sign. Assuming everything goes as planned, Isaac could be back with the NBA squad soon. However, he'll be fighting Aaron Gordon and Mario Hezonja for playing time. It's difficult to see him making enough of an impact worth owning him in any fantasy leagues this season.
P | COL
Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Jeff Hoffman did not want to miss the 2017 Opening Day roster for the Rockies and, according to Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post, he surely does not want to be out of the 2018 rotation in Colorado. "Coming in last year, I didn't really have the best outlook," Hoffman said Monday. "Being one of the guys who got called up (in 2016), I felt like I almost had a step up on some of the other young guys, which was not good." After he was called up to the Rockies, Hoffman's 2017 season was rough, as he finished with a 6-5 record and a 5.89 ERA. Saunders points out that he was dominate in three early starts (20 ⅓ innings, allowing just three earned runs on 10 hits, while striking out 22 and walking only one against the Phillies, Padres, and Cubs), but the Rockies need to see more of that to fully trust Hoffman. He is a punt play at best after a weak 2017 season and the added disadvantage of Coors Field is always a problem.
PG | CHI
Chicago Bulls point guard Cameron Payne (foot) will serve as the primary backup point guard in the second half of the season. Bulls' executive VP John Paxson said Kris Dunn will start and Payne will back him up off the bench. Jerian Grant will be pushed out of the rotation entirely. Payne underwent foot surgery in September and has yet to play this season. The Bulls traded Taj Gibson , Doug McDermott and a 2018 2nd round draft pick for Payne last season. Chicago want to get a good look at Payne, but his fantasy value is limited off the bench.
SG | CHI
Chicago Bulls guard/forward Justin Holiday will move to the second unit for Thursday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers. David Nwaba will draw the start ahead of him, and Bulls vice president John Paxson hinted this will be a long-term move. However, Paxton wants the younger players to see significant minutes. Holiday is expected to see minutes in the 20s with the second unit. His value is still expected to take a hit, and he's become a cut candidate in some leagues.
WR | PHI
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Alshon Jeffery (shoulder) underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair a rotator cuff injury he played with all season. The "goal" is for Jeffery to be ready to go for Week 1 of the 2018 season, but he "could" be ready earlier than that. Even if he is deemed ready, the Eagles will likely treat their WR1 carefully and allow him to sit out the entire preseason. He'll almost certainly miss all of OTAs, minicamp, and training camp while recovering. With the Eagles keeping the same offensive system Jeffery played well in for the last half of the 2017 season, he should be fine with missing out on practices as long as he's ready to go for the first game of the season.
P | SEA
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez had a rough 2017 season, but, according to Greg Johns of MLB.com, Hernandez has looked good in his first two mound sessions of the Spring. "Way better," Hernandez said. "My mechanics were much better. It was really good. My timing, I wasn't rushing. I was so calm and delivered the pitch. It was really good." Manager Scott Servais says that health is key, ""As long as he's healthy and throwing all of his pitches, you just keep moving along," Servais said. Hernandez made a career-low 16 starts in 2017 (dealing with a shoulder injury), finishing 6-5 with a 4.36. While he is only turning 32, he has seen his ERA jump in each of the last four seasons and has a 3.79 ERA over the last three seasons. He will throw live batting practice on Friday before making his Cactus League debut against the Cubs on Monday.
Nick Folk
K | TB
Free-agent place kicker Nick Folk (knee), who underwent left knee surgery last year, has been cleared to resume kicking by Dr. James Andrews, according to a source. Folk made just six of 11 field goal tries in the early portion of last season before injuring his knee and landing on Injured Reserve with the Buccaneers. He'll be entering his 12th NFL season in 2018, but he's still only 33 years old and could land a starting gig somewhere. Folk won't be worth drafting in normal 12-team leagues, though, if he's healthy and kicking in 2018.
Crockett Gillmore
TE | BAL
Baltimore Ravens impending free-agent tight end Crockett Gillmore is making the transition from tight end to offensive line and has been training with former player LeCharles Bentley, who runs an offensive line academy. Gillmore played in just seven games in 2017 and had eight receptions for 71 yards and one score. At 6-foot-6, 266 pounds, he's always been more of a blocking tight end, and he hasn't had much opportunity in Baltimore's crowded tight end room. Perhaps changing positions will broaden his market this offseason.
QB | DEN
NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport said that Denver Broncos quarterback Trevor Siemian is expected to be available in a trade this offseason as the team aggressively looks to overhaul their quarterback room, according to a source informed of the situation. The Broncos could have Paxton Lynch and two new signal callers on the roster next year, and they are expected to make a big push to sign Washington Redskins impending free-agent quarterback Kirk Cousins . Denver could also grab a top college QB in the draft with the fifth overall pick. Given how badly Siemian struggled in 2017 and the fact he's coming off surgery to his non-throwing shoulder, he'd likely fetch a late-round pick, at best. Siemian has experience as a starter the last two years, but he's more of a game manager and is unlikely to land a guaranteed starting gig if he's dealt.
Jonathan Stewart
RB | CAR
The Carolina Panthers could decide to cut veteran running back Jonathan Stewart in order to clear $3.7 million in salary cap room this offseason. Carolina ranked fourth in rushing in the NFL in 2017, but Stewart didn't really help all that much, running for a career-low 3.4 yards per carry and topping 100 yards just twice. Rookie Christian McCaffrey wasn't much better on the ground, but he had a team-high 80 receptions out of the backfield, and the Panthers may be moving on from Stewart under new offensive coordinator Norv Turner, who prefers to move the ball deep down the field. J-Stew will be 31 in March, and at this point in his career is more of a touchdown-dependent plodder.
Michael Saunders
LF | TOR
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free-agent outfielder Michael Saunders to a minor league deal Wednesday. Saunders was an All-Star in Toronto in 2016, but he fell off big time last year, hitting just .237/.312/.429 with 14 home runs and 38 RBI in 333 at-bats. Add Saunders to the list of players competing for playing time in left field in 2018. He'll do battle with Adam Frazier , Jordan Luplow , Sean Rodriguez and Daniel Nava for a platoon role, meaning Saunders will likely only have some NL-only part-time appeal, at best.
LF | NYM
New York Mets outfielder Michael Conforto (shoulder) dislocated his shoulder last year and required September surgery, and a doctor said that a normal recovery timetable for his type of surgery would be seven to eight months. From a medical standpoint, the chances of Conforto being ready to return in April seems to be a long shot. The doctor said that it'd be a good sign if Conforto makes it back before the All-Star break. It is also common for a player to have setbacks during the recovery from this type of serious surgery, so expecting Conforto to contribute in the first half of the season might be optimistic from a fantasy standpoint. The longer Conforto is out, the more playing time Juan Lagares will receive in center field, but it's not like he's exactly a prime target for fantasy owners.
Carlos Gomez
CF | TEX
Free agent outfielder Carlos Gomez signed with the Tampa Bay Rays, according to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com. Gomez will sign a one-year deal. $4 million deal and will likely take the position of the newly-traded Steven Souza Jr< /a> in right field. The Rays may also use Gomez in center field as well and will like his .802 OPS from 2017. He had 17 homers and 13 steals for the Rangers last season and has 20/20 potential with more playing time in Tampa.
P | MIL
The Cleveland Indians signed pitcher Carlos Torres to a minor league contract with an invite to Spring Training. Torres is 35 and seems almost certain to serve as Triple-A depth at best. He posted a 4.21 ERA and a 1.53 WHIP in 72 2/3 innings last season in Milwaukee. He can be used as a spot starter or a long reliever, but will likely need several injuries on the Cleveland staff in order to see big league work in 2018.
LF | LAD
Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts explained on Wednesday that outfielder Chris Taylor will get repetitions at shortstop and second base, in addition to manning the outfield in 2018. The Dodgers have a recovering Logan Forsythe penciled in at second, and shortstop Corey Seager was hurt late last season. So Taylor, along with Kike Hernandez , will serve as the primary backups, giving the Dodgers a chance to rest their regulars. Taylor's multi-position eligibility, coupled with his breakout 2017, make him an attractive mid-round pick in upcoming drafts. He'll likely lead off for the Dodgers, who will likely contend again this year.
Ronald Torreyes
2B | NYY
With the arrival of Brandon Drury to the New York Yankees, the competition for third base has become slightly clearer. For Ronald Torreyes , this also appears to make things clearer, as he seems set to focus on competing for the starting job at second base. According to team GM Brian Cashman the Venezuelan will now mainly focus on second base, not quite ruling out his chances at third, but making it obvious that second will be his spot to fight for. All along, Torreyes has been seen as a strong candidate to earn the job, despite the team's top prospect Gleyber Torres appearing poised to take the position. Similar to Kris Bryant 's situation with the Cubs some years ago, it behooves the club to keep Torres in the minors early on, as it'd guarantee their control over him for an extended period of time.
Brandon Drury
While Brandon Drury 's ability to play both second and third base has been well documented, the prevailing thought was that he would settle at third base with the New York Yankees. This, of course, is considering the fact that top prospect Gleyber Torres is poised to take over at second. Today, team GM Brian Cashman confirmed this, stating the 25-year-old will primarily focus on third base. Drury was acquired by the Yankees yesterday in a three-team deal involving the Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Rays. He will seemingly face off with Miguel Andujar for the starting spot, with Tyler Wade , Danny Espinosa and Jace Peterson also in the hunt.
No Michael Carter-Williams means it’s time to auto-fire up Giannis Antetokounmpo once again especially in a fast-paced matchup against the Thunder. Check out daily fantasy expert Ricky Sanders’ recommended plays to help you fill out your roster for today’s NBA contests.
Guards:
Russell Westbrook, Thunder, $19,200 – This is a weird way to start a Russell Westbrook tidbit but half the 76ers team has been ruled out yet again for Sunday’s contest. Therefore, plenty of value emerges on their roster making rostering a superstar feasible. For that reason, I am going to roster the player averaging the most fantasy points per game (FPPG) in the league: Westbrook. Michael Carter-Williams will not play Sunday which makes Milwaukee’s defensive numbers versus opposing point guards (PGs) this season misleading. Fill-in starter O.J. Mayo’s defensive rating this season sits at 109.8 versus Carter-Williams’ 106.4. When backup Jerryd Bayless enters the game, he sports an even worse defensive rating of 111.2. In other words, there is a gigantic drop in defensive effectiveness versus the position when Carter-Williams sits and Mayo isn’t even a true PG. Since Milwaukee cannot throw their best defensive option at Westbrook, they are simply going to have no answer for Westbrook. In two meetings over the past two seasons, Westbrook dropped 45.25 and 54.75 fantasy points against Carter-Williams respectively so there’s no telling how high his ceiling could stretch against the backups.
DeMar DeRozan, Raptors, $13,600 – As always with the Raptors, the question is whether to use Kyle Lowry or DeMar DeRozan in a favorable matchup. In previous articles I have noted Patrick Beverley’s struggles this season and commented on his career high (in a bad way) defensive rating this season. Still, James Harden is a much worse defender so it is no surprise Houston ranks worse in both defensive efficiency and fantasy points allowed to opposing shooting guards (SGs) as opposed to PGs. Occasionally DeRozan slides over and plays small forward (SF) as evident by his presence at this position in two of the Raptors’ seven most common lineups this season. Even in those instances he is in good shape because the Rockets have allowed the second most fantasy points to opposing SFs. Basically I like the prefer the idea of DeRozan facing weaker defenders especially considering the $2,100 discount from Lowry. Oh and by the way he scored 38 real points (PTS) on Friday night partially due to making a whopping 24-25 free throws. If he continues with that sort of aggressive mindset against the Rockets, he should have himself another monster game.
Khris Middleton, Bucks, $13,300 – The last time Khris Middleton completed a game without scoring 30.5 fantasy points the calendar read “Feb. 1.” Yes, Middleton has gone over a month without laying an egg which speaks to his amazing consistency. According to masseyratings, Thunder/Bucks is the second highest projected total of Sunday’s slate (211.5) and the Bucks are expected to score 103 points. Middleton has now scored 21-plus points in five consecutive games so he quite clearly is going to contribute to their scoring output…which by the way is projected at nearly four points over their season average of 99.1 per game. After a big game on Friday versus the Timberwolves, Middleton’s price increased exactly zero dollars so he warrants consideration in all formats once again.
Forwards/Centers:
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks, $14,500 – The best news a prospective Giannis Antetokounmpo owner could hear was Carter-Williams being deemed inactive a day in advance. Heading into Sunday, we now know the “Greek Freak” will handle a majority of the ball-handling duties and has been nothing short of phenomenal taking on the added responsibility. Sans the team’s main PG, Antetokounmpo’s usage rate (usg%) rises from 21.6 to 23.5 and his FPPG output increases from 33.9 to 38.8. Amazingly, the Greek Freak has eclipsed 65 fantasy points in three of his past six games. To restate, 50-percent of his last six games have resulted in 65-plus fantasy points. Those are Westbrook-ian totals! In what should prove to be another fast-paced, high-scoring affair, fade this beast at your own risk. Note: I do not recommend the fading strategy whatsoever.
Alex Len, Suns, $11,100 – Moving Alex Len to the starting lineup has resulted in four straight double-doubles. Both Len’s production and price are on the rise but paying for him is still fine as long as the production continues to ascend along with the cost. Last game Len literally produced the best stat line of his career at least in terms of fantasy points as he scored 31 PTS with 15 rebounds (REB), one steal (STL) and two blocks (BLK) en route to 55.25 fantasy points. On Sunday, the Suns will square off against the same Grizzlies team he dropped 50 fantasy points against literally last week (Feb. 27). As long as Marc Gasol remains out, there is no reason to fear the Grizzlies’ interior defense. Even assuming Len’s production regresses slightly from his 22-16 line last week, he still should hit value rather easily.
Richaun Holmes, 76ers, $7,000 – Sometimes when two teams play each other on back-to-back occasions, starting the players who went off in the previous game can be a trap. One game samples are not worth putting too much stock into…however, the 76ers barely have any healthy bodies considering Jahlil Okafor, Nerlens Noel, Nik Stauskas and Kendall Marshall have already been ruled out of Sunday’s game. By default, Richaun Holmes will need to play around the mid-20s in minutes for the second consecutive game and he managed 30.50 fantasy points against the Heat on Friday evening. If he can stay out of foul trouble, which is typically his Achilles heel, he should be able to at least come close to replicating his production from last time out.
*Stats are accurate as of Saturday, Mar. 5
Ricky Sanders
Ricky Sanders is a fantasy sports expert with over 15 years of playing experience. After starting several freelance fantasy sports blogs, Ricky moved up in the fantasy industry when he joined Going9 Baseball. He wrote fantasy baseball content and had a weekly radio spot on the site’s SiriusXM Satellite Radio show. Shortly thereafter, in early 2013, Ricky joined RotoExperts as a three-sport fantasy contributor, eventually becoming one of the site’s lead basketball writers. While writing for RotoExperts, Ricky was introduced to daily fantasy sports and immediately fell in love. With help from some of his mentors, some of the best DFS players in the world, he honed his skills and became the daily fantasy expert he is today. When RotoExperts created a daily-focused website called DailyRoto.com, Ricky was brought on as one of the main contributors. He still makes frequent appearances on the RotoExperts SiriusXM Radio show and on the FNTSY Sports Television Network, talking daily fantasy sports. He also continues to write for a few DFS content sites: RotoCurve and The Fantasy Fix. Ricky is a proud and active member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. He has agreed to be a writer and representative for the FantasyDraft brand and serves as an ambassador to the site. He has no more access to the site than the typical user. Don’t hesitate to contact Ricky with questions on Twitter @RSandersDFS.
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The Top Hat is happy to welcome the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Quartet band for a FREE show on January 29, 2020. About Kimberlee Carlson Kimberlee Carlson, from Odessa, Texas, has been singing jazz and swing since 1979 and as professional dancer she performed dancing and singing in reviews in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York… Continue Reading
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The Top Hat is happy to welcome the Kimberlee Carlson Jazz Quartet band for a FREE show on January 29, 2020.
About Kimberlee Carlson
Kimberlee Carlson, from Odessa, Texas, has been singing jazz and swing since 1979 and as professional dancer she performed dancing and singing in reviews in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York City. In the 1980’s and ‘90’s she performed and toured internationally with the Los Angeles jazz band Swingstreet as well as fronted her own jazz quartet performing regularly at the Vine Street Bar and Grill (Los Angeles) for many years.
She is honored to be part of Missoula’s jazz festival Jazzoula and has been featured yearly 2012-2019. She is a founder and member of Missoula’s Texas swing band Western Union (Downtown Tonight-3 years running, River City Roots Festival, Montana Folk Festival). She also is a member of the country swing duo Louie Bond & the Texas Playgirl (where one of their songs was just used in a recent Netflix original movie “Juanita”) and is co-producer of Missoula’s Stubborn Belly Fat Records.
In her jazz quartet, she is thrilled to be collaborating 7 years and counting with some of Montana’s finest jazz musicians all recipients of the Missoula Jazz and Blues Society Hall of Fame Awards-Ron Meissner on guitar (considered to be Montana’s Wes Montgomery) and Montana bass legend Pete Hand (Basement Boyz, Ed Norton Big Band).
Recently added member is pianist Jim Driscoll renown jazz player who’s credits include the Washington DC Air Force jazz band “Airman of Note”, John Faddis, Marvin Stamm and Wynton Marsalis. Famous Missoula jazz pianist Jodi Marshall often described Kimberlee’s voice as a combination of Diana Krall meets Phoebe Snow. Their quartet plays classic jazz from Nancy Wilson to John Coltrane.
Most Wednesday’s, the Top Hat hosts various local and regional Jazz Artists to play our Jazz Night. Music starts at 7 PM and lasts until approximately 9 PM. We host everything from traditional, to modern, to Gypsy Jazz. Join us for dinner or drinks while listening to some great music.
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Rare woman's in action with enemy surface raider's British Empire Medal and Lloyds Medal for Bravery at Sea group to Mrs Elizabeth Plumb, First Class Stewardess aboard New Zealand registered liner R.M.S. Rangitane
The superb and rare women's in action with enemy surface raider's British Empire Medal and Lloyds Medal for Bravery at Sea group awarded to Mrs Elizabeth Plumb, First Class Stewardess aboard the New Zealand registered liner R.M.S. Rangitane when she was sunk in the Pacific by the German raiders Komet and Orion and their support ship Kulmerland on 27th November 1940, with her bravery leading the German doctor to state "Don't English women every cry?, she had been suffering from serious... Read More
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Lincoln seniors use social media to combat stigma around periods
By Audrey Perry, Operations Editor|December 5, 2018
By Audrey Perry
Many students these days are using their voices and platforms to take action against the issues in today’s society. The American Menstrual Journal is a prime example.
Lincoln High Seniors Madalyn Brandt and Sophia Olson, and East senior Maddie Haun, created a journal on Instagram and Facebook to compile stories about menstruation to combat the surrounding stigma.
The stories are posted on social media (@americanmenstrualjournal on Instagram or Facebook) where people can comment and share their own stories, in hopes of defeating the taboo around periods.
The idea was created after senior Sophia Olson returned from her trip to South Africa with other students. The trip was through The Experiment, a provider of summer abroad programs for high school students.
Their agenda for the trip was to “examine human rights, multiculturalism, and social change in the context of South Africa.” Olson was one of 15 students chosen from around the country to go on the trip. One of the requirements that accompanied the trip was to create a project that commended change.
After a week of brainstorming Olson came to the conclusion that she wanted to do something that would have a long-lasting impact.
“I didn’t want to come up with a one-day thing,” Olson said. “I figured a social media campaign might be a longer thing and might be able to influence more people than just in this community.” Also because it was a really powerful tool for reaching out and talking to other people, Olson said.
“I made a lot of friends this summer from all over the U.S., and I wanted to do something that everyone could be involved in.”
Olson reached out to some bigger Instagram accounts, including @theperiod prince and @supportthegirls, with similar goals and some of the same values. Through their promotion their intake of stories increased and furthered their reasoning for social media. They have received around 100 submissions so far.
Lincoln East senior Maddie Haun and Lincoln High senior Madalyn Brandt became involved in the project toward the beginning of its creation. Olson reached out to the two young women and proposed the idea. After learning a bit more about the project they accepted.
“I feel like it’s kind of a hard thing to do alone,” Brandt said. “We are her team. It’s been really fun so far.”
Part of the project’s goal is to become a global platform for stories about menstruation with a wide range of stories.
“We are talking about different things about gender and unequal access to pads and tampons,” Brandt said. “I know part of it we are doing: what it’s like to have your period as someone who is intersex and what it’s like to be transgender.”
After the stories are shared, the intent is that it will normalize periods and remove the taboo that surrounds them.
Though most of the stories are anonymous, they feel that the project has still aligned with the goal of sharing stories.
“If someone doesn’t want to be linked to a story that’s okay because it’s awesome that they are sharing a part of their life with an audience,” Brandt said.
Almost all of their stories and followers are female, but this was not intentional, and the team aims to increase a more diverse following as time goes on.
“I think it would be cool if we got more, not just females, following the account because women obviously want to support this, but if men also started following it would be getting closer to a group we haven’t reached yet,” Brandt said.
Once the project reaches its completion date in May for Olson, the team still wishes to continue it by passing it off to someone else after graduation.
You can contribute to the journal by following @americanmenstrual journal on Instagram or Facebook. Submissions can be made through DM, comments, or through a google form in their bio.
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Still Misunderstanding the Oedipus Tyrannos
Luke Howard Judkins
In modern literary analysis of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos, many scholars apply theories upon the play without noting or including textual scholarship or authorial intention into their criticism, resulting in anachronism and misinterpretation of the Greek tragedy. In providing criticism of the Oedipus that displays importance for historical contexts, I assert each scholar’s duty to ensure the proper continuation of the Oedipus in literary criticism so that this valuable work of art may live on respectably. Despite critics such as E.R. Dodds, who have reminded scholars of our intended focus on the tragedy, many scholars still loosely apply modern ideological theories, misinterpreting the play and ignoring key elements and conventions that compose the intentions of the tragedy. Using Aristotelian support in my argument, I provide readers and viewers of the Oedipus Tyrannos with a perspective that will consider Sophocles’ intentions for the tragedy within the context of the fifth century B.C., so we can limit misinterpretations and anachronisms in modern criticism as we encounter this work of art.
JUDKINS, Luke Howard. Still Misunderstanding the Oedipus Tyrannos. Scientia et Humanitas, [S.l.], v. 5, p. 53-60, june 2016. ISSN 2470-8178. Available at: <https://libjournals.mtsu.edu/index.php/scientia/article/view/639>. Date accessed: 20 jan. 2020.
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Charm for iPhone Gives You Incredible Control Over Your Twitter Experience
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iOS: Twitter is a great feed, but saving interesting tweets for later, making playlists of songs you find, and collecting interesting or on-topic tweets into lists is difficult, and deserves more than a “favorite” button. That’s where Charm comes in—it makes all of that super easy.
Frankly, Charm is the kind of tool that Twitter should roll into the official app. Think of it like Twitter lists, just for everything or anything you want, not just for people. It’s iPhone only (which is a shame, maybe it’ll come to Android soon) but you can use it to build a playlist of all of the music your favorite musicians and music accounts have posted, or maybe someone’s in the middle of a massive tweetstorm you want to read later, but you want an easy way to parse through it without going to their profile or faving everything. Charm can build that playlist for you, or save all of those tweets.
Charm can also be your personal twitter repository, so you can hold on to hilarious jokes people have told, users you’re interested in but don’t want to follow, or even just automatically snag tweets from events you’re following, like a Game of Thrones night, or the Olympics. Best of all, it works with the Twitter apps you already use, whether that’s the native Twitter client, Twitterific, Tweetbot, the actual Twitter mobile web site, or some other client. It even works with OS X’s Handoff feature so you can open your saved collections on your desktop, so you’re not limited to just your phone’s screen.
