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Unimedios | Agencia de Noticias UN | English
Primers follow trace of migratory fish
By designing novel tools which use genetic information, Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNal) in Medellín, researchers have expanded research of the ray-finned fish, the pataló, the catfish and other ten species which thrive in the Cauca River. This new development is a contribution to the genetic diversity of freshwater fish in Colombia.
Medellín, 27 de diciembre de 2016 — Agencia de Noticias UN-
The trans-Andean shovelnose catfish (Sorubim cuspicaudus) was one of the fished studied with the genetic tools. Photo: www.espaciodepesca.com
The research project has helped delve deeper into the study of fish which inhabit the Cauca River.
The species thrive in an area where the hydroelectric dam will be built, the largest in Colombia.
Dam building breaks the migration of a rheophile species, meaning fish that prefer to live in fast moving water.
With this contribution, researchers of any place around the world may study fish genetic diversity.
With this new technique, it is possible to obtain new information thanks to the project carried out by four UNal-Medellín graduate students directed by School of Biosciences Professor Edna Judith Márquez Fernández.
To amplify DNA regions, the researchers developed specific sequences known as “primers” which help observe population genetic variations of fish of the medium and low basins of the Cauca River, between the municipality of Tarazá and the outpour of this river into the Magdalena River.
The method accurately analyzes the genetic diversity of 13 migratory species: jetudo or pataló (Ichthyoelephas longirostris), ray-finned fish (Prochilodus magdalenae), vizcaína (Curimata mivartii), dolphin catfish (Ageneiosus pardalis), trans-Andean shovelnose catfish (Sorubim cuspicaudus), chango or mueluda (Cynopotamus magdalenae); capaz (Pimelodus grosskopfii), arenca (Triportheus magdalenae), sabaleta (Brycon henni), four-lined pimodella (Pimelodus blochii), stripped catfish (Pseudoplatystoma magdaleniatum), schultz's bumblebee catfish (Pseudopimelodus schultzi) and comelón (Leporinus muyscorum).
These species thrive in an area where the hydroelectric dam of Ituango (Hidroituango) considered the largest hydroelectric project in Colombia will be built. This dam could impact the migration and reproduction of fish, and ultimately contribute to loss of biodiversity.
The Universidad de Antioquia National Genome Sequencing Center performed the sequencing of the genome of the species studied to identify the primers.
According to Márquez, these tools were designed for microsatellite sequences (short repetitive DNA sequences) amply distributed throughout the genome and variable.
“For genome sequencing, we used 454 FLX pyrosequencing and Illumina next-gen sequencing, novel technologies which enable large-scale DNA sequencing. First, we analyzed the biological information and later carried out a laboratory assessment. This project which will end in 2018 will help us understand genetic diversity and if there has been a connection between species,” added Márquez.
Partial results have shown that from the genetic point of view, the individuals of a particular species from one part of the basin are different from those of another part of the basin.
Although the project did demonstrate that several short (up to 100 km, [62 miles]) and medium migration species (between 100 and 500 km [62 and 310 miles]) are genetically similar; the analyses continue for the ray-finned fish, the capaz and the four-lined pimodella, species which have successfully passed the location where the dam is being built. This will help obtain information to estimate the potential changes in genetic diversity of the populations.
Tested at Hidroituango
According to Social and Environmental Biologist Hernán Sánchez Cruz, of the Hidroituango Environmental and Sustainability Directorate, one of the most important effects of this type of projects is that it creates a sort of barrier effect for fish.
“Building dams breaks the migration of rheophile (fish that prefer to live in fast moving water) individuals which carry out their reproductive processes upstream,” he said.
However, the projects discovered that this break or lack of connection is provided naturally because downstream there are 26 whitewater streams which are a natural obstacle for fish migration.
Sánchez adds that this is an important discovery as other studies in dams have focused only on the most representative species and in this research project they analyzed all migratory fish of the area to design effective management measures. This offers reliable information for all the inhabitants of the region which fears building the dam will impact fishing.
Fish barcoding
Among the results provided by the research project is the amount of data of other species which had not been studied in the past, some of which are endemic to Colombia. Such as the case of the jetudo of which the researchers obtained information on their reproduction and ecology.
Furthermore, the project also assembled mitochondrial genomes which had not been discovered before in the world and identified species using a procedure known as Fish DNA Barcoding which helps determine if individuals are of the same species or not.
Another aspect of the project contributed to verify that in a species of catfish differences between individuals are not recent but on the contrary are millions of years old. According to Márquez, this is probably because this basin was most likely a great pool and when the Andes Mountains emerged they interrupted the natural connection between species.
“This is interesting data because if one does not know of the changes before building the dam we could think this is a recent issue due to the construction. The following stage of the project will be establishing the phenotypic variation to become cognizant of the body changes and species adaptation,” she said.
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A Jacket off the Gorge
A Jacket off the Gorge is a narrative nonfiction manuscript by Susan Ashline. Blogs and prison reform stories are NOT related to the book.
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How Parole Stole College from Criminal (Part 6)
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Jon Fontaine had just gotten out of prison, and he had a plan. He had goals. At 34, he wanted to go to college. His past was his past, and he would pave a new road to his future.
But his parole officer threw up a detour sign. He wouldn’t let him drive.
The parole officer said no. In fact, it took him a while to say no. Really, he didn’t even say it to Jon directly for weeks on end – he simply ignored Jon.
To get a construction technology degree, Jon would have to go to school full time. He applied to Monroe Community College and was approved to start a full roster of classes in January. The only way he could take classes was if his Rochester-based parole officer, Martin Buonanno, allowed him to drive to school.
What convicted felon could afford an $80 round trip Uber each day to school on a dishwasher’s wages? (For the slow, that’s $400 a week… on a $200 a week paycheck).
With college to start on January 21, Jon asked his PO several weeks in advance for permission to drive to school. He would have to register for classes by January 16.
On January 4, Buonanno told Jon he’d give him an answer on January 18 (two days after the registration deadline), at their bi-monthly sit-down meeting.
Not hearing word from his PO, Jon had no choice but to register for classes. He signed up for six classes totaling 17 credit hours; an ambitious schedule for someone working full time.
On January 18, he anxiously reported to parole with copies of his course registrations and schedule, and a single question upon being seated.
Would he be allowed to drive to school?
But Buonanno didn’t give him an answer. He said he hadn’t gotten around to asking his supervisor.
Five days after classes started, Jon got a knock on the door. It was Buonanno. He’d come to tell Jon that his supervisor, Thomas O’Connor, had told him – four days earlier – that Jon was not allowed to drive at all.
Jon stood. He stared. Maybe Buonanno could read the questions in his face, or the disappointment. He either didn’t let on, or didn’t care. Still, Jon had to thank him. He had to be gracious for the fact the PO came by to deliver this news at all. He is required to show respect, even when it is unreturned.
Buonanno turned to march back to his car.
“Thank you very much, sir,” Jon told him, as he quietly closed the door behind him.
In Part 7, Rochester parole Bureau Chief Kathleen McDonnell calls my cell phone to say she’s seen these online blogs and YouTube video and claims I’m “harassing” her staff.
[Hear Jon’s parole officer hang up on me]
[*Note: Information contained herein has been gleaned from public online postings and through discussions with mutual acquaintances, none of whom are, or have been, acting as third party communicators through Jon.]
Author SusanAshlinePosted on March 17, 2018 June 29, 2019 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, criminal justice reform, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Jon Fontaine, New York, New York State Parole Board, NY DOCCS, NY State Parole Board, parole bureau chief Kathleen McDonnell, parole reform, prison inmate, prison reform, Rochester New York, Rochester NY, Rochester parole Bureau Chief McDonnell, Rochester Parole Officer M Buonanno, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline, true crime, Upstate New York6 Comments on How Parole Stole College from Criminal (Part 6)
No Love for Parolee, Literally (Part 5)
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One month out of prison and Jon found a job. He was hired by a restaurant to wash dishes.
He’s a highly skilled and talented home remodeler, but his parole officer said he couldn’t work in anyone’s home. Barring that, he went to work washing dishes. Pay is paltry, and it won’t bring in enough for him to get a place of his own. It won’t pay for taxis/Uber, and he’ll still have to rely on others for transportation. It won’t be enough to buy clothes or to adequately feed him. But despite Parole chipping away at his morale, Jon got a job.
It’s a six mile round trip walk from his home. He started in the coldest season and continued through bitter winter.
I found this post from Jon online: “[Parole] as an entity is not structured to help inmates or parolees succeed. It’s structured to alienate, assassinate, and undercut.”
Parole next alienated Jon from love and companionship.
Not only was Jon determined to find work (and succeeded), he managed to find a girlfriend. She was a woman he knew before he left for prison, and they started a relationship at some point after he got home.
Jon found a girlfriend, someone willing to help with driving and nurturing, and providing the comfort that everyone needs from another human being to make life worth living. It is, perhaps, the single most important component to rehabilitation – love.
She has two little children, both who adored Jon, by all accounts I’ve seen and read online (his parole officer barred him from contact with me, so I rely on public internet postings and mutual friends for information).
Jon posted an email online that he sent to his parole officer, Martin Buonanno, in December. He asked Buonanno permission to spend the night at his girlfriend’s house on Christmas Eve, so they could wake up together early Christmas morning with the children.
He wanted to be part of a family on Christmas. One night.
His parole officer said, “No.”
One night. Christmas Eve. Love.
Jon no longer has a girlfriend.
In Part 6, see what happens when Jon wants to go to college.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on March 8, 2018 April 16, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, criminal justice reform, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Jon Fontaine, New York, NY DOCCS, NY State Parole Board, parole M Buonanno, parole reform, prison reform, Rochester NY, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline, true crime, Upstate New York5 Comments on No Love for Parolee, Literally (Part 5)
Parolee Pleads for Self Worth (Part 4)
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He left prison with no job or living supplies, no toothbrush, no underwear, no food. No support system – friends and family dropped off with each page turn of the calendar.
Prior to being released from prison, no state employee asked Jon what he needed to be a productive member of society. That’s what he wrote in an online post.
“Allow me to live up to my potential. Let me work doing something I’m good at and enjoy. Let me go back to college and finish my degree. Allow me to not be a burden on others by asking them to take time off work to drive me places. Let me earn money so I can provide for myself and not be dependent on loved ones, or taxpayers. Allow me to have self-worth.”
He was – he wrote – “ready to be the most successful parolee the [corrections system] has ever seen, but every goal that’s simple in concept has some crazy restriction attached to it.”
He wasn’t allowed to see me, a friend ready to help. He wasn’t allowed to drive. How would he get to all the appointments mandated by Parole?
Jon lives in a remote area. The bus comes once (no return trip) at 10 a.m. That’s when it heads to the county seat of Lyons, New York.
The second parole condition (on a list of 33) mandated that Jon go to Lyons to apply for public assistance – or go back to prison. This, despite an order that he pay nearly $200,000 in restitution – or go back to prison.
Jon had to dip into his whittled pool of support and beg for a ride – more than one hour round trip.
“I had to have someone take off work to drive me there,” Jon posted. “This person not only had to spend their time driving me, they lost hours of pay.”
The receptionist asked Jon which services he wanted to apply for, and he told her: “Nothing. I don’t want anything from you. I don’t need anything from you. I want to work, but parole says if I don’t apply for assistance, I’ll go back to prison.”
If he qualified, it would take 45 days to receive assistance.
They scheduled Jon for a mandatory one-hour orientation. Who would take off work to drive more than an hour, and then sit in a car another hour while he attended?
At the DSS orientation, Jon was scheduled for a second meeting the following week, at 8:30 a.m. In an online video, he’s holding the letter that states the appointment is at 8:30 – while standing outside the locked building with a sign stating the office opens at 9 a.m.
All the while with someone sitting in a car, waiting for him, and missing work and income.
Jon then learned he was required to return – twice – each for four-hour sessions.
“Remember how I said my parole officer said I can’t drive? Remember how I said the bus stops one time, at 10am, arriving in Lyons at 11:30? No return trip? 22 miles from my house?”
Miss a mandatory public assistance meeting – go back to prison.
“Haven’t I cost taxpayers enough? Shouldn’t I be allowed to work and contribute to the tax roll, not take from it? Shouldn’t public employees, especially the Department of Social Services go: Oh! You want to work? You have work lined-up? We’ll help you go to work in any way we can.”
To be continued in Part 5. [Part 6]
Author SusanAshlinePosted on March 8, 2018 March 17, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, criminal justice reform, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Jon Fontaine, New York, New York State Parole Board, NY DOCCS, parole M Buonanno, parole reform, prison reform, Rochester NY, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline, true crime, Upstate New York6 Comments on Parolee Pleads for Self Worth (Part 4)
How Parole Sets Offenders up to Fail (Part 3)
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Over the last six years, locked up in prison, Jon Fontaine has had to rely on others. It was time for him to give back.
In his first week of release, his mother’s basement sprang a leak. He pulled out the broken downspout that was channeling water into the house, and then to divert it, dug a hole – for hours –using just a shovel. But he was on a tight deadline. He needed parts, and someone to drive him to the store. Parole would not allow Jon to drive.
When he returned, he worked feverishly on a three-foot trench, trying to finish in the dark, before his 8 p.m. curfew.
The curfew is one of 33 conditions Parole imposed in place of actual “supervision.” It is an unreasonable list of conditions that are impossible for any human to follow. Here are a few :
Cannot have a car or driver’s license.
Cannot have a bank account.
Cannot leave the county.
Must be inside his approved residence between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Cannot consume alcohol.
Cannot be in a place in which alcohol is the main form of business (bar-restaurant, et. al).
Must maintain employment.
Must take substance abuse courses and other courses as directed by parole.
Cannot have contact with me, a journalist who wrote a book about him.
Most of the restrictions don’t apply to him. He has not been found to have a drinking or substance abuse problem and has the usual traffic tickets like everyone else.
How does one cash paychecks without having a bank account? And Jon lives in a remote area in the country (right near the county line he can’t cross). How many businesses would hire a convicted felon? How many within walking distance?
How does one “maintain employment” if he can’t drive, leave the county, have a bank account, or is unable to find anyone within walking distance who will hire a felon?
Stable social support systems are critical to rehabilitating offenders. But how does one find love and family with an 8 p.m. curfew? “Oh, and honey, you’ll have to pick me up and drop me off all day, every day, everywhere.”
“And pay for everything, too, because parole has made it impossible for me to find a job.”
These restrictions don’t allow for opportunities. They remove HOPE.
For those who want to start a new life, parole does not encourage that. Those who want opportunities will get into a car and drive to find those opportunities. They will violate these nonsensical restrictions to create opportunities. Conversely, those bent on committing crimes will cross the county line anyway. They will be out after 8 p.m. anyway.
Jon filed a lawsuit to remove the contact restriction between him and me. It is my right to contact him, and Jon wants to see me. How long before he violates that condition?
The restriction doesn’t make sense. Why not remove it?
Parole imposes conditions that are impossible to follow, and that provides them job security. We will inevitably throw these people back in prison (on our dime). The more time an offender spends behind bars, and without opportunities, the more damaged he becomes, and the lesser the chance of rehabilitation.
We have Rochester parolees committing rapes and murders, and no one understands how that happens. It’s because their parole officers felt a piece of paper was sufficient “supervision.”
We pay Jon’s parole officer, Martin Buonanno, $88,928 a year to come up with a list of restrictions – ones that throw up road blocks rather than pave new roads.
And when I called Buonanno to ask him his reason for barring Jon from contact with me, he refused to answer and hung up.
Buonanno is why we have offenders under parole “supervision” who are out committing rapes and murders. Because parole officers like him simply sit at desks and come up with lists without regard to the person they’re supposed to be supervising, and believing they don’t have to answer to the taxpayers who employ them.
More shockers in Part 4 and Part 5. Part 6.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on March 7, 2018 March 17, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, Jon Fontaine, Monroe County, New York, New York State Parole Board, NY DOCCS, parole reform, prison reform, Roc, Rochester New York, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline, true crime, Upstate New York8 Comments on How Parole Sets Offenders up to Fail (Part 3)
Jon Violates Parole in His First Week (Part 2)
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The first day Jon had been released from prison, I figured he needed time to be alone, decompress. I’d give him that space. However, I was disappointed he didn’t call right away.
After having written a book about him and communicating for six years via calls, letters, and at cafeteria-style tables under the watchful eyes of guards and cameras, I was excited to give him a hug and help him through the process of reintegrating into society.
Sure, I knew prison staff had added my name to his “no-contact” list in the 11th hour and without explanation, but I didn’t really think that would stick. We’d been through a nightmare of red tape trying to get it removed and a lawyer was helping us.
But I didn’t hear from Jon, day after day after day.
The condition stated Jon’s parole officer could grant him permission to have contact with me. Why wouldn’t he? There was nothing reasonable or logical about this.
I had not lost my right to communicate with whom I chose, or to reach out to anyone. So I exercised that right.
I messaged Jon through Facebook Messenger. I had legal information to pass along, and passwords to the accounts I’d maintained for him while he was away. And I’d tell him about my day, share a memory or laugh, or send pictures – everything protected under my First Amendment right.
On October 5, one week after his release, Jon sat down with his parole officer, Martin Buonanno, for what would be his first bi-weekly meeting. I learned Jon showed Buonanno my Facebook messages so Buonanno would see that I was contacting Jon, but that Jon wasn’t responding. He wanted to be transparent with his PO so he didn’t risk a violation.
What was Buonanno’s reaction? “That’s a violation.”
“She is messaging me,” Jon told him.
Buonanno said that because Jon was reading my messages, he was in violation of his parole no-contact condition.
HE WAS IN VIOLATION BECAUSE HE READ SOMETHING I WROTE. Think about that. Buonanno stated Jon violated parole because he received unsolicited communication from someone else.
The parole officer told Jon to block my messages, or be sent back to prison.
Jon did not receive a violation that day, but imagine if he did. Instead of Jon being a productive, taxpaying member of society, you’d be paying to house and feed him in an institution.
All because he read about my day.
More shockers in Part 3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on March 6, 2018 March 28, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, criminal justice reform, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, first amendment, Jon Fontaine, Martin Buonanno, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Monroe County, New York State Parole Board, parole reform, prison reform, Rochester NY, Rochester Parole Officer M Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline, true crime, Upstate NY6 Comments on Jon Violates Parole in His First Week (Part 2)
How Parole Fails Them and You – Jon’s First Day of Release (Part 1)
Jon Fontaine was released from prison on September 29, 2017, with just the clothes from his prison locker and a bus ticket. He traveled alone.
I wouldn’t know much about it. Though I’d supported him the six years he was behind bars, the minute he walked through the gate, parole denied him contact with me.
But Jon made some public online postings, and I saw them. Wearing a bright blue T-shirt circa 2011 that he’d had in storage, he talked into a camera about his first day of release.
His release was also talked about on a popular radio show, The Kimberly and Beck Show. That’s because a Rochester parole officer called the radio show hosts with the “tip.” The parole officer ratted out Jon’s release date and specific home address to the hosts, hoping they’d talk about it on the radio.
One of the hosts called me for an interview. She is the one who gave me the information about Jon. Otherwise, I’d had no idea.
Apparently, parole officers decided it was rehabilitative to broadcast to the world Jon’s exact home address, as well as to isolate him from his support system.
That first night, two parole officers showed up at Jon’s approved residence. They sat in the kitchen. Ironically, they told him he wasn’t allowed to do any media interviews – interviews which would not have been requested had a parole officer not blurted to the media what was supposed to be privileged information.
One of those parole officers, Martin Buonanno, would be Jon’s permanently assigned PO.
That night, for the first time in many years, Jon retired to a bed he could call his own, but he got no rest. Absent the putrid clouds of cigarette smoke and mind-cluttering noise of talking, arguing and steel-clanging to which he’d become accustomed, Jon couldn’t sleep at all.
Adapting to an unfamiliar life of outside prison walls wouldn’t be easy. And Jon would learn freedom wouldn’t mean free.
Most importantly, parole staff would not help with this transition; quite the contrary. They would dismantle the plans Jon had for his new life – plans six years in the making were trashed by parole staff in one fell swoop.
When parole officers fail those newly released to society, they fail all of us who live among them.
Keep reading to learn the shocking chain of events. To be continued in Part 2.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on March 6, 2018 March 17, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, Jon Fontaine, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State prison, Monroe County, NYS Division of Parole, parole reform, prison reform, Rochester NY, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline, Upstate New York6 Comments on How Parole Fails Them and You – Jon’s First Day of Release (Part 1)
What I Didn’t Do on President’s Day
I didn’t see Jon Fontaine on President’s Day. That’s because his parole officer will not allow Jon to see me, even though he has no reason to block communication, and despite that we have a lawsuit to remove the illegal condition.
On President’s Day:
I didn’t steer Jon to do the right thing.
I didn’t provide Jon emotional or motivational support.
I didn’t help Jon with his writing, something he wants to enhance.
I didn’t help advocate for Jon.
I didn’t brainstorm with Jon ways to better his situation.
I didn’t write about Jon’s transition from prison to society. But I’m going to start.
The only reason Rochester parole officer Martin Buonanno is denying communication? Power. Either that – or stupidity. Because when we have a chance to provide support and positive influence to someone in transition, it’s inarguably best to do so.
On September 29, Jon Fontaine, the subject of my book, A Jacket off the Gorge, was released on parole. Facility staff added my name to his “no contact” list, and we are currently suing to get it removed. The condition states Jon cannot communicate with me without the permission of his parole officer.
And yet – for no reason at all, and for five months now – parole officer Martin Buonanno has said “no.”
Our lawsuit contends the restriction violates my constitutional rights and is arbitrary and capricious. Prison and parole staff have not offered any reason for my name to be on the list, and the Attorney General’s office has done its best to get the lawsuit thrown out, rather than answer it.
Buonanno simply saw my name on that list and told Jon – nope. Just because. Power.
Parole is not rehabilitating the formerly incarcerated. They can block communication between the two of us, but that won’t prevent me from exposing their bad acts and a faulty system.
On President’s Day, I didn’t expose Buonanno and the others. Tomorrow, I will.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 19, 2018 March 6, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, first amendment, Jon Fontaine, NY attorney general Eric Schneiderman, NY DOCCS, NY State Parole Board, parole reform, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan AshlineLeave a comment on What I Didn’t Do on President’s Day
We Sued the NY Parole Board and their Lawyers Are Playing Dodgeball
I learned on Valentine’s Day that the New York Attorney General’s office is acting like a bad partner in a lover’s spat.
It’s like when the wife says, “I need you to put your dirty underwear in the basket. Can you do that?”
And the guy replies, “Well, I can’t stand the way you snap your gum!”
Instead of answering our lawsuit—they didn’t.
We filed an Article 78 against the NY Parole Board. It’s a lawsuit that challenges an administrative decision. The State Attorney General lawyers defend it.
I wrote a book, A Jacket off the Gorge, about a guy named Jon Fontaine. He was in prison, but now he’s not. When he was in prison, we had all sorts of contact. That led to me writing a bunch of blogs about the bad goings on in prison. And it got a lot of attention. How Prison Guards Really Behave is the most popular blog, earning low scores all around from prison staff.
And then—BAM—my name ends up on a document that states Jon cannot have contact with me when he is released from prison.
There’s a head scratcher. I’m not a victim. I had nothing to do with his crime (or any crime. I’m crime free, aka a good influence.).
But—oh, wait. There’s that anti-prison book. Oh, and those anti-prison blogs.
We filed an Article 78 lawsuit challenging the no-contact decision after one solid year of prison staff giving us the run-around. No one admitted to putting my name on the list. Then, different people raised their hands to own up to it (“It was me.” “No, it was me.”). Most importantly, no one could tell us why my name was on the list.
We think we know. (See previous paragraph about anti-prison book and anti-prison blog).
Our lawsuit alleges constitutional rights violations. Jon is owned by the state, but I am not. And a restriction on Jon communicating with me is a restriction on my communication. I am a free adult. No one can hamper my communication. And there’s that b-o-o-k. There are first amendment violations all around.
So Prisoners’ Legal Services took up the case for free. They filed the Article 78 on December 6, 2017. The AG had a three week deadline to reply. Instead, they asked not to reply. They waited until the very last day—the deadline—and got the judge to push back the case another month and a half. And on their next deadline to reply, instead of filing an answer, they filed a Motion to Dismiss, and a laughably stupid one at that.
The grounds? The AG lawyer claimed Jon did not exhaust all of his options to try to remove my name from his no-contact list, because he didn’t file a grievance to prison staff. It doesn’t take a law degree to understand that an inmate grievance to facility staff has nothing to do with parole release conditions imposed by the NYS Board of Parole. Sure, the staff initially put my name on there, but they sent it to the Parole Board, who then rubber stamped it. Done.
The good news for us: The judge will strike it down. The bad news for you: your hard-earned tax money gets to pay for all this unnecessary court drama.
The PLS attorney filed his rebuttal on Valentine’s Day, and it delivers quite the one-two punch. You can almost hear the “ARE YOU FRIGGIN’ STUPID?” in his response papers. Perhaps on Friday (February 16), the judge will rule on the motion to dismiss. Either way, it unfairly drags out this lawsuit for us, and costs you money.
“Petitioner could not have raised his complaint regarding release conditions by filing an Inmate Grievance pursuant to 7 NYCRR Part 701, because pursuant to 7 NYCRR 701.3(f) actions or decisions by an outside agency or entity not under the supervision of the Commissioner of DOCCS are not within the jurisdiction of the Inmate Grievance Program . . . Pursuant to Executive Law 259-c(2), the Parole Board has the “power and duty of determining the conditions of relase of any person being released to community supervision.'”
Prisoners’ Legal Services Senior Supervising Attorney
Read Prisoner’s Legal Services entire reply to the Motion to Dismiss.
Read the NYS Attorney General’s Motion to Dismiss, prepared by Assistant AG Omar Siddiqi (perhaps better suited to be an intern).
Read more about our litigation here.
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Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 15, 2018 March 6, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Article 78, Assistant AG Omar Siddiqi, Jon Fontaine, NY attorney general Eric Schneiderman, NY DOCCS, NY State Parole Board, Prisoners Legal Services, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, Susan Ashline2 Comments on We Sued the NY Parole Board and their Lawyers Are Playing Dodgeball
Dear New York Attorney General Lawyers
Dear NYS AG lawyers,
Thanks for stopping by. I’m sure taxpayers are pleased. They’re the ones paying for you to comb my website.
You’re watching me, I’m watching you.
You’re preparing a response to our lawsuit against the NYS Parole Board. This was a debacle you could’ve ended.
We filed suit against the NYS Parole Board for imposing a bogus condition of Jon Fontaine’s parole; one that bars him from communicating with me. As you know, he’s the subject of my book, A Jacket off the Gorge. You know all that, because it’s in the Article 78 we filed in December. You remember–it’s the court action you asked to have adjourned. It’s the Article 78 that points out that by restricting Jon’s communication with me, you’re restricting my communication with Jon—a violation of my constitutional rights.
You could’ve dropped it, removed the condition, and chalked it up to something that got caught up in a bureaucratic mess, and this would’ve all gone away quietly. Instead, you chose to continue to waste taxpayer money and argue the lawsuit.
I’m sure taxpayers will be pleased, and I’m the one to point out to them—loudly and publicly—the way you wasted their money.
When you’ve completed your response (charging taxpayers to do so), I look forward to reading it. I more look forward to our day in court.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 1, 2018 March 6, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Jon Fontaine, New York Attorney General, NYS parole board, Susan Ashline2 Comments on Dear New York Attorney General Lawyers
We Sued the NYS Parole Board and It’s Downright Silly
“… explain to me how prohibiting Mr. Fontaine from associating with a woman who has done nothing more than telling his personal story is a proper release condition.”
Attorney letter to NYS Parole Board lawyer and chairwoman
It’s not the lawsuit that’s silly. But wait until you read the exchanges with prison and parole.
I wrote a book about a New York prison inmate who’s now on parole. Before his release, someone from the prison put my name on his “no-contact” list – but no one’s owning up to it.
I’m a journalist. Jon Fontaine is a guy I dated before I knew he was a criminal. A Jacket off the Gorge is about his crimes and the period when our lives intersected. Jon has lawsuits against prison staff. The book covers that.
On December 6, Prisoner’s Legal Services filed a lawsuit against the New York Board of Parole to get my name removed from Jon’s “no contact” list, alleging constitutional rights violations.
It was July 24 when PLS Attorney Sophia Heller stepped in and wrote the parole board chairwoman and chief counsel.
“… this condition is inappropriate. I thus respectfully request that Mr. Fontaine’s release conditions be amended accordingly.”
On August 15, the parole board secretary replied:
“… this condition was removed on April 18.”
However, the “amended” document still contained the original restriction:
“I will not associate or communicate by any means with Susan Ashline… without the permission of the [parole officer]. “
And added a line:
“I can be around/communicate with Susan Ashline as long as parole officer agrees.”
Yes, it really says that—the same thing twice, with the words flipped.
On August 21, the PLS attorney again wrote the board:
“… to impose this condition in any form without justification is entirely inappropriate.”
No one responded.
Since we’d planned to jointly promote A Jacket off the Gorge upon Jon’s release in September 2017, I had chased down getting my name removed from his no-contact list as early as one year prior to his release.
I endured months of head-scratching nonsense from Mid-State prison staffers who kept sending me out for buckets of steam, particularly Ronald Meier, a supervisor in the prison counseling office. I had caught Meier in several lies (see previous story). He kept feigning ignorance about the parole condition.
A parole board staff member then informed me the parole release conditions came directly from the facility. The document had Meier’s name stamped on it. The parole board blindly approved it.
I wrote the parole board instructing them to remove my name, included correspondence with prison staff, and stated prison staff had insisted only the parole board could remove my name.
Parole board secretary Lorraine Morse wrote on March 9:
“There is no indication that Mr. Fontaine wishes to have your name removed. If he wishes, he must submit in writing to the Guidance Office—SORC Meier—Midstate CF his request to have it removed.”
She’d passed the ball back to Meier. I called Morse and told her that was the very problem—that’d I’d kept getting passed back and forth. Meier was insisting he had no role in changing the condition.
Don’t worry, she told me. It won’t be a problem. “I had conversations with him directly. He knows exactly what he’s supposed to do.”
As directed, Jon sent the request to Meier on March 20.
How did Meier respond?
“This request will be forwarded to the parole board.”
Meier never did send it to the parole board anyway. He sent it to his supervisor in the prison, Jeff McCoy, Deputy Commissioner for Program Services.
McKoy wrote Jon on June 5:
“Please be advised that the Parole Board Commissioners are responsible for all final determinations of parole conditions.”
But on March 20, Jon had also sent his request to the parole board, just to be safe.
It was after that the parole board made their genius amendment.
Jon spoke with his prison counselor, Larry Zick, who allegedly told Jon that he was the one who wrote the parole release document, and my name was a whoopsie—he may have gotten distracted while writing up the list (because I had to point out to prison staff that they’d removed the name of Jon’s crime victim while surreptitiously inserting my name in her place).
Prior to that, more than a half dozen staffers claimed they had no idea how my name got on the list, or why. After stating he had no idea why my name was on the list, Meier told me in a phone call that it was because I’d briefly put myself on Jon’s no-correspondence list of my own volition.
I beat down doors until I got an investigation opened. Then, I was told a different story by yet another prison employee. This time, the story was that a prison staffer named Lisa Hoy added my name to the list, alleging I’d called her in 2015 and told her I was afraid of Jon.
2015? That’s curious timing.
In 2015, Jon’s attorney filed lawsuits against staff at Mid-State and Groveland prisons. In 2015, Mid-State staff became aware of my book when I wrote administration seeking permission to do a media interview of Jon inside the facility. It was denied.
I’d been posting stories by Jon on my website; many unfavorable to prison staff. Someone posted a story from my website to an online forum for prison employees. Views of that story spiked well into the thousands. A couple prison employees posted angry comments on my website.
We believe the inclusion of my name on Jon’s “no contact” list was an attempt to silence our story.
Conveniently, Hoy left the prison job a very long time ago. I have no idea who she is. I’m not inclined to phone strangers at a prison to talk about my feelings. And if that call actually took place, what steps did the prison do to “protect” me? Because in 2015, and up to the time of his release, Jon and I had seamless, unhampered contact via phone calls, letters and visits.
I am not afraid of Jon.
The condition states that contact is ultimately up to his Rochester parole officer, Martin Buonanno. Note that almost all correspondence is cc’ed to Jon’s file. Either Buonanno didn’t bother to read it, or he arbitrarily dismissed it. He denied me the right to communicate with someone.
I am not under state ownership. My constitutional freedoms are not discretionary.
The litigation, called an Article 78, challenges an administrative decision; in this case, the parole board adding my name to the “no contact” list. The case is set be argued in State Supreme Court in Albany on January 5, 2018.
Cause of Action, Fontaine v. NYS Board of Parole
Memo of Law, Fontaine v. NYS Board of Parole
Click here to read my affidavit
Read the Cause of Action:
Author SusanAshlinePosted on December 14, 2017 March 5, 2019 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Article 78, Jeff McCoy Deputy Commissioner for Program Services, Jon Fontaine, Kathleen Kiley Chief Counsel Board of Parole, Lawrence Zick, Lorraine V Morse Parole Board Administrative Assistant, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State Correctional Facility Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Mid-State counselor Lisa Hoy, Midstate prison, New York State Parole Board, Rochester NY, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, SORC Counselor Ronald Meier, Susan Ashline, Tina Stanford Chairwoman, true crime, Upstate New York, Utica4 Comments on We Sued the NYS Parole Board and It’s Downright Silly
I’ve Been up to Something
Since the subject of my book, A Jacket off the Gorge, was released from prison in September 2017, he’s been… I have no idea what he’s been doing. Prison staff manipulated the system to get parole to add a condition barring Jon Fontaine from communicating with me. My book is not complimentary of prison staff. Their bogus condition assures no collaboration on promoting the book (*ahem first amendment rights violations).
So I’ve been productively quiet while waiting for them to get sued. On December 6, that lawsuit was filed (details coming).
What have I been up to? I started a new book.
Trunk: A Story of Savagery, Courage and Survival tells the horrifying tale of a suburban family kidnapped by teenage brothers who hail from the most dangerous streets of Rochester.
The family is taken from their Irondequoit home, tortured for hours, stuffed into a trunk at gunpoint, driven around inner city streets and shown off like prized trophies until Don and Rashad Peterkin decide it’s time to “do ’em in.”
Among those held captive: a baby still in diapers.
Would any of them survive? In the hood, “Snitches wind up in ditches.” Fear rules. No one sees anything. No one tells.
A judge would call the Peterkins “savages” and “beasts who need to be caged.”
They are brought to justice thanks to two brave siblings raised on those very city streets; heroes whose stories have never–until now—been told.
Trunk is a gritty and riveting true crime story seeded with valuable discussion of inner city culture. It tells of the brutal crime in novel-like fashion, and reveals the untold story behind the heroes’ dramatic actions, and the shocking turn their lives would take.
[Update: Due to the sale of my true crime book, Without a Prayer, this project is on hold.]
Author SusanAshlinePosted on December 8, 2017 August 21, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, author Susan Ashline, Deputy Superintendent for Programs Anne Joslyn, Irondequoit New York, Jon Fontaine, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State Correctional Facility Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Mid-State counselor Lisa Hoy, New York State Parole Board, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, SORC Counselor Ronald Meier, Upstate New York1 Comment on I’ve Been up to Something
It’s been awfully quiet on this website.
Though I added a blog category “Follow the Story in Real Time,” as you can see, I haven’t been able to follow Jon Fontaine’s story in real time. The prison staff at Mid-State Correctional Facility made sure of that. So did Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, by putting me on Jon’s no-contact list. And the New York State Parole Board blindly approved it.
So, they’re being sued.
[I will post court docs and the head-spinning correspondence with prison staff and parole. You’ll enjoy the comedic element. Stay tuned]
Court papers were filed on December 6. The case is on track to be argued on January 5, 2018, in Albany County.
The story goes like this: I wrote a book about Jon Fontaine, a criminal. A Jacket off the Gorge is currently on submission to publishers. Events depicted in my book are also detailed in Jon’s lawsuits against prison staff. Staff is well aware of the book, its contents, and subsequent blogs on my website which expose problems in the penal system. In an unpredictable and stunning move, prior to Jon’s release, prison staff added my name to a document that states he would not be allowed to communicate with me upon release (without the permission of his parole officer). Through a shocking (almost laughable) chain of correspondence, Mid-State staffers refused to remove my name, stated they had no why it was there, or how it got there.
Upon release, parole officer Buonanno arbitrarily denied Jon the right to communicate with me, and by that act, denied me the right to communicate with Jon (thereby violating my constitutional rights).
Jon had called me the day before his release and asked if I would call his parole officer to seek permission to have contact with him. I would not.
Here’s the thing about constitutional rights: You’re born with them. They are absolute. You don’t need permission; and certainly not from some Shmoe with a low-level state job.
I refused to ask permission. Buonanno is a stranger to me. He does not get to make decisions for me. Now, the parole board is being taken to court for violating my rights, and you—the taxpayer—have to pay for it. You have to pay to ensure my constitutional freedoms remain intact.
It’s what happens when citizens get state jobs, a taste of power, and knowlege that red tape will insulate them from having to answer to their abuses of power.
What a waste of your money.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on December 7, 2017 March 6, 2018 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Deputy Superintendent for Programs Anne Joslyn, Jon Fontaine, memoir, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State prison, New York State Parole Board, nonfiction, Rochester Parole Officer Martin Buonanno, Senior Parole Officer Thomas O'Connor, SORC Counselor Ronald Meier, Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Susan Ashline, Tina Stanford Chairwoman, true crimeLeave a comment on Crickets
“A Jacket off the Gorge” Sticks with You, Somewhat
When you find my website through a search engine, my tracker logs which keywords you used. By the stats, people remember the title of my book, A Jacket off the Gorge. Or, they at least remember some version of it.
It this case, it is about the destination and not the journey. No matter how you got here, I’m glad you made it.
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Author SusanAshlinePosted on October 25, 2017 October 26, 2017 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Susan AshlineLeave a comment on “A Jacket off the Gorge” Sticks with You, Somewhat
My Response to The Kimberly and Beck Show
It’s okay to care about someone.
There’s a lot of material in my 400 page manuscript, A Jacket off the Gorge, about a criminal whose life intersected with mine: fake suicide, search and rescue, international drug mule, never-to-be-found treasure, real suicide, and more.
But the Kimberly and Beck radio segment focused mostly on the relationship between the story’s subject, Jon Fontaine, and me.
And that’s OK. I’m learning folks are fascinated with the relationship.
I also learned, long ago, that people don’t pay attention to what they’re listening to on the radio, on TV, or to what they’re reading.
The radio show co-host said his phone was flooding with texts saying I was “still in love with” Jon. I found it mildly amusing. I didn’t feel the need to respond. I’d already made my position clear.
I said I cared about him. He is my friend.
I’m 51, not 21. I am evolved. I understand people can feel a wide range of emotions – caring is somewhere on the spectrum, being in love is at the far end.
I can have friends, acquaintances, lovers, enemies. I may even care about my enemies.
Why do people want to hold onto their own generated notion that I’m hiding feelings? What do they gain from that? I bet there’s a sociological phenomenon that explains it. Had I vehemently denied it, I would’ve been accused of protesting too much. I sat holding the phone with a grin, because I was amused. Were I still in love, I would’ve said so. I had been at one time. That was gone many years ago, for both Jon and me.
People move on. Always, they move on.
I just finished reading a book, The Fact of a Body. A lawyer who was sexually abused as a child is asked to work on sparing child rapist and murderer Ricky Langley the death penalty. But the author, herself raped by her grandfather as a child, wants Langley to die. The author spends the entire book trying to understand why the mother of the murdered child asks jurors to show Langley mercy. And she struggles to come to terms with her own sexual abuse.
In the end, after a lifetime of hating her grandfather, she remembers the human side of him, the part that taught her things, and she goes to his gravestone and tells him she loves him. And in the end, after reading stacks of court papers about the Langley case, which include documents showing his struggles and cries for help, she writes, “he started to become a person to me.”
I don’t understand how someone could feel empathy for a person who hurt a child. And though I may never see it her way, I trust the author of The Fact of a Body is mature, intelligent, and capable of forming her own opinions.
I care about someone I know as a person; one who did bad things. And I’m not ashamed of that. I’m proud of that.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on October 9, 2017 October 13, 2017 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, iheart radio, Jon Fontaine, Kimberly and Beck, memoir, narrative nonfiction book, radio 95.1, Rochester New York, Susan Ashline, true crime, Wayne County NYLeave a comment on My Response to The Kimberly and Beck Show
Inmate’s Exit from Prison a Bumpy Ride
[by Susan Ashline]
Jon called me last night.
He’s less than two weeks from getting out of prison and has been told nothing concrete about anything from anyone.
He has no place to live and hasn’t been told where he might be placed.
He worries his parole officer will not allow him to have a vehicle, which would hamper him from finding employment.
He’s been given different dates for his release.
His counselor at New York’s Mid-State prison, Larry Zick, apparently told him he’s allowed to have someone pick up him on the day of his release; then told him he’ll have to take a bus to his parole officer’s office… wherever and whenever that may be. Picked up or take bus – Zick simply doesn’t know.
Jon’s attorney, the one he paid $12,000 to do his restitution hearing and a motion almost a year ago, has been largely absent. I’ve tried to stay out of it, but a good part of my book, A Jacket off the Gorge, deals with failures in the justice system, and I have a hard time ignoring that an attorney is neglecting any client, let alone one who paid him $12,000. The whole “voice for the voiceless” thing – I’ve felt obligated to intervene a number of times. My last contact was more than a month ago. I emailed Jon’s attorney on his behalf, because I’d learned the decision on his restitutaion hearing had come down three weeks earlier. Jon, of course, had been waiting to hear. The attorney then emailed the decision and said to tell Jon he was sending a big packet of information. There’s an affidavit Jon has been waiting to sign that his attorney promised to get to him months ago.
As of last night, Jon has heard nothing from this attorney – no calls, letters, visits; affidavit never came. Months go by with no communication.
I am resisting the urge to rip into this attorney. I don’t want to look like a jerk. But I’m realizing I am not the one who looks like a jerk here.
Speaking of jerks… After learning I wrote a book about Jon, which includes his lawsuit against Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State staffers arbitrarily added my name to his parole release conditions, stating he would not be allowed to communicate with me. Isn’t that convenient?
I spent months contacting everyone involved (Superintendent Mathew Thoms, Ronald Meier, Ann Joselyn, Larry Zick, DOCCS attorney Kevin Kortright, DOCCS investigators Scott Apple and Keila Bowens, the NY Parole Board), stating I do not consent to my name being on that list. Jon sat with his counselor, Zick, who apparently told him he doesn’t remember adding my name in the first place, and that someone may’ve walked into his office while he was doing the form and distracted him, and that’s how it wound up there. Jon also wrote the parole board, as well as filed a prison grievance to get my name removed.
Let’s pull all the support beams from any inmate being released from prison and laugh while they crumble (*sarcasm). More likely, whine about the fact they slipped up, committed crimes again, and wound up back in the system. Throw your hands up, shrug your shoulders and act in disbelief as to how this happened.
After being sent around in circles, no one doing their job, and no one getting anything done, an attorney out of Albany, through a prisoner’s advocacy organization, took up the case to get my name removed.
Ironically, the one attorney who has done more than anyone else is the attorney not getting paid a penny from Jon.
Thank you to this attorney for her hard work and tenacity. She has been in contact with the Parole Board legal counsel, demanding my name be removed and stating there is no cause for it to be there. Unbelievably, the Parole Board lawyer wrote her erroneously stating my name had been removed in April. In fact, it had not been removed. The very same condition was listed as an amendment, but restated – different words. And now the attorney is forced to go at them again.
And this is how the criminal justice system goes.
And we all want better citizens and less crime, but the state employees want to retain power, collect their fat paychecks (that you pay out), and put up roadblocks to get people to a better place.
Like it or not, most of these inmates are released at some point. Isn’t it better for us if we help them rather than isolate them from social circles and take away their ability to find viable employment?
Mid-State Prison Strikes Back after Learning of My Book
Mid-State Prison Retaliates Against Me (UPDATE)
Mid-State Prison Staff Stonewalls Me (UPDATE)
Author SusanAshlinePosted on September 18, 2017 October 2, 2017 Categories Follow the Story in Real TimeTags A Jacket off the Gorge, central New York, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Deputy Superintendent for Programs Anne Joslyn, DOCCS, DOCCS attorney Kevin Kortright, Investigator Keila Bowens, Investigator Scott Apple, Jon Fontaine, Larry Zick, Lawrence Zick, Marcy New York, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State prison, NY State Parole Board, prison inmate, SORC Counselor Ronald Meier, Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Susan Ashline, UticaLeave a comment on Inmate’s Exit from Prison a Bumpy Ride
The Bond of Laughter in Prison
[by Jon Fontaine, NY prison inmate]
In prison, people don’t generally segregate themselves by race. Associations are usually based on region. New York City guys usually stick together no matter the borough. Upstate guys will associate by city or region (Rochester with Rochester, Utica with Utica).
I usually associate with everyone, because I always seem to wind up with a prison job or reputation that brings everyone to me for something. Two guys I use to have a lot of fun joking around with were from Syracuse.
Wilfredo Roman, known as “Pieto” or “P,” was a Puerto Rican drug dealer. Jamie Kimbrough, known as “Bam,” was a bi-racial “booster,” or someone who goes into stores to steal valuable goods, like jewelry.
Bam stood out among the inmates, because one drunken night, he thought it would be a good idea to get a tattoo of a hair line to make up for his baldness.
I spent a lot of time with P and Bam, because we lived in the same unit. It also meant they were victims of my practical jokes.
One day, I was at my prison job in the gym until 11 a.m. I waited until Bam and P were together in P’s room, and I went in all hyped up.
“You guys are not gonna believe this!” I told them. “Yesterday, someone took some Jolly Ranchers off my locker. So this morning, I took a handful of Jolly Ranchers, opened them all, and shoved them halfway up my ass and re-wrapped them! I left them on my locker when I left this morning, and when I came back now, there were gone! Someone literally ate my shit!”
I saw Bam’s face turning red, and asked, “Did you see someone take my Jolly Ranchers this morning?”
Bam snapped back and pointed at P: “He gave me Jolly Ranchers this morning! He said he found them on your locker!”
Bam’s face was getting beet red, and P and I started laughing. Of course I wouldn’t stick candy up my butt. I had simply told P what I was planning to do, and asked him to play along.
It was all worth it to see Bam’s face turn red.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on August 14, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, central New York, Jon Fontaine, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State prison, prison inmateLeave a comment on The Bond of Laughter in Prison
Susan Ashline on DiTullio and Moran Show: A Jacket off the Gorge
Susan Ashline talks about A Jacket off the Gorge (missing coins and fake death, and answers questions you want to know) on DiTullio and Moran, 95.1 Rochester, May 24, 2017.
Photo courtesy: Iheart Radio
Author SusanAshlinePosted on May 30, 2017 Categories About This CaseTags 95.1 FM, A Jacket off the Gorge, Bill Moran, iheart radio, John Ditullio, Jon Fontaine, Rochester NY, Rochester radio, Susan Ashline, Upstate New YorkLeave a comment on Susan Ashline on DiTullio and Moran Show: A Jacket off the Gorge
Jail Joke Takes Shape of a Turd
[by New York State prison inmate Jon Fontaine, who is writing behind bars at the Monroe County Jail while awaiting a hearing]
Tom VanDusen was charged with fracturing his girlfriend’s cheekbone by hitting her in the face with a chrome vibrator.
When I was in county jail with him in 2011, he let me read his girlfriend’s statement.
I hate women beaters, so I decided to have some fun at his expense.
At breakfast each morning, we’d get juice in a small round cup with a foil lid. It looked like an apple sauce cup. It would fit perfectly inside the jail’s stainless steel toilet drain, I thought. A bonus – it was clear. It would blend in. No one would see it.
VanDusen’s cell was next to mine. I put the juice cup in his toilet.
After lock-in, I heard his toilet flush. It flushed a second time. I was guessing he took a crap and couldn’t get it down the toilet. I heard the toilet flush a third time and water hit the floor. Success.
VanDusen asked a guard for a plunger, and after plunging like his life depended on it, I heard him ask, “Who dropped the juice cup in my toilet?” He thought it was an accident.
The next night before lock-in, I reached through VanDusen’s bars and took his toothpaste. Using salt packets I’d taken from meal trays, I poured the salt into his toothpaste tube, and then kneaded the tube to mix it up.
After lock-in that night, I heard VanDusen start the faucet, and then I heard loud gags.
I bit my tongue, trying not to laugh.
The following day, VanDusen came to my gate and said, “I know it’s you fucking with me. If you don’t stop, I’m going to fuck you up.”
I said, “Really? In that case, my next trick will be to shit in your sink.”
At lock-in a few days later, VanDusen started screaming, “Oh my God! No you didn’t! I am not locking in with that in my sink! If you don’t get that out I’m pressing the panic button!”
Two inmates I knew ran to VanDusen’s cell and one, who went by “D,” said he’d get out the turd. He used a wad of toilet paper to wrangle it from the sink, and then brought it to his nose and sniffed it.
“Oh my God! He’s sniffing it!” VanDusen screamed.
The other guy, Mike, took the turd from D and bit into it.
VanDusen went nuts.
The “turd” was actually a concoction of food. I’d taken a Little Debbie fudge round, folded it and pinched the ends. I bought a Snickers off commissary, took out a few peanut chunks and pressed them in the fudge turd.
I had let Mike and D in on the prank just before I pressed it into VanDusen’s sink.
All it took was a fudge round to bring a big bad woman-beater to tears.
The “turd” was actually a concoction of food. I’d taken a Little Debbie fudge round, folded it and pinched the ends. I bought a Snickers off commissary, took out a few peanut chunks and pressed them in fudge turd.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 16, 2017 May 8, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, Jon Fontaine, Lyons New York, Monroe County Jail, Susan Ashline, Upstate New York, Wayne County JailLeave a comment on Jail Joke Takes Shape of a Turd
Livingston County News: Jon’s Story
Read the Livingston County News cover story on Jon Fontaine’s lawsuit and A Jacket off the Gorge.
Former Groveland inmate claims torturous treatment in lawsuit against state
Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 10, 2017 February 24, 2017 Categories About This CaseTags A Jacket off the Gorge, attorney general Maria Lisi-Murray, attorney Jessica Gorman, attorney Kevin Van Allen, book, coins, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, Groveland prison, Jon Fontaine, Letchworth State Park gorge, Livingston County News, Matt Leader, memoir, mental health, New York prison, press secretary Casey Aguglia, prison reform, State Police Investigator Chris Burns, Susan Ashline, Upstate New YorkLeave a comment on Livingston County News: Jon’s Story
Dying Inmate Scrawls Message in Blood
[written by Susan Ashline; as told by inmate Jon Fontaine]
A huge crash awakened me in my cell at Mid-State prison. It was early – 5 a.m. – and all the lights were on. It was August 2014.
I ran to the door, joining the other inmates who’d craned their necks to the hallway, trying to figure out what was happening.
Mid-State used to be a mental hospital, so the cell was a room with no toilet or sink, and no actual door.
The corrections officer working the overnight shift on my unit only left his office for two things: the midnight and 6 a.m. head counts. He did not make the required half-hour rounds. Instead, he would sleep in his office.
I saw a guard we called “Dirty Red” standing in the hallway, just outside another inmate’s door. Dirty Red was notorious for mistreating prisoners. But one act got him beaten senseless by another guard. Dirty Red would piss in the inmate ice machine. Each housing unit had one, like the kind you’d find in a hotel. But he failed to consider that officers used those ice machines, too. And then, one found out about it.
Dirty Red wasn’t even supposed to be on our unit that night. That, along with his reputation and the crashing locker led me to one conclusion.
“They’re fucking up Shadow!” I yelled.
More inmates rushed to their doors.
Shadow was a white guy with a long, black pony tail. He was super quiet and played guitar. We talked every day.
He’d been battling the prison administration and the Office of Mental Health (OMH). He wanted – needed – his bi-polar medication. He’d taken it his whole life, he told me. But the administration wouldn’t let him have it. He felt fine, they insisted. They argued he’d been cured of his mental illness.
And he’d mock them. “Miraculously cured,” he would say.
Knowing he wasn’t cured, and riding an emotional roller coaster, Shadow started filing grievances and writing letters. Everything was getting denied. Their reasoning? Shadow shouldn’t be granted “special treatment.” By that, I suppose they meant expecting to be able to continue taking medication he’d been taking for years.
His cries for help denied by Mid-State administrators and OMH staff, Shadow resorted to filing an Article 78. It’s a form of lawsuit used to challenge an administrative decision, action or policy. You can’t get money from an Article 78. The most you can win is the administrative action you’re seeking.
In this case, Shadow wanted his mental health medications. He’d been feeling ill for so long.
I knew Shadow had just filed the Article 78. I’d surmised this was just another retaliatory beating in typical prison guard Gestapo fashion. I figured a couple of officers – certainly Dirty Red – waited until the early morning hours to storm Shadow’s room in a gang assault to teach him a lesson about challenging the administration. Of course my mind would go there. That stuff happens epidemically in the prisons.
I heard bangs and thuds and a mix of voices – shrieks and hollers. I saw more officers rushing the scene, some carrying medical bags; one with a defibrillator.
I read the panic on Dirty Red’s face. I saw it in his hands. They shook so violently that he dropped a package of gauze pads and another officer snatched them.
Shadow’s locker came sliding out of the room into the hallway, creating a smeared trail of blood.
I heard the AED beep its warning. An electronic voice spoke commands on how to restart a heart. Then, a voice crackled over the two-way radio, “The ambulance is here.”
Guards picked out four inmates standing in their doorways. A folding canvas stretcher opened and then disappeared into Shadow’s room. It came out moments later, carried by the inmates.
As it passed through the doorway, I saw Shadow’s feet. Then, I saw his arm dangling from it, like his locker, cold and gray.
“Look at how bruised he is!” someone shouted.
He wasn’t bruised. He was dead. I knew it, and I hollered it back.
The stretcher gone, we were allowed to make our way to the bathroom one at a time. We would have to walk past Shadow’s room, squeezing by the metal locker splattered with blood.
When I got to Shadow’s room, I gawked.
Blood spray ran down the wall where the locker used to be, leaving a blank outline. Shadow’s chair was in the far corner. A huge pool of blood was on the floor and leading from it, trails of bloody footprints.
I moved on to the bathroom, but stopped again on my way back. This time, I looked at the locker blocking my way. On the side that would’ve been closest to Shadow’s chair, was a message written in blood:
“Now how do I feel?”
Later, we learned what happened. In the early morning hours, an inmate on his way to the bathroom passed Shadow’s room and saw him slumped on the floor in blood. The inmate ran to the officer on duty and found him sleeping in his office, so he woke him.
Shadow, who’d been miraculously cured of bi-polar disorder and no longer needed medication to control his mood swings, had sat in the chair in the corner of his room and, with his state-issued shaving razor, cut his wrists and used the blood to ink a final argument for treatment.
Now, how do you feel?
Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 9, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, corrections officers, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, inmate, Jon Fontaine, Marcy New York, mental health, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State prison, Midstate prison, New York prison, Office of Mental Health, OMH, prison guards, prison reform, Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Susan Ashline, Upstate New YorkLeave a comment on Dying Inmate Scrawls Message in Blood
Prison Guards Bringing in Bullets and Drugs
[by NYS prison inmate Jon Fontaine, at Monroe County jail awaiting a hearing]
At the end of summer 2016, a new corrections officer at Mid-State prison became “the regular” on my housing unit. I helped him move a refrigerator into his office. He’d purchased the fridge himself, which was twice the size of a mini fridge, about chest high with a separate freezer.
It was still sealed in the box, and as I helped him take it out of the box, I realized – not only were his bags not searched, but a box holding a fridge was not searched.
I knew this officer could have hidden a dozen fully-loaded assault rifles in the fridge section, another dozen fully-loaded handguns in the freezer, and walked them right into the prison. It occurred to me this could’ve been the way escape tools were smuggled to Clinton escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat in 2015.
On today’s Rochester news – a heroin overdose at Groveland Correctional Facility in Upstate New York. An inmate overdosed on heroin and was saved by father and son officers. The reporter read the Department of Corrections’ (DOCCS) official statement that drugs are brought into prisons by people visiting inmates.
I personally know of dozens of inmates who spend nearly every moment of every day high. The reality is that a miniscule percentage of the drugs come in by visitors.
Knowing how easy it is to get drugs in prison and the vast amounts, it is impossible for inmates’ families to be responsible for even half the amount.
Drugs smuggled in during visits are passed mouth to mouth during a kiss. The drugs are packed in a balloon the size of a thumb. After the kiss, the inmate goes into the bathroom and hides the balloon inside his rectum.
In Mid-State Correctional Facility, one of New York’s biggest prisons (nearly 1600 inmates), every inmate would have to get a visit every week and smuggle back a balloon… and the total still wouldn’t come close to supplying the drugs prisoners consume in a week.
I would guess roughly 200 inmates get visits at Mid-State on a busy week. So where do the drugs come from? The same officers who think nothing of murdering inmates, committing gang assaults, committing rape and gang sodomy think nothing of supplying drugs to prisoners.
What’s the incentive? Money. The inmates pay them.
There are no searches of officers when they enter the facility. Most come to work carrying a book bag and lunch cooler big enough to hold two 12-packs.
Bullets – yes, firearms ammo – turn up in prisons. How? Guards.
Inmates are subjected to full body metal detecting after visits. Every rectum gets scanned in the “body chair.”
If an officer thinks nothing of smuggling in escape tools (ala escapees Matt and Sweat), bullets and cell phones, they won’t hesitate to smuggle in drugs.
Without regular searches of prison staff, there will continue to be heroin overdoses and escapes.
[Jon has been blogging from behind bars at the Monroe County jail, while awaiting a hearing.]
Prison Guard Busted for Smuggling Phones, Drugs into Jail.
Prisoners Texted Guards for Drugs and Paid Them with PayPal
Author SusanAshlinePosted on February 2, 2017 May 8, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, Jon Fontaine, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State prison, Midstate prison, Monroe County Jail, prison reform, Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Susan Ashline, Upstate New York1 Comment on Prison Guards Bringing in Bullets and Drugs
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Read Part Two
Two months ago, I learned a Mid-State Correctional Facility staffer had surreptitiously placed my name on a list of individuals who inmate Jon Fontaine will not be allowed to communicate with upon release. Jon is the subject of my book, a friend, and we currently have unhampered communication through the prison.
Additionally, Jon’s Parole Decision Notice (the one listing my name) is in error. As my name was added to the “no communication” list, the name of his actual crime victim was removed. The prison staff submitted an incorrect document and the parole board blindly approved it.
For months, I had to fight for an answer as to why my name was put on that document. Staff at Mid-State Correctional Facility also ignored my concerns that the victim’s name was omitted and needed to be added.
The first two months were spent getting stonewalled by Mid-State staff. Leading the charge: interim Superintendent Matthew Thoms, his deputy superintendent, Anne Joslyn, and a counseling supervisor, Ronald Meier.
I was forced to take my questions and concerns outside the facility to the Office of Special Investigations. They opened an investigation.
Finally, an answer.
Investigator Keila Bowens informed me a Mid-State employee named Lisa Hoy was responsible for putting my name on the list.
Why was it necessary for Mid-State administrators to stonewall me for months? They could’ve simply provided the answer. Instead, they sent me phoning, emailing and writing snail-mail letters until I grew eye bags.
Why are these people still employed? And why do we pay them for failing at their jobs? New York State is the only employer who allows its employees to do nothing and still collect pay checks.
Bowens was respectful and accessible. She told me Lisa Hoy is a former counselor at the prison. I do not know Lisa Hoy, nor have I ever heard her name. She was never Jon’s counselor. And because she no longer works at the prison, she cannot be questioned.
Bowens acknowledged the Parole Release Document is in error. She said the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) will need to submit an amendment to the record in order to include the victim’s name. However, she said DOCCS is unable to remove my name from the document because it is “part of the record.”
On January 26, 2017, I sent a letter to parole board members requesting removal of my name (click to read ).
We’ll see if they do it.
Through this battle for answers, I cannot believe how many state employees told me the issue of my name appearing on this document doesn’t concern me. Um… yeah. Yeah, it does. It’s my name, and it restricts with whom I communicate. That’s revoking my constitutional rights. Get my name off the document and it will no longer be my business.
During Mid-State’s stonewalling, I had contacted the office of NYS Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, who was chair of the Corrections Committee. I received correspondence that he is no longer chair. Should I receive an unfavorable reply from the parole board, I will contact the new committee chair, Assemblyman David Weprin.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on January 26, 2017 June 28, 2017 Categories Prisons Behaving BadlyTags A Jacket off the Gorge, attorney Kevin Kortright, Chair Committee on Corrections Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, Chair Committee on Corrections Assemblyman David Weprin, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, Deputy Superintendent for Programs Anne Joslyn, DOCCS, Investigator Keila Bowens, Investigator Scott Apple, Jon Fontaine, Larry Zick, Lawrence Zick, Lisa Hoy, Marcy New York, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Mid-State counselor Lisa Hoy, Mid-State prison, Midstate prison, NYS parole board, SORC Counselor Ronald Meier, Superintendent Matthew Thoms, Susan Ashline, Upstate New York4 Comments on Mid-State Prison Staff Stonewalls Me (UPDATE)
Sitting in a Pool of Blood, Piss and Shit
[Jon is writing while in Monroe County jail awaiting a hearing, transferred from Mid-State prison. He sent me a personal note and later gave me permission to post it publicly]
I was going to send this other one [story], but it says bad things about DOCCS [Dep’t of Corrections] and I realized they can just open my locker and give all my shit away.
I go back and my razor is missing, and I go to the box. I say, “It came up missing when I was gone.” And they go, “No. You sold it before you left.”
And I lose.
(Yes, they give you a razor to keep.)
Or, they put a weapon/drugs in my locker (hide it) and 5 minutes after I’m back… “Search!”… and I get a new charge.
Nothing will stop any of it. My shit will be gone, or I’ll be in the box. They lock guys up for months and go – sorry, we’re expunging this from your inmate record. “What about the 4 months in the box I did and all my stuff being gone?”
They do whatever they want.
Google “Renfrow.” He was my bunky. IG/OSI [Inspector General/Office of Special Investigations] showed up. His 3rd day hog tied and bleeding in the box and they didn’t make anyone un-hog tie him or get him medical attention for 3 more days – “Oh, he’s still in there? You should take him to a doctor.”
Teeth gone, skull fractured. Hog tied, sitting in a pool of blood, piss and shit, and the investigators didn’t care for three days. And after, when he got out of the hospital with an open investigation, COs [corrections officers] would come to his unit at 3 a.m. and fuck him up in his sleep, run up behind him on the walkway and punch him in his head; removed all the numbers from his phone list so he couldn’t call anyone, would tell his attorney he couldn’t come to a visit, stalked him in uniform when he got out, twice framed him with weapons – all with an open investigation.
[NOTE: Lucas Renfrow was released from prison in August of 2015. He committed suicide three years later]
Author SusanAshlinePosted on January 19, 2017 December 19, 2018 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, DOCCS, DOCCS Inspector General, DOCCS Office of Special Investigations, Fishkill Correctional Facility, Jon Fontaine, Lucas Renfrow, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Monroe County Jail, New York prison, Samuel HarrellLeave a comment on Sitting in a Pool of Blood, Piss and Shit
Reeking Jail Jumpsuits
[by Jon Fontaine, a NYS inmate who has been transferred to the Monroe County jail from Mid-State Correctional Facility, awaiting a hearing.]
There were two holding areas. In the first were guys in street clothes. In the second were guys in jail jumpsuits. Other than the deputies, I was the only white guy in booking. Everybody was staring at me because I was in prison clothes. They were stating the obvious:
“He just came from prison.”
“He’s white.”
“He’s a white guy who just came from prison.”
The deputy led me to a room full of jumpsuits and property bags. I found a pair of new, jail issue, generic blaze orange clogs. I was not issued a single undergarment, nor were there any in sight – no socks, no under Ts, no underwear. My previous stay was the same. Monroe County jail does not issue any undergarments.
I sat in the holding area for probably an hour before a deputy came around saying, “I have to lock you guys in a holding area. We have a crazy guy coming through.”
We got moved to a holding pen the size of a living room. I took the coveted corner spot where two wood benches met, and put my back against the wall and my feet on the bench. Four other guys napped in the hard chairs, while one paced the holding area. And one kept popping up and down from his chair saying he hadn’t gotten to make a free call.
On the far side of the pen was s stainless steel toilet and sink combo. From 20 feet away, I could see both were totally covered in filth. Flies buzzed over the scum. The floor was littered with trash.
A deputy was locking the guys dressed in street clothes into a second holding pen. A few of them started complaining about being locked up.
“There’s no crazy coming through.”
“Yeah, they’d bring him in cuffs and lock him in isolation.”
“They just wanted to lock us up.”
“It’s two o’clock,” I said. “Shift change is in an hour. A crazy is coming through, but he’ll be wearing a badge, and these deputies want us locked up until their shift is over.”
The guy complaining about not getting a call asked, “You’re the guy who just came from prison, right?”
He sat down next to me, two mystery meat sandwiches wrapped in plastic in his hand. “What were you in prison for?”
“I beat a guy to death.”
“Damn! What’d you beat him with?”
I held up my hands. “My fists.” I touched a scar in the center of my forehead. “After I head butted him in the face.”
“Holy shit! You’re a bad dude! Why’d you kill him?”
“Last time I was in prison, he asked me what I was in prison for.”
His eyes got wide and his jaw moved around. I couldn’t tell if he knew I was joking.
“You want a sandwich?” he asked.
“Can I have both?”
“Sure,” he said. “Take both.”
The guys spent the next five hours asking about prison, talking about their cases and telling stories. The oldest guy, the one who gave me his sandwiches, would get up and pace around, and then sit back down next to me. When he’d talk, he’d wave his arms all around and I’d have to tip my head to avoid getting smacked in his excitement.
Every time he moved his arms, I’d get whiff of rancid body odor.
Finally, I got up and stood in a corner by the door like I was looking out into booking. I was near a vent and could still smell the rancid BO. I started sniffing my own jumpsuit. It reeked. “Do they wash these things?”
“No, they just put them in a dryer.”
“Yeah. It kills bugs but saves money on water and soap.”
“My God this jumpsuit stinks.”
Despite a few dozen requests, it would be seven days before I got to exchange my jumpsuit.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on January 12, 2017 May 8, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, holding pen, jail jumpsuits, Jon Fontaine, Monroe County Jail, New York, Rochester, Susan Ashline, Upstate New YorkLeave a comment on Reeking Jail Jumpsuits
Inmates Cook and Share Love of Slop
[by NYS prison inmate Jon Fontaine, who is in the Monroe County Jail awaiting a hearing, after being transferred from Mid-State Correctional Facility.]
They call it Gumbo. It looks like slop in a garbage bag, which, basically it is.
Inmates in the Monroe County Jail will pool their food to “cook” together each night.
They start with a garbage bag. That’s their cooking pot, casserole dish and serving tray.
They’ll break up a few Ramen soups and toss them in the bag, and then add a couple of packs of cheese crackers, or maybe a few small bags of Doritos. Someone will break up a dill pickle, which comes individually in a pouch, and then someone else will break up a greasy summer sausage. Into the bag they go.
They’ll scoop Jalapeno cheese out of a small, chip-dip sized tub, and then sprinkle in all of the seasoning packets from the Ramen soups.
Then, they shake the bag; mix it all up before adding a teaspoon of warm tap water. They tie the trash bag and wrap it in a bath towel to keep it warm.
A half-hour or so later, when everything has softened and expanded, the “Gumbo” is ready to serve.
A half-dozen bowls are set out. An inmate tears off a corner of the bag, turning it into what looks like a giant cake icing bag. The inmate squirts the Gumbo into each bowl in equal proportions, and then the inmates enjoy their meal, which has eight times the daily limit of sodium and four times the daily limit of saturated fat.
This is an overpriced heart attack in a bag.
In jail and prison, inmates can buy food, cosmetics, writing supplies and a few other items off commissary. There’s no healthy food on jail commissary. It’s all cookies, cakes, chips, candy and Ramen soups. Everything is overpriced. A 10-pack of Ramen soup at a retail store is $1. Here, that’s the price for just a single soup.
It’s a captive audience, so commissary companies can charge outrageous prices. The sad thing is most inmates’ loved ones are poverty stricken and they’re the ones getting gouged by multi-million dollar companies to buy soap, deodorant and toothpaste for their loved ones.
Hey commissary companies – How about some dehydrated blueberries, or apple chips, or trail mix? Then, we could make “fruit salad” in a bag.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on January 3, 2017 May 8, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, jail commisary, jail prison Gumbo, Jon Fontaine, Monroe County Jail, Susan Ashline, Upstate New YorkLeave a comment on Inmates Cook and Share Love of Slop
Hear My Interview on Utica Radio
Listen to my interview on WIBX 950 radio/Keeler in the Morning.
I tell the story of Jon Fontaine and A Jacket off the Gorge.
We talk about Jon’s lawsuit against two New York prisons (Mid-State and Groveland).
I answer why people should care about guards abusing/neglecting inmates behind prison walls.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on December 28, 2016 December 28, 2016 Categories About This CaseTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Bill Keeler, Groveland Correctional Facility prison, Jon Fontaine, Keeler in the Morning, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Midstate prison, prison reform, radio interview, Susan Ashline, Utica, WIBX 950Leave a comment on Hear My Interview on Utica Radio
I wrote a book. A Jacket off the Gorge is based on incidents outlined in a lawsuit against Mid-State Correctional Facility. The subject of my book, Jon Fontaine, is currently housed at Mid-State.
As Fontaine is prepared for release, he met with his counselor in November 2016 and went over his parole conditions upon release. Jon’s sentencing judge had issued four orders of protection against him; individuals tied to the case for which he is imprisoned. Just one of those individuals, Dora Rosser, was the actual crime victim.
Jon’s counselor notified him that his parole release document will state he is not allowed to communicate with those four individuals.
But this doesn’t make sense. Just days after meeting with his counselor, Fontaine received a hard copy of those conditions. Someone at the facility had surreptitiously swapped in my name, and swapped out Rosser’s name. The NYS Parole Board approved the document. So I am now listed as being barred from communicating with Jon upon release. And Rosser’s name was removed from the list, though it names three of the four individuals with orders of protection.
Why? And who did it?
No one at Mid-State prison will tell me. In fact, the staff at Mid-State has only told me they have no idea who put my name there, or why. Now, they are dodging all contact with me.
Clearly, the document needs to be revised, as it glaringly omits the name of Fontaine’s crime victim. Yet, staff at the prison is ignoring the issue.
Only after snail-mail letters attempting to address this did Deputy Superintendant of Programs Anne Joslyn send a response – one that makes no sense.
“It has been determined that personal information regarding inmate Fontaine cannot be released to you as there is no signed consent form signed by inmate Fontaine to release information to you.”
What personal information did I request? None. The response is not relevant to my issue.
In fact, she threw it together so quickly, she doesn’t even spell her colleague’s name correctly (it’s Ronald Meier, not Meiers); there is missing punctuation and rambling, incoherent thoughts.
Joslyn is a state employee who is either not very bright, or thinks others are not very bright and this smoke-screen letter will placate me.
It will not.
The Office of Special Investigations has opened an investigation on the matter as of December 19. However, OSI is run by the prison system (DOCCS), so is, in effect, the organization policing itself. Because of that, I don’t expect results.
In their 2016 annual report, the NYS Assembly Committee on Correction noted they also don’t have much faith in OSI, and tried to get a bill passed that would allow independent examination of complaints regarding prison staff. In 2017, the committee hopes to get approval to open an Office of the Correctional Ombudsman, which would investigate complaints when an inmate or citizen has failed to get satisfactory results through available institutional channels.
Other states have one. Why not New York?
Not having faith in OSI, on December 21, I brought my complaint to the Assembly Committee on Correction Chairman, Daniel O’Donnell.
We’ll see if anything gets done. Stay tuned.
Author SusanAshlinePosted on December 21, 2016 July 21, 2017 Categories Prisons Behaving BadlyTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Assembly Committee on Correction, attorney Kevin Kortright, author Susan Ashline, central New York, Deputy Superintendent for Programs Anne Joslyn, Jon Fontaine, Larry Zick, Lawrence Zick, Marcy, Mid-State Correctional Facility, Midstate prison, New York, New York Prison race, New York State Assemblyman Daniel O'Donnell, New York State Parole Board, prison reform, SORC Ronald Meier, Superintendent Matthew Thoms4 Comments on Mid-State Prison Retaliates Against Me (UPDATE)
Deputy to Inmate: “Go Get High”
[by Jon Fontaine, who has been transferred from prison to the Monroe County jail for a restitution hearing after County Court Judge Vincent Dinolfo wronfully denied him one four years ago.]
I spent my first six days locked in a dungeon known as “reception;” 23-hour a day lockdown, no TV, no radio, no windows. No nothing – but war stories, jokes, walls and sleep.
Everyone just arriving at the jail had to go through reception.
I was the odd man out, because I’d been locked away in prison the past four years while everyone else was fresh from the street.
Almost everyone in reception was a heroin addict; a “dope head.” I’d only heard about the epidemic. I had no clue about the drug, withdrawal, any of it. The epidemic is apparently so bad the jail now has a “detox” nurse who does nothing but handle addicts who are detoxing.
I could see or call out to roughly 15 other guys. About half were in the processing of detoxing and going through withdrawal. At least 10 of them were full-blown addicts.
I listened to their stories.
Pretty much all of them became addicts after being prescribed opiates for pain.
I listened to a just-turned 20-year-old who committed three burglaries to support his habit. He was excited his dad sent him money so when he’s released this week, he can go to Florida where his dad lives and go into a rehab facility.
I listened to a 26-year-old guy who committed burglaries and car break-ins to support his habit cry on the phone to a loved one about how he wants to get tattoos to cover up his needle marks so he doesn’t feel like shit about himself.
There was an Iraq and Afghanistan war vet, and a second 20-year-old on the far side of the vet. The one thing they all had in common was they were all treated equally as non-humans by the staff.
Any of those addicts who wind up in prison will be equally treated as punching bags and animals to be abused by state prison staff.
Each one of those addicts talked about how desperately they wanted to be done with heroin; how they wanted to be clean and have a normal life.
Withdrawal and detox was step one – something painful and traumatic in general, but easiest to do locked in a cage away from heroin.
A few days into my stay in reception, an older man pushing 60 got moved to the cell directly across from me. He looked like he could be a math teacher, or someone’s grandfather. Turns out, he was an addict.
He looked shocked when I told him I knew nothing about heroin.
To support his habit, he, too, was stealing. He wanted to kick his addiction, he said.
I had a front row seat to his withdrawals, standing at my bars for two days, watching him twist up in sheets, in pain. He’d beg the deputies to see the detox nurse. Their answer was always, “She comes when she comes.”
Yesterday, he kept begging to see the detox nurse. The deputies’ responses were consistently indifferent, and one even got mad that he kept asking to see the nurse.
Finally, after hours of yelling and moaning, a deputy came and opened his gate.
The deputy told him, “Pack up.”
I assumed he was being moved closer to medical services.
The old man moaned and said, “I need to see the detox nurse.”
“You’re being released,” the deputy told him.
”No, I need to see the detox nurse,” the guy pleaded.
“Listen, guy,” said the deputy. “You’re getting out. You don’t have to worry about detoxing. You can go get high.”
The old man sat up in his bed, eyes wide, balled up his bedding and dashed out the gate.
I thought – He got caught stealing so he could support his addiction. He was half-way through withdrawal. How is he going to afford getting high now? Commit some crimes.
No rehab. No assistance. Just – “Go get high.”
Author SusanAshlinePosted on December 18, 2016 May 8, 2017 Categories Inmate Blog (Unrelated to the Book)Tags A Jacket off the Gorge, heroin addiction, Jon Fontaine, Monroe County Court Judge Vincent Dinolfo, Monroe County Jail, Monroe County Sheriff Deputy, Susan AshlineLeave a comment on Deputy to Inmate: “Go Get High”
Someone Doesn’t Want This Story Told
Cheryl’s Shenanigans (in the Monroe County Executive’s Office)
Author SusanAshlinePosted on November 10, 2016 May 21, 2017 Categories About This CaseTags A Jacket off the Gorge, Judge Vincent Dinolfo, Monroe County Court, New York, Rochester, Susan Ashline, Upstate New YorkLeave a comment on Someone Doesn’t Want This Story Told
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MnSpin, the online music service from Hennepin County Library has just released the 2019 collection with more than 90 additional albums by local artists, growing the platform to more than 200 albums in 18 genres.
And we're honored to say that Curtis & Loretta's "When There's Good to Be Done" is on it !!! You can check it out here!
Curtis & Loretta at Pacific Northwest Folklore Society, Sept 14, 2018. Photo courtesy of Steve Marti, Loretta's high school friend!
Curtis & Loretta are an acclaimed folk singer/songwriter duo featuring extraordinary harmonies and an array of stringed instruments.
Curtis Teague:
vocals, guitar, mandolin, mandocello, clawhammer banjo,steel ukulele, harmonica
Loretta Simonet:
vocals, folk harp, guitar, mandolin, kazoo, shakers
UPLIFTING NEWS FROM WTIP RADIO, GRAND MARAIS, MN
Lutsen resident Dave Howe on what inspired him to donate a kidney to a stranger.
Last October, we did a live radio show on WTIP in Grand Marais. We chatted about the music tour we were doing at Arrowhead Libraries, and we sang a song I'd written, "When There's Good to Be Done." It's a true story about Christy Harding, a young woman who donated a kidney to a little girl she'd never met before.
We got this email recently -
"Loretta, we learned recently that one of our listeners was so inspired by a story and song YOU shared on our show that he actually donated a kidney to a stranger. So amazing and wonderful!! Here's the link to the interview with him; thought you'd like to hear his story:
Click here to hear the interview with Dave Howe
:) You should feel really really good about this. All the best! Annie"
Annie Possis, producer, The Roadhouse
We had a great time playing at "Hotdish For Homelessness," a fundraiser for Family Promise, September 21, 2017, in Ramsey, MN. We played before the show, which featured Garrison Keillor!
ACOUSTIC GUITAR PROJECT
We did it! We're part of "Acoustic Guitar Project," going on across the U.S.
Here's info from their website, about how it works!
Each participating city has its own guitar. Every season, we choose five new local musicians to write an original song on their city's guitar. Each musician has one week to write their original song and record it live. Musicians can only use the guitar and handheld recorder we provide. No editing is allowed.
Loretta wrote a song titled "Smiles Said it All," and we recorded it in our living room.
You can take a listen, and hear the story behind it here.
Newest CD, "When There's Good to Be Done"
(Nov, 2015)
This CD features 12 original songs Loretta wrote about real people who overcame great challenges in their lives. It's the culmination of a year long project through an Artist Initiative grant that Loretta was awarded, from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Click here to find out how to get one, what's on it, and to listen to sound samples!
Loretta wrote each of the 12 songs on "When There's Good to Be Done" about real-life people who have gone through great challenges in their lives and come out stronger for the journey. She interviewed each person, crafted their story into a song, and then got back together with with them to polish the edges. These are ordinary people with extraordinary qualities. There's a woman who donated a kidney to a little girl she'd never met, a WWII POW who survived the German Death March, a woman who grew up in a small primitive village in Somalia and is now a nurse at Mayo Clinic, one of the worst injured of the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, and many more!
We'll send you occasional notices about concerts and CDs. We promise not to share your address with anyone!
Appearing soon!
TWO WAY STREET COFFEE HOUSE
Downers Grove IL
HUNTSVILLE TRADITIONAL MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Huntsville AL
BERKELEY BOB'S
Cullman AL
HOBGOBLIN MUSIC LOFT
Red Wing MN
The Critics Say...
"Loretta's almost operatic alto and Curtis' rich tenor form a lush, polished and varied vocal blend. The pair's instrumental interplay is equally compelling, with Loretta's harp textures dancing in and around Curtis' deft guitar and mandolin lines."
.....Dirty Linen
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Jeff Chambers
Piedmont Piano Company
Alex Conde Trio featuring: Jeff Chambers & John Santos - 7:00pm
Piedmont Piano Company's new store located on 18th & San Pablo, (1728 San Pablo Ave.)
Oakland, CA 94612
Tiffany Austin Septet - 7:pm & 8:30pm
San Francisco, CA 94102
Portola Vineyards,
Larry Vuckovich Jazz/Latin Quartet featuring the Puerto Rican Master Percussionist Hector Lugo - 6:00pm to 7:30pm
850 Los Trancos Rd,
Portola Valley, CA 94028
Price: Advance Adults $24, Students $12
Feinstein's at the Nikko Hotel
Kim Nalley with Houston Person
222 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94102
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
MEL MARTIN: A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE IN MUSIC - 2:pm start
311 Mirada Road,
Half Moon Bay, CA 94018
Barbara Douglas Riching 650 726-4143
Price: Advance General Admission donation: $25, additional donations welcome
Cafe Pink House
LARRY VUCKOVICH'S JAZZ TRIO W/ JEFF CHAMBERS & JASON LEWIS - 7:30pm ~ 9:40pm
14577 Big Basin Way,
Saratoga, CA 95070
Price: TICKET PRICE $18 ADV. (ON-LINE) / $21 DOOR.
Larry Vuckovich Trio - 4:pm
18th & San Pablo, (1728 San Pablo Ave.)
LARRY VUCKOVICH QUINTET, FEATURING BIG BLACK - 4:30pm ~ 6:00pm
Price: Advance ticketing: Adults $45/$35, Students $30 (25 & under with ID)
Thursday, July 5th, 2018
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Tiffany Austin Septet with Special Guest Carl Allen: “Unbroken” Album Release Concert - 7:pm
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz,
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
WorldOne Festival 2018
Jeff Chambers ~ Beyond Standard Jazz - 11:20am
Cerrito Vista Park
El Cerrito, CA 94530
U.S.of A.
Yoshi's Oakland
Larry Vuckovich Quintet Plays Miles Davis At The Black Hawk - 8:pm
510 Embarcadero West
Salvation Army Kroc Community Center
Tiffany Austin Quartet - Noon ~ 1:pm
240 Turk Street,
Saturday, January 21st, 2017
The Sequoia Room
Jeff Chambers "Power Trio" - One Show - 7:30 pm
Fort Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Hillside Club
The Buddy Montgomery Jazz Legacy Award - 7:30 PM
2286 Cedar St (at Birch)
Berkeley, Ca 94709
The Jazz School
Jeff Chambers "Power Trio" - 4:30pm to 6:30pm
2087 Addison St
Come join me for an afternoon of fun and hard playing with my "Power Trio" featuring Peter Horvath on piano, and Jason Lewis on drums. Look forward to seeing you and your friends there! :)
All The Bass
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
Chez Hanny
Jeff Chambers "Power Trio" - 4:00pm to 7:00pm.
1300 Silver Avenue,
Price: $20.00 (cash only please) Thanks :)
The Power Trio will feature Peter Horvath piano and Jason Lewis drums. Come join us for a fun and exciting mid-afternoon of hard playing! Seating will be tight so make your reservations early. See you there! :)
The Jeff Chambers "Power Trio" - 4:00 p.m.
Featuring Peter Horvath on the Fazioli concert grand piano,
with Jason Lewis on drums.
Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet
1 Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Jeff Chambers presents "A Musical Tribute To Buddy Montgomery" - 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
Some of the performers will include Marlena Shaw, Mary Stalling, John Handy, Kitty Margolis, Dave Hazeltine, Mykah Montgomery, Buddy's granddaughter. Also members of Buddy's long-standing, original band with Sam Belton, Dumah Saafir, Jeff Chambers, and others.
Monterey Blues Festival "President Stage"
Taylor P. Collins Blues Band - 2:10 ~ 3:40 p.m.
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
"Japan Tour" 11/3/08 ~ 11/17/08
Marlena Shaw Trio
Keio Plaza Hotel "Shinjuku"
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Dave Hazeltine, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Gerryck King, drums.
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
Calistoga Jazz Festival
Larry Vucokvich Quartet - 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Calistoga, CA 94515
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
John Handy Quartet - 1:00 p.m.
John Handy, Alto saxophone; TBA, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; TBA, Drums.
Great American Music Hall
Dave Ellis Quartet - 8:00pm, 11:00pm
859 O'Farrell Street
Lincoln Center 5th fl. New York
Lewis Nash "Jazz Appreciation Class" - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Lewis Nash, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Steve Wilson, Alto saxophone, piano; TBA.
The Lodge at Sonoma
Dana Land - 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
1325 Broadway (Hwy 12)
Sonoma, CA 95476
Jazz at the Plazz
Houston Person Quartet - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Houston Person, tenor saxophone; Tammy Hall, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
Little Fox Theater
Taylor P. Collins (Redwood City Jam) - 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
2215 Broadway Street
Redwood City, CA 94063
The move to New York City!! "The BIG Apple here I come"
Jeff Chambers is BACK!!! - 24/7
Rotary Park "Gathering On The Green"
Marlena Shaw Trio - 8:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
Marlena Shaw, vocals; Dave Hazeltine, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Gerryck King, drums.
Bill Bell Trio
Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Jazz at Pearls
Kim Nalley Quartet - 8:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
256 Columbus Ave
Kim Nalley, vocal; Dave Mathews, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Telluride Jazz Celebration
Les McCann and Javon Jackson Band - 5:30 p.m. to 6:40 p.m.
Telluride, CO 81435
Les Mc Cann, piano; Javon Jackson, tenor saxophone; Jeff Chambers, bass; Tom Guarna, guitar; Carl Allen, drums.
Les McCann and Javon Jackson Band - 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Oakland Public Conservatory of Music
New Roots - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1616 Franklin St
Angela Wellman, trombone; Lori Wellman, vocal; Mark Wright, trumpet; Calvin Keys, guitar; Jeff Chambers, bass; Babatunde Lee, drums.
Jeff Chambers Trio - 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Jeff Chambers, bass; John Gordon, guitar; Rick Rivera, drums.
Cafe' Divine
Mario's Quartet of friends - 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
1600 Stockton Street
Mario, trumpet; Randy Vinson, guitar; Jeff Chambers, bass; Omar Clay, drums.
Claremont Hotel Berkeley, "Mother's Day"
Rhonda Benin & Friends - 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
41 Tunnel Rd
Dance Mission Theater
Blood + Sugar "Grace Notes" - 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Shows
3316 24th, Street
Jeff Chambers, bass; Ramon Ramos Alayo, Body.
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Blood + Sugar "Grace Notes" - 8:00 p.m. Shows
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
Blood + Sugar "Grace Notes" - 8: p.m. Shows
3316 24th ,Street
Kim Nalley "The Last Performance" - 2 Shows 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
Kim Nalley, vocal Tammy Hall, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
Embassy Suite Hotel
John Grove Quartet - 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
101 McInnis Parkway,
San Rafael, CA 94903
Dance Mission
Jeff Chambers, Kenny Washington Duet - 2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Show only
Jeff Chambers, bass; Kenny Washington, vocal.
Dave Ellis Quartet - 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
2087 Addison St.
Dave Ellis, tenor saxophone; Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Sly Randolph, drums.
Larry Vuckovich Quartet - 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
San Rafaael, CA
The Lodge at Tiburon
Ted Moore & Friends - 8:00 to 9:00 p.m.
1651 Tiburon Blvd.
Tiburon, CA 94920
Monday, April 7th, 2008
Slide Hampton Clinic - 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Sonoma State College " Ives Hall, Warren Auditorium"
Blue Note Tribute Band - 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
1801 E. Cotati Ave.
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Marlena Shaw Trio - 7:30 p.m. Show only
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Bill Cunleft, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Gerryick King, drums.
Marlena Shaw Trio - 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Shows
Marlena Shaw, vocal; ???????????, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Gerryick King, drums.
Marlean Shaw Trio - 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Shows
Sunday, December 9th, 2007
East of the Ryan's Club
Marlena Shaw Trio - 5:00 p.m. show
914 E. 79th, St.
Chicago, IL 60619
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Marlena Shaw Trio - 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. Shows
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
Jazz at Pearl's
Houston Person Quartet - 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. Shows
256 Columbus Ave. (at Broadway)
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Shinzuoka
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Steve Einerson, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Garrick King, drums.
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Steve Einerson, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Garryck King, drums.
Mr. Kelly's
Star Eyes
Yaneura
J-Z Brats
STB 139
Eddie Marshall & Holly Mischief - 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
2087 Addison Street,
Eddie Marshall, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Matt Clark, piano; Charles McNeal, alto & tenor saxophones.
Post Street Theatre
Blues in the Night - 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Shows
450 Post Street
Sonoma Women's Club
Jeff Chambers Trio - 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
574 1st Street East
Jeff Chambers, bass; Bill Bell, piano; Omar Clay, drums.
Lakewood Community Center
India Jazz Suites Tour - 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
470 S. Allison Parkway
Pandit Chitresh Das, kathak dancer; Jason Samuels Smith, tap dancer; Pandit Ramesh Mishra, sarangi; Salar Nader, tabla; Jayanta Bannerjee, sitar, Jeff Chambers, bass; Theo Hill, piano; Channing Cook-Holmes, drums.
Blues in the Night - 8:00 p.m.
Blues in the Night - 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Monday, October 1st, 2007
Blues in the Night - 7:00 p.m. Show
Marlena Shaw Trio - 7:30pm & 9:30pm shows
1337 India Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Clarence McDonald, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Garrick King, drums.
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Friday, September 21st, 2007
Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
Benbow Hotel & Resort "Summer Jazz Series"
Kim Nalley Quartet - 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
445 Lake Benbow Drive
Garberville, CA 95542
Kim Nalley, vocal; Tammy Hall, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
Yoshi's Nite Spot Jack London Square
Jackie Ryan CD Release Celebration - 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. Shows
510 Embarcadero West,
Jackie Ryan, vocal; Red Holloway, tenor saxophone; John Burr, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Deszon Claiborne, drums.
La Pena Cultural Center
Alexa's Latin night - 7:30 p.m. to 9:00p.m.
Alexa, vocal; Murray Low, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; David Flores, drums.
San Jose Jazz Festival "Repertory Theatre"
Charles McPherson Quartet - 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
145 W. San Carlos Street
San Jose, CA 95113
Charles McPherson, alto saxophone; Larry Vukovich, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Chuck McPherson; drums.
San Jose Jazz Festival: Blues Stage
Taylor P. Collins: Blues Band - 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
145 W San Carlos St.
Mexican Heritage Plaza
Ann Hampton Callaway Trio - 8:00pm & 10:00 p.m. Shows
1700 Alum Rock Ave.
408.288.7557, ext.2334
Ann Hampton Callaway, vocal; Ted Rosenthal, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Deszon Claiborne, drums.
Riverbank Park Downtown
816 S. Saginaw Street,
Flint, MI 48502
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Dave Hazeltine, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Ron Otis, drums.
Jazz Standard
Marlena Shaw Trio - 7:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. shows
116 E.27th Street
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Dave Hazeltine, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Lenny Robinson, drums.
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Bacar Restaurant and Wine Salon
Eddie Marshall Trio - 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
448 Brannan Street,
Eddie Marshall, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Bill Bell, piano.
Sunday, July 1st, 2007
Fillmore Jazz Festival
Mel Martin Quartet - 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Sutter Street Stage
Mel Martin, saxophones; Brad Buethe, guitar; Jeff Chambers, bass; Jeff Marrs, drums.
The Palmer Room
John Gordon Trio - 8:00 p.m. & 9:00 p.m.
3387 Motor Ave. in West LA
Los Angeles, CA 90034
John Gordon, guitar; Jeff Chambers, bass; Rick Rivera, drums.
Monterey Blues Festival: Garden Stage
9699 Blue Larkspur Lane, suite 204
Monterey, CA 93940
Dana Land Trio - 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Dana Land, vocal; Bill Bell, piano, Jeff Chambers, bass.
Comcast Cable TV Show
Alexa's Latin Sextet - 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
Alexa Weber Morales, vocal; Dave Mathews, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Charles Ferguson, drums.
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society
Alexa's Latin Sextet - 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
311 Mirada Rd.
Alexa Weber Morales, vocal; Zareen, vocal; Wayne Wallace, Trombone; Murray Low, Piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Charles Ferguson, drums; Edgardo Cambon, percussion.
Marlin Park
Akira Tana & Sound Circle - 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
500 Cringle Dr.
Akira Tana, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Perter Horvath, piano; Kenny Washington, vocal; Noel Jewkes, saxophones.
Bill Bell Quintet - 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. shows
Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums; Charles McNeal, saxophones; Brad Buethe
Jessica Williams Trio - 7:00 p.m. & 9: p.m. shows
Jessica Williams, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Jamie's Club Theatre
Wisconsin Jazz & Heritage Festival 2007 - 8:00pm & 10:00 p.m. Shows
Brian Lynch, Trumpet; Rolla Armstead, tenor saxophone; Harry Kozlowski, trombone; Charles Smalla, guitar; Marcus Robinson, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Sam Belton, drums.
University Retirement Community
Buddy Montgomery Sextet - 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
1515 Shasta Drive
Buddy Montgomery, vibes; Melvin Rhyne, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Dumah Saafir, congas; Flocko, timbales; Sam Bellton, drums.
Lancaster Performing Arts Center
Buddy Montgomery Sextet - 7:30 p.m. to 9:00p.m.
750 W. Lancaster Blvd.
Lancaster, CA 93534
Buddy Montgomery, vibes; Melvin Rhyne, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Dumah Saafir, congas; Flocko, timbales; Sam Bellton, drums.
Canada College Main Theatre, Presents "Shades of Jazz"
4200 Farm Hill Boulevard,
Bruce Foreman, guitar; Julian Lage, guitar; Greg Abate, alto saxophone; Clairdee, vocal; Ken French, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Alan Hall, drums.
Loveland VFW Hall
John Gordon Trio - 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
6653 Epworth Rd.
Chris McNulty Quartet - 4:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Chris McNulty, vocal; Paul Bollenbeck, guitar; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Saturday, April 21st, 2007
Embassy Suites Hotel, San Rafael Ballroom
John Groves Quintet - 11:00a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Larry Vuckovich Quartet - 8:00 p.m. 11:30 p.m.
Larry Vuckovich, piano; Jeff chambers, bass; Akira Tana, drums; Hector Lugo, percussion.
Friday, April 6th, 2007
Santa Rosa Junior College - Newman Auditorium,
Bennett Friedman Quartet - 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
1501 Mendocino Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Bennett Friedman, saxophone; Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Santa Rosa Junior College "Forsyth Hall"
Friedman Bennett Jazz Trio - 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Friedman Bennett, saxophones; Jeff Chambers, bass; George Marsh, drums.
Double Tree Hotel "Chefs for United Negro College Fund"
Joyce Randolph Quartet - 5:30 p.m. - 9:15p.m.
2050 Gateway Place
Joyce Randolph, vocal; Charles McNeal, saxophones; Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Omar Clay, drums.
Sainte Claire Hotel "Grande Ballroom"
Joyce Randolph Quartet - 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
302 S. Market Street
Joyce Randolph, vocal; Bill Bell, piano; Charles McNeil, saxophones; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Anna's Jazz Island
John Gordon Trio - 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
2120 Allston Way
John Gordon, guitar; JeffChambers, bass; Rick Rivera, drums.
"Concerts by the Sea" Sanchez Art Center,
Larry Vuckovich Quartet - 7:30pm & 9:30pm shows
1220A Linda Mar Boulevard,
Pacifica, CA 94044
Bill Bell Trio - 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Omar Clay, drums.
Jazz at the Bistro
Marlena Shaw Trio - 8:00pm & 10:00pm Shows
St. Louis, MO 63103
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Dave Hazeltine, piano; Jeff Chambers, Electric bass; Garrick King, drums.
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
SGI-USA "Ikeda Auditorium" Peace Concert Series Presents,
Roberta Donnay Quartet - 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
2450 17th Street (by Potrero)
Roberta Donnay, vocal; Jonathan Alford, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Deszon Claiborne, drums.
McCoy Tyner Quartet - 8:00pm & 10:00 p.m. Shows
McCoy Tyner, piano; Joe Lavano, Tenor Saxophone; Jeff Chambers, bass; Jeff "Tain" Watts, drums.
Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Bill Cunliffe, piano: Jeff Chambers, bass; Gerryk King, drums.
Canada College: Main Theatre, Presents
"The Louie Bellson Jazz Masters" - 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Carl Saunders, trumpet; Sam Most, flute, clarinet; Pete Yellin, alto saxophone; Kenny Washington, vocal; Bob Florence, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Louie Bellson, drums.
CHAPEL of the Chimes
Kenny Washington Trio - 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
Kenny Washington, vocals; Dave Mathews, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Akira Tana, drums.
Biscuits & Blues
Ms.Taylor P. Collins: Blues Band - 8:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. Shows
401 Mason St.
Ms.Taylor P. Collins, vocal; Pamela, keyboards; Richie, guitar; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Kelly Fasman, drums; Kristen, Tenor sax; Diana, Alto sax; Tammy, Trumpet; Mara, Trombone.
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Bill Bell, Jeff Chambers Duet - 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
448 Brannan S9treet (between 3rd & 4th)
Bill Bell, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass.
The Triple Door
Bobby Hutcherson Quartet - 7:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m. Shows
Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Joe Gilman, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, Drums.
Babatunde Lea and Friends - 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Babatunde Lea, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Frank Martin, piano.
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Joyce Randolph Quartet - 3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m
WABE Haus
John Gordon Trio - 23.00 Uhr
Danziger Str.101
Berlin 10405
Hotline: (030)-90295-3850
Russian River Jazz Festival
Bobby Hutcherson Quartet - 3:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
Johnson's Beach
Guerneville, CA
Redwood Shores Park
Akira Tana & Friends - 6:00pm, 8:00pm
Vallejo Jazz Festival
Larry Vuckovich Quintet - 3:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.
Vallejo, CA 94591
Downtown Restaurant
Kenny Washington Trio - 8:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
2102 Shattuck Ave; at Addison St.
Kenny Washington, vocals; Larry Dunlap, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass.
San Jose Jazz Festival
Jeff Chambers Quintet - 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
60 South Market Street,
Price: $5.00 per day
Jeff Chambers, bass; Bill Bell, piano; Eddie Marshall, drums; Charles McNeil, saxophones; Michael Olmos, trumpet.
San Jose Jazz Festival-Smith Dobson Stage
Jazz Jam(Jeff Chambers Host) - 9:00 p.m. til 11:00 p.m.
Larkspur Cafe' Theater
500 Magnolia Ave.
Southshore,Chicago Jazz Festival
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
Houston Person Quartet
Bartholomew Park Winery
Larry Vuckovich Quintet - 7:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
1000 Vineyards Ln.
Coral Gables Congregational Church
Yoshi's Nite Spot
Bill Bell, piano; Brad Buethe, guitar; Charles McNeal, saxophones; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Alexa and her Latin Friends - 8:00pm & 10:15 p.m. Shows
256 Columbus Ave. (below Broadway)
Alexa Weber Morales, vocal; Murray Low, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; David Flores, drums; Michael Spiro, percussion.
SF Jazz/Stanford Shopping Center/Clock Tower
Akira Tana & Friends - 6:00 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
Chouinard Vineyards
Akira Tana & Friends - 4:30 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
33853 Palomares Road
Castro Valley, CA 94552
Akira Tana, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Dave Mathews, piano; Kenny Washington, vocals; saxophone, TBA
Buddy Montgomery Reunion Band - 8:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
4100 W. Highland Road,
Mequon, WI 53092
Saturday, July 1st, 2006
Cetrella
Michael O'Neill Trio - 8:00 p.m. 11:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
Kim Nalley Quintet - 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Kim Nalley, vocal; Tammie Hall, piano; Josh Workman, guitar; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
Old Railroad Museum
John Handy Project - 8:00 p.m. 10:45 p.m.
Kim Nalley Quartet - 8:00pm & 10:00pm Shows
Kim Nalley, vocals; Allen Smith, trumpet; Dave Mathews, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
Friday, June 2nd, 2006
Sausalito Jazz Festival
Kim Nalley Quintet - 3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Houston Person Quartet - 8:00pm & 10:00pm Shows
Sonoma Jazz Festival/Meritage Martini Oyster Bar & Grill
Larry Vuckovich Quartet - 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
165 West Napa Street
Sonoma Jazz Festival
Kim Nalley Quartet - 7:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
The Hotel Utah Saloon
John Gordon Trio - 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Bill Bell Trio - 8:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 6th, 2006
Marlena Shaw Trio - 8:45pm to 10:00pm
Marlena Shaw, vocal; Dave Hazetine, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Lenny Robinson, drums.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
The Jupiter
John Gordon Trio - 8:00pm, 11:00pm
Michael O'Neill - 8:00 p.m. 11:30 p.m.
Michael O'Neill, saxophones; Tony Lindsay, vocal; Rich Kuhns, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass.
Bobby Hutcherson Quartet - 12-Noon, 2:00p.m.
1600 Holloway Ave.
Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Adam Schulman, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums.
Akira Tana & Friends - 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Akira Tana, drums; Jeff Chambers, bass; Barry Finnerty, guitar; Kenny Washington, vocals.
Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
Chez Hanny Jazz Salon
Patti Wicks, Jeff Chambers duet - 4:00pm, 6:00pm
145 Fillmore Street (x Waller)
Patti Wicks, piano & vocals; Jeff Chambers, bass.
Roz Corral Trio - 8:00pm & 10:00pm Shows
Roz Corral, vocal; Larry Vuckovich, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Akira Tana, drums.
Saturday, April 22nd, 2006
Roz Corral Trio - 8:00pm & 10:00pm Show
Friday, April 21st, 2006
Ruby Skye
John Handy Project - 7:00pm, 9:00pm
420 Mason Street
John Handy, alto saxophone; Robbie Quock, Trumpet; Mary Stallings, Jamie Davis, vocals; Page, violin; Dee Spencer, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Sylvia Cuenca, drums.
Sequoyah Country Club
Jamie Davis Quartet - 7:30pm, 9:00pm
4550 Heafey Rd.
Sunday, April 2nd, 2006
John Handy Quartet - 8:00pm & 10:00pm Shows
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Jackie Ryan, vocals; John Burr, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Omar Clay, drums.
Michael O'Neill - 8:00pm, 11:30pm
Zucca Ristorante
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186 Castro Street
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JazzFest, Temple Event Center
Marlena Shaw, vocals; Clarence McDonald, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; drums.
Scottsdale Center for the Arts
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Kenny Washington Trio - 8:00pm & 11:30pm Shows
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256 Columbus Ave.(below Broadway)
Alexa, vocals; Murry Low, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; David Flores, drums; Michael Spiro, percussion.
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Black History Month "Lady Sings the Blues"
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Spivey Hall, Clayton State University
Marlena Shaw - 8:15PM
2000 Clayton State Blvd.
Morrow, GA 30260
Marlena Shaw, vocals; Dave Hazeltine, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Lenny Robinson, drums.
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Rollie Willis, vocals; Clifford Coulter, piano; Jeff Chambers, electric bass; Ron Beck, drums.
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Margie Baker, vocals; John Burr, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Michael O'Neill, saxophone.
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Candice, vocals; Larry Chinn, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass.
Berkeley Art Museum
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U C Berkeley, Wheeler Hall
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256 Columbus (at Broadway)
Allen Smith, trumpet, flugelhorn; Dave Mathews, piano; Jeff Chambers, bass; Kent Bryson, drums.
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Lyr Req: The Yew Tree (Battlefield Band)
LADS O' THE FAIR
MUIR AND THE MASTER BUILDER
STRONG WOMEN RULE US ALL WITH THEIR TEARS
ADD: Silver Darlings (various) (97)
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Lyr Add: No Gods and Precious Few Heroes (9)
Tune Req: Norland Wind / Wild Geese (23)
Lyr Req: Montrose (Steeleye Span) (56)
Lyr Add: Muir and the Master Builder (B McNeill) (15)
Chords Req: The Roving Dies Hard (Battlefield Band (13)
Battlefield Band: Myth, Legend, or... (26)
Lyr ADD: Lads o' the Fair (Brian McNeill) (27)
Lyr Req: Any Mick'll Do (Brian McNeill) (9)
Review: The Battlefield Band (4)
Lyr Req: Back of the North Wind (12)
Lyr Req: Tail o' the Bank (Battlefield Band) (13)
Lyr Req: Best of the Barley (6)
Lyr Req: The Rovin' Dies Hard (Battlefield Band) (8)
Lyr Req: Join the Union (Brian McNeill) (7)
Chords Req: Montrose (7)
Lyr Add: Silver Darlin's + Who Pays the Piper (1)
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Subject: LYR REQ: The Yew Tree
From: ewessel@apk.net
Date: 08 Jun 99 - 02:25 PM
I am looking for the lyrics to "The Yew Tree", a Scottish folk song. I have the music for it, but I still need the lyrics. Please e-mail them, as I do not get on the forem very often.
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: The Yew Tree
From: Susanne (skw)
Tomorrow night, ok? I can't reach them now. BTW, the only song of that title I have is the one by Brian McNeill - but it does sound very folky. - Susanne
Date: 09 Jun 99 - 11:44 AM
Would it be possible to post them as well? I'm, sort of, doing a study of yew tree distribution, and it would be interesting to have some folky quotes to enliven a dry discourse.
Subject: Lyr Add: THE YEW TREE
From: harpgirl
...here is my fragment since I have yet to collect the whole song...perhaps someone will provide the rest...
The Yew Tree
a mile to...Catlin on the road to the sea
Stands a yew tree a thousand years old
And they all.....
That it knows what the future will hold
For the shadows of Scotland stand round it
Mid the reel (?) and the corn and the...
All the hopes and the fears of a thousand long years
Under deluvian skys
My bonny yew tree, tell what did you see?
Did you look through the haze of a long summer's day
To the south and the far English border
All the bullets of steal and ....for field
Did they march....
Did you ask them the price of the Glory?
When you heard the great slaughter begin
All the dusty....
To bring tears to the eyes of the wind
My bonny yew tree, tell me what did you see?....
sorry it is so incomplete...harp
From: HåvardR
I'll have a look if "Bonnie Yew Tree" is in Brian's songbook when I get home.
From: Peter
The Battlefield Band sings it and (I think) wrote it - here is my correction of the lyrics above:
a mile [frae Pencaitland] on the road to the sea
And [the auld women swear by the grey of their hair]
Mid the [kale] and the corn and the [kye]
Under [the Lothian] sky
All the bullets of steal [on Flodden's foul] field
[As they marched by your side in good order]
Did you ask them the price of [their] Glory?
All the [dust from their bones would rise up from the stones]
It continues:
Did ye no' think tae tell, when John Knox himsel'
Preached under your branches sae black?
Tae the poor common folk, he would lift up the yoke
Of the bishops and priests frae their back.
But you know the bargain he sold them;
And freedom was only a part
For the price of their souls was a gospel sae cold
It would freeze up the joy in their hearts
My bonny yew tree, tell me what did you see?
When the moss-troopers layin your shade
To hide frae the thunder and count our the plunder
And share out the spoils of their raid?
But you saw the smiles of the gentry
And the laughter of lords at their games
When the poor hunt the poor across mountain and moor
The rich man can keep them in chains.
And I thought as I stood and laid hands on your wood
That it might be a kindness to fell ye
One kiss of the axe and your free froae the wracks
adn the sad blody tales that men tell ye.
But a wee bird flew out of your branches
And sang out as never before.
And the words of the sang were a thousand years lang,
And to learn them to know thousands more.
My bonny yew tree, tell me what can you see?
HTML line breaks added --JoeClone, 28-Nov-01.
Subject: Lyr Add: THE YEW TREE (Brian McNeill)
I see I've been beaten, but since Peter's version has got slightly mixed up I'll post mine regardless, plus a few bits of historical info. Hope you don't mind. - Susanne
My bonnie yew tree
Tell me what did you see
A mile frae Pentcaitland, on the road to the sea
And the old women swear by the grey o' their hair
'Mid the kail and the corn and the kye
Under the Lothian sky
Did you look through the haze o' the lang summer days
Tae the South and the far English border
A' the bonnets o' steel on Flodden's far field
Did they march by your side in good order
Did you ask them the price o' their glory
For the dust o' their bones would rise up from the stones
To bring tears to the eyes o' the wind
Not once did you speak for the poor and the weak
When the moss-troopers lay in your shade
To count out the plunder and hide frae the thunder
And share out the spoils o' their raid
But you saw the smiles o' the gentry
And the laughter of lords at their gains
The rich man can keep them in chains
Did you no' think tae tell when John Knox himsel'
Preached under your branches sae black
To the poor common folk who would lift up the yoke
O' the bishops and priests frae their backs
But you knew the bargain he sold them
And freedom was only one part
For the price o' their souls was a gospel sae cold
That it might be a kindness to fell you
One kiss o' the axe and you're freed frae the racks
O' the sad bloody tales that men tell you
But a wee bird flew out from your branches
And sang out as never before
And the words o' the song were a thousand years long
And to learn them's a long thousand more
Last chorus:
Tell me what CAN you see
This is how the Battlefield Band sing it on 'Home Ground' (great live album!)
[1879:] Nothing could be better evidence of how profoundly the mind of Scotland was moved by the evangel of Knox and his brother labourers than the sudden disappearance from oral tradition of many of the songs and ballads which had been popular for many years. There can be no doubt that many of these songs were what would now be considered highly licentious, although among our rude and plain-speaking forefathers and foremothers they may have passed current without evoking a blush on the face of village maidens. The Reformation called for an alteration in morals as well as in doctrines, and these songs were not only discouraged, but a poetic reformer issued a volume of "Gude and Godly Ballats", in which new and pious words were adapted to the old airs. In poetic merit this collection is wretched [...]. Still, they helped to supplant the old songs and ballads [...]. We hear no more of the "Ring sangs" [ballads] after the Reformation, though it is not impossible that they may have been continued in obscure places for some time, especially in quarters where the fervour of the Reformation hardly reached. [...] The struggle for the supremacy of Presbyterianism in Scotland [...] lasted long, and it was [...] no wonder that the old joyousness which broke out into dance and song was to a large extent extinguished, and that the gloom of a religion which had been darkened by the fire and smoke of battle should have fallen upon the people. (John Ord, Glasgow Weekly Herald, December 13)
[1972:] [Henry VIII joining the Pope, Spain, and Venice in a Holy League against France in 1511] placed James [IV of Scotland] in a dilemma from which there was no escape; his obligations under the Auld Alliance of 1491-2 and the Anglo-Scottish peace of 1502, renewed in 1509, were mutually incompatible except when England and France were at peace. [James tried to keep out of the conflict but] Henry, who meant to shine on the battlefields of Europe, had been definitely preparing for war against his brother-in-law. [...] It was only on 24 July [1513] that James summoned the shire levies. [Earl marshal] Surrey had begun to mobilize in London as early as 21 July; [...] his arrangements for organizing the north had been so good that he 'took his field' north of Newcastle on 5 September.
James, meanwhile [...] had occupied a fortified camp on Flodden Edge [where Surrey,] on 9 September, came down upon the Scots from the north. They, perhaps fearing that Surrey was off to invade Scotland, perhaps believing that, since he had not come by noon as he had promised, he would not come at all, were evidently in some confusion, and the result was a resounding victory for the English. James himself was slain and with him many of his nobles and of the royal household. The English claimed that 12,000 Scots were killed as opposed to a few hundred English. [...]
James's body was found on the field and [...] it was taken to London and Henry (who perhaps envisaged himself as chief mourner in appropriate magnificence) designed a splendid funeral. This did not take place. The royal corpse lay in its lead at Sheen until the house was despoiled after the Reformation, and eventually the embalmed head was hacked off by Queen Elizabeth's master-glazier who used it as a sort of pot-pourri until he tired of it. All praise must be given to the English who fought a hard action after a long march in bad weather, but James does not deserve the blame which tradition has accorded to him. Not he, but Henry, was responsible for the war, and one reason why he was ill prepared was that he strove to keep the peace till the very last. His conduct of the campaign was not faulty. [...] His defeat in battle was primarily due to the fact that his ill-organized force, numerically not much greater than that of his enemy, was not adequate for its task. The 'Lilt of dule and wae' was heard all over Scotland; but Scotland remained proud of a gallant King. [...] Disastrous as it was, the defeat at Flodden did not affect the development of Scotland as much as has been supposed. The death of her King removed the mainspring of her state, yet her spirit was unbroken and the machinery of government remained. (J. D. Mackie, A History of Scotland 131ff.)
[1988:] The Yew was a sacred tree to most of Europe's pre-Christian religions. It was a symbol of everlasting life. Indeed many Christian churches were built on the site of a pagan yew-grove. The Yew in this song stands near the village of Ormiston, in East Lothian, by the 13th century ruins of the Church of St. Giles. Brian was told about this magnificent tree by an old man in the neighbouring village of Pentcaitland. He went to see it and felt the whole place 'humming with ghosts'. It is not surprising that such an old and majestic tree has a place in the people's memory. The Covenanters preached under its boughs and it seems likely that the young John Knox (born and bred in nearby Haddington) honed his stern fiery message beneath ist leaves. One commentator in the late 19th century said "The Yew at Ormiston could tell strange tales, if only we could hear". (Battlefield Band Songbook 123)
[1994:] This song practically wrote itself. I was there, I saw the bird that flew out from its branches and so on, and the song wrote itself. (Brian McNeill, pr. comm.)
[1997:] A campaign has begun to restore the historical standing of John Knox, the father of the Scottish Reformation reviled by late twentieth-century man as a ranting killjoy. [...] John Knox was born in 1513 and became a priest, notary and soldier. He spent 18 months as a French galley-slave and fell under the influence of John Calvin in Geneva [...]. He returned to Scotland in 1560 and became the driving force behind the Scottish Reformation, the most radical in Europe. Apart from his rejection of papacy and its hierarchy, he led a drive for universal literacy. He wanted a school in every parish, a college in every town and a university in every city. He also wanted regular, organised provision for the poor. Post-war Scotland, secular and hedonistic, where the pubs are open all day on Sunday, has largely forgotten him. [Some historians think] Knox's historical standing had been traduced by the extremism of the militant Protestantism that followed. (Arnold Kemp / Dean Nelson, Observer 5 Apr)
Queen Amang the Heather
[1965:] This splendid version of a song equally well-known amongst the Scots farming community and the travelling folk was learnt by Belle when she was still a wee bairn - among the singers to have contributed to her version are old Henry MacGregor of Perth, her cousin Jimmy Whyte and her brother Donald MacGregor. Versions of it used to be as thick as blaeberries in Strathmore and the Braes of Angus. It seems to be related to Ower the Muir Amang the Heather, of which Burns wrote: 'This song is the composition of Jean Glover. ... I took the song down from her singing as she was strolling through the country with a sleight-of-hand blackguard.'. Subsequent collecting makes it almost certain that Jean Glover 's version was itself a re-shaping of an older Ettrick song. James Hogg, the Ettrick shepherd produced a version which was in turn modified. Musical and textual evidence however, suggests that [...] a classic ballad lies behind the lyric lovesong. In this case, the progenitor is Glasgow Peggie (Child 228), the tunes for which are clearly related to Queen Amang the Heather, and whose story presents a parallel situation - the Highlander who takes the heiress he has carried off and beds her down 'amang the heather' before revealing that he is himself a Chieftain. (Hamish Henderson, notes 'The Stewarts of Blair')
[1995:] Sheila [Stewart] calls the song, which she got from her mother, Queen Amang the Heather, but we have used the title in the 'Greig-Duncan Collection', Volume 5. There are a bewildering variety of pieces in Scottish folk song on the courtship of the lowly by the high born suitor, notably the ballad version, The Laird o' Drum. The message is clearly egalitarian, and this has a distinct attraction for traveller singers often themselves suffering social discrimination. The motif is well expressed in the last verse of the ballad. (Peter Hall, notes 'Folk Songs of North-East Scotland')
Sorry, another bloomer! 'Queen Amang the Heather' was meant to go to the thread of that title. It got caught up in the cutting. Please ignore it. - Susanne
Thanks for all that information, as well as the song. The only old tree (1000+) I have mapped in Scotland is at Fortingall.
From: GUEST,Can someone provide chords/music
for this to me please?
I appreciate it muchly.
bard@freecelts.com
sheet music e-mailed
Subject: The Yew Tree, would love to have the chords
From: GUEST,quest
Date: 23 Aug 08 - 08:24 AM
i have looked everywhere for chords for this song. i used to play in a band and we would sing it, but since i was a singer, i never learned the chords, nor did i play guitar. and now the rest of my band is in a different country than me since i moved away.
would appreciate the chords. if possible.
mapledaleo@gmail.com
Date: 10 Jan 09 - 07:00 PM
did anyone found the chords? i'd really like to learn this song, email it to korn114@hotmail.com if possible
Subject: Chords Add: THE YEW TREE (Brian McNeill)
Does this help? It's from the Battlefield Band song book.
A mile(Em) from Pencaitland(D) on the road(C) tae the sea(Em)
Stands a yew(C) tree a thou(D)sand years old(Em)
And the old(Em) women swear(D) by the grey(C) o' their hair(Em)
That it knows(C) what the fu(D)ture will hold(Em)
For the sha(A)dows of Scot(D)land stand round(Em) it
'Mid the kale(D) and the corn and the kye(A)
All the hopes(G) and the fears of a thou(D)sand long years(Bm)
Un(Em)der the Lo(D)thian sky(Em)
My bonny yew tree(D)
Tell me what did you see(Em)
From: Jack Campin
That song seems to get longer every time I hear it.
Brian McNeill is not known for ever leaving a historical footnote unsung in the cause of brevity.
Maybe, Jack, but he does it brilliantly! BTW, I've heard that song for twenty years, and it's always been the same length and the same number of verses. Maybe it's your brain? :-)
From: Suegorgeous
Dick Gaughan has a version of this.
From: Ross Campbell
Insane Beard recently reminded me of the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, Scotland, which I recall visiting about forty-five years ago when friends of my parents lived nearby. Estimates of its age range from a minimum two thousand years up to nine thousand years. Even two thousand years makes it the oldest tree in Europe.
From: Bearheart
Very interesting topic. I have a special place in my heart for trees, especially the Yews.
There are several dated Yew trees around Britain (mostly in church yards) that are older than 2000 years old. One is at a church yard in Ulcombe in Kent. (Locals say the older of the two really old ones there is closer to 4000 years old...)
There are 20 to 30 yews at Kingly Vale (at a guess-- I've never counted them because I'm always too awestruck to remember to). It's a national heritage site near Chichester in West Sussex (?). I don't know their age but some must be over a thousand easily. I've always thought they were Tolkien's inspiration- they are very sentient trees!!! and the three (Neolithic?) burial mounds on the hill overlooking them are also worth a visit.
I'm always surprised that so few English seem to know about the place, it is incredibly awe-inspiring to be in that grove of ancient beings...
Certainly one of the most magical places in the Isles.
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Yew Tree (Battlefield Band)
I am presently on a bus leaving Ormiston after trying and failing to find the tree from the directions in the village square.
Anybody got a Google map reference for it?
From: GUEST,Jack Campin
More info about the tree:
https://www.ancient-yew.org/userfiles/file/Ormiston.pdf
James Miller's poem is truly appalling.
From: Jeri
Late, but Google Maps - Fortingall Yew
Or maybe that was an obvious yew, but not the right one.
From: FreddyHeadey
The Ormiston Yew
https://goo.gl/maps/awsBuks9kD32
from google, walking
- village to The Ormiston Yew
25 min (1.2 mi)
https://goo.gl/maps/jBrfKZULR1v
end of route, Street view
https://goo.gl/maps/CYWMa4MGvmo
road swings left at a bungalow, ~50 metres later take a grassy track on the right. \southwest
In about 100 metres find the Tree\enormous clump of trees
OS ref NT 41206 67610
https://gridreferencefinder.com/osfs/?gr=NT4120667610|NT_s_41206_s_67610|1&v=h
Thanks. The Google Maps link looks ok and should get me there - the others do odd things on my (old) phone.
"A mile from Pencaitland, on the road to the sea" - you can see why Brian MacNeill didn't go for a career in tour guiding.
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Some quests in my guide are marked as "SKIP" and colored in red. These quests are simply either too hard to solo or not worth the XP/time and are skipped. My guide will only list SKIPPED quests if the quest is a direct follow up after completing a quest, not one that you have to click the NPC again to get it. If you hover over the skipped quests, it will give info on why it is skipped in the guide (unless that info is already listed directly in the guide text).
Nov 10 well i tryed i was hoping to comeback to wow after being away since cat but my only real interest was pvp. seeing the state its in now i can see it's not worth bothering with and i feel i've given it enough time. the only choices i see for pvp is to twink so i can beat on kittens (cause i'm so 1337) or be so under powered i'm useless as i watch the twinks decimate my team. i didn't return for the american gladiator experience. it's a shame i missed legion i feel i would have like it better.Piale5 Nov 10
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Zygor's Leveling Guide for The Elder Scrolls Online (PC Version) is an in-game, software based, strategy guide that will show you the quickest way to level your characters from 1-50. You can view and use the guide directly inside the game without having to print out anything or view the guide in a browser. This also means that our guides are dynamic and can track your progress in realtime.
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Nov 13 What are the differences between versions? I just have a trial at the moment but i'm confused on what each version offers. Normal Sub : $15 a month Battle for Azeroth: $50 (needs subscription) Complete Colelction: $60 As far as i knew if you had a subscription to the game you get all of the content minus the latest expansion. So let me see if this is right. If i were to get the complete collection i would get one month at a $5 discount and the newest expansion OR Just pay $15 For the game and all expansions EXCEPT BFA?Buresh2 Nov 13
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Even though the guide was developed with a hunter, the guide can be followed by any class. Except you have to do your class's quests which aren't a whole lot. I do have full intention to make my guide friendly with all classes in the future by listing all of their steps as well. There will be a toggle that allows you to show which class's steps you want to see in the guide. But this is coming later.
Even though the guide was developed with a hunter, the guide can be followed by any class. Except you have to do your class's quests which aren't a whole lot. I do have full intention to make my guide friendly with all classes in the future by listing all of their steps as well. There will be a toggle that allows you to show which class's steps you want to see in the guide. But this is coming later.
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Scaloia@wayne.edu Come join us to observe a moment of silence in honor of Echol Cole and Robert Walker, two sanitation workers killed on the job in Memphis. Stay to watch a short documentary (30 minutes) on the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike. Historical items and photographs from our collections related to AFSCME Local 1733 Memphis will be on display.
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Putting Class on the Map: Towards a Labor Cartography
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Please join us June 1 from 12-1 for a brown bag research discussion in the . From hand-sketched diagrams of plant layouts drawn up in hasty preparation for strikes, to diagrams of syndicalist visions of One Big Union, mapping has long been an important but overlooked part of labor organizing. Steve McFarland, Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Tampa, will be at the Reuther Library in May and June doing research into maps created by workers organizations. His talk will discuss this work-in-progress, which puts forward working class perspectives on cartography and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a crucial aspect of "mapping from below." Drawing on work in labor geography by Andrew Herod, and in critical cartography by J.B. Harley, Steve's research engages with historical GIS and cartographic history in a way that foregrounds mapping of and by workers and working class organizations. In so doing, he offers a corrective to dominant currents in cartography that have elided workers, work, and class issues. He hope that these archival excavations will inspire a new interest in contemporary uses of mapping and GIS in labor organizing. Please feel free to bring a lunch and your feedback for Dr. McFarland!
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Gish sales stats released
Author Topic: Gish sales stats released (Read 22227 times)
Developer: Chronic Logic
Development time: About 6 months with three developers.
Platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux
Development Expenses:
Sounds and music: $3500
Of the $3500 only $500 was paid up front and the rest was a percent of royalties after Gish was released and selling.
Marketing Expenses:
Independent Games Festival (IGF) entry fees: $200.00
Rough estimate of Affiliate and other fees: $2000.00
Total Expenses: $5700.00
The time of the developers and the cost of office space, computers, etc. is not taken into account here.
Sales from chroniclogic.com per year:
2007: 140 (through April)
Misc others sales: 10
Total Sales: 4521
SWREG (Credit card orders): $79543.98
PayPal: $1436.86
Manual orders (checks, cash, money orders): $195.48
Approximate net sales from chroniclogic.com: $81176.32
Total income from other sites: $6212.04
(Garage Games, Reflexive Arcade, Linspire, Totalgaming.net and Manifesto games)
IGF Prize winnings: $16000.00
Total Retail publishing: $17539.71
(Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Russian, Singapore and Malaysia)
Approximate total income: $121,000 USD
Marketing and Promotion:
For promotion and marketing we did press releases on our web site and tried to get them to as many news sites as possible. We did a pad file and submitted to as many shareware sites as we could find although I don't think they had a large effect over all. We also did advertising in a local print magazine which I don't think had much of an effect either. Keeping other products and news coming out helped keep people coming to chroniclogic.com and finding Gish. We also did a number of patches which made improvements to the game. Each patch was accompanied by a press release. Winning the Grand Prize and Innovation in Game Design at the 2005 IGF gave us a huge boost in traffic to our website but we could not take full advantage of it as the demo downloads slowed our web server to a crawl. In a single day after winning at IGF our web server served 110 GB of the Gish demo which was much more then it could handle. It was after this that I moved all our demo hosting to other servers so if we hit a traffic spike the demo downloads might be slow, but at least the website will still work correctly. It also seemed a lot of people already knew about Gish before it's triumph at the 2005 IGF.
Gish won Game Tunnels Game of the Year and Adventure Game of the Year awards in 2004 which added a nice boost in sales. We also sent out review copies to whatever web pages and print magazines we could find. Gish scored very well in almost all reviews and even got mentioned in the New York Times. We also did a number of interviews and Q&As with magazines, websites and local news papers.
I think the single biggest factor in Gish sales was word of mouth. It is such a unique and fun game that people want to talk about it and they want to tell people about it. Individuals telling friends, posting on forums, talking about Gish to other games all made a huge contribution getting Gish out to the public.
As you can see Gish did not sell well in retail or on other sites and the majority of income generated from Gish (%67) was from direct sales through chroniclogic.com. Gish also missed out on a number of opportunities that could generate a lot more income such as North American retail and console distribution because of a lack of a shared vision among the developers.
Here are some of the reviews Gish received:
Game Tunnel GOTY awards 2004
http://www.gametunnel.com/html/section-viewarticle-66.html
http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=359
Game Tunnel 100%
http://www.gametunnel.com/gamespace.php?id=97&tab=3
Game Chronicles Magazine 95%
http://www.gamechronicles.com/reviews/pc/gish/gish.htm
gotoandplay.it 93%
http://www.gotoandplay.it/_reviews/review.php?r=76
GameZone.com 88%
http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23881.htm
Gaming Nexus 87%
http://www.gamingnexus.com/Review.asp?ID=519
Home of the Underdogs Top Dog
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?name=Gish
PC Gamer UK Magazine 85%
Gish is the 2nd best overall selling game for Chronic Logic. Bridge Construction Set remains the best selling game overall and is currently selling better then any other other games despite being almost five years old. Stay tuned for those sales stats and in the mean time check out our latest game:
Kingdom Elemental
Kingdom Elemental is a light-hearted and comical real time tactics game with serious game play. Set in a fantasy setting Kingdom Elemental takes core game play elements from RTS, tactics and RPG games and combines them into a game that is easy to play without investing most of your real life. Kingdom Elemental features an unlimited number of possible tactics by pitting combinations of your ten hero units and their unique abilities against waves after waves of enemies ranging from the lowly Kobold to the mighty Minotaur.
Kingdom Elemental combines the popular fantasy, strategy, tactics and RPG genres into a compact gameplay package. It is easy to pick up and play and has a simple 2d interface to get users involved in the 3d action.
Check out the webpage:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke.htm
Download the free demo:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_download.htm
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At Clifton High School our libraries are continually updated to ensure that they serve as well-resourced and thriving facilities for use by pupils and staff throughout the school.
During the Autumn Term, the school promoted reading across the school with a charity ‘Readathon’. Librarian Mrs Cuthill is pleased to confirm that participating pupils raised an impressive £488 toward buying books for children in hospital. The effort also generated £97 for Clifton High School Libraries, enabling us to invest in some exciting new additions. Of particular interest is the new ‘Shelf Help’ section: an area dedicated to accessible safeguarding and wellbeing literature. Titles such as ‘The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens’ and ‘Self Esteem and Being You’ sit alongside fiction favourites ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’ and ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’.
In the pipeline are plans for a range of new non-fiction books, specifically selected to enhance the topics studied across the Senior School as well as the interests of pupils. Books include ‘Feminist Theatre’, ‘Banksy: Wall and Piece’, ‘Black History: Resistance and Abolition’, ‘Global Economy’, ‘Offshore Oil Drilling’, ‘The Periodic Table: Elements With Style!’ and many more. There will also be additional literature available in French, German and Spanish, as well as a selection on DVDs which help to consolidate language study. Pupils and staff alike are looking forward to exploring the new books on offer.
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Avon’s Nate Laszewski earns All-State honors
Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press
Avon sophomore Nate Laszewski (34) was named to the CHSCA Class L first team.
AVON – Six-foot-6 sophomore forward Nate Laszewski became the first Avon High boys basketball player to earn first team All-State honors in six years when he was named to the Connecticut High School Coaches Association’s (CHSCA) Class L squad.
Several players have earned second team All-State honors in the last decade and a half, including Patrick McKearney, who was second team All-State a year ago. But Laszewski is the first Falcon basketball player to earn first team All-State honors since Joseph Ives in 2009.
“Nate was a constant threat all season for us on both ends of the court,” Avon coach Chris Vozzolo said. “Nate is such a dangerous opponent because of his versatility to be able to play on both the perimeter and in the post. His skills are extremely polished and the sky is the limit on how far he can take his game.”
He averaged 20.4 points a game and got off to a red-hot start to begin the season, averaging 24.2 points in the first seven games of the campaign. Laszewski scored over 20 points in 14 of 24 games, including a career-high 42 point performance in an overtime victory over Suffield. He sank 21 three-pointers this season including 10 in the first seven games of the year.
“We put a lot of focus on Nate getting touches in places where he was a threat,” Vozzolo said. “He does a great job getting to the free throw line and creating for himself. Establishing himself on the blocks allowed him to get to the stripe and also open up his perimeter game.”
Laszewski was limited to just two field goals in a 44-42 win over Granby in late February but he sank 16 free throws in the game. In his 42-point game against Suffield, he hit 15 free throws. He sank 15 against Somers in January.
Laszewski helped Avon (18-6, 16-2 NCCC) finish second in the North Central Connecticut Conference behind Hartford’s Sport Medicine Science Academy and win the league tournament in Avon’s final season in the league. The Falcons will be moving to the Central Connecticut Conference in September.
His 42-point effort is four points shy of the single game record of 46 points by Mike Taft in 2002 against Somers. Taft had eight 3-point shots in the game.
Other Avon players to earn first team All-State honors include Andy Roell (2008), Andy Milward (1998), Dushawne Simpson (1991), Chris Ritger (1988) and Don Freidberg (1980). Ritger and Freidberg were selected to the New Haven Register’s All-State team. Roell, Milward and Simpson were named to the CHSCA squads.
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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 30 years.
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Writer and editor, Biswadeep Ghosh, has been in the industry for the last 25 years. He gave up a career as a singer to become a journalist at the age of 18, and since then has been keenly writing on literature, movies and music. Along with an illustrious career in niche publications like The Times of India, Maharashtra Herald, Outlook, & Hindustan Times, Biswadeep has authored four biographies of Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan, and two children's book.
Biswadeep Ghosh
His latest biography MSD: The Man, The Leader has been the talk of the town these days for the obvious reason that it's the biography is the man of the moment, the Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The book has released right before the beginning of the World Cup 2015, and has been generating plenty of curiosity.
Infibeam had the pleasure of talking to Biswadeep, and getting to know what his latest biograpgy is all about. Here is what he had to say:
Que: Why did you choose MS Dhoni as the subject of your next book? What made you think that Dhoni's story could be worth a tell?
Mr. Biswadeep Ghosh: The inspirational quality in it. Here is a man whose father was once an unskilled worker in Ranchi. He was a decent student and a fine natural sportsperson who excelled in cricket. But he had to dump the thought of completing his graduation and become a Train Ticket Examiner at the Kharagpur Railway Station to support his family.