Hit the homepage below to learn more, see some examples of the collections it can make, and the app store link to give it a try.
Charm (Free) | iTunes App Store via Charm and One Thing Well
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‘Binondo’: A deeply flawed caricature of a culture
Shiela Valderrama-Martinez and Arman Ferrer in “Binondo, A Tsinoy Musical” —PATRICK LASANAS
By: Vincen Gregory Yu Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:15 AM July 20, 2019
Why the title?
That question, among a multitude of questions, loomed over “Binondo,” the self-proclaimed Tsinoy musical that trundled back to The Theatre at Solaire last weekend for a four-show rerun—a year after premiering in the same venue, through a production described by reviewer Cora Llamas as “unfocused” and “teleserye-like.”
The performance we attended was certainly unfocused and teleserye-like (and that’s putting it mildly). Its three-hour running time was engorged by one roof-rattling song number after another, despite a story that stretched its compulsory love triangle to ridiculous lengths.
But “Binondo” had a deeper flaw. It viewed its subject matter as exotica. It’s the mere idea of Binondo, as the stereotypical Manila Chinatown, that this musical was in love with—the imposing welcome arch, sky lanterns, lion dances, statues of Oriental gods, the convivial ruckus of Lunar New Year festivities.
Beyond the postcard superficialities and the bits and pieces probably gleaned from the “Mano Po” film franchise, there was no visible, deeper understanding of Tsinoy, or Chinese-Filipino, in the story. It was as if the makers suddenly realized, in the middle of doing this musical, that they didn’t really know what to do with the material—or didn’t want to go beyond the cliché and generic.
Hence, a title that needed to insist on its geography, lest the audience forgot.
There’s also an effort to round the story by providing milieu—in the first act, the early years of the Marcos dictatorship, and, in the second, Deng Xiaoping’s China—but it only necessitated the needless shifts in setting.
“Binondo” was, in the end, a caricature of a culture.
Given how it’s also the first time we witnessed a production bungle in The Theatre at Solaire’s otherwise first-rate facilities—the sound design and engineering here was sloppy, and the jittery lighting design only made the show look amateurish—it begged another question: Why even bother with this rerun? —CONTRIBUTED
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It’s Raining
by Maureen Muldoon | Apr 7, 2019 | Inspirational Stories | 0 comments
It’s raining and on my morning prayer calls, I hear a mother cry. A child has left the world and she/we struggle with the shock and confusion as she pushes forth the story that weighs too much. She pauses and buckles, and heaves in her delivery.
It’s raining and I try and reach for words and wisdom that I stumbled across on sunnier days when they were easier to reach. I rush around my mind like a frantic midwife, “boil the water, get me the towels. It’s time!”
It’s raining and we settle on a prayer, an offering for children who leave too early and for mothers who are left and for the slight and subtle signposts that lurk like shadows in the pain. “Keep breathing” they say.
It’s raining and the world looks blurry and my faith is damp and we pray for courage and strength and wisdom. But I feel the tremble through the line like the early warnings of a train. Her heart is breaking open and because I am sitting so close, my own heart rattles, I feel the shaking in my shoulders and try to hold steady.
It’s raining and she moans and sobbing and my heart cracks like thunder and I lose my words and I lose my way, it all gets washed off. And then there is only silence and the pitter patter of water on the window.
It’s raining and compassion comes unbidden like an exhale, it seems to solve nothing, its arrival is met with a smear of disdain as we stand in the wreckage of the storm looking out at the world.
I am anchored by reverent awe that creeps in as I hear her breath through the phone.
It tells me, “I am is still here.”
My breath on the lines answers, “I am still here too.”
We sit in the silence.
It’s raining.
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Archive for the ‘Pavlovian’ Category
Sarah Palin is a Distraction from McCain’s Pro-Abortion Comrade, Joe Lieberman
Sarah Palin has been offered up by the establishment for the Pavlovian goyim, and they’ve reacted as conditioned. It has been seriously proposed that Catholics are morally obligated to support this fraud. No, dear golem, … I mean goyim. McCain, up until last week was holding onto his desire to have pro-abortion, Orthodox Talmudist, Zionist warmonger, high-priest of Holocaustolatry Joe Lieberman as his running mate. It was only due to the advice of his handlers that he chose Sarah Palin instead. The only objective for McCain is is taking the presidency, preferably without conflict, and apparently this requires that his comrade, pro-abortion Lieberman play a more behind the scenes role than both he and McCain would like. Michael A. Hoffman has quoted Christopher Marlowe’s “The Jew of Malta” in this regard: ” … I must confess we come not to be kings … Give us a peaceful rule, make Christians kings, that thirst so much for principality …” McCain’s handlers know what these words mean. This wisdom cannot even be contemplated by today’s “conservative” leaders.
When I consider the cynicism of the establishment in its presentation of Sarah Palin as V.P. candidate and the goyim’s immediate gullible acceptance of the ruse I wonder how far we are from a President Tammy Faye or Jan Crouch with an adviser Netanyahu in the White House, such a grotesque mockery this counterfeit conservativism is.
Up until midweek last week, some 48 to 72 hours before Mr. McCain introduced Ms. Palin at a Friday rally in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. McCain was still holding out the hope that he could choose a good friend, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, a Republican close to the campaign said. Mr. McCain had also been interested in another favorite, former Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania.
But both men favor abortion rights, anathema to the Christian conservatives who make up a crucial base of the Republican Party. As word leaked out that Mr. McCain was seriously considering the men, the campaign was bombarded by outrage from influential conservatives who predicted an explosive floor fight at the convention and vowed rejection of Mr. Ridge or Mr. Lieberman by the delegates. (“Palin Disclosures Raise Questions on Vetting,” Elisabeth Bumiller, The New York Times, September 1, 2008)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html?_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin told the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC on Tuesday that she would “work to expand and deepen the strategic partnership between U.S. and Israel,” the group’s spokesman told the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Palin spent Tuesday in her hotel suite with campaign aides working on her speech at the Republican Convention scheduled for Wednesday. Sources familiar with her schedule said that she also had a private session with Jewish Senator Joe Lieberman.
Lieberman, a democrat and former vice presidential nominee, has come out in support of the Republican ticket, saying in his speech Tuesday “Governor Palin, like [presidential candidate] John McCain, is a reformer, that’s why I sincerely believe the real ticket for change is the McCain-Palin ticket.” (‘Palin told AIPAC she wants stronger Israel ties,’ Haaretz August 3, 2008)
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017828.html
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Posts tagged ‘Enterprise Ireland’
AIB top staff share €40m in bonuses just before Christmas.
Executives at AIB — the bank taxpayers have bailed out to the tune of €3.5bn so far — will share €40m in bonuses just before Christmas.
In a move certain to spark fury, the bank has decided about 2,400 staff must be paid the bonuses for legal reasons after several of them took court action.
Cheques for an average of €16,700 are likely to be sent out to executives on December 17. Staff last year received €54.9m in bonuses.
Paying the bonuses — for work at the height of the financial crisis — comes as taxpayers are smarting from having their incomes slashed in the Budget.
Shareholders are also likely to be furious after their AIB shares tumbled from €23.95 to just 50c over the last two years.
Ironically, the bonuses are for work done in 2008 when the bank came close to collapse before the Government stepped in with a taxpayer guarantee.
AIB’s shares have fallen by almost 60pc this year alone.
It is understood a large number of AIB staff have now taken legal action seeking their bonuses, agreed under contracts signed before the economic crash. A few weeks ago analysts put the total cost of the bonuses at no more than €10m, but this has now quadrupled. AIB declined to comment last night.
The €40m bonus is a significant chunk of the bank’s market value these days. The stock exchange values the entire bank, which was once the largest Irish bank until it was eclipsed by Bank of Ireland, at just €540m.
While the bank and the Government have halted so-called “discretionary” bonuses, it appears they have no legal power to stop bonuses included in the contracts of individual staff members.
Only yesterday, Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said he thought it was unlikely bonuses would be paid out for some time at the banks. He said until the banks were profitable again and made a “return” to the taxpayer, he didn’t think any bonuses would be sanctioned.
Despite this, the €250,000 semi-state pay cap announced in Tuesday’s Budget will not apply to bankers in state-owned institutions. This means those in charge of failed state-owned banks will still be able to earn twice as much as those in charge of successful state-owned companies.
The Department of Finance last night confirmed in a statement that it was “not intended that the (€250,000) cap apply to state-supported banks”.
It’s not the first time the bank has paid its own employees extra while the rest of the country was tightening its belt. In October last year the lender hiked salaries for 5,000 Irish employees by 3pc.
The taxpayer has already spent €3.5bn propping up AIB but the eventual size of the bailout is likely to be much larger. The bank said last week that it will need to raise €5.3bn of additional capital by the end of February to reach targets set by the Central Bank.
Most analysts expect the bank won’t be able to raise this amount, which will force the Government to effectively nationalise it.
The Government has also helped the bank by creating the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to buy distressed property loans — a plan by which NAMA “invests” billions to buy AIB loans after years of reckless lending. That money, like the bailout money, may or may not be recovered in future.
The revelations came as it emerged that the UK’s rescue loan to Ireland could increase if the economy here runs into trouble. Chancellor George Osborne conceded this yesterday as he refused to rule out similar action to help other troubled European states.
Mr Osborne said emergency legislation would be published today capping Britain’s loan at £3.25bn (€3.87bn). However, the bill will include a clause allowing the ceiling to be increased, subject to a vote in the Commons.
– Emmet Oliver and Thomas Molloy
Comment:here is another example of another cronie working with the banks
Bruton’s attempts to ‘sell’ Ireland slammed in Dubai Eamon Quinn
IFSC chairman and former taoiseach John Bruton: trying to attract more international banks to Ireland
Senior bankers in Dubai have criticised the timing of a presentation tomorrow by Irish government officials called ‘Ireland, the Financial Services Gateway to Europe’ because television in the United Arab Emirates has for weeks blamed Irish banks for helping to bring the euro to the edge of destruction.
The presentation by former taoiseach and EU ambassador to the US, John Bruton, who is also chairman of IFSC Ireland, in the Godolphin Ballroom in the Emirates Towers Hotel, one of the most expensive venues in the region, is part of the newly-created task force to attract more international banks to Ireland. But a senior banker complained that the timing could not have been worse.
“People in the financial services industry here are looking at Ireland as an economic disaster that was extremely badly managed by the government,” he told the Sunday Tribune.
“Remember that many industry professionals and investors got badly burned during the Dubai property crisis, which pales into insignificance compared to the Irish banking system. People are not going to be swayed by attempts to sell Ireland right now,” he said.
The banker said the idea of promoting Irish expertise and its position within the eurozone was a good idea “but not at this time”.
The conference, which had attracted 60 visitors, was important as a way to dispel negative headlines about Ireland, a spokesman for Enterprise Ireland said.
Coming one day after the most draconian budget in the history of the state again we see that Lenihan and Cowen are looking after their pals .The Labour party does not come out of this smelling of roses either as Sticky Dick Spring along with Declan Collier
is supposed to be the government appointed watchdog director’s for the taxpayers but as I have pointed out in earlier postings these cronies have gone native on us, just like Allen Dukes over at Anglo Irish Bank.A distinct flavour of I’m all right jack and thanks for the gig lads.
Then we have former taoiseach John Bruton
(This is the Gob**** that only a few weeks ago announced to the world that Ireland would payback every penny that our banks owed, this was the time Cowen and Lenihan were telling the Irish people that there was no need for us to go to the IMF or the EU ).We now know that the Irish banks have already borrowed 165 billion from the EU so far this year .Is this guy working for Goldman Sacks? It does tell you something when we have a former taoiseach in a position of chairman of one of the world’s largest front for hot money .The IFSC has 2.8 Trillion sitting on deposit and the government of Ireland gets a big fat zero .I wonder why? a charge of 1% would bring in 28 Billion into the government’s coffers overnight with Bruton loud mouthing the bankers cause it’s no wonder the government are afraid to tackle this obvious source of revenue .
X politicians working for the big banks says it all !
Allied Irish Banks to pay €40m bonuses despite bail-out (telegraph.co.uk)
Austerity Vote Creates All Green in Irish Stocks (AIB, IRE, IRL, RYAAY, ELN, WCRX) (247wallst.com)
Don’t believe Cowen’s lies!
The economy has reached a “turning point” with the worst now over, The Unelected Taoiseach Brian Cowen said.
How many turning points have we now turned ? anymore and we will all get dizzy!
Get real ,things are getting worse! talk to the 556,000 now on the dole scrapheap!
Talk to the social welfare recipients, expected to live on a fraction of the money you and your band of gangsters in the Dial are creaming on expenses!
Tell that to the unfortunate sick citizens lying on trolleys and are been denied basic services in the hospitals of the country that you and the criminal Harney are still advocating more cuts for!
In an address to a Fianna Fail meeting in Athlone,Cowen said the challenge is to now move with confidence and ambition into a new phase of recovery and renewal. (This is just political tripe)
The Unelected Taoiseach said Ireland was returning to growth and seeing an upturn in confidence.
“While we face another difficult budget ahead,(Code for more social welfair cuts,an easy target) for the Irish economy the worst is now over,” he said.
Mr Cowen said creating jobs was the backbone of the Government’s economic strategy.
He said Enterprise Ireland was working to create 40,000 jobs over the next five years, (8,000 each year) which would lead to an additional 28,000 jobs elsewhere in the economy.
Don’t believe the tripe coming from this gangster; I cannot believe the figures coming from the so called poll either!
This gangster and his cronies in the Dail have plundered this country and he and the other economic traitors deserve to be hanged for what they done
People of Ireland do not believe the vested interests who own the national news papers
They are afraid of a people’s government one that will bring real hope for the futures of all of us now consigned to the scrap heap by Cowen and his band of gangsters
Don’t be fooled by cowen’s pals in the news rooms
Help get these, the real leaches off our backs!
Support the demonstrators outside the Dail next Tuesday at 19.00 hrs and let your voice be heard
we want a General election Now!
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Exposing the golden circle
A network of 39 individuals held powerful positions in 33 of 40 top public organisations and
Private Irish businesses in three of the critical Celtic Tiger years (2005-2007), and held more
Than 93 directorships between them in these companies during this period; as well as an
Average of ten directorships each in other companies.
Focused on the years 2005-2007, the research shows that each of the 39 members of this
‘Director Network’ held multiple directorships on at least two boards across 33 of the 40
companies concerned.
More than a quarter (eleven) of the 39 members of the Director Network were particularly
well-connected. They had ten or more links, via these multiple directorships, to other
members of this Network and/or sat on three, four or even five boards of the top 40 companies
simultaneously.
In addition to holding multiple directorships, a significant proportion of the Director Network
held very senior full-time positions, either as CEOs or executive directors or equivalent
Over half of the members of the Director Network held board positions in at least one of
Ireland’s four largest financial institutions: Anglo Irish Bank, AIB, Bank of Ireland and Irish
Life and Permanent. The three most tightly-interwoven of all 40 boards were all financial
Full PFD report a must read! Map of Golden Circle
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Packers vs. 49ers: Follow updates from the NFC Championship game
Kim Kardashian West meets with Rodney Reed
Kim Kardashian West was "honoured" to meet with Rodney Reed.
The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star was thrilled to come face to face with the man she has been campaigning to get released from prison, after he insisted he has evidence to prove his innocence after he was convicted of raping and killing a woman in 1996.
She wrote on Twitter: "Today, I had the honour of meeting #RodneyReed in person and the privilege of sitting with him when he got the news that the highest court in Texas had issued a stay of execution and remanded the case back to the trial court for further consideration ... Words cannot describe the relief and hope that swept over the room in that moment. That hope had been building over the last few weeks around Rodney's case. We have seen Democrats and Republicans come together. We have seen grassroots activists and lawmakers link arms ... We have heard people all around the globe speak up. And all because of a deep belief that every man or woman accused of a crime - especially one punishable by death - deserves the chance to have all available evidence considered ... So grateful for the commitment and passion of everyone who voiced their support, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles for their recommendation to issue a 120 day reprieve, and the courts for issuing a stay! (sic)"
Meanwhile, Kim previously insisted she is grateful her fans are "super supportive" of her work in criminal justice reform.
She said of her fans: "I'm just so glad that they've followed all of us on our life journeys, whether you know it's the life changes that we've made and for me getting so involved in justice reform ... It means a lot to me that they're super supportive."
Rodney Reed
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Lafayette County should learn from debacle
Wisconsin State Journal editorial board
Flouting the First Amendment and Wisconsin’s open government law has a way of quickly backfiring on public officials.
Lafayette County just demonstrated this in spectacular fashion.
County officials were understandably upset when a study of water wells in Lafayette and two neighboring counties was misrepresented in an August news report in Milwaukee. The article suggested 91% of private wells tested in southwestern Wisconsin were polluted with animal or human fecal matter. The Associated Press distributed the story, and the State Journal and other news outlets published it.
It was alarming and raised concerns about groundwater pollution from farms and septic systems.
What the initial article failed to explain was that all of the wells with tainted water had already been flagged for contamination. They were a subset of a previous study. So the problem, while serious, wasn’t nearly as widespread as the first report suggested. Among all of the wells in the three-county area that had been tested, about one-third — not 91% — raised health concerns.
Lafayette County officials table resolution to restrict release of water quality information
Public records experts have said the restrictions were likely unconstitutional.
The mistake has been corrected, including in the State Journal. Professional journalists fix errors when they learn they have reported something wrong.
But that wasn’t good enough for an unnamed Lafayette County official (or officials), who unleashed a wildly absurd resolution seeking to restrict the press and gag county supervisors. The resolution claimed the county had been “falsely slandered” because of “a county board leak of confidential information.”
“Under no circumstances is the media allowed to glean information and selectively report it in order to interpret the results for their own means,” the resolution declared. “Violators will be prosecuted.”
Journalists would be limited to reporting Lafayette County press releases verbatim, as approved by a select group of county leaders, according to the resolution. The rigid measure also threatened county board supervisors with “censure” and “further action” if they spoke to a reporter without “express authority.”
The resolution was so extreme and patently unconstitutional that open government advocates wondered if it was real. Unfortunately, it was.
The proposal had no chance of surviving in court. The First Amendment protects a free press so journalists can provide information to citizens independently from government. The First Amendment also applies to elected officials. Lafayette County Board members can speak their minds on matters of public concern — not the least of which is whether water is safe to drink.
Moreover, Wisconsin’s open records law presumes that all government documents are open to public inspection, with few exceptions. That’s because the public is the boss. And access to information helps voters hold elected officials accountable.
The Lafayette County Board wisely tabled the ridiculous resolution Tuesday. Most supervisors sided with transparency. Yet Jack Sauer, the board’s chairman, still won’t say who sponsored the resolution. He hasn’t learned that secrecy only breeds suspicion.
We urge his colleagues to embrace more openness following this debacle. Allowing unfettered access to county information about water quality and other critical issues is the best way to build public trust.
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Lafayette County resolution threatens media with prosecution for 'selective' reporting
"There is no law under which violators could conceivably be prosecuted because any such law would be clearly unconstitutional," said the president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
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Manchurian magnificence
Panjin Red Beach in Liaoning province, Northeast China does its name proud each autumn when the seepweed turns crimson to spectacular effect
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Saline seepweed loves alkaline soil, and the Liao River delta in northeastern China offers ideal conditions in which to grow. In fact, this member of the amaranth family flourishes here so well that every autumn in September and October it transforms the countryside into a sea of flaming red. In keeping with the color of official Chinese ideology and the country’s national flag, the authorities declared its largest wetlands a nature reserve in 1985. A small section is open to the public.
Lufthansa offers daily direct flights from Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC) to Beijing (PEK). From there, take a train to Panjin (a four-and-a-half-hour ride). The beach is roughly 40 kilometers away.
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The Scourge of Being a Half-Breed
Being a pretty Eurasian is long known as an advantage in showbiz in Indonesia. But this actress and TV presenter thinks it can sometimes be a burden, and the only way to be taken seriously is to work hard and to refuse the pretty bimbo typecast.
by Hannah Al Rashid
I am half Indonesian and half French, but born and raised in London. Growing up, I rarely visited Indonesia, but I was blessed to have its culture and traditions instilled in me since I was a child, thanks to a very proud Indonesian father.
At home, my understanding of what it was to be Indonesian evolved from being encouraged to read the novels of Pramoedya Ananta Toer, sleeping with a keris (traditional Indonesian dagger) under my pillow like all women of South Sulawesi’s Bugis nobility, learning the ancient warrior’s art of Pencak Silat, and mastering how to eat with hands gracefully.
Within my household, I was a French speaking, English-born, proud Indonesian girl. But it was only through the assimilation into the Indonesian community in London, that I found out that I was not identified as an Indonesian, but an “Indo”, an Indonesian of European decent: a half-breed.
What does it mean to be an Indo? For me, it’s a blessed existence between two worlds, rich in open-mindedness, tolerance and knowledge. But, to many Indonesians, being Indo merely means beauty, prestige and pride.
As a teenager, during family holidays in Indonesia, I would join my family in their daily ritual of watching sinetron or Indonesian soap opera. Though I didn’t understand a thing in the show, as I couldn’t speak the language at the time, I could see that the Indo actors and actresses on the show—easy on the eye, though, they were—were terrible actors.
Inspired by their perceived glamour, however, my relatives persisted in telling me to follow their paths: “You should move to Indonesia and do sinetron. You’re an Indo, you’ll get a job easily!” In response, I would give them a huge eye-rolling-talk-to-the-hand-I’m-gona-do-something-much-more-worthwhile-with-my-life gesture.
This shows how little one can foresee one’s own future, for 10 years later I am living in Jakarta and working as a TV presenter and actress. Hah!
In my own defense, however, I did have a plan to do something worthwhile with my degree in development. But a spontaneous move to Jakarta with little money and no development agencies wanting to employ me left me with very few options. I either had to starve or take the offers that were available. I chose the latter.
In the beginning, it was hard to come to terms with my decision to embark on a career in the entertainment industry. I kept feeling like a sell-out. I had to pretend to be some rock-stars’ girlfriend in their music videos to make rent, which made me feel like the biggest bimbo. And, though my cousins were right all those years ago that being Indo made it easier to get a foot in the door, I soon realized that my mixed ethnicity wasn’t necessarily that much of a blessing.
What I would come to experience in the entertainment industry in Jakarta reminded me of what I felt many years ago in the Indonesian community in London. It was the same feeling again of being seen as a pretty half-breed, a potential trophy daughter-in-law for women looking to marry off their sons.
There is a big market for Eurasian looks in Jakarta. I am very much aware that my ethnicity is my comparative advantage, but the Eurasian actresses tend to be typecast as bimbo. They are also disposable, because there are always going to be pretty multiracial people around. Most of the offers are for eye candy roles—the pretty girl with no substance and with little purpose. It doesn’t help that the current TV and film climate in Indonesia is extremely limited, and, as such, roles or characters (particularly in film) are also limited, and very much defined by ethnicity.
I recently spoke to rising movie star Joe Taslim on the subject, and he recalled that because of his Chinese ethnicity, prior to getting his role in The Raid, he would only ever get a callback for the “boyfriend from Hong Kong” character. The same applies to Eurasians. We monopolize sinetron and TV commercials where the prerequisites are merely a marketable face, not so much talent. Few directors, particularly in film are willing to give you the opportunity to explore roles outside of Eurasian stereotypes. I would kill to play Nyai Ontosoroh or Srintil, or some village girl with psychological issues, but no one can ever look past the mixed race face.
But far from making me cynical, I still believe that Eurasian performers like me can maintain a diverse and long career in this industry, if we offer more than just a pretty face. This means good work ethic and a high level of professionalism.