He hailed from Jharkhand and played most of his cricket for Bihar’s Ranji team during his days as a struggler in first class cricket. Bihar as we all know is a cricketing non-power. To rise from there and become the captain of the Indian cricket team is incredible. In fact, he is so unique that his story has been turned into a case study in some B-schools. Naturally, therefore, I was attracted to the subject.
Que: Which aspects of Dhoni does your book MSD: The Man, The Leader cover?
Mr. Biswadeep Ghosh: Like I said, the story is inspirational, and the book makes that point in simple language which anybody with basic knowledge of English can understand, internalize and learn from. It covers his background in Ranchi leading up to his growth as a cricketer in his hometown, journeys to Kharagpur where we get to see a young Dhoni and talks about his cricketing highs and lows with Team India thereafter.
It has a chapter on his stature in his hometown today. He is a God in Ranchi who is not meant to be criticized, which contrasts with his life in the initial stages, has a separate section which analyses his leadership in a larger perspective by talking to established names both within and outside cricket, and concludes with a chapter on a view of his stardom and some thoughts about his future. The structure is slightly different from the run-of-the-mill biography.
Que: Tell us about the research you did for the book? How long did it take, and how did you go about it?
Mr. Biswadeep Ghosh: It started with a trip to Ranchi. During the initial phase of the book, I was helped by a hardworking Ranchi-based lawyer-journalist Chandrajit Mukherjee who worked as a researcher and had been hired for that purpose by the publishers Rupa Publications. After that, it was all about extensive research and establishing contacts. Several well-known names from the journalistic fraternity helped me along the way. They are old friends, three of them close to me for two decades and more. It was very kind of them, and I have mentioned their names in the acknowledgments, which is the only, highly inadequate thing I can do in return.
Que: There are few controversies surrounding the Indian skipper. Have you covered them in the book?
Mr. Biswadeep Ghosh: This book doesn’t ask unanswered questions. It is about a man from nowhere who has reached where he has, spreading a message of hope for aspiring cricketers from modest backgrounds who play for or in states that are obscure in the context of cricket. Today, they can dream big. If they have the talent, they can believe that they can rise to the top and become a success story like Dhoni has. In fact, his is a story that can motivate anybody from any field. Of course, he or she needs to have genuine gifts and self-belief, neither of which can be acquired easily.
Que: As the Indian Cricket team's captain, where does Dhoni really stand?
Mr. Biswadeep Ghosh: See, the debate on good and better captains of India will be an eternal one. But, let there be no doubt that Dhoni and Ganguly are the most successful captains ever. If Ganguly had an excellent overseas record while Dhoni’s has been ruined in recent years because the newcomers have failed to replace the seniors who faded away one way or the other, he has the best home record in Tests, has won all the ICC trophies and taken the team to the number one position in Test rankings for the first time ever. There are many more, which will extend the debate even further.
Que: Is the book a good read for those who are not familiar with cricket vocabulary?
Mr. Biswadeep Ghosh: Of course. Even those with a passing interest in cricket - by that I mean, elementary knowledge of the game - can enjoy it since it is jargon-free, and like I said earlier, written in very easy English. If the average reader didn’t understand what the book was all about, the purpose of writing it would have been defeated.
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Alan Gross suspends his hunger strike
His announcement today:
Alan Gross Suspends Hunger Strike at his Mother’s Urging, Announces There Will Be Further Protests to Come
From prison in Havana, Alan Gross spoke to his attorney, Scott Gilbert, and declared that he is suspending his fast as of today. He dictated the following statement to Gilbert:
“My protest fast is suspended as of today, although there will be further protests to come. There will be no cause for further intense protest when both governments show more concern for human beings and less malice and derision toward each other.”
Gross’s family and friends have been very concerned about his health and have asked him to end his fast. Gross explained to Gilbert that he is suspending his fast today because his mother asked him to stop. She will be 92 years old on April 15, the first day of Passover.
Gross has been imprisoned in Cuba for four years and four months. He has asked President Obama to personally intervene to help bring him home.
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Wanna guess what’s common between Aamir Khan and Mahesh Babu?
On acting fronts and stardom rank both, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan and South superstar Mahesh Babu are at par, but there is one more thing that the two mega stars share. Any guess? Well both are golden hearted and benevolent.
A picture of this can be gauged from the fact that ever since Mahesh Babu’s latest Telugu hit film SRIMANTHUDU won rave reviews, particularly, film buffs going gaga over Mahesh Babu’s sensitive portrayal of a youth going all out to solve the tribulations of a village, Mahesh Babu has been overwhelmed by his fan’s adore.
In fact the emotional content of the movie has moved Mahesh Babu so much that he has pledged to adopt a village and in reality become a savior as he did in the film SRIMANTHUDU.
According to latest news Mahesh Babu, who had earlier expressed his wish to adopt a village has finalized to adopt two backward villages called Chinthalakunta village of Gattu mandal in Mahbubnagar in Telangana and Burripalem in Guntur of Andra Pradesh (AP).
According to sources Mahesh Babu will be visiting Chinthalakunta village on August 29 along with IT and Panchayat Raj minister KT Rama Rao.
Reports suggests Mahesh Babu has adopted these villages as per Telangana Chief Minister KCR initiated 'Grama Jyothi' Programme and AP CM Chandrababu Naidu initiated 'Smart Village' programme.
Like Mahesh Babu, Aamir Khan too has come forward to help the villagers of Maharashtra, who facing a hard time due lack of water. Reports claims a total of 6,202 villages in six districts are drought-affected.
Hence to help the drought-affected farmers of Maharashtra, Aamir Khan has donated Rs 11 lakh to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ rural water conservation programme, Jalayukta Shivaar Abhiyaan.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’ has applauded Aamir Khan’s support. In a statement CM said, “I appreciate Mr Khan's support to the mission which will help us mitigate drought situation in affected areas. His gesture will go a long way and encourage resourceful people and institutes to contribute to our sincere cause,”
Besides helping monetarily it’s reported Aamir Khan has also promised to create a lot of public awareness for the water conservation mission.
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Feon Ang - Director, Talent Solutions, APAC - LinkedIn
Feon is Director of LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions business, responsible for helping clients to engage and retain top talents across APAC.
She joined LinkedIn in January 2013, and oversees a sales organization and go-to-market strategy in the diverse set of geographies in her coverage. A seasoned business leader, Feon is particularly interested in nurturing talents, and takes an active interest in building high performance sales teams and empowering her teams to deliver outstanding results.
Prior to joining LinkedIn, Feon spent more than 13 years at Gartner in various leadership roles, where she was most recently its regional vice-president overseeing relationships with strategic client accounts across the Asia Pacific region.
Feon holds a Bachelor degree (Business) from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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Speech title: Leading with your own voice
Synopsis: Feon Ang, Director of LinkedIn Talent Solutions Asia, will highlight her experiences in finding and defining your authentic voice at the table. Her unconventional approach to leadership begins with owning who you are, before you can begin to lead others. She will share her learnings on how to optimize the intersection between confidence and vulnerability needed to lead yourself and your team towards success. From her eight years in senior management, Feon has been widely recognised across her industries as a best-practice leader, with accolades including the global “Leadership” award from LinkedIn, the top Regional Vice President globally and top Global Behaviourial Award at Gartner. Feon attributes her success to an introspective leadership style, which takes care to place humility and authenticity as cornerstones of her actions and decisions.
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Time: 4pm – 6pm
Venue: RC-LT-B Live at INTI Nilai
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Danville Middle Schools
Middle school students in Danville, CA also have the prime choice of schools and varying types of curriculum close to home. Similarly to the elementary school campuses in the town, Danville’s middle schools offer variety and scholastic excellence spread out throughout different neighborhoods to serve the residents.
With three public middle schools and three distinctly different private middle school options as well, parents in Danville have their choice when it comes to their preteen and teen aged students. Well regarded throughout the Bay Area and Northern California, Danville’s schools are the envy of many neighboring communities and the educational opportunities available to students residing in Danville are still a major draw for home buyers and families.
Danville’s there public middle schools are intentionally situated in different neighborhoods and offer students a home base for their educational pursuits that is within the bounds of their home neighborhoods. These public schools offer them the opportunity to continue their schooling with many of the same students that they attended elementary school with and foster the sense of community that is [prevalent throughout life in Danville. The middle school system also provides park and recreational space for the community during non-school hours and provides yet further public spaces in the neighborhoods on Danville for children and their families to enjoy.
The three private middle schools in Danville each offer excellent scholastic and educational programs while also allowing parents and students access to alternative and faith-based education as well. St. Isidore School is the Roman Catholic private elementary and middle school serving Danville and offers unparalleled education with a Roman Catholic foundation for its students and their families. Similarly, the San Ramon Valley Christian Academy provides a Christian base for its students while also providing superior academic foundations in all subjects. Danville’s Athenian School provides a unique immersive learning experience to its middle school students and has a long history of academic excellence.
Parents in Danville have long been pleased and proud of the educational opportunities for their middle school aged children, and finding the perfect fit among the variety of middle school options is made simple.
Danville Middle Schools:
Charlotte Wood Middle School
600 El Capitan Drive, Danville, CA
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Los Cerros Middle School
968 Blemer Road, Danville, CA
http://www.lcms.srvusd.k12.ca.us/
Diablo Vista Middle School
4100 Camino Tassajara, Danville, CA
http://www.dvms.srvusd.k12.ca.us/
The Athenian School (Private)
2100 Mt. Diablo Scenic Boulevard, Danville, CA
http://www.athenian.org/
San Ramon Valley Christian Academy (Private)
220 W. El Pintado Road, Danville, CA
www.srvca.org
St. Isidore School (Private)
435 La Gonda Way, Danville, CA
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The Athenian School
2100 Mt Dablo Scenic Blvd Danville, CA 94506
968 Blemer Rd Danville, CA 94526
San Ramon Valley Christian Academy
220 West El Pintado Danville, CA 94526
St. Isidore School
435 La Gonda Way Danville, CA 94526
600 El Capitan Drive Danville, CA 94526
4100 Camino Tassajara Danville, CA 94506
Stone Valley Middle School
3001 Miranda Avenue Alamo, CA 94507
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Liberation news service (New York, New York) (January-April 1973)
it evolves. Days after fields have been sprayed with
Parathion, they can have dangerous residues of Paraxon which may catch the farmworker completely unaware.
The use of organophosphates has increased rapidly in the last few years, particularly with the
banning of DDT and the restricted use of similar
pesticides like Aldrin and Dieldrin. These pesticides, called chlorinated hydrocarbons, are; relatively safe to the touch» But they last for years
in the environment and scientists have shown a connection between their use and the incidence of cancer, and birth defects in animals and human beings.
Yet chlorinated hydrocarbons are far from being
banned and the use of organophosphates has increased
staggeringly. In less than 20 years, the production
of chemical pesticides has increased from a few
million pounds to nearly one billion annually.
The industry, dominated by large corporations
like Shell Oil, The Chevron Oil Co., and Union Carbide, has done a very good job promoting their products, but with little care for the effects these
lethal chemicals have on the farmworkers who must
work with them, the consumer who might eat contaminated produce, and the environment which must support
all life.
The state and federal agencies charged with
pesticide control and safety have been equally as
unconcerned with safety. For example, in the spring
of 1970,over 20 children became violently ill with
nausea and stomach cramps when their elementary
school in Phoenix, Arizona, was doused by the spray
of a lethal pesticide drifting from a nearby sugar-
beet field, The spray contained the organophosphate
Thimet, the second most toxic of all pesticides in
common use.
When the crop duster made his run, the wind
was blowing about 10 miles per hour from the direction of the field toward the school. The stench from
the spray lingered in its hallways for several days.
At first, Robert Rayburn, administrator of the
state pest control applicators board, a regulatory
body responsible for pesticide safety, maintained
that none of the chemical had drifted from the
sugar beet field to the school. When he was confronted with the sick children, he remained unconcerned:
"This is one of the hazards of living next to
a field which must be sprayed to save crops. People
should learn not to build houses next to fields in
these areas."
What is remarkable about this incident is not
only the insensitivity of the state pest control
official, but that a grower can spray his field with
a pesticide as toxic as Thimet on a windy day a
few hundred yards from an elementary school and
break no law.
There are some federal standards on the books,
but they are rarely enforced» Farmworkers coming in
contact with pesticides often have no place to wash
their hands, «recently sprayed fields are not marked,
waiting periods after spraying are not observed,
medical care is not available.
But while violations of these federal standards
threaten the health of farmworkers, the Department
of Agriculture (USDA) continues to deliver huge agri-
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cultural subsidies to growers who regularly ignore
For instance, on July 27, 1970, California
Rural Legal Assistance unsuccessfully petitioned
USDA to cut off payments to 30 agricultural growers
who received subsidies of $7.1 million in 1969
while violating these laws.
"It's astounding," said worker-safety advocate
Jerome Gordon before a Senate Subcommittee on Migratory Labor hearing in August of 1969, "to compare the USDA spending of over $180 million on
pesticide-related research, while allocating less
than $160,000 annually for pesticide safety and
not including farmworkers in any of the [research]
programs."
Without a doubt, farmworkers are the most directly harmed by the use of lethal pesticides. Each
year, chemical pesticides in the United States are
responsible for thousands of cases of disability .
and death. Yet most cases are never even reported.
California is the only state that makes any real
effort to record pesticide-related injuries.
The California Human Relations Agency of the
Department of Public Health, issued a comprehensive
report in December of 1969 on the dangers of pesticides to farmworkers. The report stated that 150
of every 1000 California farmworkers are adversely
affected, including serious illness and death,
by the uncontrolled use of pesticides.
The report also concluded that even these figures did not begin to reflect the true magnitude
of the problem»
"Almost every farmworker I have spoken to,"
explained T. Michael Foster of the South Florida
Migrant Legal Services Program, "has been sprayed
or covered with chemicals while working in the
fields, Some have become ill themselves. Others
know about the unexplained convulsions resulting
in death that follow exposure to the poisons used
in farming."
Take for example the case of a young farmworker
in Florida mentioned in statistics of the U.S.
Dept. of Health, Education, and welfare. He died
after eating a sandwich in the field without washing his hands. The state board of health later attributed the cause of death to Parathion poisoning,
even though the crop he was working in had not been
sprayed for 22 days »
In 1963, ninety-four California peach harvesters were poisoned by Parathion residues on the
foliage of the orchards in which they worked. "When
you talk about farmworkers being poisoned, you're
often talking about 40, 50 or 100 people at a
time," said Dolores Fuertes, vice-president of the
United Farmworkers (UFW) . "Once I was taking a c^ .**:• _
couple from Long Island out to see a labor camp
in Delano, and they got sprayed—in their car!
This dumb guy was flying by and he saw the car and
kept right on spraying. And the car was all full —
of poison. In Delano, you can see the pesticide
rolling in like fog."
Children are also the victims of pestigide
poisoning. In fact, testimony before a House subcommittee in 1969 revealed that of the 5000 reports
of poisoning by pesticides received annually by
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Full text it evolves. Days after fields have been sprayed with Parathion, they can have dangerous residues of Paraxon which may catch the farmworker completely unaware. The use of organophosphates has increased rapidly in the last few years, particularly with the banning of DDT and the restricted use of similar pesticides like Aldrin and Dieldrin. These pesticides, called chlorinated hydrocarbons, are; relatively safe to the touch» But they last for years in the environment and scientists have shown a connection between their use and the incidence of cancer, and birth defects in animals and human beings. Yet chlorinated hydrocarbons are far from being banned and the use of organophosphates has increased staggeringly. In less than 20 years, the production of chemical pesticides has increased from a few million pounds to nearly one billion annually. The industry, dominated by large corporations like Shell Oil, The Chevron Oil Co., and Union Carbide, has done a very good job promoting their products, but with little care for the effects these lethal chemicals have on the farmworkers who must work with them, the consumer who might eat contaminated produce, and the environment which must support all life. The state and federal agencies charged with pesticide control and safety have been equally as unconcerned with safety. For example, in the spring of 1970,over 20 children became violently ill with nausea and stomach cramps when their elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona, was doused by the spray of a lethal pesticide drifting from a nearby sugar- beet field, The spray contained the organophosphate Thimet, the second most toxic of all pesticides in common use. When the crop duster made his run, the wind was blowing about 10 miles per hour from the direction of the field toward the school. The stench from the spray lingered in its hallways for several days. At first, Robert Rayburn, administrator of the state pest control applicators board, a regulatory body responsible for pesticide safety, maintained that none of the chemical had drifted from the sugar beet field to the school. When he was confronted with the sick children, he remained unconcerned: "This is one of the hazards of living next to a field which must be sprayed to save crops. People should learn not to build houses next to fields in these areas." What is remarkable about this incident is not only the insensitivity of the state pest control official, but that a grower can spray his field with a pesticide as toxic as Thimet on a windy day a few hundred yards from an elementary school and break no law. There are some federal standards on the books, but they are rarely enforced» Farmworkers coming in contact with pesticides often have no place to wash their hands, «recently sprayed fields are not marked, waiting periods after spraying are not observed, medical care is not available. But while violations of these federal standards threaten the health of farmworkers, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) continues to deliver huge agri- Pag
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Purslane as a living mulch in broccoli production
D.R. Ellis, K. Guillard, R.G. Adams
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2009, pp. 50-59
Many of the characteristics of common purslane that describe this species as a “weed” are also desirable traits for a living mulch. Common purslane was investigated as a living mulch in spring broccoli production in Connecticut and was compared with mechanical and chemical weed control, as well as black plastic mulch. Common purslane seed was broadcast prior to transplanting broccoli in late May 1993 and in early June 1994. Broccoli yields with the purslane living mulch were comparable to yields with conventional methods of weed management and with no reduction in crop quality. Common purslane living mulch was able to effectively compete with weeds in broccoli when between-row areas were kept relatively weed-free by hoeing or hand pulling during the first 2 weeks after broccoli transplanting. High levels of weed control and ground cover occurred when purslane became established between crop rows. Broccoli plants were tolerant of purslane living mulch and weeds up to a critical threshold level without a significant reduction in yield. Purslane living mulch established through periodic mechanical weed management was determined to be the most economical treatment in the study. While including purslane living mulch in a spring broccoli crop production system may be a novel approach to controlling weeds, the strategies involved in this system still rely on basic weed management principles.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2009, p. 59
An assessment of reduced herbicide and fertilizer inputs on cereal grain yield and weed growth
F.C. Stevenson, A.M. Johnston, S.A. Brandt, L. Townley-Smith
Although crop production and weed growth could change if herbicides and fertilizer inputs were reduced, the short-term impact in an annual cropping system in the Northern Great Plains is not well understood. Data were collected from 14 sites in Saskatchewan, Canada, to investigate the influence of weed control method (cultural vs. herbicides) and N and P fertilizers on crop yield of fall rye, spring wheat, and barley, and the presence and number of weed species. Cultural weed control included 25% greater crop seeding rate, preseeding tillage closer to the time of seeding, and fertilizer N banding in closer proximity to the seed. Four weed species (wild oat, lambsquarters, wild buckwheat, and field penny cress) occurred more frequently in plots with cultural weed control compared with herbicide weed control for all cereal crops. However, straw and grain yields of all crops were unaffected by weed control method at all sites. The addition of fertilizer had a major impact on crop growth and some weed species. Green foxtail occurred more often in unfertilized compared with fertilized plots for all cereal crops. Straw and grain yields of all cereal crops were higher in fertilized compared with unfertilized plots. Crop yield response to fertilizer inputs was not consistent among sites for the three cereal crops. Producers making drastic reductions in fertilizer inputs may experience reductions in crop yields because of limited nutrient levels. However, the results indicate that herbicide inputs could be reduced or eliminated periodically with no short-term yield loss in cereal cropping systems.
Studies of the preceding crop effect of ley in ecological agriculture
Artur Granstedt, Gärd L-Baeckström
Two field experiments were conducted from 1991 to 1996 on clay soils in central Sweden to provide information for improving soil fertility, minimizing N leaching, and increasing the benefits of ley to subsequent crops in organic farming. The results show that it is possible to calculate the amount of N mineralized during the 2-year period following incorporation of ley-crop residues, based on the proportion of incorporated organic matter stabilized in the more resistant humus fractions (i.e., the humification coefficient, calculated to be 35–40%), C:N ratios of the ley biomass, and ley age (humification appears to be higher in older crop residues). The fractions of potentially mineralizable N that are actually mineralized in the first and second years after ley incorporation vary depending on ley age and botanical composition and climatic conditions.
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Performance of reduced-tillage cropping systems for sustainable grain production in Maryland
J.R. Teasdale, R.C. Rosecrance, C.B. Coffman, J.L. Starr, I.C. Paltineanu, Y.C. Lu, B.K. Watkins
Sustainable production systems are needed to maintain soil resources and reduce environmental contamination on erodible lands that are incompatible with tillage-intensive operations. A long-term cropping systems comparison was established at Beltsville, Maryland, on a site with 2 to 15% slope to evaluate the efficacy of sustainable strategies compatible with reduced-tillage systems. All systems followed a 2-year rotation of corn the first year and winter wheat followed by soybean the second year. Treatments included (1) no-tillage system with recommended fertilizer and herbicide inputs, (2) crownvetch living mulch system with similar inputs to the no-tillage system, (3) cover crop system including a hairy vetch cover crop before corn and a wheat cover crop before soybean with reduced fertilizer and herbicide inputs, and (4) manure system including crimson clover green manure plus cow manure for nutrient sources, chisel plow/disk for incorporating manure, and rotary hoe plus cultivation for weed control. Results from the initial 4 years demonstrated the relative productivity of these systems. Corn yields were similar in the no-tillage and cover crop systems in each year; both systems averaged 7.8 Mg ha-1 compared to 5.7 Mg ha-1 in both the crownvetch and manure systems. Wheat yields were highest in the manure system in the first 2 years and in the crownvetch system in the last 2 years. Soybean yields were highest in the cover crop system in all years. The manure system usually had lower yields than the highest yielding systems, partly because of competition from uncontrolled weeds. Several measures of the efficiency of grain production were evaluated. The no-tillage system produced the most grain per total vegetative biomass throughout the rotation. The cover crop system produced the most grain per unit of external nitrogen input and, along with the no-tillage system, had the highest corn water-use efficiency. The cover crop system also recycled the most vegetative residues and nutrients of all systems. No single system performed best according to all measures of comparison, suggesting that trade-offs will be required when choosing production systems.
Factors influencing resident attitudes regarding the land application of biosolids
Bruce E. Lindsay, Haojiang Zhou, John M. Halstead
Residential household owners were surveyed in two different New Hampshire communities that varied in terms of population size, degree of rurality, and per capita income, each with no activities in land application of biosolids. Logit models were developed and logistic regression analyses were carried out for each community. The empirical results suggest that the perception by residents of the potential economic benefits and negative impacts from land application of biosolids can be very influential in achieving public acceptance. From a policymaker's viewpoint, this suggests the need for sound educational programs that explicitly describe the economic benefits, negative impacts, and potential risks that typically occur with land application of biosolids. Supportive studies are needed to complement the educational programs. These measures will allow residents to weigh the relative benefits and costs to determine their positions on this approach to management of biosolids and to discount emotional judgements and misinformation. The media needs to ensure that newspaper, magazine, and television reports are accurate and taken from reliable sources. Survey results suggest that the less volume of information presented by the media, the more supportive residents are of land application. Therefore, with such sensitivity by respondents to quantity of information, it is imperative that media outlets place high priority on the quality and accuracy of materials presented. Socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents did not influence attitudes toward acceptance or rejection of biosolids application, thus eliminating the difficulty that social stratification could cause in achieving acceptance.
Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture. By Stephen R. Gliessman. 1998. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. xxi + 357 p. $54.95, ISBN 1-57504-043-3, hardcover.
John C. Mayne
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Sacred Heart nurses closer to striking after another failed negotiation
Negotiations between unionized nurses and Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center will continue after the two parties failed to reach an overall agreement on a new contract during federally mediated negotiation sessions that ended Friday.
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In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
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Reducing Alcohol Harm
Alcohol misuse across Cheshire and Merseyside (C&M) costs around £994 million each year (£412 per head of population). Of these costs, only £218 million are direct costs to the NHS. Harm from alcohol, therefore, remains a significant issue. The C&M Directors of Public Health have identified licensing as an area where there is an opportunity to take action on a larger footprint that would complement local alcohol strategy work.
The Chief Executive Officers and Leaders of the nine local authorities in Cheshire & Merseyside have agreed to find common approaches to reducing harm from alcohol through licensing in the following:
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The elected member champion for Minimum Unit Pricing (MUP) is Cllr Maureen McLaughlin (Warrington Borough Council).
A steering group supports the work and comprises of colleagues from a range of disciplines from across member local authorities including Licensing, Environmental Health, Legal, Trading Standards as well as Public Health. Representatives from local Police also support the steering group's work.
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Israel pulls forces from Gaza, truce begins
An Israeli tank manoeuvres outside the northern Gaza Strip after crossing into Israel from Gaza July 31, 2014. (Reuters)
By Staff Writer Al Arabiya News Tuesday, 5 August 2014
Israel withdrew ground forces from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and started a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas as a first step toward negotiations on a more enduring end to the month-old war, Reuters news agency reported.
However, minutes before the truce began at 8 a.m. (0500 GMT), Hamas launched a salvo of rockets, calling them revenge for Israel's "massacres," the agency said. Israel's anti-missile system shot down one rocket over Jerusalem, Reuters quoted police as saying. Another hit a house in a town near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. There were no casualties.
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Israeli armor and infantry left Gaza ahead of the truce, with Reuters quoting a military spokesman as saying that their main goal of destroying cross-border infiltration tunnels dug by Islamist militants had been completed. "Mission accomplished," the military tweeted.
Troops and tanks will be "redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip and we will maintain those defensive positions,” spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner said, reflecting Israeli readiness to resume fighting if attacked.
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Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for the Islamist Hamas faction that rules Gaza, said Israel's offensive in the densely populated, coastal enclave was a "100 percent failure.”
Israel sent officials to join talks in Cairo to cement a longer-term deal during the course of the truce. Hamas and Islamic Jihad also dispatched representatives from Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his decision-making security cabinet to discuss the aftermath of the fighting, officials said.
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Several previous truce attempts by Egypt and other regional powers, overseen by the United States and United Nations, failed to calm the worst Israeli-Palestinian fighting in two years.
An Israeli official said that in the hour before the ceasefire came into effect, the civilian airspace over Tel Aviv was closed as a precaution against Gaza rockets, delaying takeoffs and landings at Ben-Gurion Airport.
Gaza officials say the war has killed 1,867 Palestinians, most of them civilians. Israel says 64 of its soldiers and three civilians have been killed since fighting began on July 8, after a surge in Palestinian rocket launches.
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China to Build Hundreds More Polluting Incinerators on East Coast
By Park Eun-ho
Toxic haze from China is worsening amid Chinese plans to build hundreds of more garbage incinerators along the east coast, where the deathly fine dust particles will be safely carried abroad by the wind, possibly to Korea.
Korea has been blanketed by toxic haze since last weekend, which is forecast to continue.
The eastern coastal region of China has a massive concentration of factories and coal-fired power plants, and Beijing is building or authorizing waste incinerators in Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, which are close to Korea.
According to data submitted to the Environment Ministry by Ajou University professor Kim Soon-tae, China's waste incineration volume soared from 80 million tons in 2005 to 180 million tons in 2015.
Due to population growth and a shortage of landfills, the Chinese government plans to double the capacity of trash incineration in 2020. According to Kim, in addition to 244 existing incinerators, 121 more are currently being built, while another 106 are earmarked for construction.
This will make the ultrafine dust flying into Korea even worse. The number of days that the government issued ultrafine dust warnings rose from just one in 2013 to 10 last year and already to 13 so far this year.
Seoul is doing very little to deal with the problem. "As China develops economically, it is shifting from burying trash to incinerating it, but there is no way of concluding that the incinerators are all being built along its east coast," a government official claimed.
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“Whither Chinese Agriculture?”-- An Introduction
author Philip C. C. Huang publish ： 2017/9/25 0:00:00 hits ： 2995
Philip C. C. Huang
Law School, Renmin University of China
History, University of California, Los Angeles
huang@history.ucla.edu
“中国农业往哪里去？”——导论
黄宗智
This article attempts to provide a broad overview response to the question: Whence and whither Chinese agriculture? The point of departure is a summary and discussion of the ten articles of this symposium, five empirical and theoretical discussions from economic historians, two from scholars doing solid and illuminating research on the “new agriculture,” and finally three that explore the issue of what road Chinese agriculture should adopt for the future. The article places the agricultural and rural history of the People’s Republic into the broad perspective of changes since the eighteenth century. It distinguishes between cooperativization, collectivization, and the people’s communes, and between the open-field “old” grain agriculture and the high-value-added “new agriculture.” It examines the differences between the New World’s “lots of land and few people” and the East Asian “lots of people and little land” agricultures, and the former’s land-and-capital-dual-intensifying and the latter’s labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying paths of modern change. From that perspective, it examines the successes and failures of the people’s communes vs. cooperativization–collectivization, of dragon-head enterprises vs. small peasants, and of the American specialty co-ops vs. the East Asian integrated co-ops.
cooperativization vs. collectivization vs. the people’s communes, open-field “old” agriculture vs. high value-added “new agriculture,” New World American model vs. the East Asian model of agricultural modernization, land-and-capital-dual intensifying agriculture vs. labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying agriculture, specialty co-ops vs. East Asian integrated co-ops
本文试图对中国的农业从哪里来、到哪里去的问题做一个总体性的讨论。文章从对本专辑的十篇论文的总结和讨论出发。首先是五篇经验和理论探索的经济史论文，而后是两篇扎实和充满阐释性的关于近三十多年来兴起的“新农业”的研究，最后是三篇关于当前的农业与农村发展道路的探索。文章从18世纪以来的社会经济史视角来检视人民共和国农业发展的历史，区别合作化、集体化、人民公社化，以及“旧”大田（谷物）农业与高附加值“新农业”。文章论述地多人少的“新大陆”农业与人多地少的东亚农业，区别前者的土地与资本双密集化和后者的劳动与资本双密集化的不同现代演变道路，据此来检视人民公社VS、合作化-集体化，“龙头企业”VS. 小农经济，以及美国“专业合作社” VS.东亚综合农协模式的得失。
关键词：合作化VS. 集体化VS.人民公社化、大田旧农业VS.新高值农业、新大陆美国模式VS.东亚模式、土地与资本双密集化VS.劳动与资本双密集化、专业合作社VS.东亚综合农协
This introduction will attempt to summarize, discuss, and place the articles of our symposium into a larger social-economic history framework, beginning with five articles that look at the history and theory of Chinese agriculture, then two solid and illustrative examples of the “new agriculture” of the past thirty-five years and, finally, three articles that consider the different developmental paths for Chinese agriculture in the future.
It is a distinctive feature of this symposium that we have gathered together some of the best economic historians in our field to bring their perspectives to bear on our question of “Whither Chinese agriculture?”
Xiaolu Wang and Sidong Jiang (Wang and Jiang, 2017) lay out, first of all, a broad historical overview of grain production since 1949, mainly in terms of total output by weight of “staple foodcrops” 粮食, a statistical category that includes grain-substitutes such as beans and potatoes (to be distinguished from just foodgrains 谷物). Economic historians working on the Ming-Qing and Republican periods generally have to rely on fragmented output data in conjunction with population data and postulates about probable per capita consumption to arrive at gross output figures, which are then put together with the more complete data from the contemporary period (e.g., Perkins, 1969). For the post-1949 period, however, there are fairly systematic data on actual output by weight of foodgrains and/or staple foodcrops. Wang and Jiang in their narrative summary consider a broad range of factors, and arrive at conclusions that are generally judicious and to the point, with which most of us would agree.
But on one important point, they show a significant difference from some of our other articles. They spotlight in their narrative and analysis especially the differences and contrasts between collective agriculture and family farming, suggesting (as most mainstream scholars have) that incentives were the crucial problem: inadequate incentives in collective agriculture, but stronger incentives in family farming. According to them, the Reform era has seen great improvements in that regard. This is a question we will return to.
But, they also go on to point out, that path has finite limits. After the initial 1978–1985 period, the effects of the superior incentives (and, we should add, higher purchase prices set by the state) were pretty much exhausted, and thereafter much came to depend on the relative prices of inputs vs. (state) purchase prices of grain. Where grain prices lagged behind input prices, production suffered. With appropriate adjustments, production advanced again. However, in recent years, the finite limits of grain output growth are evident, with rapidly diminishing returns to additional inputs, and future developments will need to look to higher-value products and new institutional forms.
The path of big American-style capitalist farms (including family enterprises), on the order of thousands of mu or more, favored under current policies, they suggest, might not be the correct way. China, even if its urbanization rate were to increase from the present 56 percent to 78 percent, would still have a farming population of 160 million, with an average of just 12 mu of farmland per person, or 7 acres or so per household. The East Asian experience, especially the community-based integrated co-ops of Japan-Korea-Taiwan, on the scale of just dozens of mu per farm as in China, is the more suitable approach than the American or European models. We will return to some of these views on co-ops later in the last part of this introduction.
Yuan Gao’s article (Gao, 2017) argues for a significant modification of Wang–Jiang’s analysis on the relative merits of individualized vs. cooperative vs. collective farming. Gao’s article points first to a major distinction between the 1950s period and the 1963–1978 period in the role played by the state, most especially with regard to the relationship between industry and agriculture. The former period was characterized mainly by state extractions from agriculture for industrial development, with very little contribution from industry to agriculture; in the latter period, however, industry made significant contributions to agriculture. The difference was a great increase in state investments in industries that supported agriculture—from a measly 2.9 percent of total industrial investment (in the period 1953–1957) to 9 percent by (1963–1965) and after, a change reflected most especially in the increasing supply of chemical fertilizers in the years after 1962, something also supported by Wang–Jiang’s narrative and data.
Further, from the point of view of institutions, Gao Yuan differentiates between co-ops (including mutual aid) and relatively small- and medium-sized co-ops/collectives (1955–1957), and both of those from the extremes of the Great Leap Forward (1958–1961), showing that under the co-ops and smaller-medium sized collectives of the former period, down through 1957, agricultural production continued to advance, despite the lack of state investments and inputs from industry. Sharp declines were mainly in the Great Leap Forward years of 1958/59–1961. The post Great Leap 1962–1978 period, by contrast, saw a relatively stable institutional arrangement under the “three-levels of ownership system” (production team, brigade, and commune), based on small production teams averaging about thirty households each.Those teams were linked closely to direct peasant interests both in production and in distribution and, augmented with increased chemical fertilizer, led to a fairly impressive record of advances, not to be dismissed along with the Great Leap Forward simply as unproductive collectives lacking in incentives.
The fundamental issue, in other words, is not simply a question of collective vs. individualized farming, but rather of industry-agriculture relations as well as whether genuine peasant interests were served by the different institutional forms. Small-scale mutual aid, co-ops, or collectives that helped peasants who suffered from inadequate factors of production (whether land or labor, farm implements, or farm animals) helped advance production significantly, as they did down to 1957 and then again from 1962 to 1978. (That was also the true legacy of co-ops in the revolutionary base areas. Of course, as Gao Yuan points out, that was also true of the Land Reform of 1949–1952.) In economics jargon, it was about overcoming “distortions of inputs allocation” or “input mismatch”—a way to improve farming under involuted, preindustrial conditions (Gao, 2017). They need to be distinguished from over-sized communes imposed from above and detached from peasant interests, such as those under the Great Leap Forward.
Gang Lin’s article (Lin, 2017) provides important earlier historical background for Gao Yuan’s emphasis on industry-agriculture relations. Lin shows convincingly that the coming of machine-spun yarn in the early twentieth century, which came to replace traditional handspun yarn to a great extent, was not just, as is commonly argued, simply a disruption and destruction of that old rural handicraft industry, but ratheralso a powerful stimulus for the development of new forms of rural production, most especially the production of native cloth. That development was accompanied by the invention and spread of the new iron-wheeled looms that came to dominate native cloth production in major centers like Baodi and Gaoyang in Hebei and Weixian in Shandong. Machine-spun yarn provided the impetus also for related industrial development, of new yarn spinning factories (e.g., Dasheng Yarn Factory 大生纱厂, the earliest and most successful Chinese yarn factory) throughout the Yangzi Delta area, which in turn brought developments of new ginning and spinning machinery, new knitting machines (for producing towels and socks), and also a range of modern farming and processing machinery. Those new yarn factories became the largest and most important part of China’s modern textile industry, indeed of all modern Chinese industries. They were also major users of electrical power and iron and steel, which helped to stimulate development in those sectors as well.
From the above empirical basis,Lin emphasizes the critical importance of a mutually stimulative relationship between industry and agriculture, each promoting development in the other, to be distinguished from isolated changes in just one or another (e.g., machine-polished wheat flour, mainly for urban consumption, or machineweaving of cloth, also largely limited to urban consumption). Due to the central importance of the small peasant economy to all of Chinese history, indeed Chinese civilization itself, and due to the fact that China historically had to be largely self-sufficient (largely land-bound, without the kinds of access to international trade comparable to, say, the Mediterranean countries), rural-urban relations were central to the entire issue of Chinese development: there can be no developed China without a developed Chinese countryside, as Lin Gang argues passionately and convincingly.
We might note, in addition, that premodern Chinese rural-urban trade was mainly unidirectional, with the countryside supplying the cities with grain and other agricultural products, plus luxury items (like fine yarn and cloth, and silk), with very little flow of goods in the reverse direction, this to be distinguished from what Adam Smith observed in the way of spiraling two-way rural-urban trade in eighteenth-century England. Urban-rural relations were more extractive than mutually stimulative, the neoliberal abstraction of a universally applicable model of the purely competitive and integrated market notwithstanding. (For a more detailed discussion, see Huang, 2016a: esp. 134–47.) Agricultural development, in other words, is no mere matter of just free markets cum private property rights driving the optimal allocation of resources, the theoretical premise of so much of modern Western economic theory.
Lin’s work helps to reinforce Yuan Gao’s emphasis on rural-urban economic relations. Just as machine-spun yarn was an impetus for rural production in the first half of the twentieth century, the provision of chemical fertilizer in the 1960s and 1970s and beyond is a good illustration of the critical importance of mutually stimulative industry-agriculture relations for the development of agriculture and industry (especially the petroleum industry and other related sectors). From the 1990s on, we might add, the big change to come has been in farm machinery (also labor-saving chemicals like weed killers) (see Huang and Gao, 2013; cf. the data in Wang and Jiang, 2017), and also in industrial processing of agricultural products, similarly mutually promoting of development in both agriculture and industry.
The biggest example of such mutually stimulative development, perhaps, has been the general rise in incomes in China over the last three decades as a result of rapid economic development, which has altered Chinese food consumption patterns from the old 8:1:1 ratio of food-grains:vegetables:meats, toward a 4:3:3 pattern, typical of the developed East Asian economies (Japan, Korea, Taiwan), and of the Chinese urban middle classes (and increasingly also of other urban groups and of the rural people) today. That, in turn, has profoundly restructured Chinese agriculture, from predominantly grain to more and more higher-value products of (higher end) vegetables-fruits and meat-poultry-fish, what I have termed the “new agriculture” (Huang Zongzhi and Peng, 2007; see also Huang Zongzhi, 2010, 2014a: 3; Huang, 2016c).
Aimin Guo’s article (Guo, 2017) adds the perspective, as well as the method and data, focused on labor productivity in agriculture. Rising labor productivity, after all, is the final determinant of the income level and standard of living of people, the truly crucial meaning of “modernization.” Guo employs the method of measuring the number of nonagricultural people an agricultural labor unit supports as the key indicator of labor productivity. He does so, first, by converting the output of different kinds of staple food crops to a single measure of caloric equivalents. He also separates out rural population figures from agricultural labor units and then, for the later period (as more and more rural people came to be employed in occupations other than farming), nonagricultural pursuits from agricultural employment. Further, he takes into account changing consumption patterns in the countryside, including increases at first in the per capita consumption of staple food crops as production went up, and then, later, declining consumption per capita of such crops as consumption of meats (fish and poultry), vegetables and fruits, and milk and eggs went up. All these data are handled with care and rigor. Finally, with the above figures, he is able to provide convincing quantitative evidence (as well as recent qualitative evidence from field research in Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin—where, for example, corn has come to be used almost entirely as animal feed, no longer consumed by humans) to contrast the earlier and later periods in terms of advancing productivity per agricultural labor unit, of how many people each agricultural labor unit is able to support, in grain. That forms the core of his understanding of agricultural modernization.
Guo’s figures demonstrate convincingly that the major advances have come in this regard in China from the 1990s on. That finding, we might note, is of course consistent with the increased use of labor-saving mechanical power, especially in grain production. By contrast, the advances in the earlier period, relying mainly on chemical fertilizers, improved land productivity more than labor productivity.
As might be expected, such figures demonstrate striking contrasts between New World farming characterized by “lots of land and few people” in terms of resource endowment, and hence reliance mainly on machinery to save labor in its agricultural modernization, and China’s of “lots of people and little land” resource endowment, with much more reliance on land-productivity-enhancing chemical fertilizers than on labor-productivity-enhancing mechanical power, a contrast that persists even today (Huang, 2014: esp. 191–97). According to Guo’s figures, in 2010, for example, each farm person in the U.S. supported no fewer than 873 people in grain, compared to just 10 in China (Guo, 2017: tables6 and 12).
Guo’s article attempts also to take into account distortions of his measurements as a result of massive importations of grain in the cases of Japan and Korea. We should point out here that import dependence for grain is often misunderstood as problems or mistakes, seen through the lens of China’s own long-standing concern for “grain security,” traceable to repeated subsistence crises since the eighteenth century from population pressures as well as a modern revolutionary history of encirclement and blockades by the enemy 围剿. We need to see that Japan’s and Korea’s high dependence on imported grain during the course of their agricultural modernization actually tells more about a deliberate strategy of trade-offs between more domestic production of higher-value agricultural products, of labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying production of fruits and (higher end) vegetables and meats and fish, in exchange for imports of lower-value and land-intensive grain from abroad. That is a course that China has also embarked upon more and more in recent years, most especially in soybeans (now 80 percent imported), by imports from land-abundant countries like the United States, Brazil, and Argentina. Were China to produce all of its own needs for soybeans today (especially important for animal feed), it would have to place another fifth of its total cultivated land under lower-value soybeans, something simply unthinkable. China does better by using that land for the production of higher-value new agriculture goods for export instead (Huang Zongzhi, 2014c).
A good measure of such differences and their implications is agricultural labor productivity measured in terms of output value, rather than output by weight or calories. Nevertheless, Guo’s article seems to me a worthy and convincing effort to tell about the core differences between Chinese agriculture and WestEuropean and American agriculture. It is most useful for understanding the differences in their preindustrial agricultural economies and their different transitions to a modern agriculture, less so for understanding high-income industrial economies, and still less for what might be termed postindustrial agriculture. For the latter two, “productivity” needs to be measured more in terms of the quality (taste, relative scarcity, health benefits, and so on) of the calories consumed, better measured by output value than merely numbers of calories.
Xiaolin Pei’s article (Pei, 2017) both augments and extends Guo’s line of analysis. What is lacking in many studies of agriculture, Pei points out, is arecognitionof the very great differences between agriculture and industry, between production that confronts a finite natural limit (both in terms of land productivity and in terms of human and human cum animal energy) as opposed to the much greater inflatability of industrial production based on inorganic sources of energy (“mineral-based energy”—especially coal, as per E. Anthony Wrigley, 1988). The failure to grasp that difference leads to multiple misapplications of concepts and theories appropriate only for industrial economy to agricultural economy. Especially important is the failure to appreciate the crucial distinction in resource endowment between China’s “lots of people and little land” and (the New World’s) “lots of land and few people.” Given what Pei emphasizes as the law of the “absolute limits of land productivity,” which imposes finite natural limits on land productivity under each different kind of technology, forcing diminishing returns to increased labor input (borrowing a table from the work of Richard T. Ely, erstwhile president of the American Economic Association to illustrate the concept). In China, land productivity had long since been pushed close to its finite limit (with diminishing productivity past a certain point); in the New World countries, the situation was quite the opposite (see also Huang, 2014).
In particular, Pei challenges the Douglass North (and Ronald Coase) theory that elevates secure private property rights above all other factors as the absolute key—incentive mechanism and ultimate motive force—to all economic development. Such a view, Pei argues, ignores differences between different types and stages of economic history, most especially between preindustrial and industrial development, and land-scarce and land-abundant agriculture. It ignores the sharp differences between agricultural economies that operate with relatively low land productivity, as opposed to those that have pushed land productivity very close to its finite limits. Calling again on Richard T. Ely, Pei argues that in a land-abundant economy, private property rights might arguably enhance the general welfare of society; but in a land-scarce economy, different institutional arrangements are needed. Indeed, the general welfare of society might well depend critically upon limitations of private property rights.
To illustrate further the differences between the two types of agricultural economies, Pei takes English agricultural history as an example. On the basis of the latest and best data on English agricultural history (from Alexander Apostolides et al.), Pei shows how the Black Death (1348–1349) reduced the English population by almost half (46.5 percent), such that population did not recover to the 1300 level until after 1600. That watershed reversed the trend in England before the Black Death toward greater and greater labor intensification in the direction of Chinese agriculture, turning England into a relatively much more land-abundant (relative to population) agricultural economy which, in turn, set the background for the eighteenth-century agricultural revolution to come. In that revolution, intensification of labor input relative to land was augmented and altered by much greater use of animal power (as a result of “enclosures” that made erstwhile common land available for private use, for alternating the growing of animal-feed crops and foodgrains for human consumption, such as in the Norfolk system), setting the stage for greatly enhanced labor productivity. In Aimin Guo’s terms, one agricultural labor household came to be able to support not just its own household but also two non-farm households. Put another away, as E. Anthony Wrigley did, the change was from the agricultural population occupying roughly 70 percent of the total population down to just 36.25 percent (Wrigley, 1985). No such advance was possible in eighteenth-century Chinese agriculture, which had advanced much closer to the finite limits of preindustrial land productivity.
The main lesson of the above articles, perhaps, is that we must not make the mistake of placing too much emphasis on just the organizational, or institutional, dimension of agriculture, to the neglect of fundamental economic conditions, such as land endowment relative to population, relations between industry and agriculture, and the state of technology. Nor make the mistake of dismissing all pre-Reform era advances as misguided mistakes, to the neglect of how group incentives can also operate effectively when they are truly tied to peasant interests. As Yuan Gao’s article points out, the Mao era overemphasis on the organization of production (production relations), to the neglect of population and technology (productive forces), bears certain similarities to the contemporary neoliberal economics belief in the primacy of individualized, private property incentives.The two opposite exaggerations, we might say, had driven one another during the Cold War to ever more ideologized extremes.
We would do well to “historicize” our understanding of agriculture. We might, first of all, think of agricultural development in three different stages: preindustrial agriculture, agriculture using industrial inputs (chemical fertilizers, scientific seed selection, and machinery), and postindustrial agriculture (e.g., organic agriculture). Within those stages, we might further distinguish between land-abundant agriculture and land-scarce agriculture. The former, in the preindustrial era, was characterized by more land use (relative to labor) and generally also more animal power use. The latter, by contrast, used relatively more labor (relative to land). It could reach the point, as in China’s case, of sufficient population-to-land pressure to rule out animal husbandry (because it takes six to seven times more land to support a person on meat, milk, and cheese than it does on grain), to become a “crops-only” type of agriculture, as opposed to a mixed animal husbandry and crops agriculture, as in England (Huang, 2002: esp. 502–8).
Each of the two types, in turn, undergoes “modernization” with the coming of industrial inputs very differently. In the former (e.g., New World land-abundant countries and, to a lesser extent, also England and WestEuropean countries), the dominant pattern of development was land and capital dual intensifying, relying above all on mechanical power (tractors), revealingly measured in terms of horsepower, to expand the scale of farming and raise dramatically labor productivity (as opposed to land productivity), especially in (big open-field) grain farming. China’s pattern, by contrast, has been mainly labor and capital dual intensifying, relying more on chemical fertilizers (raising land productivity more than labor productivity) than mechanical power, exemplified mainly by the growing of high-value vegetables and fruits, and meat-poultry-fish on relatively small farms. That was the pattern in Japan and Korea, and now, also China (and India) (Huang, 2014: esp. 191–99; Huang 2016c; cf. Huang Zongzhi, 2010).
We would do well to keep these different patterns in mind when thinking about the future path of development of Chinese agriculture. Given the resource endowments and historical pattern of Chinese agricultural development, it is simply foolhardy to imagine that China could follow the path of development of American agriculture. Such a policy violates the realities of agricultural history in China, violates the genuinely pertinent history of agricultural development in East Asia’s Japan-Korea-Taiwan, where the engine of development was labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying small-scale agriculture, and not land-and-capital-dual-intensifying large-scale agriculture. China, and East Asia in general, simply do not have the land resource endowment of New World countries. Moreover, if we were to look farther into the future, the postindustrial organic agriculture of the present and future will also be mainly labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying small-scale agriculture.
The New Agriculture
Most of the studies discussed above have not given much attention to the role played by what I have termed the “new agriculture.” Labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying production of higher-value agricultural products like high-end vegetables, fruits, meat-poultry-fish, has expanded geometrically in China in the last thirty-five plus years. Output value of the new agriculture (in constant prices) expanded about 600 percent between 1980 and 2010 (Huang and Gao, 2013: 57–58, tables 9, 10). Sown acreage under vegetables and fruits expanded between 1990 and 2010 from 7 percent to 19 percent of total sown acreage, to account for 27 percent of total output value. Animal products, driven by a 560 percent increase by weight in meat (pork, beef, mutton-lamb) production between 1990 and 2010, have gone from merely 16 percent of total output value in 1990 to 30 percent in 2010. Food-grains 谷物production (not counting grain substitutes like beans and potatoes, as does the broader Chinese term staple foodcrops 粮食), by contrast, while still occupying 56 percent of total sown acreage, has declined in its share of total output value down to just 16 percent (Huang, 2016c: see esp. 346, table 4).
The labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying new agriculture, most of it by relatively small farms of just one to five mu (e.g., tented vegetables, fruit orchards) up to 10 to 30 mu (e.g., crops cum animal husbandry farms), is now really the key aspect of change and development in Chinese agriculture in the past thirty-five plus years in terms of its total output value. But it has been largely ignored until very recent years, because of the habit of mind of many policy makers and scholars, who continue to equate Chinese agriculture with mainly grain production, as I analyze in detail in my article for this symposium(Huang, 2017).
The symposium contains two solidly researched and highly convincing and illustrative examples of the new agriculture. Chang Liu–Shiqing Bao–Danqing Peistudy in depth Xixia 西峡 county (in Henan province), today the national center for shiitake (in Japanese; xianggu in Chinese) mushroom production in China (Liu, Bao, and Pei, 2017). Here scientific technology and industrial products have helped agriculture in almost surprising ways: xianggu mushroom growing used to require considerable use of lumber, imposing heavy pressures on forest resources, but Xixia, led by the local government, has developed the method of raising the mushrooms in elongated tube-like plastic bags in which “waste materials” like sawdust, stalks, and wheat and rice bran are used to grow the mushrooms. Then came a further technological advance: instead of having to use labor to tear those plastic bags, a method was developed whereby a thinner plastic was used for the inner bag, which is pierced by the sprouting mushrooms, thereby greatly saving labor. Before that, a couple could only raise about 3,000–4,000 bags on one mu of land; now a couple can raise 10,000 bags or more, earning a net income of about 2 yuan per bag (depending on market conditions), or about 20,000 yuan per mu per year. These mushrooms, of course, are exemplary of the new agriculture in terms of its high-intensity use of labor as well as capital, and also its low requirements for land.
These technological advances and usage of industrial products have powered a stunning development of xianggu mushroom production. In 1985, China as a whole produced a mere 5,000 tons a year, out of a total world production of 40,000 tons. Today, China alone produces no less than 7.35 million tons of these mushrooms (2014 figure) per year! We have all felt the impact of this mushroom boom directly in the food we consume.
The output value of the mushrooms is high, of course, about twenty times that of grain per mu of land. It is truly illustrative of what is special about the new agriculture: small-scale production using little land (which may also be conceptualized as highly intensive use of the land, with far greater labor and capital input per mu than for grain), producing a high-value product that is not understandable simply by weight or caloric content, but can only be grasped in terms of output value. It is, of course, very highly market-oriented production.
That brings into focus the central problem confronted by the growers. As production and supply expand past a certain point, prices decline. The growers are faced with sometimes violent price swings, often placing them completely at the mercy of big merchants who are able to dominate processing and marketing. It creates the situation of “the vegetable growers lose money, but the buyers pay a high price” 种菜赔，买菜贵, common to almost all of the new agriculture. This kind of situation almost cries out for co-ops, for the small producers to join together and organize their own processing and marketing, so as to better cope with the big merchants and the big market, and retain more of the profits for themselves (Huang Zongzhi, 2012a). But, for now, the government is intent on “industry-ization” 产业化, developing large-scale enterprises for production and processing and marketing, rather than co-ops, in part because of the entire ideology of the presumed superior dynamism of large capitalist enterprises. By contrast, peasant co-ops are given much less support, with only modest government subsidies, and remain critically constrained by their inability to obtain credit from the nation’s financial institutions (more below). Also, the very conception of the state’s policy on co-ops has been misguided, focusing on imitating American-style specialty co-ops based mainly on enterprises, not on small peasant producers and their communities, as I point out at some length in my article for this symposium (Huang, 2017; see also Huang Zongzhi, 2015). Here in Xixia, peasant co-ops, except for some fake ones posing as co-ops to obtain government subsidies, figure very little if at all in terms of helping the great majority of the peasant growers.
Like Chang Liu et al.’s article, Changquan Jiao and Yingjiao Chen’s study (Jiao and Chen, 2017) of tobacco production in Jiao’s hometown (Enshi city 恩施市in Hubei) is similarly solid and illuminating. First, it shows the great importance of industrial input, in this case, especially machinery like the “rotary tiller-ridgers” which greatly save labor for soil preparation, something that used to require one full day’s work by several strong men for each mu. Now the machine can prepare, plow, and ridge a large space in a relatively short time, and cheaply. Then there are also the leaf-cutting machines, the power sprayers, and others, which also greatly facilitate production. Even so, tobacco cultivation still requires intense labor input (about 25 gong [i.e., a standard workday] per mu). It too is labor-and-capital-dual intensive production.
A second important requirement for tobacco growing is the flue-curing barns烤房that are crucial for processing. One curing barn is needed for every 6 to 8 mu of tobacco, requiring several rounds of 6 days each, for a total of 6–8 weeks of curing. For each small grower to build and operate itself such a facility, and obtain a steady power supply to maintain constant temperatures, would under present conditions be impractical and inefficient. Here the government has quite naturally played a crucial role, in setting up flue-curing plants烤厂, which rent the curing barns to peasants for a fee (about 100 yuan per use)—far less expensive for the individual tobacco peasants.
In addition to the two key areas of support just noted, government agencies have also helped to organize the development of tobacco land, see to the construction of irrigation infrastructure and roads, as well as provide centralized growing of seedlings for the growers, and so on.
With that kind of infrastructural and processing support, the main tobacco growing today is done by small (middle peasant) tobacco farms averaging about 20 mu (90 percent of all tobacco farms in Enshi are under 30 mu in scale), another good example of the new agriculture. In addition to their own responsibility land, such growers might also have access to land at relatively low rents from kin and neighbors or friends (cultivated area per labor unit in China today averages about 10 mu). Under those terms, each mu of tobacco grown can yield a net income of about 2,000 yuan (double that for a grain peasant), making for a modestly handsome annual income of about 40,000 yuan for the middle-peasant tobacco farmer. By contrast, Jiao and Chen explain, large-scale tobacco farms have to pay higher rents and hire wage-workers (and their supervisors), which severely reduce their net incomes per mu. Under the present conditions of production and the institutional environment, the smaller family farms clearly enjoy a definite advantage over larger farms. Those same middle peasant tobacco growers, moreover, are also the people who are the most concerned with community affairs, the stalwarts of their communities.
Since tobacco is a state monopoly, the state has overseen marketing as well, not just the processing of the product. The entire production-processing-marketing system is actually paradigmatic, something of a model of the symbiotic triangular relationship between the state, the peasant, and the market. In many ways, what the state has done in tobacco is exemplary, in no small measure because in tobacco it shares very much a common interest with peasants: efficient production and motivated growers help the state’s monopoly, and the state, as the owner-operator of the tobacco monopoly, is also strongly motivated out of its own self-interest to help the peasants, rather than to impose grandiose designs on them from one ideology or another. The mistake of state policies in other sectors of the agricultural economy today is an overemphasis on the development of large-scale capitalist farms (“dragon-head enterprises”), predicated on (misapprehended) neoliberal ideology, almost as mistaken as its earlier Great Leap Forward emphasis on large communes, similarly predicated on (misapprehended) Marxist ideology, to the complete neglect of the wishes and interests of small producers. The tobacco industry, as a state monopoly, ironically shows that because of shared interests between state and peasant, there could be a good symbiotic relationship between the two.From its example, one can actually imagine what a state-led but peasant-directed co-op might look like.
We might stop here to consider briefly the difference between the kind of co-ops needed today for vertical integration—industrialized processing and marketing—with the 1950s co-ops discussed and analyzed in Yuan Gao’s article. In the 1950s, the purpose of the co-ops was mainly, as Yuan Gao makes clear, to overcome inadequate possession of necessary inputs by many peasants, from either insufficient land and overabundance of labor, or insufficient labor due to the necessity of (poor peasants) hiring out in the busy season rather than attending to their own small farms, or insufficient farm animals and implements among the poorer households, and so on. Those problems could be overcome to a considerable extent by cooperation among kin, neighbors, and fellow villagers. That was the basis of mutual aid teams and co-ops. It was also the emphasis of co-ops in the liberated areas during the wars of resistance and revolution.
Today, however, after three decades of de-involution (from off-farm employment, decline in birth rates, and the rise of the labor-and-capital-dual intensifying new agriculture—which actually absorbs more labor per unit land), the key purpose of co-ops is not about optimizing the use of traditional, preindustrial inputs, but rather about optimizing coordination for small peasants for industrial (and highly marketized) agriculture, including, most especially, the tasks of industrial processing and modern marketing (vertical integration) that are the most difficult for small peasants to handle, and also the bulk purchasing (at discounts) of needed inputs, provisions of loans, and so on. It is mainly in processing and marketing, rather than production itself (horizontal integration into large-scale farms), in which scale economies have become truly crucial.
To be sure, for individual farms, mechanized plowing (especially for grain farming, and also for tobacco farming as we have just seen), sharing of big tractors among multiple peasants, the village, or even several villages can be much more efficient. But those tasks, it has been demonstrated by recent experience, can be met efficiently in other ways without the need to rely on large capitalist enterprises or large collectives. Throughout China, local, relatively small, commercial and/or community service entities have arisen to fill the need, with peasants paying for plowing-planting-harvesting services by the mu. Tractor use has at least doubled in the period 1996 to 2006, and may have risen as much as 400–500 percent down to 2010 (the lower figure is according to the nationwide surveys of Chinese agriculture in 1996 and 2006; the higher figure is according to the sampling of 60,000 agricultural households by the State Statistical Bureau, a sampling that might favor more advanced farms—see Huang and Gao, 2013: 39–46; cf. Huang, 2017: xxx).
Moreover, despite persistent government efforts to favor large-scale enterprises, small-scale peasant overseeing of other parts of farming—watering, weeding, insecticide application, timely and good care of the plants, and so on—continues to show the benefits of small-scale, self-motivated farming over hired workers. That is why over and over again we see even large capitalist agricultural companies subcontracting the production process out to small farmers, rather than attempting to organize wage-labor based production. This has been true not just in mushroom and tobacco farming, but in virtually all varieties of the high-value new agriculture.
Even in the old agriculture of open-field grain farming, we need to acknowledge, the mainstay of development has not been the dragon-head enterprises so much as the middle peasant farms of a scale of 20–50 mu, as our earlier symposium on the subject demonstrated(Huang Zongzhi, 2012b: esp. the articles on the old agriculture by Lin Huihuang and Yang Hua; see also Zhang, Cao and Yang, 2016; Zhang, 2016; Huang, 2017). The logic is much the same: smaller farms cultivating their own responsibility land, plus some land rented cheaply from kin and neighbors and friends who have left the village for urban employment, have in fact proven to be able to operate more economically than large farms,which must pay higher rents, plus wages and the supervision of workers. The smaller middle peasant farms have not been handicapped by fragmentation of parcels, but have rather made effective use of the multitudes of commercial and semi-commercial entities that have sprung up to fill the need for providing plowing-planting-harvesting services for peasants, who have opted to take on higher-paying off-farm employment, in effect paying for mechanization by their off-farm earnings. They, especially the leave the land but not the village peasant-workers, have in fact been the true driving force behind the modernization of the old agriculture of grain production, much more than the state (Huang and Gao, 2013). But policy makers, as well as analysts, have been slow to see and accept this, bent as they are upon the ideology of scale economies and capitalist production (Huang, 2017).
Whither Chinese Agriculture?
The big and final question for us is: Whither Chinese agriculture? Given its past and recent histories, what can we conclude about the most suitable path for China to follow in its agricultural modernization and development? What are the positive examples of past policies, and the negative ones?
We have discussed above the doctrinaire neoliberal and Marxist views, and also in passing the East Asian integrated co-ops model. Haijuan Wang–Xuefeng He’s article (Wang and He, 2017) has developed a different view calling for a “socialist small peasant economy” to be distinguished from a “capitalist small peasant economy,” both of which they differentiate from “socialist big (collective) farming” and “capitalist big (enterprise) farming.” They thus see “socialist small farming” as a “fourth model/way.” Co-ops, they argue, are not a viable option, because voluntary membership and withdrawal will undermine the collective.
Even as they call for “small farming,” however, they are clearly also insistent on what they call scaleeconomies, by which they mean above all American-style big machinery usage. For them, the East Asian experience (Japan, Korea, and Taiwan) is fraught with failures and bottlenecks, above all in the inability to attain truly “efficient” scale economies, which in their understanding is and should be the final destination of agricultural modernization.
The key factor they single out is landownership, whether it is “collective”/“socialist” or private/capitalist. For them, the biggest problem with Chinese agriculture is the ever greater fragmentation and parcellization of Chinese farms. According to them, collective ownership of land is necessary to attain economies of scale, most especially in the use of big tractors. Their view may be seen as one kind of understanding of the recent Chinese Communist Party Central’s “Opinions onSteadily Pushing Forward Reform of the Collective Property Rights System,” issued on December 26, 2016, which has led many to focus in on the subject (Zhonggong zhongyang Guowuyuan, 2016).
To bring their obviously somewhat contradictory emphases on small farming and on collective ownership together, they propose what they call a “unified and yet separate, dual level management” 统分结合, 双层经营system, using a term that has seen frequent use in official documents. Collective ownership would be the “unified” or socialist side, the responsibility land system of small farming the “separate” side. That, according to them, is the unique invention of China, representing the fourth way.
We should note here, first of all, that Wang–He are really thinking only or mainly about open-field grain farming, for which scale economies using big machinery are indeed important, but that they ignore what we have called the “new agriculture” typified by small-scale, both labor-and capital-intensifying agriculture, like the 1, 3, or 5 mu tented vegetable farming, or the fruit orchards or fish ponds of just a few mu, and the relatively small- and medium-scale crops-cum-animal-husbandry farming, or high-value commercial crops farming, of just 10 to 20 mu, including the tobacco farms discussed above. Those, we have seen, account for about four times as much output value as grains today. The failure to appreciate the new agriculture and China’s “hidden agricultural revolution” causes them to overlook the vital differences between labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying agricultural modernization as opposed to land-and-capital-dual intensifying agricultural modernization. It is the former that demands above all vertical integration of processing and marketing, which they do not consider at all. Instead, their perspective is based entirely on the “horizontal integration” of the latter (grain farming), and particularly big farms using big machinery.
The scale economies of which Wang–He speak have in fact become an issue only with the coming of large-scale tractor plowing-planting-harvesting in open-field grain growing, not in the small-scale new agriculture. But in China’s recent experience in the mechanization of grain farming, collective landownership has actually played only a minor role. As we have seen above, given peasant wishes to save time for off-farm employment by hiring machine plowing-planting-harvesting, commercial and community service entities, bearing no relationship to collective landownership, have arisen to meet the need. The state’s administrative interventions have also been a major factor. Together, peasant demand and state organization have powered at least a doubling of tractor use between 1996 and 2006, possibly more, as we have seen. The truly crucial factor seems to me to be rather that, once the opportunity costs of farming rose above incomes from farming, peasants acted by self-interest to hire in plowing-planting-harvesting services in order to free up time to take on higher-paying off-farm employment, thereby in effect paying for such capitalization by their off-farm wages (Huang and Gao, 2013).
Even though Wang–He are calling for “small farming socialism,” they take for granted that only scale economies can power the true modernization of agriculture. This is the main fault they find with Japanese agriculture which, according to them, has simply been unable to attain scale economies and thus operates at very low levels of efficiency. But we must ask: if the Japanese and Korean (and Taiwan) economies as a whole have been able to reach the income levels of developed economies by the 1970s and 1980s while China remains still quite far from that level, and if their income distributions are among the more equal of developed countries (with Japan ranking number 65 of 141 nations, Taiwan number 47, and Korea an even better number 29), without masses of rural poor, in contrast to China’s ranking of number 114 (or twenty-seventh from the bottom) (Huang Zongzhi, 2015: 27), just in what sense are their economies and agricultures failures? And in what sense is China’s “socialist small peasant economy” the best “fourth road”?
We have also seen above how the East Asian model of agriculture, given its “lots of people and little land” resource endowment, engages in higher-value labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying agriculture in preference to lower-value land-and capital-intensive grain farming in New World countries like the United States, Brazil, and Argentina. China too has embarked on the same road, especially with respect to importing soybeans, because it makes good economic sense for land-scarce but labor-abundant countries. It is tantamount to paying for low-value imports with high-value exports. What’s more, it is in fact simply out of the question for land-scarce agricultural economies to imitate land-abundant New World countries. Are the East Asian economies to give up their higher-value, labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying farming for lower-value, land-and capital-intensive grain farming, just for the sake of attaining the “scale economies” of which Wang–He speak? Where would the land come from?