If you work hard and are talented, then a pretty face is just a bonus; it shouldn’t define who you are or how you work. The industry does not only see Eurasians as being marketable, it also judges us on how we judge ourselves. If we feel our worth lies in our exterior, we will forever be judged on that alone.
This is where I make a stand to not be labeled as just another Eurasian on TV. This has not been easy. I refuse jobs that devalue my intellectuality, and I say “Hell, no!” to anything that promotes unhealthy perceptions of beauty, such as skin-whitening products. But this greatly limits myself because all the roles I refuse to take are the majority of my job offers.
Five years in this industry, I still live in a rented room in a boarding house and ride an ojek (motorcycle taxi) to the set. It doesn’t matter, though, as long as I can take pride in my work, I can be a positive influence on people, and I can show them that I deserve to be here because I’m a hard worker and a professional—not because I’m Indo.
About Hannah Al Rashid
Hannah is, in her own words, a confused mongrel child. Born and raised in London to a Bugis father and a French mother, she studied Indonesian and Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies. She moved to Jakarta in 2008 to work in development, but for the past five years has worked as an actress and TV presenter instead. Hers is a perspective of a confused child of all nations, lost in the fatherland, trying to make rent as a performing monkey.
Photo by Joko Anwar, Director of "Modus Anomali" which Hannah starred in.
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Lunar dome concepts: 3D print buildings using “moon stuff” and more
The other design I needed to research for The Alien Element is what a realistic lunar dome might look like and be made out of.
You know the Jetson’s style glass dome, straight out of the sci-fi imagination of 1950s America? That’s where I started when I first began to imagine what a lunar dome might look like, and how it all might work.
But technology has improve immensely since the 1950s, and glass domes are not realistic on a moon with no atmosphere and a danger of meteorites, either to live in or maintain. The old vision had become dated. So I went in search of more modern lunar dome concepts.
The newest and most realistic concept I found on Gizmodo. They propose running “moon stuff” (the soil/crust of the moon) through a 3D printer to turn it into a cement-like material. Using that stuff, they’d arrange or print it in a cellular structure, insert inflatables into the interior to hold atmosphere, and connect the domes with tunnels like an ant colony. Pictured here is a render:
There are other benefits, too.
According to ESA’s human spaceflight team’s Scott Hovland: “3D printing offers a potential means of facilitating lunar settlement with reduced logistics from Earth.”
This means that we don’t need to carry building supplies up there. If we use what the moon provides, we same save on hassle and fuel.
Additional ideas and questions came from Quora user Robert Walker, who wrote more about the specifics and logistics of establishing such a base on the Moon or Mars. He suggests putting the colony in a large caldera or smaller crater, using the natural structure for stability, and raising a dome above it. He wrote an even longer piece here. I haven’t read all of it yet, but it’s very interesting and asks all sorts of questions I never even thought about.
That’s one of the joys of doing this kind of research—I’m introduced to so many new ideas.
And then there’s this idea of setting up a colony on the moon, beneath the moon’s surface inside of a lava cave, which scientists have posited could be quite large on the moon. So-called “lava caves” were apparently made during the cooling period while the moon’s surface was forming after the impact with Earth that created it.
Unlike Earth, the Moon lacks a thick atmosphere and magnetic field to protect it against cosmic radiation. The absence of an atmospheric buffer also means that the Moon’s surface receives more frequent meteorite impacts and more extremes of temperature.
For example, the Moon’s surface temperature can vary by several hundred degrees C during the course of a lunar day.
(Image copyright: NASA) Cave entrances like this one in Mare Tranquilitatis may open into lava tubes
But housing bases underground, inside lava tubes, could offer shielding against these risks.
The lunar tunnels are expected to be larger than those already discovered on our planet, because of the Moon’s lower gravity. No-one has yet definitively discovered an example on the Moon, but spacecraft have revealed cave entrances called skylights that may open into lava tubes.
Skylights! Holy crap, that’s amazing. There are so many great story seeds in these articles.
Clearly, the Jetson-style 1950s vision of the future didn’t hold up over time. Especially not glass domes, and definitely not on the moon where there’s no atmosphere.
Those finnicky laws of nature, they’re just so rigid.
I went for something along the lines of the 3D printed option in The Alien Element. It was a fun challenge that added great ambience to the story.
The Alien Element
A fast-paced science fiction thriller with an edge of the fantastic. A treacherous quest for answers that becomes a harrowing battle against an ancient adversary beyond imagining.
Book two of the Translocator Trilogy.
Story Seeds
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Tag: Heart Monitor
GAME CHANGER: NEW SMART HEART MONITOR
Published on June 7, 2017 September 26, 2019 by mariadorfnerLeave a comment
Super excited to tell you about a new smart heart monitor you can use at home. It will help 28 million heart disease patients in the U.S. keep track of their heart.
Keep track from the comfort of their home at any time. And it’s just been FDA approved.
Meet Eko DUO. The first handheld mobile, wireless, EHR-connected stethoscope, which connects to your smart phone.
It allows you to amplify, visualize and record crystal clear heart and lung sounds.
Imagine not needing to wait for your next followup appointment to transmit a concern to your physician. It works under the supervision or prescription from a physician.
Eko Duo is set to help millions of heart disease patients who are often discharged with little more than an info packet and instructions to monitor their weight.
Now patients can be sent home from the hospital with a direct link back to their physician, helping reduce readmissions and false alarms.
“The goal is to bring hospital-quality care to the home.”
–Connor Landgraf, CEO and co-founder, Eko DUO
The device wirelessly pairs with Eko’s secure, HIPAA-compliant app, enabling remote monitoring and diagnosis by a clinician or specialist.
It works with the Eko app on any iPhone, iPad, Windows PC or Android device.
Eko DUO can also be used by clinicians as an enhanced stethoscope for in-clinic cardiac screenings, enabling physicians to quickly diagnose and monitor patients.
Clinicians can use it bedside or remotely to quickly spot heart abnormalities including arrhythmias, heart murmurs, and valvular heart diseases.
I interviewed Ami Bhatt, M.D., a Cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Director of Outpatient Cardiology and the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and she believes Eko DUO will improve outcomes through early intervention.
Dr. Bhatt says, “Cardiology programs are looking for ways to deliver hospital-quality healthcare at home. The ability to capture digital heart sounds and an ECG expands our portfolio of mechanisms to remotely monitor the heart – and brings diagnosis and opportunities for early intervention even further upstream.”
Heart disease can strike people of all ages.
I spoke with Stacy Bingham, a registered nurse from Oregon with 5 children, who knows this firsthand. She and her husband have no prior history of heart disease in their family, yet 3 of her 5 children end up needing heart transplants.
When Stacy noticed her oldest child, Sierra acting tired with a loss of appetite for a few weeks, she never suspected the cause was an underlying heart condition.
“I noticed her face and eyes were swollen. She complained her stomach hurt.”
That’s when Stacy and her husband took her to a family practitioner.
“The doctor told us it’s probably a flu bug and sent us home. When her condition worsened she had an x-ray.”
X-ray results revealed Sierra’s heart was enlarged. Dilated cardio myopathy. She later learned two of her other children also had heart problems.
“If they had not finally found Sierra’s heart condition, she may not have survived. We live in a really rural part of Eastern Oregon and we now have three kids with heart transplants that need to be monitored for life.”
Today, Stacy’s family takes nothing for granted, especially innovations that help.
“If this device can be used at home and we can rule out scary things and know when it’s not something we need to rush to a hospital for that would be wonderful.” –Stacy Bingham
James Young also knows how life can change in a heartbeat.
Young was just 40-years-old when he first experienced symptoms of heart failure. Symptoms he ignored until they were severe and his sister insisted on it.
“I was coughing in mornings and throughout the day. I thought it was simply allergies. I vomited phlegm some mornings and still didn’t see a doctor.”
But the coughing became more painful. While shoveling, it stopped him in his tracks.
“I was outside shoveling snow when I turn behind me and see a trail of blood.”
His sister noticed he didn’t look well and insisted he go see a physician.
“That’s when I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. I was shocked.”
James felt anxiety, depression and uncertainty about his future at this time. Young believes Eko DUO will not only help alleviate false alarms and unnecessary hospital readmissions, but needless worrying as well.
“Eko DUO would have given me assurance the doctor knew where I stood daily. If there were any issues outstanding needing to be addressed immediately. It gives the doctor an opportunity to respond expeditiously to those concerns.”
Today, James is doing great and is a national spokesperson and heart failure Ambassador for the American Heart Association.
“I went from a 25% functioning heart to being an avid runner and cycler. I’ve taken on a new lease in life. As a community advocate I can help inspire others and give them hope.”
Ami Bhatt, M.D says that hope also translates to much needed continuous care rather than outpatient care.
“Robust toolkits for caring for patients in the community will hopefully lead to more appropriate healthcare utilization through continuous rather than episodic outpatient care.”
HERE’S HOW EKO WAS DEVELOPED:
Eko’s co-founder & CEO, Connor Landgraf, is also a heart disease patient.
Connor navigated countless cardiology visits, screenings and referrals.
In 2013, during his senior year as at the University of California at Berkeley, Connor attended a panel discussion at UC San Francisco on technological shortcomings facing modern medical practices.
One technical gap cardiologists claimed stood out beyond the rest: the stethoscope.
So Conner and his co-founders welcomed the stethoscope, a two-century old tool, into the 21st-century.
Photo: Connor and his co-founders, Jason Bellet and Tyler Crouch
The newly FDA approved Eko DUO brings that to the next level.
To learn more about this remarkable 21st Century technology we love visit: http://www.ekodevices.com
Factoids:
According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.
The American Heart Associations says the U.S. currently spends over $26 billion annually on heart failure hospitalization. 25% of heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days — 50% are readmitted in 6 months with hospitals now being penalized for high readmission rates.
Fact: 83% of parents experience anxiety surrounding their child’s referral to a pediatric cardiologist for an innocent murmur.
Fact: Average cash price for an echocardiogram is $2,275 and even with insurance, patients can expect to pay 10 to 30% of this cost.
Fact: For a pediatric subspecialist such as a pediatric cardiologist, patients must wait between 5 weeks and 3 months to get an appointment.
Fact: Internal medicine residents misdiagnose more than 75% of cardiac events.
Fact: 70% of all pediatric cardiac referrals for murmurs are unnecessary.
Fact: Average PCP needs to coordinate care with 99 other physicians working across 53 practices.
Fact: Only 50% of initial referrals are accompanied by information from the PCP.
Fact: Patients in rural communities must travel an average of 56 miles to see a specialist.
Fact: About 46.2 million people, or 15% of the U.S. population, reside in rural counties.
Eko DUO. A real game changer for heart patients worldwide.
http://www.ekodevices.com
Maria Dorfner is the founder of NewsMD. She has worked in Media for 38 years, beginning as an intern at NBC during college. She covered health for her college newspaper and covered The Ivy League Roundup. She has specialized in Medical/Health for 28 of those years. Her series on obesity won a Freddie Award for Excellence in Medical Reporting and she won a Media Recognition Award, Outstanding Leadership Award and Commitment to the Advancement of Women in Media Award. Her medical stories have aired on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX, cable stations and O&O’s and affiliates.
She co-founded The Cleveland Clinic News Service, helped launch CNBC in 1989, helped launch MedPageToday and produced the weekly Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA Report) airing weekly on every network. She is the recipient of a Medical Reporting Scholarship from the American Medical Association and an Advanced Writing Scholarship from Columbia University. In 1998, she produced “21st Century Medicine” on tissue regeneration and regenerating life for Discovery, developed original medical/health programming which aired nationally on CNBC.
She’s travelled extensively interviewing a Who’s Who in pioneering medicine.
The series she created in 1993 include Lifestyles & Longevity, Healthcare Consumers, Healthcare Practitioners and Healthy Living with Dr. Joyce Brothers. She went on to replace Brothers as Host of the series. She was also director of research for the political consulting firm of Ailes Communications, a small production company owned by Roger Ailes and his then wife, Norma. Ailes served as Senior Media Advisor to President Bush at the time and successfully developed TV pilots for national syndication. Ailes then became President of CNBC, before launching Fox News Channel.
In her spare time she enjoys reading and helping people.
She began her career as an intern on the Today Show in 1983. She is the author of Healthy Within, Health Heart & Humor in an Italian-American Kitchen and PRESSure.
This is her blog
Email: maria.dorfner@yahoo.com | @Maria_Dorfner on Twitter
Categories Best in Class, best in health, Best New Technology, Best Products, Breakthroughs, Digital Health, Dr. John Chorba, UCSF, Eko Device, Future Health, Health, health apps, Health News, Health Startup, health tech, Healthcare Consumers, HEART HEALTH, Making a Difference, Patients, Technology•Tags AHA, American Heart Association, Ami Bhatt, Best Heart Monitor, Best Product, Cardiac Care, Connor Landgraf, Digital Electronic Stehoscope, Digital Health, Dr. John Chorba, ECG, Eko, EKO CORE, Eko Core Electronic Stethoscope, Eko Devices, Eko DUO, FDA, Handheld heart monitor, HEART HEALTH, Heart Monitor, Heart Smart Monitor, Heart Smart Technology, James Young, Jason Bellet, Stacy Bingham, Stethoscope, Technology, UCSF
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Four Points Dar es Salaam - Best Brews
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From: Claire Liddell, Senior Manager Brand PR, Marriott International (http://www.Marriott.com), Middle East & Africa Claire.liddell@marriott.com Date: Monday, 14h September 2019 Re: FOUR POINTS BY SHERATON DAR ES SALAAM, NEW AFRICA HOTEL JOINS HOTELS AROUND THE WORLD TO CREATE A BEST BREWS POP UP GARDEN The Brand Celebrates Global Growth with…
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Source: Marriott International, Inc. | Sep 23, 2019
Marriott International Expects to Add 40 New Properties Across Africa by 2023
Company announces four new deals including entry into Cape Verde; Development pipeline expected to drive owner investment of over $2 billion and generate 12,000 new jobs
From the Africa Hotel Investment Forum in Addis, Marriott International (http://www.Marriott.com) reinforced its commitment to Africa by announcing it expects to add 40 properties and over 8,000 rooms across the continent by the end of 2023. The company also announced signed agreements to open its first property in Cape Verde…
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Marriott International opens Second Four Points by Sheraton in Tanzania
The 174 room Four Points by Sheraton Dar es Salaam, New Africa Hotel, features spacious and contemporary rooms including suites
POINT 1: Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) (www.Marriott.com) today announced the opening of its second Four Points by Sheraton (Four-Points.Marriott.com) hotel in Tanzania, Four Points by Sheraton Dar es Salaam, New Africa Hotel. The original New Africa Hotel was built as the official residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1896. It…
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Source: Marriott International, Inc. | May 06, 2019
Marriott International reveals enticing seasonal offer at over 250 properties in 29 countries across the Middle East and Africa
Explore exciting destinations and experiences and enjoy 25% off with complimentary breakfast for Marriott Bonvoy members and 15% off for non-members
Marriott International (www.Marriott.com) has unveiled an enticing offer across 250 hotels and 21 brands in 29 countries across Middle East and Africa. As more and more travelers are increasingly seeking out enriching local experiences, Marriott International is inviting guests to explore spectacular destinations and experiences across the region and save…
Sankara Nairobi Autograph Collection (1)
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Autograph Collection Hotels debuts in Kenya welcoming Sankara Nairobi to its dynamic portfolio of Passionately Independent Hotels
Art, Culture, Culinary and Design create an immersive experience with a distinctive sense of place
Autograph Collection Hotels (www.AutographHotels.com), Marriott International’s (www.Marriott.com) distinctive collection of passionately independent hotels, today welcomed Sankara Nairobi to its diverse and distinguished portfolio of over 171 hotels around the world, marking the debut for the brand in Kenya. Set in the heart of Westlands, Sankara Nairobi lies in the epicentre…
Atrium of the Sankara Nairobi, Autograph Collection
W Muscat - Living Room
Source: Marriott International, Inc. | Apr 08, 2019
Marriott International expects to add nearly 20 properties under its Middle East and Africa Portfolio in 2019
Company on-track to grow its portfolio by 45 percent through the end of 2023 with over 100 properties under development
Marriott International (www.Marriott.com) today announced it expects to add 19 new properties and more than 3,000 rooms to its Middle East and Africa portfolio in 2019. Underpinning a strong demand for its diverse brands, the new additions are in line with the company’s expansion plans to add more than 100 new…
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Marriott Hotels brings TED Fellows Salon to the mother city inspiring “Vibrant Innovation”
Meaningful conversations spark creative thinking at the Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers
Marriott Hotels (www.MarriottHotels.com) in partnership with TED, hosted its first TED Fellows Salon in Cape Town, South Africa, sparking conversations around Africa’s beauty, rich heritage and innovative spirit. Held at the Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers, renowned TED Fellows, Kenyan musician Bill Sellanga and South African conservation biologist Steve…
Mr Baloo Patel and Mr Alex Kyriakidis at the signing ceremony of Sankara Nairobi Autograph Collection Hotel
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Autograph Collection Hotels to welcome Sankara Nairobi marking the Debut of the Brand into Kenya
168 Room Sankara Nairobi to be rebranded in Early 2019
Autograph Collection Hotels (www.AutographHotels.com), Marriott International’s (www.Marriott.com) distinctive collection of passionately independent hotels, announced that it will soon debut the brand into Kenya with Sankara Nairobi (www.Sankara.com) slated to join the brand’s diverse and distinguished portfolio of over 150 independent hotels around the world. A hallmark of hospitality in Kenya’s…
Marriott International Strengthens Kenya Presence with Second Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in The World’s Wildlife Capital [1]
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Source: Marriott International, Inc. | Nov 06, 2017
Marriott International Strengthens Kenya Presence with Second Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in The World’s Wildlife Capital
Opens the all-new 172 room Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport
POINT 1: Marriot International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) (www.Marriott.com) today announced the opening of its second hotel in the “World’s Wildlife Capital”, Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport (www.FourPoints.com/NairobiAirport), further consolidating its presence in Kenya. Strategically situated within the main complex of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, the hotel is within easy reach…
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Book-length publications
When the Southern Lights Went Dark, the Lighthouse Establishment During the Civil War (Globe Pequot Publishers, 2020)
Co-author, Women Who Kept the Lights: An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers (Cypress Communications, 1994; second edition, 2001; third edition 2014)
New Point Comfort Lighthouse: Its History and Preservation (Mathews County Historical Society, Inc., 2013)
Drummer Boy of Company C: Coming of Age in the Civil War (Cypress Communications, 2013)
Co-author, Lighthouses Short & Tall (Cypress Communications, 2008)
Co-author, Mind the Light, Katie (Cypress Communications, 2005)
Co-author, Maine Lights: Documentation of Their Past (Cypress Communications, 2004)
Co-author, Nineteenth Century Lights: Historic Images of American Lighthouses (Cypress Communications, 2000)
From Slavery to Freetown: Black Loyalists after the American Revolution (McFarland, 1999)
The Land and People of Afghanistan (J. B.Lippincott, 1962, revised edition, 1973; completely new edition, HarperCollins, 1989)
The Land and People of the Arabian Peninsula (Lippincott, 1977)
The Land and People of Sierra Leone (J. B. Lippincott, 1974)
The Land and People of Liberia (J. B. Lippincott, 1971)
The Land and People of Malaysia (J. B. Lippincott, 1968)
The Noble and Noble African Studies Program (Noble and Noble, 1971)
Bisha of Burundi (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1973)
Salah of Sierra Leone (Thomas Y.Crowell, 1975)
When the Great Canoes Came (Pelican Publishing Company, 1993)
Lonesome Road (PublishAmerica, 2005)
The Shalamar Code (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2006)
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Zoo makes public plea for the safe return of these stolen mini monkeys
By Jerico Mandybur 2016-11-27 03:36:54 UTC
A wildlife park outside of Wollongong, Australia, is looking for three monkeys and they're desperate for your help.
Symbio Zoo made a public plea on Facebook Sunday night, praying for the safe return of three pygmy marmosets which were stolen from their enclosure.
Their main concern is for a four-week-old baby pygmy marmoset, who's among the three captured. They say if she's not returned to her mother by Sunday, she will likely die.
"We are still appealing for your help to spread the word," they wrote on social media. "Our primary concerns are for our four-week-old baby who has been separated from mum for 36 hours now, so time is crucial to get this little one reunited with mum to enable him/her to feed."
A second update read: "Police are continuing to review CCTV footage and investigating several leads. We are still appealing for your help to spread the word."
Poor lil' monkeys.
UPDATE: Nov. 27, 2016, 6:31 p.m. AEDT Sweet bebe monkey has been found. Two others still missing.
State police have issued a statement, confirming the young, at-risk monkey has been found in a car, and two people have been brought into custody.
UPDATE: Nov. 28, 2016, 12:19 p.m. AEDT A second pygmy marmoset has also been found, according to ABC News.
Australians can contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 if they have any information.
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Topics: Australia, monkey, pygmy marmosets, symbio zoo, World
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Jonathan Briggs Uncategorized November 17, 2006 2 Minutes
New York, New York! � it�s a wonderful town! Or so I�m told � I�ve never been, but did make a virtual trip over to monitor some more mistletoe art nouveau auctions on Friday.
I had my eye on five items, all 1920s Lalique designs, and all (to me) unaffordable. But an interesting set, and a curious comparison to those in the Bonhams auction in London on Wednesday.
There were three Lalique Gui vases � all the same moulding, but each in a different colour � 259 was described as Plum, and estimated at $3 to $4K � it sold for $3500 after just 2 bids.
Number 260, described as Pea Green (not a description Rene Lalique would have liked I�m sure) estimated at $2 to $3K sold at for $1900 after just one bid.
Number 403 described as �cased jade green� (whatever that means) was obviously considered a real rarity � it was estimated at $7 to $9K but remained unsold, after one bid of $3500.
There was also a classic Lalique Gui Bowl � in �opalescent mint green�. Estimated at $800 to $1200K this seemed to still be unsold after three bids only amounted to $400.
And then there was this rather odd thing � an item I�ve never seen before, described as a Lalique jewelry pendant, in a Gui pattern and in a �red amber� colour. It looks very like some of the modern Lalique Christmas pendants (usually round medallions) but claims to be original 1920s material. This item closed at $475 (the estimate was $700-$900).
How do these compare to the London auction?
The Gui Vases
Let�s halve the dollar prices to give a rough indication in sterling � which makes the Plum vase �1750, the Pea Green Vase �950 and the Jade Green one unsold at �1750, and holding out for at least �3500.
The price differences between colours suggest a lot rides on the colour � Jade Green presumably being rare. The London Druides Vase (a different mistletoe design) fetched only �480 – which suggests a better market in NY?
The Gui Bowl
Sterling equivalent � unsold at �200, holding out for at least �400. The similar London bowl was also unsold – and had also aimed for �400.
Again a a lot seems to depend on the colour � the one for sale in Chester version only aims for �150 – but it�s a bit shabby compared to the NY one�
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4 People Still Missing After Vehicle Plunges Into Idaho River
Credit: Richard Heathcote / Getty Images
KTVB reports information straight from the Idaho County Sheriff's Office about a vehicle carrying six people that plunged straight into the Selway River next to the Idaho / Montana border Monday morning. Two of those people were able to escape but we know of four more that authorities cannot find.
The river is so treacherous with its high water and fast-moving conditions investigators not only cannot find the four people missing but cannot remove or look into the vehicle itself. They think it's possible that the four missing people are still inside the vehicle.
Idaho County requested help from Ravalli County as well as Two Bear Air, a LifeFlight helicopter and a medical search and rescue helicopter to search for the other occupants of the vehicle but nothing has been found. At this time the search continues through the air and on land. Our thoughts are with these families. May God bless them.