We must note finally the very different dimensions of Japanese and Chinese agriculture. Today, Japanese agriculture engages just 2.5 percent of its population, totaling merely 2.5 million people, while China’s total farming population is still about 200 million, eighty times that of Japan. China is decades and decades away from anything approximating Japan’s degree of urbanization, as Xiaolu Wang and Sidong Jianghave pointed out clearly and graphically in their article (Wang and Jiang, 2017). Small farming will persist well into the future in China. New World–style scale economies are simply impractical for China, and Japan and Korea and Taiwan as well.
Nevertheless, Wang–He’s singling out of collective landownership does open up an interesting avenue of thought. Up to now, individual peasants’ and peasant co-operatives’ ability to obtain credit has been seriously hampered by their lack of readily marketable real property that banks are willing to accept as security for loans (Huang, 2017). Peasants’ use rights and peasants’ homes are simply not sufficiently marketable (readily convertible into cash) to meet the requirements of the banks’ demand for security for loans. But if village communities should come to serve as the main organizational frame for co-ops, it could open up the possibility for village co-ops to overcome the problem of inability to obtain credit. Despite the Party Central’s repeated declarations of intent in the last thirteen “Number One Documents” from 2004 to 2016 to overcome the problem, they have all been to no avail, as I show in my article for this symposium. Community-owned land could offer the potential for villagers to use small portions of their collectively owned land as collateral for credit to finance development, if the members of the community agree to taking on such a risk for the possibility of capital accumulation for development, and if the state were to allow such a step.
Under the present institutional framework, of course, villages do not have the actual power to sell land that they own in theory, certainly not without the permission of the government. But that nominal ownership could, with state support, become an avenue to facilitate the raising of community capital for development purposes. The more so if the lending institutions were to be based themselves on peasant co-ops, as they are in Japan. It would make for an institutional arrangement that might be termed “cooperative small farming,” rather than Wang–He’s “socialist small farming.”
Given the realities of land-scarce agricultural economies, the term “socialism” used by Wang–He with respect to Chinese agriculture is actually rather too grandiose, calling to mind our past mistakes of equating farming with industry, small-scale production with large-scale, and of forcibly changing co-ops into communes. Let us instead call upon the practical legacies of the revolutionary base areas, the early and mid-1950s, and the 1962 to 1978 period, not the grandiose visions of the Great Leap Forward. And let us turn to the Japan-Korea integrated co-ops model that has proven its success, not the grandiose models drawn from New World agriculture. Let us, moreover, keep our focus not just on grain farming, but what is now really much more important: the new agriculture that has driven the agricultural revolution of the last thirty-five plus years. Looking farther into the future, we might also see that postindustrial organic agriculture will likely also share with it the characteristic of being labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying, relatively small-scale agriculture.
As things are, so-called collective ownership of land is really something of an oxymoron that does not come with the power to buy and sell. Neoliberal opinion, therefore, has persistently called for complete privatization, while Marxists do not quite know what purpose collective landownership can serve other than to prevent concentration of land into the hands of a few, once China completely embraced the “responsibility land” system. In actuality, so-called collective landownership has served mainly as a justification for the state’s power to use land as it sees fit for urban development (albeit with some measure of compensation for peasants). Indeed, centralized control over land and finance has long been a mainstay of the concentration of power under the party-state organization, something that is very much in need of reform today to generate more development initiatives from below. One positive step, as we have seen, might be to allow village co-ops to use a small portion of the village’s land as security for bank loans for the purpose of development. In short, to my reading, Wang–He’s argument opens up the interesting question of how collective landownership might be turned into a useful institutional resource 制度性资源 for aiding the development of state-led, peasant-based co-ops.
The difference between Wang–He and me and others, perhaps, is not nearly as great as it might seem. We are all agreed that smallfarming is the key and the main institutional form needed, at least for the present, even though Wang–He speak repeatedly at the same time of some supposedly predetermined destination of all “modern” agriculture enjoying scale economies using big machinery. We are also agreed that complete privatization and free buying and selling of land is not the answer, for it would lead to greater concentration of land in the hands of a few. As for co-ops vs. collective ownership, all of usshare the view that peasants need to organize and work together, even though I and others are speaking of a much broader scope including all the facets summarized above, not a mere matter of the form of nominal landownership. But all of us are agreed that collective landownership can be perhaps a useful institutional resource for serving a larger vision of rural organization and development. And, despite Wang–He’s emphasisin this article on the present nominal collective ownership as somehow socialism, and despite their neglect of the village community in their article, we know also that Wang–He too are deeply concerned with the maintenance, restoration, and reinvigoration of village communities, as their many other writings have shown.
Tuan Yang’s article (Yang, 2017) traces systematically the roots of the late 2016 central document on collective ownership, especially its calls for “unified yet separate, dual levels of management” 统分结合, 双层经营. That stratagem was expressed clearly in the five successive “Number One Documents” about agriculture between 1982 and 1986, and further in 1987. “Separate” of course refers to the household responsibility system. As for “unified,” it referred, in the words of the Party Central, “to co-operative township and village organizations” “built around the collective ownership of land.” They are “different from specialty co-ops, are communitarian and integrated entities.” Their basic function and purpose is to provide services for peasants that “they are not able to provide for or do well for themselves.” Later, however, the township people’s government and the “two village committees” (party branch committees and villagers’ self-governance committees) administrative system that were established were in fact predicated on the separation of the administrative and the economic政经（社）分开, with little or nothing to do with economic functions. As for the township and village enterprises, they were in the beginning indeed closely tied to the village communities and collectivities, but those underwent “systemic reform” at the end of the twentieth century, becoming almost completely privatized. Then, when agricultural taxes and fees were abolished (by 2005), village administrations were further hollowed out, leaving them in the resource-less bind that they are in today. In the process, the “unified” side of the “unified and yet separate” structure disintegrated into a hollow shell. Then came the specialty co-ops, which were conceived to be entirely separate from village communities, which brought into being mainly hollow and/or fake structures rather than genuine co-ops. Given such realities, a policy of “unified and yet separate” because of collective ownership can only be mired in self-contradictions and at odds with existing realities.
Tuan Yang spotlights especially the so-called “co-operative stock holding collective system” 股份合作集体制. Large people’s communes and dragon-head enterprises are easy to distinguish from genuine collectives. But co-operative stock holding collectives, mentioned by the Party Central in December 2016 in the same breath as “unified yet separate, dual level management” and “collective property rights,” can cause much confusion. The shareholding system, she makes clear, is mainly driven by expectations of appreciating values of (requisitioned for urban development) land of “villages inside the cities” and suburban villages in the most highly developed and urbanized areas. The original intent was, to be sure, in part to protect villagers’ interests against corrupt cadres and officials. But it is predicated entirely on individualized interests for gain, having little to do with the original vision of the Party Central for community-based service entities to exist alongside small household responsibility farming. The real driving force behind the Party Central’s new calls for “reform” of the collective property rights system is the hopes of the local governments of China’s most advanced areas to promote further circulations and concentration of land rights, to turn villages into corporations and peasants into their stock-holding employees—an entirely different vision from what the Party Central had originally intended. For that reason, Tuan Yang titles her piece “This Kind of Collective Is Not That Kind of Collective” and pleads for building instead community-based, service oriented co-ops.
The above, of course, involves only peasants “fortunate” enough to have their land requisitioned for urban development use, mainly peasants of suburban villages 城郊村and “inside the city” villages 城中村, especially in the most developed areas, and has little to do with the majority of peasants nationwide. We need to consider in addition the Central’s new policy to “separate out” 分置 responsibility land rights 承包权 from managerial/use rights 经营权. Its rhetoric notwithstanding, the intention is clearly to promote greater circulation of land and to attract more outside capital to the countryside. The prospect for appreciation in the value of such land is of course much less than for urban development land, but its principle is still the same. The firm establishment 确权 of managerial rights is intended to protect the rights and profits of those investing capital in the management of the land, hence also the “administrative achievements” 政绩 of the local officials who draw in such capital. It is in fact but another step in the misguided pursuit of economies of scale and the capitalist development model for the countryside.
By contrast, Tuan Yang (Yang, 2017) and Wang–Jiang (Wang and Jiang, 2017) and I are agreed that the past rural development experience of Japan-Korea-Taiwan, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s, is the most relevant and instructive example for China’s present-day agricultural, as well as general rural, development. Those co-ops had been the consequence of an unusual historical coincidence: the combining of a late nineteenth and early twentiethcentury Japanese tradition of top-down agricultural administration, with democratization under the American Occupation, coincidentally led by a group of officials who identified closely with President Roosevelt’s New Deal policies. They carried out a land reform that put an end to landlordism and created a rural society of small owner-cultivators, and they implemented administrative reforms that turned over many of the state’s aid-agriculture resources to community-based and peasant-controlled integrated co-ops (for detailed discussion and documentation, see Huang Zongzhi, 2015).
Unlike the American-model specialty co-ops, predicated on agricultural enterprises that group together for marketing and distribute earnings/profits according to either the amount of capital contributed or the amount of sales revenue generated, the East Asian co-ops were predicated on village community cooperation among small peasant owner-cultivators. Unlike the Great Leap Forward’s oversized communes imposed from above, the East Asian co-ops emphasized voluntary not forced participation; instead of imposing membership by dictates from above, the East Asian co-ops attracted members by placing much of the state’s aid-agriculture resources at the disposal of the co-ops, to the extent that almost all peasants joined voluntarily— overcoming thereby Wang–He’s theoretical argument of obstacles to community action posed by nonparticipation. Unlike American co-ops comprising enterprises, the East Asian co-ops were made up of small producers, but reached gigantic dimensions by building upward from there along the nation’s administrative hierarchy, to include not just inputs acquisitions but also processing and marketing of goods, as well as provisions of financial services (credit societies and banking services), ultimately to include a national brand name (Nōkyō 农协), a gigantic globalized national bank (Nōrinchūkin 农林中金), and even a powerful national political lobby on behalf of peasant-farmers (Huang Zongzhi, 2015; Huang, 2017).
Tuan Yang et al. and I are also agreed that the successful building of co-ops requires the participation, indeed the leadership, of the state. Under the present Chinese institutional environment, the lack of active state support is tantamount to active state discrimination. By comparison with the state’s aggressive support for large capitalist enterprises (dragon-head enterprises), the co-ops receive but insignificant support, often misdirected to capitalist enterprises posing as co-ops. We must not be misled by the past mistake of excessive state intervention into an overreaction toward its opposite, to insist on no state participation at all in co-ops, as some in the co-op movement in China have. That conviction may in fact be part of the reasoning behind the present insistence of the Co-op law (implemented 2007) on American-style specialty co-ops that are strictly private entities. Those, despite occasional official touting, have been largely failures (Huang Zongzhi, 2015: esp. 27–32; cf. Yang, 2017; Wang and Jiang, 2017; and Huang, 2017).
In calling for the East Asian type of community co-ops, Tuan Yang (as well as Xiaolu Wang and Sidong Jiang) and I are also agreed that communitarianized self-interest is far superior to the simply individualized self-interest that at present is sweeping the Chinese countryside (indeed all of Chinese society). Purely self-seeking, capitalist behavior can of course help generate the kind of development that is measured merely in terms of GDP, but it leads easily, especially in relatively resource-scarce China, to a dog-eat-dog morality destructive of centuries-old social bonds and village communities. The process has already advanced quite far, and needs urgently to be reversed.
Chinese village communities have been privileged for centuries with a sense of distinctive and shared identity, complete with community fictive kinship and its accompanying social fabric and moral values, and a well-developed system of community mediation of disputes and conflicts (Huang Zongzhi, 2014b: chap. 2). Those have been the core elements of the villages, indeed historically the core of Chinese society and civilization as a whole, asGang Lin’s article argues so strongly. In the United States, by contrast, there has not been anything comparable (if only because of the much larger distances between farms, which simply rule out the kind of tight-knit social relations of Chinese villages). Church-based parish communities have never reached the extent of development of tight-knit bonds comparable to Chinese (or Japanese and Korean) villages.
Much of this symposium has emphasized the fundamental differences between China and, most especially, the currently vogue American model. The absence in America of a tradition of village communities is in fact a major reason why mediation, even after half a century of development of ADR (alternative dispute resolution), still resolves only perhaps two percent of all legal disputes brought to court, as opposed to 34 percent in China. In the United States, there is little or no Chinese-style societal mediation to speak of, while community mediation still resolves 52 percent of Chinese pre-litigation disputes (Huang, 2016b: 242–45, esp. table 1; 250–56). That is what makes for a fundamental difference between the American and the Chinese (as well as Japanese and Korean) justice systems. Co-ops for processing and marketing, and inputs purchasing and credit and so on, can and should draw on those traditional institutional resources, and of course also government support. The fake co-ops that have emerged have been the consequence of the state’s misguided policy to imitate American enterprises-based specialty co-ops.
Tuan Yang, as a policy analyst as well as scholar, has explored the question of the most appropriate nomenclature and institutional form for such substantive co-ops in the present Chinese institutional environment. In part in response to the top-level call in March 2015 for reforming the old “supply and marketing co-ops”供销合作社—entities that have become purely state organs that are of little significance to peasants and villages, even though they still control substantial resources and personnel—she has advanced the idea of developing legal entities 法人 that are midway between public and private, that would be able to draw on both public and private resources, that serve both public and private functions, but are distinct from simply state organs or public institutions. She calls them “public social organizations” 公法社团. That may be an administrative approach that could unlock the potential of these so-called supply and marketing cooperatives. It could conceivably serve as a legal and administrative rubric of the kinds of integrated East Asian co-ops we are talking about. The recent test-point experiment in Hebei’s Neiqiu county’s Jindian township河北内丘县金店镇, building a “new peasants’ co-op”新农协 on the basis of the old “Supply and Marketing ‘Co-op’”供销‘合作’社,shows promise in possibly becoming a viable new model for co-ops (Yang, 2017; see also Yang, 2013).
Finally, my own article for this symposium (Huang, 2017) attempts to sort out China’s successful experiences from failures, categorized under three different models that have been employed in recent years. First, an administrative model that has been used most especially in grain farming, with the state maintaining large grain storage facilities (modern facilities enough for a sixth of total output in a year) to stabilize grain prices, providing a price floor (at which the state will purchase grain), establishing by administrative measures concentrated grain-growing areas, plus processing and marketing services for small peasants, as well as a range of state subsidies for grain farming. (Since 2005, the state has also abolished fees and taxes for agriculture.) Under that administrative model, the state has successfully made grainfarming a sustainable activity for small and medium-sized peasants, yielding a net return per mu of about 1,000 yuan, not nearly as high as in the new agriculture, but high enough to be sustainable with a variety of state subsidies and supports. Except for occasional overly commandist tendencies (especially in aggressively pushing for a three crops a year regime of early rice, late rice, and winter wheat), this administrative model has worked fairly well for grain farming.
The second model has been the laissez faire model of the new agriculture. Here the state has relied almost exclusively on market incentives to power development, providing technical assistance and also crude marketing structures for transactions, thereby assisting in the dynamic development noted above. However, violent market fluctuations in prices, and inability to obtain inexpensive processing and marketing assistance, have been major problems for the peasants. At present, the state does little or nothing to help in these regards, leaving things to layer upon layer of merchants big and small, who cut severely into the earnings of small peasants, resulting in the current “[vegetable] growers lose money, but buyers pay high prices” situation. The problems cry out for co-op services to help support and protect peasant interests, with the leadership and support that the state should provide.
Finally, the third model has been the misguided attempt to build purely self-generated, voluntary, American-style specialty co-ops, prompted only by legislation and by offering (modest when compared to those for dragon-head enterprises) state subsidies. Those efforts, official rhetoric notwithstanding, have been largely failures, with large numbers and proportions of co-ops being hollow entities and/or capitalist entities pretending to be co-ops in order to obtain state subsidies and exemptions. The genuine co-ops that have emerged are almost all small-scale ones, due to the constraints of limited financing and limited state leadership and support discussed above. We would do much better to draw on the still existing institutional resources of village communities, and turn over much of the existing resources in the state’s aid-agriculture entities (of agricultural extension, of supply and marketing “co-ops,” and such) to the co-ops, as had happened in Japan-Korea-Taiwan. Those co-ops, state-led but peasant-based and peasant-directed, enjoyed the support of almost all peasants, and form the core of that model.
The key point here is to dispense with once and for all ideological constructions that are either irrelevant to or run counter to Chinese realities, whether the erstwhile oversized and excessively controlling communes of the Great Leap Forward, or the present-day dragon-head enterprises using hired labor, or the so-called cooperative shareholding collectives, including the specialty co-ops. What is needed instead is to acknowledge the great contributions already made by China’s peasants in powering the labor-and-capital-dual-intensifying new agriculture of small farms, and in powering the mechanization of open-field old agriculture (grain farming) through their off-farm wages. It is time to trust more in the peasants who have driven not only the agricultural revolution of recent decades, but also supplied the key human resources for China’s rapid urban and industrial development. When it comes to co-oops, let us also not make again the past mistakes of either too much control or too little support. Let us look to a symbiotic relationship between the state and the peasants, and industry and agriculture, one that truly serves peasant interests, as shown in the most successful experiences of the past.
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finally the sample set of the Trost organ Waltershausen is ready for taking pre-orders.
Apologies for the delayed release, but implementing all new features, like native tremulants, and new designs took a lot more of work than expected.
The DVD package contains two DVDs and a booklet (German version available!)
The Trost organ of Waltershausen with its 53 stops (47+6) is the biggest baroque organ in Thuringia.
It is largely preserved in its original state of 1730 and therefore is an invaluable reference when performing organ music by J. S. Bach and his contemporaries. Today this organ is viewed as the most authentic "Bach organ".
It is a typical instrument of the Thuringian organ building school with ranks such as a Violonbass, mixtures containing thirds, Sesquialtera, and Viola di Gamba, etc. This, and the richness of well-blending stops, allowing endless sound combinations, already anticipates the romantic organ of a century later in a fascinating way.
Trost's outstanding and innovative concepts using unconventional and extreme pipe measurements in stops like the Geigenprincipal, Flauto traverse, Vagarr, but likewise stops with a delicate sweetness preferred by Bach, such as the Flauto dolce, Flöte dupla and Nachthorn etc., also support the upcoming gallant style. The "Gravität" demanded by Bach is realized by three 16 foot manual ranks, a 16 and 32 foot Posaune in the Pedal, 12 eight foot flue manual ranks, rich mixtures as well as two Sesquialtera stops. The instrument has an extremely rich plenum sound, while never forcing the sound.
The reverberation time is about 2 s, providing an absolute clearness for polyphonic structures.
Due to Trost's innovative specification and the extended compasses, all music up to early romantics can be played at this organ.
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Samples 24-bit, 48 kHz
Multi-loops (up to 9)
3 Release Layers (Short, medium, long attack)
NEW: Original tremulants for all Oberwerk ranks and all manual reed ranks!
Separate tremulant control for all manuals (extd. mode)
Display: 1280*1024
Memory requirements:
Minimal 3100 MB (16-bit compressed, single loop) up to 6500 MB (24-bit compressed, all loops)
Several display modes: Full console, optimized single touch page, dual monitor touch pages
Please check http://www.organartmedia.com/Waltershausen-VCons.html
The following features can be activated (extended mode) and deactivated (authentic mode) optically and functionally by control switches:
- Combination system with 16 programmable combinations
- Extended compasses (invisible)
Manuals: C-f3
Pedal: C-f1
Introductory price (until November, 15, 2009):
690.- Euro, (790.- Euro later on), customers outside EU: 579,83.- Euro
Shipping will be by end of September, order processing due to sequence of the orders.
Prof. Helmut Maier
OrganArt Media Sound Engineering
D-88662 Überlingen/Lake Constance
http://www.organartmedia.com
Location: Utrecht - Netherlands
Re: Trost organ ready for taking pre-orders
Congratulations with this release Prof. It sounds beautiful it looks beautiful it just is in one word beautiful.
A very important release for the Hauptwerk world.
http://www.voxusorgans.com/
Thank you for the kind comment!
People interested in learning how to use this instrument for Bach will find Quentin Faulkner's edition of the Orgelbüchlein very valuable. It contains many extensive essays on things such as articulation, registration, fingerings, ornmentation, and the hymn tunes. In addition, it reprints Lynn Edwards' excellent essay "The Thuringian organ 1702-1720," from *The Organ Yearbook* 1991, which is one of the two best historical surveys of the instrument. (The other is by Winfried Schrammek in *Bach-Studien* 7, but I don't remember the year. 1982-ish.) There are other good things in this edition as well. It's available directly from the publisher, Wayne Leupold: https://www.wayneleupold.com/frameset.asp?section=organ_teaching.html (scroll to the bottom of the page, and look for "Vol. 2"), and I don't know from where else.
If I can indulge in a little historical rant: This is one of the most important sample-sets for Hauptwerk because, as Prof. Maier says, "It is a typical instrument of the Thuringian organ building school," and it's very different from the bright northern-German instruments that we all grew up hearing Bach on. The huge Northern German instruments were the basis for the tonal ideal of the Orgelbewegung starting, I guess, in the 1920s and 30s, and continuing in a big way after the war; the neo-Baroque organs of the 50s and later were even brighter. But these northern German instruments were becoming old-fashioned in the early 18th century (Arp Schnitger moved to Holland late in his life, where he could foist them off on the Dutch), so even though we're used to hearing Bach on them, they actually have almost nothing to do with Bach, or at least with the organ music we have from Bach. (Bach spent a few months early in his life playing them, but his written organ music circulated almost entirely within central Germany and the sphere of his pupils and followers, and virtually all the organs here were of the normal central-German type, not the northern type. )
This is why, as Prof. Maier writes, it "anticipates the romantic organ of a century later" - this is not a feature of this particular organ but of Thuringian (and Saxon) organs in general. This type of organ represented the future, with the disintegration of the old Werkprinzip in favor of better blending of the divisions (the Rückpositiv of the Naumberg Hildebrandt is a conservative feature because Hildebrandt was reusing an old case), and the multiplication of many 8' stops. The southern German organs are of pretty much the same tonal universe (the original of Jiri Zurek's "Prague Baroque" organ is a good example), except they are Catholic organs (smaller pedal range, no sesquialt, etc).
So when Prof. Maier writes about the "unconventional and extreme pipe measurements," it's important to remember that they are unconventional to us, but they were absolutely the norm for the kind of organ Bach knew - many other organs show them, and they are favorably mentioned by contemporary writers.It's just that this type of organ is exotic to us.
Incidentally, the online shop at the Waltershausen church (linked from the Organartmedia site) doesn't seem to sell outside of Germany. Oh well.
I still have a very small website
http://dustyfeet.com
My Trost organ pre-order is placed and was acknowledged as received by Herr Prof. Maier
this morning, well Hawaii morning time.
Hooray; now the long wait as anticipation builds!
Was just able to place an order, via Organ Historical Society:
"Three Free Works. Edited by Quentin Faulkner. (Historical Organ Techniques and Repertoire, 2.)""
Contains the complete Orgelbuchlein, Faulkner edition, and other music plus
much added information as given on above. Cost at OHS, $36.25 plus cost of shipping,
various ship options offered.
Dutch Brad
"(Arp Schnitger moved to Holland late in his life, where he could foist them off on the Dutch)"
Actually Arp Schnitger never moved to the Netherlands, though his name is attached to many instruments in Holland. He did visit Holland but the organs were actually installed by his apprentices Johannes Radecker, Rudolph Garrels and his sons Frans Caspar and Johann Georg. The last two were building the great organ in Zwolle when their father passed away in Hamburg in 1721. As they were already temporarily situated in Zwolle (with their workshop in the empty Roman Catholic "The Church of Our Dear Lady") and they were able to get a number of new contracts (Alkmaar, Harderwijk), they stayed in Holland.
Until his death, Arp Schnitger pretty much had a monopoly in Northern Germany. After his death his apprentices continued building in his style for several decades. It took another 50 odd years and a new generation of organ builders before any major changes took place, certainly in the Netherlands.
Thanks to Dutch Brad for the correction about Arp Schnitger's biography. I hope DB is wrong about Schnitger's death date, though, since Schnitger was buried in 1719, and it must have been uncomfortable for him if he didn't die until 1721.
Gecko, a very interesting post, above.
Yes I do very much notice the short to absent acoustics reverb of the
Trost within its' room environment.
But, is this a characteristic of all organ instillation in
Thuringian , or do others have more room "reverb"? Probably nothing
as dramatic as Brett's Bovenkerk-Kampen Hinsz , but a bit more at other
organs J. Bach might have known and played. Why do I ask, well as I
have a pre-order placed for the Trost, was just wondering about adding
a bit of convol acoustic enhancement for it during my use here at home.
As far as I know them, it's typical for Thuringian organs, to be located in rooms with short reverberation, due to the church architecture with visitor galleries, a lot of wooden installations etc.
I don't know, if Bach was influenced by this characteristic, but if you play Bach at the Trost organ, you will hear the polyphonic structures with a clarity perhaps never heard before. Please note, that the Waltershausen Trost organ, despite of its size, is not a "cathedral" organ.
It's a huge "chamber music" organ and doesn't need any boost. So, adding reverberation can be done of course, but would perhaps destroy the intimate sound of this instrument.
Pulling mixtures for example, doesn't increase the loudness very much, but increases the richness and complexity of the sound.
So forget all, what you know about typical "Plenum" registrations used for Silbermann and Schnitger. The organ is, like the German romantic organ later on, like a "paint box" for mixing endless sound colours.
gecko wrote: Thanks to Dutch Brad for the correction about Arp Schnitger's biography. I hope DB is wrong about Schnitger's death date, though, since Schnitger was buried in 1719, and it must have been uncomfortable for him if he didn't die until 1721.
lol. Of course it was 1719. 1721 was when the organ in Zwolle was more or less completed. My mistake.
Thank you, Prof. Maier,
I will play the Trost just as it comes in your package.
Certainly will no longer consider moving it to a
larger environment!
jleyman
Location: Kinna, Sweden
Jim Reid wrote: Thank you, Prof. Maier,
As Hauptwerk reseller I have had the privilege using a pre-release with this set over the summer and I guarantee you that you won't be able to take your hands and feet off it and that you will totally forget about adding reverb to it once you hear it as it is. The clarity and tonal variety is absolutely spellbinding, and the short original acoustics makes it a perfect practice instrument as well. Just a tip, while waiting for this gem: The late Stephen Bicknell's most interesting article "J. S. Bach and the Organ - Some Neglected Threads" (http://www.organfocus.com/features/scholarly_works/bicknell.php3) is almost a mandatory reading and an excellent travelling companion while exploring the fascinating Waltershausen organ.
Johannes Leyman
Leyman Music
www.hauptwerk.se
deWaverley
Location: UK, Bath
Oh dear, jleyman - why did you have to say that...when I can't possibly afford it?
deWaverley wrote: .
Can't help it -- The Trost organ is addictive.. But who am I to say what's affordable or not? 690 Euro is definitely a lot of money. On the other hand I think it's not an unreasonable sum for this magnificent instrument, thinking of the tremendous amount of work required to make it available for Hauptwerk. A decent second hand car costs at least ten times as much, and seen over only a one year period the introductory price 690 Euro is not very much more than what a monthly subscription to a comprehensive set of satellite and film channels costs. This said just for the sake of comparison and perspective.The Trost organ is worth every cent it costs, believe me. Once you have taken the initial cost for a Hauptwerk system (like you have to my knowledge), 690 Euro is really all that's needed to get you a completely new 47+6 stop organ of this beauty and historical importance.
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The Future of Kimi Raikkonen
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Will (and should) Kimi get another contract this year?
Yes - Kimi will get his contract renewed, and he deserves it. 13% [ 10 ]
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Pullrod
Post subject: Re: The Future of Kimi Raikkonen
ALESI wrote:
Then again, maybe by the end of the year we'll be saying... Merc should have backed Bottas? You never know...
Nothing is impossible and Bottas may win all the races from here...
In 2007 after the 3rd GP(bahrain) the championship was like this(using today's point system):
Alonso 53 pts
Hamilton 51 pts
Raikkonen 50 pts
Massa 43 pts
Hamilton took the lead of the championship after the 6th race (Canada) and lost it only after the catastrophic last 2 races(China and Brazil).
There was no need to back a driver that year because there was NO #1 and #2 status in Ferrari or McLaren. And even if a decision was to be made, it could not have been Alonso because Hamilton was in front of him(in the championship) for most of the season. I wished racing was always like this with equal status..
Anyway, Raikkonen is bad news for Mercedes..
Lt. Drebin
Ferrari needs someone who would occasionally slot between Vettel and Hamilton. Kimi does not do the job. He should be very very happy if he sees the end of the year at all.
Who would come to his place? Perhaps Sainz, Wherlein, Grosjean, Ricciardo or Perez.
UnlikeUday
Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2017 4:33 am
Lt. Drebin wrote:
I wonder how long will Ferrari have the patience to deal with Kimi's pace? When Red Bull get upto speed, he may fall behind them in the race as well & Ferrari could again finish in 3rd in the WCC, despite Vettel winning races here & there.
Personally, I hope they take Perez as he's grown a lot as a driver & was a Ferrari Academy driver as well.
I wonder if Red Bull will let Sainz or Ricciardo join Ferrari in 2018. They wouldn't like 1 of their (ex)drivers to drive for a rival team & probably beat them even.
Feel The Fourth
UnlikeUday wrote:
Erh, Vettel?
Also, I'm kind of hoping Ferrari take a chance on one of their juniors for once. Put Leclerc in there, he'll be ready.
Go Vandoorne - Verstappen - Vettel!
pokerman
Mika Salo had a chat with Jock Clear who said Kimi's preference is a car that is very sensitive to the initial turn-in. If it isn't, Kimi thinks it's understeering and just cannot drive it. At the end of last year it was to his liking and he beat Vettel regurarly. Source mtv.fi
Not any excuse, I know, but perhaps gives a better idea about his struggles.
He was outqualifying Vettel but he wasn't beating him in the races?
2013: 5th Place
2014: Champion
2015: 3rd Place
Wins: Canada 2018, Abu Dhabi 2017
Podiums: (8)
Yellowbin74 wrote:
I know that as drivers get older they may lose a little speed, but for me Kimi's issue is more than that.
I just don't see the guy that overtook Fisi on the last lap in Japan all those years back (what a great race that was!).
The McLaren Kimi was a totally different beast to the Ferrari Kimi, as I've said before.
He went to Ferrari as they would give him more personal freedom (plus a car that wouldn't break down as much) and they did give him his WDC in fairness.
But I feel that the McLaren environment (keeping him reined in a little) was better for getting the most of him out on the track.
Just my thoughts, could all be totally wrong...
Or perhaps McLaren gave him that by allowing a rookie to compete on equal times with a 2x WDC (seems awfully pertinent in the current circumstances!)
No because Bottas is slower than Hamilton.
slide wrote:
i'd like to see Fernando and seb in Ferrari next year
That's never going to happen.
mds wrote:
I don't see Leclerc being ready to go straight into the the Ferrari team I think they will let him learn in a lower team.
Alot of us would but Vettel would probably rather leave F1 all together rather than have Alonso or Hamilton as teammate. He would probably say no to a round 2 with Ricciardo as well, and would probably never want to team up with Max either. My guess is he have some say or veto in his contact too.
pokerman wrote:
Yeah, well, I'm done with teams sticking their drivers in subpar teams to "learn". Had Ferrari put Bianchi in the Ferrari he would've done a good job and maybe he would have ended up better than he did. Back in the days, all through to the eighties and even nineties (and a few in the 00's), lots of drivers debuted at top teams and did good jobs. I see no reason why we can't have this again.
Warheart01 wrote:
The thing is, there is no indication whatsoever to think this way. Vettel would rather leave F1? Based on what, your gut feelings?
In reality, Vettel took being beaten by Ricciardo a lot better than most expected. There's nothing suggesting he would actively oppose any driver coming to the team.
The funny thing is that there is a certain top driver just a few weeks ago who rejected the idea of Alonso coming to join "his team" - and it was not Vettel
Oh and just for the record: I hope Ferrari don't take Alonso back. Not because he would be paired up with Vettel, but because over the past seasons he has repeatedly put down Ferrari as "always the same", "not changed" and repeatedly stated how happy he was to have made "the right choice".
Well, let him eat those words now.
Zoue
I've been saying this for years. If the drivers are good enough, they shouldn't need treating with kid gloves. This is the premier single seater open wheeled series in the world. Every driver entering it must be considered to be the best of the best, else why bother?
Yes, leaving the team with one year left on the contract is taking it really well.
Lots of drivers have not served the full contract time when opportunities came up. Try reading some informed opinions about his behavior within the team that year, they might surprise you.
It's not just a case of what Ferrari tend to do, I personally don't think he would be ready either, Giovinazzi showed perhaps he wouldn't be ready either after his crash fest in China.
Well I don't think he would have seen Ricciardo as a threat when he joined Red Bull, but yes he took the beating quite well.
Vettel is in a strong position at Ferrari and I've no doubt he will campaign for his friend Kimi to be retained, he is in a strong enough position to say no to Alonso, it's not like it would be in his best interests.
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:40 pm
Yeah, you're right mate. This enlightened me:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/ ... r-red-bull
Bit harsh. You make it sound like he's been walking around the paddock just randomly putting down Ferrari. He's had his move to McLaren thrown in his face by the press, especially the Italian press including that female reporter that got in trouble for it, throughout that period and answered those baiting questions rather tamely and more importantly accurately at the time.
I'm pretty sure he congratulated them for this years car though. And as much as he doesn't mind slating his own team it would have been a bit extreme to respond to those "Do you regret leaving Ferrari now.." barbs with a big "Absolutely, Macca suck and Ferrari are the best, I'm a prat and I regret everything".
He can't win in that situation. I could understand Ferrari not wanting him back though fwiw, but more because he left his contract early because he lost faith in them which would rightly annoy some Ferrari personnel I would think.
GingerFurball
Given Vettel got nowhere near winning either the 2015 or 2016 championship, Alonso hasn't exactly been proven wrong.
The amusing part is his choice of team, as Lewis left McLaren for exactly the same reason.
GingerFurball wrote:
I just see those as words from Alonso to cover up a big mistake, he would have been far, far better off staying at Ferrari than going to McLaren.
Now I know that hindsight is a wonderful thing but even with hindsight Alonso doesn't want to change those words.
You expect him to say "I wish I'd stayed at Ferrari?" I'm sure that would go down well at McLaren
I get what you're saying, but there's different ways of saying things. In my view, he wasn't all that respectful towards Ferrari in 2015 and 2016. And now that they've come good, he congratulates them with their car? Well, that's a convenient time to pick up the diplomacy, right?
Well Alonso brings 6 tenths, he would surely be leading the championship with 3 wins to his name and battle until the end of the season.
Well, mate, if you would point me out where something alludes to him acting up within the team, to him acting up towards a teammate, or to him being afraid to be paired up with any other teammate or Ricciardo again, that would be great.
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 12:44 pm
Zoue wrote:
To me it looks like he's almost done with McLaren Honda after the barrage of attacks last time out and rumours of talks with Renault, you will never see Alonso say he made the wrong decision.
You know it makes me wonder about the 2015 season and what Vettel was able to achieve whether Alonso ever thinks what he might have done?
He did praise other aspects too during that period but they weren't juicy enough to get much attention. About how Ferrari were the most special team in F1 and winning for them is different to winning elsewhere. He praised Binotto, backed him to succeed and wished him well last year when Allison left.
It was just in response to the questions about his departure and if he regretted it that he spoke in those terms about nothing changed, no regrets etc..
But he obviously had some crow to eat this year because he said McLaren would pass Mercedes before they would and he did. And if they win the title(s) he'll be eating some more I'm sure.
I do get the "Oh now he wants Ferrari..." type of thinking though but I just think those examples were in response to basically getting his nose rubbed in Ferrari's turnaround in 2015 so he bit back when it didn't amount to much in 2016.
If the roles were different between Ricciardo and Vettel in 2014, say Vettel won the 3 races and outqualified Ricciardo convincingly (how is Vettel still considered one of the best qualifiers btw? Even Kimi beat him...). Do you think he would have left then?
Surely he has always been drawn to Ferrari, but would he really leave a winning team for a longterm non-winning one had he still been the topdriver at RB?
Now, we will never know. But I don't think so.
I can't remember the exact words but Vettel took Ricciardos passing of him at Monza more or less as humiliation, probably he did the whole season too.
Almost certainly. It was pretty clear that the RBR wasn't going to win anything meaningful anytime soon. Having won four WDC titles, what use was there in staying? Do you really think that after all that, his purpose in F1 had suddenly become "beating Daniel Ricciardo"? Of course not.
Meanwhile a seat at Vettel's dream team became available for the first time in 5 years.
As for the bit between parentheses: his performances can vary depending on his level of comfort in the car, I think most of his fans would agree to that. Whereas e.g. Alonso always seems to be near to getting the most out of the car. But when feeling comfortable, I do think he's a match for anyone, be it in qualifying or race.
He probably did - who wouldn't? But you have to take into account that most of those guys, and certainly the top drivers, believe they are the best and they can take on anyone. I have no doubt that Vettel believes he is now feeling a lot better than in 2014 and would be able to win against Ricciardo. Whether that would actually be the case, we don't know, but I'm pretty sure he believes it.
Fair enough (as is the rest of your post). Maybe I am going a bit harsh on him. It's still my honest feeling though, I don't wish to see him back at Ferrari. I understand he's frustrated but I don't like the attitude he's getting (to the point of snapping at his race engineers, insulting his team, ...).
I agree. Brilliant driver but thanks to his attitude I feel it's karma at play here...
I think having signed away quite possibly the last years of his career on their project - and being let down so completely and miserably - he's earned the right to voice some disapproval. Everyone wants the drivers to show some personality... until they actually do, and then they inevitably get roasted for it.
Alonso is putting pressure on the team to improve by not trying to hide their faults. Vettel did the same thing in 2014 when the Renault engine was terrible, and afterwards the entire Red Bull team did the same with Renault in 2015. No, Alonso isn't being very diplomatic about the engine - but at the end of the day, if Honda takes ten years to be competitive, it won't cost the engineers or team owners anything but time. It will cost Alonso the possibility of doing anything meaningful with what's left of his career. It's a wonder he's not more frustrated.
Well, this is a bit of a duality. I want drivers to speak their mind, which more allows me/us to see who they actually are.
There's the human factor too, though. When he snaps at his race engineer "do whatever you want" - he's talking to a human being, a team member, who is probably also very frustrated that the car/engine isn't there, and that the results aren't coming, who is equally doing his best to make the best out of a dire situation.
Being critical and being downright insulting are two very different things. Now I might be wrong here but I don't think I've ever seen Vettel insulting neither his team, nor technical partners of the team (i.e. Renault in this case).
Teddy007
Almost certainly by your own view, I completely disagree. A driver tends to move on to a known better car or if he's unhappy. It wasn't Ferrari winning those 3 races it was RBR but it was the wrong driver. If Vettel had won those 3 races and given a Merc a run for their money a few times in a season he would have been happy. There was no promise that Ferrari would be back to winning ways and let's face it you can tell by his reaction that he's surprised that they can this season. You look at every front runner driver who left a team, they either leave for a better car or they leave because something isn't right on the "happiness factor". Alonso leaving Ferrari, Lewis leaving Mclaren, Kimi leaving and returning.
The majority of top drivers in the last 15 years all left for the same reasons, they either left for a better package or they fell out in some way. If Seb had won those races he would have been number 1 at RBR, happier for getting great results - instead he didn't and wasn't happy. A persons attitude towards everything changes and he wasn't happy at being beaten by Ric. Who would? You've won a few titles, also dominated your team mate for a few years and a young rookie comes along (sounds familiar?) and beats you.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:36 am
Teddy007 wrote:
...or if a driver thinks future prospects elsewhere are better. There is a body of opinion that being in a works team gives a much greater chance of success than being a customer. Vettel may well have been thinking ahead. And don't underestimate the allure of joining Ferrari and helping bring it back to glory. That name still holds a special fascination for many a driver.
Additionally, Horner said that Vettel had lost some motivation after winning four titles. A desire to start afresh, taking the above into account, shouldn't be discounted, either.
Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:34 pm
If Vettel had won those 3 races and given a Merc a run for their money a few times in a season he would have been happy.
Hah. You really think a driver that has won four WDC's on the trot to be happy with "giving another car a run for their money a few times in a season"? Right
And even if that - they never gave Mercedes a run for their money! In Canada the Mercs were broken and hurting, in Hungary Hamilton had to start from the back and Rosberg was compromised due to SC timing, and I don't think I have to remind anyone what happened in Spa.
The situation at RBR was dire and not looking up anytime soon. Fast forward three years, they're still not close to contending for titles.
There was no promise that Ferrari would be back to winning ways
In F1 nothing is certain. Using that to dismiss a change of teams is useless, as Red Bull coming good would probably be as likely as Ferrari coming good. Unless you somehow think Ferrari is in a perennial losing position which will never subside.
Nobody said he was happy because he was being beaten. He can both have been unhappy for being beaten, AND unhappy because he wasn't seeing anything happen at RBR anytime soon. See my first sentence of this reply - do you honestly think a reigning 4x WDC would be happy to fight for whatever leftovers of Mercedes there were? With a PU in the car that was a proper POS and didn't look to become good anytime soon?
Even if he had won those few races because Mercedes or its drivers completely dropped the ball - even if he had beaten Ricciardo, in the end he would still have been in a car that wasn't going to be great for the next few years. So why not take the chance on his dream team where a seat became available and possibly would be locked again for years to come after that since free seats at Ferrari don't tend to come around too often?
Are you really going to tell me that my opinion isn't plausible?
In my view the idea that he would have been happy just for beating Ricciardo, while having a car with a POS engine that likely wasn't going to be great for a few years to come, THAT is what's implausible here.
If you are a rookie in F1, your prime target is to learn and beat your teammate, and win races.
If you have won races, your prime target is to win more and win the WDC.
If you have won one or more WDC's, your prime target is to win more WDC's. Sure you still want to beat your teammate, but staying at a team that won't allow you to win WDC's just because you want to beat a teammate? Yeah, no.
I don't think you're alone in that, I know some Ferrari fans who loved Alonso but have no desire to see him back at this point, it's just the way things go.
I think if you've got a top diver performing well then there's no real appetite to want him back in general. If Seb left for whatever reason or wasn't performing I think that would probably change though. (Maybe not you specifically but generally speaking).
I doubt it. In 2015 Vettel essentially repeated Alonso's 2011 and 2013 seasons. Won a couple of races but came nowhere near winning the title due to the title winner's dominance. Vettel's 2015 season proves that leaving Ferrari was the correct one at the time.
This season was supposed to be the payoff for all the sh*t Alonso put up with in 2015 and 2016. New aero rules that McLaren essentially came up with and they were supposed to be reaping the benefit of Honda being back in F1 by now.
I also believe in karma, with Alonso it seems to have gone a bit into overdrive though.
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[[Home]] > [[The New Testament]] > [[Mark]] > [[Mark 8:22-10:52 | Chapters 8b-10]] <br> [[Mark 7 | Previous page: Mark 7]] [[Mark 11-13 | Next page: Chapters 11-13]] This page would ideally always be under construction. You are invited to contribute. == Summary == ''This section should be very brief. Click the "edit" link to edit or add content to this section. →'' == Discussion == ''This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or insights that can be further developed in the future. Contributions may range from polished paragraphs down to a single bullet point. The focus, however, should always be on understanding the scriptural text consistent with LDS doctrine. Click the "edit" link to edit or add content to this section. →'' * 8:30: In verse 30 (and elsewhere in the New Testament), the Greek word for "Christ" (<i>christos</i>) means "messiah" or "anointed one." * 8:34: Deny. The Greek word translated as "deny" (<i>aparneomai</i>) in verse 34 may be stronger than the translation suggests. It is the same word used in places such as [[Mark 14:30|Mark 14:30ff]], where Peter acts as if he doesn't even know about Jesus. * 8:36: The word translated as "man" in verse 36 is <i>anthropos</i>, which includes females. === 9:2-13 === * The Greek word translated as "transfigured" is <i>metamorphoo</i> (a cousin of the English word "metamorphosis"), which means to change to another form. The word is rare in the New Testament. * The phrase "so as no fuller on earth can white them" is given in modern translations as "whiter than any bleach on earth could make them" or something similar. * Verse 4 appears in the Joseph Translation thusly: "And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses, or in other words, John the Baptist and Moses; and they were talking with Jesus." * Elias is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Elijah. * 9:4: See [http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2006/03/who-was-the-elias-of-dc-110/ Who was the Elias of D&C 110?]] by Kevin Barney at ''BCC'' * Elias is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Elijah. But that does not answer the usage in D&C 110. * Verse 13 is given in the Joseph Smith Translation thusly: "Again I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, but they have done unto him whatsoever they listed; and even as it is written of him; and he bore record of me, and they received him not. Verily this was Elias." * 9:19: Jesus in verse 19 is growing increasingly frustrated. He has performed miracle after miracle, and yet people still don't believe. * 9:23: The theme that healing can come for those who believe has been dominant throughout much of the gospel of Mark to this point. In verse 23, Jesus makes the principle explicit: "all things" are possible for those who believe. * Verse 9:28 suggests that the disciples, not just Jesus, have been healing people. Their inability to heal the boy in this case apparently wasn't a matter of lack of faith, but a lack of prayer. * 9:29: Not all Greek manuscripts include the phrase for "and fasting" in verse 29. * 9:34: The disciples' silence in verse 34 suggests that they knew Jesus wouldn't approve of them arguing over who would be the greatest. * 9:40: Verse 40 (which says, in essence, that those not against Jesus are on his side) and [[Matt 12:30|Matthew 12:30]] (which says that those who are not for Jesus are against him) seem like they may be contradictory. But an examination of the context of these two verses indicates that they may be complementary. : One reason we may tend to see the verses as contradictory is because when we say someone is "not for" or "not against" us, we tend to think of people who are more or less neutral. But Jesus in neither case appears to be talking about people who are neutral. In Matthew, the verse comes just before verses where Jesus is talking about blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, and just after verses where people were attributing Jesus' miracles to Beelzebub. These people weren't just "not for" Jesus; they were antagonistic to his ministry. : In the story in Mark, however, the people being discussed aren't opposing Jesus. They're healing people in his name, apparently without being given authority to do so. There is no indication in Mark that they are doing this in order to harm Jesus' ministry. In fact, it is possible that they were sincere and may have even believed they were doing the work that Jesus wanted them to do. At the very least, according to Jesus' words, they were people that were doing good things and would soon be unable to speak against Jesus. Again, these people in being "not against" Jesus weren't neutral; at the very least, they were leaning toward Jesus and thus could be counted on his side. : For modern Latter-day saints, this passage can serve as a lesson that we shouldn't reject out of hand other Christians who do good things, even heal people, even though they haven't been given direct authority. It is clear from this passage that there are people outside of the church who nevertheless help the mission of Christ and will receive their reward for doing so. * 9:43, 45, 47: The Greek word for "hell" in verses 43, 45 and 47 is <i>gehenna</i>. The word originally referred to a valley where garbage was burned. * 9:48: Not all the Greek manuscripts include verse 48. * 10:2: The Greek verb translated as "tempting" (<i>peirazo</i>) in verse 2 refers not to tempting someone to do evil, but to testing someone, in this case to see if he will give the right answer. * 10:25: Over the centuries, some people have attempted to soften the words of Jesus in verse 25. Some have said that the reference is to the Needle's Eye, an especially tight passageway in Jerusalem; however, there is no evidence that such a passageway existed at the time of Jesus. Furthermore, the disciples' response to Jesus indicates that they understood Jesus to mean exactly what he was saying, and Jesus himself said in verse 27 that for people getting saved is indeed impossible. The point here is that salvation is possible only through God. * 10:27: The Greek word translated as "men" in verse 27 is <i>anthropos</i>, which includes women. * 10:27: Verse 27 in rendered in the Joseph Smith Translation thusly: "And Jesus, looking upon them, said, With men that trust in riches, it is impossible; but not impossible with men who trust in God and leave all for my sake, for with such all these things are possible." * 10:44 The Greek word <i>doulos</i>, translated as "servant" in verse 44, is given in some modern translations as "slave," "bondman" or "bondservant." It suggests someone who is totally subject to the wishes of another. * 10:45: The Greek word <i>lutron</i>, translated in verse 45 as "ransom," appears in the New Testament only here and in a parallel passage in [[Matt 20:28|Matthew 20:28]]. It refers to the price paid to redeem a slave or someone held captive. * 10:52: As in previous healings in the gospel of Mark, Jesus connects the healing of the blind man directly with the faith he has shown (verse 52). == Unanswered questions == ''This section is for questions along the lines of "I still don't understand ..." Please do not be shy. The point of these questions is to identify things that still need to be addressed on this page. Click the "edit" link to edit or add content to this section. →'' == Prompts for life application == ''This section is for prompts that suggest ways in which a passage can influence a person's life. Prompts may be appropriate either for private self reflection or for a class discussion. Click the "edit" link to edit or add content to this section. →'' == Prompts for further study == ''This section is for prompts that invite us to think about a passage more deeply or in a new way. These are not necessarily questions that beg for answers, but rather prompts along the lines of "Have you ever thought about ..." Prompts are most helpful when they are developed individually, thoughtfully, and with enough background information to clearly indicate a particular direction for further study or thought. Click the "edit" link to edit or add content to this section. →'' * 8:22-26: Why does it take two steps to completely restore the man's sight? * 8:32: Why does Peter rebuke Jesus? * 8:33: Why does Jesus use such strong language to rebuke Peter? * 9:2-13: Why Moses and Elijah? * 9:2-13: If Elias here is understood to refer to John the Baptists per the Joseph Smith Translation and this is not an improper use of the term "Elias", then what strong reasons do we have to presume that [[Matt 17:3|other accounts]] of this event are using the word Elias to refer to Elijah? What strong reasons do we have to presume that Elijah was even here? * 9:13: When Jesus says (verse 13) that Elias already has come, what is he referring to? The Transfiguration? John the Baptist? * 9:13: What connection does this selection have to do, if anything, with [[D&C 110:12|D&C 110]], where Elijah and Elias are presented as separate people? * 10:9: Whom has God "joined together"? * 10:9: According to this passage, when is divorce wrong? * 10:13-16: What does it mean to receive the kingdom of God "as a little child"? * 10:17: The rich man asked what he could do to inherit eternal life. In his answer, Jesus told him what he could do to have treasure in heaven (verse 21). Are these the same thing? * 10:21: When Christ says take up the cross, what does that phrase mean to this young man when the Savior had not yet been crucified? == Resources == ''This section is for listing links and print resources, including those that are also cited elsewhere on this page. A short comment about the particular strengths of a resource can be helpful. Click the "edit" link to edit or add content to this section. →'' ===Verse 9:28=== * See [http://faithpromotingrumor.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/except-by-prayerand-fasting/ this post] at the ''FPR'' blog for some discussion of this verse (why Jesus says prayer and fasting is required, but doesn't pray or fast himself). === Verse 9:42 === * [http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/Grimm047.html The Juniper Tree] recorded by the Brothers Grimm (use of millstone paralleling this text) ===Verses 10:34-35=== * ''Secret Gospel of Mark insertion.'' See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Gospel_of_Mark this] article for an insertion between these verses from the so-called "Secret Gospel of Mark." == Notes == ''Footnotes are not required but are encouraged for factual assertions that average readers cannot easily evaluate for themselves (such as the date of King Solomon’s death or the nuanced definition of a Greek word). In contrast, insights rarely benefit from footnoting, and the focus of this page should always remain on the scriptures themselves rather than what someone has said about them. Links are actively encouraged on all sections of this page, and links to authoritative sources (such as Strong's Bible Concordance or the Joseph Smith Papers) are preferable to footnotes.'' <references/> ---- [[Mark 7 | Previous page: Mark 7]] [[Mark 11-13 | Next page: Chapters 11-13]]
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Christopher Tolkien, son of Lord of the Rings author, dies aged 95 MOST READ Lights inside SMX hall flicker as Duterte rants vs Ayala, Pangilinan anew Don’t miss out on the latest news and information. Ginebra kept rolling on Sunday night after a wire-to-wire win over Alaska but the Kings won’t be back in action until July 6 in their final game of the elimination round something that concerns head coach Tim Cone.“We’re not out of the woods, we still have to go out and get one more. We got GlobalPort coming up in a couple of weeks. I wish we weren’t taking a break right now,” Cone told reporters after a 105-86 beatdown of the Aces.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSGinebra beats Meralco again to capture PBA Governors’ Cup titleSPORTSAfter winning title, time for LA Tenorio to give back to Batangas folkSPORTSTim Cone, Ginebra set their sights on elusive All-Filipino crown“We’re playing really good basketball. We’d like to keep our momentum going but we’ll see what happens after a couple weeks that’s the way the schedule is and we don’t control it.”Games won’t resume until July 4 as the league gives way to the Fiba World Cup Qualifiers where Gilas Pilipinas begins the third window on the road against rival Chinese Taipei on Friday before returning home and facing powerhouse Australia on July 2 at Philippine Arena. LATEST STORIES Volcano watch: Island fissures steaming, lake water receding Bicol riders extend help to Taal evacuees Former Lady Spiker Gyra Barroga shines in PSL debut for Cocolife Jiro Manio arrested for stabbing man in Marikina Photo by Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.netThe way Barangay Ginebra has been playing, a 12-day break is the only thing that could stop it from winning.Riding on a four-game winning run, the Gin Kings are one of the hottest teams in the league.ADVERTISEMENT Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Harvey Weinstein rape trial Ginebra forward and national team mainstay Japeth Aguilar, who arrived in Taipei Monday, thinks the long break will also help the Kings, especially the veterans and those who are having health issues, to recharge and recuperate.“We would’ve wanted to sustain our momentum, but it would be also nice for us to use the break as an opportunity to heal up,” he said.Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next In fight vs corruption, Duterte now points to Ayala, MVP companies as ‘big fish’ Taal victims get help from Kalayaan town Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard PLAY LIST 02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite03:23Negosyo sa Tagaytay City, bagsak sa pag-aalboroto ng Bulkang Taal01:13Christian Standhardinger wins PBA Best Player award Cloudy skies over Luzon due to amihan View comments read more
Dutch to assist in designing US$30M water treatment plants
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has turned to its Dutch counterparts in Suriname, to assist in the designing of three new Water Treatment Plants to be built at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD), Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Sheet Anchor, Canje, Berbice – at a cost of US$30 million.The decision was taken following a visit by a team of specialists from the Surinamese Water Supply Company (SWM), which discovered design flaws in the Linden Water Treatment Plant that has since been causing headaches for the residents of the community and GWI.This disclosure was made Friday as GWI wrapped up the Guyana leg of a partnership being fostered between the two countries’ utility companies, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).GWI’s Managing Director Dr Richard Van West-Charles provided an update on the two-country partnership, along with IDB Country Representative Sophie Makonnen.The visiting Surinamese team included: Wendell Purperhart, chief of the Central Water Division Department (SWM); Anushka Salmin process engineer, and Jerrol Ferrier head of the West Division.Design flawsDr West-Charles told the media that it was discovered that the Linden Water Treatment Plant is being supplied through two sources of water – surface and below surface – but the treatment plant was designed to be supplied from only one source and this has led to the problems being experienced.He further disclosed that water samples have already been taken at the three proposed locations for the treatment plants, and this has since been sent to Suriname to be forwarded to the Netherlands for testing.He said the results will inform the level of collaboration required in relation to any redesigning of the treatment plants for Diamond, Uitvlugt and Sheet Anchor.The GWI head surmised that the process is expected to take about two weeks and will inform design parameters to be employed for the new plants.Guyana/Suriname MoUMeanwhile, providing an update on the partnership entered between the two countries, Dr West-Charles said GWI is looking forward to inking a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Surinamese, “that lives and helps us to move forward in the level of collaboration.”He reminded that the initiative is borne, in part, out of meetings between the two Heads of States – David Granger and Desi Bouterse – who would have held several ‘get-togethers’ with each other over the past six months, to discuss increased collaboration between the two countries.“We both would like to thank the IDB for this initiative and we will hope that we make this a fruitful venture,” Dr Van West-Charles said, in reference to charting the way forward.According to Dr West-Charles, the collaboration has been immensely useful to GWI and its team since, “our young engineers have been able to appreciate and improve their knowledge and skills in a number of areas.”Non-revenue waterHe told the local media corps that among the areas of cooperation GWI is keen on is the Surinamese approach to handling ‘non-revenue’ water – a result of theft and line losses in its distribution system.He said, “the Surinamese Water Company has managed to have 100 per cent of its consumers in the Nickerie region metered, and the ‘non-revenue’ water losses are at 20 per cent – an impressive feat by any comparison.”The GWI director said that a team from Guyana will be heading to Suriname next month as part of the continued partnership and that team will also be looking specifically at strategies that can be adopted by GWI in reducing its water losses.Meanwhile, addressing the local media corps at the GWI Head Office, Jerrol Ferrier welcomed the initiative and pointed to the fact that in the past there would have been visits by individuals between the two utility companies – this is the first time it has involved teams of specialists.“We have good programmes set up and we can assist with the experience,” he said, even as he pointed to the fact that the Surinamese are keen on learning some of the techniques developed by GWI.The Surinamese team arrived in Guyana earlier this week and over the successive days benefited from a number of site visits, including the beleaguered Linden Water Treatment Plant, GWI’s Shelter Belt and a number of well facilities, among others.The team during their visit also met with Vice President and Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Carl Greenidge and Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings. read more
Sanitary inspector orders closure of Port Mourant Market
A sanitary inspector on Tuesday afternoon ordered that the Port Mourant Market be closed and cleaned before reopening.Both the exterior and interior of the market will have to be cleaned; the sanitary inspector also ordered that the interior walls be scrubbed in an effort to sanitise the facility.The decision by the sanitary department has angered vendors who are said to have been experiencing reduced sales over the past two months.This, they claimed, is on account of other vendors who operate outside the market on Friday nights and retail vegetables at wholesale prices.Meanwhile, a standoff between the Port Mourant/Johns Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Overseer and cleaners attached to the Port Mourant Market has resulted in the market not being cleaned. Huge piles of garbage, including carcasses, were not removed from inside and outside of the market.The situation has resulted in some residents in the area temporally moving out. Sanitation workers have not been able to remove the waste, which has been left by fish vendors and other huskers who utilise the facility on Friday and Saturday.According to a source close to the market, the six cleaners have been requesting to have equipment to work with for the past four weeks and have been told that funds were not available to purchase rakes.Some of the workers have been using their personal tools to clean the market. According to the source, one of the workers had to purchase a bucket so that the toilet could be flushed after vendors use it.On Saturday, the workers were allegedly asked whether they wanted their August salaries, which they were still to collect, or tools since money was not available for both.According to the source, the workers were only requesting hand rakes which cost $2000 each.Meanwhile, the stench in the area has forced many persons to relocate. Richie Ramdehol says the current situation is making it uncomfortable for residents.Villagers say a few weeks ago a similar situation existed which resulted in the Port Mourant NIS office being closed for two days.Angela Newinkurk, a caretaker for a church next to the Market, said the stench has affected church attendance on Sundays.Meanwhile, the NDC has been collecting $10,000 from vendors weekly for the use of the sanitary facility. That money should be used for the welfare of the market. read more
Scrap metal trade ban lifted temporarily – Gaskin
The export of scrap metal will again resume for yet another limited period, or periods in this case, until legislation to govern the sector is passed.This was disclosed by Gaskin on Friday when questioned by this newspaper. According to him, he hopes to have the trade resumed for another limited period before the year ends, should the bill for the sector not be tabled in Parliament before December.“I know that we will try to do another limited resumption, and I think that will be how we will go ahead with it ‘till such time as the legislation is passed. We will assess the last limited resumption — I do have a report which I haven’t completely examined as yet — and once there are no red flags and there are no problems, we can do it again for another three months; and unfortunately, until the legislation is passed, we will have to intermittently do it,” he said.The Minister clarified that the limited resumption periods should not be “a big problem”, since they would allow for all of the piled scrap metal to be shifted off.It was informed by him that during the last period of limited resumption, held earlier this year, the Ministry was able to test-run its software system which was implemented to monitor the sector.As a result of the new system, he noted, the Ministry was able to pinpoint a few flaws, which can be addressed easily.Gaskin reported that he was certain that a large quantity of scrap metal was exported during that period, while he was unable to specify how much.Government had approved a restart of the scrap metal trade in Guyana during February 2017, after closing down the industry one year prior to that.The main reason for this was to allow exporters to ship out the existing stock for a limited period of three months, and ensure that there was no stockpile of the materials.However, in April 2018, after several months of delay, Government had decided to reopen the scrap metal trade on a limited basis to facilitate the clearing of some of the scrap metal accumulated across the country.At a previous meeting, Gaskin had said that resumption of the trade would give the MoB an opportunity to test the system to ensure that it works, and also to help clear some of the accumulated scrap metal that had been legitimately acquired.The scrap metal trade was suspended in June 15, 2015 after a forensic audit was done by the Scrap Metal Unit (SMU), which monitors the trade.Government approved a restart of the scrap metal trade during February 2017, after shuttering the industry one year prior. The main reason for this restart was to allow exporters to ship out their existing stock for a limited period of three months, thereby ensuring there was no stockpile of materials.However, in April 2018, after several months of delays and much criticism, Government was pressured to reopen the scrap metal trade on a limited basis to facilitate the clearing of some of the scrap metal accumulated across the country. read more
Public Security Ministry seeks help of AG Chambers
– as millions in overpayments to staffers uncoveredOver at the Public Security Ministry, a situation has arisen wherein some staff members have been overpaid by millions, prompting the Ministry to seek help from the Attorney General to recover the money.This is according to the Auditor General’s (AG) 2017 report, which was recently made public. According to the AG, ten public servants were overpaid in that fiscal year by $1.3 million.While some of the money was subsequently recovered, some $1.1 million is still outstanding. Monies were also outstanding from the previous year. According to the report, overpayments totalling $2.5 million were made.Some of the money has also been recovered, leaving approximately $1.5 million in limbo. All may not be lost, however, as the Ministry revealed that they have sought the help of the Attorney General Chambers.But why did the overpayments occur in the first place? According to the AG report,Ministry of Public Securitya pay change mix-up with the Central Accounting Unit at the Ministry is responsible for the overpayments.In their recommendations, the AG urged the Ministry to continue in its efforts to recover the money. In addition, the office recommended that the interface with the Central Accounting Unit be enhanced to prevent recurrences.Overpayments of salaries to staff are not isolated incidents. Nor are they limited to Ministries. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in salaries were overpaid to staff of the Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Administration, and this was flagged by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) earlier this year.The meeting had revealed that since the Auditor General cited the issue in his 2016 report, not much has changed. In the Auditor General’s 2016 report, overpayment of salaries was flagged as a prior year issue that was partially implemented.In the Auditor General’s 2015 report, it was recorded that “Fourteen and seventeen employees were overpaid net salaries for the years 2012 and 2014, respectively, with the related deductions also being overpaid to the various agencies.Although the regional administration made some progress with recovery of these overpayments, this situation recurred in 2015 with nine employees being overpaid. However, to date, there has been no progress with the recovery of the deductions paid over to the various agencies.”It was also reported that “Unpaid net salaries totalling $9.838 million were refunded to the Consolidated Fund for the years 2012 to 2014. However, the related deductions totalling $2.075 million paid to various agencies were still not recovered.Similarly, for 2015, amounts totalling $1.471 million were refunded to the Consolidated Fund as unpaid salaries for thirty-six” employees, and the related deductions of $308,946 paid to the various agencies were also not recovered.” read more
Sawmill fire in Chetwynd on Sunday
The West Fraser sawmill in Chetwynd was hit by fire last night. It broke out about 7 o’clock, and was isolated by interior fire spinklers, and 17 fire-fighters, to the file room of the mill.Fire Chief Leo Sabulsky says, it’s believed the fire was caused, by a faulty piece of machinery. There were no injuries reported.- Advertisement -The Chetwynd Fire Department was at the scene, for about two hours.
KPL trio eager to help Burundi at AFCON
0Shares0000L-R: Mousa Omar, Justin Ndikumana, Karim Nizigiyimana and Francis Mustafa after Burndi training at the Ittihad Alexandria Club on June 21, 2019CAIRO, Egypt, Jun 21 – Three Kenyan Premier League players will be on show when Burundi make their debut at the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with their Group B opening game against Nigeria’s Super Eagles in Alexandria on Saturday night.Gor Mahia’s Francis Mustafa as well as the Sofapaka duo of keeper Justin Ndikumana and Mousa Omar are part of Burundi’s squad for the tournament in Cairo and speaking to Capital Sport, the three aim to give their best and see their country succeed. “It is great thing to be here for the tournament and we have prepared very well for it. We are not here to tour; we are here to show that we have the ability and we qualified by merit,” Gor Mahia’s Mustafa stated.He added; “We have a tough opening game against Nigeria. We know they are a good team and have been champions before but we are not playing against names. They have two legs, we have two legs and we will fight it off on the pitch for 90 minutes.”Burundi and Gor Mahia player Francis Mustafa passes the ball under pressure from Shassir Nahimana during a training session at the Ittihad Alexandria Club on June 21, 2019Mustafa hasn’t really kicked in well since joining Gor towards the end of last season and this has been mostly due to a positional switch. While at Gor he plays as a centre forward, he is employed as a holding midfielder at national team level and that is where he has flourished.At the same time, goalkeeper Justin Ndikumana is hopeful that the team can get to the round of 16 in the least, saying he believes the team has prepared well.The Sofapaka shot stopper was handed a starting role in the team’s final warm up match against Tunisia in Rades, a match they lost 2-1 conceding a late goal. He is competing for a starting slot with Tanzania based Jonathan Nahimana.If given a chance, Ndikumana says he will put in his best to ensure the Swallows make an impression.Burundi and Sofapaka keeperJustin Ndikumana with former Kakamega Homeboyz shot-stopper Arthur Arakaza during a training session at the Ittihad Alexandria Club on June 21, 2019“Football is like a party and we are here to show our talents. We worked so hard to qualify for the tournament and now that we have achieved that target, it is time to prove that we are here by merit. We have prepared well and I believe with the strategy we have, we can make history,” Ndikumana noted.The Burundian team is laden with players who have previously plied their trade in Kenya and on top of the two, there is third choice keeper Arthur Arakaza, former Sofapaka forward Abdul Razak Fiston and former Gor Mahia right back Karim Nizigiyimana.Nizigiyimana left Gor for Ugandan side Vipers at the beginning of last season and skippered the Burundians to the Cup of Nations.He however struggled with injury for most of 2017 but slowly came back to action towards the end of last season. His lack of regular first team football led him to leave for Vipers where he says he has played enough and is back to his best.Burundi players during a training session at the Ittihad Alexandria Club on June 21, 2019The marauding right back believes this upcoming AFCON is his chance to prove that he is back to the top of his game.I have settled well in Vipers and playing a whole season has been good for me. I believe I am back to the Karim that people knew at Gor and I have trained well for this AFCON and I will indeed show that I am back,” Nizigiyimana told Capital Sport.He added; “As a team I believe we are ready. We have played very tough friendly games and they have made us toughen up.”0Shares0000(Visited 5 times, 1 visits today) read more
Mortgage relief bill advances
The House last month passed legislation to expand backing of mortgages by the Federal Housing Administration, which now insures some 3.7 million loans in the event of default, with a view to helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. “Families dealing with the pain of a foreclosure should not have the double whammy of a large tax bill,” Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said of the tax-relief measure he sponsored. To help offset the $650 million in tax revenue, the legislation also makes it harder to get breaks on capital gains taxes for the sale of second homes. The White House supports the tax measure but wants the mortgage relief to be in effect for three years, not permanent, as approved by the House. President George W. Bush is opposed to limiting tax breaks on the sale of second homes. The Mortgage Bankers Association expressed strong support for the tax-relief bill, but fiercely criticized the bankruptcy measure. “Lenders will have no choice but to move to foreclosure right away to ensure that they are not covered by the onerous provisions of this bill,” the group said in a statement. “In the longer term, investors and speculators who overpaid for homes at the height of the housing bubble will have an incentive to file for bankruptcy, walk away from the loan and property, and reap an undeserved windfall.”160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! WASHINGTON – Financial relief for homeowners facing foreclosure or in bankruptcy advanced in the House on Thursday as the House approved legislation to help financially strapped homeowners. The bill, passed by a 386-to-27 vote, would give a tax break to homeowners who have mortgage debt forgiven as part of a foreclosure or a reworking of a loan. The value of that forgiveness, which is now taxable as income, would become tax-exempt. While the measure is anticipated to reduce the taxes of some strapped homeowners by a total of $650 million, it also looks to help offset that by limiting a tax break available on the sale of second homes. Another measure, narrowly approved by a House Judiciary subcommittee and opposed by Republicans on the panel, has been sent to the full Judiciary Committee. It would revise the bankruptcy code to help homeowners facing default and foreclosure, biting into already hard-hit profits at mortgage lenders. AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREChargers go winless in AFC West with season-ending loss in Kansas CityThat bill would allow judges to order mortgage lenders to ease terms for homeowners in bankruptcy proceedings. Currently, mortgage lenders can foreclose against a homeowner in default 90 days after the filing of bankruptcy. Legislation similar to both bills is pending in the Senate. Mortgage lenders would be “terrified” of getting wrapped up in bankruptcy proceedings, said Brian Gardner, a research analyst with investment firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. The House vote was the latest congressional reaction to a mortgage crisis touched off this spring by a blowup in high-priced home loans for risky borrowers, which has thrown a pall over the economy. An estimated 2 million to 2.5 million adjustable-rate mortgages – worth some $600 billion – will jump from low initial “teaser” rates to higher rates this year and next. Steep pre-payment penalties have made it difficult for some to get out of their mortgages, and some overstretched homeowners can’t afford to refinance or sell their homes. Foreclosures are at record highs and late payments are spiking. Lenders have been forced out of business and investors have taken huge financial hits. read more
COPE CYCLES NAMED AS SPONSORS FOR DONEGAL’S NEWEST CYCLING TEAM
Cope Cycles are proud to be one of the sponsors of Donegal’s newest Cycling Team, Advanced Athletes Academy (AAA). Advanced Athletes Academy has been set up to promote athletic excellence for youths through mentoring by elite athletes.In conjunction with cyclists who are committed to youth development, AAA will… •Actively seek new talent and develop from U12 through to senior level.•Engage with local schools and clubs encouraging participation in the sport•Aim to promote an annual National Secondary Schools Cycling Championship to be hosted in Donegal.•Offer a way forward to those with the talent to progress and act as a conduit to the Continent for the best young riders •Focus on youth riders long term development and educational advancement•We have currently secured commitment from a number senior elite cyclists who in turn will help to attract and develop the best available youth riders to our youth development programme.The launch of AAA Cycling will take place on Friday night in the Bayview Bar, Dungloe, Co.Donegal at 9pm and we would be delighted if you would attend. COPE CYCLES NAMED AS SPONSORS FOR DONEGAL’S NEWEST CYCLING TEAM was last modified: March 6th, 2015 by Mark ForkerShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:AAABusinesscopeCYCLINGdungloenewsSport read more
Caltech prof wins prize
AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MOREOregon Ducks football players get stuck on Disney ride during Rose Bowl eventUbiquitin – from the Latin word “ubique,” meaning “everywhere” – is a protein found in every cell of all living things, from yeast to human beings. It attaches itself to many other proteins in cells, specifically those proteins that have outlived their purpose, are abnormal or must be destroyed to regulate their levels in a cell. The study of ubiquitin has implications for research into the causes of birth defects, neurodegenerative syndromes, cancer and immune disorders, according to the March of Dimes. “Dr. Varshavsky’s work has provided rich insight into the ubiquitin system and its crucial role in regulating living cells,” said Dr. Jennifer L. Howse, president of the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology has been awarded annually since 1996 to investigators “whose research has profoundly advanced the science that underlies the understanding of birth defects.” The March of Dimes created the prize as a tribute to Dr. Jonas Salk, who received March of Dimes support for his work to create a polio vaccine. The March of Dimes Prize will be presented to Varshavsky at a black-tie dinner and ceremony on May 1 at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco. CBS sportscaster Greg Gumbel, a member of the March of Dimes national Board of Trustees, will host the ceremony.160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set! PASADENA – A Caltech professor is the winner of the 2006 March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology for explaining how a tiny protein helps to regulate many crucial processes in human cells, it was announced Tuesday.The recipient receives a cash award of $250,000 and a silver medal in the design of the Roosevelt dime, in honor of former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who founded the March of Dimes. Alexander Varshavsky, the Smits professor of cell biology at Caltech, is credited by his peers with co-founding the field of ubiquitin research and ushering it into the age of molecular genetics, according to the March of Dimes. “His pioneering studies in the 1980s brought to light the remarkably diverse and important biological functions of the ubiquitin system,” according to a March of Dimes statement. read more
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HALLPASS
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About HALLPASS
Operational Safeguards
While physical and technical safeguards are best described as “reactive” measures in the event of an intruder, operational safeguards are the day-to-day proactive protections to help prevent such an event from happening in the first place, or preparing students and staff for every facet of a potential crisis.
Our schools already have many of these measures in place, such as lockdown drills and anti-bullying programs. We would love to work with the student body, staff, law enforcement, etc. to help bring additional programs to the schools. The input from people in the schools promises to help develop the best programs to reduce bullying, improve social inclusion, and take notice of dangerous attitudes and behaviors. This is also likely our most adaptable area of focus, and has potential to change over time.
Say Something is a program that can be delivered in classes, assemblies or via student ambassadors. Training takes 50 minutes or less with a wide range of post-training activities and events to ensure sustainability and integration into the school culture. SHP will train educators and/or students or you can download a digital kit with presentation and resource guides.
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Reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in airway smooth muscle
Tang, Dale D.
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, United States
See 21 grants from Dale Tang
See grants from Albany Medical College
Asymmetric Lymphocyte Division in the Immune Response
Higher-Than-Replacement Testosterone Plus Finasteride Treatment After SCI
The Safety and Quality of Inter-hospital Transfers for Hospitalized Adults
Molecular pathological epidemiology of colorectal cancer
Society for Public Health Education 54th Annual Meeting
Regulation of the Nox1 NADPH Oxidase in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
What Causes Human Narcolepsy?
Role of Cholesterol in Age-related Decline in Steroidogenesis
FUS Protein Homeostasis in ALS
NCC and ENaC form a Sodium Transporting Complex
Airway smooth muscle cell proliferation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of airway smooth muscle layer thickening, cardinal features of asthma that affects nearly 250 million people worldwide. In addition, bronchial biopsy of patients with severe asthma suggests that airway smooth muscle migration contributes to smooth muscle thickening in the airways. The mechanisms that regulate smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration are not fully elucidated. Abi1 (Abl interactor 1) is an adapter protein that has a role in actin cytoskeletal remodeling in nonmuscle cells and smooth muscle contraction. Nevertheless, the role and mechanisms of Abi1 in smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration have not been previously investigated. Pilot studies have shown that Abi1 knockdown attenuates DNA synthesis and cell numbers enhanced by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), suggesting an important role of Abi1 in regulating airway smooth muscle cell proliferation.
In Aim 1, the role of Abi1 in regulating the Jak2 and STAT3 phosphorylation, and other pathways will be evaluated in cells upon stimulation with growth factors.
In Aim 2, the role of Abi1 in airway smooth muscle migration and its effectors will be evaluated.
In Aim 3, the role of Abi1 in allergen- induced airway smooth muscle thickening will be evaluated by using conditional Abi1 knockout mice. Moreover, the potential role of Abi1-associated pathways in human asthma will be determined. Completion of these studies should advance our knowledge regarding functional role and mechanism of the adapter protein Abi1 in smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration in vitro, and asthma pathogenesis in vivo. Obtaining this knowledge will facilitate the development of new therapy to treat asthma.
Airway smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration play a critical role in the pathogenesis of asthma which affects nearly 25-30 million people in the United Sates and 250 million people worldwide. However, the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate smooth muscle cell proliferation and motility are not well elucidated. This research project is to unveil novel mechanisms that control airway smooth muscle growth and migration in vitro and the pathogenesis of asthma in vivo using advanced biotechnology. Obtaining this knowledge may disclose new biotargets for the development of new strategies to treat the disease.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
2R01HL110951-06A1
Lung Cellular, Molecular, and Immunobiology Study Section (LCMI)
Lachowicz-Scroggins, Marrah Elizabeth
Albany Medical College
Other Basic Sciences
R01 HL Reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton in airway smooth muscle
Tang, Dale D. / Albany Medical College
Tang, Dale D. / Albany Medical College $355,500
Wang, Yinna; Rezey, Alyssa C; Wang, Ruping et al. (2018) Role and regulation of Abelson tyrosine kinase in Crk-associated substrate/profilin-1 interaction and airway smooth muscle contraction. Respir Res 19:4
Liao, Guoning; Wang, Ruping; Rezey, Alyssa C et al. (2018) MicroRNA miR-509 Regulates ERK1/2, the Vimentin Network, and Focal Adhesions by Targeting Plk1. Sci Rep 8:12635
Tang, Dale D; Gerlach, Brennan D (2017) The roles and regulation of the actin cytoskeleton, intermediate filaments and microtubules in smooth muscle cell migration. Respir Res 18:54
Li, Jia; Wang, Ruping; Gannon, Olivia J et al. (2016) Polo-like Kinase 1 Regulates Vimentin Phosphorylation at Ser-56 and Contraction in Smooth Muscle. J Biol Chem 291:23693-23703
Li, Jia; Wang, Ruping; Tang, Dale D (2016) Vimentin dephosphorylation at ser-56 is regulated by type 1 protein phosphatase in smooth muscle. Respir Res 17:91
Tang, Dale D (2015) Critical role of actin-associated proteins in smooth muscle contraction, cell proliferation, airway hyperresponsiveness and airway remodeling. Respir Res 16:134
Wang, Tao; Wang, Ruping; Cleary, Rachel A et al. (2015) Recruitment of ?-catenin to N-cadherin is necessary for smooth muscle contraction. J Biol Chem 290:8913-24
Jiang, Sixin; Tang, Dale D (2015) Plk1 regulates MEK1/2 and proliferation in airway smooth muscle cells. Respir Res 16:93
Liao, Guoning; Panettieri, Reynold A; Tang, Dale D (2015) MicroRNA-203 negatively regulates c-Abl, ERK1/2 phosphorylation, and proliferation in smooth muscle cells. Physiol Rep 3:
Wang, Ruping; Cleary, Rachel A; Wang, Tao et al. (2014) The association of cortactin with profilin-1 is critical for smooth muscle contraction. J Biol Chem 289:14157-69
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Historical Photos Of Soviet Red Army
Jewish life in history. Such a heavy one.
Rare Photos Of Salvation Army
Vintage Photos Of Panama Canal
Soviet soldiers during the WWII
Photos From The Eastern Front During The WWII
Jimi Hendrix, 1968. https://t.co/yIplKfEMJT
Haile Selassie I. See more photos: https://t.co/xM6XmINWb1 https://t.co/icIkt1QeGF
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On Thursday, January 31st 2002, Columbus, OH played host to a touring troupe of Shaolin students and teachers. The VTM paid a visit to the Capa theater in Columbus to see a presentation of Shaolin Warriors.
It was a very impressive demonstration of the artistic skills of the Shaolin monks of China. The athletic ability of these monks seems to go against the laws of physics. The introduction had a young monk playing chess with his Sifu.
Boy: Master?
Master: Yes?
Boy: What is Shaolin Kung Fu?
Master: Shaolin Kung Fu is the unity of Chan (Zen) and the martial arts.
Boy: How does one achieve this unity?
Master: By dedicating yourself fully to the practice.
Boy: Will you take me to the Shaolin Temple to watch the training?
Master: Of Course?
He asked his Sifu "what is Shaolin kung fu?" His Sifu answers "Shaolin is what you feel in your heart." With this statement, the curtain rose to an active stage depicting the everyday life of the monks' meditation, training, cleaning, cooking, etc. The first act began as a representation of summer; the monks demonstrated different traditional Shaolin styles like White ape boxing, Nan chaun, Drunken and group fighting. The second act depicted Spring time with the animal forms such as Tiger, Eagle, Duck, Scorpion, Monkey, Snake and more. Every animal was very clear and evident from each performer's body movements. The second act closed with acts of Qi Gong - breaking staffs over various body parts including legs, arms, and stomach. This was followed by a demonstrator that broke metal bars over his head! The third act shows the most about the daily life of the monks. This act was finished with weapons demonstrations. The first the most famous Shaolin weapon - the wooden staff. This was quickly followed by the drunken straight sword, the broad sword single, the double sword and finally two-man weapon forms. The fourth act represented autumn. In this act, several Qi Gong exercises and group staff fighting were demonstrated. This act ended with Iron whip form. The final act, representing winter, had more drunken boxing and a Qi Gong demonstration. In the Qi Gong demonstration, several monks made a "layer cake." One monk laid down on sharpen swords and a bed of nails on top of him. A second monk laid on top of the bed of nails and was covered with a concrete slab. This slab was broken with a sledgehammer. The grand finale brought all the monks at once, filling the stage with a host of different demonstrations of artistic martial arts expressions. The curtain closed with the young monk and his Sifu sitting on the steps of the Temple.
Boy: I think I understand now.
Boy: Shaolin Kung Fu builds moral character, strengthens the body, and celebrates life.
Master: Yes. You need only practice with all of your heart and all of your mind.
This was a very good demonstration of the artistic side of martial arts. This demonstrated the value of training a style that will fall in the art category. It was very entertaining inspirational.
The two-hour show was presented as an example of one year's training at the Shaolin Temple in two acts - Spring and Summer in Act I and Autumn and Winter in Act II. With exciting movements and quick techniques, the Shaolin monks exploded onto the stage, demonstrating animal forms including: snake, crane, eagle, toad, scorpion, duck, mantis, and tiger. Many weapons forms were also displayed in addition to iron stomach and iron head skills. Ranging in age from pre-adolescent to adult, each student demonstrated some special skill for the audience. Also demonstrated was a Zen ceremony. During scene changes, different performers walked across the front of the main curtain to entertain the crowd. At one point, several children from the audience were invited up on stage and taught some basic wushu movements.
Shaolin tour events
Student and Master's discussion of Chan(Zen) and Martial Arts
Shaolin Yoga
Buddhist Ceremony
Drunken Monks
bowl on stomach
Iron Skin
bed of nails, breaking slabs of stones
Shaolin daily activities
sweeping / weapon form
practice of kung fu using daily tools
Tong Sigong - Shaolin Youth Postures training
Iron Qigong
log smash
Group Staff form
Traditional Shaolin forms
Children's basic movements (during set change)
Fans and Flag Kung Fu
Mountain training - teacher and two young students
Story of Three Monks wanting to leave the temple
There are over 20 weapons, equally divided between short and long, used by the Shaolin monks today. They include the common axe, cudgel, spear, halberd, sword and broadsword, 3-section staff, dart, dagger, black tiger hammer, plum blossom broadsword, Bodhidharma staff, tiger hooks, and many others. Among all these weapons, the cudgel, spear, sword, broadsword, are known as the four main weapons of Shaolin, although traditionally, Shaolin monks weren't just commonly armed with the major four. They had many short weapons hidden on the body such as the dart, iron fan and flute, Bodhidharma staff, and many others that re unique to Shaolin practices. The use of these hidden weapons traditionally gave the Shaolin monks additional power over their enemies. In addition to actual weapons, a Shaolin monk can utilize virtually any common, everyday object as a weapon.
Each monk is required to achieve an extraordinarily high level of proficiency in each of the temple's traditional weapons and to become a master of one. Below are some of the weapons demonstrated:
Double Broadsword
Straight Sword
Steel Whip
Double Headed Spear
Spear vs. Empty Hand
Shaolin Fork
Kwando
Steel Whip with Broadsword
Kwando vs. Staff
The Shaolin Monastery is the headquarters of a Buddhist sect that became known across Asia for it's disciplined Chan (Zen) philosophy and deadly martial arts prowess. Nearly 1,500 years after the monastery was created, the monks of Shaolin are still held in great reverence while demonstrating their remarkable skill to audiences throughout modern-day China and around the world.
With a need to protect themselves in a battle-torn, feudal China, the Shaolin monks embarked on a long process to develop a system of defense by meditating on the attack and defense movements of animals. The Shaolin monks called their system of fighting wushu, and after a few centuries, their order was famous for being a brand of Buddhists that one should not provoke.
Even with all of their remarkable fighting abilities, it is a commonly held understanding that Buddhist monks espouse a philosophy of non-violence. It would be incorrect to associate demonstrations of Shaolin fighting techniques as acts of aggression. They fight mostly in silence, exhibiting what can be described as "stillness in movement" - a direct result of a serene mind cultivated through the practice of meditation. The only exception being a group of wayward monks who formed a secret organization known as the White Lotus in 1620.
The Shaolin monks train in martial arts for several hours every day - perfecting the art of hand-to-hand and weapons combat. It is the daily practice of seated meditation that enables the individual monk to sustain a demanding physical regimen. Through the practice known as Chan (Zen), the monks calm the body and focus the mind to a single collected point in order to attain the mental state known as Samadhi (complete mental absorption). It is in this quiet yet highly focused state of mind that the monk is able to endure extreme physical discomfort and pain, as well as being able to undergo the intense daily training required to achieve and maintain the level of adeptness for which they are so highly praised.
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The Big Chill
If this comic makes no sense or seems out of place, perhaps it is because you didn’t read yesterday’s comic. Oh, what’s that? You didn’t notice the continuity? Well, it’s new. We just had it installed. I’m not sure if I like the color, but we have 30 days to return it, so…
If you are still confused, the guys WERE in line to see The Avengers and now they ARE in the theater, taking their seats. A betting man might assume they will next be watching the movie, then perhaps after that the movie will be over.
There has been nothing short of an outpouring of support from you, The Fancy Bastards, regarding my blog post yesterday dealing with the shortcomings I see in the comic and the changes/improvements I want to make. I am not exaggerating when I say I spent the whole of Tuesday reading comments, emails and tweets, processing them, responding to as many as I could and just thinking about what you guys had to say. The reactions ranged from “I love the comic and I will continue to support whatever you decide to do,” to “While I do still enjoy the comic, I don’t read it as much and I think you’re right in wanting to fix all those things that you want to fix,” to “YES! All of those things are wrong with the comic! Also here is another list of all the things you are doing wrong! Fix those things now!” Granted, that last group was a vast minority, but for some reason their words rang the loudest between my ears inside my overstressed, emotionally exhausted brains.
Major thanks to everyone that donated yesterday, especially to the few new donation subscribers. If you enjoy HE and would like to see it continue, I have added $2, $3, and $4 monthly donation subscription options. If you can spare $2 a month for a bunch of free comics, I would very much appreciate it.
It’s taking every single ounce of… is humility the word? Probably not. Anyway, it’s taking all of the stuff that I can muster… MUSTERSTUFF! That’s the word! It’s taking all of that to read the comments and really absorb the constructive criticism without taking it too personally or getting offended. I basically opened a huge wound then gave everyone one of your a band-aid and a jar of pee and asked you NOT to throw the jar of pee at the wound. There’s sand in the pee jar too. It’s a bad scene where open wounds are concerned. A day later, I am extremely grateful for the band-aids and even the slightly pee-soaked band-aids… OK this metaphor was out of hand before it even started. Abandoning metaphor. Thank you for the feedback. I’m keeping a running list of ideas that I’ve gotten from you guys and I will be considering them strongly and implementing many of the changes you’ve suggested the make sense.
I was really shocked by the number of people that suggested that I take the comic out of the RSS feed and instead just give a link to the site in order to improve ad revenue. These comments came mainly from people who read the comic in the RSS feed. I don’t know how I feel about that since I read everything in Google Reader and get frustrated when I am linked out of it, but I am willing to experiment with anything at this point.
I can certainly say that writing for this week has gone MUCH faster than it typically does. The concept of “picking up where I left off” is altogether new to me and is far preferable to desperately searching for a new topic to write about every day. I am still scared of this new territory, but I am already optimistic about the direction I am taking the comic and my ability to produce better comics, more often and with some degree of reliability in terms of update schedule. More on that as this phase of The Experiment progresses.
COMMENTERS: What’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen anyone do in a movie theater? I mean, being a teen is pretty bad, but one time I was seeing Equilibrium and a dude just it up a freakin’ cigarette. IN THE THEATER! That’s some seriously sociopathic behavior. Another time, while watching either Paycheck or The Time Machine (I don’t remember which), I had to yell at a guy to wake him up because he was snoring so loud. I don’t remember the film, but once I saw a mom let her two small boys run up and down the aisles of the theater with toy swords during the entire movie. They were like teens, only smaller. It was terrible.
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The Code Crimson
There's nothing more chilling than icy hatred… His face in the final panel is like pure rageaholic. That pimply teen is in so much trouble!
DougM
TEEN: "It was like a million voices screaming in horror. And, suddenly, went silent…"
Josh Shoberg
I don't recall what movie it was, but a friend and I were seeing one when we were all of maybe 8-10 and I believe our families were in a different theater. The movie was packed, we had our coats on our chairs, went to pee, and when we came back some asshole teenagers had just sat in our spots, on top of our jackets. As they were much bigger than us, we put up little fuss other than to demand they get out of our chairs, which did nothing but them throwing our jackets in our faces and laughing. So teenagers are not just assholes to older people, they're assholes to everyone.
hijinksensue
"teenagers are not just assholes to older people, they're assholes to everyone."
"Oh, you mean THIS jacket? Now it's the FLOOR's jacket!" [congratulates self on being so clever]
I don't even want to consider the amount of teenage fartspermstosterone I inherited that day.
This is why you must travel in large, roving packs as children. Twenty striplings can tear a teenager apart.
PLEASE don't cripple the RSS feed. Comics that do that find themselves right out of my awareness in short order. I'll try to keep up, but it'll be a losing battle. I know I miss out on a lot of great comics this way, but there it is. Google Reader is my Internet. Just sayin'.
What if I showed the first panel or a preview? Something to remind you that in one more click you could A) see the wonderful picture funnies and B) support me through ads? Just a thought.
@flamesbladeflcl
I sort of like what SMBC does in which it has the full comic in the rss but on the website there is a red button that shows an extra pannel. That way rather then making the rss feed shittier you are giving an added value to clicking through. (In a related note I now feel like an ass for forgetting to add this site to my list of exceptions in ad block so right now I'm turning it off then am going to spend a while clicking around your page)
I don't know much about RSS, but I seem to remember people saying you can put ads inside it. Would that be a doable compromise?
It does seem like putting the comic entire in the RSS is shooting yourself in the foot, ad revenue-wise. Personally, I'd think a simple "NEW COMIC HERE" bit would be good enough for RSS. That way, you'd get your new HE alert and click through if you're too busy to just stop by every day.
kschenke
So, I write movie reviews and occasionally get to go to early screenings, so I see some of the same people there occasionally. One of the regular people there is a man with his differently-abled brother. I can't tell you if he has autism or another mental issue, but he is in a wheelchair and he does have trouble clearly speaking.
For a movie earlier in the year, there was a louder older woman sitting near me and before the movie started she went to say hello to the man and his brother on her way to the bathroom because she had talked to him before (I know this because she loudly said all this to the woman she came with). As the wheelchaired man was talking to her excitedly about watching the movie for a few seconds, she literally put her hand over his mouth and scrunched up his cheeks to stop him from talking because she had to go to the bathroom. When she left, he was embarrassed and his brother was speechless.
When she came back, she told him Jennifer Aniston was supposed to "show her boobies" in the movie (it was Wanderlust and no she didn't) and, as the kicker, when she got back to her seat she told her friend, "Did you see? I told the retarded guy Jennifer Aniston gets naked." And then she laughed. Oh, and she spent the rest of the movie loudly repeating all the lines she thought were funny.
That is the worst thing I've ever seen in a movie theater.
That is one of the worst things ever. D:
Oh my God. How did the witnesses resist getting physically violent?
I was incredibly torn between what I should do, especially since I was sitting a little ways away from the situation and the brother hadn't said anything. I kept an ear out for the lady during the rest of the night and if she did anything else particularly disruptive outside of repeating movie lines I was going to talk to the manager.
I had a substitute teacher call me Frankenstein once because of my assistive listening device, so yeah…there are people like this out there in the world, and most of them just have no idea how insensitive they are being.
When I saw Kings Kong, there was a crying infant in the theatre for almost the entire movie. I'm not sure what's worse, hearing an infant cry, or watching King Kong.
Im sure both made each element better.
Hearing a baby cry for the better part of two hours is a hell of a reminder to buy condoms on the ride home.
While watching King Kong is a reminder that Peter Jackson isn't infallible, and that the least he could do the next time he wants anybody to sit through a stinker like King Kong is to throw in a tasteful scene or two with some boobies.
StoneMaven
You kids today! It's sad. Way back when (the 70's) a person could count on seeing boobs at least once in just about any R-rated movie. That and if it was fantasy, Doug McClure would crop up somewhere.When did this country get so damn puritanical!
why the fudck to teenagers go to the theater anyway? They text and talk and other stuff the whole movie, make it impossible to hear what's happening… and they paid ten bucks for it. WTF?
That said, I apologize to everyone as it was MY generation that did the laser-pointer bullshit in the late 90s. I personally didn't (I was saving for a laser from Edmund Scientific, not the pet store) but I might as well have there were so many little assholes with laser pointers.
dookie791
Heh… I still do that. But not at movies, nooooo sir, I go to the skatepark and do that. Hehheheheheheh. Course, I wasn't a teen in the 90's
When I was a teenager, I went to movies to actually watch them. And I did.
BoutsofInsanity
Warning, Sarcasm below…
I am a teenager… And I go to movie's to watch them… I totally appreciate the "agism"? But I suppose I can forgive you old farts who have to walk with a cane and make more noise getting out of the sofa than a squealing infant…
Oddly enough, I do walk with a cane sometimes and I do make an audible wince when I get off the couch, both because of my chronic back pain. So, yeah. Fair enough, I guess.
Skorpeyon
*snort* I love/loved laser pointers, but not when they're used to distract from something genuinely entertaining. Though, my favorite occurrence of assholes getting what they deserve was watching the 4th of July fireworks while a bunch of morons on boats out on the lake shone green laser pointers up at them, lighting up the smoke. Sure, it looked neat, but c'mon, guys, explosives are awesome, and you're ruining the show. I think they might have learned it was a stupid idea when the Coast Guard boarded their boat. If only it were legal to simply take the law into our own hands and jack people in the jaw when they do retarded things.
w00hoo
Comic & RSS Feed –
I get almost every comic I read as an RSS feed update now, because it means I don't need to haunt the sites to see if they have been updated yet. Before that I had two bookmarked folders and would check on the respective days of the week. That worked well enough, but meant I only read comics when I was where the folder was. I mean, that was at work, so it wasn't terrible or anything, but it's nicer to read them as they arrive.
Having said that, I read every comic by opening them out of the RSS feed in to a new tab, because you don't get mouse overs otherwise and I like the mouse overs (also why I don't read them on the iPad…).
So, hopefully the mouse overs get you a bit more revenue, but I would expect the RSS feed to be an advert revenue issue. It's just a shame it's so easy.
Don't know if that helps. Only real advice is if someone asks you a question about your merch, reply to them. Even if it's only to say 'sorry, I can't help with that bit'. Nothing says 'I don't really want your money' like not answering a question about your merch.
Eh? I can see hover text just fine in Reader. And on the iPad I get a little link under the comic that says "show alt text".
Umm… "Show alt text"? On my comic? What browser are you using? I didnt even know that was possible.
Holy shit, there's alt text?!?
I've been reading this strip for over a year and never noticed. Curse you RSS reader! [shakes fist at Google Reader]
Hopefully my back reading for alt text will make up the lost revenue from using a reader.
Would you like it if I replaced the comic in the feed with a preview image?
Just a notice that there's something new, and a link to the strip, would be enough.
But if I had read carefully, I would have seen that you already commented on that very approach 🙂
Betzz
Hey! First comment and first donation in one day! Yeah! (I also disabled AdBlock for HE and randomly clicked on ads and spammed my facebook page with HE links…. so, yeah… well… I hope it helps).
I laughed so hard at these last comics! When we saw Avengers, my first reaction at our seats was "you gotta be kidding me". Teens and yelling "adults" (you know, older than 25 but proudly displaying their mental age of 15 with every loud idiotic thing they say) all around us. I turned around and got different seats a couple of rows away from the masses.
Avengers was totally worth the social awkwardness of switching seats.
Hate on, Joel, hate on.
@DenaghDesign
I know you're trying to help out a site you enjoy, but please don't randomly click on ads. Google's Adsense product (and possibly other ad networks) can penalize that website if they think the site is trying to game the system. It also penalizes the people and companies that advertise on ad networks if they're paying per click.
Linking to content you like, like you are doing on facebook, is great!
Kryss LaBryn
Not to mention you get the WEIRDEST ads all over the place. I still have absolutely NO idea what I, a married Heathen, did to get a bunch of "Single & Christian? Find God's perfect mate for you!" dating site ads. Nooooooo idea.
Thanks, I didn't know that! I ended up not so randomly buying stuff from one of the pages though… I guess that's okay then?
Glad you are enjoying the comics and thanks for the enthusiasm.
The guy next to my wife at Avengers was SO FREAKING EXCITED that he kept wooping and cheering and standing up and trying to start applause. It was (almost) more cute than annoying.
I started a round of applause during a movie. It was in that scene in The Dark Knight, when The Mayor of Gotham City promoted Jim Gordon to Police Commissioner. It was epic, and I don't use that word lightly.
Jolly Jiggler
I'm looking forward to see where this continuity thing goes. Also, as a recent decrepit old man of 30 myself, I can't express how much I desire those darn kids to get off my lawn! What with their poke-sexting-balls and their dubstepper-boarding. Back in my day we huffed spray paint and wore day-glow neon and that's the way we liked it!
The neon matched the spray paint.
Hypercolor or GTFO.
At least until after the first time you wash it, then it's just a regular t-shirt.
@peculiarcomics
Seeing Avengers at midnight, my dad and I wound up in the theater where they had been showing the Marvel marathon. It was us and maybe ten other people, compared to the five other packed theaters. Great way to see that movie.
As for worst experiences, I used to live on a Navy base, which had a dollar theater. Said dollar theater would have free matinees on Sundays and people always brought their entire families. It could have been something titled "Pedophile Face Fucker Murders part 7" and there would still be a line of people cradling screaming infants.
A couple of months ago we promised our daughter a movie night, without realizing there were no kids movies currently in the theaters. We saw that Puss In Boots was playing at the dollar theater and figured we'd give it a shot. HOT SHIT IN A WICKER BASKET that was a mistake. First of all, I didnt realize that "Dollar Theater" was code for "IF YOU HAVE 40 KIDS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN AFFORD A MOVIE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY, SO BRING YOUR 40 KIDS!" Also, and I know how privileged this sounds, but non-stadium seating at a movie? You might as well be watching two cavemen fuck an abacus. The sound was in stereo, the picture was fuzzy, the screen was scratched the film print was scratched. It was god damn awful. Of course the kiddo loved it.
I can't remember any truly awful incident that stands out but I feel the urge to kill rising whenever some tool gets their phone out in the cinema.
When I went to see War Horse, the girl behind me got so involved that I could hear her whimpering under her breath for a good five minutes, culminating in a yell of 'NO!!!!!!!!!' during a crucial, emotional moment (don't want to say which bit in case there's people who want to see it but haven't). I guess some people in there might have been annoyed by it, but I consider that the funniest thing that happened to me in the cinema in recent times. It was seriously hilarious.
(Sorry if this posts more than once, I keep getting a blank screen)
eagleeyedw
It looks like the guys' mistake was not seeing the Marvel marathon. My wife, some friends, and I did, and I don't recall any teenagers in our nearly full theater. Instead, it was a theater full of geeks watching awesome geek movies together. That was definitely the way to go.
Paul Bernhardt
As long as you have an RSS feed, I don't really care what is actually in the body of it. I will almost always just click the link to open the page to your site anyway. RSS just means I don't have to remember to go check a bunch of sites manually every day.
Anyway, I think you're doing the right thing with the characters. But I'll be here until your feed stops working either way 🙂
" RSS just means I don't have to remember to go check a bunch of sites manually every day. "
This is good feedback. Thanks!
Jemaleddin
I have been reading from the RSS feed for a while and after your post made a conscious decision to just always click through. BUT THEN I saw that you have subscriptions? So now that I'm down for a recurring payment, I'm not so sure!
Thanks for the great comics! Hope to see you at Baltimore Comic-con again this year.
Thanks for the support. Unfortunately, I most likely will not be at Baltimore this year. Sorry.
@pib
I wants me one of them "Skate Boards!" shirts!
I would sell literally 5's if not 6's of those!
BethanytheMartian
Oooooh continuity! How exciting! (Seriously, it's pretty cool.)
Worst story: I was at the dollar theater in town watching… errr, something and someone in the back was drinking beer. I heard them open it and I could smell it. Towards the end of the movie he set the bottle down and knocked it over, and everyone in the theater heard the bottle clink over and the roll all the way down to the front of the theater. Definitely could have been worse but that was the most annoyed I'd been at an audience.
Funny story: I was watching a horror movie with a friend and at some really tense part a big sounding guy in the audience yelled "THAT'S JUST ABOUT GOD-DAMNED ENOUGH." Everyone laughed and it broke the tension.
That could have been any of my family in a theater when I was a kid. I grew up thinking it was relatively normal to sneak liquor and beer into a movie, and someone always knocked over a bottle at some point. Oh silly alcoholics.
@joescreenwriter
When I watched (drooled over, wanked off too, etc.) THE AVENGERS, there was teenager (die!) who tried the old Hollywood slow-clap. You know, every time there was a cool moment (at the main title, at the end title, a few times in between) he would slow-clap, then slowly speed up… I guess he was hoping to start one of those clap-tsunamis that only occur in really lame movies.
Best part–he was texting on his phone throughout the entire film. I just wanted to run up, grab his phone and Hulk smash! that mother all over the theater. That's not my "worst experience in theaters" story, but it was AVENGERS specific.
BTW, you make the format to please you, create the comics that make you laugh, and use the number of panels that suit your needs… we will all be pleased, laugh and feel great about the strips. (At least, I will!)
I saw Shaun of the Dead in a theater with 4 of my friends and 1 guy smoking a bowl. We were the only ones in the theater.
During Inglorious Basterds (a full theater) a man whipped out his cellphone and proceded to talk loudly on it, explaining that he had to shout to hear himself as he was in a movie.
And I can't remember what we were seeing, we finally got sick of a group of teenage girls discussing some incident in the lunchroom and told them to please keep it down. We were told to mind our own effing business and that it was an inside joke. They then spent the rest of the movie congratulating each other on how they really gave it to us.
I know not what an RSS feed is but I keep HE on my bookmarks bar on my browser along with a few other webcomics I read, and being the weirdo I am, I check constantly for updates. I was unaware that adblock hurt you so I have disabled it. I always mean to donate but constantly forget so I will be doing that as soon as possible. I always love the comic but I'm looking forward to continuity. I've been curious about the longer stories behind some of the strips you put up.
Oh and one time I told a woman who wouldnt stop talking to her husband about date night sitting next to me to shut up or refund my money and she spent the movie telling her husband not to laugh or do anything cause I might get mad. Then on the way out she told my husband to eff me hard that night to get the stick out of my *ss. And this was a woman twice my age at least wearing boat shoes and a sweater draped over her shoulders. It's not just teenagers who are horrible.
I once yelled at a kid at a Chik-Fil-A who was beating up a little girl on the playground. When he stopped I said," GO FIND YOUR PARENTS AND LEAVE HER ALONE!" The mom came and found me and told me I handled the situation wrong. I told her she handled parenting her kid wrong and that beating up a girl half his size wasn't a "let's talk about our feelings" type of offense. She got all puffed up and threw of bunch of "OH YEAH!?' and "IS THAT SO?!" in my face. We just left and on the way out she told my wife she felt sorry for her. I almost couldnt drive because my eyes were so filled with RAAAAAAAAGE.
See, I avoid those types of situations. I have a short temper, but it peaks from time to time. But I keep this phrase in mind: "You don't want to be the guy that drops the soap, do you? DO YOU?" And I envision Mr.T saying it. Then just back off.
And that is why I try to content myself with imagining myself spanking other peoples kids when they misbehave. My parents disciplined me and my brother and taught us how to behave in public. Other people let their kids roam and destroy. And if you ever say anything, you get exactly what you got at that Chik-Fil-A or worse. Thank you for being a decent parent by the way. 🙂
See, at that point, the only thing I would have had to say was "Well, were you here to handle it, perhaps I could have taken notes. WATCH YOUR IDIOT KID, LADY"
But hey, salute to you for jumping in. I'd have bought you a shake for that.
Jayarr
My girlfriend and I had gone to see Up (which remains one of my all-time Pixar favorites, second only to the Incredibles) and after about five screens of 'no srsly don't phone during the movie.' I remember being bewildered by this and asking if this was a thing now–I don't get out much you see.
I would soon learn the extent of my folly, as halfway through the movie, a guy's phone starts ringing about three seats down from us, not too unusual, but instead of quickly silencing the phone, he answers it, and has a pretty involved conversation.
The kicker: at one point, he says, "No, I can't turn it down, I'm at the movies."
But even that wasn't enough to ruin Up.
Gordon McAlpin
I've seen people answer their phone in a movie theater on three different occasions.
And how many of the bodies did they find?
None. Napalm burns true.
space_man_spiff
In theatre for Matrix: Revolutions – yes, yes, okay – and a few hipster teens near the front figure out fairly early on, like the rest of us, that the show's basically going to be a pile ol' pile of wank. However, unlike the rest of us who still are enjoying what parts of it we can, they take it upon themselves to make it abundantly clear that for the remainder of the film, they'll only be enjoying it ironically. Every moment that falls short, every scene that doesn't work, they're groaning loudly, laughing hysterically, and basically making a show of themselves.
Now, had the rest of the theatre gotten on board with this and started joining in, I might give them a bit of leeway. But we weren't. And though multiple people had been shusshing them (and in a few cases openly telling them to shut up) they carried on. We get to the death scene at the end, and they're ramped up so loud they're practically falling out of their seats. By now the whole theatre is seeing red.
Golden lining? My take-no-prisoners wife, having had more than enough of this, chucked her 1/4 full movie-size coke down on them, *bounced it off the dude's head*, at which point it exploded over him. Cheers from the audience, and when they turned around no one fessed up as to who did it.
Funny, they shut up pretty quick after that.
I once told a group of teens that were talking above full volume non stop for 20 minutes during a movie to GTFO. They didn't agree so I physically picked up the most indignant one and removed him from the theatre by force. His friends followed screaming about what an asshole I was while about 1000 people behind me cheered.
Unfortunately, there was a police station at this particular mall and they went to the cops, who came and found me and arrested me on the spot. You know, because I grabbed a piece of shit kid by the jacket and escorted him out of a movie theater. Like a criminal. The kid's dad pressed charges because his piece of shit kid was the best piece of shit kid ever and can do no wrong and I got off with a fine and probation.
I forget about that sometimes. The only thing I would have done differently is not actually touching the kid.
Sacrifice noted and appreciated. Someone's got to show these kids what's what, and if their parents aren't going to do it …
Man, maybe that's what we need. A "Parent-In-Chief" sort of bit, in every county, electable just like a sherrif. Empowered by the county to administer corporal punishment to unruly children who are not being parented enough.
Jingy
I don't know…continuity… on Hijinks Ensue?
This is a strange and frighteningly foreign idea to us fancy bastards. It fills me with strange and confusing feelings… much like puberty…
But much like puberty, I suppose it's something I will adapt to (after a period of rebellion, emotional outbursts, and inappropriately timed erections, of course).
I've been a big fan since "the experiment" was still pretty new. Have read and greatly enjoyed nearly every comic (some I only "enjoyed" instead of "greatly enjoyed", sorry to crush you that way) so far. My overall enjoyment of the strip has only gone up. I don't really see these changes as likely to increase my enjoyment per-say, but I will be tuning in with extra curiosity to see how this thing you call "continuity" turns out.
I think switching to just a link in the RSS feed is a good idea. People can still be as lazy as ever, still get informed about all updates, They just have to click a single link and wait 2 seconds for their free lolz .
With the big upside of you getting more site traffic = more ad views, more likely for those people to be reminded of the great products you have for sale, and see/get reminded that they can(should) donate/subscribe, which people are less likely to think of when blindly consuming off RSS.
personally i think your comics are formatted and delivered just fine, and are consistently (though not necessarily always, don't worry no one's perfect) funny, keep doin what you're doin, and do it as you see fit, it is your comic after all
that said the worst thing i ever had happen was at a premier for thor, some asshat in the very back row (who was a highschool kid with a bunch of other highschool kids) kept shining a goddam laser pointer at the screen, typically at the faces of whatever character was talking, if it weren't for the fact that getting up would have meant climbing over about 20 people i would have choked the shit out of that little asshole
Robgonzo
I totally get why people would want to read on google reader and use the RSS. I get that, for a lot of people, this insures they get every update. It's convenient because it's all in one place. I'll share my method tho because to me it's just as convenient.
I use google bookmarks and have a separate folder for them depending on how often they update. The cool thing is, with google bookmarks, you can choose to open everything in the folder with one click. So every morning I click on a folder and open up about a dozen comics each in it's own tab.
To me that's just as easy as having them in google reader.
I run an applescript to do that.
Firefox does that too. I have all the web comics I read bookmarked in one folder and each day I just click on "Open all in tabs". Boom. Fourteen tabs of webcomicky goodness.
I used to do it in firefox but firefox got flakey for me so now I use chrome.
I got on when I was in a movie I think it was the deathly hollows part 1. and it was a tradition with me and my grandmother to got with me (that will be important for later trust me). Well there was this group of people and there was this one girl who was talking a bit and it was annoying right. And she had this perfume that was messing up with my asthma. I was just trying to enjoy the movie and then some one mumbled something in the film. Grandma is hard of hearing so she asked me to repeat it I told her and the woman of stank perfume and talking earlyer goes. "Seriously you think you could shut up" now let me point out my grandmother hard of hearing and seeing so I was being nice to her and helping but this woman who was talking alot and wearing bad perfume thinks suddenly thinks she is queen of the world I was like "Well MY grandmother is hard of hearing so I had to repeat a line or two for her. Why are you talking are you repeating because I don't remember anything about a character named Lisa or anything….Besides I also have been coughing because of your cheep perfume you most likely bought because it was some celebrity endorsement." She then goes "well why don't you move?" I go "Well my grandmother also cannot see very well and we have been doing this since the 1st movie you most likely since you thought Daniel Radcliffe Was hot and you don't care about the story at all you just wanted to go because every one else does so you can be within the trend. I bet you never even read the books…or any book really." she goes off to get the manager well more like she makes her date go to the manager. He comes he sees me he knows about the tradition me and grandma has because he was an usher when we started the tradition. And he knew my grandmother and me and he knew I would never act up like this (well minus a twilight film but that don't count). So he looks at the lady going "Mam if you have an issue you can move to the other side the theater is practically empty so why don't you move?" She got so pissed off I laughed luckily he refunded me and my grandmother (and her sadly) because of the issue
That is a good one I think
I'm with all the people who suggest making click-through on the rss feed. Penny Arcade, CAD, and Cyanide and Happiness all do it, and it hasn't affected my readership. Like everyone else seems to be saying, I only use the RSS feed as a way to check that the comic has updated, not to actually read it.
Worst theater experience: Watching LOTR movies where the audience decides to clap after every "epic" moment. And those movies have a lot of them.
I like clapping. It's fun to be in a theatre full of people who are really engaged in the movie.
Not when it happens every 20-goddamned-minutes.
To be fair, Return of the Kind DOES have 5 endings. It's hard to know when to clap.
Huh. I've only ever seen applause at a movie theatre twice in almost four decades of movies. The second time was a midnight showing of "Wayne's World" with the stoner crowd, who were all totally into it (seriously, it was like going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show minus the fishnets, it was awesome).
The first time was at "The Princess Bride" (yes I was old enough to see it in the theatre when it came out. Envy me *grin*). "I want my father back you son of a bitch." Cheers. Whistles. Applause. Stamping of feet.
Also awesome. 😀
Tree-Vor
I agree with just having a link in the RSS feed, I intentionally try to not read the comic in the RSS and just follow the link to the site when I get an update. If you rally don't want to just have link alone you could do some sort teaser for the comic, like just an image of the first panel or something.
As for the theater thing, nothing worse than the usual, people talking, texting, or taking phone calls during the movie. Though they generally stop after I (the big, scary, 6'5" guy with a beard) give them the look and tell them to stop. The best was a bunch of teen girl that were being noisy and chatty, when I told them to stop I think at least one of them nearly shat themselves, and when one of them started getting loud again I just looked over and the rest of them told her to shut up for me.
@JBSiegelMD
It's going to be so cute to see how your view of teenagers changes the day Lily becomes one 🙂
I cannot wait !
I dont see it changing to anything other than more severe hatred. They'll actually be in MY HOUSE. WHERE I LIVE.
I discovered a line in time. If you were born 10-20 years before a computer became available to you(80's/90's) then you're probably not gonna raise your kids correctly. If you were born before the 80's, then you're probably going to raise your kids like your parents raised you. Basically, If you were old enough to grow up with computers, you'll spoil your kids with them. Before the 80's, computers really didn't affect you as much as the later. But like all rules, there is always an exception.
Born in '68, my kids were born in the 00's. Where do I fall? My kids DON'T go out if they don't behave.
Oh, and my dad bought us an IBM 8088 when they came out in the 80's. I had to beg my English teacher to accept my term paper printed by dot matrix 'cause she thought I wouldn't have access to one in college and needed to type it out.
Sorry for being one of the Pee Bandaid people =( At least Pee is a sterilizing agent! Will help it heal faster. No Really!
Worst thing I ever saw in a theater was a mother changing her screaming infant on her lap. The smell, the screaming, yes we were watching a kids movie (nemo) but that doesn't mean you get to do that!
Also, if we bring you more cookies and buy a book at Comic Con, will you forgive us?
That really isnt acceptable… at all. You just don't do that. As a parent of a formally diapered baby type, there are HUNDREDS of places other than a movie theater you can change your kid. The bathroom is a good place to start.
Irishfather
I feel the strong need to defend Teens and my kind from all the few assholes that ruin it. I am an avid movie goer and am a teenage aswell. 19. I never use my phone, refuse to talk in the theatre (Which is mostly achieved by going alone to movies.) I have seen many older people have absolutely horrid etiquette. Now loarge group of teens can be extremely annoying yes. I recognize their tendency to "whisper" chatter and obnoxious laughing.
But don't lump us all together as bad movie goers!
Just because you are one of the good ones doesn't mean that a vast majority of teens (and I am talking mostly about people younger than you) are a terrible blight on society. It isn't their fault, necessarily, but that doesnt make them any less terrible. A teen is a horrible chimera of a child's brain in an adult's body. They look big enough to not be sociopathic narcissist self absorbed assholes, but their baby-brains can only see about 6 inches in front of their own faces. They are generally unaware of the world at large or the fact that there are other people besides themselves in said world. A teen doesn't push in front of you as you're going through a door because they are rude. They do it because they aren't even aware that you exist. Are you them? No? Then you don't exist. I know all of this because I was one and I did all of these things. I was terrible and I regret ever being such a miserable suck on the universe.
Good news, you will no longer be a teen in less than 12 months.
Joel, this almost reads like over-the-top satire, but I'm pretty sure you're totally serious. Can I suggest A Modest Proposal to improve Third World food supply? Too bad it'll wipe out the next generation. Maybe teenagers in Texas are a uniquely obnoxious subspecies, but I suspect they're pretty similar to where I live. If they're being annoying, most will respond to a polite but firm request. The majority don't even make a nuisance of themselves, but all you see are the jerkoffs because that's all you expect to see. And the next time you're in a situation like that, why not just grab an usher? That's what they're there for.
DetailBear
I've found that only works if there is one teen (sometimes two). Any large group of teens forms a group mind and no verbal request will even penetrate the teen-sphere.
WyldeChyld
I live in DFW as well and have for much of my life. I have also lived on the East and West coasts while growing up and have traveled extensively in the US and abroad my entire life. I'm now {god help us all} in my 4th decade of life and have a teenage daughter who is about to turn 16. I mention those things to put in to context the fact that I have experience from which to cull both my response and support of Joel's opinion. And technically, of the others as well.
The further outside of DFW, spreading in to the smaller communities, you go.. the less frequently you run in to the gangs of roving Hellion Teens {Yes, they actually have sequined jackets reading "Hellion Teens", showing off their spangly gang colors to warn the rest of us to move on as quickly and as quietly as possible so as not to catch their attention}. However, it is simply the fact that in smaller towns, there are fewer people and therefore teens to congregate.. period.
Sarcasm aside, at least in this sentence.. damn didn't make it.. Mulligan. My daughter Alex goes to a HUGE High School here and comes home daily with horror stories that chill me to the bone. Monday, it was seeing the leftover evidence of three fights in the hallways and cafeteria… designated by the remnants of blonde and black weaves pulled out and still on the ground like horrible foreshadowing beacons screaming "We all want to be Reality TV Stars!".
While I suppose that all parents believe this to be true, Alex was raised "right", whatever that truly is. She's polite, quiet and studious in the serious classes and funny and outgoing in the electives and in between classes. She's also caring and empathetic, which mean that she's the one her group goes to with all of the greater questions of teen life. Like.. Does he really like me and Should I wear this color nail polish with my green dress tomorrow.
I know she's a decent kid because she not only takes the time to talk her folks through their issues, she comes homes to me every day and we spend the first couple of hours of every evening walking through her questions about what's going on at school, life in general.. and whether she'll have time after homework to come back in and watch Dr. Who, Archer, Walking Dead, anything related to Stargate, anything with Chris Hardwick or Wheaton on the web {you get the picture and are secretly judging "15 year old and Walking Dead.. hmmm."} If there's not time for shows, we'll fit in a video game and during any and all, we both laugh with and/or and debate the things brought up. She's a good kid surrounded in her immediate peer group with decent kids.. with them surrounded by.. I'll get depressed by thinking about it all.
ALL of that said, Alex is also a great deal of the time.. completely oblivious to anything else around her unless it pertains to someone/thing inside her group.. or herself. We talk about it constantly, she knows better.. and we still have to talk about it constantly. Drives me… there. Right there.
I've also noticed that it's to a great extent, was going to say a US.. really more Western phenomena. The Hellion Teens. Honestly don't see it as much overseas, alrighty UK wins the prize as well. Sweeping generalization, folks.. realize there are many exceptions, just correlating the feeling of certain givens at birth.. with the feeling of the right to impose yourself on others from birth.
So.. tome almost over, I'll close with this thought. I have a 15 year old teen who spent three hours with me last night going from first to last panel of Looking for Group, having a blast. I'm SO fucking {no other word for the feeling, pardon} blessed. She's also 5'6", blonde, crystal blue eyed and amply assetted enough to be one of those Reality Star wannabees. I'm also SO fucking screwed.
Don Walton Jr
I saw the first LOTR film and my friends and I kept getting hit with popcorn kernels. We couldn't tell where it was coming from, but finally my friend Sue got hit in the eye. This was TWO HOURS of getting hit. I got pissed and went all the way to the back of the theater, and sat right next to some guy on a date. It took me a while to realize it couldn't have been coming from behind us, but it was too late at that point.
While I do all my webcomics reading via my RSS feeder, if you need to adjust the contents of the RSS feed so I have to click a link to come over here to read the comic, I can totally click the link. I do it for Danielle Corsetto, I do it for Penny Arcade. I can totally do that for you. I have no idea what impact that's going to have on your ad revenue, but if it seems like it'll generate more money, you should go for it.
"I have no idea what impact that's going to have on your ad revenue"
Potentially it could be huge. I'll have to experiment to see how huge. If my total number of daily pageviews was X, number total number of RSS subscribers is 0.5X. That means I either have the potential for 33% MORE page views or more likely someone between 15 and 25% more since Im sure a portion of RSS readers are already clicking through.
HikingViking
Aeon Flux. Okay, this would have been a mistake despite the audience; no amount of hawt (potato) Charlize Theron could save that nightmare of a movie. But the audience! They were stellar. There were only six people in the theater. This included one elderly woman, who gasped and said “Oh no!” virtually every time anything happened; three very stoned people in their thirties who laughed whenever one of the protagonists got injured; and an extremely obese man who had difficulty breathing. About halfway through the film, a hole gets blown in one of the city walls and Ms. Theron gets a glimpse of the forest surrounding her city. At this point, the speakers in the theater kicked into high gear because it sounded like a wild boar was literally five seats away from me. I kept expecting some insane animal to charge out of the wilderness and attack the story’s heroine. Instead, I finally looked to my left, and saw the belabored breathing man taking down a bag of pork rinds. After that, I kind of embraced the audience. It became a type of performance art.
We were at a pizza parlor with our daughter and it was showing Up in the movie room. A woman at a table behind us would audibly "Ooooh" and "Ahhh!" and "OH NO!" and "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" every. single. god. damn. time anything happened. She seemed to be experiencing every human emotion on random at maximum capacity. It was equally annoying and fascinating.
I think that's a disease. Called weed addiction.
I know you have already gotten feedback on this, but PLEASE don't cripple the RSS. I am a busy person, and also a web comic addict. I have 30 comics I follow on a daily basis. I don't use the regular aggregators, though, because I don't like how they work. I created one for myself. When a new comic is posted, it gives me a link to the new comic. I click it and come to the site to read it. Mainly because that way my site doesn't have to hold that much information. But I think this way both of our needs are satisfied. And that is the basis of a good relationship, right? Other comics have tried to mess with their RSS feed and I can no longer see their updates in my aggregator. I love this comic in all it's nerd glory.
Honestly, it sounds like you have created a custom solution to do exactly what I am talking about doing for everyone else. If any changes I make break your custom reader, email me and we'll try to work out a solution. I don't think there is any way it could break it since I will probably just be replacing the comic image with a preview image.
I read the comic in the RSS and come over for the additional commentary.
So it sounds like you wouldnt be too devastated if the comic were replaced with a preview image, since you are clicking through anyway?
@LegendaryBitka
at the first showing of Avengers that I went to, there was a little girl around 3 constantly crying for her Daddy. There was also a little girl in those damn light up shoes running up and down the aisles.
cyraknoss
The absolute worst thing I've seen in the cinema was while watching the Tom Cruise War of the Worlds (no it wasn't just the movie that made this bad). During the scene where the little girl watches all the dead bodies floating down stream the packed theater, with exception of myself and my friend I went with, burst into raucous laughter. It was very disturbing to have roughly 100 people laughing dementedly at that scene all around me.
Sounds like a good time to me.
Myself and my friends do Medieval and Pirate Faires [and get paid for it sometimes],..we offer up ourselves for promos and such to a movie theater nearby "the crew's homecity". We have promo'd [as pirates] all 4 of the PotC movies,…we did Harry Potter,…. the Shrek movies,…all kinds of movies… in exchange for spending the day at the theater and entertaining we get to see the movie for free. When we did PotC: At World's End we had a bunch of loud teens and people with screaming children in the theater,…myself and the crew came in and did our promo thing which ends with us pulling out pistols and shooting each other,… after that the whole theater went silent and stayed silent as long as we were in there [we stayed for the whole movie]. The kids who were running around with their plastic swords all sat down,…. the teens shut up,… all of it because 6 pirates with pistols did the "please turn of cellphones and respect others" talk that usually precedes movies,….lol
GallopingConch
Hm…I never really have problems with annoying teenagers….maybe because I don't go to the movies all that often, or because I've gone during the day when no teens ever go to movies.
What I DO get, is parents taking their stupid kids to movies and explaining ever single plot point in depth, very loudly, to their kid who probably didn't get it anyways, and also maybe shouldn't have even BEEN IN THAT ROOM.
I know Inception isn't a rampant sex and bloodfest or any crap like that, but taking your five year old to see it? Really? Would it have been that hard to ask a friend to watch your kid when you went out to the movies?
So, my biggest problem is even younger than teens. (Plus, I am a teen, so maybe I'm just one of those horrible people.)
We know when we actually see a kids movie in the theater that all bets are off. Theres going to be crying and talking and playing and questions and snacks and complaining… it just comes with the territory. The worst part is when it's a Pixar movie. You almost have to see those twice. Once for the kids and once for the parents.
I've only gone to two 'kids' movies in the last few years, Despicable Me and Toy Story 3. Surprisingly, the only issue I had with either of the two was my little brother in Toy Story 3. Neither one of us had seen it yet. I took him out for his birthday.
He had to pee, and I didn't wanna take him to the toilet cause I didn't wanna miss the movie. I really stretched to the point where he started crying (quietly like a champ fighting for his big brother) cause it was just THAT bad. I felt like an awful big brother. I missed pretty much the whole scene of introducing and playing with the toys at the end.
For future reference, don't buy the kid soda when he goes to movies.
I saw Despicable Me twice. The second time was at a budget, and I expected it to be bad. Lots of dads there with their daughters, which made me smile given what movie it was. Enjoyed myself. Brought my little brother to that one too actually…
Yeah, I don't get why parents take their small children to see movies clearly aimed at adults. That can't be fun for the kids.
Me neither. The worst part is that it'll basically ruin the movie for the kids when they're old enough to actually appreciate the movie.
@HunterBlackComx
I definitely like getting HE in my RSS feeds, so it would bum me out if you changed that. I read A LOT of webcomics, and RSS makes it easier for my to keep them all managed.
As far as having more continuity, and maybe more characterization…can I say that it's welcome, but I don't personally think it's necessary? The almost non-sequitur responses to geek news of the day was a fun dynamic, but I also found that I enjoyed this continuation of yesterday's comic.
I think you should follow your own lead, and do what feels right to you. That's gotten you this far.
I would never get rid of the feed. Maybe just replace the actual comic with a preview image so you would still get the notification when theres a new strip posted.
The continuity idea comes from over a year of analyzing feedback from my readers, both online and in person. Also from doing so many conventions. I see how people react to creators who make characters they love vs. how they react to me.
The worst thing I saw someone do at a movie theater was that woman that brought her ten-year-old son to see Sin City. They finally got up and left during Marv's execution scene.
Really? Why leave now? The kid is probably already scarred for life.
Oh wait. The most annoying thing was when we saw that Zorro movie with Antonio Banderas. Girl in our row had a major crush on Antonio, because every time he came on screen, she did a stage whisper sigh to tease her boyfriend. EVERY SINGLE TIME. He's in every f'ing scene of the movie.
The wife and started deeply sighing whenever Antonio's horse was on screen, but she didn't get it.
My brothers and I are rather peaceful folk for a film if we are sitting with a large enough audience and the film is competent. However, during a late showing of Deep Blue Sea the four of us laughed our asses off when Sam Jackson was eaten by the shark after his big, "We got to work togethah!" speech.
The worst I had seen and was not apart of would be this guy who goes to every movie in the downtown area and sleeps through it. Hard. He snores, his feet are kicked up and it could be 11 a.m. (which he did when my wife and I went to watch Watchmen) he was snoring before they finished burying The Comedian.
@samguyjones
I read you in an RSS feed most often, but I'll try to click on your site more often. I barely notice sites that make me pop into a separate window. If it'll help you make a living, I'm all for it.
@WaltAPR
I don't think I've ever had a truly HORRENDOUS theater experience, beyond the two 13-year old girls who sat behind me during Avengers whom no amount of shushing could silence. In most cases, a polite word or two does the trick. I do, however, reserve the Icy Stare Of Death for anyone who dares sit behind me and prop their foot up on the back of my seat. That one will usually elicit an "Oh, hell no" from me the moment it happens.
On a happier note, one thing I absolutely love is going to an afternoon screening of a Disney or Pixar film and finding it PACKED with small children. That's the one case where a raucous audience that is constantly reacting audibly actually enhances my enjoyment of the movie.
Zazu Yen
I'm looking forward to seeing more of Josh and Eli, the interplay between the three main characters is one of the things that got me hooked here and I have missed it though you're still entertaining enough to keep me coming back anyway. I'm glad you're willing to self examine and adjust accordingly, it's a really good sign.
As for theater experiences, perhaps one of the worst was durring a rather adult film (not in the sexy or scary way, in the lots of talking and no robots or explosions way) I don't remember what it was anymore. About halfway through a bored tween with his parents started playing games on his phone, with the volume turned up. When the film got louder he'd turn up the volume and not turn it back down. Finally someone said "can you turn off your sound?" and the kid turned around and shot them a dirty look, then went on playing. The parents did nothing. Finally someone threw a popcorn kernel at him, which started a trend (including my lovely wife), after about five or six kernels the kid shouted "Stop it!" then said something to his dad. I saw his dad shrug, then a smal argument broke out in the family which ended when the kid left the theater (giving everyone dirty looks on his way up the isle) presumably to continue his game out in the hallway by himself. I hate to think what that kid is like as a full blown teen.
Another… interesting event was durring a matinee show in a 1/4 full theater of a film that had been out for a while (one of the Star Trek's I think) on a hot summer saturday. About 30 min. into the film two teen couples come in and sit in the very last row far left. I figured they were theater hopping and just killing time until their next show started (not that I would know about that). A couple of minutes later we start hearing… noises. Yes, they had started an epic make-out session, all slurping and groaning and hands under clothing. I don't think they realized just how loud they were getting. After about 10 minutes, when it was starting to sound like a soft-porn film, this group of five 30 something geeky guys down near the front get up and go to the isle in front of the teens and sit backwards on the chair backs and just stare. The teens all kinda stopped and one of their guys said, in what I'm sure he thought was a threatening voice, "What the hell are you looking at?" and one of the geeks said, laughing, "We're just watching the show, don't stop now it's just getting good!". The teens all left. The geeks got an applause.
Once, when I was a teen myself, we went to see some film I don't remember but two of my group of 6 friends insisted on sitting in the very front row left side though the theater wasn't full. Sure whatever. It was a small, old theater with wood and metal seats, only 5 to a row. Durring the film one of my friends kept changing seats, without telling anyone why, and he wasn't paying much attention to the show. At the end of it he and the other one who insisted on sitting down front said "Stand back!" and they picked up the row, which they had unbolted from the floor during the film. We carried it out a side door and a block and a half down to a place nicknamed "Anarchy Alley" where all the teens would hang out. There it was our throne for two nights before the theater took it back and used locking bolts to re-install it (and all the other rows).
My friend dragged me to The Happening because she loves Mark Wahlberg. It was so awful halfway through I whipped out my iPod and played solitare through the rest of the film. I guess that would make me a problem person, but it was The Happening so I don't think anyone minded.
No. You did the right thing. Dont let anyone ever tell you differently.
Annie B
Ha! I just commented on your experiment post before reading this blog post and I see you've already covered the RSS thing. I'm sure it would deter some people to have to follow a link to see the comic. It did for me in the past, but now I just cmd+click on the comic links and read them all at once after they've loaded.
Yay continuity! Well, as for Worst Movie theater Moment, i have two: WHen my friends and I saw The Dark Knight, SOMEBODY brought a baby to the show. YOU DO NOT BRING REALLY SMALL CHILDREN TO SOMETHING LIKE THE DARK KNIGHT!!! It may have also happened with a couple other comic-book movies, too. ANother time, I saw COP OUT at San Francisco's Metreon and these two old, black women just kapt yak-yak-yakking away through the 1st 3rd of the flick, until all the rest of the audience told them to SHUT UP!!! But I remember whatTommy Lee Jones said in Men In Black: "Peaople are Dumb."
Just do what pleases and/or amuses you- I'm pretty sure the Fancy Bastards will continue to support you.
Thevideostoreguy
Two strollers. Occupied with babies. Saw VI. Nuff said.
And somehow, I doubt the two infants therein were truly members of Team Hoffman there to see the sociopathic detective get his on that evil sneaky bitch Jill Tuck.
Hi Joel,
A quick comment on adverts and RSS feeds.
I've noticed some other web-cartoonists get the Project Wonderful adverts to appear in their RSS feed. (Jeph Jacques in particular.) So there must be a way to keep everything in the RSS feed and still increase your revenue by including the adverts. You get more income and we will hardly notice the difference.
All the best with the continuation of the Experiment.
I actually do have project wonderful in the RSS feed now. It just doesnt account for much. Also you can't compare what Jeph can do to what I can do since his audience is almost 20 times larger than mine.