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Winter Meetings Preview: Milwaukee Brewers
The Winter Meetings aren’t officially underway just yet as I sit down to give my keyboard a workout this evening, but the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee is set and baseball executives from across North America have checked into their rooms and have no doubt begun to follow up on things begun prior to departing for Music City.
Doug Melvin is there (along with his entourage) and has had plenty to say about what he expects out of the 2012 Winter Meetings. With appreciation to the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel for the quotes themselves, I’ll be laying out some things Melvin said and analyzing what I think they mean for the Brewers heading through the rest of the off-season.
Before I do that, let’s recap the basics about what educated fans know already about the Brewers and their needs.
The bullpen was bad in 2012. In fact, it underperformed so incredibly that it alone could be labeled as a singular reason that the team failed to reach the postseason. Just a handful of losses flipped to wins and the Brewers would have had that opportunity to face the Braves in the first-ever National League Wild Card Game.
As a result of their collective struggles, the bullpen has been basically gutted. Gone are multi-year Brewers like Kameron Loe, Francisco Rodriguez, Tim Dillard, Mike McClendon, and Manny Parra. Along with them, first-year tryouts for Jose Veras and Livan Hernandez ended in free agency. Even short-term fixes like Vinnie Chulk came and went. The only guys left who pitched in the big league bullpen to end the regular season and are still a part of this organization are likely closer John Axford, likely setup man Jim Henderson, and the finally healthy Brandon Kintzler.
As we all know, the Brewers did announce a trade acquisition on Saturday when they dealt a minor-league outfielder for established relief pitcher Burke Badenhop. That addition still leaves three jobs to be filled. FoxSports.com’s Jon Morosi already tweeted earlier this evening about one of those open roles:
#Brewers are prioritizing a lefty reliever. Among the available free agents: Burnett, Choate, M. Gonzalez, Howell, Gorzelanny.
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) December 2, 2012
Just some names to know.
The Brewers got good performances for the most part from the men who took the ball every fifth day during the year but there is a lot of flux possible in what was left at the end.
A return of all five starting pitchers from the 2011 NLCS team was seen as a rarity, not to mention that the Brewers only used six starting pitchers all that season. Now? Randy Wolf was released, Shaun Marcum is a free agent, Zack Greinke was traded, and Chris Narveson is coming off of shoulder surgery.
That’s the stuff of how question marks are made.
Yovani Gallardo is set to return atop the rotation but after that hasn’t yet been decided. As it stands right now, the Brewers have probably six arms vying for the open four spots in the rotation. Mike Fiers, Marco Estrada, Chris Narveson, Wily Peralta, Mark Rogers and, to a lesser extent in my opinion, Tyler Thornburg.
Doug Melvin has mentioned a couple of free agent starters by name this off-season already (Edwin Jackson and Ryan Dempster, for the record) but had some commentary on that front as well.
While the starting offense can be returned completely intact, the bench will need addressing and a couple of decisions need to be made.
Will Jean Segura begin the season as the starting everyday shortstop in Milwaukee or in the aforementioned city of Nashville as he gets a bit more seasoning in Triple-A? Who will take over as the backup infielders after the Brewers burned through a number of MLB veterans during 2012? Travis Ishikawa is gone, Alex Gonzalez is a free agent after being hurt most of the season, Mat Gamel should be healthy but missed a ton of at-bats and doesn’t really have a job at this point…and that’s just the infield.
In the outfield, Nyjer Morgan was released and Logan Schafer seems incredibly obvious to become the fourth outfielder with Milwaukee. After that, though, will they carry a fifth outfielder? If so, who will it be?
About the only spot on the field where there isn’t a question is behind the plate. Jonathan Lucroy and Martin Maldonado are healthy and coming off of strong seasons.
Excuse whilst I knock on some wood.
Okay. With that, let’s get to those quotes from Melvin.
The big quote is one about payroll. After setting a franchise record in 2012 with a payroll north of $100 million, the Brewers finished in the red, meaning that they actually lost money this year. (Part of that is because the fans didn’t show up quite as well as they had budgeted for, but wins bring attendance.)
Melvin said, “(The payroll is) coming down. We’ll probably look at (an opening payroll) of $80 million or thereabouts. We want to keep flexibility in case players become available.”
In other words, despite a large chunk of money coming off the books there should be no expectation of a dollar-for-dollar reassignment. That could limit how much the Brewers can do in free agency but it will almost certainly limit the magnitude of what the Brewers can do.
That assumes that Melvin sticks to his initial words, but more on that in a bit.
Melvin was clear in that the Brewers don’t plan to get involved on high-end (in terms of years or dollars) relief pitchers.
“We’re not looking at those kinds of guys. We’d probably be reluctant to go three years with anybody. We might have to do two. David Riske was our last three-year deal for a reliever. That didn’t work out,” said Melvin.
Would left-handed reliever Sean Burnett be a pipe-dream then? Burnett had to debunk a rumor that he was seeking a four-year deal but that doesn’t mean he isn’t looking for three.
The starting rotation was mentioned earlier and was brought up to Melvin as well. He stated that with how the contracts worked out with Jeff Suppan and Randy Wolf that the Brewers “wouldn’t go three years with a starter. You look at those contracts and they don’t usually work out. Look at all the free-agent players who have been traded the last few years. Free agency gets people excited, but it’s not as effective as people would like to think.”
Does that mean that following a report which I linked to on Twitter the other day that the Brewers are taking themselves out of the market for the aforementioned Jackson and Dempster, both of whom are believed to be seeking deals of a minimum three years? Perhaps.
Melvin stated that the Brewers will probably go with some of their younger players in the rotation but that he understands the dangers of trusting a small sample size.
As for the offense, Melvin admitted (as reported in this space) that contact was made between him and Josh Hamilton’s agent Michael Moye, but Melvin also said that, “I don’t see (a big-ticket signing) happening. If it does, we’d have to be creative with something.”
Melvin added, “You never know how those things work out. I never thought we’d be able to get Aramis Ramirez last year (for what they signed him for). Things change. If major things happen, you have to be prepared to act quickly.”
In other words, Melvin is reminding everyone that you simply can’t use definitives when discussing transactions in Major Leage Baseball. Or, to go the cliched route…Never say never.
Finally, for the bench, Melvin said that they’re in the market “mostly for depth.” He stated that they “may have to go with some of our younger guys” but that “it’s always nice to have an experienced bat on the bench.”
And since a lot of you have reached out via social media as to why I haven’t pass along many rumors in the last few days, Melvin confirmed that he has made no offers to any free agents yet and, as of the time he said so out loud, he didn’t have any serious trade talks going either.
Then again, he’s in Nashville now at the Winter Meetings. It’s made for just those kinds of things.
Stay tuned all week for reaction and analysis to anything and everything that I hear or read related to the Brewers. I’ll pass it along just as soon as I can.
My suggestion? If you aren’t on Twitter or you are and don’t follow me @BrewerNation…now’s one of the best times of the year to take the plunge. I can’t always blog right away but tweeting is much easier to do on the fly.
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Doug Melvin Interview Transcript – Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Doug Melvin, General Manager of our beloved Milwaukee Brewers, was on the radio this afternoon on AM 1250 WSSP in SE Wisconsin for a few minutes talking about his off-season plans.
Here is a transcript of the interview (which you can listen to by clicking here):
On speculation connecting the Brewers to certain players (i.e. Josh Hamilton, Zack Greinke):
“Well, I don’t think those are the names that were gonna be involved with. I think this is gonna be a year we’ll take a look at the free agent market, but more than likely I don’t anticipate us being actively involved in free agency. We may try to find different ways to improve our ball club. We do like the current club we have. We were 36-23 with the third best record in the National League after August 1st with some of the young pitchers we brought up. We do have most positional guys back so I wouldn’t get too excited about those kinds of names. I think a lot of it is speculation. It often makes sense. This is the time of year when those kind of things happen.”
On having young pitching after years of waiting for some and if he may have to trade some of it away to acquire a proven starter:
“We feel right now there’s probably a better chance we’re going to hold onto our young pitching. We saw Mike Fiers come up last year. He struggled a little bit later (in the year). We saw Mark Rogers and Wily Peralta both come up with the power arms they showed us in the past. We had Tyler Thornburg. We’ve got Hiram Burgos who’s going to be added to the roster, had a very good year. We’ve had Taylor Jungmann who’s probably going to be at Double-A. We’ve got John Hellweg who’s pitched very well in the Fall League and was just picked by the scouting bureau as the best player on that Phoenix ball club. So, we do have some depth with our pitching. Jimmy Nelson we like; we’re very high on him. Nick Bucci (too) so. We’ve got a chance to have, out of 10 starters in Double-A and Triple-A, we have a chance to have 8 to 9 of them they’re gonna be legitimate prospects we think will pitch in the big leagues. The big league pitchers? It’s time to give Wily Peralta, time to give Mark Rogers that opportunity.”
In discussing fan support following a rough first half and the resultant decisions surrounding trading away Zack Greinke:
“Who’s not to say that if we kept Zack Greinke that we might’ve got back in this thing. You have to make some tough decisions sometimes. When a shortstop was included in a deal for Zack, we just had to make the decision at that particular time. … It’s a credit to Ron, the coaches, the players that they didn’t give up and it’s something that we can learn that in baseball you can be six, seven, eight games out and that can be made up in two weeks time. So, it’s a lesson we all can learn that sometimes you gotta be a little bit patient. It is a long season.”
Asked if there is any way Zack Greinke can be back in a Brewers uniform:
“I don’t know. I’m sorry but I don’t think that’s gonna happen. As much as Zack liked it here and enjoyed it here, there’s a couple clubs that are gonna get heavily involved with him. He is no doubt the number one pitcher out there…from the starting pitching standpoint. I think he’s gonna do very well but I would expect that we may get a phone call from his agent but I think in the end it’s going to be difficult for Zack to come back here to Milwaukee under the amount of money he’s probably gonna be offered.”
Asked if he would like to add a veteran starting pitcher and if any free agents intrigue him:
“Yeah, there’s a few names out there. Obviously we’re gonna lose Marcum and we’re gonna lose Greinke so we’ve talked about adding a starting pitcher. We do have to add to our bullpen too. Edwin Jackson’s another name that’s been out there. I don’t know where he’s headed or what his thought process is. We do have an opportunity; we can go with the current guys we have. The tough part with that is that any kind of injury, then you really tap into not having the depth that’s needed over the course of 162 games. Going with the younger guys and Yovani, Marco Estrada, Mike Fiers, Rogers, Wily Peralta, Chris Narveson will be back and be healthy. The part of that is you really cross your fingers that everybody’s going to stay healthy and everybody’s gonna produce. So you would like to have a veteran that you could put out there in the rotation that could eat up a couple hundred innings, but you also want quality innings. In the past, we’ve had the Jeff Suppan, Randy Wolf. They both came in here when we didn’t have the younger pitching and they gave us innings and that but obviously you’d like to get the quality. Pitching takes a long time to develop.”
On Manny Parra and fans growing impatient:
“He’s on the roster now and we’ll wait and see. I can’t indicate at this time, but…there comes a time when changes of scenery do help players and that happens sometimes. That’s what we’ve talked about before and if you look at Manny’s numbers and break them down, the numbers are there. You’d like to see more consistent performance, so you know, there’s a possibility. Manny right now’s on our roster at this time and we’ll wait and see.”
On arbitration, bullpen changes:
“I think you’ll probably see three to four new faces out there. I think John Axford, Jim Henderson, I think Brandon Kintzler pitched well enough that he can step in and perform in one of those roles. We would like to maybe try to get a left-hander but we also want a left-hander of quality if we can otherwise we’ll just stay right-handed. But I can see where you could turn three or four names over in that bullpen. Also with the starting pitchers there’s going to be one of those guys that will lose out (on a rotation spot) and will probably go to the bullpen and be a long guy.”
On Axford sticking as closer in 2013:
“I’d like to think that John can. As I said in the press conference at the end of the year, he had two months where he had more than one blown Save. He does strike out people. His strike out rate is still one of the best in the game. His walk rate was too high this year and he needs to get that back down. I do like having a closer and a guy in the bullpen that’s gonna strike people out. I think that’s important. That’s why I like a closer that’s gonna get strikeouts so I lean a little bit towards (Axford) but they also have to reduce the walks. We’re confident, in John, the stuff is still there but gonna have to improve on his command and control.”
On how he feels about the hitters:
“We look at it and we feel pretty good about the ball club we put out positional-wise. Offensively, it’s a pretty good ball club. It fits both what Doug Melvin looks for and what Ron Roenicke looks for. I’m a home run and doubles guy and Ron likes the aggressive style. We fulfilled both those (philosophies) leading the leagues in home runs and also stolen bases we were first or second. We were very aggressive on the bases scoring runs, second in the league in sacrifice bunts. We scored runs in a lot of different ways. I do believe with our ballpark we’re always gonna be a team that’s gonna rely on the home runs just because of the facility we play in and that. But I’m pleased with the positional aspect of our game. I think I’m more than pleased in the fact that Maldonado coming on the scene we’re very set at catching. Having a young shortstop in Jean Segura, being young up the middle with catching, shortstop, Rickie bounced back, and then Carlos Gomez in center field. Carlos is a five-plus guy so we’ve gotta determine is Carlos is here over the long haul or is he here for (only) one more year.”
On Alex Gonzalez possibly returning:
“We’ve gotta make that decision yet. Alex is a free agent so he could test the market too. When it comes down to asking players, when you’re a free agent, he’s gonna want to know his playing time. How much time is he gonna play or do we view him as an extra guy and are we going with Segura. We have to answer that question. Jean is playing winter ball right now and is hitting almost .400 and he hit very well the month of September for us. We’re pretty high on (Segura) at this point. We can go with Jean Segura. We just want to make sure that is the right thing to do. Alex would love to return to us but it’s probably going to be about playing time. ‘Are we the right fit for him?’ And if you do bring Alex back, what impact does that have on Jean Segura? We haven’t made that final call yet. Right now we’re probably leaning toward Segura and just letting Jean do the job because we do think the resources are going to be needed for pitching.”
On Josh Hamilton again:
“No. There’s nothing going on. If he wants to sign that “Andre Dawson” contract…that $500 thousand contract that Andre Dawson did for the Cubs. I think it’s about time a player did that so I’m waiting for that one.”
On any off-season proclamation like he did in 2010 before acquiring Greinke and Marcum by stating he was going to go get some pitching:
“I don’t have any right now. I gotta go check the piggy bank.”
Alright, Brewer Nation. What do you think of what the GM had to say today?
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Milwaukee Brewers Uniform Number History: #37
Sixto Lezcano (’74)
Buck Rodgers (’80-’82)
Jim Kern (’84-’85)
Dan Plesac (’86-’92)
Graeme Lloyd (’93-’96)
Bob Wickman (’96)
Steve Woodard (’97-’00)
Kane Davis (’00)
Ruben Quevedo (’01-’03)
Junior Spivey (’04-’05)
Dana Eveland (’05-’06)
Jeff Suppan (’07-’10)
Mark Rogers (’10, ’12)
Tyler Thornburg (’15-’16)
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Brewers By the (Jersey) Numbers: #18 Shaun Marcum
It’s been a long off-season for baseball fans, made to feel somewhat longer here in the Midwest by mild temperatures that we normally don’t feel until the regular season is well underway.
The Brewers made their first League Championship Series since appearing in American League’s version back in the 1980s. That means the off-season is officially shorter for Brewers fans and players, but after falling two wins shy of the National League pennant and an appearance in the World Series it’s been a painful shortened time.
There isn’t anyone among us in Brewer Nation who can claim a longer or more painful off-season than that of Brewers starting pitcher, and subject of today’s profile:
Shaun Marcum.
Acquired during the preceding off-season for top prospect Brett Lawrie, plenty was expected of Shaun Michal Marcum before he ever put on a Milwaukee Brewers jersey.
After missing the entire 2009 season while a member of the Toronto Blue Jays, Marcum rebounded in 2010 and seemed healthy and effective enough in doing so.
Milwaukee was in desperate need of an upgrade to its rotation after suffering for years with the likes of Jeff Suppan, Braden Looper, Dave Bush and even a stunted comeback attempt by Doug Davis. Sure, Yovani Gallardo was doing well and free-agent pickup Randy Wolf was fine enough, though overmatched by trying to be the number two, but they needed more front-end talent.
The Toronto Blue Jays made Marcum available and Doug Melvin pulled the trigger on the straight-up swap. The reason for the cost was because Marcum is talented and showed himself to be healthy. This is the same guy that pitched Opening Day for the Blue Jays in 2010.
It was immediately apparent that the Brewers had acquired a new number two…well, at least until the Zack Greinke deal went down.
Marcum’s 2011 campaign almost didn’t start off with the team. He suffered through a bout of shoulder stiffness (the same as he’s going through right now in 2012) that nearly took him to the disabled list. He was able to get up to enough of a pitch count to be deemed ready-to-go out of the gate. With fellow import Greinke on the DL with a cracked rib, Marcum was even more necessary to start the season on the right foot.
He began the year with very good results and was arguably the team’s best pitcher for the first two months of the season. Who knows how long that level of play would have kept up and what kind of season numbers he could have posted if not for a hip injury suffered during interleague play prior to a start at Fenway Park on June 17.
It’s my opinion that Marcum wasn’t the same all season after that injury.
His numbers prior to the injury look like this:
14 GS, 7-2 record, 90.2 IP, 69 H, 29 R (27 ER), 2.68 ERA, 23 BB, 83 K, 7 HR, 1.02 WHIP
And his number post-injury (regular season only) were:
19 GS, 6-5 record, 110.0 IP, 106 H, 55 R (52 ER), 4.26 ERA, 34 BB, 75 K, 15 HR, 1.27 WHIP
Still, Marcum managed to start 33 games in 2011 (winning 13 of them), but the season caught up to him eventually.
Despite all his overtures to the contrary, it was pretty apparent that something was wrong with Shaun Marcum this past October. He says he wasn’t injured, and while that must be true, he certainly wasn’t effective.
Now, all players go through certain periods of worse success than “usual”. Marcum is no exception and he and his coaches claim that all the 2011 postseason struggles were a result of one of those periods of ineffectiveness.
Those postseason numbers were:
3 GS, 0-3 record, 9.2 IP, 17 H, 16 R (all earned), 14.90 ERA, 5 BB, 5 K, 3 HR, 2.28 WHIP
I’m no pro scout or manager or baseball coach, but my educated eye saw some things that just lended themselves to the idea that Marcum was worn down. It wasn’t like the if the season lasted another two months that Marcum was going to pull out of that funk along the way.
His innings total (200.2) in just the regular season was the highest of his career. He had pitched through a couple of injuries during the regular season, not to mention the shoulder stiffness that he opened the spring with. The aforementioned hip injury was bad enough, but exactly one month late, on July 17, during a spectacular defensive play on a ball bunted to his right, Marcum bounded off the mound and spun while underhanding a throw to first base. That resulted in an official neck strain and likely an unofficial sore shoulder.
All of those things added up to a pitcher being put through a lot over 33 starts. To me, all signs pointed to physical exhaustion which coupled with a resultant mental exhaustion in the playoffs leading to the results on the field which we all remember far too vividly.
Much of that will fade with time, helped especially by Opening Day which of course is 18 days away from the day I’m writing this.
What will really help Brewers fans get over it, though, would be a duplication of last year’s early success out of Marcum.
As of this writing, that’s currently in mild jeopardy as Marcum has not yet appeared in a Cactus League game. There is still enough time to get him a handful of starts, but he needs to be to a certain pitch-count-based level of endurance before being ready to pitch in a regular season game.
That notwithstanding, the path in 2012 for the 6’0”, 195 pound, 30-year-old right-hander from Kansas City, Missouri is a relatively clear one. When healthy, be that on Opening Day or shortly at a point thereafter, he’ll be in the starting rotation. He’ll look to make 30+ starts and help lead the Milwaukee Brewers on a successful defense of their National League Central Division title, complete with a return trip to the postseason. It’s just that when Marcum last takes the mound in 2012, he’ll be anticipating much different results.
Let’s hope that by then, as fans, we’ll be able to anticipate a positive outcome as well instead of being haunted by the memories of opportunities squandered.
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One Game In, What Can Brewers Fans Expect From Jeff Suppan in 2010?
By: Big Rygg
Talk about your worst-case scenario.
The Brewers had lost two in a row to the Cubs at Wrigley, the second game punctuated by a LaTroy Hawkins meltdown when the Brewers had a three-run lead in the eighth inning. The wind was blowing out for the third day in a row. Derrek Lee was back in the lineup (for a while at least) after sitting out the game prior while nursing a thumb. Cub ace Carlos Zambrano was on the bump for the home team coming off a strong outing against the Mets despite his Opening Day woes in Atlanta.
And the coup de grace? Jeff Suppan was on the mound for Milwaukee, making his first start of the 2010 season after starting the year on the disabled list due to an injured neck which many fans attributed to Suppan craning his neck to watch all of the hits he was giving up during Spring Training.
Ever hear of a perfect storm?
Well, with apologies to Chris Berman, “That’s why they play the games.”
Sure, Suppan wasn’t great. In fact, he wasn’t even good. He surrendered four earned runs over just five innings of work on six hits (including two home runs) and a walk. His season ERA now stands at 7.20.
But this article isn’t about what the results were today. That’s old news. We’re here to break down how Suppan produced those results and what it could mean about his projected performance for the balance of the 2010 season.
The wind was blowing out, this is true, but both of the home runs the Suppan gave up (to Derrek Lee and Marlon Byrd, respectively) would’ve been homers on a different wind day too. They were crushed. Suppan missed up on Lee’s home run, but at least it was on the same third of the plate as his catcher’s mitt. On Byrd’s blast, the target was set on the outside corner and the pitch drifted back to just inside the middle of the plate, just above the knee.
Other than those mistakes, Suppan was hitting the corners decently well and even struck out four batters today. The day was, however, a Brewers-career-in-a-bottle game for Suppan right down to the “except for a couple of pitches, Soup pitched great!” soundbyte from former Brewer manager Ned Yost.
Soup always seems to maximize the damage he does to himself with those bad “couple” of pitches. Either it’s a multiple-run home run or walking the bases loaded before giving up a two-RBI bloop single or three-RBI gapper.
It’s bad luck when it happens some of the time. It’s a trend when it seems to happen most of the time. It’s telling when you keep doing it to yourself.
Catcher Gregg Zaun, who caught today, said (to paraphrase) that no more could have been asked out of Suppan today.
Now I realize that he’s just being a good catcher, but can we as fans really not ask more than 5.0 IP, 4 ER, 2 HR? I think we absolutely have to ask for more, nay demand more.
The problem with Jeff Suppan, though, is not with what can be asked of him, rather it is how much can be expected of him.
Assuming Suppan sticks around in Milwaukee and makes, say, 20 more starts this season for the Brewers, I think all that can be expected is seven wins courtesy of a 5.50 ERA and a WHIP around 1.75 at best.
Look, the offense won’t be able to bail Suppan out like they did to Braden Looper so many times in 2009. The win/loss record and the supporting numbers should much more accurately reflect Suppan’s pitching ability then did Looper’s 14-7 record from a year ago.
I’d love to be able to see Jeff Suppan’s career resurgence as he’s in a virtual contract year. I’d love to see a 20-6 record over 33 starts with a sub-3.50 ERA. I’d love to see the Brewers actually have to consider exercising Suppan’s option before still deciding to cut him loose.
I’d also love to win the lottery tomorrow. I don’t play.
I have to be realistic in my thoughts about Jeff Suppan in 2010 and therefore I have to temper my expectations every fifth day as long as his number keeps getting called.
If Doug Melvin, Gord Ash and Ken Macha settle on a different fifth starter for the bulk of this year, the Brewers have a chance to win seven to 10 more games. That’s a big swing out of the five-hole, but if anybody can live down to expectations better than Jeff Suppan…
Well let’s just say that I wouldn’t want him on my team either.
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Brewers by the (Jersey) Numbers: #37 – Jeff Suppan
In my quest to post an article related to every Milwaukee Brewers player that I felt had a legitimate shot at making the 25-man roster to begin 2010, I knew this day would inevitably arrive.
Perhaps it was my subconscious that has been secretly delaying my completion of this daunting but doable task. Maybe in some parallel universe the decision as to whether or not Jeff Suppan will be pitching as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2010 has already been made and I was not forced to write this article.
However, with as many articles as have now backed up in my queue, it is time to unclog the drain and allow the rest of my words to come pouring through.
Suppan was signed following his brilliant 2006 postseason as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals, the one in which he basically pitched his team to the World Series. He was rewarded at the time with the NLCS MVP Award. He was rewarded later with a four-year, $42 million contract from the Brewers, complete with a club option for a fifth year that carried a $2 million buyout.
The Brewers and their fans have been waiting for their reward from Suppan ever since.
Brought in to be a “big game” pitcher, Suppan has struggled in that role. He hasn’t pitched well on Opening Day. He hasn’t pitched well in nationally televised games. He couldn’t even pitch well when given the chance to duplicate what earned him his Brewers contract in the first place and extend the club’s 2008 postseason run. (A fully rested CC Sabathia would have pitched Game 5 of that series, lest we forget.)
When it became apparent, if not blatantly obvious, that “Soup” was no longer the pitcher that he was brought in to be – or perhaps he never was? – the talk became all about how he was an innings-eater, a rotation-stabilizer, a good example for the young guys, an adjective laden excuse, a blah blah blah blah, a yadda yadda oh my god.
For those of you whom the reference to the movie BASEketball is lost on, what I’m saying is that the words that continually echoed from the manager’s office (regardless of its occupant) were empty rhetoric. The same things are being said this spring. Oh, it may sound like “the wind was tough today” or that there is “normal progression” going on, but sifting through the muck leads us to the nuggets of truth contained amidst the wasted breath.
Granted, it is one thing to not put a teammate or a charge on blast in front of the media. It’s quite another to blindly support someone on the surface when deep down you must be thinking the same thing that knowledgeable fans of the team are thinking, namely: “Why couldn’t Melvin have signed Suppan to a three-year deal or perhaps not at all?”
The easy answer to that, of course, is that Milwaukee needed to prove that it was willing to spend top dollars on free agents to show that a new regime had taken over, one that isn’t going to be afraid to pay to compete. The supplement to that argument is that the contract Suppan signed was the “going rate” at the time which is to say that had the Brewers not offered it, somebody else would have and they would have been the team that Suppan ended up playing for.
But the past is the past and the present is today; and as of today in this universe, Jeff Suppan is a signed member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Therefore, we discuss his prospects of making the 25-man roster.
In his most recent outing of the spring (yesterday, for those of you keeping track), the Brewers won the game. This would normally be a good thing for Suppan but if you take the time to look, the Brewers won the game 10-8. Therefore, they didn’t win it because of Suppan but rather in spite of him. Suppan gave up four home runs (fortunately solo shots) and two more deep fly balls to center field that would’ve been home runs in most parks except that the centerfield wall in Scottsdale is 430 feet away from home plate.
Still, it is Spring Training. Pitchers work on different things and don’t necessarily throw their entire repertoire right away. Suppan could have been trying a brand new pitch (by all accounts he wasn’t) or simply working on location (which was awful). There is also the argument that new pitching coach Rick Peterson’s tweaks are still being adopted and that with time they should help.
Suppan said that after trying the tweaks (which involve movement of the hands) that he felt he was getting more movement on his pitches, the likes of which he hadn’t seen in some time. Maybe he got away from the advice in his last outing. After all, Suppan was on record earlier this spring saying that he was going to be preparing for the season like he always has because nobody had told him that he was in a competition for a spot in the rotation. Maybe he tried Peterson’s advice once to humor him and then went back about his normal business.
If we take Doug Melvin at his word in that the competition for the rotation spots is an open one, what needs to happen for Jeff Suppan from here on out is at least average baseball.
That’s regardless of what anybody else in the competition does. Even if Dave Bush, Manny Parra and Chris Narveson go flawless the rest of spring, all Suppan has to do to justify a final attempt at squeezing some sort of significant return out of the contract he signed back a few years ago is to be at least okay. That way, the front office can save face if they announce that he’ll begin the regular season as a starting pitcher.
As for staying in the rotation the entire year? Well, that’s an article for a different day and another thousand words.
Here are a few words worth writing though if for no other reason than to put the minds of Brewer fans at ease…
Yovani Gallardo was named the starter for Opening Day at Miller Park.
All Decade By the Numbers
I know that this idea is a bit corny and overdone already, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t taken a fair amount of time to compile the information that that led me to the decisions that I have made regarding my (and since I’ve been the entirety of the written Brewer Nation for quite some time now) and the Brewer Nation’s….
ALL-DECADE 25-MAN ROSTER!!! (which will come in the next post)
But first, some interesting tidbits for you all to digest followed by some high and low statistical totals for the decade of 2000-2009. A lot of these numbers helped me figure out my all-decade roster.
There have been 111 non-pitchers that have have at least one plate appearance for the Milwaukee Brewers this decade.
There have been 131 individuals that have pitched at least one-third of an inning for the Milwaukee Brewers this decade, including two position players (Trent Durrington and Mark Loretta).
The most common first name amongst Brewers in this decade is “Chris” (11 players). Second place goes to “Mike” (10 players).
Most seasons (or parts of seasons) played with the Brewers in the 2000s was 8, a record held by Geoff Jenkins, Bill Hall and Ben Sheets
Hitting Mosts (you might notice some themes here):
Games Played: 1015 – Geoff Jenkins
Plate Appearances: 4154 – Geoff Jenkins
At-Bats: 3698 – Geoff Jenkins
Runs: 558 – Geoff Jenkins
Hits: 1021 – Geoff Jenkins
Doubles: 232 – Geoff Jenkins
Triples: 21 – Corey Hart
Home Runs: 182 – Geoff Jenkins
Total Bases: 1835 – Geoff Jenkins
Runs Batted In: 594 – Geoff Jenkins
Stolen Bases: 113 – Scott Podsednik
Times Caught Stealing: 35 – Bill Hall
Walks: 345 – Prince Fielder
Intentional Walks: 66 – Fielder (Five more than Jenkins, but more than triple third place)
Strike Outs: 970 – Geoff Jenkins
Times Grounding into a Double Play: 90 – Geoff Jenkins
Times Hit By a Pitch: 86 – Geoff Jenkins
Sacrifice Hits: 21 – Mark Loretta
Sacrifice Flies: 32 – Prince Fielder (One more than Jenkins in far fewer PAs)
Hitting Highests (minimum 100 plate appearances):
Batting Average: .320 – Felipe Lopez
On-Base Percentage: .407 – Felipe Lopez
Slugging Percentage: .574 – Ryan Braun
On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage: .931 – Ryan Braun
Hitting Worsts:
Games Played: 1 (Tie – Carlos Corporan & Julio Mosquera)
Plate Appearances: 1 (Tie – Carlos Corporan & Julio Mosquera)
At-Bats: 1 (Tie – Carlos Corporan & Julio Mosquera)
Runs: 0 (8 players never scored but Pete Zoccolillo was on base the most times without scoring – 6 times)
Hits: 0 (4 players, Robert Perez had most Plate Appearances without a hit – 5)
Doubles: 0 (10 players with at least one hit had no doubles. Tony Fernandez had 18 hits without a double)
Triples: 0 (48 players with at least one hit had no triples. Carlos Lee had 275 hits without a triple)
Home Runs: 0 (20 player with at least one hit had no home runs. Tony Gwynn had by far the most without a home run with 60. Next closest? Nine.)
Total Bases: 0 (4 players. Robert Perez had 5 plate appearances without a base.)
Runs Batted In: 0 (11 players had at least one plate appearance without an RBI. Brad Nelson had 31 for the most.)
Stolen Bases: 0 (Since you can’t steal if you don’t try, 12 players had at least one attempt without a stolen base. Wes Helms and Felipe Lopez tied for the most with 3.)
Times Caught Stealing: 0 (16 players with at least one stolen base were never caught. Santiago Perez and Mel Stocker each stole 4 bases without getting caught.)
Walks: 0 (9 players never walked. Israel Alcantara had the most plate appearances without drawing a walk with 32.)
Intentional Walks: 0 (49 players never were intentionally given first base including Alex Sanchez who had 684 plate apperances without one.)
Strike Outs: 0 (5 players never struck out as a Brewers this decade. Nelson Cruz had the most PAs as a Brewers with 7. The fewest Ks with at least 100 PAs? Lenny Harris who only struck out 17 times in 215 PAs.)
Times Grounding into a Double Play: 0 (17 players never grounded into one this decade. Alcides Escobar had the most plate appearances without a GIDP with 138.)
Times Hit By a Pitch: 0 (36 players were never hit by a pitch. Marquis Grissom had the most plate appearances without ever getting plunked as a Brewer this decade with 640.)
Sacrifice Hits: 0 (58 players had none with Geoff Jenkins topping the list by having 4154 plate appearances.)
Sacrifice Flies: 0 (41 players never hit a sac fly this decade. John Vander Wal had 374 plate appearances without even a single sac fly.)
Hitting Lowests (4 players had zeroes in all categories, Robert Perez having the most plate appearances (5) without any stats, so the following is the lowest among players with at least one hit):
Batting Average: .067 – Chris Barnwell (2 Hits in 30 at-bats)
On-Base Percentage: .071 – Corey Patterson (1 Hit in 15 plate appearances)
Slugging Percentage: .067 – Chris Barnwell (2 singles in those 30 at-bats)
On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage: .143 – Corey Patterson
Pitching Mosts:
Wins: 86 – Ben Sheets
Losses: 83 – Ben Sheets
Games Played: 224 – Luis Vizcaino
Games Started: 221 – Ben Sheets
Games Finished: 129 – Derrick Turnbow
Complete Games: 18 – Ben Sheets (Sabathia had 2nd most in the decade in one-half season: 7)
Shutouts: 4 – Ben Sheets (Sabathia had 2nd most in the decade in one-half season: 3)
Saves: 65 – Derrick Turnbow
Innings PItched: 1428 – Ben Sheets
Hits Allowed: 1402 – Ben Sheets
Runs Allowed: 650 – Ben Sheets
Earned Runs Allowed: 591 – Ben Sheets
Home Runs Allowed: 160 – Ben Sheets
Walks Issued: 313 – Ben Sheets
Intentional Walks Issued: 25 Tie (Ben Sheets & Jeff Suppan though Suppan did it in far fewer innings – 1428.0 IP to 546.0 IP)
Strikeouts: 1206 – Ben Sheets
Batters Hit: 54 – Dave Bush
Balks: 5 – Chris Capuano
Wild Pitches: 49 – Ben Sheets
Pitching Bests:
Earned Run Average: 0.00 – 6 players (Chris Saenz pitched the most innings: 6.0)
Walks and Hits Per Innings Pitches: 0.00 – Trent Durrington (Best by an actual pitcher? Mike Crudale with 0.75)
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innngs: 0.00 – Trent Durrington (Best by an actual pitcher? Mike Crudale with 0.96)
Home Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings: 0.00 – 11 players (Mike Crudale pitched most innings without allowing a home run: 9.1 IP)
Walks Issued Per 9 Innings: 0.00 – 3 players (Jesus Colome pitched most innings without issuing one: 6.1 IP)
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings: 18.00 – Mark Loretta (Best by an actual pitcher? Allan Simpson with 16.88)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio: 5.12 – CC Sabathia (of pitchers that issues at least one walk)
Pitching Leasts:
Wins: 0 – 42 Players (Chris Smith pitched most games without a win: 35)
Losses: 0 – 29 Players (Chris Smith pitched most games without a loss as well)
Games Played: 1 – 4 Players (Trent Durrington, Mark Loretta, Chris Saenz, Chris Mabeus)
Games Finished: 0 – 5 Players (of players who relieved at least once – Chris Mabeus, Josh Butler, Mike Matthews, Kyle Peterson, Jimmy Haynes)
Complete Games: 0 – 42 Players (of players who started at least once – Jimmy Haynes started most games without a complete game: 62)
Shutouts: 0 – Jeff Suppan (Most games started without a shutout: 95)
Saves: 0 – 82 Players (of players with at least one relief appearance – Jose Capellan had most relief appearances without a save: 85)
Innings PItched: 0.1 – Trent Durrington (Actual pitcher with least? Chris Mabeus – 1.2 IP)
Hits Allowed: 0 – Trent Durrington
Runs Allowed: 0 – 3 Players (Chris Saenz pitched most innings without allowing a run: 6.0 IP)
Earned Runs Allowed: 0 – 3 Players (Chris Saenz pitched most innings without allowing a run: 6.0 IP)
Home Runs Allowed: 0 – 11 Players (Mike Crudale pitched most innings without allowing a home run: 9.1 IP)
Walks Issued: 0 – 3 Players (Jesus Colome pitched most innings without issuing a walk: 6.1 IP)
Intentional Walks Issued: 0 – 37 Players (CC Sabathia pitched most innings without issuing an intentional pass: 130.2 IP)
Strikeouts: 0 – Trent Durrington (Two pitchers only had 1 K but Jared Fernandez threw most innings with fewest strikeouts: 6.1 IP)
Batters Hit: 0 – 34 Players (Nick Neugebauer pitched most innings without hitting a batter: 61.1 IP)
Balks: 0 – 102 Players (Carlos Villanueva pitched the most innings without balking: 372.1 IP)
Wild Pitches: 0 – 27 Players (David Weathers pitched most innings by far without a wild pitch: 158.0 IP)
Pitching Worsts:
Earned Run Average: 27.00 – Bob Scanlan (5 Earned Runs in 1.2 IP)
Walks and Hits Per Innings Pitches: 4.20 – Chris Mabeus (4 hits, 3 walks in 1.2 IP)
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innngs: 32.40 – Bob Scanlan (6 hits in 1.2 IP)
Home Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings: 5.59 – Brandon Kolb (6 HR in 9.2 IP)
Walks Issued Per 9 Innings: 16.20 – Chris Mabeus (3 walks in 1.2 IP)
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings: 0.00 – Trent Durrington (Worst by Actual pitcher was Jared Fernandez who had 1 K in 6.1 IP for a 1.42 ratio)
Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio: 0.25 – David Manning (2 Ks to 8 walks)
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The Book of Astronomy — 15th century; English
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Guardbook of fragments.
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Mylan Institutional Inc. 7 November 2017
ZIPRASIDONE HYDROCHLORIDE- ziprasidone hydrochloride capsule
Mylan Institutional Inc.
WARNING: INCREASED MORTALITY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA-RELATED PSYCHOSIS
Elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death. Analyses of 17 placebo-controlled trials (modal duration of 10 weeks), largely in patients taking atypical antipsychotic drugs, revealed a risk of death in drug-treated patients of between 1.6 to 1.7 times the risk of death in placebo-treated patients. Over the course of a typical 10-week controlled trial, the rate of death in drug-treated patients was about 4.5%, compared to a rate of about 2.6% in the placebo group. Although the causes of death were varied, most of the deaths appeared to be either cardiovascular (e.g., heart failure, sudden death) or infectious (e.g., pneumonia) in nature. Observational studies suggest that, similar to atypical antipsychotic drugs, treatment with conventional antipsychotic drugs may increase mortality. The extent to which the findings of increased mortality in observational studies may be attributed to the antipsychotic drug as opposed to some characteristic(s) of the patients is not clear. Ziprasidone is not approved for the treatment of patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis [see Warnings and Precautions (5.1)] .
1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Ziprasidone hydrochloride capsules are indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia. When deciding among the alternative treatments available for the condition needing treatment, the prescriber should consider the finding of ziprasidone’s greater capacity to prolong the QT/QTc interval compared to several other antipsychotic drugs [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)]. Prolongation of the QTc interval is associated in some other drugs with the ability to cause torsade de pointes type arrhythmia, a potentially fatal polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, and sudden death. In many cases this would lead to the conclusion that other drugs should be tried first. Whether ziprasidone will cause torsade de pointes or increase the rate of sudden death is not yet known [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
1.1 Schizophrenia
Ziprasidone hydrochloride capsules are indicated for the treatment of schizophrenia. The efficacy of oral ziprasidone was established in four short-term (4- and 6-week) controlled trials of adult schizophrenic inpatients and in one maintenance trial of stable adult schizophrenic inpatients [see Clinical Studies (14.1)].
2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION
Dose Selection
Ziprasidone hydrochloride capsules should be administered at an initial daily dose of 20 mg twice daily with food. In some patients, daily dosage may subsequently be adjusted on the basis of individual clinical status up to 80 mg twice daily. Dosage adjustments, if indicated, should generally occur at intervals of not less than 2 days, as steady-state is achieved within 1 to 3 days. In order to ensure use of the lowest effective dose, patients should ordinarily be observed for improvement for several weeks before upward dosage adjustment.
Efficacy in schizophrenia was demonstrated in a dose range of 20 mg to 100 mg twice daily in short-term, placebo-controlled clinical trials. There were trends toward dose response within the range of 20 mg to 80 mg twice daily, but results were not consistent. An increase to a dose greater than 80 mg twice daily is not generally recommended. The safety of doses above 100 mg twice daily has not been systematically evaluated in clinical trials [see Clinical Studies (14.1)].
Maintenance Treatment
While there is no body of evidence available to answer the question of how long a patient treated with ziprasidone should remain on it, a maintenance study in patients who had been symptomatically stable and then randomized to continue ziprasidone or switch to placebo demonstrated a delay in time to relapse for patients receiving ziprasidone hydrochloride capsules [see Clinical Studies (14.1)]. No additional benefit was demonstrated for doses above 20 mg twice daily. Patients should be periodically reassessed to determine the need for maintenance treatment.
2.4 Dosing in Special Populations
Dosage adjustments are generally not required on the basis of age, gender, race, or renal or hepatic impairment. Ziprasidone hydrochloride capsules are not approved for use in children or adolescents.
3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS
Ziprasidone Hydrochloride Capsules are available containing ziprasidone hydrochloride monohydrate equivalent to 20 mg, 40 mg, 60 mg or 80 mg of ziprasidone.
The 20 mg capsule is a hard-shell gelatin capsule with a blue opaque cap and white opaque body axially printed with MYLAN over ZE 20 in black ink on both the cap and the body. It is filled with slightly pink colored powder.
The 40 mg capsule is a hard-shell gelatin capsule with a blue opaque cap and blue opaque body axially printed with MYLAN over ZE 40 in black ink on both the cap and the body. It is filled with slightly pink colored powder.
The 60 mg capsule is a hard-shell gelatin capsule with a white opaque cap and white opaque body axially printed with MYLAN over ZE 60 in black ink on both the cap and the body. It is filled with slightly pink colored powder.
4 CONTRAINDICATIONS
4.1 QT Prolongation
Because of ziprasidone’s dose-related prolongation of the QT interval and the known association of fatal arrhythmias with QT prolongation by some other drugs, ziprasidone is contraindicated:
in patients with a known history of QT prolongation (including congenital long QT syndrome)
in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction
in patients with uncompensated heart failure
Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic studies between ziprasidone and other drugs that prolong the QT interval have not been performed. An additive effect of ziprasidone and other drugs that prolong the QT interval cannot be excluded. Therefore, ziprasidone should not be given with:
dofetilide, sotalol, quinidine, other Class Ia and III anti-arrhythmics, mesoridazine, thioridazine, chlorpromazine, droperidol, pimozide, sparfloxacin, gatifloxacin, moxifloxacin, halofantrine, mefloquine, pentamidine, arsenic trioxide, levomethadyl acetate, dolasetron mesylate, probucol or tacrolimus.
other drugs that have demonstrated QT prolongation as one of their pharmacodynamic effects and have this effect described in the full prescribing information as a contraindication or a boxed or bolded warning [see Warnings and Precautions (5.2)].
4.2 Hypersensitivity
Ziprasidone is contraindicated in individuals with a known hypersensitivity to the product.
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Mozambique Mining: Vale plans to 20Mi tons of coal out per year by 2021
Vale Moçambique intends to achieve production of 20 million tons of coal annually by 2021, the financial director of Brazilian group Vale said on Thursday in Maputo.
The Vale group released the group’s production and sales report for the third quarter at the beginning of the month and reported that coal production in Mozambique in 2018 had been revised downwards from 15 million tons to 12 million tons.
The report said that this downward review is due to subsidiary Vale Moçambique reviewing processes and plans for the Moatize mine in Tete province in order to make 2018 “the year of stabilization.”
The group had announced in May that it forecast production of 15 million tons of coal, against the 16 million mark it had set previously, due to bad weather in the production zone.
Marcelo Tertuliano, chief financial officer of Vale Moçambique, said that the company will not only increase production but will also need “favourable market conditions” and a cost structure that guarantees its sustainability, according to local press reports.
The financial director of the Mozambican subsidiary added that US$6 billion had been invested in creating the conditions to start mining coal at the Moatize mine, in addition to US$2 billion in interest payments by 2021. (source: Macauhub)
Marcelo Tertuliano
Moatize
Vale Moçambique SA
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Australian skipper Tim Paine backs Mitchell Starc against India in Perth after first Test loss
By Andrew McGarry Updated Tue 11 Dec 2018, 6:50 AM AEDT
Mitchell Starc, left, has been tipped to bounce back in Perth.
AAP: David Mariuz
Australian skipper Tim Paine has defended wayward paceman Mitchell Starc after the first Test loss to India, tipping him to bounce back in Perth.
Tim Paine is confident Mitchell Starc will come into his own in the west from Friday
The skipper praised Shaun Marsh's resilience in bouncing back
The Aussie captain said he thought the Indians bowled superbly for most of the first Test match
The home side has only three full days to regroup after its dramatic 31-run loss to the tourists at Adelaide Oval before the second game in the four-Test series begins on Friday.
The win for India made history, marking the first time the team has led at any stage of a series against Australia in this country.
Paine downplayed concerns about his own fitness after he was struck on the finger by Mohammed Shami on day five, saying he was "no doubt" to back up at Perth Stadium.
He also batted off suggestions of changes to the side from outside for the second Test, saying the 14-man group had been chosen for the first few games of the series.
Photo The skipper downplayed concerns about his own health going into the next game.
AP: James Elsby
But in the aftermath of the defeat, questions continued to be asked about Starc, the Australian left-arm quick who was in the spotlight for much of the match.
The man who has been the mainstay of the Australian attack for several years has struggled with injury and poor form.
In Adelaide, he appeared lacking in energy at times, and he struggled to control the swing from his deliveries, sending several shooting down the leg side for byes.
His overall match figures of 5-103 from 39.5 overs were not particularly expensive, but some have questioned his focus at the start of a challenging series.
External Link Match summary
Paine acknowledged Starc's occasional waywardness but stood firm in backing the paceman.
"I think for the majority of the Test, he actually bowled really well," Paine said.
"His economy rate for a lot of the Test was really good [and] he took some wickets.
"He didn't set the world on fire but I think for a long time there's been a really big gap between Starcy's best and his worst, and from what I'm seeing that is getting closer and closer every day.
"So yeah, was he at his best? Probably not, but I still thought he played his role really well and opened up the game for us at times."
The Australian captain was keen to move on after a frustrating opening loss and was confident Starc would come into his own in the west from Friday.
"[He is] particularly [good] with the new ball and if he can get it to swing, I think in Perth the conditions will suit him down to the ground," he said.