Robynne
A friend of I were in a movie theater, before the previews had started. They were showing that interstitial series of small promos that fills the time in the theater between the end of one movie time and the beginning of the previews for the next. My friend and I were talking, because not only was the movie not playing, the actual previews weren't even playing yet, so we felt free to converse. Not obnoxiously loudly or anything. If we'd been talking that way during the movie, it would have been terribly rude, but we felt no obligation to be quiet BEFORE THE PREVIEWS BEGAN. The woman sitting a couple rows in front of us asked us to be quiet.
Later on, I noticed that she had taken off her shoes and was resting her bare feet on top of the (unoccupied) seat in front of her. I normally wouldn't have been bothered, but I already didn't like this woman for shushing me earlier, so it bugged me to see her doing something that most people would consider pretty damn obnoxious. I didn't complain, though, because I'm not enough of a jerk to complain unless I really think it's important that someone stop doing something, and I mainly wanted to complain about her for payback.
For my own part, I tend to laugh at inappropriate moments. There was one in The Avengers, a sad moment that made me laugh. When I saw Beowulf, I laughed so hard through the whole climactic battle that the couple sitting in front of me turned around to glare at me. But the whole thing was so over the top, I just couldn't stop laughing.
I believe snapping and killing her would have been justifiable homicide. Just make sure you don't mutilate the body too much, or they might ask more questions.
Death would be a gift for one such as that. Flaying would serve better. Force her to live as a cripple and be spat upon.
I have never had a bad movie experience. Honest to the Lord Narwhal himself, All the movies I have ever been there has never been anything annoying, except the movie. There is literally a sign that says: "Cellphones and mouths off or GTFO" at the entrance. That might be the reason, or maybe because everyone here isn't completely retarded. No, the only time I have ever had experienced the crying baby or the answering cellphone guy is when I am f***ing performing at the Turonto-Chrisman theater here. It's not so bad when you're into the music and focusing on the conductor, but when you do notice it, It is just BLINDING RAGE. I just want to chuck my Cello at 'em, but I feel that it's worth more than their lives. Also, blood stains are hard to clean.
Concerning the RSS, I don't use it, I just have an apple script that opens all of my web comics in multiple tabs. So it wouldn't affect me at all, unless you suddenly decide to change the web address to your site. But it would only take me 30s to fix it.
@shalahoyden
Out of curiosity, is it just seeing the ads that gives you revenue or is it us clicking the ads? I turned my ad blocker off for your site so I hope that helps some.
Both, depending on which network is serving the ads.
Okay then. Let the ad clicking begin! At least until I can start a subscription 🙂
I don't use an RSS feed. I created an html page with all the links to the comics I read sorted by update schedule with the syndicated ones separated out at the bottom.
I'm probably an outlier in your readership.
I rarely get to movie theatres. Being rather isolated here, I don't get to many movies. I also avoid them for the sound volume. I still have all my hearing and I'd like to keep it that way. I have no idea if anyone is talking on the phone, because I COULDN'T HEAR THEM if my life depended on it. I now wear high-end ear plugs to the movies.
Now that I've also bought 2-D glasses, I might be able to go more often without the headaches.
I missed your post about the experiment so I will comment here today instead.
I think continuity is a good idea and it will make your life easier. I think the ease of writing you're noticing is a function of having the "framework" already set up for you. I'm hoping this makes the whole project less work and more fun!
IMO, the most memorable character is Josh, if that helps. I know it's hard to figure out why any given character is or isn't working. (I'm a writer and editor.)
About your reading the comments: You have been very brave and I'm not being sarcastic. I wanted to ask you to please be sure to get extra sleep for the next several days, and make an effort to eat well and find some time to relax. The kind of emotional energy that you expend when you invite criticism of your work is extremely draining, and a lot of people get sick right afterwards. It often doesn't feel like you're tired because of the adrenaline, but your body will eventually present its bill, so it's better to take the EZ-Pay option instead of letting it repossess your car. I may have stretched the metaphor, but you get my point.
"The kind of emotional energy that you expend when you invite criticism of your work is extremely draining,"
Which is exactly how I feel now. Drained. It was like getting a bunch of good news and a bunch of bad news all on the same day. My brain is super confused and my body is following suit.
What’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen anyone do in a movie theater?
My date for the first Matrix movie was notorious for not putting up with ANY talking during a movie. The couple in front of us didn't shut up once their asses hit their seats until right up to the "incident". My date stood up without saying a word and poured an entire Coke slushie over the heads of both of them. They didn't make a peep for the rest of the movie. Well…sputtering in surprise and outrage can't really be called speaking I suppose.
I hope you married your date.
I was watching "Let The Right One In", which is an incredibly quiet film, with two friends. In the middle of the movie a phone started ringing. Usually I go through my internal rage cycle, wishing death and destruction on the phone's owner, and then calm down once they silence the ringer.
This time, to my horror, I realized that the phone belonged to the friend next to me. Not only did she not silence the ringer, she answered the call. Apparently her friend had just returned from WHEREVERIDON'TCARE and simply HAD to tell her all about it. She had a full volume conversation, right next to me, while my other friend and I stared at her incredulously and dozens of patrons around us gave us the glare of fury, accompanied by some unsavory words. I turned to her after a moment and said "If you do not hang up RIGHT. NOW. I will publicly disown you as a friend."
She finally hung up, then asked me two things. "Was I that loud?" followed by "What did I miss?"
Rageface.
TopBananaShana
Im a teenager (A fact for which I apologize sincerely) and it enrages me to see other teens misbehaving in the cinema. I was watching the Avengers with my sister and there was this teenage couple around my age sitting beside us. They talked loudly and were on their mobiles for a goddamn HOUR. Eventually I just turned to them and gave them a death stare much like the one in the comic. They got up and left quickly. It was a proud moment for me.
G. Zollinger
The absolute worst thing I ever saw in a movie theater? Some woman brought her child to the 11 pm showing of From Hell. This kid couldn't have been more than 6 or 7, and spent a good 20 minutes whimpering "Mommy please I don't like this, Mommy I'm scared.' Mom's response. "I am trying to watch this movie! You need to shut up!." I am embarrassed that it took me that long to go get the manager.
At some point I honestly thought she would turn into a human being.
GBeans
I think you would really like the little cinema near me. Sure, they don't get 3D films, and they are consistently 2 weeks behind on releases to keep price down, but the trade off is that every seat is a big plush chair, with the middle rows being actual sofas. The back rows are all seats with classic movie stars embroidered into them. Instead of $10 popcorn they serve… Cake on actual plates, good wine, reasonable beer, and yeah the usual cinema fare, but not at blown up prices.
Occasionally they run screenings of a batch of classic films like B&W horror or Casablanca. People actually dress classy to come out and see those.
Kids don't usually attend because they want to see films immediately. For films you can wait to see in reasonable comfort with good company, it's ideal.
Oh and the worst behaviour I've ever come across at a different cinema… One a very quiet afternoon with only about 10 people in the screening, a group of very loud young women who decided that UP! was boring and proceeded to stand up and yammer through the last five minutes and all of the credits. Thankfully they were behind us – which was almost ignorable – until one of them literally dropped her iPhone on my head. I caught it and skimmed it down the length of the cinema before she noticed. I like the idea of her hopelessly groping around in the sticky popcorn blackness for that fucking thing.
A monster, who was still sitting with a friend, relative, lover.. someone on this planet who willingly spent time with this person in social situations. Being an asshole is horrible. Supporting assholes with silence {speaking of the person with her, not those who had to witness this and sit in shock} and passive/tacit approval – enablers of assholishness worldwide.
Thanks defining "supporting assholes in silence." After I wrote the comment, I felt immensely guilty because I really did feel powerless in the situation.
HandiGoat
Lying to a man about boobies?! What is the world coming to?
Wayne Basta
Please don't take away the RSS feed. Like you, I read in Google Reader. Comics that I can't get through the RSS reader, sadly, end up getting forgotten. I get that it's lost ad revenue, but I'm one of those that will never click on an ad anyways. I'd love to buy the books, once I have a few extra dollars (but with a new baby I'm not hopeful). But with so many things to read and do, anything I can't get an RSS feed on just gets lost to the day to day shuffle.
I never said I was taking away the RSS feed. You will still get the full blog post and thumbnail image of the comic. Please do not take offense, but you are asking me to NOT make a change that might help me support myself, while at the same time saying that you never have and probably never will support this comic financially. I understand that the VAST majority of my audience is in the same category as you, but I have to try some things to get more financially stable and right now all Im asking is that you make one more click than you are used to to keep enjoying the free comics.
mist42nz
My worst was at a star trek movie, my friend and his girl, in the next seat, decided to go way beyond heavy petting.
DuckAmuck
I've DONE worse things in movie theaters than I've SEEN anyone else do.
I've had 2 kinds of sex in 2 different theaters during 2 different movies.
I went to the Snow White and the Huntsman screener last night and she was sitting a little behind me. I kept an eye on her and was ready to tell the management if she pulled any more crap.
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Tone is the thing…
During a look through the alt.guitar newsgroup I found this post. Again, verbatim folks…I don't think I could make this up.
Subject: Replacing Pickups: Which pots should I use?
From: xxxxx@aol.com
Date: 6/3/00 12:22 PM W. Europe Daylight Time
I'm looking to replace the Vintage Noiseless pickups in my Strat (they're to "brittle" sounding). I'm probably going to get a set of Fralin's, and am wondering what would be the appropriate meg pots for the pickups. I'm looking for a clean sound like Eric Johnson - bell like and round (not to bright, but still articulate). Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
John Doe (NOTE: Not his real name)
As you can see, the fellow above is a little confused. Probably the best thing to do is ask Mr. Fralin himself what value of pot to use, but nothing like throwing out a bone for the newsgroup.
What is this guy talking about? He is on the trail looking for that elusive commodity, tone. You know -- woman tone, brown sound, Dimebag's tone, Strat-like tone….whatever tone. He wants his rig to sound like Eric Johnson's. Assuming he doesn't have a "pile" of Dumbles, Marshalls, Kendricks, etc., he is thinking a set of Fralins and the right pot will set everything right. The real missing element is much more daunting -- he probably can't play as well as Eric Johnson, and no matter what he buys, he'll still sound like himself! What a sad reality! Oh by the way -- according to a magazine I bought recently, Mr. Johnson played an ES- 335 on Cliffs of Dover, one of his most famous songs. So...is Mr. Johnson's tone related to the Strat or the 335?
We as players are always looking for that little something extra to make us sound good. However, I've found that gear acquisition syndrome (GAS) is nothing more than one's inability to face reality. That reality is that one more piece of gear will not make you a better player. I've always advocated buying a quality guitar and amp, then set about to really learn how to play. A really good player can make an inexpensive guitar and amp sound great. Unfortunately, a really good rig can't make a poor player into good one.
Here is a great example. I was at Tommy's Guitar Shop in Viersen (northwest of Düsseldorf) last Saturday. It was simply awesome -- a shop full of great Les Pauls and good players. While I was playing a new Les Paul Historic Reissue through one of the new Gibson Goldtone amps, the subject of Dickie Betts and The Allman Brothers came up. To keep my "one-upsmanship" going, I immediately stated that I had met Dan Toler, who had played with Dickie in Great Southern, as well as in the Gregg Allman Band. I saw Dan in 1986 at the Opry House with Gregg Allman -- they warmed-up for SRV. A great show in a great room.
The guys in the shop were impressed, and asked a lot of questions about Dan Toler. His refinished Les Paul came up, as did his massive tone. I told them about 'the tape' -- the killer tape of Dan playing Cross to Bear with some friends of mine. The tape is about 10 years old now, and it captured a rehearsal of The Taylor Brother's Band from Manchester, Tennessee. Dan and my friend Ken, who was a guitarist in the band, struck up a friendship when Dan lived near Manchester. Through my association with Ken I got to meet Dan, visit his house, see his gear, and actually play some guitar with him. A nice fellow, and an awesome picker.
Dan Toler playing the refinished Goldtop given to him by Dickie Betts. Note the off-center seam on the top and black tip cap.
The story of the tape is that Dan showed up at the rehearsal at Ken's house, picked up the lead singer'searly-80's ES-335, and plugged straight into this old blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Note: This is a really good sounding amp!
Ken said Dan "turned everything up to 11" on the amp, and the band started the song. I had heard this exact 335/Fender rig many times before, and I never thought it really sounded great. However, when Mr. Toler started his soloing, my jaw just dropped. How could it sound that way? How come he is so good?
I listened to that tape again last night, and made a safety copy of the cassette to my DAT machine. I actually listened to it twice, which is rare for me. It is pretty moving. Click here to download an MP3 of the song -- it is killer!
Based on some analysis, the answer to this question is that Dan Toler is a really good player that could probably make any guitar sound good. When we go see a guitarist we immediately assume the reason he or she sounds so good is based on the guitar and amp or effects combinations. What is really hard to deal with is when you hear Dan Toler literally obliterate a "decent" sounding rig, one which most guitarists wouldn't give a second look.
The next time you hear someone talking trash in a music store about tone, remember this example about Dan Toler. When I listened to the tape, I asked myself: Was it the amp and guitar combination that was responsible for that tone? Was it the cord? What kind of strings was he playing? Had Dan eaten a big meal prior to the session? Did he use finger weights? The answer is that Mr. Toler had the technique, confidence, and maturity not to get "wrapped around the axle" about the guitar's action and tone, nor the amp he was playing through -- he just strapped that 335 on like a grownup and played his butt off.
You see, the fellow that left the post above is going to continue to be disappointed. He probably doesn't realize what pots do, or the effect they have on the guitar. He just wants to sound like Mr. Johnson.
My recommendation to John Doe above is to save your money, keep the Noiseless pickups, and start practicing really, really hard.
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View and Download New Holland TD5050 instruction manual online. MOC3021 (TRIAC based OPTOCOUPLER used to control AC RMS voltage), FOD3180 (High-Speed MOSFET), Why to Use 4N25 OPTOCOUPLER. If the load is connected to the motor via belts, you can change the speed the load is turning by changing the pulley sizes. Understanding when pre-issuance submission of prior art to the PTO by a third party challenger as outlined by this procedure can be utilized procedural and strategic considerations Examining scenarios in which the application of a pending patent might actually be strengthened as opposed to diminished by the invocation of this procedure. Faubion PTO has a few board positions open for the 2019-2020 PTO Board. This power transfer system helped to revolutionize North American agriculture during the 1930s. n-series ford tractor serial numbers and model identification This has been expanded to include four cylinder tractors thru the early thousand series that ended in 1964. The PTO rotational speed was specified as 536 ? 10 rpm; the direction was clockwise. Disclaimer: This form is only to be used for estimation purposes. 68 and the high speed drive ratio is 1. Lowering the ratio increases top end speed - Increasing the ratio increases acceleration and bottom end power. The 3650 model has the capacity to operate front-mounted PTO attachments. The "centrifugal pump", a critical component of the fire truck, is probably one of the most misunderstood components. Avoid phone calls, keep track, carry out parallel planning, respond flexibly to changes – the Farm Scout app makes it all simple. Short answers never tell the whole story, of course. Working PTO RPM Limit 900 rpm Working PTO Load Limit 30 %load Firm Brake Limit 4 mph/s Reset Lockout No Fleet Time Zone -5. Our PTOs are designed with a wide range of internal speeds, torque capacities and output options to match up with virtually all driven equipment requirements. Lads, Query in relation to different PTO speeds and what ye use them for. All with the confidence that you can do more than ever before, because you’re backed by reliable WARN® products. For heavy-duty operations that require maximum PTO power, the PTO shift lever is placed in the 540 position, the PTO engaged, and the engine is run at rated speed of 2400 rpm. " Going to the higher PTO speed allows more horsepower to be carried by the same size driveline, NOT sure why they settled on 1000, though. With the 6" driven clutch the low speed drive ratio is 2. The GST also features an electronically controlled hydraulic shifting system which allows you to shift while on the move. A run through of all the control's in the cab of a Zetor 7245 - but will still apply to all Zetor's in the UR1 range. Troubleshooting Gear Units. One Response to "NP435 4 speed manual - Transmission Guide" dana 21 to dana 20 swap - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums Says: January 29th, 2012 at 8:14 am […] 31 spline output shaft. Hydraulics Systems Diagrams and Formulas for a front end loader, winch, logsplitter, and other useful formulas For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Visit Garber Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in Saginaw MI serving Bay City, Midland and Freeland #1C6SRFLT0LN157615. On the Inside Looking inside the 4R100, there are four different pump and coast clutch drum combinations in use, depending on the application: 5. A general rule of thumb is that shorter cycle times are better since you’ll be able to harvest a greater amount of firewood. Use of these terms occurs frequently in discussion of input or output circuits. He will discuss with you the operating and maintenance instructions gives in this manual,. Everything about V Speeds Explained. The amount of material collected is what would be distributed to 4,000 square feet. Across the terminals at the PTO Clutch Resistance measured 3. PTO Link Quick Connect System October 18, 2018 | Posted in Product Innovations & Introductions , Replacement Parts & Aftermarket Products , Tractors & Tractor Accessories PTO Link is designed to make working with a tractor power take off an easy experience. PTO Speed (% Of Engine). Beginning with the letter series tractors John Deere also printed the model number on the tachometer face plate. Mechanics - Forces, acceleration, displacement, vectors, motion, momentum, energy of objects and more; Related Documents. 8 14 0a2702 1 regulator, voltage (20a). I’m only doing around 17 at that rpm. Easily seating two, the cab has two wide doors, 10 air flow vents, an adjustable steering column, and an instrument cluster that displays service information. PTO applications such as generators, air compressors, pneumatic blowers, vacuum pumps and liquid transfer pumps, the PTO provides power, in the form of a rotating shaft, directly to the driven component. When it comes to those 1000 series PTO style joints I prefer the Buyers Products brand forged steel ends (Made in OHIO not in CHINA) over the more typical cast iron ends that quickly lose their fit. CVT Explained AGCO's Fendt brand first introduced the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) for agricultural products in 1995. munciepower. It is also one of the oldest and most persistent hazards associated with farm machinery. The PTO and drive shaft rotate at 540 rpm (9 times/second) or 1,000 rpm (16. The power take-off we are most familiar with is the side-mounted PTO, although there are also models that attach. Critical Speeds of Rotating Shafts or Mass: The center of a rotating mass is always offset from the center of rotation. Aftermarket building techniques take it well past that figure. To power the load handling equipment, the vehicle must be fi tted with an extra means of power supply, a power take-off. It is so called because the load-induced pressure downstream of an orifice is sensed and pump flow adjusted to maintain a constant pressure drop (and therefore flow) across the orifice. 3 Displacement Vg, sizes for powerpacks range from 0. ), 1000-rpm (20 spline), capable of 35-mm (1-3/8-in. To do so, a transmission is the modern miracle relied upon to transfer that power, modulate ground speed and deliver secondary output to the power take off (PTO) so an implement can run. An increased load on the tractor will see the transmission essentially slow the tractor while the engine and PTO speeds are maintained. Learning to drive a semi truck properly requires lots of training and experience, but if you're curious about the basics of shifting one, you can get a primer on the steps that you'll need to practice if you want. Share Tweet Image: LEGO. By Richie Lengel. An innovative combination of 3D Doppler tracking and image processing. The primary converter can for example be an enclosed chamber for an oscillating water column or a point absorber buoy. The most common V-speeds are often defined by a particular government's aviation regulations. We have plenty of very knowledgable members so if you have any questions about your Land Rover or just want to connect with other Landy owners, you're in the right place. i don't really follow your logic is how a manually engaged pto engages the deck slowly and smoothly vs. Just the other day a customer was asking about the horsepower rating of a particular shaft. The 12-speed unit also offers smaller steps for a quicker and smoother shift versus a 10 speed model. Glide shift offers a 12-speed transmission with clutchless operation. These units have all the benefits of the hydraulic shuttle shift and standard gear shift such as not having to hold a pedal down while you're driving. The operator uses rotary control or a toggle switch in the cab to vary electronically the engine power to the PTO from idle to the preset rpm. ALL ORDERS OVER $300 GET AN AUTOMATIC 5% OFF. A run through of all the control's in the cab of a Zetor 7245 - but will still apply to all Zetor's in the UR1 range. 3 Displacement Vg, sizes for powerpacks range from 0. PTO Training Course n. MILLCREEK MODELS: 100P and 125P PTO SPREADERS WARNING: DO NOT assemble, operate, or maintain this equipment without first reading and understanding the information provided in this manual and the ADMA Safety Manual for Agricultural Implement Drivelines. Since one of those gears drives the PTO, the PTO rpm on a Shuttle tractor is somewhere around 800 rpm. If you know any 3 values (Pulley sizes or RPM) and need to calculate the 4th, enter the 3 known values and hit Calculate to find the missing value. PTO Speed (% Of Engine). SEE OUR ORDERING INFO PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. Ford has decided to step-up their power take-off game by offering a new PTO option on the 2011 Ford Super Duty line of pickups. does anyone use the slow engine speed and is there enough power to propel the tractor and spread fertiliser,the spreader will be a 1. First through third gears are nice and evenly spaced, allowing for excellent speed matching for most all tasks. The SRT Series has everything the RT is packed with: GT Trac for incline traction, the V ibration Control Deck System, easy touch brake system, and ergonomic cockpit. i don't really follow your logic is how a manually engaged pto engages the deck slowly and smoothly vs. range change : gearbox with low and high range; ratchet strap : strap for load restraint tightened by a ratchet. Building a Better Patent System Together - PTO Day Conference. Without a power take off, it would be necessary to add a second engine to provide the power necessary to run hydraulic pumps and other driveline attached equipment. I googled Terrain King pto speed multiplier. The Cub can only use powered implements specifically designed for the Cub PTO, or the shaft must be modified. Start studying Private Pilot V-Speeds. range change : gearbox with low and high range; ratchet strap : strap for load restraint tightened by a ratchet. Kubota M108S Manuals PTO Speed Display Mode Switching 51. Will go $400-2500. Logan power take off clutches. Most tractors are geared so that that is also where the PTO is running at 540. News, email and search are just the beginning. Our PTOs are designed with a wide range of internal speeds, torque capacities and output options to match up with virtually all driven equipment requirements. As you encountered mud, you would engage the PTO on the tractor. Then I proceeded to mow. It is also one of the oldest and most persistent hazards associated with farm machinery. SEE OUR ORDERING INFO PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. He explained all changes are geared to make the car more durable and cool-running so you can run on the track all day without heat worries and still drive home, pick up the kids at school and park. If pump drive speed decreases, the load-sensing controller will increase displacement (flow) to maintain the set delta p across the directional control valve (orifice) until displacement is at maximum. Horsepower at the PTO is generally based on a measurement with the engine set at the speed that turns the PTO at either of the standard speeds of 540 or 1,000 rpm. nothing slow about it. West of Davids 4 Speeds LLC is a specialist who rebuilds “Big 3” four-speed transmissions and who can help you identify what you’ve got. 1750 RPM ÷ 1000 RPM × 3. The TH400 is an automatic shift, three-speed, longitudinally positioned transmission. A general rule of thumb is that shorter cycle times are better since you’ll be able to harvest a greater amount of firewood. WE WON'T BE BEAT BRUNO'S TRACTOR 501-232-3115 ENGINE Type: 4-cylinder, CRDI, Water-cooled Model (Tier 4 Final): F5G Engine HP (Gross): 84. Without proper maintenance and potential improper installation, the Power Take-Off (PTO) itself is subject to making noises that may sound like whining, clattering, clicking and grinding. is designed to pick up engine power, through rotation, and transfer it to another piece of equipment. One Response to "NP435 4 speed manual - Transmission Guide" dana 21 to dana 20 swap - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums Says: January 29th, 2012 at 8:14 am […] 31 spline output shaft. The PTO is not "live". • Explain the role of LAPs in the PTO program and how recruits can use them for remedial—or primary— learning. The clutch takes just minutes to install with no special tools required. It is also one of the oldest and most persistent hazards associated with farm machinery. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Just the other day a customer was asking about the horsepower rating of a particular shaft. PDF | The objective of this study was to investigate the possibility of fitting spline regression models for power take-off (PTO) performance characteristics of an agricultural tractor tested with. The Office is going to talk to other agencies to see how it has been done elsewhere and what criteria is used to evaluate success. *Like most of our products, Dixon PTO Clutches are shipped same day on orders placed before 12:00pm Central Time. This is arrived at by dividing the number of teeth in the driven gear: 12 ÷ 24 = 0. Best is a 5 bar New Holland side rake. To disengage, de-activate the PTO switch. PTO Implements Final BPAI Appeal Rules. 3 Open Circuit. PTO Throttle Sensor Calibration. munciepower. Seven-speed, eight-speed, nine—the number of gears available in new cars continues to creep upward. Until recent times, tractor manufacturers have offered different speeds and options for all of the different sizes of tractors. At light or no load, full throttle speed will increase to 2525 ±25 rpm. Developed using a high-torque-at- low speed engine concept to ensure the engine, transmission, fan and hydraulics function at maximum capacity, using the lowest engine speeds delivering maximum torque and low fuel consumption. Do NOT tow the pump cart at speeds greater than 10 MPH. This ability uniquely positions the 3650 to provide users with a highly versatile machine that fills the gap between standard Bobcat utility vehicles and the larger Toolcat utility work machines. One or more power take-offs transfer. In driving applications the transfer box is in low range. I thought the PTO winch thing would be unique and kind of fit with the vintage of the truck. For example, if the input gear has more teeth than the output gear, the result will be an increase in speed at the output shaft. Standard optocoupler speed is limited mainly by the relatively slow response of the phototransistor. Internal-combustion engines run at high speeds, so a reduction in gearing is necessary to transmit power to the drive wheels, which turn much more slowly. PTO Driven Generators and change over switches There is no sector of agriculture that does not rely heavily on electricity. The cluster is mated to the speed gears. Whether it be a 12. PTO Shafts & Accessories PTO Shaft, PTO Parts, PTO Adapter, PTO Power Take Off. Integrates almost every skill children have been taught. Putting on Your Best Face: Expanded PTAB Panels in IPRs and Other PTO Proceedings By Kevin E. Most tractors operate at either 540, or a combination of 540 and 1000 RPM PTO speeds. PTO Implements Final BPAI Appeal Rules. At all speeds, they rotate in proportion to the speed of the tractor engine. Chelsea air shift PTO for common Fuller/Eaton applications, indicate model of transmission below. Both have a bottom seed gate with adjustable fins for a smooth flow and controlled pattern. PTO Spreader has a 6-bushel, 500 lb hopper capacity while the #51462 model has a 14-bushel, 1100 lb capacity. This power transfer system helped to revolutionize North American agriculture during the 1930s. or 540 eco pto at a faster engine speed. PTO applications such as generators, air compressors, pneumatic blowers, vacuum pumps and liquid transfer pumps, the PTO provides power, in the form of a rotating shaft, directly to the driven component. In short, you never want the 1/2 critical speed of the driveshaft to occur within the 50 to 70 MPH range of the vehicle. One of the best features about tractors is the versatility of the back end. PTO Throttle Sensor Calibration. /PTO (power take-off / take-off) utilizes power from vehicle's gearbox to drive fitted equipment i. With 123FormBuilder, you can create amazing online PTO request forms that speed up the data collection process. Pricing information ofWarner Electric PTO Clutch, Warner 5218-207, ea, 1is provided from the listed merchants. Ask The Right Questions Choosing the right tractor is an important decision - here are some helpful questions to ask yourself when you begin the process. Destined to replace the 06 series, the 56 series was introduced in 1965 with a single model: the 656. But I don't anticipate many people owning new, large tractors that cost $100k+ to run their PTO generator at constant speed. Windows 10 Pro for Workstations. Over All: REV-ERSE: 1 % 2: Mid ship: Oil Cap Pints: Length Inches: Weight Lbs. 5 ton mounted. Apparently it is a 4:1 increaser so to operate hydraulic pump in the 2160 rpm range when operated off of a 540 rpm shaft. In the study of machine dynamics, we are interested in changes in speeds, torques, pressures, and the like — more specifically, the factors that act to prevent instantaneous changes in them. Unveiled in 2003 by Eaton, the Fuller 10-speed is an automated transmission type targeted for truck fleets in North America. SEE OUR ORDERING INFO PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. • Do not modify this mowerin any way. Generally a helical or spur gear speed reducer may be used as a speed increaser within the same speed. PTO ROUGH CUT MOWER OWNER’S MANUAL • Do not allow persons to operate or assemble the mower until they have read this manual and have developed a thorough understanding of how it works. I have taken in to the dealership and they tell me it is working normally, but I have tested it out on snow several tim. Electric Generators Direct is one of the largest online power generator dealers. Understanding the anatomy of a fire pump can be a key to maintaining a long-lasting, strong-running pump for many years. Honda GX Series Engines have long been recognized as the industry leader in providing reliable, easy-starting, and fuel efficient small engines. PTO Link™ is designed to make working with a tractor power take off an easy experience. An older 4 bar steel wheeled 4-wheel rake will sell for scrap iron price, they don't back up, they don't go sdown the road very well, but if you are right by your 10 acres they will rake some hay. when i start spreading fertiliser i have the option of running my jd6620 in 1000 pto speed with a 540 shaft to get 540pto rpm at 1200 engine revs. While not all industries and jobs can support unlimited PTO, the importance of vacation is growing at a rate where we all need to understand and take notice. Because of the inherent simplicity of the system the most common hydraulic repairs done in our workshop are Massey's. , 16: 526-533 The objective of this study was to determine differences between the. Know nothing about a Terrain King-----but got an expensive education on a Woods hydraulic drive ditch bank mower back in the 80's. In mechanical engineering, a gear ratio is a direct measure of the ratio of the rotational speeds of two or more interlocking gears. We are market leaders in leveraging the power Microsoft Azure to accelerate innovation speed, operational agility and customer responsiveness for clients around the globe. In the case of the shaft driven winch used in static operation the transfer box is in neutral. CVT Explained AGCO's Fendt brand first introduced the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) for agricultural products in 1995. WE WON'T BE BEAT BRUNO'S TRACTOR 501-232-3115 ENGINE Type: 4-cylinder, CRDI, Water-cooled Model (Tier 4 Final): F5G Engine HP (Gross): 84. tr-g93-01 (rev. This PowrReverser transmission provides 24 forward speeds and 12 reverse (24F/12R) speeds. Power would then go through the transmission and turn the trailers wheels at the same speed as the tractor by finding the right gear to put the transmission in. The 454 had a longer wheelbase than the 444 and a new "Lightning-Flash" in-line shift 4-speed syncromesh transmission combined with a high-low-reverse shuttle. In many applications, this allows you to maintain a fixed forward speed in difficult terrain. With the 6" driven clutch the low speed drive ratio is 2. Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tab. Multi-Function Output No. It is well suited for the loading, digging and farming operation, Lifting capacity at lift point is 1300kg and lifting capacity at 24″ behind lift point is 1053kg. Without proper maintenance and potential improper installation, the Power Take-Off (PTO) itself is subject to making noises that may sound like whining, clattering, clicking and grinding. 30 percent said that they left at least a day of PTO hours unused. How to Shift a Semi Truck. The Office is going to talk to other agencies to see how it has been done elsewhere and what criteria is used to evaluate success. 4000 product family transmission with pto 17. For example, if your small pulley is 6" diameter, and spins at 1000 RPM, and you need to find the second pulley size to spin it at 500 RPM, Enter Pulley1 Size 6, Pulley 1 RPM 1000, Pulley 2 RPM 500, and hit Calculate to find the second pulley diameter. Lowering the ratio increases top end speed - Increasing the ratio increases acceleration and bottom end power. Premiere Pro provides you several ways to easily freeze frames from a video clip. Our product fits directly on any universal 6 pin PTO connection. FlightScope’s patented fusion tracking technology is a world first, providing a realistic and accurate method for combining radar and camera data. TPO membrane can be welded at speeds up to 80 mm/s (16 ft/min) using a self-propelled hot-air welder, however, optimum welding speeds are 60 to 70 mm/s (12 to 14 ft/min) with the air temperature at the welding nozzle at approximately 540º C (1000º F). What happens when you “run out” of vacation days\PTO. when i start spreading fertiliser i have the option of running my jd6620 in 1000 pto speed with a 540 shaft to get 540pto rpm at 1200 engine revs. It is widely regarded to be a supremely durable and legendary transmission. nothing slow about it. Founded more than a century ago in Germany, the family-owned business has grown to become the fourth largest producer of ag machinery in the world. Kubota M108S Manuals PTO Speed Display Mode Switching 51. A simple way to look at multi-speed PTO is to look at it like an overdrive gear. Motors in Series or Parallel. range change : gearbox with low and high range; ratchet strap : strap for load restraint tightened by a ratchet. The technician explained that, "The size of your existing battery may be over kill for your IH Cub Cadet 1641, but it is more than strong enough as is without having it charged. PTO 1 - No PTO 2 - Trans 540 3 - Live 540 4 - Independent 540 5 - Independent 540-1000 6 - Independent 540/1000 GD Tramission Type A - 4 speed C - 8 speed E - Select-O-Speed F - 4/4 T-C Power Reversing K - 6/4 Manual Reversing: Change your Printer setup to Landscape then Ctrl-P to print this page. In the UK, Health and Safety Executive guidance is contained in a leaflet. General; Components; Bikes; Wheels; Beginners; Cyclocross; Women's Cycling; Coaching; Lounge. Reading to the Warner Electric PTO Clutch, Warner 5218-207, ea, 1 customer reviews. What is economy PTO? Economy PTO is a feature that allows the operator to run the PTO at 540 rpm, but at a lower engine rpm than the standard PTO rated speed. I can’t seem to generate the rated top end speed I think I should get. You can find a more in-depth explanation of what things like 4K and HDR actually mean here. This power transfer system helped to revolutionize North American agriculture during the 1930s. It is also one of the oldest and most persistent hazards associated with farm machinery. Higher revs only causes more heat and wear to the pump vanes. The weight on these dozers ranges 8,000-9,000 # depending on options. Thus after the study of AC drive working principle, it becomes possible to control the speed of AC motor as well as to conserve the electrical energy, as we know that the energy conservation has become an important subject to all over the world. Suitable for Ashok Leyland 1616iL, other 6 speed trucks & MAN trucks. n-series ford tractor serial numbers and model identification This has been expanded to include four cylinder tractors thru the early thousand series that ended in 1964. The pto is activated by pulling a lever on the seat box near the bulkhead. Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) Scientists around the world are working to generate a targeted knockout mutation for every gene in the mouse genome through the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) which is providing critical tools for understanding gene function and the genetic causes of human diseases. Most of these accidents are preventable if the PTO and PTO drive shaft are fitted with guards of good. Genuine and aftermarket mower repair parts for Toro, Scag, Lawn-Boy, Honda, EGO, Kohler, Kawasaki and more. Our product fits directly on any universal 6 pin PTO connection. Being able to shift gears without a clutch also means that you can bring your tractor up to speed more quickly. Think of it as cruise control for the engine - only instead of maintaining a steady vehicle speed, it is maintaining engine. Are you outgoing or introverted? Do you have a high traditional IQ or emotional IQ? Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? Find the answers to these questions and more with Psychology Today. PTO Code Model Serial Made In E at onC rp i Transmission Div Kalamazoo, MI 49003 FRO-14210-C Eaton Fuller Transmissions PTO Code Model Serial Made In E at onC rp i Transmission Div K al m z o, MI 49 03 RTO-16910B-AS2 Side or Rear. This G550 PTO (SAE 4 hole Pump, remote mounting) is suitable for G550 gearbox in following tata truck models. A rear PTO typically turns at 540 RPM with mid-mount PTOs rotating at 2000 RPM. This ability uniquely positions the 3650 to provide users with a highly versatile machine that fills the gap between standard Bobcat utility vehicles and the larger Toolcat utility work machines. The PTO is also one of the oldest and most persistent hazards associated with farm machinery. pump or motor defective 7. (NOTE: for ship-out cranes be sure to follow the instructions for that particular PTO) ENGINE SPEED CONTROL: Recommended engine speed for PTO operations is 1200-1300 RPM'S. Or will on-highway cruising speed be most important? Are you running a pest control spray application, for example, where you’ll want to engage the power takeoff(PTO) while the truck is in motion at slow speeds? Or will you operate the PTO while the truck is stationary, such as a towing and recovery rollback application?. 4-liter MAN engine delivers an impressive 1,770 ft. Rated Torque: 477. In a hydraulic circuit, inertias of the prime mover, the pump, the output motor, and the load inertia prevent speeds from changing. Because all of the angles are up, you need to subtract the smaller component angle from the larger component angle at each joint. vi WPM Drive Systems Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Model Trans Trans Wheel Handle Blade R&R Internal Pinion Repair Clutch Repair 10331 CD SB RK 2B None. Front wheel drive in high transfer can be engaged at any time, irrespective of road speed. Push in the clutch and put the tractor in gear. At a low speed, power is transmitted hydraulically, and at a high speed, power is transmitted mechanically. However, in order to prevent excessive tyre wear, it is strongly recommended that 30mph (50 kph) should not be exceeded when using four-wheel drive in high transfer, and also that a return to two-wheel drive be made when driving conditions permit. New Holland also offers an optional 540E Economy PTO speed. That’s why it’s so important to keep up with the tests your doctor recommends to see if you have it, when it’s easiest. 540 pto on round balers - posted in Machinery: I have the 540 rpm pto on my round baler, and after five years of use I have had some problems with the tractor pto, involving significant down time when I least need it. Pressure is generated by resistance to hydraulic flow. *Like most of our products, Dixon PTO Clutches are shipped same day on orders placed before 12:00pm Central Time. We have a tractor with 1000 & 540 PTO selection. Con-tact Harbor Freight Tools for a differ-ent PTO shaft. The most versatile converter offered. Until recent times, tractor manufacturers have offered different speeds and options for all of the different sizes of tractors. Sounds like the ultimate dream, doesn’t it? Well, for some people, such as the employees of Netflix, Dropbox, and Github, unlimited paid time off is actually a reality. Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and USPTO Deputy Director Michelle K. Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) Scientists around the world are working to generate a targeted knockout mutation for every gene in the mouse genome through the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) which is providing critical tools for understanding gene function and the genetic causes of human diseases. Join us for a general meeting on May 13th at 9:00AM atTropical Smoothie Cafe to vote in the 2019-2020 Board. We have plenty of very knowledgable members so if you have any questions about your Land Rover or just want to connect with other Landy owners, you're in the right place. The "centrifugal pump", a critical component of the fire truck, is probably one of the most misunderstood components. When the Dust Clears, Warn is still the leader. a model 4000, agricultural all purpose, diesel, live 540 pto, 8 speed; 1969, July, 12th of the month, afternoon shift; built in Basildon, England, serial number 123456; Use the data below to identify your tractor. Power Take-Off (PTO) Types There are three basic types of PTO control on a farm tractor: Transmission The simpliest, and earliest, form of PTO is the transmission PTO. Glide shift offers a 12-speed transmission with clutchless operation. Normal working range is 1500 to 2500 rpm. 15 Blade Stock Stall. Since one of those gears drives the PTO, the PTO rpm on a Shuttle tractor is somewhere around 800 rpm. They were originally a full time 4wd 'case, meaning all 4 tires receive power at all times. The PTO shaft is directly connected to the tractor's transmission. There are 117 models for 10-speed transmissions with 12 different model series: the FM, FR, FRM, FRLO, FRO, RT, RTAO, RTL, RTLO, RTO, RTOM and RTX. (NOTE: for ship-out cranes be sure to follow the instructions for that particular PTO) ENGINE SPEED CONTROL: Recommended engine speed for PTO operations is 1200-1300 RPM’S. Push in the clutch and put the tractor in gear. The higher the droop percentage, the more the engine rpm will be reduced when pulling before a transmission down shift is made. There are all 3 PTO speeds on my tractor: 540, 540E (750) and 1000. Re: Difference between 540 & 1000 PTO??? Post by Banjo » Wed Aug 23, 2017 2:39 am I have a M&W batwing mower that has 21 spline pto shafts coming out of the center gearbox and 21 spline shafts coming out of the wing gearboxes. Kubota B7800 HST correct operating RPM speed First off, welcome aboard!! The concept is, that lugging a hydro-static drive is a bad thing. This is arrived at by dividing the number of teeth in the driven gear: 12 ÷ 24 = 0. • Explain the role of LAPs in the PTO program and how recruits can use them for remedial—or primary— learning. Is Ford Edge's AWD system worthless? 22 Answers. For correct PTO speed, run engine at 2400 rpm for standard 540 rpm operation. At a low speed, power is transmitted hydraulically, and at a high speed, power is transmitted mechanically. net for questions. a model 4000, agricultural all purpose, diesel, live 540 pto, 8 speed; 1969, July, 12th of the month, afternoon shift; built in Basildon, England, serial number 123456; Use the data below to identify your tractor. thanks in advance. 3 Open Circuit. Easily find parts for ring and pinion gears, differentials, axle shafts, manual transmission parts, and transfer case parts, using our easy eCatalog. munciepower. To power the load handling equipment, the vehicle must be fi tted with an extra means of power supply, a power take-off. PTO ROUGH CUT MOWER OWNER'S MANUAL • Do not allow persons to operate or assemble the mower until they have read this manual and have developed a thorough understanding of how it works. But students (either alone or in groups) get the questions in various orders. Tegan Jones | Jun 26, 2019, 12:15pm. Exploded Parts Diagrams for Massey Ferguson (Transmission & PTO) Use this page to find parts you need to complete your repair/restoration of your tractor. A person’s reaction time cannot beat this speed. some PTO applications such as generators, air compres-sors, pneumatic blowers, vacuum pumps and liquid trans-fer pumps, the PTO provides power, in the form of a rotat-ing shaft, directly to the driven component. If pump drive speed decreases, the load-sensing controller will increase displacement (flow) to maintain the set delta p across the directional control valve (orifice) until displacement is at maximum. Lee IPO Education Foundation's 24th PTO Day Conference Washington, D. a member of the interpump group 201 east jackson street - post office box 548 - muncie, indiana 47308 usa - 800-367-7867 - www. PDF | Comparisons of 540 and 540E PTO operations in tractors through laboratory tests. PTO speed of approximately 625 RPM, which is equivalent to 1300 RPM engine speed, is necessary to operate the module builder systems. At all speeds, they rotate in proportion to the speed of the tractor engine. New Holland also offers an optional 540E Economy PTO speed. The driveshaft could be subject to breakage during operation, causing serious injury or death. If equipped with 3-speed PTO, run engine at: 1750 rpm—540E and 1000E PTO 1950 rpm—540 and 1000 PTO. The Nortrac model #51447 3-Pt. April ‘68 to 1975 (1965 to March ‘68 in brackets) B(2) 2000. (This speed is known as the generator “cut-in” speed. Since one of those gears drives the PTO, the PTO rpm on a Shuttle tractor is somewhere around 800 rpm. Comet 20 series is for application of low speed, added power requirements such as tractor mowers, off the road boonie bikes, four wheelers, go-karts, mini-bikes, etc. I`ve checked on the Ilford film processing chart for HP5 Plus in Perceptol and these are the Ilford recommendations: For Perceptol used at full strength, expose the film at EI 250 ISO/ASA and develop for 13 minutes at 20 degrees Centigrade, if the developer is diluted 1:1, expose the film at EI 320 ISO/ASA and develop for 18 minutes at 20 degrees Centigrade or 25 minutes if you use a dilution. And the control would have to be sure of the engine must running at the same speed of generator motor. This is due to the reality of imperfect geometry and uneven mass distribution. 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Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Shown to Have Direct Communications with WikiLeaks During the Presidential Campaign
February 27, 2018 Mike DakkakLeave a Comment on Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Shown to Have Direct Communications with WikiLeaks During the Presidential Campaign
Long-time Trump confidant and adviser Roger Stone communicated directly with the cyber-activist website WikiLeaks according to obtained direct messages from the social media platform Twitter. Both Stone and WikiLeaks had denied communicating directly with each other in the past.
As early as August of 2016, Stone had alluded to communications he had with the online transparency group. On August 8, 2016, Stone, speaking with the Southwest Broward Republican Organization, in Florida, was asked what he believed a possible October surprise involving Julian Assange would like look like.
WikiLeaks had already published a trove of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee on the eve of the Democratic convention the previous month, and Assange intimated during an interview days before the August 8 meeting that there would be “a lot more material” concerning the U.S. election coming.
Stone, in responding to the question said, “Well, it could be any number of things. I actually have communicated with Assange. I believe the next tranche of his documents pertain to the Clinton Foundation but there’s no telling what the October surprise may be.”
On October 21, 2016 Stone also wrote on Twitter that “it will soon the Podesta’s time in the barrel,” referring to Clinton Campaign Manager John Podesta. Podesta’s email account had been hacked by that time and thousands of his emails would soon be released, a little every day, starting in early October and running all the way through Election Day.
Stone would later say that his tweet was about Podesta’s business dealings. He would also later backtrack on the claim that he communicated with Assange directly, saying instead that he had spoken with him through an intermediary.
Today’s revelations seem to contradict that statement. The messages show direct communication between Stone and WikiLeaks in the weeks prior to the election, and they show Stone claiming to be a “friend” to WikiLeaks as well as chastising them for criticizing him too harshly.
“Since I was all over national TV, cable and print defending wikileaks and assange against the claim that you are Russian agents and debunking the false charges of sexual assault as trumped up bs you may want to rexamine [sic] the strategy of attacking me- cordially R.”
-R. Stone 10/13/16, 2:05 PM
“We appreciate that. However, the false claims of association are being used by the democrats to undermine the impact of our publications. Don’t go there if you don’t want us to correct you.”
-WikiLeaks 10/13/16, 3:04 PM
“Ha!” Stone responded on October 15. “The more you ‘correct’ me the more people think you’re lying. Your operation leaks like a sieve. You need to figure out who your friends are.”
-R. Stone 10/15/16, 11:31 PM
“Happy? We are now more free to communicate.”
The information released today does not reveal whether any communication occurred between Stone and WikiLeaks prior to October 13, or after November 9. They also do not confirm whether the messages were between Stone and Assange directly. According to Assange, WikiLeaks’ Twitter account is run “by a rotating staff.”
Stone carefully qualified his denials further in the wake of today’s revelations, saying that he’d only denied having communicated directly with Assange, not with the WikiLeaks organization. Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have asked the Republican majority on the Committee to subpoena Twitter for direct messages of associates of President Trump’s. So far, they have declined to do so.
It was also revealed that WikiLeaks communicated directly with the President’s son, Donald Trump Jr., during the 2016 election, last year. In October 2016 the organization sent him a link to a website that reportedly had news stories that would help the campaign and strongly suggested to him that he have his father tweet out the link.
“You guys can get your followers digging through the content. There’s many great stories there the press are missing and we’re sure some of your followers will find,” their message read.
Two days later Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out the link. “For those who have the time to read about all the corruption and hypocrisy all the @wikileaks emails are right here:” his message read.
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Jonathan C. Meier: “Trial & Error” – a dangerously brilliant album!
Posted By: Rick JammPosted date: October 13, 2016 in: New ReleasesNo Comments
Jonathan C. Meier grew up in a musical family in Switzerland, near the city of Saint Gallen. Fascinated by the correlation between image and sound he began composing to pictures at the age of 18. His first ever written symphony for a full orchestra, an opus called Die fünf Tageszeiten, was performed at the city’s main concert hall under the musical direction of Robert Jud. Following his passion for film and media, Meier decided to study multimedia production at the HTW Chur.
After a year of studying multimedia production he decided to fully focus on enhancing his composition skills, quitting his studies at HTW in order to enroll in a scoring course with Berklee College of Music, which he passed with top marks. After having spent a couple of months in LA, studying the music industry, Meier moved to Berlin, setting up a studio and producing his debut album Trial & Error, which combines electronic pop with orchestral sounds.
There are some projects that you just know are dangerously brilliant in the best way possible, usually composed at those out of the way places in secret. And they just jolt you regardless if they are electronic, electric or organic, if they are complexly instrumental or beautifully sung, if they are cinematic, classical or pop, and even if the musical build-up is slow, full of meticulous method and precision, or fast-paced, energetic and rhythmic. Now what if you had all those things in one single album? Well it would just confirm that you own a copy of Jonathan C. Meier’s 12-track “Trial & Error” album.
Both the artist and his music seemingly came out of nowhere for me, and this musical creation reads almost like an epic novel within the fast-paced vignettes usually found in the mainstream electronic music industry. This album is simply awesome in its composition, arrangements and performance; and it is such from the very first stunning opening track, “Beethoven No. 5 Allegro Con Brio (JCM – Remix)”, a piece of music that just about everyone knows, and smartly transcribed and translated to the electronic idiom.
This is where you encounter the courage of an artist to put his creative ability to the test on a well-known composition. And when to arrive at the second track, “Listen What Your Mama Says”, you realize that that Meier’s courage becomes totally audacious, as he bluntly switches style into a funky and soulful tune that will resonate with a wide-ranging audience.
It’s a curious thing about the music genre of electronica: how quickly that which sounds new and fresh becomes old and stale and virtually unlistenable. That doesn’t happen here, because to be honest, the word ‘electronica’ never once entered into my psyche listening to this album. It’s as if Jonathan C. Meier has taken his sound over and above genre descriptions.
Each track sets its mood perfectly and you will find constant pop bounce and a funky feel many songs. There are crescendos and crazy build-ups galore, smoothly interacting with each other – typically roping those jaw-dropping elements that accompany electronic, pop and classical music alike.
At times challenging and boundary pushing, at at others just sublimely soul and pop catchy, Meier weaves a web of intriguing beats that simply pleases the ear. There are harder, pushing rhythms and layering melodies over each other with technical precision and superbly delivered vocals.
The diverse track selection includes standouts such as “Unbelievable Secrets”, “Time To Move On”, “Home”, “High Body Voltage”, and “Mad”, but the sonic choices truly varied and you will find your own favorites. Suffice it to say, that Jonathan C. Meier is a one of kind artist, who leaves no stone unturned in his musical productions!
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Sheep-tastic
So Berryz Koubou released a remix of their song Dschinghis Khan. And the video is very interesting to say the least. If it wasn’t crazy enough mixing the original German song, the drug induced dancing sheep bring it to a whole new level of madness. I don’t think anything is more random then a 70’s German disco group singing with a group of Japanese teenage girls. I understand they wanted to do an homage to the ordinal but this is very weird. And yet at the same time strangely addicting. It’s insane and random but I love every minute of it. And I can honestly say I’ve never heard anything like this before. I do really love the techno music, I kinda wish they had just a Berryz version of the it. Maybe this will make Berryz poular in Germany, who knows.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 28, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello ProjectTags Berryz Koubou, Dschinghis Khan, Remix1 Comment on Sheep-tastic
1 2 Tan Tan Taan
I didn’t expect the video to be out so soon perhaps I should stop making entire posts for just previews.
I never realized how good the Eggs actually are. I usually just focus on Koharu, mostly because she dominated Anataboshi. But they sound really amazing in this song. Especially Yuu, she sounds incredible. After listening to the song like 6 times I actually really like it. Even though it’s slow paced it’s still a really cute song. And I find myself singing the “ichi ni tan tan taan san shi tan tan taan” parts.
The video is very cute and colorful. It matches their new outfits perfectly. The video itself is pretty simple but it’s so adorable. I love it. And it’s nice to see focus on all the members. The dance is lacking a bit for my taste. The Anataboshi dance was amazing and fit with the song so well. This dance just kind of lacks imagination.
I really love Milky Way, but I wonder just how much longer are they going to last. I’m sure Kirarin Revolution is going to last for a while and Koharu will have more singles. But as for Milky Way won’t it be time to hang up the tambourines soon? Kira☆Pika only lasted one single, so it’s surprising to see Milky Way have two. Eventually new characters will come on the show and new Kirarin Revolution groups will form. Hopefully this single will sell well and we’ll be able to have another single or two by Milky Way.
But anyway enjoy the video.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 28, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello Project, Kikkawa YuuTags Kikkawa Yuu, Kirarin Revolution, Kitahara Sayaka, Kusumi Koharu
Tan Tan Taan preview
There was a preview for Milky Way’s 2nd single Tan Tan Taan in Kirarin this week’s Revolution episode.
The song is a little slower than Anataboshi. But everyone’s voices sound amazing. And it still sounds adorable. I will probably like the song more when the PV comes out and I hear it a few more times. Like I usually do.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 27, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello ProjectTags Kikkawa Yuu, Kirarin Revolution, Kitahara Sayaka, Kusumi Koharu
Koda Kumi’s video for her 41st single Taboo is out. The actual single is set for release on October 8th.
I like Taboo a lot more than Moon Crying. I usually prefer Kumi’s faster and sluttier songs. She defiantly has a good voice for slower songs but I don’t really like ballads in general. The song blends together pop and techno beats, which makes it very danceable. And it’s very surprising that, That Aint Cool was only 2 singles ago. Her little English singing part sounded a lot better. Granted it was only two lines and That Aint Cool was a whole verse. But it sounds like a little improvement regardless. This is her best single in my opinion since But. Well Wonderland was good, but it was forgettable. I really like meaning of this song, it’s really good.
The video has a darker almost gothic theme. It’s a little reminiscent of Selfish in that respect. I think she looks absolutely gorgeous, even if she is dressed sluty. This video has a lesbian theme even more so than But did. The dance is pretty cool too, it’s kind of simple though.
The video is actually kinda hard to find. I swear Avex must hire people to do nothing but search for their artists’s music videos on the internet. Anyway here’s the video for anyone who couldn’t find it or didn’t want to take the 5 minutes to look for it.
Koda Kumi- Taboo
Author AimxaimPosted on September 27, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Avex TraxTags Koda Kumi, Taboo
New Shugo Chara group
The new Shugo Chara group was finally revealed! It consists of 4 Egg’s Saho Akari, Wada Ayaka, Maeda Yuuka, and Fukuda Kanon. All I can say is I am so excited for this! Buono!’s songs were good so this new group should be just as good. And Maeda Yuuka is in it! She has one of the cutest most adorable voices in all of H!P. The member’s all look so cute. Especially Kanon who is a mystery to me as I don’t know of the Egg’s, unless they are put into a group. But it looks like Fukuda Kanon might become my favorite member of this group. I can’t resist her cuteness all ready!
Their first single is going to be Minna no Tamago, which translates as eveyone’s egg. Is Shugo Chara about eggs or something? I mean Minna no Tamago and Kokoro no Tamago. And the outfits are amazing! They are a perfect 10! They are just so fun and adorable. Especially Kanon’s!This group seems more fitting for Shugo Chara then Buono! does. Just by listening to the preview for the song and seeing the outfits, you can tell it’s for the anime. Buono! songs you could never really tell it was for an anime. But at least Buono! gets to move away from Shugo Chara and become an offical group, which is exciting. I hope the quality of their next single doesn’t change because it’s no longer for anime anymore.
Sorry about the mass ammount of pics. 😛 Anyway, here’s the preview for anyone who wants to hear.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 21, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello ProjectTags Egg, Shugo Chara2 Comments on New Shugo Chara group
New Stars found
The winners of H!P’s Taiwan Egg audition “New Star” winners were announced. I guess I should be excited about this but I’m not really. Mostly because I didn’t watch the auditions. I gave up on them after the second episode. The videos took way too long to load. And I can’t understand what’s being said which is why I never watch the Japanese auditions either.
I am also not impressed with the members picked. From a first glance view. Only half of the members are pretty. But I don’t really care either way. I don’t pay much attention to the eggs, which I really should.
I’m still happy for them though. I personally would sell my own leg to be a H!P member. But I don’t see an America audition happening ever.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 21, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello ProjectTags Audition, Egg, Taiwan
Milky Way single number 2!
So this is old news due to my delayed reaction about it. I completely forgot to post this. But c’est la vie.
Anyway, Milky Way’s 2nd single Tan Tan Taan, will be released on October 29. So pictures of their new outfits have been released. Which I’m sure most of you have seen already. >_>
I actually like the outfits, from the waist down anyway. I think the skirts and shoes are absolutely adorable. But the tops don’t really even match the skirts at all. And the sleeves/armbands are too bulky. They really weight the top part town. And the bows like out of place. Like they just stuck them there cause they needed to put them somewhere.
I feel slightly bad about voicing my opinion on the outfits because they were designed by kids. But they are defiantly kid friendly and semi cute. I still like the Anataboshi costumes better but that’s ok.
I really LOVE Koharu’s hair. It looks about 50 times cuter just by adding the waves! But couldn’t they done something to Yuu and Sayaka’s hair. I understand Koha’s the star and has always had her hair like that in Kirarin Revolution videos. But come one, at least Sayka’s has a little bit of a style to it Yuu has nothing.
Is it strange I keep talking about hair in my blogs? I guess it’s because the hair is almost as important as the outfit itself.
Hiya blog, did ya miss me?
So I haven’t updated my blog in like a week, which isn’t really that long. But it feels longer than it has been. I guess I’ve become semi-addicted to blogging.
Anyway, the main reason I’m making this pointless post is pretty much to say that my next posts are going to be post spams. Which is obviously me making a lot of posts in either one day or a short ammount to time. I’ve realized there are things I either forgot to post or need to post. I have like 5 things I want to post but I’ll save the other two for tomorrow. But like I said in another post, I sometimes get too lazy to post news as soon as I find out about it. Which doesn’t really make me a good news blog. Which is ok, since by blog is leaning more towards a review blog anyway.
In exciting news about my blog I have 135 views! Which is amazing, because I didn’t think anyone was going to read my blog, or actually come back to it! So thanks to everyone who reads or has read my blog. Also don’t forget to comment my entries since I currenly have zero on any of my actual posts. I’m kinda sad about that. Haha.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 21, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories UncategorizedTags pointless, stupid
BoA aims for the states
I’m kind of slow on my BoA news, so bare with me for that. Since I’m not really a huge BoA fan.
Popular Kpop and Jpop singer BoA tries her luck in entering the American market with the single entitled Eat You Up. With a release date for some time in October. She also has the slogan Best of Asia bring on America. She will also have a song with popular rapper Flo Rida.
I am super exciting for this. I really want her to make it big here, so maybe other artists will realize the US is defiantly a possibility. Because I honestly think Koda Kumi, Namie Amuro, or Maki Goto would be huge over her. And BoA has the sort of hip pop feel that is popular right now.
So let me have a mini debate with myself about the cons.
1. A big con is that she does have a noticeable accent singing. A lot of people in the US tend to make fun of anyone with an accent. An artist like Shakira who has an accent when singing is fine because there is a large population of Spanish speaking people in the US. And what about the recently popular German band Tokio Hotel? Since they only have an accent when talking and not singing that’s fine. Plus they already had a fanbase here.
2. In the US we don’t have that many Asian celebrities or people in the media. There are really only a handful of Asian stars such as: Margaret Cho, George Takei, Jackie Chan, Mike Shinoda, Masi Oka, etc. Asians in the United States haven’t really been that successful or had that much espouser. Granted there are Asians who have made a career in the US but not nearly as many as their should be.
3. Another con is many other artists have tried to break into the US market and failed. Utada Hikaru who was born in New York, speaks fluent English, and had a song featured on a movie soundtrack isn’t popular here. Puffy Ami Yumi had their on cartoon show and failed to break into the market. Even Dir en grey hasn’t been able to increase their fanbase enough and they had headlining tours here. Popular Korean artist rain is trying to break into the US, but I’m not sure how that’s going.
4. BoA can’t speak english. It would be kind of hard for her to be on TRL, or an tv show for that matter. I think some potential fans may be turned off by constant translators.
BoA has some things to overcome or maybe I’m just being paranoid and she’ll made an easy transition into the US. It certainly seems like Tokio Hotel did just that. So good luck to her. She has the looks and the talent to make it here.
Here’s the preview enjoy. 😀
Author AimxaimPosted on September 13, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Avex TraxTags BoA, Kpop, SM Entertainment
Repeat of Resonant?
Pepper Keibu is out! At least the PV is anyway. Actually really quickly. I’m not sure how long it takes for PV’s to come after song previews are out. Because I have this weird habit of not listening to the preview because I think it will ruin the surprise when the PV comes out. Anyway, weird habits aside for now. I have been listening to this song like crazy. I honestly didn’t expect it to be as good as it is. The effects are really cool. And the vocal pairings of the song are brilliant. After watching the video I noticed Reina is the only one who got a solo line, I thought Sayumi did as well. I guess I was wrong. I’d like to see Risa or Eri in the front instead of Reina. But Reina has a great voice and she defiantly earned that spot.
As far as the PV goes I’m calling a repeat of Resonant Blue. And just because the dance routine and member screen is more fair. And they have a few more snappy camera angles doesn’t make it better than the Resonant Blue’s disappointment. It’s still a dance shot and not what I wanted to see. But more versions will probably be out for this just like Resonant. But here’s my big question on that. If they really do have other versions why not just make that the official PV? That doesn’t really make sense to me. Aside from it being a dance version I like the video. It is very discoy. Glittery backdrops and all.
I would have changed a few things about this though. For starters, I would definably an actually PV. None of this massive editing to make you forget you’re only watching a dance shot. I would also change the music and melody of the song. I love this cover to death don’t get me wrong. But I would love to see it sound more like Morning Musume. More of their take on the song rather than sticking to the original so closely.
But I really think we have a hit on our hands. Hopefully this song will get them to number one on oricon. And perhaps take them out of this slump they are in. They are too good to go downhill any further.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 13, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello ProjectTags Cover, Morning Musume, New Single, Pink Lady
Otanjobi omedetou!
I couldn’t really contain my excitement when I found out NEWS’s new PV was out. The song is obnoxiously catchy. (obnoxious in a good way of course) The members sound so adorable when singing the words happy birthday.
The song as a whole is really good. I love the beat. And I love how it like rap singing. I think Ryo’s solo in the beginning was really good. But Shige’s solo lines blew me away. That’s exaggeration just a little, but I was really impressed. He has improved so much. I used to think of him as the worst singer in NEWS. But now he sounds less terrible and pretty good. I think it’s because Shige’s voice is more suited for certain songs. He shines in Change The World and Sayaendou but lacks vocally ability for songs like Weeeek or Bambina. That’s just my opinion of course.
The PV to me is kind of lackluster. They have had much better videos. I guess after Summer Time’s video I was just expecting more. I find it kind of stupid/annoying that just because birthday=presents everything they hold, and practically everything in the video is a box. I mean is that really necessary. But their are pluses to the video. I love the dance for the song in the middle of the video. I also love when Ryo throws the boxes in the air. Another good part of the video is I think I have finally gotten used to Shige as a blonde, he looks cute with it in the video. But I will miss Tegoshi as a blonde. And it will take a while to get used to Ryo’s and Yamapi’s hair. Hopefully they will change next PV.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 13, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Johnny's EntertainmentTags Keii, Masu, NEWS, Ryo, Shige, Teogshi, Yamapi
Cover you in pepper
It was announced that Morning Musume’s 37th single will be a cover of the Pink Lady’s hit Pepper Keibu. The song is said to be more danceable then the original. The song will have a disco beat since the original was released in 1976. It was also Pink Lady’s first single. Another H!P Pink Lady cover makes me miss W even more. I wonder what a Nono and Aibon version would sound like.
I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand when I first heard Ai and Risa’s version of it, for the drama Hit Maker: Yu Aku Monogatari, I thought it sounded really good. It was a pretty good version of it. I never imagined it as a Morning Musume single though. On the other hand this means no new Momusu songs for a while. Not only are they doing a cover single they are also doing and entire Yu Aku tribute album entitled Cover You.
I really wish they weren’t doing a tribute album. I was really looking forward to new material by them. Which means we’ll have to wait 5 or 6 more months for their next single. People have said this is a good thing, a cover song will bring in other fans who wouldn’t normally listen to Morning Musume. But is that entirely true? I wonder how many new fans W drew in for their covers of Southpaw and Koi no Vacance.
I am actually really impressed by the song. The song sounds exactly like the original song, except Pink Lady has deeper voices than Morning Musume. This time Reina has the lead vocals instead of Ai. Ai even doesn’t get a solo line in this song at all. Which means they are sifting the spotlight away from Ai so Reina can be the next leader. And Sayumi finally gets a solo line. Which hasn’t happened for 5 singles! I love her Pepper Keibu yon at the end of the song. It seems like someone at UFA listened to her plea at Music Fighter. I am just glad you can actually hear everyone in this single instead of just Ai, Reina, Koharu. With Eri and Risa for support.
The covers for this single were released also. There will be 3 different versions of it. Version A, Version B, and a regular version. I really like the covers. They look very chic. Their hair and outfits are amazing. But Aika’s hair looks really weird like that. They should have styled it differently. And I don’t like that Eri and Lin Lin kind of look like twins. So does Jun Jun and Reina. Of course I mean just by the hairstyle.
So here’s the preview for anyone who hasn’t heard it yet.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 10, 2008 September 16, 2011 Categories Hello ProjectTags Morning Musume, Pepper Keibu
To you in glass
Diru’s new single Glass Skin is being released September 10th (tomorrow) I though An Cafe was bad with their 6 month gap in between singles, but Dir en grey was worse. With an 8 month gap since their last single Dozing Green. Eight months, why did it take so long. You’s think with all that time they would have something more impressive. I’m a big Diru fan and have nothing but love for them, but lately their music just hasn’t been as good. I’ve been listening to Dir en grey for over four years and can honestly say I like their old stuff better.
Not indie stuff old, but like 5 years or so. I like the Vulgar era. I think Withering to Death was their last album that sounded like old Diru. Withering to Death is amazing. I can sit and listen to that over and over. But after that was released it was just different. I got Marrow of a Bone around the time it came out and have yet to listen to it all the way through. I just wasn’t that into it. They sounded to much like an American band, and maybe that’s what they were trying to do. But their US fan base isn’t really that large. They said their new album is going back to their roots more. Hopefully they stuck to that.
Glass Skin is good I like it, but it’s not my favorite song by them. You can really hear Kyo’s voice and it sounds good. But I want to hear a scream or him singing above what seems to be a whisper. Something to remind me I’m actually listening to Dir en grey and not some random other band. Kodou is a slower song, but even that picks up and Kyo screams. The music is heavier too. I think if Glass Skin had that kind of feel I would like it more. I guess they thought this song worked more as a ballad or maybe they want this to be their new direction.
The video is plain. It’s a smokey/foggy white. And I don’t understand what’s up with them not being seen in their videos. I don’t count seeing half of Kyo in Glass Skin and dark lighting in Dozing Green as them being in the video. Do they think they are getting to old or something? Cause Kyo still looks hot for 32.