"I think it will swing and from what I hear the wicket will be really fast. He'll be a handful."
Bowlers gave it a 'red-hot crack'
Paine also praised Shaun Marsh, who returned to form after a string of single-digit innings with a knock of 60 on day five.
He acknowledged what he called Marsh's resilience in bouncing back while being written off by the media and the public.
"[Marsh] has been in great form the last month or so and I think he is really close to cracking a really big score and winning us some games," he said.
Paine said he thought the Indians had bowled superbly for most of the match — but he pointed to Australia's approach for the series in dealing with opposing pacemen.
"We want our top batters to face more of them [India's quicks], that's the goal," Paine said.
"If we can do that, we think they will tire."
Paine said the Australian bowlers had "given it a red-hot crack for every single ball" in Adelaide, but the captain also said the lower-order's determined batting to extend the match to teatime on day five might prove beneficial later in the series.
"On days like today, you make them [fast bowlers] come back two, three and even four times," Paine said.
"I think that can have a big impact at the back end of the series.
"We want to get lots of overs into them — I'd say they probably want to do the same to us, too.
"We can't wait to get to Perth and find out who backs up better."
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Samsung Galaxy Watch now available from EE
Dan September 6, 2018 News Leave a comment 707 Views
EE have today announced availability of the new Samsung Galaxy Watch that was announced alongside the Note 9 in New York.
From today customers can order the Bluetooth version in both 42mm and 46mm sizes with the option of paying monthly.
The smaller version at 42mm is available in Midnight Black and Rose Gold costing £279, or the larger 46mm in Silver will cost £299.
EE customers also have the option to take advantage of the great Add to Plan service offered, which allows you to spread the cost monthly over 11 payments, interest free.
Pricing for the 42mm is £25 a month with a small £4 upfront cost.
The larger 46mm model will cost £26 a month and £13 up front.
Anyone wanting the LTE version will have to wait a bit longer, all we are told is EE are the exclusive UK network and pricing plus availablity will be later in the year.
Below is the full press release just received and I am hoping to have a full review coming once I get sent my review device soon.
Bluetooth variant of the Samsung Galaxy Watch available now from EE from £279
The Samsung Galaxy Watch is also available from EE on Add to plan, allowing customers to pay for it over 11 months – interest free
4G variant of the Samsung Galaxy Watch also coming exclusively to EE later this year
7 September 2018, London: EE today announced the Samsung Galaxy Watch is now available to buy from EE shops, over the phone and ee.co.uk with prices starting from £279. EE pay monthly mobile customers also have the option of purchasing the watch on EE Add to Plan, allowing them to spread the cost of the device interest free over 11 monthly payments.
The Samsung Galaxy Watch comes in a range of stylish colours – Rose Gold and Midnight Black (42mm), and Silver (46mm). The smartwatch boasts an impressive battery life of up to seven days, it is also compatible with both select Android and iOS operating systems.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Bluetooth – Standalone:
46mm Silver – £299
42mm Midnight Black – £279
42mm Rose Gold – £279
Samsung Galaxy Watch Bluetooth – Add to Plan:
46mm Silver – £26 per month + £13.00 upfront
42mm Black – £25 per month + £4 upfront
42mm Rose Gold – £25 per month + £4 upfront
The versatile Samsung Galaxy Watch is the ideal mobile accessory for hands-free connectivity and freedom. Customers can pay for morning coffee with a tap of the wrist using Samsung Pay, or order a taxi using the built-in GPS. Customers can also use the watch to listen to their Spotify playlists using wireless headphones, as well as monitor their fitness and wellbeing by syncing with Samsung Health.
4G Samsung Galaxy Watch – Launching exclusively on EE in the UK
EE will be the first UK network to support the 4G Samsung Galaxy Watch when it launches later this year. With the 4G Samsung Galaxy Watch, customers can take calls, receive messages and get notifications using the same number as their phone, while leaving their phone at home if they go out for a run or pop to the shop.
Pricing and availability for the 4G Samsung Galaxy Watch will be announced later this year.
For more information, including the full range of price plans for the Samsung Galaxy Watch, customers should visit: ee.co.uk. Customers wishing to register their interest in the 4G Samsung Galaxy Watch can do so atwww.ee.co.uk/comingsoon
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Andrew Zimmerman
Andrew Zimmerman is the five-time James Beard Award finalist behind Chicago’s Sepia and Proxi. The two restaurants have risen to must-eats of the Windy City—the former featuring elevated and stylish rustic American cuisine, the latter an itinerant ode to global delights. Aside from being named a Rising Star Chef, Jean Banchet Chef of the Year and an Iron Chef America winner, Sepia has earned a Michelin star for the past ten years. Clearly, people are picking up what Andrew’s putting on the plate.
A young Andrew had aspirations of becoming a musician. Working in restaurants to fund his dream, he soon realized he preferred the kitchen to the club. From here, he filled his resume by working at acclaimed kitchens and under renowned chefs. Yet even with his litany of awards and Michelin star in tow, he’s humble, grateful and just wants to cook great food for people. Chicago thanks him for it.
Why We Love Andrew Zimmerman
Sepia celebrates tradition by contemporizing it. Proxi honors travel by rooting it in one place. Andrew knows how to take a concept, twist it, meld it and strike a balance of inventiveness and familiarity. Plus, make it all delicious.
“Both my restaurants are really my expression of what it means to be a cook in modern America.”
“My goal is to make dishes that are interesting and respectful of where they came from—and hopefully, delicious.”
6 Questions with Andrew Zimmerman
So, you wanted to be a musician. What did you play?
I started playing the saxophone real early on, then I started learning the guitar. I was in a series of mostly punk rock bands, for lack of a better way to describe them, in the late ‘80s. None of them went very far—I got a free trip to Japan out of one of them—but certainly nothing that was ever going to pay the bills. So, I needed to find something else that I was good at.
When did you decide that music needed to take a backseat to cooking?
My first real job was washing dishes in a restaurant. And I kept doing it because it seemed flexible, and I could make enough money to buy guitar strings and a new guitar every once in a while. At some point, I realized I liked working in restaurants and liked food, and had a bigger talent for that than playing music. Plus, people would pay me to cook—they’re not paying me to play in a band!
Sepia is inventive American, Proxi is global. Does this reflect your inspiration or growth as a chef?
Oh, yeah. I learned how to cook in a fairly traditional European model because I thought that’s what you needed to do to be serious about it. But the thing that always excited me about it were the cuisines that were not as readily available, or not as incorporated into the American culinary vernacular. You can go out anywhere and eat at an Italian restaurant, and I understood it really well; French food had been adapted into this Euro-centric American fine dining. But I liked things that were more esoteric or exotic like Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese or Indian food. I was learning standard culinary technique, but spending my time researching things that weren’t as accessible
Was your intent always to open a second, different restaurant?
My original intent was to have a job that paid my rent. Sepia was good for that, and I then wanted to see how far I could take it. And then doing something that was a departure from that was obviously enticing. And it made sense to do something that was differentiating, and a different side of the food that I cook. We knew we wanted it to be a bit more casual and that took advantage of a wood-fired grill. That gave me the idea of all of the other influences and cooking all the food I’m excited to eat on my days off.
What goes into your plating and why do you think it’s important?
Well, you figure the first thing people are going to do is look at their plate and decide if it’s something they want to eat. So, we want to present it in its best light. That can have a lot of connotations. Like at Sepia where we fuss over it and give it the fine dining treatment is one way of doing that. But there’s also lots of ways to make something seem delicious. Like a very rustic presentation of a curry can be exciting to look at. I take it dish by dish to make something look as good and be as appealing as it can.
What’s a dish you think represents Sepia and one that represents Proxi best?
Well, the dish that’s most commonly associated with Proxi is our tempura elotes. They’re the most popular thing on the menu. It’s mostly a Japanese reinterpretation of Mexican street food. I didn’t think it would be popular, but is by leaps and bounds the biggest seller. I would say from Sepia, one of my favorites would be a Japanese sweet potato tortelloni, served with shaved matsutake dake. It’s based on tortellini en brodo, which couldn't be more Italian, but is built off flavors that are inherently Japanese.
Vietnam & Cambodia with Andrew Zimmerman
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Ricky Martin: Donald Trump 'makes my blood boil'
by Ahiza Garcia @ahiza_garcia August 27, 2015: 12:55 PM ET
The Latino pop star blasted Trump for making "racist, absurd, incoherent, and ignorant" comments about Latinos.
Ricky Martin is not a fan of Donald Trump.
The Latin pop star criticized Trump in an op-ed for Univision News, saying the fact that Trump "has the guts to continue to gratuitously harass the Latino community makes my blood boil."
In the editorial published Wednesday, Martin also blasted Trump for making "racist, absurd, incoherent, and ignorant" comments about Latinos.
"From the outset his intention was clear: Say barbarous things and tell lies in order to stay relevant in the public eye and either gain votes or stay in the media," Martin said.
The op-ed came a day after Trump kicked Mexican-American journalist Jorge Ramos out of a press conference for asking a question out of turn. Trump told Ramos to "go back to Univision" as he was being escorted out of the presser.
Related: Univision's Jorge Ramos: It's my 'right' to challenge Trump
Martin defended Ramos, saying he was just trying to do his job.
"The incident against journalist Jorge Ramos, one of the most beloved and respected Latinos, went too far," Martin said.
"Trump's actions don't surprise me," Martin continued. "What surprises me is that as Hispanics we continue to accept the aggressions and accusations of individuals like him who attack our dignity. Enough is enough!"
Martin then urged Latinos to stop accepting this degrading treatment and to stop allowing Trump to pretend he has power over Latinos.
"Xenophobia as a political strategy is the lowest level you can sink to in search of power," Martin wrote. "This is an issue that unites us and we need to fight together, not only for ourselves but for the evolution of humanity and those who come later."
CNNMoney (New York) First published August 27, 2015: 12:03 PM ET
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The world is big and I am SO small. What are the implications for our meta community with the changes in Stack Overflow?
TL DR:
The input from meta carries far less sway than it used to. The Stack Overflow Company (I'll refer to as the network) is making the decisions on site changes. We need to adapt to our new limited influence.
OR should I stay or should I go?
So this is less of a discussion, more of a heads up, a pointer to a good chat room and of course another opportunity for people to raise concerns, given this new information.
The active meta community has been very concerned about not being heard. There's been a lack of coordinated communication from the Network about where we stand as a community and what to expect.
I'm hoping to shed some light on this.
I have been lobbying hard for change on the site for - years really, as have many of the active meta users. Why haven't these changes been made? Why are we feeling disenfranchised?
Because the Network has changed how they're doing things. Our site has changed. The meta community has lower stakes in it that we previously had. The thing most of us feared is actually true.
It appears we are a minority and an incredibly small one at that:
there are Millions of users on Stack Overflow whose needs aren't being met because in the past we've spent so much time on Meta which has .015% of Stack Overflow's active users and is not representative of the community as a whole.
In fact this whole chat room, that was created from comments under a meta answer has proven to be valuable for airing community concerns. It doesn't feel rife with the conflict people often complain about within meta comments and perhaps, some of us, are reaching a point of knowledge (facts of what's going on) and acceptance. I'm linking it here for people to go to. In fact it's almost that we've needed this kind of outlet for some time.
What I have found out.
Our meta community no longer makes decisions about the site
The network does. No one person is to blame. It's the facts of the nature of the site changing with growth and becoming an ongoing business concern. The powers that be have taken the Q&A site into hand and are making decisions without us on meta.
This is not necessarily bad, as they're taking feedback from other users who do not participate on meta.
In many ways this is a relief for me. I've been pushing against the system for change and now I realise this is out of my hands. So I know where I stand.
Although it comes as a shock, it's been softened by the fact that we all could see it coming. The main criticism I have of the network over this, is not letting us know. I don't believe this is from any malevolence, it's more from the company reforming, restructuring and finally the Q&A is being given resources. To be fair, I cannot blame the employees for being forced to take directives from their bosses, based on internal company decisions, by people we have never heard of.
It's been a sticky situation and, by the sounds of it, a discoordinated mess.
The positive thing to come out of this. There's some more people working on the Q&A and they are actually pushing changes onto the site. Some that the regular users cannot see, but they are moving towards further change.
What does this mean for us?
Does this mean meta is dead? I hope not. Meta is changing, that's for sure.
It does mean one thing. There's no point in repeatedly lobbying over and over on the same issues. They're been noted and heard and now we need to wait and see what will happen.
I don't know exactly where our site is heading. One thing I do know, it's the keystone to the entire network's success and it is for that reason I feel confident that it will be ok. The network has a vested interest in keeping this site going and striving to maintain quality content. It needs to be set apart from "forums" and needs to put into place the UI and tools to achieve this. This is no easy ask. But you know what? It's no longer my problem. I can take a deep breath and allow the people who work for the organisation to work out how to solve the issues on the site. And that is what they are doing.
We know that the vast majority of meta users are not happy with this (I wasn't), but it's something we have no control or choice over. So for me it was a matter of asking myself, "can I live with that?" Yes, I can. It's an individual choice.
How can we adapt to this as a meta community?
Please feel free to raise concerns, bearing in mind this is how it is now.
Note: by network I mean the Stack Overflow company
discussion meta users user-experience
George Stocker
Yvette ColombYvette Colomb
Interesting conversation moved to chat. – Yvette Colomb Jul 27 '19 at 2:46
As a StackOverflow user who has not participated in the Meta, I'd probably say the reason why I haven't is because of a fear that what I say or ask would be 'inappropriate' or 'not what meta is for', or something to that effect. It feels like there's a large barrier to entry for Meta. – starbeamrainbowlabs Jul 28 '19 at 16:56
@starbeamrainbowlabs stock overflow meta is like walking into the lion's den. It's an accustomed site and a hard community to crack if you don't get it just right. Your point is totally understandable and the company knows this and they're trying to change it. Unfortunately a lot of the meta community feels let down, so they're emotional, which compounds everything. – Yvette Colomb Jul 28 '19 at 20:05
To me, this all sounds like Meta is now used for these 3 things : exceptional cases on the main site, Bug fixes, and tags matter. Asking for a new feature (this means using feature-request tag on meta) should not even be... a feature on Meta. And why not just remove it then ? I think this is just normal evolution of a big web site – Antoine Pelletier Jul 29 '19 at 18:39
Yvette, while It is unclear how the number 0.015% was calculated, there are many users (like myself) who used to be Meta-lurkers solely through Hot Meta Posts. I used to be at 30% for the yearly vote rates on Stack Overflow until just a couple months ago, so I'd like to think that I'm an example of the non-meta user. My feeling is that especially non-meta users would like to see Hot Meta Posts come back (or be emulated in a fresh new way). – Josiah Yoder Jul 31 '19 at 15:33
This is not really a Q & A no, is it not rather a blog post? What kind of answer are you expecting to get? :) – Icepickle Aug 1 '19 at 18:27
@Icepickle it's a topical discussion in form of a Q&A. Answers are probably thoughtful discussion contributions. Comments are more casual. – Trilarion Aug 1 '19 at 20:27
stock overflow meta ... a subconscious typo? – rene Aug 2 '19 at 19:29
@GiantCowFilms would you believe I asked almost the same question in our moderator chatroom 30 minutes ago? – Yvette Colomb Aug 6 '19 at 3:42
@hek2mgl Do you think the only kind of involvement one can have in the site is answering and asking? Do you know how many time consuming and less then glamorous tasks of moderation, curation and peacekeeping the moderators have to take up? – Magisch Aug 6 '19 at 14:10
@Hek2mgl In that comment, you said Meta users should have Meta closed so that they can be happy because their contributions have no value, less useful than even politics. That's the epitome of not constructive content and it flies in the face of the many people who spend time on Meta, inviting conflict. So yes, it was exactly as I characterized it, as well as your more recent comment. Your snipe at Yvette saying she doesn't help SO at all was in fact rude. You have now said explicitly that you don't want other opinions on the matter, which proves your comment never was constructive. – Davy M Aug 6 '19 at 14:32
@hek2mgl it's not about meta. SO Mods have to handle 2500-3000 flags daily on the main site, it'd be good if they can find a time to look for an interesting question, do enough research, and write a quality answer. If they stop handling the flags, then who will? – Andrew T. Aug 6 '19 at 14:39
@hek2mgl yes I am and I've handled 70,000 flags on the main site – Yvette Colomb Aug 6 '19 at 14:43
@hek2mgl That a user is active or inactive on the main site has nothing to do with the validity of their statements or arguments. Your so-called authority from your "tons more experience here" similarly have no bearing on the validity of your, or the other side's arguments. If you can't refute a person's argument, telling them that they aren't active enough or have enough experience to argue with you is really bad form. – Madara's Ghost Aug 6 '19 at 14:45
@hek2mgl no, they're not paid and better not to be paid (monetary reward will make anything worse), mods are volunteers (self-nominating and voted by the community). Yes, all per-site meta mods are also main mods (by design). Yes, some of us who loudly discuss here tend to be low-rep because we prefer not to answer low-quality/duplicate questions that shouldn't be answered in the first place. However, believe me, most of us are professionals. – Andrew T. Aug 6 '19 at 14:50
The implications are simple: it's time for us to cut our losses and move on.
Meta has essentially just been downgraded from "mostly irrelevant" to "completely irrelevant". There is nothing more that anyone who cares about Stack Overflow - the original concept of a high-quality, highly-curated repository of Q&A - can do to get problems made visible and hence actioned. I've already been in a chat where the moderators are discussing making Meta a more civil place by enforcing better behaviour - as if censorship will somehow magically make this place relevant again.
Jeff Atwood's dream is dead. Our dream is dead. It was not a natural death, but a drawn-out starvation and deprivation, possibly the most cynical way to kill something. And it was intentionally architected by those left behind when Jeff walked away 7 years ago.
It's time for us to come to the same conclusions he came to, accept the same facts he had to, and make the same choice that he ultimately did. Just as Meta is toxic for Stack Overflow employees, so it is toxic for those of us who have put something of ourselves into this site.
Ian KempIan Kemp
Thanks Ian. I can't leave. Not yet anyway. I want to see what happens. tbh I do feel sad. It feels like it's been a huge 24 hours. It's been such a struggle on here. Lobbying to get things done. At least we know. – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 15:45
I don't believe the BS about Jeff leaving on his own, even if he said it. For heavens sakes, he went to work right after...I believe and have always believed he was forced out for these reasons. – JonH Jul 25 '19 at 18:17
y'know the what greatest irony is though? They're trying to make the site more bearable for new users by making it less bearable for the old folks. – Script47 Jul 25 '19 at 19:00
"Meta is toxic for Stack Overflow employees" Let's assume that's a true statement, just for the sake of discussion. The question to ask would be why? I don't think things happen in a vacuum and/or without a cause or reason. If there's any "toxicity" (whatever that means), then that's an effect that must've been caused by something else. Most people spend their time fighting branches/symptoms instead of trying to identify and go for the root of the problem(s). – code_dredd Jul 25 '19 at 23:26
@JonH: Some of the real reasons (quite different from the stated reason in 2012) have been alluded to over the years in interviews (podcasts) and public presentations (posted on YouTube) by Jeff Atwood himself, but none of what you mentioned (that does not rule out that it could be the case, of course). But I find it strange that Joel Spolsky would mock Jeff Atwood's code in public (on more than one occasion)). – Peter Mortensen Jul 26 '19 at 0:55
Can you articulate what "Jeff Atwood's dream" was, and how it differs from where SO is and where it is going? – Steve Bennett Jul 26 '19 at 2:38
@SteveBennett blog.codinghorror.com/… "Stack Overflow is, as much as I could make it, an effort of collective programmer community." "... the confluence of wiki, discussion, blog, and reddit/digg ranking systems -- is a fair representation of our original vision for Stack Overflow" – Ian Kemp Jul 26 '19 at 7:45
@SteveBennett blog.codinghorror.com/… "The most common complaints I see about Stack Overflow are usually the result of this fundamental misunderstanding about who the questions and answers on the site are ultimately for, and why there's so much strictness involved in the whole process." "Stack Overflow is designed for practicing programmers... Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers" – Ian Kemp Jul 26 '19 at 7:48
@IanKemp That is a nice dream and worth striving for. I don't really see how its death has been "intentionally architected" as opposed to the community not being able to scale to its current size, though. (even though it did scale far beyond many previous implementations of that dream.) – Discrete lizard Jul 26 '19 at 7:49
@Discretelizard the change in target audience from professional and enthusiast programmers (or "practicing programmers" as in the quote by Jeff) to literally everybody who can write some semblance of english and needs help with a problem that has at least a tangential relation to programming is very much a concious decision by SE, and the biggest issue I have with the company. I want a knowledge repository, not a help site, which means people who ask about basic debugging issues such as an NPE in Java should get turned away (politely, of course) instead of being coddled. – l4mpi Jul 26 '19 at 14:42
@l4mpi To me, it seems Jeff's dream about a collective programmer community was about more than just a knowledge repository. Namely, the community part. Still, I think I get your point. While it is important that new users feel encouraged to constructively participate in the site, if our goal is Jeff's dream, this is but a means to the end. But SE seems to be treating it as an end on its own. In particular, the "constructive" bit is the main point for Jeff's dream, while indeed the focus of the company lately has mostly been on the "participate" part. – Discrete lizard Jul 26 '19 at 16:12
@code_dredd I mean, we have to be honest with ourselves. Even though I agree with most of meta's complaints, things have been getting fairly ridiculous lately in terms of holier-than-thou, preachy essays that go around spelling doom and gloom for everyone and everything. I can see why, people have invested years and (tens of) thousands of hours into SO, but when you're writing multiple pages of what is essentially dumping on SO, you have to see why the employees feel bad about it. – mbrig Jul 26 '19 at 17:31
@mbrig Again, that it'd be an effect whose cause likely lies elsewhere, i.e. the observed problem(s) is/are symptoms signaling deeper, and likely less visible, causes. "you have to see why the employees feel bad about it" And do they see why we feel the way we do at all? Feelings are too subjective to be considered a reliable "guide" to anything anyway and so should carry less weight (not none; just less). Being feelings-driven is the antithesis of SO's purpose. SO exists for Q&A on technical topics, not group therapy; it often seems the company wants more of the latter.. – code_dredd Jul 26 '19 at 19:25
@BrianKnoblauch I strongly disagree with your second claim: Stack Overflow was doing quite fine while it was flying under the radar. It was adding users, it was adding questions and answers, and most importantly: those users were asking questions that couldn't be answered by 5 minutes of Googling or having the most fundamental debugging skills, which meant answers to those questions tended to come from people who were foremost in their field (in the C# section, Jon Skeet and Eric Lippert to name only two) and those answers tended to be extremely good. (contd) – Ian Kemp Jul 31 '19 at 8:22
@BrianKnoblauch (contd) Nowadays, the sheer plethora of crap that anyone has to wade through means that good, difficult questions are extremely difficult to find. Good answerers don't bother digging through mountains of sand to find those pearls, because ain't nobody got time for that. The end result is a chilling effect because people with good questions aren't going to bother asking them here because they know said questions won't get the attention they need! End result, the good questioners and answerers go elsewhere, and everyone loses as a result. – Ian Kemp Jul 31 '19 at 8:28
Thank you to @Yvette for catalyzing this discussion and thank you everyone who’s put together thoughtful responses. I’d like to share with you my perspective on this question.
I’m Meg Risdal, the new Product Manager for the Community Team. 👋
First, since this is my Meta debut, I figure I should say a few words about myself. I came to Stack Overflow specifically in order to work on public Q&A. I’m passionate about open access to high quality knowledge that helps developers successfully learn and do their jobs. I come to Stack Overflow from Kaggle, a Google company and online data science community, so I appreciate how special it is to be able to learn and work so closely with users in developing products.