Author AimxaimPosted on September 9, 2008 September 15, 2011 Categories JrockTags Die, Dir en grey, Kaoru, Kyo, Shinya, Toshiya
End of summer dive
An Cafe’s new single Summer Dive will be released on September 10th. Finally it’s been 6 months since their last release. I am really excited that An Cafe has a new song. They are one of my favorite Jrock bands and one of the few Jrock bands that I listen to just about every song by them. An Cafe has helped me be more focused on Oshare Kei. When all I ever used to listen to was Visual Kei. Granted it took me like 2 years after listening to An Cafe to be more focused on Oshare. But enough of the side note, on to my review.
The song as a whole I was a little caught off guard. His voice sounds even more Miku like, if that’s even possible. I’m sure an An Cafe fan knows what I mean. But someone listening to them for the first time might have the same impression of them that I had when I listened to the song for the first time. “Woah that sounds kinda terrible and slightly annoying.” Please note that, that was only at hearing it for the first time. But Miku does have a unique and distinct voice. And people might get turned off by songs like Super Rabbit or god forbid Duck no Magical Adventure is the first song they ever hear. In any case, I really like this song. It feels like something An Cafe would do, it feels believeable to me. It’s very upbeat and friendly, the main reason I’m a fan. With a name like Summer Dive they probably wanted it be a song of the summer. But the video being released at the end of August makes it more like Fall Dive. I wonder if this single got pushed back. It did take 6 months so probably.
The video looks a little cheap to me considering their last three singles had fairly high budgets, or so it seems. The video focuses mostly around the volcalist Miku, like most music videos. I’d like to see more bassist love. But Kanon looks adorable around 3 minutes in so I’m happy. I am not entirely sure why they are floating in the air trying to catch, what looks like, a heart shaped peach.
Anyway, what stands out with each member to me.
Takuya- is sporting yet another dye job. This time it’s a shade in the middle of the last to shades he had. I hope he stays with his hair, it’s cute.
Miku- has amazing boots.
Kanon- always has the best outfits next to Miku
Yuuki- His clothes are always a bit much
Teruki- He doesn’t really stand out he looks pretty much the same
Post Bou era of An Cafe is a little too commerical for the most part. In the earlier days of An Cafe it seemed like they were trying to lead towards VK or maybe be a mixture of VK and OK. But it changed to just Oshare really fast. It seems like Kanon is the only one who is still Visual, when you look at his clothes compaired to everyone elses. Style aside, post Bou era is different musicaly too. Kakusei Heroism, the first Bou-less single, was very anime like. No wonder it was the opening song for the anime Darker Than Black. And their songs since have been more commercial and anime like. Perhaps they are trying to break away from their indie lable Loop Ash to get signed to a major one. It’s certainly a possibility.
Which makes me think, is that the real reason Bou left? He said he couldn’t lie to himself or his fans anymore. Does he mean he pretened to want to go more commercial with the band when secretly he didn’t. There’s only one thing wrong with the senario. No one knows if these songs were written before or after Bou left. The two new members might have helped with the commerical feel. Takuya is only 18! And I never understood, at first, why Yuuki was in the band. Not until I saw videos with him in it did I even realize they used keyboards. XD
But I should stop before I write an entire page full. So until my next post, stay Nyappy!
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Author AimxaimPosted on September 2, 2008 September 15, 2011 Categories JrockTags An Cafe, Kanon, Miku, Takuya, Teruki, Yuuki
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The main exploitable results/outputs of the #ask project include:
a Stakeholder map with Twitter handles of policymakers & political organizations and young people & organizations in Europe. All of them are followed by the five pilots’ Twitter accounts (i.e. @ASK_youth_GR, @ASK_youth_BG, @ASK_youth_UK, @ASK_youth_FR, @ASK_youth_EU)
More than 3800 Twitter discussions on ten popular topics: Sexual Orientation & Gender equality, Economic crisis, NEETs, Migration, Environment, Terrorism, Education & employment, EU (dis)integration, Democracy & human rights, Health. The Twitter discussions include graphical content and engaging messages created by the pilots of the project involving Twitter handles of policymakers and young people that have been identified by the pilots of the project. The discussions can be accessed through the five pilots’ Twitter accounts (i.e. @ASK_youth_GR, @ASK_youth_BG, @ASK_youth_UK, @ASK_youth_FR, @ASK_youth_EU).
Lessons learned and Recommendations for policymakers on how to better engage youth. This is an extended list of all lessons learned and recommendations provided by the pilots of the project while brokering Twitter discussions between policymakers and young people. The detailed list of lessons learned can be found in D7 – Lessons Log deliverable.
The #ask Data Broker Framework, a methodology for identifying and matching Twitter users (youth and policymakers) based on their interests. Anyone with access to the internet and basic IT technologies can use the framework to identify, organise, analyse and match young people and policy makers active on Twitter. The framework is not tied to any particular country or region and so can be used to do all of the above in Europe and beyond, provided the focus is kept on the same target audience – Twitter users. The framework was designed with a high degree of replicability in mind to ensure the delivery of consistent results during the lifespan of the project and after, by pilots and all those who share #ask objectives, the main of which is to empower young people and foster their engagement in democratic life through e-participation. The #ask Data Broker Framework is described in detail in D3 – #ask Data Broker Framework Blueprint deliverable.
The #ask Dashboard, an open-source software that allows users to keep track on what is being discussed on Twitter within the topics of interest, and to broker Twitter conversations between influencers from both young people and policymakers. A detailed description of the specifications of the #ask Dashboard can be found in D4 – Dashboard Specifications deliverable. During the project’s lifetime, each pilot used a separate instance of the #ask Dashboard: http://gr.ask-project.eu, http://bg.ask-project.eu, http://uk.ask-project.eu, http://fr.ask-project.eu, http://eu.ask-project.eu. The source code of the #ask Dashboard can be found on GitHub.
The Online Data Broker Guide. This is an online toolkit helping any stakeholder use the #ask Data Broker framework and the #ask Dashboard to engage young people. It includes a guide for using the #ask Dashboard, case studies, impact evidence and FAQs. The Online Data Broker Guide is translated in four languages namely English, Greek, Bulgarian, and French. The online Data Broker Guide is also documented in D10 – Online Data Broker Guide deliverable
Other results/outputs of the project include:
The Campaign Plans. The pilot is detailing the processes for selecting each pilot’s campaign scopes and topics, refining them into an operational and strategic process. It contains a separate campaign plan for each pilot of the project and also outlines instructions for scaling into pan-European brokered discussions. The Campaign Plans are detailed in D5 – Campaign Plans.
The Evaluation Report. The Evaluation Report presents the implementation and evaluation results for the five pilots in the #ask project. The evaluation’s results aim to show the impact of the Twitter discussions brokered using the #ask Dashboard between policymakers and young people from the pilot countries. The report outlines the methodology used for the evaluation as well as the quantitative and qualitative analysis of the impact achieved. The evaluation results are documented in D8 – Evaluation Report.
The Business Plan, a sustainability plan of the #ask project containing business cases, sustainability activities and strategies for the continued use of #ask’s exploitable results after the end of the project. The plan is desacribed in D9 – Business Plan.
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IOF closes Nablus’s Hawara checkpoint after arresting Palestinian
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Monday afternoon Hawara checkpoint to the south of Nablus after arresting a young man.
Israeli army claimed that the detainee was holding a knife in his possession and planning to carry out a stabbing attack.
Traffic jams was caused in the area after Israeli forces closed the checkpoint in both directions, eyewitnesses said.
Israeli court delays trial of hunger-striking Khader Adnan
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation said that Israel's Salem court on Monday delayed the trial of the Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 51 days, until 29 October.
Adnan started an open hunger strike in Israeli jails on 2 September in protest at his arbitrary detention.
The Israel Prison Service has transferred Adnan to three jails since he declared an open hunger strike in an attempt to exhaust him and pressure him to suspend his strike.
A resident of Arraba town in Jenin, Adnan had waged two long hunger strikes in Israeli jails against administrative detention, and he was able to force the Israeli authorities to respond to his demands.
Israeli raid, arrest campaign across West Bank
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) launched at dawn Monday a large-scale raid and arrest campaign throughout West Bank. At least 10 Palestinians were detained during the campaign.
Local sources affirmed that two Palestinians were kidnapped from their houses in Kafer Naama town west of Ramallah, while another was rounded up from al-Ama’ari refugee camp west of the city.
A Palestinian was also arrested north of occupied Jerusalem, while two arrests were reported south of Bethlehem. Two young men were detained in Jenin and Nablus.
Several local houses were violently stormed and searched in Nablus during the campaign.
In Tulkarem, clashes broke out after IOF stormed Shweika town and carried out a violent raid and search campaign. Heavy teargas bombs were fired during the confrontations.
Meanwhile, a young man was detained at a military checkpoint erected to the south of the city.
Over the past week Israeli forces stormed different areas of West Bank on daily basis as part of the all-out manhunt for Ashraf Na’alwa who is suspected of killing two of Israeli settlers and wounding another in a shooting incident in Brakan industrial zone.
Khader Adnan continues hunger strike for 51st day running
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has entered the 51st day of his hunger strike in protest at his arbitrary detention.
According to Muhjat al-Quds Foundation for prisoners, Adnan is deprived of meeting his lawyer or any member of his family in order to prevent them from seeing his worsening health condition as a result of his prolonged hunger strike.
Muhjat al-Quds Foundation has called on all human rights groups and the Red Cross to pressure the Israeli occupation authority to stop its violations against the Palestinian prisoners in its jails and allow them to meet their lawyers and families when they are in solitary confinement or on hunger strike.
Ofer court extends detention of PA intelligence official
The Israeli military court of Ofer has extended the detention of Jihad al-Faqih, head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence agency in Jerusalem suburbs, until next Wednesday, October 24.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the Israeli prosecutor accused Faqih of kidnapping Palestinian citizens holding Israeli IDs and interrogating them about their involvement in buying real estate on behalf of Jewish groups.
Faqih, for his part, denied the charges leveled against him during the interrogation and considered his detention politically motivated.
Israeli soldiers on Sunday kidnapped the PA intelligence official at a makeshift checkpoint near al-Judeira village, northwest of Occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli bill bans family visits to Gaza prisoners
The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation advanced on Sunday a legislation that prevents Gaza prisoners held in Israeli jails from receiving family visits.
“The bill will allow me to continue to prevent family visits for Gazans imprisoned in Israel, as long as Hamas holds the bodies of our soldiers and Israeli citizens without allowing anyone to see them and check in on their status,” says Public Security Minister Oren Hazan in a statement praising the decision.
In a previous incident, Hazan attacked and shouted abuse at Palestinians going to visit relatives in an Israeli jail, telling them that their sons are “terrorists”.
The families on the bus were on their way to Nafha prison in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in a convoy escorted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In a statement, the ICRC said it "takes very seriously what happened today".
Serious deterioration in Khader Adnan’s health condition
The health situation of the prisoner Khader Adnan has seriously deteriorated as he continues his hunger strike for 50 consecutive days protesting his illegal detention, rights group said.
Head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) Jawad Boulos said Adana’s health situation has sharply deteriorated as he started vomiting blood.
He lost many of his weight and he started suffering visible wasting as he refuses to conduct any medical tests or to take vitamins, he added.
During his visit to Ramla prison, Adnan told his lawyer that he was isolated for 17 days in very poor detention condition in Jalama prison.
A court session is expected to be held on Monday in Salem military court over his case, Boulos pointed out.
40-year-old Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan has been on an open-ended hunger-strike for the 50th day running in protest at being held administratively, with neither charge nor trial, in the Israeli occupation jails.
Adnan, a father of seven children, was arrested more than once in Israeli jails where he underwent three huger strikes. He is one of many former prisoners re-arrested and incarcerated for unclear reasons.
Khader Adnan enters day 50 of hunger strike
Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan has entered the 50th day of his open-ended hunger strike in an Israeli jail in protest at his arbitrary detention.
Adnan, a senior Islamic Jihad official, has become unable to walk and uses a wheelchair to move due to his prolonged hunger strike, according a letter leaked from Jalama jail.
His wife has expressed concern over the health condition of her husband in light of his exposure to isolation and medical neglect, and slammed the weak popular and official support for Adnan.
Hundreds Of Soldiers Invade Shweika Area In Tulkarem
Hundreds of soldiers invaded, Saturday, Shweika area in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and surrounded a local school just hours after dozens of soldiers invaded and searched it.
Media sources in Tulkarem, said the soldiers surrounded the under-construction school, once again, and closed the entire area, while dozens of soldiers have been deployed to prevent the Palestinians from entering or leaving it.
They added that the army also invaded many areas in Tulkarem, and used loud speakers demanding Ashraf Na’alwa, to surrender and turn himself in to the army.
The soldiers also brought two armored military bulldozers to the school area, and continued to surround and isolate Shweika, in Tulkarem.
The army has been trying to arrest Ashraf Na’alwa, since he carried out the fatal shooting in Barkan illegal colony, in the West Bank, leading to the death of Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, from Rosh HaAyin, and Ziv Hagbi, 35, from Rishon LeZion.
The soldiers have been carrying out ongoing violent invasions and searches of his home, and homes of his relatives, and abducted many members of his family, including his father, mother, sisters and brothers, and issued a demolition order targeting his parent’s home.
Israeli occupation extends detention of Jerusalem governor
The Israeli occupation authorities gave orders on Sunday morning to extend the remand of Jerusalem’s governor Adnan Gheith for another four days pending his trial.
Local sources said the occupation authorities transferred Gheith’s case to Ofer court on allegations that he committed felonies in the occupied West Bank.
A court hearing is expected to be held in the next few days to decide on his case.
The governor was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces at nightfall Saturday as he drove his car in Jerusalem’s northern neighborhood of Beit Hanina.
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Five Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, at least five Palestinians, during extensive searches of homes and property in the occupied West Bank.
The Tulkarem office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), in northern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched many homes in Deir al-Ghosoun town, north of the city, and abducted Mohammad Adnan Tabbal.
It added that the soldiers also searched many homes, lands and hills, along the roads linking Shweika area in Tulkarem city, with several surrounding communities.
In addition, the soldiers abducted a child, identified as Nidal Safwan Salim, 15, from his home in ‘Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, and Nasser Thieb Odah, 53, from Kafr Thulth town.
In related news, the soldiers installed a barbed-wire fence on a road used by local children heading to their schools in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army said its soldiers have arrested five Palestinians in several parts of the West Bank.
It claimed that the soldiers located and confiscated two Carlo rifles, during searches in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, adding that two pipe bombs were hurled at army jeeps in Beit Forik town, east of Nablus, in northern West Bank.
Palestinian boy arrested as clashes erupt in Qalqilya
Violent clashes broke out on Saturday evening between dozens of Palestinian youths and the Israeli occupation forces at the entrance to Azzun town, east of northern West Bank city of Qalqilya.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the Israeli soldiers heavily fired teargas canisters while the Palestinian youths responded by throwing Molotov cocktails.
The Israeli forces further arrested the Palestinian minor Nedal Salim after breaking into his family house in Azzun.
Israeli Special Police Detain Governor of Jerusalem
Special units of the Israeli police detained governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, in the town of Beit Hanina to the north of occupied Jerusalem.
Informed sources told WAFA at least three police cars intercepted the car carrying the governor before nabbing him and leading him to an unknown destination. No reason was given for the action.
Earlier Saturday, the Israeli army detained Colonel Jihad Faqeeh, 50, who heads the Jerusalem office in the Palestinian Intelligence force, at a military checkpoint near the town of Qatannah, northwest of Jerusalem, as he was heading to work in Ramallah.
Israeli navy kidnaps two fishermen off Gaza shore
The Israeli navy on Saturday morning arrested two Palestinian fishermen off northern Gaza shore.
Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza Nizar Ayyash said in a press statement that the Israeli navy arrested two fishermen sailing off Beit Lahia and seized their boats.
Ayyash said that Israeli gunboats attacked a Palestinian fishing boat in the early morning hours, arrested the two brothers on board Karim and Mohammed Abu Hassan, and confiscated their boat.
He affirmed that the Abu Hassan brothers were fishing within the three-nautical-mile zone allowed by the Israeli authorities.
According to al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, the Israeli naval forces have committed 232 violations against Gaza fishermen since the beginning of 2018, including 39 arrests.
Palestinian Detained in Jerusalem for Wearing Palestinian Flag Shirt
Israeli police, on Saturday, detained a Palestinian in Jerusalem for wearing a shirt of the Palestinian flag, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center.
It posted a video and pictures on its Facebook page showing police detaining a young Palestinian at Damascus Gate area and then taking him to a nearby police station.
It said the youth was detained for wearing a shirt of the red, black, white and green Palestinian flag.
Israeli police claim they foiled stabbing attack in J’lem
The Israeli occupation police on Saturday morning arrested a Palestinian young man on allegations of his intention to carry out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem.
According to Ynet website, the Israeli police arrested a 20-year-old young man near Har Adar settlement, northwest of Jerusalem after finding a knife in his possession.
The police claimed that the young man confessed to intending to use the knife to carry out a stabbing attack in the settlement.
IOF arrests senior PA intelligence officer in J’lem
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday morning arrested a senior officer of the Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence agency in Jerusalem, with no known reason.
Senior Fatah official Shadi Matwar said that Israeli soldiers arrested Jihad al-Faqih, head of the intelligence directorate in Jerusalem, in an ambush in al-Judeira village, northwest of the holy city.
Matwar added that Faqih was taken in for interrogation at the Maskubiya police station in Jerusalem.
Israeli forces kidnap young man in al-Khalil
Israeli special police forces on Saturday morning kidnapped a Palestinian university student from a car service garage in al-Khalil.
According to local sources, soldiers from the Yasam unit stormed a garage belonging to Mahmoud Salhab near the illegal settlement of Beit Hagai in the southern hills of al-Khalil and rounded up his son, Anas.
Anas had already spent some time in Israeli and Palestinian Authority jails.
Khader Adnan on day 49 of hunger strike
Detainee Khader Adnan's hunger strike in Israeli jails on Saturday entered day 49 in protest at his arbitrary detention.
Adnan said, in a letter leaked from his solitary confinement at al-Jalama prison a few days ago, that he could only move using a wheelchair.
Adnan's wife in a press statement expressed her concern about her husband's health condition in view of the deliberate medical neglect he is subjected to.
Mohjat al-Quds Foundation said that Khader Adnan, who started an open hunger strike 49 day ago, is denied lawyer and family visits by the Israel Prison Service.
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At 4:02pm on December 10, 2008, Roberto Zayas said…
Hi David,thanks for the invite! I hope that the gig can work out with Jessica too.
Well,we can keep in touch.All the best,Roberto
At 5:03pm on April 2, 2008, M'liss Drummergirl said…
Hey ! Have you been looking at drums yet ? I feel it would be good for you. Did you drum for Harold Betters in the late 80's ? If you did, we were probably in the same clubs at the same time and didn't know each other. How weird !
Much Love & Prayers From Portland !
M'liss
At 5:54am on March 21, 2008, Dr. Nelson Harrison said…
Hey Kid,
I had a great gig with Jess tonight then went to S. hills to help celebrate Harold Betters' 80th birthday. Were your ears burning?
At 6:26pm on March 20, 2008, Dr. Nelson Harrison said…
How ya like this network? Have fun checking it out and you'll feel reconnected to the Burgh.
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Emergency fundraiser for UNRWA
Letter to all members of European Parliament – IHRA definition
Letter to European Parliament Civil Liberties, Justice & Home Affairs Committee
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‘That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow’
As Jews, we reject the myth that it’s antisemitic to call Israel racist
Letter to Financial Times about attacks on Labour
We Must Speak Up Against Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza
Eulogy for Chaim Neslen
The demonstration by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council
No Place for Human Beings
How I became a dissident Jew
A woman on the margins
Dr Gene Feder OBE
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Secrets of the farce of Israeli rules
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Tags: market, settlers, water
Jordan Valley land that a Palestinian farmer is leasing back from settlers. Photo by Alex Levac
West Bank water shortage forcing Palestinians to lease land from settlers
Shortage of water and agricultural land in area leads local farmers into embarrassing predicament.
By Amira Hass. Ha’aretz
Settlers in the Jordan Valley are leasing some of their land to local Palestinians and to Israeli citizens, but both sides prefer to keep the matter a secret. Official Israeli sources say they know nothing about the matter, and in any case it is not common and there are only a few marginal cases involved.
The Palestinians are forced to lease the land from the settlers because of a shortage of land and water, which Israeli policy in the Jordan Valley has brought on, and because of limitations placed on the marketing of their produce. The Israelis are leasing land from the settlers because their small numbers do not match the huge area of land the state has allocated to the settlements since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967.
This leasing is against the rules of the Jordan Valley Regional Council and the World Zionist Organization’s Settlement Department, which in practice holds the majority of the agricultural land ior the state in the Jordan Valley. The council’s regulations ban the leasing of land to non-citizens. Nonetheless, such leasing is embarrassing for the Palestinians since the farmed land is land Israel confiscated through various means from Palestinian communities and residents, then allocated it to settlers in the Jordan Valley.
Haaretz spoke with some 10 Palestinians in various spots in the Jordan Valley who lease land from the residents of a number of settlements. A few of them at first hid the fact that they are leasing, saying that they were employees of the Israeli who holds the land. A number of them said the practice has existed since at least the middle of the 1990s, when Israel started the regime of travel permits that limited their movement, but that it grew in the 2000s alongside the closing of the Israeli labor market for most West Bank residents. The size of the plots the Palestinians are leasing vary from a few dunams per person to hundreds of dunams.
A number of the lessees are Israeli citizens, Jews and Arabs, who hire Palestinian workers from the Jordan Valley. In a number of cases, the Israeli lessee only signs the documents and in practice the employers are his relatives, Palestinians who live in the Jordan Valley. In some cases, especially when the leased plot is not large, the deal is done without signing any documents at all. There are also a very few cases of partnerships between Jews and Palestinians from the Jordan Valley.
Dror Etkes, who investigates Israel’s policy of taking control of the land in the West Bank, is now finishing a project of mapping and analysis of Israeli agriculture in the West Bank. He says he has managed to map some 6,000 dunams (about 1,500 acres) in the Jordan Valley that Israelis have leased to Palestinians – or their representatives. Etkes estimates there is more.
The IDF’s Civil Administration in the territories said it did not know about the matter.
Settler leader: ‘Don’t know of such cases’
The chairman of the agricultural committee of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, Zvi Avner, told Haaretz that he personally does not know of any such cases of settlers leasing land to Palestinians. “It may be that it happens here or there at the margins,” he said. But this could not be a widespread occurrence, he emphasized. Avner claimed that the lands of the settlements in the Jordan Valley are state land. In a few cases the lessees are residents of a community far from the farm land and they sleep in the fields during the week. In many cases, the leased land is far from the settlements themselves, and Etkes says this is an incentive in its own right for the settlers to lease the land to Palestinians.
All the lessees told Haaretz that their produce is labeled as “Israeli” and therefore they are not required to transport it to Israel through far-off crossings, as they are required to do with “Palestinian” produce. For them, this is a significant cost saving. But the lessees complain that in most cases they make very little profit, or even lose money, because of the fierce competition with Israeli farmers who have subsidies and advanced mechanization.
The lessees told Etkes and Haaretz they pay from NIS 40 to NIS 300 per dunam per year in areas where there is an infrastructure for water. The payment for water is separate and the Palestinians pay the Israelis about NIS 3 per cubic meter of water. This price guarantees a profit for the lessor since the price he pays for the water he supposedly uses is lower.
Avner, who has headed the agricultural committee for the past 17 years, told Haaretz that Israeli farmers in the Jordan Valley pay on average NIS 2.10 per cubic meter for water. The quota for water for Israeli farmers in the Jordan Valley is 42,000 cubic meters for each plot of 35 dunams, and the price has three levels, starting at NIS 1.90 for about 50 percent of the water.
Over the years, Israel has taken control of some 77 percent of the land in the Jordan Valley – some 1.25 million dunams out of 1.612 million. These are the natural land reserves of the Palestinian communities there, whether for grazing or farming.
Rich in water
The Jordan Valley is especially rich in natural water sources. The Palestinian Authority sees the area as the future grain basket for the Palestinian state and an area where they can settle and develop, similar to what has happened on the Jordanian side of the border. But under the temporary Oslo Accords, Israel still controls the water resources of the West Bank and sets the water quotas for the Palestinians through its veto on all new water drilling for Palestinians, and its refusal to approve the reconstruction of wells that have been ruined.
Most of Israel’s water drilling in the West Bank, some 69 percent, is in the Jordan Valley. The water produced from these wells is given to the settlements in the Jordan Valley, except for a few Palestinian villages in the north and central Jordan Valley, whose wells were dried out by the Israeli drilling and which now get from the Mekorot national water company a water quota that is decreasing every year.
For a comprehensive posting on the availability and distribution of water, see
Why water should be on the table
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Widening the world of Weirdwood
Wasabi Entertainment is bringing Relish Interactive’s acclaimed digital storybook world into publishing and television.
Like the fantastical journey taken by young protagonist Oliver Gryffon in its award-winning iPad app The Incredible Tales of Weirdwood Manor, Relish Interactive’s path to success has been anything but predictable.
Co-founded by Paul Pattison and Sacha Raposo in 2007, the Canadian digital studio was initially known for its service work in the kids space, helping producers like 9 Story Media Group and Thunderbird Entertainment develop digital games, websites and apps to bolster their content offerings. But now, through its original content division Wasabi Entertainment, the company is working with Kickstart Entertainment to produce Wardens of Weirdwood, a CGI-animated TV series based on its bestselling storybook app for six- to 12-year-olds, The Incredible Tales of Weirdwood Manor. The property will continue to track the adventures of three misfit kids learning to harness magical powers under the tutelage of Arthur Weirdwood, the eccentric master of a mysterious manor.
In its release year, Apple named Weirdwood its runner-up for iPad App of the Year. The title, produced in partnership with Relish sister company All Play, No Work, has since earned numerous awards and accolades, including wins from the Kidscreen Awards and Canadian nonprofit Youth Media Alliance. But the creation was always meant to be part of a multiplatform IP—it just took the right partnership to kick things into high gear. That process began last year when LA-based Kickstart (Ready, Jet, Go!) took an undisclosed stake in the company to collaborate on original projects and branded content.
The series picks up after the events of a second Weirdwood app that comes out on iOS and Android this fall, and Phil Ivanusic (Freaktown) has been tapped to pen the pilot episode. As for the next step in Wasabi’s journey? “Getting our first TV project actually greenlit and financed,” says Pattison. “Because the app has very high production value, we kind of painted ourselves into a corner in that the CGI-animated show will have to be a bigger budget. It will need to be a co-production, and we’ll probably need a few presales.”
To help finance the series, Wasabi is also expanding the IP into publishing with The Thieves of Weirdwood, a prequel to the series by novelist Christian McKay Heidicker (Throw Your Arm Across Your Eyes and Scream), writing as William Shivering. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers acquired English-language worldwide rights to the property earlier this year in a six-figure preempt deal. “We launched into publishing because we learned it would open up doors in TV and film and allow us to expand our brand in a way you can’t do with just a TV series,” says Pattison.
As for other Wasabi animated kids projects, the company has two more series in development with Kickstart—Razicals and Against the Odds—and is partnering with Vancouver-based All in Pictures (Windy & Friends) on Mary & Lamb, and with Toronto-based studio Aircraft Pictures (The Breadwinner) on feature film Daughter of Bells.
Wasabi is also planning to produce eight new storybook apps (half of them original, half third-party) over the next two to three years, thanks to new CMF funding it received last winter to improve the company’s storybook engine technology.
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Jeremy is the Features Editor of Kidscreen specializing in the content production, broadcasting and distribution aspects of the global children's entertainment industry. Contact Jeremy at jdickson@brunico.com.
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Home / Médecine / First US death in tainted romaine lettuce outbreak
First US death in tainted romaine lettuce outbreak
Coralie Brasseur | Jeudi, Mai 03, 2018
Right now the E. coli breakout has not reached the state of Alabama but it has reached MS and Georgia. There were 24 reported cases in California, officials there said. Infections have been reported in 25 states with, as of May 1, a total of 121 people impacted.
A week ago the case count stood at 98 people, making for a 23 percent increase in the number of infected people in seven days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In the United States, romaine harvesting usually shifts north to California at this time of year, but federal officials have said they can't guarantee there are no more products now coming out of the Yuma growing region.
England's Football Association in talks to sell Wembley Stadium to American billionaire
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The unusually high hospitalization rate of 51 percent shows the outbreak strain of E. coli O157: H7 is particularly risky. In some cases, it can be life-threatening as victims develop kidney failure.
The most recent illness began on April 21, 2018.
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Irish To Face Western Michigan In NCAA First Round
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The CDC has issued a warning, telling consumers to avoid eating romaine lettuce.
The CDC continues to warn against purchasing or consuming romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona, region, and said restaurants and retailers should not serve or sell lettuce from the area. This advice includes chopped romaine, whole heads, hearts of romaine, baby romaine, organic romaine, and salads and salad mixes that contain romaine lettuce. If you are unsure what type of lettuce is in your possession, it is best to throw it away. The agency identified a farm near Yuma, Ariz., as the source of the whole-head lettuce that sickened several people at an Alaskan correctional facility - but officials do not yet know precisely when or where in the supply chain the lettuce became contaminated.
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Here's David Chappelle's emphatic statement about Michelle Wolf's insults at the WHCD
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Draymond Green challenges Charles Barkley to actually punch him
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Sheffield named among most polluted towns and cities in the UK
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In first under Trump, Guantanamo Bay inmate transferred
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Soler launched a 1-0 curveball from Brian Johnson into the Green Monster seats to put the Royals up 7-4 in the 13th inning. The game's most recent runline odds sit at -125 for betting the Royals +1.5 runs and +105 for the Red Sox -1.5.
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Results tagged ‘ Brad Lidge ’
Fantasy Baseball Advice For The Late Drafter
You don’t really want to know about my fantasy teams (well, except the name of the American League one, which I think achieves our league’s annual goal: the ideal conflation of current events and baseball – The Moammar Garciaparras). But you may yet gain some useful info from the two fairly early drafts, one for each league, which occupied much of my weekend.
Biggest news I can now share is that while in Florida, every Philly source I talked to – from the casual ones who talked a lot, to the in-the-know ones who tried to say nothing – left me with the same impression: Chase Utley is not going to play baseball this year. Supposedly they are trying rest and minor rehab now, which will tell them whether there is a remote possibility that more rest and more extensive rehab later could preclude surgery. If not, they’re going to cut him. Even if they decide they can get away without opening up the knee, that rest-and-rehab route could just as easily cost him the season.
So I guess nominating him in our auction this afternoon while there was still decent money on the table makes me a stinker?
Still, I’m not the one who paid $16 for him. Other injuries of unknown duration also did not scare a free spending NL-only league (sixth year, second auction, some real sharp fans). Mat Latos went for $20 even though the Padres are so strapped that Tim Stauffer will start on Opening Day. Brian Wilson still fetched $17 (comparison: Heath Bell, $18). Very late – after Francisco Cordero had gone for $15 and Brandon Lyon for $7, we shelled out $13 for J.J. Putz and $6 more for Brad Lidge. Both Jose Contreras and Ryan Madson were picked up as collars for Lidge (I think it’ll be Contreras) and Daniel Hernandez was an excellent no-risk flyer for Putz.
There was the usual star-sniffing inflation among the impact players. Most valuations of Hanley Ramirez place him at around $39 in an NL-only operation. He sold for $45. I reached past his likely $36 value to pay $42 for Carlos Gonzalez, and if Troy Tulowitzki’s inflation from $28 to $38 shocks you, or David Wright’s growth from $27 to $38 – you’d better sit down for these next two. Several of us must have read Matthew Berry’s note on how well Dan Uggla has hit lifetime in Atlanta, because he may have been valued at $22, but I gave up on him at $33.
And best of all was Mike Stanton of the Marlins, whom most analysts have pegged at a value of $20 or so. I think Stanton is going to bust through all ceilings this year, and so did another bidder. I won him – at $36. Before you think we’re daft, I won the league last year and the fella who was willing to pay $35 finished second.
I suspect his Florida teammate Logan Morrison will also turn heads before October, and the Pedro Alvarez I saw at third base in Florida two weeks ago had the confidence of an All-Star. What else did I pick up that you can use? Ian Desmond will lead off for the Nationals this year and Jayson Werth will inexplicably hit second. This means lovely things for Mr. Desmond. Brian McCann is saying all the right things after the Luis Salazar nightmare, when he was ready to retire when he thought he’d killed the man. But he hasn’t hit a lick since. He’s still the best, but be careful.
Lastly: on NL pitching, if you wait for it, it will come. Lincecum cost $33, Halladay $29, Kershaw $27 (the Commissioner is a Dodger fan who brings a radio with him to the games), Cain $24 (one guy named his team “Your World Champion Giants”), Cris Carpenter, Tommy Hanson and Ubaldo Jimenez $22 each. But I put together a perfectly respectable starting rotation of R.A. Dickey, Jaime Garcia, James McDonald, Javier Vazquez and Carlos Zambrano for $22 (and stashed Johan Santana and – what the heck, Strasburg – for another $3).
If you care, here are my guys and their values. All but Soriano ($15) and Carlos Lee ($14) were on my “Favorites” list – and I happily took them at what I saw as 25-30% discounts. The rest of these choices I firmly endorse (although Alex Gonzalez may be wildly overpriced at $2). SP I mentioned. Bullpen: Axford $11, Lyon $7, Romo $4, Contreras $1 (we count holds). C: Buck $3. IF: Sandoval $19, Alvarez $16, Kelly Johnson $16, Lee $14, Espinosa $3, Alex Gonzalez $2, Chris Johnson $2. OF: C. Gonzalez $42, Stanton $36, Victorino $22, Hart $19, Soriano $15, $2 Morrison. Santana and Strasburg will go on our two-man DL to be replaced by a free agent starter and another set-up man.
My American League info will be of less use to you because in this one we do not start annually from scratch. There are keepers – up to six of them – and not everybody has the same idea what they are for (I kept an underpriced Nick Swisher at $12 and five guys at a buck apiece; a dear friend of mine kept Mauer and Teixeira – at $42 apiece). But I do have some useful info, most of it pertaining to the wonders that hitting coach Kevin Seitzer appears to be working for Kansas City. Kila Ka’aihue is powdering the ball and will push Billy Butler to DH. Melky Cabrera has lost weight and regained bat speed. And the Siren’s Call is being heard again: “Alex Gordon! Al Exxxxxx Gorrrrr Dun!” Line drives are flying off his bat and witnesses say he perfected first his new swing and then his new timing mechanisms. In any mixed league you should be able to get these guys very cheap, and probably only in an AL-only league is Ka’ahuie on the radar.
Also: fear of injury just doesn’t seem to register. Kendrys Morales went for $25 in our league, even though a likelier estimate of his contribution this year is about $18. Francisco Liriano still got a $21 pricetag, and in one of the more mystifying results, David Aardsma, who a year ago went healthy at $9, went this year, injured, for $12.
My team will indicate who I expect to flower in the AL this season. The freezes were Swisher, J.P. Arencibia, Edwin Encarnacion, Colby Lewis, Joe Nathan, and C.J. Wilson. More relevantly, these are the new purchases: (SP) Haren $26, G. Gonzalez $9 (most reports from Arizona agreed: Most Improved Pitcher this spring), Pineda $2, Matsuzaka $1 (I think he will do very well this year; he seems to be really listening to the new pitching coach Curt Young), Niemann $1. (RP – again, holds count): C. Perez $15, Jenks $3, Farnsworth $1. (C) Napoli $12. (IF) A. Gonzalez $38, A. Rodriguez $38, Nishioka $15 (this is a rookie of the year candidate), Hardy $5 (another bounce back year – he was described to me as “the 2007 J.J.”), C. Guillen $2, Dan Johnson $2. (OF) Crawford $40, Raburn $15, Ordonez $7, Gordon $6, Cabrera $2.
The only other insight I have from the AL is the Rays’ bullpen. It is unlikely that Joe Maddon will make Jake McGee his closer early or maybe at all – too valuable as a lefty specialist. Like dozens before him, he will give Farnsworth a try. If you don’t have to invest too much in him, you can, too. The real story of the spring has been how good the much traveled Juan Cruz has looked, though he’s more likely to wind up as the 8th inning man.
Final point: drafting has its rewards and I’m not going to call anybody who prefers it names, but if you want to be tested and challenged, once you go Auction, you’ll never go back. There is a palpable energy curve during the thing and a tremendous sense of fairness – you never get stuck with the 10th pick and thus miss on the best (and your favorite) nine players. If you didn’t get Pujols, you have nobody to blame (or commend) but yourself.
But it is essential that you price every player and stick – within reason – to individual price. It is also necessary to push players – the ones you want and the ones you don’t – up to within at least a couple of bucks of where you’ve priced them. And until you’ve nominated about 10-12 guys do not nominate a player you actually want. It is your job to get as much money off the table as possible. Are there guys in your league who are more loyal to their real-life team than the one they’re putting together? Bleed them. Make sure Aubrey Huff goes for more than he could be possibly worth, and make sure you shove those ailing stars out there as early as you can (I not only nominated Utley, I also nominated Brian Wilson). Eventually the madcap money will vanish – all at once you will look up and realize you can’t afford to pay more than $6 for anybody (and neither can anybody else) and the second half of the draft will be filled with a mix of bargains and desperation. It is essential to be able to stock 15 roster spots with $75 or less and be happy with the outcome.
In both leagues we play ESPN’s version and its auction function is pretty darn good. But a glitch seems to have developed this year that cost one owner in each league dearly – irreparably, in fact. If you let the computer literally do your bidding for you, unless you go in and set your own personalized values for each player, the program will bid conservatively – often stopping five or six bucks shy of the “official” ESPN value of a player – on some sort of computer-logic premise that it can spend your money much more efficiently later. This left our owner who couldn’t attend the auction with no fewer than 18 $1 players and $192 in unspent auction money that doesn’t even buy him a discount on ESPN The Magazine. Even last year’s second-place guy who did put in his own values still got screwed. He came home with Ryan Howard, Wright, Tulo, Lincecum, Cain, and ten $1 pitchers. So if you want the highest form of Fantasy Baseball fun, go with the auction. And if you want to survive the auction, do not do it on auto-pilot.
Besides which, why would you want to? As one of our more astute owners said today, counting holidays and his exciting film and tv career and, I assume, even his exciting dating life, this is the happiest day of his year.
Tags: Alex Gordon, Auction Strategies, Brad Lidge, Brian Wilson, Chase Utley, Dan Uggla, Fantasy Baseball, Ian Desmond, Kendrys Morales, Kila Ka'aihue, Logan Morrison, Melky Cabrera, Mike Stanton, Pedro Alvarez, Rays Bullpen
Phils And Yankees: Not Their Year
CLEARWATER – As the Yankees hoped that after his minor stumble on some balky carpet that Yogi Berra has that insurance, you know, the kind that pays you cash, which is just as good as money, CC Sabathia and Roy Halladay met up in Clearwater in a dream match-up. Literally a dream, because you don’t need to spend looking much time at either roster to realize that despite the Phillies’ glittering rotation and the Yankees’ three Hall-of-Famers in waiting, neither of these teams is going very deep in the post-season (presuming they make it at all). This is contrary to Conventional Wisdom, which was last heard from telling you that Cliff Lee was going to the Yankees last winter, just as it had told you he was going to them last July. Lee is part of the Yankees’ most obvious problem: based on performance so far, Bartolo Colon is a) a vampire and b) their number two starter. Colon, with his ten-pitch warm-up sessions and newly refound control, has been a joyous mystery even to his new pitching coach Larry Rothschild. But comebacks like his almost always fizzle before the first of June and the Yanks have a long way to before Manny Banuelos, Andrew Brackman, and/or Dellin Betances join the rotation or buy them a veteran starter. The Yankees are also aging alarmingly. I will spare you my usual pronouncements on how moribund Derek Jeter is, but the recent pronouncement that Jorge Posada would not even be used as a temporary back-up catcher should tell you exactly how little the Yanks think he has left. The joke around here is that Cameron Diaz was feeding Alex Rodriguez popcorn in that Super Bowl luxury suite because he now gets too tired doing it himself. Jesus Montero offers a glimmer of youth but the reality is that in two at bats today, Roy Halladay made him look like he’d never been to the plate before (to be fair, Halladay did the same thing to Robby Cano). The Yanks only matchup with Boston at the back of the bullpen and if their lineup is better than Tampa’s, it isn’t much better. The Phils have an advantage the Yanks don’t – the NL East may be as bad as the AL East is good, but they have two enormous crises. I ran into my old friend Ruben Amaro in the hallway just before first pitch and he swore he felt better than he looked – and he looked exactly like a General Manager of a team with a devastating rotation and no second baseman or right fielder. Chase Utley’s injury is a riddle wrapped in an enigma inside some tendinitis and it would be called “indefinite” if only Amaro was that certain. Nobody has any idea what’s next, and Utley’s absence not only puts a Wilson Valdez or Josh Barfield in the lineup, but it also deranges their batting order and perhaps places Jimmy Rollins hitting in a three-hole for which he is ill-suited. Right field may be a bigger problem still. You could make a viable platoon out of Ben Francisco (who absolutely kills lefties) and John Mayberry, Jr (he homered again today) but both hit right-handed. In news that should terrify every Philadelphian, Domonic Brown’s replacement four of the last five days has been Delwyn Young, a scat back of a utility infielder who was not good enough to stick with the Pirates. This is a team that is suddenly in deep trouble on offense – Halladay looked gorgeous for six innings today but they got him only three hits before Sabathia left) and as awe-inspiring as the Four Aces look, having Brad Lidge close for them is like owning four Maseratis and employing a staff of blind valet parkers.
Tags: Alex Rodriguez, Andrew Brackman, Bartolo Colon, Ben Francisco, Brad Lidge, Cameron Diaz, CC Sabathia, Chase Utley, Cliff Lee, Dellin Belances, Delwyn Young, Derek Jeter, Domonic Brown, Jimmy Rollins, John Mayberry Jr, Jorge Posada, Josh Barfield, Larry Rothschild, Manny Banuelos, Phillies, Robinson Cano, Roy Halladay, Ruben Amaro, Wilson Valdez, Yankees, Yogi Berra
The Nine Smartest Plays In World Series History
Inspired by Johnny Damon’s double-stolen base in Game Four on Sunday, I thought it was time to salute a part of the game rarely acknowledged and even more rarely listed among its greatest appeals to the fan. What they once quaintly called “good brain-work”: the nine Smartest Plays in World Series History.
We’ll be doing this on television tonight, illustrated in large part with the kind help of the folks behind one of the most remarkable contributions ever made to baseball history, The Major League Baseball World Series Film Collection, which comes out officially next week, and which, as the name suggests, is a DVD set of all of the official “films” of the Series since ex-player Lew Fonseca started them as a service to those in the military in 1943. The amount of baseball history and the quality of the presentation (the “box” is by itself, actually a gorgeous Series history book) are equally staggering.
We start, in ascending order, with a famous name indeed, and Jackie Robinson’s steal of home in the eighth inning of the first game of the 1955 World Series. It is perhaps the iconic image of the pioneer player of our society’s history, but it was also a statement in a time when the concept was new. Ironically, the Dodgers were losing 6 to 4 when Robinson got on, on an error, moved to second on a Don Zimmer bunt, aggressively tagged up on a sacrifice fly.
Robinson was at third, but up for the Dodgers was the weak-hitting Frank Kellert. And, after all but taunting pitcher Whitey Ford and catcher Yogi Berra of the Yankees, Jackie seized the day, and broke for the plate. No catcher has more emphatically argued a call, and no moment has better summed up a player, his influence, or the changes he would bring to the game.
Ironically, that was the last run the Dodgers would score and they would lose the game. But the steal set a tone for a different Brooklyn team than the one which had tried but failed to outslug the Yankees in their previous five World Series meetings. The Dodgers would win this one, in seven games.
The eighth play on the list is another moment of base-running exuberance. In a regular season game in 1946, Enos “Country” Slaughter, on first base, had been given the run-and-hit sign by his St. Louis Cardinals’ manager Eddie Dyer. Slaughter took off, the batter swung and laced one into the outfield. As Slaughter approached third base with home in his sights, he was held up by his third base coach Mike Gonzalez. Slaughter complained to his skipper. He knew better than Gonzalez, he told Dyer, whether or not he could beat a throw home. Dyer said fine. “If it happens again and you think you can make it, run on your own. I’ll back you up.”
It indeed happened again – and in the bottom of the eighth inning of the seventh game of the 1946 Series! The visiting Red Sox had just tied the score at three, but Slaughter led off the inning with a single. Manager Dyer again flashed the run-and-hit sign, and Harry “The Hat” Walker lined Bob Klinger’s pitch over shortstop for what looked to everybody like a long single.
Everybody but Slaughter. He never slowed down. He may never have even seen third base coach Gonzalez again giving him the stop sign. When Boston shortstop Johnny Pesky turned clockwise to take the relay throw from centerfielder Leon Culberson, and, thus oddly twisted, could get little on his throw to the plate – Slaughter scored, the Cardinals led, and, an inning later, were World Champions.
The Red Sox should’ve seen it coming. Long before Pete Rose, Slaughter ran everywhere on the field, to the dugout and from it, on walks, everywhere. He said he had learned to do it in the minor leagues, when as a 20-year old he walked back from the outfield only to hear his manager say “Hey, kid, if you’re tired, I’ll get you some help.”
That manager was Eddie Dyer – the same guy who a decade later would encourage Slaughter to run any and all red lights.
The particulars of the seventh smartest play in Series history are lost in the shrouds of time: the 1907 Fall Classic between the Tigers and Cubs. This was the Detroit team of the young and ferocious Ty Cobb, but its captain was a veteran light-hitting third baseman named Bill Coughlin. In the first inning of the second game, Cubs’ lead-off man Jimmy Slagle walked, then broke for second base. Catcher Fred Payne’s throw was wild and Slagle made it to third. Coughlin knew the Tigers were in trouble.
There are two ways to do what Coughlin did next; we don’t know which he used. Later third basemen like Matt Williams were known to ask runners to step off the base so he could clean the dirt off it. Others, through nonchalance or downright misdirection, would convince the runner that they no longer had the ball. Which one Coughlin did, we don’t know. The Spalding Base Ball Guide for 1908 simply described it as “Coughlin working that ancient and decrepit trick of the ‘hidden ball,’ got ‘Rabbit’ Slagle as he stepped off the third sack. What the sleep of Slagle cost was shown the next minute when Chance singled over second.”
Coughlin snagged Slagle with what is believed to be the only successful hidden ball trick in the history of the Series.
Sixth among the smartest plays is another we will not likely see again. The New York Mets led the Baltimore Orioles three games to one as they played the fifth game of the 1969 World Series. But the favored Birds led that game 3-zip going into the bottom of the sixth. Then, Dave McNally bounced a breaking pitch at the feet of Cleon Jones of the Mets. Jones claimed he’d been hit by the pitch, but umpire Lou DiMuro disagreed – until Mets’ skipper Gil Hodges came out of the dugout to show DiMuro the baseball, and the smudge of shoe polish from where it had supposedly hit Jones. DiMuro changed his mind, Jones was awarded first, Donn Clendenon followed with a two-run homer, Al Weis hit one in the seventh to tie, and the Mets scored two more in the eighth to win the game and the Series.
But there were questions, most of them voiced in Baltimore, about the provenance of that baseball. Was it really the one that McNally had thrown? A nearly identical play in 1957 with Milwaukee’s Nippy Jones had helped to decide that Series. And years later an unnamed Met said that ever since, it had always been considered good planning to have a baseball in the dugout with shoe polish on it, just in case.
Today, of course, players’ shoes don’t get shined.
Hall of Fame pitcher, Hall of Fame batter, Hall of Fame manager, all involved in the fifth smartest play. But only two of them were smart in it. Reds 1, A’s nothing, one out, top of the eighth, runners on second and third, third game of the ’72 Series, and Oakland reliever Rollie Fingers struggles to a 3-2 count on Cincinnati’s legendary Johnny Bench. With great theatrics and evident anxiety, the A’s battery and manager Dick Williams agree to go ahead and throw the next pitch deliberately wide — an intentional walk.
Which is when Oakland catcher Gene Tenace jumps back behind the plate to catch the third strike that slides right past a forever-embarrassed Bench. As if to rub it in, the A’s then walked Tony Perez intentionally. For real.
Another all-time great was central to the fourth smartest play in Series history. With Mickey Mantle, you tend to think brawn, not brain, but in the seventh game of the epic 1960 Series, he was, for a moment, the smartest man in America. Mantle had just singled home a run that cut Pittsburgh’s lead over the Yankees to 9-to-8.
With one out and Gil McDougald as the tying run at third, Yogi Berra hit a ground rocket to Pirate first baseman Rocky Nelson. Nelson, having barely moved from where he was holding Mantle on, stepped on the bag to retire Berra for the second out. Mantle, on his way into no man’s land between first and second, about to be tagged hi
mself for the final out of the Series, stopped, faded slightly towards the outfield, faked his way around Nelson, got back safely to first, and took enough time to do it, that in the process, McDougald could score the tying run.
Mantle’s quick thinking and base-running alacrity would have been one of the game’s all-time greatest plays – if only, minutes later, the 9-to-9 tie he had created, had not been erased by Bill Mazeroski’s unforgettable Series-Winning Home Run to lead off the bottom of the ninth.
Like the Mantle example, the gut and not the cerebellum is associated with the third smartest play in Series history. It’s Kirk Gibson’s epic home run to win the opening game of the 1988 classic. The story is well-known to this day; Gibson, aching, knees swollen, limping, somehow creeps to the batter’s box and then takes a 3-2 pitch from another hall of fame Oakland reliever, Dennis Eckersley, and turns it into the most improbable of game-winning home runs.
But the backstory involves a Dodger special assignment scout named Mel Didier. When the count reached 3-and-2, Gibson says he stepped out of the batter’s box and could hear the scouting report on Eckersley that Didier had recited to the Dodgers, in his distinctive Mississippi accent, before the Series began. On a 3-2 count, against a left-handed power hitter, you could be absolutely certain that Eckersley would throw a backdoor slider. He always did it. And as Gibson once joked, “I was a left-handed power hitter.”
So Gibson’s home run wasn’t just mind over matter. It was also mind. And it was also Mel Didier.
The second smartest play in Series history came in perhaps the greatest seventh game in modern Series history. The Braves and Twins were locked in their remorseless battle of 1991, scoreless into the eighth inning. Veteran Lonnie Smith led off the top of the frame with a single. Just like Enos Slaughter in 1946, he then got the signal to run with the pitch, and just like Harry Walker in 1946, his teammate Terry Pendleton connected.
But something was amiss at second base. Minnesota Shortstop Greg Gagne and second baseman Chuck Knoblauch were either completing a double-play, or they had decided they were the Harlem Globetrotters playing pantomime ball. Smith, at least momentarily startled by the infielders pretending to make a play on him at second, hesitated just long enough that he could not score from first as Enos Slaughter once had. He would later claim the Twins’ infielders hadn’t fooled him at all with their phantom double play – that he was just waiting to make sure the ball wasn’t caught.
But he never scored a run, nor did the Braves. The game, and the Series, ended 1-0 Minnesota, in the 10th inning on a pinch-hit single by Gene Larkin from — appropriately enough for the subject — Columbia University.
All-stars and cup of coffee guys; fielders and hitters and baserunners and pitchers and even a scout, and stretching over a span of 102 years of Series history. And yet the smartest play is: from this past Sunday. Johnny Damon not only worked his way back from down 0-2 to a line single on the ninth pitch of the at bat against Brad Lidge, but he quickly gauged the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity with which the Phillies had seemingly presented him. Few teams employ a defensive shift towards the left side or the right when there’s a runner on base. This is largely because if there is a play to be made at second or third, the fielders who would normally handle the ball are elsewhere. With Mark Teixeira up, the Phillies had shifted their infield, right.
So Damon realized.
If he tried to steal, the throw and tag would probably be the responsibility of third baseman Pedro Feliz. Feliz is superb at third base, fine at first, has experience in both outfield corners, and even caught a game for part of an inning. But his major league games up the middle total to less than 30 and this just isn’t his job. Even if Feliz didn’t botch the throw or the tag, his meager experience in the middle infield slightly increased the odds in Damon’s favor. The question really was, what would happen immediately afterwards, if Damon stole successfully: Where would Feliz go, and who would cover third base?
Damon chose a pop-up slide so he could keep running. Feliz took the throw cleanly, but did not stop his own momentum and continued to run slightly towards the center of the diamond. And nobody covered third base. All Damon needed was daylight between himself and Feliz, and Feliz would have no chance of outrunning him to third, and nobody to throw to at third.
And all of that went through Johnny Damon’s mind, in a matter of seconds. Before anybody else could truly gauge what had happened, he had stolen two bases on one play without as much as a bad throw, let alone an error, involved. It is a play few if any have seen before, and it is unimaginable that any manager will let us ever see it again!
Thereafter, in a matter of minutes, the Yankees had turned a tie game, with them down to their last strike of the ninth inning, into a three-run rally that put them within one win of the World’s Championship. And all thanks to the Smartest Play in World Series History.
Tags: Al Weis, Bill Coughlin, Bill Mazeroski, Bob Klinger, Brad Lidge, Chuck Knoblauch, Cleon Jones, Dave McNally, Dennis Eckersley, Dick Williams, Don Zimmer, Donn Clendenon, Eddie Dyer, Enos Slaughter, Frank Kellert, Gene Larkin, Gene Tenace, Gil Hodges, Gil McDougald, Greg Gagne, Harry Walker, Jackie Robinson, Jimmy Slagle, Johnny Bench, Johnny Damon, Johnny Pesky, Kirk Gibson, Leon Culberson, Lew Fonseca, Lonnie Smith, Lou DiMuro, Mark Teixeira, Mel Didier, Mickey Mantle, Mike Gonzalez, Nippy Jones, Pedro Feliz, Rocky Nelson, Rollie Fingers, Smartest Plays, Terry Pendleton, Tony Perez, Whitey Ford, World Series, Yogi Berra
Game 4: The Eddie Collins of 2009
Even if Johnny Damon had gone oh-for-the-first-four years of the 52-million dollart contract he signed with the Yankees after the 2005 season, he might have earned most of the cash with one of the most heads-up plays in World Series history.
As the potential winning run with two out in the top of the ninth inning of a game New York had nearly blown, he not only got a great jump on Brad Lidge to cleanly steal second base, but because the Phillies had employed the shift on Mark Teixeira, Damon had the presence of mind to realize Carlos Ruiz’s throw to second might be handled by a fielder unaccustomed to the role, who was also leaving third base unoccupied. Thus Damon utilized the pop-up slide, and when Feliz went to the wrong side of the bag, Damon accelerated past him and cruised into third as the Phillies watched helplessly. Lidge’s inning immediately cascaded into chaos and Mariano Rivera suddenly had a three-run lead in a game the Phils had just tied.
In the broad sense, at least, Damon’s dash was reminiscent of the famous Eddie Collins-Heinie Zimmerman play that decided the 1917 Series. Scoreless in the fourth inning of the finale, the White Sox cringed as Collins was trapped in a rundown. Giants’ catcher Bill Rariden correctly ran Collins back towards third, presuming that either his first baseman Walter Holke or his pitcher Rube Benton would cover the plate. But neither did, and as Rariden tossed to Giants third baseman Zimmerman, Collins burst past him, leaving Zimmerman to define futility to chase Collins towards the dish.
Though Ring Lardner actually made up the quote, Zimmerman was long credited with one of the most telling of acerbic explanations for a pivotal Series play: “Who the hell was I supposed to throw it to? The umpire?” It will be fascinating to hear if Feliz says anything similar.
Tags: 1917 World Series, Bill Rariden, Brad Lidge, Eddie Collins, Heinie Zimmerman, Johnny Damon, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Pedro Feliz, World Series
Bunning And Short And Lidge… And Happ?
I don’t really remember the last time I saw him, but it may have been 1987. I never knew his name and I could not then verify his story, but he claimed that he had been at every one of Gene Mauch’s opening days since 1965 (and a lot of other Mauch-managed games, even some in spring training).
His act was always the same. He was there when the park opened, and he stayed till it closed. And any time he thought Mauch could possibly see him, he raised his sign, which read, simply “BUNNING.” If he had one friend with him, that guy carried another sign reading “AND SHORT,” but there was supposedly a three-man version (one fellow with “AND” and the other with “SHORT.”). “He has to be reminded,” I heard the guy say. “He has to be reminded, every year, what he did.”
The vengeful fan’s argument – echoed by a lot of people then and now – was that the infamous Philadelphia Phillies collapse of 1964 was neither organic nor accidental, but the direct result of a crazy managerial strategy pronounced by then-Phils’ skipper Gene Mauch. Around the 13th of September that year, with Ray Culp lost to injury and onetime ace Art Mahaffey shaky, Mauch had pronounced that he wanted the Hall of Fame righty Jim Bunning, and the unsung southpaw Chris Short to each pitch in each of the remaining six series the Phils had to play. “Bunning and Short,” Mauch supposedly said, “these are my men. Bunning and Short.” If Mauch indeed said it on the 13th, he said it when the Phillies still had a six game lead and an 86-57 record.
They would thereafter go 6-13 and between them Bunning and Short would win a total of three games and the Phillies’ collapse would be etched for all-time as the most painful, if not the mathematically worst (they were still 90-60 after play on September 20th, still six-and-a-half up, and then lost 10 of the last 12).
So this fan followed Mauch to Montreal, to Minnesota, to the Angels, and every year trotted out his message of “Bunning And Short.” And Gene Mauch never did get to the World Series, and as history narrows his place in its nooks and crannies, it will be for the collapse, and “Bunning And Short,” that he will be remembered.
And I wonder if Charlie Manuel isn’t going to join him. Inherent in the criticism of Mauch is that there is nothing unforgivable in a manager, other than inflexibility. Indeed, some of the greatest managers have been the ones who have let go of their deathgrip on consistency. Think of Connie Mack starting the washed-up Howard Ehmke in Game One of the 1929 Series. Ehmke was, in fact, Mack’s seventh starter, behind Hall-of-Famer Lefty Grove, 24-game winner George Earnshaw, 18-game winner Rube Walberg, and three lesser lights who had each won 11. Ehmke merely set the then-record for strikeouts in a Series. Later skippers like Chuck Dressen used relievers like Joe Black and Clem Labine as Series starters. As late as 1974, Walter Alston was leaning towards starting Mike Marshall – who had only relieved 114 times that year – to start the sixth game against Oakland, if the Dodgers had survived that long. Consider Mayo Smith of the 1968 Tigers deciding, on August 23rd, with his team up by seven-and-a-half games but his shortstop Ray Oyler hitting just .142, that he had better find an alternative – and giving centerfielder Mickey Stanley an audition of exactly nine games before penciling him in at short for Game One of the World Series.
And here is Good ‘Ol Charlie, insistent on closing with Brad Lidge, who has the singular flammability – and more impressive, the endurance – of the infamous Underground Fire Of Centralia, Pennsylvania. I have written before here of the paucity of viable alternatives: Ryan Madson is now at 8/14 in Save conversions this season, but just 13 of 32 lifetime. Brett Myers may not be able to pitch on any nights, let alone consecutive ones. Eyre, Park, and Romero are hurt. Condrey’s a quandary and Durbin’s doubtful.
But whatever his future redemption might be, Lidge is Charlie Manuel’s ticket to Mauch-like infamy. He needs to punt, and he needs to punt now, and he has insisted he will not. And still there is Tyler Walker and his respectable record as a closer, or if this still somehow seems more terrifying than a guy doing the Human Torch act during your three-game failed defense of your World’s Championship, take a page from Chuck Dressen or Walter Alston, mix in a little Mayo Smith, and work in reverse. Nominally, at least, you have six starters, two of whom you will not use as such no matter how long you go in the playoffs.
This is no time to stick to tradition. Crunch the numbers and talk to the men and, if need be, ask for a volunteer. Presumably you cannot envision a world in which you don’t start Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee as often as you can. But are you really risking your rotation if you pick one man out of the other four to serve as your emergency closer?
Interestingly, just a superficial look at data suggests there are two candidates, one of each arm kind. A closer must have, more than any other attribute, the ability to be effective immediately. If you get that first man out in the ninth, your track record with runners-on or in late innings becomes decreasingly relevant. And one Philly starter offers these numbers in the first innings of his games: .219 opposing batting average, .259 opposing on base percentage, less than one base-runner per first inning, 3.41 ERA. Another maps out at a.197 BA, .288 OBP, 1.05 WHIP, 1.35 ERA.
The first guy is Joe Blanton. The second one is J.A. Happ.
Charlie – you can’t get by without one of them in your rotation? Hamels, Lee, Happ, Martinez is too lefty-laden for you? What about Hamels, Lee, Blanton, Martinez? (Parenthetically, if you’re wondering about the others, Hamels has a .238 OBP in the first inning, Lee .268, Martinez .369, Moyer .381. Intuition tells you that a still-rehabbing Pedro might be the choice – the numbers don’t).
The point here, of course, is that if the Phillies swap out Lidge for Blanton or Happ, and it fails, Manuel will be criticized. But at least he won’t be criticized for ignoring the possibility that there was a way of avoiding the iceberg. Fate even offers him one righty and one lefty, to fit whichever kind of rotation he thinks will serve him best against whoever he might face along the way.
The other alternative, I’m afraid, is three guys showing up every day for the rest of Charlie’s managerial career. One has a sign reading “Brad,” the second has one reading “Lidge,” and the third one uses the fireplace lighter for comedic effect.
Tags: 1964 Phillies, 1968 Tigers, 2009 Phillies, Art Mahaffey, Brad Lidge, Charlie Manuel, Chris Short, Chuck Dressen, Clem Labine, Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, Gene Mauch, J.A. Happ, Jim Bunning, Joe Black, Joe Blanton, Mayo Smith, Mickey Stanley, Mike Marshall, Pedro Martinez, Ray Culp, Ray Oyler, Ryan Madson, Walter Alston
Helmets And Closers
It’s 30 years now since the last major leaguer stepped to the plate without a batting helmet, and 38 since the helmet became mandatory. The mandatory earflap celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. But batters have used helmets (or plastic cap liners) since the ’40s, and their invention and use pre-dates even the death of Ray Chapman from a pitch in 1920, to Roger Bresnahan, Hall of Fame catcher of the Giants, in 1907.
Defensively, catchers turned to helmets, then cages. The mid-50s Pittsburgh Pirates wore them exclusively, in the field and at bat, pitchers included. While that idea was abandoned, largely based on the argument that fielders had gloves with which to protect their heads, John Olerud used one to protect his skull – at high-risk for damage after an aneurysm – while playing first base. After the awful death of Mike Coolbaugh, struck by a line drive while coaching first in a minor league game in 2007, helmets for coaches became mandatory last year, and by this one, they had begun to look perfectly normal (no matter what Larry Bowa says).
So, here is a question that popped into my head during a recent game: why don’t the umpires wear helmets? Surely the ones at first and third are at nearly as much risk for being hit by a line drive against which they are gloveless, and helpless, as a coach. The argument, of course, is that umps are trained pros, and it’s not like we’ve seen a frequent problem with them getting leveled. Just as we hadn’t seen one with coaches before Coolbaugh.
For that matter, why don’t we bite the bullet on the next most vulnerable in the equation? The catcher’s body is almost 100 percent covered, the plate ump is well-wrapped, and the batter can arm himself in everything short of cyborg components. Why don’t we mandate helmets for the individuals who are the fourth-closest to the violence of the meeting of bat and ball – the pitcher? We haven’t seen enough pitchers knocked down by return fire?�
The obvious point against, of course, is that most of those pitcher injuries are to the face. Then again, no pitcher has had the opportunity to use “ducking out of the way” as a reaction to a line drive.
And if there is a cosmetic argument (and, face it, the new articulated helmets look laughable), certainly we have not reached the all-time climax of helmet design. They can doubtless be made more ventilated, be lined with sweat-absorbing material, fixed into a more cap-like shape, and generally be redesigned so as to make their wearer look less like the Great Gazoo.
Besides which, why does a batter with a helmet look right, and a pitcher or an umpire with one look less so?�
Because we’re used to it.
NO HELMETS MAY SAVE THEM:
Watching the Nationals first sign, then promote, ex-Royals closer Mike�MacDougal, and considering the maelstrom that their bullpen has been, I wondered when Manny Acta would put him into a save position. Friday night, he retired two Mets, including a creaky Gary Sheffield on strikes, on six pitches. Then Joel Hanrahan looked even better in the 9th, yet Acta mysteriously brought his shaky closer back for the 10th, and Hanrahan got lit up like the Capitol Dome.
This is not to portray Hanrahan as Mariano Rivera. But if the man has the tools to do the job and has just done it splendidly — if the question is confidence — get him out of there. Treat him like a real closer (pitch one inning, limit to save opportunities) and maybe he’ll become one. Hanrahan’s previous outing was with the Nationals trailing and the argument that he needed some work was valid, except that that was the day of the San Francisco/Washington day/night doubleheader and this was only the first game. What if Hanrahan had been needed in the second game?
In short, was Acta looking for a new reason to break-up with Hanrahan? Were he and his new pitching coach Steve McCatty setting up Hanrahan to fail? You pull your closer after he looks bad in two non-closing situations?
MacDougal became McCatty’s project in Syracuse and if he succeeds he could mean McCatty has the job long-term. There’s nothing wrong with that, especially if McCatty has helped MacDougal reclaim his career. This is the MacDougal who spent nearly all of last year in the minors, and who was released by the pitching-challenged White Sox a month ago. And you have now destroyed Hanrahan, twice, in nine weeks.�
To whom do you go if MacDougal fails? Joe Beimel? Kip Wells? Julian Tavarez? They’re all in that Nats Closer Alumni Association. Ron Villone? He’s been superb in the Washington bullpen, in a role he has performed for twelve seasons now – during which he has racked up is career total of seven saves.
In other closer flux news: Our fellow MLBlogger and Phils’ correspondent Todd Zolecki insists�Charlie Manuel is eternally committed�to Brad Lidge. But his colleague Joe Frisaro has a�significantly less-ringing endorsement�of Matt Lindstrom by Fredi Gonzalez. In that construction, Fredi, who seems to prefer a little chaos in his bullpen, may get exactly that.