In the months since I’ve joined the company, we have a renewed focus on public Q&A which I’m personally thrilled about, of course. As you’ve read in Sara’s blog post from last week, our attention is turned toward ways in which we can improve the system itself in order to reduce friction for all users. Her message resonates deeply with me and I’m excited to work with an incredible team.
The thing I care about most for my team is focus and delivery. Recently, we’ve shipped the new tag synonyms dashboard, a redesign of the mod flags dashboard, and Custom Filters. And now, over the coming months, we will be focused on a small number of new initiatives to deliver results. It’s imperative that we demonstrate action and an ability to succeed when we focus our efforts. This will get a flywheel moving both in terms of execution as well as paving the way for continued resource investments.
Where we are today is that we have a huge history of feedback shared by folks on Meta (thank you!), and we have an absolute treasure trove of knowledge on our CM team as well as among our seasoned team members. Plus, more and more we’re supplementing these inputs with quantitative and qualitative research. As a Product Manager, I’ve never been so fortunate to have so many rich inputs and I take advantage of it every day. In fact, just before drafting this answer I got off a couple of video calls with moderators to learn more about their workflows and pain points.
In light of this, when it comes to how we can work together, what I can do is give you insight into how our product development process is evolving on the Community Team. Our approach will be to:
Release changes (informed by research, pre-existing Meta feedback, and lots of input from our CMs and other experts on the team)
Listen to feedback and data to help us iterate quickly
For example, we’re working right now on holistically improving post notices so that they better deliver feedback to post authors, don’t put moderators on the spot, and make them more actionable/understandable for the vast majority of our users who are just viewing posts. Will we get some things wrong? Yes. Even though we’re putting our best efforts into this, I think we can count on it. But when we introduce the changes I can also promise that we will be listening to you. Taking this approach will get us to something better for everyone, faster.
Our CM team will play an important role here in acting as a liaison between the Community product team and Meta. Because we want to be focused, deliver results, and ensure your input is considered alongside our other inputs, we’re looking at ways to make sure the feedback loop is scalable. We’ll be looking at ways do things like regularly aggregate your feedback into themes. To do this, one tool we’re using more frequently (which I’ve seen Shog mention on Meta) is Friction Logs. Some thoughts on ways your feedback can be actionable:
Describe how you use features/functionality to accomplish specific goals and what pain points you experience.
If there are things you genuinely find delightful, let us know that too. Not because I need the compliments, but because I’m interested in an accurate representation of your experience.
Use your expertise in the system to help us understand how changes impact not just your own workflows, but those of other types of users.
None of this is to assert that you’re not already providing feedback in this way. Instead, I want to put emphasis on what kind of feedback is especially useful to us. I’m glad to be part of this community with you all! Like I said, I consider myself fortunate to have access to such a diverse set of resources in order to do my job, including Meta. Thank you again for starting this conversation about how we can work together. ✌️☮️
Megan RisdalMegan Risdal
I donno about all these emojis, but... Since you got that big wavy New Contributor banner, I'll cut you some slack - thanks for the detailed write-up! – Shog9 Jul 26 '19 at 0:04
Here's an ASCII <3 for you @Shog9. A pleasure working with you. – Megan Risdal Jul 26 '19 at 0:05
Thank you for replying. I'm hopeful that our site can improve. Honestly I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t. I also want to thank you and your crew for the hidden moderator support. We need it and feel heard and supported. Well at least I do. I’m excited about the latest additions to the CM team. I encourage people to sit back and observe to see if they like how things unfold. – Yvette Colomb Jul 26 '19 at 0:10
@Shog those emojis and love hearts in chat. The things we have to put up with. – Yvette Colomb Jul 26 '19 at 0:11
Thanks for this. Finally! "Master's degrees in Linguistics" That, together with machine learning, sounds promising. Can we now get a feature that automatically capitalises "i" on main and gets "Stack Overflow" right on meta? (Search for "S.O") Or at least semiautomatically. – Peter Mortensen Jul 26 '19 at 3:48
I need to get up to date on what emojis look like now, I thought that first one 👋 was a hand with Frankenstein's Monster's Neck Bolts sticking out of it. – Davy M Jul 26 '19 at 4:46
Thanks for engaging in this discussion Megan, it's great to hear that you and the community team are listening, and that Meta may still play a part in this site's future. In your post, you mentioned that your product development cycle will consist of releasing a change, followed by iterative changes based on community feedback. One thing that I was hoping you may be willing to consider is consulting the community before changes are made, in addition to after it is implemented. Even if it's a change in company direction and they aren't willing to change, the Meta folks tend to appreciate – angussidney Jul 26 '19 at 9:49
(...) it when you provide some advanced notice and let them be part of the process moving forward. I'm sure we can all think of at least one recent change that wasn't communicated in advance as well as it could have been (and that's OK - mistakes happen!), and the community understandably felt betrayed and excluded by the sudden move. However, I'm sure that with advance notice and time for feedback, people are more likely to recognise that changes need to be made and will respond more positively to the final outcome. – angussidney Jul 26 '19 at 9:49
(...) And best of all, the additional feedback will mean that stuff can be done the right way the first time around - so that less iteration is required, and the saved time can be spent on implementing even more fantastic features! Anyway, that's just my $0.02, I hope you find it helpful. Thanks again! – angussidney Jul 26 '19 at 9:50
This is an encouraging and useful post, and thank you for be willing to wade into this middle of this situation to introduce yourself. – ABANDON STACK -- Jeremy Banks Jul 26 '19 at 16:11
@angussidney, I beg to differ. In the very small number of days which Megan has been here, her idea of releasing a change first and then iterating based on feedback has worked pretty well. The flag dashboard for moderators when it was released was abysmal. After successive rounds of feedback (alpha, beta, pre-release, post-release), it has been improved a lot, and perhaps the words "a lot" doesn't do much justice to the improvements done, as well as the work that both Megan and Brian have done. Similarly the tag synonym dashboard was released first and then significantly improved because ... – Bhargav Rao♦ Jul 27 '19 at 3:08
... Adam and Megan took special interest in the community feedback. Finally we all know that CQL was practically unusable when first launched, and now it has kinda been one of the top features of SO in the recent past. The problem with that recent change which you mention is that the higher ups did not listen to feedback, but instead asked us to move along. OTOH, The Q&A devs along with the PM, are going the extra mile to get the feedback on their releases. – Bhargav Rao♦ Jul 27 '19 at 3:09
That was my fault, @Trilarion - Meg suggested the change based on her experience and observations, and I went along based on my past experience without doing the research that would've highlighted just how broadly-used the term had become over the past five years; like a doting mother, I overlooked the fact that our little baby had grown up and left the nest. That was careless of me - but it ended well, with several folks here suggesting changes that were better than anything we'd thought of internally. As Mad suggests in his answer, this is the true value of meta: well-supported arguments. – Shog9 Jul 28 '19 at 15:44
(...) We do read the Meta posts and decide when/how to respond, but I'll be honest--for things we're not looking for more debate on, this takes a lot of time I would rather spend on our priorities. I'm trying my hand at some Meta-style bluntness. I understand this isn't probably what you wanted to hear, but it's an honest answer of where we're at today. A lot is changing about how we're working and we will do a lot of reflection along the way. Thank you again for your question. – Megan Risdal Jul 29 '19 at 15:51
@MeganRisdal ... Meta is pedantic in this way because Meta wants to avoid being blindsided by sudden site direction changes (the majority of fears being traced back to the "be welcoming" campaign). Meta often reads into what SO team members say more than necessary because of the lack of transparent premeditation in SO company decision making. Meta picks apart any employee response for any hint of such changes, and pushes back hard. Outside of meta, I wouldn't have taken anything you said to be out of the ordinary. The more transparency/positive change, the less this will be an issue. – whn Jul 29 '19 at 20:28
Meta has always been just a tiny fraction of the entire community, and it was never representative of the wider userbase for SO and the network sites. It was always dangerous to assume that the voting and sentiment expressed on meta represents the views of the entire community.
Meta was always more about making arguments to me. If I can make a convincing argument on why a specific aspect of the site or software should be changed, that has value entirely on its own. It doesn't matter how many people agree or disagree, the argument itself matters. Ideally an SE employee or several see the argument and either are convinced by it and bring it up internally, or at least it influences their view on certain things.
We never set the priorities, or directly made any decision about what SE works on, and how it changes the software. We certainly had an influence in many individual decisions, but in the end SE decides based on their own requirements and targets.
What changed is that it seems to be harder now to affect the decisions made by SE, the distance between the meta community and the company feels much larger now. This is quite subjective, so I'm not sure how much of this is simply a different perception.
But by far the biggest and most destructive change recently is that many SE employees now dread facing meta at all. This fundamentally breaks Meta as a way for the community and SE to communicate. With the reception many meta posts by employees have received, I really can't blame them for avoiding meta entirely. I also blame SE for making too many bad and unpopular decisions recently, which triggered this kind of negative reactions. But the meta response is often disproportionately hostile and too often gets far too personal instead of staying focused on the actual issue.
If Meta stays a place that employees dread and actively avoid, it can't fulfill one of its main purposes which is the communication between the community and SE. It is still useful for support requests and internal discussions within the community, but feedback and dialog with SE gets much harder, if not impossible.
Mad ScientistMad Scientist
Great answer. Yes it's been a problematic few years and now the CMs and meta community are all suffering. It's vital to adjust our expectations as a community. I showed this question to a CM before posting to make sure I wasn't saying anything out of line. It's a big change for a lot of people. – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 11:07
I'm just a regular Stack Overflow user and I've always dreaded any interaction with meta. Until recently, I've gone out of my way to avoid meta. And when I did finally decide to interact with meta, the experience was as unpleasant as I feared it would be. I'm reluctant to post this comment because of the negative reaction I expect. But I think it's time the "community" heard from the folks who avoid meta. – David Cullen Jul 25 '19 at 13:38
@DavidCullen As I've mentioned in chat; that's our fault as moderators. Way back in the day (think 2013), I tried to moderate comments on Meta the same way I would have Stack Overflow and I was smacked down (as a moderator) by other moderators because Meta is supposed to be looser. Incidentally, what none of us realized is that the unchecked commenting and piling on contributes to the non-constructiveness that was present in the responses to changes on the SE network. If we (and I) had moderated Meta like we should have, I'm sure it wouldn't have gotten this bad. – George Stocker Jul 25 '19 at 14:05
@DavidCullen could you elaborate? From a glance at your meta posts I saw that most of your posts have been downvoted... but as on the main site, downvoting is an indication of usefulness of the post and not some form of aggression towards you personally. On meta it additionally signals agreement or disagreement with a post. Maybe there were some deleted posts or comments which I can't see, but otherwise I don't see anything other than your post score which would point towards an unpleasant experience. – l4mpi Jul 25 '19 at 14:54
@l4mpi After I wrote that comment, I expected to be asked to justify it. If I could pick only one word to describe meta, it would be hostile. Almost every time I looked at meta over the years, I thought the same thing: This is how people wind up arguing how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Meta seems to attract people who like to argue about opinions. I have a relative who likes to argue opinions. He can turn any conversation into an argument. I avoid talking to this relative because I don't like arguing. Maybe I'm bad at arguing. That doesn't make my opinions less valid. – David Cullen Jul 25 '19 at 19:38
@l4mpi Any experience with meta will be unpleasant for me because it is essentially about arguing over opinions, which is something that has been unpleasant for me since I was a child. I have avoided such arguments since I was young and will avoid such arguments until I die. Being asked to justify an opinion is tiring for me. As I said, maybe I'm bad at it. That doesn't make my opinions less valid. However, the environment on meta seems to invalidate that stance. Random strangers vote on my opinions and my defense of them. If we removed the voting from meta, how many would still participate? – David Cullen Jul 25 '19 at 19:45
Thanks for being willing to share, @DavidCullen . It's nice when people are able to put their experience into words in a clear and honest way. – Catija♦ Jul 26 '19 at 0:03
@DavidCullen Although I am more familiar with Meta Stack Exchange than this meta here, I agree with your impression of "meta" as hostile. But I'm afraid (only) removing votes completely will not help: voting solves the problem that everyone has to make a comment to give their opinion and removing voting means that another (technical or social) solution to that problem is nessecary. Some change in the system is probably nessecary to improve this situation. But figuring out what is a hard problem, although this of course is also something those on meta have many ideas for (and argue about...). – Discrete lizard Jul 26 '19 at 6:35
@DavidCullen That said, this does not mean that I wish to 'attack' your impression, although it may be interpreted as such. It is very hard to avoid the impression of hostility when you are giving criticism over text and pretty much impossible to measure in an isolated fashion, even if this criticism to me is more intended as an expansion of your ideas than an attack. (Incidentally, I think this a reason why letters where so polite back in the old days. Perhaps things would be better if people treated comments more like letters than, like, well, "(youtube) comments") – Discrete lizard Jul 26 '19 at 7:31
"Meta has always been just a tiny fraction of the entire community, and it was never representative of the wider userbase for SO and the network sites" incidentally, meta is the most representative group of the main contributors to the site. If you compare the group of users by answer count vs participation in meta. – Braiam Aug 2 '19 at 19:22
No one likes waiting for glaciers to calve, but that's mostly what we've been relegated to. Basically, what efforts we know are large and complex - like fixing search - are glaciers we're waiting to calve into something smaller and less complex. Those waits are long and can be at times painful, and in the meantime we get features or fixes which aren't...even remotely related to the glacier we're stood on.
In essence, the situation is fairly straightforward - the site can't be led by just the community anymore, and just the opinion of a small group of people on the site can't be the only thing taken into account. This is likely why we've seen more initiatives which target, well, not the Meta crowd.
The site is listening to other perspectives, which don't just mean ours.
But I suppose we should've been sobered up to this notion of us not being in charge anymore. A lot has changed for the site, the company and the network in the last five years. A lot of things have to be improved - for everyone involved - and that isn't going to happen from feedback existing in a silo.
My priorities for the site aren't going to align with the priorities that the company has for the site, and I have two very clear choices - either live with it or move on.
At this point, I'm not sure which would be better for me. I've sunk in a lot of time into this and I feel like I'm slipping into some kinda fallacy here. The only real thing I can do at this point is simply accept that where we were years ago is not where we are now and isn't where we have to go in the next five years in order for there to be a next five years.
I just have to decide if I want to be a part of that effort, as does everyone.
MakotoMakoto
exactly, it's been a difficult things for us to come to grips with. Although the site had its faults, it has changed over the years and it's the end of an era and it's natural for us to grieve that. Thoughtful words. Thank you – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 5:57
I may have to work this into answer, but for the moment: "In essence, the situation is fairly straightforward - the site can't be led by just the community anymore, and just the opinion of a small group of people on the site can't be the only thing taken into account." I think the thing that strikes me here is that I've never seen SO as run purely by the community. I have always viewed SO, the company, as the final arbiter of policy. The problem is not that I feel powerless, but that these events continue to shatter any remaining trust in SO's leadership that I can muster. – jpmc26 Jul 25 '19 at 6:09
Mm...I'm not sure there was ever really any "trust". It was always manifest as patience, at least for me. Being patient with the fact that development is slow, research takes time, development efforts need to be spun up, etc etc...and normally that patience would be rewarded by the showcasing of new features that had been waited on. However, I really do feel like the angst/lack of trust is just manifest as a lack of patience now. The features that have been asked for aren't being put out, and patience isn't being rewarded, hence the animosity. At least, that's how I'm seeing it... – Makoto Jul 25 '19 at 6:19
@Makoto I would suggest that rather your trust was manifesting as patience. It takes trust to weather something difficult while you wait for someone else to act. You have to believe that they're going to come through eventually, or you won't be willing to go through the hardship. Your loss of patience is a manifestation of your loss of trust. – jpmc26 Jul 25 '19 at 6:26
Trust is more than just, "I believe what you're saying is factually true." It's, "I believe you so strongly I will act according to what you say and promise." – jpmc26 Jul 25 '19 at 6:32
The site has never been led by just the community. And to be fair, I'm glad about that, certainly because I appreciate SO as a company much more than its community. – GOTO 0 Jul 25 '19 at 8:00
The complexity of tasks or needed efforts can’t be the reasons for missing features. We had a new site navigation in beta test and it worked well, I used it for months. Then, the decision was made to drop it in favor of some mystical even newer thing which probably only existed in the minds of some decision makers. So the entire effort spent to the new navigation was wasted. Apparently, Stackoverflow can afford wasting development resources that way. – Holger Jul 25 '19 at 8:05
I'm still hoping things will change, but so far, there's only been negative chances. If meta doesn't have as much to say, this site is no longer community-driven. – Zoe - account abandoned Jul 25 '19 at 10:49
@Zoe exactly, they are listening to us, but ultimately with no where as much weight as they used to – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 11:08
There's fallacious thinking that can lead us to perceive that a period of time has passed or is passing, like "When Stack Overflow was good," when at least some of that perception comes from our relationship with it. For example, participation might have been more satisfying in the past and now we're over it. What seemed like fun now feels like unrewarding work. But we perceive that it has changed, not that we have. Even if it has changed, we view changes through that lens. That perception isn't everything, but we should all take it into account. – Scott Hannen Jul 25 '19 at 16:07
@ScottHannen I'm not harkening back to a "better" time; I'm only saying that there was a different time a long time ago, and the direction we seem to be headed in now is different that what I would've thought so long ago. – Makoto Jul 27 '19 at 15:10
Meta was never "in charge". There was just more connection between the actual team working on the site and the community before, but they still did all the work and made all the decisions. – Travis J Aug 1 '19 at 17:58
If we don't have a voice, can we at least make some decisions then?
If we agree that SO doesn't listen, then don't talk about issues on meta, and leave meta to only moderation and questions.
if a curation/moderation problem is too hard to deal with right now without extra tools, don't deal with it. Either it isn't a big deal, or it is, and SO's hand will be forced due to curation issues. Don't complain on meta, and don't try to fix it with tooth picks when you need a hammer. Just leave hard curation problems alone
along the same lines, limit the scope of the kind of curation we are willing to do. Do what is easy and stressfree, not what should be possible with future tooling.
Despite SO clearly being out of touch, people still try way too hard to use their broken toothpicks to fix the problems with the site. We know they don't listen, so quit trying to fix these issues. You are not free labor, so stop acting like it.
This post was the final straw, and the past 24 hours finally gave us an exact insight into the mind of management at SO, and how precisely they view their interactions with us. We have definitive evidence that many SO employees don't themselves understand how to treat downvotes, and disagreement when faced with Meta.
About three months in, on a Friday afternoon, we introduced a new company-wide policy that I felt was relatively benign. What happened next was that, from my point of view, the engineering team completely lost it. No one agreed with this policy, and they made it known over seemingly hundreds of Slack pings. After an afternoon of going back and forth, I walked away feeling emotionally drained. What had happened to my amazing coworkers that were so kind and wonderful? I felt attacked and diminished. It seemed people weren’t valuing my work or my judgment.
I went home for the weekend and stewed in my frustration. I replayed everything that happened in my head and each time got more frustrated with the way people reacted. When Sunday rolled around, I decided I wanted to look back at our Slack conversations and see which one of my coworkers was being the rudest and the most unreasonable. I wanted to give them direct feedback that they had hurt my feelings.
As I went back through that Friday afternoon chat log, I was shocked to see that no one had been hurling insults. There was no one saying mean things about me or attacking my efficacy directly. In fact, what I found was that people had some well put together arguments about why they felt this policy was a bad idea. The entire engineering department definitely made their criticisms known, but I didn’t find people questioning my ability as a manager, throwing around insults, or saying anything that that illustrated why I was feeling so targeted.
Except in our world, meta was not given the same attention to personal introspection and reflection of events. After all, they don't have to work with Meta. They aren't actually employees of SO. They were not forced to interact with them the next day, so what is actually a personal problem remains our problem. All of this because of the perceived negativity, likely the same source talked about in that article, mass disagreement and negative visual signals.
I’d like to add some context to the “why” we are doing it. Tim, kindly, wanted to shield me from ire, however, in taking this job I signed up for this. I'd like to come here, own my decision, and deliver this feedback.
Stack Overflow Employees have panic attacks and nightmares when they know they will need to post something to Meta. They are real human beings that are affected by the way people speak to them. This is outside of the CM team, who have been heroes and who I constantly see abused here.
I can’t, with good conscience, force anyone to participate in a venue that causes that type of psychological damage at work. The CMs feel this is something that can be remedied, and I believe them. However, until then, I can’t sleep at night knowing that we are forcing people to participate here as part of their jobs.
We're removing Hot on Meta as I don't want to send new people to a place where people have these experiences. Full stop.
Now doesn't that seem familiar? A feeling like they were personally attacked, when in reality, it was mere disagreement, but from many people?
I won't act like I wouldn't feel the same way, but it is just funny to me that this particular individual couldn't see the irony between these two posts. And I doubt any of us could get through to them, and from this point forward, I doubt Meta will ever have an effect on any kind of decision making process on Stack Overflow. As soon as responses get less positive, I presume people who take downvotes and disagreement to policy personally would inevitably end up disliking going on meta. I completely understand, but it is still frustrating that mere participation on meta is what got these people afraid of it.
If you feel frustrated with curating, stop curating. SO can ignore tooling all they want until people stop supporting the current system. Stop engaging if engaging frustrates you. We need, as a community, to put the brakes on trying so hard. Why should thousands of individuals suffer for free at this point? If the system is really that broken prove it!.
whnwhn
What I'm afraid off is that if we totally drop the ball, could it be recovered after in case SO changes their minds ? I fear the damage would not be salvageable after a point :/ – Tensibai Jul 26 '19 at 12:17
I don't see any "irony between these two posts". The first was discussing how even if it's not intended, the way feedback is given can overwhelm somebody; the key insight was a personal epiphany about not taking criticism badly, it was a mission to make feedback more constructive. The second is saying "the feedback on here overwhelms people, and we need to work out how to fix that"; it's exactly the same message! It doesn't matter whether people are "right" to feel overwhelmed; they do, and that's horrible, and it's absolutely right to say it needs fixing. – IMSoP Jul 26 '19 at 16:20
@IMSoP The irony, is that in the first they realize that they weren't actually being insulted, and that it was just a bunch of criticism. In the second, they took the negative feedback on meta the same way (as insults, ie "abuse", not constructive arguments), despite the situation being analogous. Its not about everything being fine, its about realizing that people aren't the problem. This individual blames meta itself in the second quote, but doesn't blame her coworkers in the end in the first. – whn Jul 26 '19 at 17:15
@opa I think both posts blame the circumstances not the people. She doesn't blame her co-workers, but she doesn't blame herself either; and "meta" is a website not a person, so "blaming meta itself" is not saying that people are the problem. What both posts do is acknowledge that the problem is real, and shouldn't simply be ignored. If anything, it's your reaction that's ironic: you apparently feel personally attacked by the second post, and lay the blame for that on its author, not on the circumstances. – IMSoP Jul 27 '19 at 12:18
@IMSoP I'm probably nitpicking but when I read "affected by the way people speak to them" I read blaming on people of meta. – Tensibai Jul 29 '19 at 15:17
@Tensibai That's a reasonable point, there is perhaps some implication of blame there. But it's not explicit, and what is explicit is that it is a problem to tackle, not just a situation to accept: "The CMs feel this is something that can be remedied, and I believe them." So I still think this post, in throwing the blame for "not understanding" back at SO employees, and talking about "getting through to them", and lamenting that the situation is irreversible, is at the very least repeating the very mistakes it is complaining about. – IMSoP Jul 29 '19 at 15:51
@IMSoP after the previous fuss on answer deletion I wrote an answer, what I was eluding there has been acted on and I regained a bit a faith, this removal and this specific sentence had break all this sadly. I really can't understand the reasoning to do it at this time when things were settling down, I try to resist thinking that's voluntarily but it gets harder each week and I can't anymore assume good faith and coincidence. That's on me, I'm probably too old and too ingrained to see the merits and should just take a step back and see how it moves. – Tensibai Jul 29 '19 at 16:46
I agree with @Ian Kemp's answer.
This site, once a repository of Q&As for future viewers to come and find their solutions has turned (or will turn) into a repository of "troubleshoot my code" questions. Don't get me wrong, sites like that are useful for beginners or any programmer who is seriously struggling, but SO was never a "give-me-help" website. There are sites like Quora or a coder who you know for that.
Sure, most of the 99.85% want to completely change SO into a "give-me-help" website, but is that really going to make the site better, or would it dissolve into Yahoo Answers? That's why us 0.15% of users are on meta, actively showing our disapproval for this change in ideology.
If you want to go with the new users but defy the original idea for SO and your veteran users, so be it. We can't stop you, but everyone who wants a repository of Q&As for future users will almost definitely leave or reduce their activity, and SO will devolve into Yahoo Answers.
This is not what was intended for SO to become.
MilkyWay90MilkyWay90
Quora has moved in the direction of Yahoo Answers by removing the question details (a few years ago). There is only a single line for the question and it is quite limited in length (thus not suited for questions with actual code, like debugging questions). It is actually quite good for conceptional questions, but hardly anything else. There are the usual questions about Vim vs. Emacs and programming language comparisons, of course. – Peter Mortensen Jul 26 '19 at 1:11
@PeterMortensen I meant sites like Quora – MilkyWay90 Jul 26 '19 at 2:43
Quita like could be Reddit for example. They even have downvotes. – Trilarion Jul 28 '19 at 6:42
So in summary, meta is useful for mundane "was my question closed inappropriately" type questions where site users may have a disagreement with or question about a site moderation action, but that's about it, that it has essentially no say in site structure, features, and goals. If this is correct then this puts site moderators in an extremely stressful position as they continue to have high levels of accountability but without authority, and this will naturally leading to frustration and eventually bitterness.
Thoughts and Questions:
Is my summary statement a correct one?
Is there a "lead moderator", perhaps one elected by the other moderators, one to represent the "voice" of the moderators to the "Network"?
If meta has little ability and power to make site changes, should these types of questions be disallowed?
And if the site's goals have shifted mostly to profit, despite this is being done at the expense of the moderator's and meta-involved user's own personal sense of ownership and emotional well-being, then should site moderators be paid, since they are now saddled with all the down-sides of being an employee without the benefits?
While we, the concerned citizenry of Meta Stack Overflow, cannot create an effective strike, I do wonder if the site moderators would be able to do so since their participation is much more critical for allowing for smooth site functioning. I am guessing that they have already considered and discussed this but have declined this option for now.
Hovercraft Full Of EelsHovercraft Full Of Eels
1. We don't have a lead moderator. We actually discussed this yesterday. Some mods prefer doing certain moderation tasks over others. Most of us are abreast of what happens on meta and then you'll see the regulars who participate here, myself being active. In terms of this post, I showed Shog in the mod room before posting it. 2. I'm not sure what shape meta will take. This is new to me also and everyone else. I certainly think our role here is something that is long overdue needing discussion. It explains a lot. 3. Too sad :'( – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 15:42
I definitely agree with the point you made about accountability without authority. I don't think people will continue to spend lots of time answering questions and moderating if they feel that they are being ignored. – user545424 Jul 25 '19 at 16:13
@user545424: partially not true. Most that answer questions are not actively involved in moderation, and so these changes will affect only a minority of the site users, mostly those of us actively involved in meta, and most especially the site moderators. I don't think that these changes will affect the vast majority of site members, including those that answer questions. Please see my edit above. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Jul 25 '19 at 16:20
You may be correct, but I am a person who only really answers questions and occasionally looks at a meta question every now and then. I have also been frustrated with the large influx of poor quality questions and have noticed that it's been brought up on meta with several suggested solutions but no action from the site owners. This has led me to feel that the site is less of a wiki as it was originally intended, and that my time is maybe better spent helping open source projects. – user545424 Jul 25 '19 at 16:30
@YvetteColomb Has there been any discussion by the mods about a strike, or a coordinated joint statement to the company? I'm not really sure where all the mods stand on this, and I'm curious what their stance is. I do appreciate you being vocal and active in meta so we know where you stand. – mason Jul 25 '19 at 18:20
@mason I recommend you pose a new question asking that. – George Stocker Jul 25 '19 at 18:22
@mason knowing our team there's no chance that will happen. As George said it's a whole other issue. We all stand strongly for the success of the site. Some of the mods are very upset about this. We're all processing the changes. You can imagine, being mods, we're pretty dedicated to the site. – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 19:56
Meta is for a great many things! A lot of it is rote - "why was my question closed", "should we merge/burninate these tags" - but much of it is not. It can be celebratory (congrats on reaching N rep!), introspective (How many questions do we close every week?), bug reports, and a place for building community and sharing your thoughts about the site. And just because we're listening elsewhere, too... that doesn't mean we're not listening here. When we turn to work on known problems, we look for what's been discussed here... and then see how we can expand on that. – Catija♦ Jul 25 '19 at 20:36
@Catija: There seems to be a possible disconnect between what you're saying and what we see site mods saying, suggesting a possible problem with communication. I have to wonder if some sort of conference, physical or virtual, between those in power in the corporation and a contingent of moderator leaders would be beneficial for us all. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Jul 25 '19 at 20:39
There are a lot of disconnects. :) We've changed immensely in the year I've worked here and that's going to continue for the next few months before (hopefully) we settle in and get to work. It's been a struggle to not quite know where you're going but to have to hope that it's the right direction. Everything is changing and I'm excited for that because nothing has changed for the last four years. Change is hard and confusing... and y'all (and I) have been begging for change for years. So much of what you want, we want. We just need to find the way to make it happen... and I'm hopeful it will. – Catija♦ Jul 25 '19 at 20:47
@Catija: you and me both – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Jul 25 '19 at 20:51
We try to talk with the mods as much as we can. The CMs generally and the PM in charge of the Community Dev team both talk with the mods in their chat room and share what we can. For me, figuring out how much I can share is something I'm still working on. There's a lot of discovery going on that will be exciting once it gets closer to building but sometimes discovery phase reveals that the idea isn't going to work as you'd hoped, so I hate to share and then have to retract the idea. :( – Catija♦ Jul 25 '19 at 20:52
Paying moderators would in effect make them employees. Not paying them is however like exploiting their workforce, I feel. I'm not sure what is the best there. Maybe SO should just take over the moderation. – Trilarion Jul 28 '19 at 6:38
We roll with the flow. We see what they put out, and then, see if we want to continue here. As it has always been.
It's obvious we don't wield any real power here, so organizing a strike, or stopping, just means we stopped. So we keep going, as usual, and see what happens next.
"can I live with that?"
This is the pertinent question. Can you? Then you stay. Can't? Then not.
As far as we are concerned, the company is just water. Water flows where it wants to, and cares little about our ideas for where it should be going. But if our plain gets flooded, we may leave.
MagischMagisch
Good post. I agree that instead of endlessly fighting the new system, our energy would be better spent figuring out how to work with the new system, and make the best out of it. Change will happen regardless.
I think it is still important that people on meta start discussions about things they feel unhappy with, or express their opinions on certain updates or decisions made. I believe that the regular posters here are the ones who really care deeply for SO, and operate the most with Stack Overflow, and will thus encounter problems that the average Jane or John Doe doesn't notice/encounter.
However we need to lower the expectations of it immediately being acted upon as it may have been in the past (I definitely wasn't there. But from what I hear this was more the case). Simply because SO has taken a more "general" approach of listening to the big data, and doing 1:1 interviews with people from the mailing list, etc. And if the two of them don't align, the interviews done by their professional team takes precedence. As a result of growing to a big business with a lot of stakeholders and third parties involved.
The thing I think that should be improved upon the most, and what has been going wrong lately most often, is the communication aspect of it. Meta is an echo chamber, but also a huge (yes, I think 0.015% on such a large user base is huge) part of your most dedicated users. And it should be treated in that way. And I think that is best done through clear communication and in a timely manner.
I appreciate that as a representative of a company you can't just answer on a whim, but don't make us wait days, weeks or longer (looking at the Facebook issue now (which has been responded to now, I have to add)) for any response. It doesn't even have to be the response we are looking for, just simply acknowledging the issue has been taken note of would satisfy a bunch of people.
Maybe a public backlog (or something similar) would help for this, so the people can see what has been taken into consideration, and what is being worked on (where possible. I don't expect SO to be able to release all the information about what they're working on). Along with a (rough) timeline, so we know why that simple looking feature isn't due until four months later.
Those are just my two cents.
TLDR: It doesn't mean we aren't heard, just at a lower priority. Meta needs to lower their expectations from instantaneous reaction from SO. SO needs to step up the communication game and be more transparent to the users.
RemyRemy
Nice answer. Thoughtful and gives realistic feedback of what could help us as a meta community. Thank you – Yvette Colomb Jul 25 '19 at 5:51
Please edit for grammar and punctuation. I also don't know what, "I think it is still important to raise what we v," was suppose to say. – jpmc26 Jul 25 '19 at 9:43
@jpmc26 maybe the word "want" got cut off, leaving only the first half of the "w"? – l4mpi Jul 25 '19 at 9:48
@jpmc26 Weird that the sentence got cut out like that, thanks for pointing it out. I wrote it this morning on my phone so probably fat fingered it away or overlooked it. I'm not a native speaker, and certainly not the best writer when it comes to puncuation either. So i'll have to rely on someone who does pocess these skills to clear that up unfortunately. – Remy Jul 25 '19 at 9:55
I never post on Meta, but feel a need to comment on this one out of a sense of community.
What does it matter how much of a minority the Meta community is compared to the size of the site?
Remember Yahoo answers? The average Yahoo contribution was terrible.
Quora? It's huge, but the average question and answer is still of extremely low quality.
No one wants an average site, no one wants mediocre.
What makes SO great is its focus on quality and filtering. The Meta community is to be thanked for this.
If the goal of SO is now to satisfy the average user, this sounds like a recipe for disaster.
"Toxicity"
I get a hint of how SO is doing as a whole sometimes when I look at Meta, and once a year when I complete the survey. What keeps surprising me in the latter, year after year, is the suggestion that old users are toxic to new users.
"Toxic" is a tricky word. It's fashionable, political, yet vague. Is anything that offends me toxic? It's all subjective, so who is to decide what is offensive and what is not? "Toxic" is a poor choice of word.
On the importance of feedback
I still remember getting started on SO and being on the receiving end of criticism does not feel nice, getting a question closed does not feel nice, getting downvoted does not feel nice… etc.
But the goal is not for them to feel nice. The goal is to maintain high quality. Feeling bad about some criticism is a small price to pay for the new user, short-term, to keep enjoying a larger benefit, long-term – a quality Q&A site. I know I grew as a programmer (and even as a person in general) from asking better questions and better structuring my thoughts.
If there's something great about programmers that transpires throughout the site it's an ability to be precise, aim for objectivity, and write well, concisely.
Answers, including here on Meta, may be terse and come across as blunt or even curt. But that's a small price to pay to save people's time. (A good example of this is the Hi/Hello removal.)
What's the alternative? To sugar-coat it and treat people like children? There's no growing without feedback. New users don't know (yet) how to produce great questions and answers.
Logical/objective vs. Emotional/subjective
I wonder if all this talk about toxicity is not a clash between two world views: a logical/objective one, and an emotional/subjective one, which seems to be playing out here in Meta and staff being at odds.
I have no visibility on where the staff comes from. Maybe the fact there's nothing personal in constructive criticism is more part of the meta/developers community values than the staff/CM/(non-dev?) community. I don't know, I'm asking.
The thing is… the logical/objective/critical worldview is the one to espouse here, because, once again, this is the one that serves the end goal: quality.
I never post on Meta, because I don't moderate nor triage posts and would rather let people who invest more of their time drive the direction of the site.
I hope Meta will keep having a say in the direction of the site, because I trust the community's spirit – its sense of reflection, constructive criticism and insistence on quality – to keep SO going strong.
Fabien SnauwaertFabien Snauwaert
My impression is that the changes in the last years were rather gradual. The discussions about an influx of possible homework or debugging questions have been taking place for years as well as feature requests that more or less got ignored or discussions about mentorship, being nicer and welcoming, etc. This is a process that is going on for many years.
It was always clear that the platform except for the textual content belongs to the company, not to the community on meta. It was also clear that the meta community (1.5% or 0.15% or whatever percentage of the users/created content it really is) is not representative of the whole user base, although it's not clear how far away it is from that. It could still be a good idea to listen carefully and reply politely to everything using not too much marketing speak.
How closely should a company listen to its community? Typically, there are speeches by CEOs emphasizing that listening to their users is everything, but as soon as there is criticism from users (or vocal minorities of users) companies react rather annoyed. The best is probably somewhere in the middle. Don't always do what the community or parts of the community asks you for, but if you disagree, make sure you have a good reason for it. And do betas, lots of betas.
There is the fundamental difference in goals, the company behind Stack Overflow wants to make money, the users of Stack Overflow want to ask or answer (some special types) of questions. You cannot align these goals completely. There will always be a gap. For example, I would like to see less advertisement for everyone, because ads just lower the value of the content. But as long as the content is free I hope that the extent of the gap can be limited.
Stack Overflow has changed in the last years. Lots of new users have signed up asking rather specialized questions. Instead of teaching how to debug, Stack Overflow is debugging for them. The mission of building a knowledge base has taken a backseat, maybe because it's done to a big extent already?
I can understand the shift to mentoring and teaching and I don't want to stand in the way. However, I discovered about myself, by ways of introspection, that I don't want to be a mentor or teacher (at least not for free). I thought I might like it, but I actually do not like holding hands. It's just my fault. I'm sure others do and I wish them all the best and the best possible infrastructure for it.
Contributing to a knowledge base on the other hand was fun and it's very sad that this mission might become endangered by a shift of focus. My impression is still that the company tries to accomplish several things at the same time, but even then it's not sure that the original mission can continue to operate. Signal to noise was always a concern. Maybe better search and filtering can alleviate the need to review and police the content, or maybe not. It's too early to tell either way.
Maybe a split would be better. One stricter Stack Overflow for extending the existing knowledge base, which could still work on being nicer in any case and another Stack Overflow for mentoring and teaching, both not necessarily being operated by the same organization.
Is there really a need for a public, curated repository of "why is my code not working" questions? And who is going to answer them?
I think that Stack Overflow Academy, proposed by Shog9 and supported by others already in 2014, was basically the blueprint (and therefore ahead of its time) of what the company tries to achieve now. More credit should be given there.
From the linked Q&A of Stack Overflow Academy I found an almost prophetic comment made by Jason C almost exactly 5 years ago: "this site would be for people who are so utterly bad at asking questions (and incapable of searching Google for "how to ask a question") that they need actual mentoring to teach them?".
TrilarionTrilarion
Re "building a knowledge base ... because it's done to a big extent already?": No, it is quite poor as few answers are comprehensive enough to be useful (there isn't an incentive (read: reputation points - this is for quick answers instead)). And there is also dilution, because too few questions are closed as duplicates (finding duplicates is hard and there isn't an incentive). Exact duplicates of easy questions are asked 8 years later and very high-rep users will happily answer them (we know why). Distilling into FAQs (like on Usenet in the 1980s) could be a partial solution. – Peter Mortensen Jul 29 '19 at 15:14
@PeterMortensen With the data explorer I saw that the highly voted, highly visited questions are mostly from 2008 to 2014 and to a much lesser extent from later with an ever increasing fraction of questions that get no upvoted answer at all. The number of useful new questions has gone down. But I agree with your points. Looked at it this way the mission is far from fulfilled and another discussion could be what exactly to do next in order to advance it? – Trilarion Jul 29 '19 at 15:43
The implications are a lot of drama, a lot of whining, a lot of armchair website managers putting their worthless opinions in, a lot of "Shog was the greatest guy of all time!!!11" posts, but ultimately this will all die down in a few weeks, and nobody will notice any difference or even remember that anything had happened.
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This may be true, but there's better ways to express that opinion. – Cerbrus 12 hours ago
This particular Meta question was posted six months ago. Somehow, I don't think this will "die down in a few weeks". – F1Krazy 12 hours ago
Eventually it will die down, it remains to be seen whether anything longterm will happen… – deceze♦ 11 hours ago
Merge meta back into the main site. If they're so intent on destroying meta, let them. The victory will be hollow.
JoshuaJoshua
They're not destroying meta, but rather they're narrowing its focus to current moderation issues and away from having a say in the site's structure, function, and long-term vision. They're turning site moderators into un-paid employees. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Jul 25 '19 at 16:49
Everyone who makes a positive contribution to Stack Overflow is effectively an unpaid employee. Moderators do more dirty work, and that work is probably more valuable, and moderators should probably be compensated. However, business owners generally choose to not pay people as long as they can get away with it. – David Cullen Jul 25 '19 at 19:59
@HovercraftFullOfEels Then, hopefully, mods are smart enough to not allow themselves to become unpaid employees... up to them. – code_dredd Jul 25 '19 at 23:15
@DavidCullen "Everyone who makes a positive contribution to Stack Overflow is effectively an unpaid employee" I have mixed thoughts on that. Yes, we add value to the site, but that's simply a secondary side-effect of us wanting to help members of our community. I reckon no one here thinks of "improving business outcomes for the company" before posting something. The site is simply the means to an end rather than the end itself. I think the company takes advantage of that, but we have no obligation to the company in any way. Besides, if they ban actual contributors, it's their loss (1/2). – code_dredd Jul 25 '19 at 23:20
@DavidCullen I think the actual value is not the site, but the content that gets hosted in it, and AFAIK, that content is licensed in such a way that it can be moved around to any other web site frontend/layout... (2/2). – code_dredd Jul 25 '19 at 23:21
What do you mean "merge meta back into the main site"? When was that ever the case? – S.S. Anne Jul 29 '19 at 2:05
@JL2210: When stackoverflow was very young. I've got a meta question on the main site in my profile. – Joshua Jul 29 '19 at 4:36
Some people mod for more e-points, some because they're just lonely and need the attention, some because they believe in SO and want it to succeed, and some because they expect something in return like recognition, money, experience to put on the CV etc. Some however, mod because they lack authority in their own lives and seek to gain it online. I don't know which one of these shog was, but I do know that the majority of those piping up now he's decided to quit are firmly in the last category. – Geoff Griswald 8 hours ago
Meta is where the "my opinion is important" people hang out, it's driven a lot of us out. Their intentions are good, but the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
That's meta in a nutshell.
I wouldn't miss it if it was deleted from the Internet.
The meta userbase is so fine-tuned to a certain set of personality traits that any policies defined by the community may simply be too geared toward that mindset. All the other things, I believe, should be handled by the main site. And as mentioned I'm very dubious about the quality of the policies that this community can produce.
For the most part, things that meta handles can be handled elsewhere:
For bug reports, there's a bug report form and a GitHub-like list of bug reports. Feature requests, same deal. Burninations, could be an AI algorithm based on the burninations that have occurred so far. Unjustly closed posts, a system whereby there's a review queue for them; the vast majority of closed posts can have a slight alteration or clarification to the question to get them reopened. New users being helped to make better questions - there's already the beginnings of a "how to write a question" feature, expand on that.
Ultimately, my suggestions for moving these features to the main site is because I'm mostly against the "the community is being ignored" kind of victimhood that resounds throughout this community. That's where I feel the problem lies. Meta does bring solutions to the things above, but they could be solved on the main site, and it would avoid the cries of the victimfolk here on meta.
As for why it's driven a lot of people away from meta, there's a few reasons, from my experience:
The downvote system doesn't show how many upvotes you received, so you'll be given the impression that everybody disagreed with you, rather than the truth which is just more people disagreed than agreed. If a poster could see how many people actually agreed then they wouldn't feel so ostracised. The way it stands right now it's purely a "Positive Punishment" and "Positive Reinforcement" mechanic, I think it should change to a poll mechanic whereby even the posts that get 100+ rating will see that 50 people actually also disagreed, and visa-versa.
If you post something that someone disagrees with, you'll instantly receive a barrage of complaints, corrections, and the unfortunate part, eventually insults. As proven by the previous set of comments that were attached to this post (now removed.) Prominent figures (I'm not calling out names here, it's not just one person) in this community are overly aggressive in their stance when defending and voicing their opinions. You need to let the ideas flow easily, hammering down on ones you disagree with will only lead to a whitewash.
Continuing from the previous point, there appears to be an oligopoly of users that post 90% of the posts, or at least control 90% of the traffic on meta. This intimidates other users (due to the oligopoly having 10k+ rep and previous points raised) into thinking that their opinions don't matter. Once you have the vast majority of users thinking their opinion doesn't matter or thinking it will get them flamed into oblivion, their dissenting opinions aren't posted at all. Then you're only seeing that 10% of people who are politically correct and who will come to dominate the thought-space.
Meta is a self-referencing self-important forum. The vast majority of posts I get to see on meta are about meta. It exists to serve itself, not its users, not main SO, not anything but itself and its oligarchy. The only time I've seen a heavy traffic thread not about meta was the user questionnaire thing, and that devolved into a left-wing fight for women's rights in programming, so meta.
p.s. I'm aware of the irony that I called people on meta self-important and then continue on to voice my opinions about it all.
Dan RaysonDan Rayson
Moderator's Note: Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. The arguments brought up in the comments are great things to hash out; the comments themselves aren't the right avenue for that. I recommend moving points you wish to add to your answer, @DanRayson, and if anyone else wants to make their points known in an easy to follow fashion, we welcome any additional answers on this question to do so. – George Stocker Aug 1 '19 at 13:52
Can you be more clear near "it's driven a lot of us out." (by editing your answer, not by answering in comments)? What is the mechanism exactly that has driven a lot of you out? – Peter Mortensen Aug 1 '19 at 21:21
"the vast majority of closed posts can have a slight alteration or clarification to the question to get them reopened." I guess you have not reviewed many closed posts. Because most closed posts are unsalvageable garbage. Closed posts that are edited are already automatically put on a reopen queue. It is rare that the edit improves the post enough to justify reopening it. – Raedwald Aug 3 '19 at 8:48
"Unjustly closed posts, a system whereby there's a review queue for them": There is. It doesn't work. – S.S. Anne Aug 4 '19 at 3:37
1.5k+ reputation users can see both upvotes and downvotes on a post; alternatively, use this StackApp. – S.S. Anne Aug 4 '19 at 3:41
@JL2210 Nice! Cheers JL! – Dan Rayson Aug 4 '19 at 16:43
amen. stackoverflow is very meta and obtuse and having a meta "community" with weight just accelerates that problem. let stack hire actual employees/develop actual mechanisms to solve problems rather than introducing messy self serving humans into the mix. It's the logical thing to do. – kkarakk Aug 4 '19 at 19:04
I love how downvoted this answer is, even though it's the most sensible one here. Proves his point really. – Geoff Griswald 8 hours ago
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Rita Ora is in the running to take the female lead in The Flash movie (Picture: Getty/Bonanza Productions/Warner Bros/DC Comics)
Rita Ora is reportedly in the running for a role in the upcoming movie based on DC’s The Flash.
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However, she’s reportedly up against some stiff competition – with American actress Kiersey Clemons, known for her role in 2015’s Dope, and Sing Street actress Lucy Boynton both in the running too, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit.
Ezra Miller’s brief appearance as The Flash in Batman V Superman (Picture: Warner Bros)
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She’s previously had a few minor roles in major Hollywood films, including an incredibly brief appearance in Fast & Furious 6 and playing Mia Grey in 50 Shades Of Grey, and it’s upcoming follow-up Fifty Shades Darker.
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