True followers of the Phillies, of course, know that as startling as the statistic is — from perfection over a season to six blown saves in two months — Brad Lidge was hardly perfect last year. The true difference isn’t the number of crises he has created, but the number he has created. As Baseball Prospectus pointed out, his BABIP (Batting Average, Balls In Play) went from .300 during his “bad” year in Houston in 2007, to .302 during his “perfect” one in Philly last year. It’s the homer total that swung wildly: from nine in ’07 to two in ’08, to an astonishing seven this year (for comparison purposes, that’s how many homers Livan Hernandez has given up this year). And the BABIP is now .356?
Tab Bamford has a fascinating idea for the Cubs�- but it is one entirely dependent on the idea that Chicago cancelled Rich Harden’s rehab start today only because the feng shui in the stadium was all wrong. The idea that an injury-prone starter with extraordinary stuff might be a better closer than a journeyman with loose-control or a set-up man with pressure issues is, as the blogger notes, not exactly unprecedented in Chicago. Lord knows Lou Piniella has been willing to make this move (Kerry Wood) and its opposite (Ryan Dempster) before.�
All of which raises the question: if you’re the Tampa Bay Rays and you have the Red Sox and Yankees to fend off, and you don’t have time to screw around, and you have a healthy supply of starters, and your bullpen has suddenly gone so south that you hesitate to name a permanent closer, why aren’t you using David Price in that role?
If you’re wondering about the last batter to hit without a helmet, it was Bob Montgomery, Carlton Fisk’s long-time understudy with the Red Sox. He, Norm Cash, and maybe a few others, were grandfathered when the helmet rule finally passed. They wore plastic liners inside their caps. Terrific oddity there considering Montgomery was a catcher.
Posted on June 7, 2009 at 12:53 pm
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Genealogy for
Calvin Jennings Parrish
William Wyatt Parish
Nancy Marie Halley
About Calvin Jennings Parrish
Calvin Jennings Parrish was born on July 28, 1901 in Calhoun County, Florida and died on August 10, 1970 in Leon County, Florida. He lived to be 69 years old.
He married Nellie Hill (8/28/1902 - 3/3/1972). They divorced in 1929 and Calvin later married Irene Slusher in 1955.
Calvin Parrish/Hill (1920)
Hillard Rhuda Parrish/Hill (8/17/1923 -6/2/1999)
Census 4/22/1910 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 8 yrs old
household#7 -W. W. Parish (age48), Nancy Parish (45), Annie Parish (21), Dallie Parish (14)& Calvin Parish (8). Wyatt & Nancy have been married 26 years, they had seven children, six are living. All were born in FL, as were their parents. Wyatt is a carpenter.
Other 1/1/1929 FL (Gadsden County) 27 yrs old
Name: Calvin J. Parrish, Gender: Male Spouse's Name: Nellie Parrish, Divorce Date: 1929, Divorce Place: Gadsden, Florida, Certificate Number: 3190
Census 4/7/1930 Sneads FL (Jackson County) 28 yrs old
#63 - Chorley Hill (age 59), Della Hill (59), Herbert Hill (17), Nellie Hill (27),Calvin Hill (10) Rudie Hill (6). ALL born in FL.
Marriage 1/1/1955 FL (Calhoun County) 53 yrs old
Name: Calvin Jennings Parrish, Spouse: Irene Slusher County of Marriage: Calhoun, Marriage Date: 1955, Volume: 1522, Certificate: 203
Death Certificate 8/10/1970 Tallahassee FL (Leon County) 69 yrs old
Name: Calvin Jennings Parrish, Race: White Age at Death: 69, Birth Date: July 28, 1901 Death Date: Aug. 10, 1970, Death Place: Leon, Florida,
Name: Calvin Jennings Parrish, Race: White Age at Death: 69, Birth Date: 28 Jul 1901 Death Date: Aug. 10, 1970, Death Place: Leon, Florida,
U.S. Events
Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Calvin Parrish's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Calvin, his family, and friends. For example, Calvin is 8 years old when The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
5 1906 An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins.
16 1917 Seminole Indians become a Florida tourist attraction.
27 1928 The Tamiami Trail opens. It opens the southernmost 275 miles of U.S. Highway 41 from State Road 60 in Tampa to U.S. Route 1 (SR 5) in Miami, Florida to tourist. It also destroys many of the Seminole Indian waterways and hinders their economy.
56 1957 The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
61 1962 The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
1 1902 The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered.
2 1903 Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk
3 1904 The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming
5 1906 Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes
5 1906 Electrons are discovered by Thomson
5 1906 The triode vacuum tube is invented
11 1912 The unsinkable Titanic sinks on its first trip to New York drowning 1,513 people.
12 1913 Ford builds the first assembly line into his automobile production plant
13 1914 The first traffic lights (which is only red or green) are put up in America; Construction of the Panama Canal is completed
22 1923 Freud publishes "The Ego and the Id"
22 1923 Diphtheria vaccine is developed; Insulin is produced to treat diabetes
23 1924 Insecticides are used for the first time on crops
25 1926 Goddard launched the first liquid-fueled rocket
26 1927 The first television transmission was announced in England
27 1928 Big bang theory was introduced
35 1936 The first regular television broadcast happens in England
37 1938 Hahn, Strassmann, Meitner and Frisch discover nuclear fission
45 1946 The university of Pennsylvania develops the ENIAC computer, containing 18,000 vacuum tubes
46 1947 Researches at Bell Labs invent the first transistor
50 1951 The first color television is introduced in the U.S.
51 1952 The first sex-change surgery was performed to change George Jorgensen into Christine Jorgensen.
56 1957 Sputnik is launched by the Soviets and becomes the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth. It marks the beginning of the great "space race" between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
59 1960 The ruby laser was created by Maiman
61 1962 U.S. astronaut, John Glenn, orbits the earth
64 1965 The first "space walk" was completed by the Soviet Union
7 1908 NEWS HEADLINES: Henry Ford produces the first Model T automobile
11 1912 White residents of Forsyth County, GA, drive the black population out.
12 1913 NEWS HEADLINES: Edison invents motion pictures
16 1917 NEWS HEADLINES: In June, the United States enters World War I on the side of the allies. The Russian Revolution ends the reign of the czars and thrusts Russia into communism.
18 1919 NEWS HEADLINES: World War I ends with the signing of The Versailles Treaty.
37 1938 NEWS HEADLINES: Orson Wells' radio production of H.G. Well's War of the Worlds causes a national panic.
38 1939 NEWS HEADLINES: The first regular television broadcast happens in the United States
40 1941 NEWS HEADLINES: December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and the US officially declares war on Japan the following day. World War II begins for American soldiers.
49 1950 NEWS HEADLINES: On June 25, the Korean War begins and the United Nations officially declaring war on North Korea two days later.
54 1955 NEWS HEADLINES: Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL.
59 1960 NEWS HEADLINES: The first birth control pill was approved and made available to the public
62 1963 NEWS HEADLINES: On November 22, President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald.
68 1969 NEWS HEADLINES: In July, the U.S. becomes the first nation to land astronauts on the moon. Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to step on the lunar surface.
69 1970 NEWS HEADLINES: U.S. forces invade Cambodia and the Vietnam War continues to escalate. Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix die of drug overdoses. Four Kent State University students are killed during a Vietnam War protest.
8 1909 The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed (NAACP)
9 1910 Boy Scout and Girl Scout Organizations are introduced in America and the concept of a "week end" meaning time off from regular work begins to take root. The British Empire covers 1/5th of the world land area.
26 1927 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs.
28 1929 Widespread prosperity of the 1920s ends abruptly with the stock market crash in October
29 1930 Drought in the Great Plains area begins, creating hardship for farm families in 19 states.
31 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. The infant son of Charles Lindbergh is kidnapped and murdered.
32 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected president under his "New Deal" campaign. Frances Perkins becomes the first woman to hold a cabinet post when FDR appoints her secretary of labor. On December 5, the 21st Amendment is added to the Constitution, repealing Prohibition. Drinks for everyone!
33 1934 Congress passes the Indian Reorganization Act which allows remaining Indian tribes to reorganize.
33 1934 Farm families must leave the dust bowl-stricken Great Plains areas. The dust bowl includes areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and Arkansas. Radio picks up the "Okie" songs. In all, 400,000 people leave the Great Plains.
34 1935 Congress passes the Social Security Act, giving elder Americans Social Security money for the first time.
38 1939 Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first films to be made in color.
42 1943 Japanese Americans are relocated to internment camps; Almost 400,000 coal miners go on strike; Race riots break out in Los Angeles and Detroit.
43 1944 On June 6, Allied forces invade Normandy (referred to as "D-Day")
44 1945 President Roosevelt dies; The United Nations is established; the first atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima.
53 1954 The nationally televised McCarthy hearings lead to Senator Joseph McCarthy's downfall; Segregation by race in schools is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; Congress adds the words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and requires "In God We Trust" to appear on all American currency.
61 1962 The Cuban missile crisis escalates and Americans prepare for a Nuclear War with Fidel Castro in Cuba.
65 1966 The Black Panther party is founded.
66 1967 Martin Luther King leads an anti Vietnam protest in New York; The American Indian Movement is founded; Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King are assassinated; Three Apollo astronauts are killed in a fire on the launch pad.
8 1909 The "Piltdown Man" hoax -- a fake archeological discovery announced by dishonest scientists who wanted to "prove" that human beings had evolved in Europe
13 1914 World War I - Following the crisis touched off by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, Germany declared war on Russia and additional countries joined the war within several days.
16 1917 Germany uses airplanes to drop bombs in the early stages of World War I -- the first major military use of airplanes.
18 1919 The Versailles Treaty marks the official end of World War I.
19 1920 Adolph Hitler begins to organize the Nazi party in Germany; The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits; the first commercial broadcast is made.
37 1938 Hitler annexes Anschluss into Germany. At the Munich Conference, Germany is given a portion of Czechoslovakia.
38 1939 Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia. On Sept. 1st, Germany invades Poland. On Sept. 3rd, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. World War II has begun.
44 1945 World War II ends with a Japanese delegation signing instrument of surrender aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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Towards the one planet life for everyone
Why George Monbiot is wrong on nuclear power
Much as I admire George Monbiot's work in general, his recent pontifications in support of nuclear power seem to me to completely miss the point.
I would not argue with him when he quotes recent New Scientist articles and others about the impact of coal mining and burning on human health. In terms of deaths per kilowatt-hour, he is right: nuclear power might be safer than coal.
But he frames the argument as if there was merely a choice between coal and nuclear power.
Many of my posts in the last two weeks since the Fukushima disaster are an attempt to provide information not only on the awful consequences of nuclear power but also on the many alternatives that exist. They form part of a plea to research and develop energy efficiency and renewable technologies seriously and to for the investment that would have been spent on dangerous nuclear power instead on safer alternatives.
These alternatives are firstly cheaper in the long run, since the fuel - such as wind, sun, waste, the earth's heat and tidal currents - is free or almost free and unlimited, and secondly they form the basis of technologies that will evolve over centuries rather than, as the case with nuclear power, only decades because the fuel will, sooner or later, run out.
I have found widespread ignorance, even in policy making circles, outlining these new technologies and the potential for eco-design to save an incredible amount of energy.
Now, environmental consultant and author Paul Mobbs has released a detailed analysis of George Monbiot's claims regarding nuclear power.
Published as part of his 'ecolonomics' newsletter series, it takes, point by point, Monbiot's claims regarding the environment movements position on nuclear power, radiation and health, and the significance (above over kinds of human activity) of coal burning on carbon emissions.
Rather than limiting the debate over the merits of nuclear versus coal, the report seeks to look at the issues George Monbiot has raised in the context of human ecology general - our total impact on the environment rather than a single facet of it - and finds that there is a more fundamental truth that the debate is ignoring; even with nuclear power human society would still be unsustainable.
To summarise the main points:
• The media's treatment of George Monbiot's comments typifies a problem with both the reduction of the ecological debate to the views of a few iconic figures. This result in the presentation to the public of an unchallenging and technically poor analysis of the trends that will increasing define the limits of our lives over the Twenty-First Century. (page 2/3)
• The claims made by George Monbiot, along with other figures who have recently professed a pro-nuclear position such as Stewart Brand or Mark Lynas, are distorting the analysis of the proposals for new nuclear build because. As noted above, the message they give is partial and not well analysed, and does not accord to recent academic and public policy research. (page 2)
• If we look at the significance of the carbon emissions from coal burning globally, they are no more significant than the emissions from the use of oil. It's not possible to single out coal as being qualitatively worse than other industrial activities -- for example it is arguable, at the global level, that the impacts of agriculture have a much greater impact upon the general environment and climate change than coal burning. (pages 4-6) In many ways coal has become a convenient scapegoat to deflect criticism from the affluent Western consumer lifestyle in general. (page 18)
• The statement that radiation emissions from coal-fired power stations are "100 times" (two orders of magnitude) greater than an equivalent nuclear power plant is _wholly incorrect_. Although based upon a Scientific American article, the analysis presented is a complete misquoting of the original 1977 research paper produced by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which put the emissions from coal and two different nuclear technologies as within one order of magnitude (10 times) of each other. The 1977 study also indicates that radiation doses to certain organs (e.g. bones) was lower for some nuclear emissions whilst the dose to other organs, (e.g. the thyroid) from nuclear power was always greater than coal. Subsequent UK-based studies of the radiation dose from coal power and the use of coal ash in building materials found no such hazard to exist. (pages 7/9)
• Claims that the Fukushima Daiichi accident is not "like Chernobyl" are only correct in terms of the causative mechanisms -- the radiological impact, based upon sampling reports by the IAEA in their daily updates, indicates that contamination is approaching the levels typically found around Chernobyl's 30km exclusion zone. (page 8)
• The claims that environmentalists' "exaggerate" the impacts of radiation are unfounded, and do not represent the current state of the scientific debate over radiation and health. There are many scientific grounds to criticise current dose models, which is why recent scientific studies have produced impacts for Chernobyl's death toll far higher than the "accepted" government and IAEA statistics. For example, a recent study published by the New York Academy of Sciences put the excess deaths from Chernobyl at 985,000 -- in contrast to the IAEA's figure of 4,000. In fact the head of the ICRP's scientific secretariat resigned in 2009 because existing dose models could not predict or explain the health effects of radiation exposures to human populations. (page 9/10)
• Any new nuclear build in Britain, if less than 9GW to 10GW of electrical capacity (or at least 7 new 1.6GW plant) will do nothing to reduce carbon emissions because of the retirement of existing nuclear plant -- and in fact, even replacing all existing coal and nuclear plants (34GW of capacity) with 22 new nuclear plants would only reduce the UK's total carbon emissions by 12%. Contrast this reduction with, for example, the recent 12% reduction in emissions that has taken place over the economic recession, and we can see that there are other options available to reduce carbon emissions -- and many of these are much cheaper. (pages 12/13)
• In any case, nuclear is no more a secure form of energy than any other fuel since uranium production is also experiencing capacity problems that are the result of declining resource quality. Nuclear fuel production is likely to experience supply problems as new nuclear plants ramp-up demand, and globally uranium production may peak as early as 2030. (pages 11/12)
• If we look at the available data on the carbon emissions from fossil fuels since 1992, when the UN Convention on Climate Change was signed at the Rio "Earth Summit", emissions have, over the intervening 20 years, increased by 50% when compared to the emissions of carbon over the previous 240 years of industrialisation. This demonstrates the complete political failure to address carbon emissions, primarily because we can't cut emissions without significantly changing the operation of the economic process, and that entails the end of "growth economics". (page 5)
• Most significantly, the issue of resource and energy depletion throws the operation of our present economic system into question -- the system can't grow if resource shortage create physical and inflationary pressures on the economy. In fact even if we were to cease carbon emissions tomorrow, the effect of other problems within the human ecological system -- such as food, water and mineral resource shortages -- will create a severe crisis over the next few decades. This is a fact attested to not just by environmentalists, but also by academic, public policy and intelligence agency research over recent years. (pages 13-16)
• Finally, and most significantly, the media and mainstream environmentalism's consumer-oriented infatuation with carbon is skewing the analysis of issues of human ecology and their public debate. We must develop a more broad-based critique of the political-economic process in order to understand and deal with these problems. The "deep green" members of the environment movement have always held such a viewpoint, but this has been marginalised, not only within George Monbiot's recent article, but also by the move of the large campaigning groups towards limited and often ineffectual "sustainable consumption" measures over the last two decades -- often promoted in return for sponsorship or political access rather than because on an objective analysis they are proven to "solve" the problems of human ecology. (pages 16-18)
To quote Paul Mobbs' views on George Monbiot's pro-nuclear argument --
"I can't help feeling that George has been "assimilated" by the misinformation of the nuclear-industrial lobby; add to that Stewart Brand, Mark Lynas and others of their ilk. Faced with the dilemma between representing a hard, unpopular truth; or... trying to make some perhaps positive but ultimately futile steps (in terms of the ecological trends and where they are heading) towards accomplishing some change -- they have decided not to stand for an interpretation of the data that makes the best sense because it represents such a challenge to existing political orthodoxy."
And he continued, relating the way the tobacco industry and their public relations advisor's have manipulated the scientific debate in the past --
"....as we've seen this week, George's article has created rather a clamour; and that, if nothing else, is really what I believe the nuclear lobby wish to do. It's not so much that George's efforts make any different to the bulk of the population; but amongst the environment lobby, the people who are likely to make trouble in the next few years as EDF and others apply to build new nuclear plants, it creates doubt and division -- and that, more than anything, is what vested interests seek to create today."
In conclusion, on the general philosophy of environmentalism, and the innate contradictions between the consumer-oriented message of Monbiot (and others) and the need for a fundamental change in society's relationship to the world it inhabits, he stated --
"As individual environmentalists we are called upon to witness the world as we experience it, and to share that insight with others; there should be no expectation that we represent "the facts" -- such evidence, freely available, should stand for itself without any nuancing of its content. Of course, taking such a view can be challenging for many people; unpredictable change is so much harder to think about than than a reassuringly predictable and reliable stasis. Environmental philosophy challenges us to understand and solve this dichotomy. The question we have to resolve is a value judgement over which is the best option for us to adopt: Is it better to serve under an order that is delusional (in the face of the evidence, perhaps suicidally so), and by taking no action risking that if it collapses your lifestyle will be seriously compromised; or, by accepting the need for change, risking the seeming chaos of trying to adapt your lifestyle to escape that outcome?"
Speaking on the release of his report, Paul stated --
"I think that my greatest concern is that in the rush to fulminate at George's comments we may be missing the most important dimension of this debate -- the environment. The concentration on either the nuclear or carbon issue in isolation detracts from a more meaningful and balanced debate about the impacts of the human system in general. The fact is, even if we stopped all coal burning tomorrow by magicking hundreds of nuclear plants into existence, the eventual outcome for the human species over the course of this century would change very little. The crisis of human ecology is much greater than either the nuclear or carbon issue; and I believe that the fixation upon carbon emissions is leading us to ignore equally pressing trends that will also create just as much misery and servitude for humanity over the course of this century."
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Labels: George Monbiot, nuclear power, renewable energy
Smart meters are coming early and could save £7.3 billion
53 million smart meters are to be installed in 30 million homes and smaller businesses across Great Britain, and are estimated to have a net benefit to the nation of £7.3 billion over the next twenty years.
The revolutionary rollout is set for completion a year earlier than previously expected, in 2019.
This is the most revolutionary change in the way we use energy since the invention of the National Grid. Globally, it has been compared to the creation of the internet. The timetable is tight, but at least the financing of the operation is not dependent upon government funding.
The government's overall strategy and timetable for smart meters were outlined yesterday in a consultation document.
The programme, to be overseen by Ofgem and to be implemented by energy suppliers, will cost over £11 billion but is expected to save over £7 billion more.
Smart meters have been trialled for several years in this country, and will be a crucial part of delivering energy security and a low carbon future, by encouraging energy efficiency and awareness.
They will also lay the groundwork for the "smart grid" which is hoped to help lower peak demand, thereby reducing the number of required power stations.
“Smart meters are a key part of giving us all more control over how we use energy at home and at work, helping us to cut out waste and save money," said Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne, on his way to visit a technology expo at the SmartLIFE training centre in Cambridge, which includes companies specialising in smart meter technology.
“In combination with our plans to reform the electricity market and introduce the Green Deal for home and businesses, the rollout of smart meters will help us keep the lights on while reducing emissions and getting the best possible deal for the consumer,he added.
Smart meters are poised to deliver the following benefits:
giving consumers real-time information on their energy consumption - eliminating estimated bills - to help them curb excess energy use, save money and reduce emissions. By 2020, the average consumer (with both electricity and gas) is expected to save around £23 per year on their energy bill as a result
giving suppliers access to accurate data for billing, allowing them to improve their customer service and reduce costs, for example by reducing call centre traffic, ending visits by meter readers, and better debt management
giving energy networks better information an assist the move towards smart grids.
The rollout of smart meters will occur in two phases. In the first stage, beginning now, the Government will work with industry, consumer groups and other stakeholders to lay the groundwork, including finalisation of standards, encouraging consumer engagement and piloting.
A Functional Requirements Catalogue, published alongside the consultation document, sets out the minimum requirements that the smart metering system must provide.
The Government will also establish the Data and Communications Company, under a competitive process, which will provide data and communications services for the nationwide system.
The second phase, the mass rollout, will begin in the second quarter of 2014 and be completed in 2019.
There will be a new code of practice for energy suppliers governing smart metering installations. To counter some consumer perceptions of "Big Brother" monitoring their energy use and concerns about security, consumers will have a choice over how their data is used except where it is required for regulated duties.
Worldwide, the cost of smart meter rollout has been put at £3.6 billion. A study by Datamonitor published last October, found the cost of meters in the UK would be around £57 each compared to France, where they will be around £28-£30. However, this is speculation since the exact specifications of each system have not been properly defined.
Labels: energy efficiency, smart grid, smart meters
Who says we can't power ourselves with 100% renewable energy?
Not these people for sure - download their reports, which illustrate many possible options - here:
100% renewables by 2050 in Europe - WWF, Ecofys and OMA
100% renewables by 2050 in Europe - PriceWaterhouseCooper, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, International Institute for Applied System Analysis and the European Climate Forum
100% Renewable Energy for European - European Renewable Energy Council, EREC
80% carbon reductions in Europe - European Climate Foundation
Roadmap to a low carbon economy - European Commission
Zero Carbon Britain - Centre for Alternative Technology
Zero Carbon Denmark - Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy
Towards 100% renewable electricity in Germany - Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU)
A look at some cutting-edge low carbon tech - Boston Consulting Group
Zero Carbon Australia - Energy Research Institute of the University of Melbourne and Beyond Zero Emissions
Come and discuss these options at a one day global expert summit in June that will debate, discuss and examine the development of 100% renewable electricity roadmaps for key global regions and nations in a 2030-2050 timeframe.
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Labels: renewable electricity, renewable energy
Worldwide demos against nuclear and for renewables
"I think we'll skip the nuclear." - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.
100,000 people marched in Berlin, and hundreds of thousands in other cities on March 26, to say no to nuclear power.
Quick link to a Greenpeace blog post roundup.
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Labels: nuclear power, renewable energy
Implementing EU efficiency directive could close 98 Fukushima reactors
Energy efficiency is really a great big elephant in the room amongst talk about keeping the lights on and where the power should come from.
As if it's somehow equivalent to asking people to go on a diet and eat only fruit and veg.
But it's not.
If just one existing EU energy efficiency directive were to be implemented fully, to make everyday machines and gadgets more efficient, we could have the same amount of comfort, save loads of money on bills and close the equivalent of 98 Fukushima sized plants, according to a new report.
Sound too good to be true? Read on...
The legislation in question is the EU's 2009 Eco-design Directive. This covers the energy efficiency of 41 product groups.
11 of these have already been dealt with, leading to savings of around 340 TW hours of end-use energy a year, the European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation (ECOS) has calculated.
It has also worked out that if the remaining 30 product groups were to be made to conform to the new standards, the total electricity saved would be 539 Tera watt-hours (TWh) per year, equivalent to 98 times the 5.5 TWh produced by the average 780 MW nuclear reactor such as those used in Fukushima, or 49 of the more powerful European Pressurised Reactors (EPRs).
"This is how many new nuclear plants we would not need to build, thanks to the energy savings these measures could achieve," said Edouard Toulouse, the ECOS officer who compiled the statistics.
Monica Frassoni, president of the EU Alliance to Save Energy (EUASE), a body of energy efficiency advocates from business, politics and campaigning, described the figures as "staggering" and blamed poor implementation and monitoring of the directive for the failure to make the savings so far.
"There is a political barrier," she said, "and it is exactly the same one that we find when the Commission and member states don't want to fix binding targets for energy efficiency".
A Commission spokesperson said that the Eco-design Directive was "a policy success story" but admitted that "there is still a lot of work to do in order to fully use [its] potential. The Commission is aware of this and therefore the implementation of this directive remains one of its top priorities in the energy efficiency field."
ECOS says that the delays in implementing the energy efficiency savings is costing European consumers and business up to €120 million a day in extra fuel bills. Its 'coolproducts' campaign is calling for more ambitious minimum requirements for energy efficiency.
Why not sign up to this campaign? - just click on the link.
I don't fully believe the figures, since other research shows that if gadgets become more efficient we just use more gadgets, cutting the amount of predicted savings.
But if these measures were implemented, and the European energy efficiency targets were made compulsory, then I do believe Europe could turn its back on nuclear power.
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Labels: energy efficiency, nuclear power
Nuclear mining and waste problems - unsolved
Last night's BBC Radio 4 programme Costing the Earth provides an excellent glimpse of these awful twin challenges facing the nuclear industry.
It visits a mine in Kazakhstan, where most of our uranium comes from - since the environmental regulations are almost non-existent, and rich countries make the mining of the fuel too expensive. Do we really want our power to be dependent on such unethical horrors?
Tom Heap, the presenter, then goes to the USA's Grand Canyon where he meets Navajo Indians who tell him that mining companies took the uranium they needed from the mine but didn't clear up the radioactive waste left behind, with the result that the local residents' drinking water is radioactive.
Closer to home, he visits Cumbria and finds that - as with everywhere in the world - after 50 years of nuclear power the problem of disposing of its radioactive waste is still not solved.
He shows that despite Government claims that nuclear power will get no new tax subsidies, this is likely to be impossible in the three areas of dealing with waste, loan guarantees for construction of new power stations and for liability if anything goes wrong.
Jamie Reid, pro-nuclear Labour MP for Sellafield - where the Thorp reprocessing plant takes nuclear waste from Japan and is the largest earner of yen in the UK economy - says that subsidies are bound to be required for nuclear to work.
The conclusion? Nuclear power should go back in the genie's bottle. It's too dangerous and expensive to be allowed to solve the problem of climate change. We're going to have to look for other solutions.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zphnr.
Labels: nuclear newbuild, nuclear power, nuclear waste
Osborne's pale green budget offers crumbs to the green sector
Chancellor George Osborne's first budget was billed as a “budget for growth", but the green shoots of recovery could have been stimulated to rise much faster. It offers crumbs to the green sector while doing nothing to tax pollution or wean the UK off oil.
Budget 2011 contains limited measures for funding investment in green technology, and for meeting the skills and enterprise gap perceived in not just the green sector but other sectors necessary to help Britain compete in a global economy.
These general measures include 21 new enterprise zones, new export credits, a technology and innovation centre, nine new university centres, doubling the number of university technical colleges to 24, an increase in work experience schemes and apprenticeships, as well as £100m of investment in new science facilities, income tax relief on enterprise investment schemes rising from 20% to 30%, and an increase in small companies' research and development tax credit to 200% in April and 225% in 2012.
On to the specific environmental measures.
Planning reform
In planning, there will be a new presumption in favour of sustainable development, so that the default answer to development is ‘yes’ to planning applications, although what this means in practice is yet to be defined.
Planning decisions will be localised about the use of previously developed land, removing nationally imposed targets while retaining existing controls on greenbelt land.
Surplus military land will be auctioned off for housing. This means that 20,000 new low carbon homes should be built by 2015, the budget says.
Mr Osborne announced a 12 month limit on considering planning applications, including appeals, as part otherwise yet-to-be-specified measures to “streamline the planning applications and related consents regimes removing bureaucracy from the system and speeding it up”. It's unsure what this means for local accountability.
The Green Investment Bank is to operate from 2012-13. The UK devoted just £12.6bn towards green investment in 2009-10 according to an independent report from the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC), released yesterday.
This is half the minimum of £20bn that must be invested in each of the next ten years, according to the Treasury, and is less than 1% of UK GDP - or less than what Britain spends on furniture each year.
This is why it is welcome that the Chancellor George Osborne announced £3 billion rather than the £1 billion previously announced to set up the Bank, with £2 billion to be funded from the sale of assets, which includes £775 million net proceeds already received from the sale of High Speed I.
Mr Osborne said that the Bank would “support low-carbon investment where the returns are too long-term or too risky for the market”.
However, he resisted calls that the bank be allowed to borrow and lend with immediate effect, saying instead that it will have to wait until 2016 to do so.
Andrew Raingold, executive director of the Aldersgate Group, was amongst critics of this, saying: "We welcome the additional finance for the Green Investment Bank but it must have the power to borrow from day one. This would put the bank at the heart of Chancellor's plan for growth and not wait until the UK is overtaken in key green industries by competitors."
Mr Osborne did argue that the £3 billion will allow a further £15bn to be raised privately for investment in green infrastructure by 2014-15.
Carbon price floor
Besides the GIB, the Government is to introduce a carbon price floor for electricity generation from 1 April 2013.
This will start at around £16 per tonne of carbon dioxide and follow a linear path to £30 per tonne in 2020 to drive investment in the low-carbon power sector. The Treasury says that the carbon price support rates for 2013-14 will be equivalent to £4.94 per tonne of carbon dioxide.
It means that signatories to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will make up the difference between the actual price of carbon permits under the ETS and the agreed floor price. It expects to raise £740 million in the first year, rising to £1.07bn in the second year and £1.4 billion in the third year.
Friends of the Earth complained that the floor price is too low to make much difference (it is currently only £1.30 less than that) and will provide a "windfall for existing nuclear power".
Meanwhile, income from the Climate Change Levy is projected to increase from £0.7 billion now to £2 billion in 2015-16.
Other environmental taxes
Reform to the Climate Change Agreements, which rewards businesses for energy efficiency, will cost the Treasury £140 million in 2013-16. These tax discounts will stay at 80% not reduce to 65% in 2013 as previously proposed, and the scheme will continue till 2023.
Adjustments to company car tax rates from 2013-14 are expected to bring in to the Treasury over the following three years an additional £390 million. A slight change to the Climate Change Levy exemptions in Northern Ireland will bring in an additional £15 million in the same period.
Negatively for the environment, the Aggregates Levy, which is intended to cut landfill from construction, is having its rate increase postponed this year, at a total cost to the Treasury of £90 million, but it will continue until 2021.
Similarly, the proposed increase in air passenger duty is to be deferred and this will cost the Treasury £145 million. However, wealthy owners of private jets will have to pay fuel duty for the first time.
The fuel duty escalator is also being cancelled, as long as oil prices remain high, and fuel duty is to be cut by 1p. Friends of the Earth wondered what this means for David Cameron's recent promise to "wean the UK off oil". Interestingly, the Treasury is predicting that oil prices will come down from today's highs of £69.3 per barrel to £66.2 in 2015-16.
As previously announced, there will be an increase in the standard rate of landfill tax by £8 per tonne to £56 per tonne on April 1 2011 and to £64 per tonne on 1 April 2012 but the lower rate of landfill tax will be frozen at £2.50 per tonne in 2012-13. The value of the Landfill Communities Fund will rise in line with inflation in 2011-12 to £78.1 million.
The proportion of the landfill tax liability paid by landfill operators into it will remain the same. Future decisions on the value of the fund will take into account the success of environmental bodies in reducing the level of unspent funds that they hold.
Despite previous promises to tax pollution more, there were no new initiatives here.
As predicted yesterday, carbon capture and storage is to get £1bn but there will be no special levy to support this technology, and any additional support will be funded from general spending.
Although Osbourne says that the government remains committed to providing public funding for four Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) demonstration plants, there are concerns over whether the necessary development of this technology, seen as being crucial to reducing carbon emissions from existing and new fossil fuel plants, will go ahead on schedule.
Water shortages
To address the issue of water shortages, The Government is to consult shortly on making reforms to the existing WaterSure scheme, the approach to company social tariffs and options for additional government spending to provide further support for water affordability.
The Budget 2011 documents are available on the Treasury website.
Labels: Budget 2011, Carbon price support mechanism, CCA, CCL, CCS, fuel duty, landfill tax, low carbon economy
Can we leap the skills hurdles for the low carbon economy?
In order to create the low carbon, environmentally sound economy that is touted a way of getting the country out of the recession, tens of thousands of jobs are going to be needed in the environmental sectors of the economy.
But a skills gap in these sectors is well documented, with one in three firms being hampered by a shortage of skilled staff, from those needed to install new technology to scientists and engineers, according to a report by the Commission on Environmental Markets and Economic Performance.
The Environmental Audit Committee recommended two years ago that the Skills Funding Agency support training in this area and called for a leader to help "deliver green skills across all sectors".
This is slowly happening, with a number of academies opening specialising in part of this huge and varied area.
In a report issued earlier this month, Greening the Economy, the Aldersgate Group called on the government to "build on [this] national skills strategy to ensure that its support for skills and training matches the focus and ambition of its strategies for promoting investment in green innovation and infrastructure" and compared the situation here unfavourably with France’s mobilisation plan for green jobs.
In terms of manufacturing, the UK is unlikely to be cost competitive with emerging economies in many sectors and so must ensure that instead it builds on its vast experience and skills for higher value-added manufacturing activities and services.
It can cost such tradespeople upwards of £6000 to get suitable qualifications. If they want to go on to be a registered installer they have to register under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme which can cost many thousand pounds more.
Not surprisingly, many wonder if it's worth the hassle and cost in terms of the increase in income they can expect to receive.
In other words, is there a cost barrier to entering the low carbon economy?
Well, in one sector of this economy there is good news. A survey carried out by The ENDS Report in collaboration with the Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management (CIWEM) and the Society for the Environment (SocEnv) has revealed that gaining professional qualifications can lead to a direct increase in your salary.
The online survey, published in the March edition of the ENDS Report, of over 2,200 environmental practitioners revealed that half are Chartered Environmentalists (CEnv). Among those working in the water sector, half are CIWEM qualified.
Similarly, of those describing their main professional activity as 'engineering’, over 50% are Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified.
SocEnv says that "as well as raising their status, gaining professional qualifications has also led to monetary reward for around 20% of respondents...as a direct result of gaining additional professional qualifications".
Among those able to recall a percentage rise, almost half had enjoyed one of 10% or more. The median increase was 6% and half of rises were in the 5-10% range. One in seven enjoyed an increase of 20% or more, after gaining additional professional qualifications.
And despite many organisations facing tighter budgets, the level of employer support for professional development remains generally high.
Two-thirds of respondents said their organisation offered financial assistance for professional development and most have taken advantage of it; almost three in five said they had undertaken formal training in the past year.
Acting Chief Executive of SocEnv, Kerry Geldart, said “this particular finding from the ENDS survey reflects the importance employers and individuals place on professional registration, particularly in times of austerity, giving individuals a competitive edge in the market place.”
Rosemary Butler, Director or Membership & Professional Development at CIWEM agrees. "This is an extremely valuable piece of research," she said, "and bears out our findings that more and more applicants for CIWEM membership also seek the CEnv qualification to add real and tangible value to their career progression."
The Energy Saving Trust (in its 'Economics and Impact Model: Data and Assumptions', 2010) cite a multiplier of at least 1.93 for every £1 invested by local authorities in industries related to renewable energy, in terms of the benefit to the local economy. They say that farsighted councils can support local electricians and plumbers to access training courses that will qualify them to install renewable generators.
Hopefully, further research will bear out this success story in other sectors of the green economy. It means that, if true, there will not only be benefits for society as a whole, but individuals partaking in the green sector and those around them will benefit financially as well.
Labels: green jobs, low carbon economy, MCS, skills, training
The shocking truths about nuclear waste
It's not just that nuclear power is scary. It's very expensive and we don't know what to do with the waste. This post substantiates this claim.
The cost of dealing with existing nuclear waste
I was completely shocked when I discovered that over 60% of the Department for Energy and Climate Change budget is spent on decommissioning existing nuclear sites.
It's almost unbelievable. They don't tell you in their budget of course. I had to dig it out, and here are the links.
The decommissioning of existing nuclear power stations is currently managed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Its 2010-11 budget is £2.8bn, of which £1.69 billion comes from the taxpayer via DECC. DECC's overall budget in this year is £2.9bn.
This leaves just £1.2 billion for DECC to do everything else. Just think about that for a moment. It's a cost that can't be cut because it would be too dangerous to do so. Therefore the only thing that could be done when DECC had to cut its budget in the Spending Review was to cut everything else.
The last estimate for the cost of dealing with the waste and decommissioning of the U.K.'s 19 reactors, by the National Audit Office in January 2008 was £73 billion over the next hundred years. This was 18% above initial estimates, and the costs of even near-term actions are still rising when they should have stabilised.
This factors out to a cost of £1000 for each and every household in the UK for 100 years. What could we do with that money? Payoff our mortgages? Save that public library or hospital?
And what happens after the hundred years is up?
The cost of dealing with the radioactive waste from new nuclear power stations
The government has argued that new nuclear build should not be subsidised by the taxpayer and that companies should come up with a plan to manage the waste they create. They are currently allocating £1 billion per reactor.
But if I divide 19 into the 73 billion figure above I get nearly £4bn, not £1bn.
Now we all know that costs always rise never fall. We know from experience this particularly applies to the nuclear industry (see Paul Brown and Greenpeace's excellent voodoo economics report). Who is going to pick up the bill when these private companies say they can't afford to deal with the waste?
Let's take an analogy: successive Tory and Labour governments told us that PFI schemes were quick way to get infrastructure built at low cost to the taxpayer. We are now finding out that in fact it is the taxpayer that is being required to pick up much higher bills than they would have done in the first place for a longer period of time from many PFI schemes.
In some contracts, council tax payers will be paying for things that have already ceased to be a service.
And there is the problem of finding out what legal entity is liable for these future costs. Many PFI schemes have been sold on so many times in just a few years it has in some cases become hard to find who is now responsible. And what happens when companies go into receivership?
Yet nuclear waste will be around for hundreds of years. How much more difficult will it be? Who exactly will the contracts be with? You can imagine very easily what is most likely to happen... Taxpayers will pick up the bill.
But we are talking as if there is a solution to nuclear waste already, and there isn't.
What should we do with existing nuclear waste?
CoRWM, the independent Committee on Radioactive Waste Management, said in 2006 nuclear waste should be kept forever in a specially built safe storage facility deep underground.
But while the government pointed to this as the solution to waste from any new plants, CoRWM said it only meant this solution to apply to waste from Britain's old military nuclear programme dating back to the 1950s, so called legacy waste (see below for the link).
The government has asked for communities to volunteer to have nuclear waste stored in its location in return for a sweetener and bribes. So far, only one has come forward, the already nuclear-industry dependent area around Copeland, Cumbria, for which the government has been made to set up a “community fund” in return for allowing the continued operation and expansion of a low-level waste repository, where lightly contaminated material such as clothing is stored.
Experiments and discussions are still ongoing to determine whether and how high-level nuclear waste could be stored underground. The Office of Government Commerce has this year reviewed the Government management of the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely (MRWS) geological disposal programme, but the report has not yet been published.
The truth is we don't yet know what to do with existing nuclear waste.
Should we trust the government and industry on dealing with nuclear waste?
The Nuclear Liabilities Financing Assurance Board (NLFAB), which is stuffed with industry insiders, has one page on the DECC website, where its membership, remit and minutes of its meetings are published. It has discussed having a separate web presence and meeting NGOs but the current status of this work is not clear, since its minutes are only publish every six months and are extremely opaque giving almost no information.
This lack of information extends to the main DECC nuclear waste website and the MRWS website, most of which hasn't been updated since 2009.
This kind of secrecy does not inspire any confidence at all.
Do the experts believe we should have nuclear newbuild?
CoRWM does not believe that there should be any new nuclear build, because we don't know what to do with the existing waste. It can't actually come out and say so publicly, because that will be overstepping its remit.
But if you read between the lines of this document you can see its members struggling with themselves over how to phrase their intention in a politically acceptable manner.
Page 2 says "CoRWM’s intention to provide advice on the maintenance of public confidence in the management of new build wastes could be construed as support for new build. Such an interpretation would not be correct".
Its position statement on existing nuclear waste disposal - that it can be buried underground provided that a suitable site is found - "might be seized upon as providing a green light for new build. That is far from the case."
I think these experts, who have spent 10 years looking into the problem, are making their position quite clear. There should be no new nuclear power stations because we don't know what to do with the waste.
The Health and Safety Executive is currently evaluating proposals for new nuclear power stations submitted by energy companies. No doubt these will be sent back to the drawing board following the Fukushima incident.
The timetable for nuclear newbuild
The government was hoping that new nuclear build could start around 2014. The average length of time to construct a new nuclear power station is eight years. This means they won't be up and running until at least 2022.
Yet new wind farms take three years to build. Most renewable energy takes far less than 8 years.
Why are we wasting money and time on nuclear power when the money could be going into renewable energy, which is a lot safer and leaves no lasting toxic legacy?
There are many arguing that renewable energy is not up to the job. It's intermittent and unpredictable. But these criticisms only apply to wind power and photovoltaics.
There are many other technologies which I am describing in other blog posts, which, while not necessarily being market ready, certainly are just as market ready as carbon capture and storage, which is unproven at a commercial scale, and which the government is certainly relying upon to maintain business as usual while tackling climate change.
If the amount of investment that will be invested in new nuclear build was invested instead in taking these technologies forward, there is no doubt in my mind that Britain could be a world leader in, to pick just a few examples:
anaerobic digestion with CHP
almost zero energy buildings
nano-scale thermoelectric, thermionic or thermovoltaic devices
photosynthesis-based dye solar cells
solar cooling.
All renewable energy is solar power. It has been around for much longer than nuclear power. In 1878, the first solar parabolic dish was used to make ice. But even now this solar thermal market ready technology is largely unknown yet it has huge potential.
The 21st-century should be the solar age. Why waste money on nuclear?
Labels: CoRWM, DECC, NDA, nuclear newbuild, nuclear power, nuclear waste
Pale green budget tomorrow will cancel CCS levy and forbid Green Investment Bank from borrowing
George Osborne's first budget tomorrow will say that the Green Investment Bank will not be allowed to raise its own finance for some time.
And the levy on electricity bills which had been proposed to raise finance for carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants is to be dropped.
The levy was touted in last autumn's Spending Review as a means of raising billions of pounds for flagship CCS projects. In the review, Osborne said £1 billion was set aside for at least one CCS pilot, with a further three projects to be financed either by the levy or by public money.
But the levy is no longer on the cards following lobbying from industry. This argued that effectively there will already be four carbon taxes, which is complicated enough, and the levy would be a fifth - just too much. The four taxes are:
the Climate Change Levy (CCL) - since 2001, taxing fossil fuel energy supply to those businesses without a climate change agreement (CCA) with DECC (which gives 80% - reducing to 65% from next month - reduction on this tax)
the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme - beginning in 2012, which will raise £1 billion a year by 2014-15 from businesses who consumed over 6,000 MWh in 2008
the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (affecting generators and the metals, mineral, and pulp and paper industries) - now, most permits are given away free, but the proportion will reduce significantly in 2013
the new carbon price support mechanism (CPSM), designed to tax fossil fuels used in electricity generation (by removing CCL exemptions from 2013) to make generators' investment in CCS, renewable and nuclear generation more favourable.
The carbon price support mechanism, currently the subject of a consultation, is also to be further described in tomorrow's budget.
City accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was amongst those arguing against the CCS levy. Its partner Mark Schofield has written: “The introduction of a floor price would be a significant change for many companies with high emissions, particularly if the Government decides to set this higher than the EU ETS traded permit price. It is likely that the Government will set a lower price initially, rising over time, but they can’t be too generous.
“One of the main criticisms from the industry is that the carbon floor price will add another layer of policy complexity to an already overcrowded energy supply chain policy mix. It may be difficult for potential investors in low carbon generation to distil from these overlapping policy measures a reliable carbon price signal to guide investment decisions, and for users of energy to understand the overall policy objective.”
This raises questions over how or whether the three further CCS projects will be built. Scottish and Southern Energy, Powerfuel Power Limited, Alstom UK and Ayrshire Power are amongst the companies competing to build them.
The prospect of being able to capture carbon from fossil fuel burning power stations has become key to many policies about tackling climate change while keeping business as usual. This is despite the fact that there is no large-scale commercial demonstration that the technology works anywhere in the world.
The EU will be part subsidising the projects. CCS supporters are hoping that the floor price for carbon will be set high enough to raise sufficient funding for CCS. But then so will renewable energy generators and nuclear newbuild supporters.
The Treasury itself says (in the CPSM consultation document) that around £110 billion in new generation and grid connections alone is required by 2020. The same amount again will be required for further upgrades.
The Green Investment Bank
Where will this investment come from? Great hopes have been pinned on the Green Investment Bank.
Osborne is expected to pledge tomorrow that £3 billion will be given to kickstart the Bank. He will say that he believes this will be enough to raise £18 billion of investment into green projects by 2014-15, with the rest coming from the private sector.
This is still a fraction of what is required, which has raised criticism of the Treasury for blocking Energy Secretary Chris Huhne's demand that the new Bank be able to borrow money itself.
Osborne will say tomorrow that the Bank will be able to issue bonds once the nation's debt is falling as a poor portion of grass domestic product–anticipated after April 2015. But for many this will not be soon enough.
Huhne has been locking horns with the Treasury, demanding that it be created as a fully fledged bank. The Treasury's line has been that allowing small investors to take part in the bank's investments would be too complicated, and any borrowing liabilities would be on the government balance sheet, thereby making the deficit appear worse.
“This throws into doubt Britain’s chances of building a low carbon economy and means we will now lose jobs and industries to places like China, Germany and Silicon Valley in California,” said John Sauven, Greenpeace executive director.
The bank is expected to be funded by sales of assets, such as the government one third share in Urenco, the company which enriches uranium for nuclear power stations.
Labels: Budget 2011, Carbon price support mechanism, CCA, CCL, Chris Huhne, CPSM, EU-ETS, George Osbourne, Green Investment Bank, Treasury
Anaerobic digestion - renewable heat, electricity, waste disposal and fertiliser production!
When people think of renewable energy they think mostly of wind power and photovoltaics. Any discussion of renewable electricity policy tends to refer to these and criticise them, and by implication all renewable energy, because they are unpredictable and variable and need backup.
There is an astonishing ignorance even at high government level over the potential of other kinds of renewable power generation. So I want to redress this balance with occasional posts looking at different technologies. Recent posts have referred to marine current turbines, for example.
This post is about the unsexily named anaerobic digestion. Mostly it's about small, farm-scale versions, and I hope to get around to talking about larger scale ones soon.
However, it's worth mentioning right up front that larger plants are able to produce gas for the mains and for vehicles running on gas.
A chief worry if we don't rely on nuclear power, is where will all the power come from to decarbonise transport? Well, here's one answer.
A new income stream - and more - for farmers
A survey last December found that 80% of farmers in the UK wanted to have solar photovoltaics on their roofs within the next three years - and yet the fact is, that in terms of the carbon saving and other benefits anaerobic digestion (AD) provides better value for money than solar PV.
For example, farmer Clive Pugh (above) at Bank Farm, Mellington, near Churchstoke, Wales, put in his first AD plant 20 years ago. He now has a state-of-the-art, three chamber unit that provides all of the farm's own energy needs, and that for two homes and the farm dairy, as well as generating an income of up to £10,000 a month from supplying the National Grid - without the new FiTs subsidy, because he was an 'early adopter' and so the scheme is excluded from it.
“We initially went for an anaerobic set-up because we needed a new slurry store and it was something we had been looking into for some years,” says Mr Pugh.
“It revolves around using the slurry from our 140-cow dairy herd. In order to keep the gas production fairly constant throughout the year, we also use poultry manure, silage effluent, waste silage, discarded milk and whatever other green waste we can get hold of.”
While 10 cows are needed to produce 1kw of energy, in fertiliser value terms 1,000 gallons of separated liquid will provide around 30 units of nitrogen, 40 units of potash and 12 units of phosphate.
“The quality of our grass is certainly most noticeable these days, and our need for phosphate and potash is now nil. We also only need top-up units of nitrogen depending on the type of crops being grown,” says Mr Pugh.
In a typical plant, vats ferment farm slurry and crop waste (and can also process food waste) in the absence of oxygen to produce gas which can be used to generate heat and power.
The facility would normally be owned and operated by the farmer/farm business, but might sometimes be part of a co-operative venture. They often would not be approved to accept animal by-products at this scale.
The biogas produced in AD is a mixture of methane (65%) and carbon dioxide (35%) which can be used to generate heat through a boiler, or heat and power through a combined heat and power (CHP) system. In addition, following further processing, biogas is also a suitable fuel source for vehicles.
Hot water may be used on site, for example to heat polytunnels or greenhouses for market gardening. Some farms use AD to power a generator for the digester and pasteurisation. Other benefits include:
• it avoids landfilling of organic wastes;
• the biogas can be burnt as a fuel;
• there is a reduction in the use of fossil fuels, offsetting carbon dioxide emissions;
• it is a predictable and reliable source of electricity and energy, unlike wind power and PV;
• the digestate products return nutrients to the land, reducing dependence on inorganic fertilisers;
• there are economic benefits from reduced fuel and fertiliser use, as well as the subsidy;
• farms can become more self-sufficient, with socio-economic opportunities, e.g., gate fees can be charged for waste taken in and electricity, biogas, fertiliser and soil conditioner can be sold;
• odour is reduced by around 80% compared to farm slurry;
• methane (a greenhouse gas) emissions are reduced;
• a range of organic waste materials can be processed - the highest gas yields come from the co-digestion of fatty (food processing wastes), liquid wastes (animal slurries) and green wastes;
• the amount of farm slurry sprayed onto farmland - and of run-off and pollution of waterways - is reduced;
• harmful bacteria and viruses are destroyed, reducing the spread of harmful disease causing pathogens.
The energy generating potential is determined by the size of the digester and waste feedstock composition.
A typical farm installation might be up to 0.5MW. A small farm using farm waste can produce enough heat to warm the digester and meet domestic heating requirements. If electricity is generated through CHP of 10kWe capacity, enough electrical energy could be generated to supply up to 13 homes.
A brand new installation can cost anything from £150,000 for a fairly basic liquid-only unit to more than £375,000 for an all-embracing 120 kw producing version.
Better payback than PV
This high initial cost is why the technology needs support at this stage. Without support, simple economic payback is approximately 20 years.
Factoring in savings made in waste disposal, according to the Carbon Trust, mean that payback times for installations tend to be under 5 years.
Compare this to solar PV in much of the UK, which is 40 to 60 years without subsidy.
Larger plants
A range of AD scales exists, from single on-farm digesters through to large centralised anaerobic digesters (CAD) collecting waste from a larger surrounding area.
These CADs will usually accept animal by-product wastes for digestion. The gas produced at this scale can also be used for other purposes, for example to power vehicles or be injected into the National Grid.
AD at this scale is economically viable and requires little support. Most plants operate as co-digestion plants with slurries, in additional to wastes from the food, brewing and other industries.
This recent post contains other examples.
This website is a useful source of further information, although slightly out of date.
In Germany there are more than 3,000 on-farm anaerobic digesters - in the UK perhaps around 50.
Labels: anaerobic digestion, farms, PV, waste treatment
Anaerobic digestion wins in Feed-in Tariff review
The government is recommending increased support for farm-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) at the expense of “solar farms" over 50kW, in an effort to maximise the benefit of limited resources.
This is a good thing as the technology has numerous advantages over PV - including reliability - which I'm outlining in a subsequent post this morning.
The new consultation follows the launch in February of the fast-track review into how the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) work for solar photovoltaic (PV) over 50 kW. This followed evidence of 169 MW of large scale solar capacity in the planning system - equivalent to funding solar modules on the roofs of around 50,000 homes if tariffs are left unchanged.
The government feels that leaving this unchanged would soak up most of the subsidy that would otherwise go to smaller schemes or other technologies. Such a development was not envisaged at the start of the programme.
The consultation also recommends increasing support for farm-scale AD, as it has received disappointing uptake so far. The heat component of AD is also supported through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). This means that where the biogas is burnt to produce heat and power AD is eligible both for the RHI and FITs.
It could be argued that it doesn't matter where the PV modules are as long as they are generating electricity. But the government's concern is that PV be available to ordinary people and not big business.
Greg Barker, Climate Change Minister said: “I want to make sure that we... allow even more homes to benefit from feed in tariffs... and put a stop to the threat of larger-scale solar soaking up the cash. The FITs scheme was never designed to be a profit generator for big business and financiers."
Installations larger than 50 kW will receive support as follows:
• 19p/kWh for 50kW to 150kW
• 15p/kWh for 150kW to 250kW
• 8.5p/kWh for 250kW to 5MW and stand-alone installations.
These compare with the tariffs that would otherwise apply from 1 April of:
• 32.9p/kWh for 10kw to 100kw
• 30.7/kWh for 100kw to 5MW and stand-alone installations.
These reductions are comparable to those in schemes in Germany, France and Spain, where tariffs for PV have been reduced sharply over the past year.
The new increased tariffs for AD, designed to make them more attractive, are:
• 14p/kWh for installations up to 250kW
• 13p/kWh for installations from 250kW to 500kW.
These compare with the tariffs that would otherwise apply from 1 April of 12.1p/kWh for AD up to 500kW. The tariff level set for biomethane injection into the gas grid under the RHI and also for small scale - below 200 kilowatt thermal (kWth) – combustion of the biogas produced by AD is 6.5 pence per kilowatt-hour of heat generated.
The idea is specifically to increase the energy obtained from waste through anaerobic digestion, not to promote energy crops, particularly where these might be grown instead of food crops. DECC is in discussions with Defra and others about ways to ensure this does not happen.
Subject to the outcome of the consultation and parliamentary scrutiny, the revised tariffs would be introduced from 1st August 2011.
Over 27,000 installations have been registered for the FIT scheme to date.
Labels: anaerobic digestion, feed-in tariffs, PV, solar electricity
Scotland sets sail for a sea-powered future
The world's largest marine current turbine 'farm' is to be installed off the West Coast of Scotland, the Scottish government has announced.
The news comes on the same day that a survey of Scottish business leaders by the Carbon Trust shows they unanimously (94%) believe that green growth is an opportunity for their businesses.
ScottishPower Renewables' £40 million 10MW tidal array development will harness the power of the Sound of Islay and generate enough electricity for over 5,000 homes - over double those on Islay. Amongst other things, the electricity produced will power eight whisky distilleries!
Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney, who determined the application, said, "With around a quarter of Europe's potential tidal energy resource and a tenth of the wave capacity, Scotland's seas have unrivalled potential to generate green energy, create new, low carbon jobs, and bring billions of pounds of investment to Scotland.
"This development - the largest tidal array in the world - does just that and will be a milestone in the global development of tidal energy."
He said that ScottishPower Renewables will work with the Islay Energy Trust to maximise social and economic opportunities, for instance using local marine contractors during installation or creating new local jobs in the onshore construction phase.
Marine consultation
The Scottish government is also conducting a consultation on its National Marine Plan is a major component of the Marine (Scotland) Act.
The document contains a Marine Atlas for Scotland which shows locations of different opportunities around the Scottish coast support the Plan.
Publishing the consultation draft Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Richard Lochhead said: "The significance of the Marine Plan is immense. It will cover reserved as well as devolved issues and contain targets for the next five, 10 and 40 years in key areas such as renewable energy, fishing, aquaculture, conservation, recreation and tourism, ports and harbours and shipping."
Marine current turbines
Marine current turbines yield predictable supplies of renewable electricity, unlike solar or wind power. They depend on marine currents which are particularly strong in certain areas around the UK coast.
Unlike tidal barrages or lagoons, they are also modular - you can install one, two, or 100 at a time - and therefore cheaper to install than a barrage, and are less environmentally damaging to wildlife.
UK tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines, has already installed one 1.2MW SeaGen in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough in April 2008. In 2013 it hopes to install a second Scottish tidal farm in Kyle Rhea, a strait of water between the Isle of Skye and the mainland.
Scottish businesses prepare for low carbon economy
The Carbon Trust survey revealed that 77% of Scottish business leaders expect a bigger percentage of jobs to be in the green economy in 5 years’ time, with it helping to grow the UK’s export market.
There is general agreement that new technology is going to drive green growth (75%) and about a third (36%) of businesses are already investing in the research and development of green products and services.
But of those surveyed, the highest proportion - 22% - believe that Germany is the best prepared nation to benefit from green growth, with the UK coming second with 19% citing the UK.
Labels: marine current turbines, renewable energy, tidal power
The curse of uranium mining
“The people here don’t know about radioactivity, but there are still many people who do not drink the water in Arlit...They say they are sick when they drink it,” says Almoustapha Alhacen, who lives in a town built for nuclear mine workers in northern Niger, a parched desert area.
This is a glimpse of life at the other end of the uranium fuel supply route (right: where uranium originates and goes) for a plant like Fukushima.
Can nuclear-power ever be sustainable? Not unless it cleans up its act. It is just as criminally irresponsible in sourcing its raw materials as the fossil fuel industry. Read on...
In a harsh environment in sub-Saharan Niger, French nuclear company AREVA has created a hell on earth amongst its indigenous population.
Here you would find great clouds of dust, caused by detonations and drilling in the mines, which cloud the air at the end of the day. Mountains of radioactive industrial waste and sludge sit in huge piles, exposed to the open air.
And the shifting of millions of tonnes of earth and rock have contaminated the groundwater source, which is quickly disappearing due to industrial overuse.
AREVA's majority shareholder is the French government. In 2009 Niger produced nearly 7% of the world’s uranium and is one of the four largest suppliers of uranium to the European Union. Northern Niger holds the world’s third-largest uranium deposit.
Foreign investors from China, Australia, South Africa, America, and Canada have flocked to the landlocked Saharan state recently. At least 139 research and exploitation permits have been sold in less than a year without any transparency or prior public discourse, says a local NGO.
Evidence has emerged that the permits corruptly enriched Mr. Tandja, the ousted president, and devastated the Touareg population.
Abject poverty
A landlocked-Saharan place in West Africa, Niger is a country where 60 percent of people are facing severe food shortages; it has the lowest human development index on the planet, despite the fact that Areva makes huge profits from its mining operations.
Arid desert, scarce arable land and intense poverty are hugely problematic - unemployment, minimal education, illiteracy, poor infrastructure and political instability are rife.
AREVA established its mining efforts in northern Niger 40 years ago, creating what should have been an economic rescue for a depressed nation.
Yet, AREVA’s operations have been largely destructive, claims Greenpeace, whose experts visited the area at the beginning of last year together with experts from French independent laboratory CRIIRAD.
In 40 years of operation, a total of 270 billion litres of underground prehistoric water have been used, contaminating the water and draining the aquifer, which will take millions of years to be replaced. There have been consequent droughts and the death of farmers' cattle. No compensation has been provided.
Health and environmental findings
In collaboration with the French independent laboratory CRIIRAD and the Nigerien NGO network ROTAB Greenpeace have found the following:
• The concentration of uranium and other radioactive materials in a soil sample collected near the underground mine was found to be about 100 times higher than normal levels in the region, and higher than the international exemption limits.
• On the streets of Akokan, radiation dose rate levels were found to be up to almost 500 times higher than normal background levels. A person spending less than one hour a day at that location would be exposed to more than the maximum allowable annual dose.
• Although AREVA claims no contaminated material gets out of the mines anymore, Greenpeace found several pieces of radioactive scrap metal on the local market in Arlit, with radiation dose rate reaching up to 50 times more than the normal background levels. Locals use these materials to build their homes.
• In four of the five water samples that Greenpeace collected in the Arlit region, the uranium concentration was above the WHO recommended limit for drinking water. Historical data indicate a gradual increase in uranium concentration over the last 20 years, which can point at the influence of the mining operation.
• A radon measurement performed at the police station in Akokan showed a radon concentration in the air three to seven times higher than normal levels in the area.
• Fine (dust) fractions showed an increased radioactivity concentration reaching two or three times higher than the coarse fraction. Increased levels of uranium and decay products in small particles that easily spread as dust would point at increased risks of inhalation or ingestion.
• Death rates due to respiratory infection in the town of Arlit (16.19%) are twice that of the national average (8.54%).
AREVA, with its attempt to create a nuclear renaissance, brings to these communities the threat of losing the most basic elements necessary for life - poisoning their air, water and earth.
“We worked with our bare hands! ...The mining company never informed us about the risks... we relied on what God decided.” - Salifou Adinfo, a former driller for AREVA, Arlit, Niger, November 2009.
“We are already radiated. We are no more useful. We can only watch.” SOMAIR laundry worker Gigo Zaki, seen here at a tap so generously provided by AREVA.
“AREVA is coming to our country and making money, but we are the ones suffering and this must be addressed,” - Fatima Daoui.
Corruption and profits while locals are in poverty
Government spokesman Mahaman Laouali Dandah says there is ample evidence that corruption is an important part of doing business in Niger Production at COMINAK, located a few kilometres from the town of Akokan, commenced in 1978.
Unlike SOMAIR, COMINAK is an underground mine.
With a depth of 250 metres and over 250 kilometres of galleries, COMINAK is the largest underground mine in the world.
On average, the mines produce over 3,000 tonnes of uranium and net €200 million in sales each year.
A third mine, Imouraren, is planned to start production in 2013 and is projected to be the largest uranium mine in Africa and the second largest in the world, with an annual production capacity of 5,000 tonnes of uranium.
AREVA’s revenues for 2008 (most recently published) were €13.1 billion, with a profit of €589 million.
SOMAIR generated €161.7 million of that revenue by producing 1,743 metric tonnes of uranium.
COMINAK earned sales of €100.6 million for its supply of 1,289 metric tonnes of uranium concentrate.
Nuclear power sustainable? Don't make me laugh.
Labels: Areva, Greenpeace, Niger, nuclear power, nuclear waste, uranium, uranium mining
11 reasons to oppose nuclear power
I'm going to attempt to summarise the reasons why we should abandon nuclear power. I'll give a summary and then try and go into more depth.
1. The sourcing of uranium leaves a terrible legacy and can never be sustainable or carbon neutral. This is the elephant in the room that no one ever discusses.
2. Nuclear power stations can never be totally safe. Even though designers cater for every foreseeable event, it is the unforeseeable ones which have created the disasters of the last 50 years in Chernobyl, Fukushima and Three Mile Island and many other smaller ones
3. Nuclear waste remains radioactive for tens of thousands of years. It already costs in the UK £3 billion or £1000 per person per year to look after the existing legacy. How can it be safe, responsible or cost-effective to bequeath this to a distant and unknown future population?
4. It is not carbon neutral, or low carbon, but emits in its life-cycle about 30% of the carbon of gas generation, not including mining and looking after the radioactive tailings that results
5. It is highly centralised and so more vulnerable than a decentralised system
6. The nuclear industry has a reputation for secrecy and dissembling of the truth. This includes information about safety and costs which invariably rise. We need a power supply from sources we can trust.
7. We can satisfy our power needs from a mixture of existing and almost market ready renewable technologies, implementing the smart grid, low- and zero-carbon building design and refurbishment, better planning, more efficient transportation and other energy and resource efficiency.
8. New reactor designs are commercially unproven and improperly costed.
9. Uranium supplies will run out within 70 years - sooner as more plants are built. Why not invest instead in developing the renewable technologies whose fuel we will be able to use for much longer into the future?
10. Many power stations are on the coast. They will not be safe in 50 or 100 or more years' time when the sea level has risen as the Antarctic ice cap and glaciers melt.
11. Renewable energy (the source of it, i.e. the fuel) is free, and there is plenty of solar power - which fuels the wind, the waves, the tides and biomass growth - to supply the energy needs of the planet many times over. This means operating costs are in general lower as there is no fuel requirement. If only resources and subsidies currently channeled into nuclear and fossil fuels were channeled into renewable energy technologies, we could easily meet our needs this way.
Below, find some notes supporting some of the above statements. I will hopefully add to these in future posts.
None of the four Generation III designs submitted to the UK regulators for pre-licensing assessment have been proven commercially; they are design concepts without working prototypes to test their safety.
Are we expected to believe our energy companies will be around in any time over a few decades hence, for thousands of years, to pay for the full cost of management of the new radioactive waste produced?
How many companies are here now that were here 500 years ago let alone tens of thousands? None.
Existing nuclear waste is currently managed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Its 2010-11 budget is £2.8bn, of which £1.69 billion comes from the taxpayer via DECC. DECC's overall budget in this year is £2.9bn. This means that the cost of managing existing radioactive waste is a staggering 58% of the Department's total expenditure.
The cost of looking after the waste for each new power station is estimated to be about £1 billion.
The World Nuclear Authority admits that in "emerging uranium producing countries" there is frequently no adequate environmental health and safety legislation, let alone monitoring.
It is considerately proposing a Charter of Ethics containing Principles of Uranium Stewardship for its members to follow. But this is a self-policing voluntary arrangement. Similarly, the International Atomic Energy Agency's Safety Guide to the Management of Radioactive Waste from the Mining and Milling of Ores are not legally binding on operators.
To produce enough uranium fuel - about 25 tonnes - to keep your average (1300 MW) reactor going for a year entails the extraction of half a million tonnes of waste rock and over 100,000 tonnes of mill tailings. These are toxic for hundreds of thousands of years.
The conversion plant will generate a further 144 tonnes of solid waste and 1343 cubic metres of liquid waste. To supply the number of power stations worldwide expected to be online in 2020 would mean generating 50 million tonnes of toxic radioactive residue every single year.
Uranium mining has often been a disaster for indigenous peoples. this includes as just one example the people in Niger around Areva's mines. The area has suffered conflict for ownership due to the huge profits involved, and the water table has dried up leaving cattle dead and farmers destitute. Radioactive contaminated goods have been found in street markets in villages.
British Energy is responsible for purchasing uranium in the UK.
Insurance: Nuclear plant operators have limited liability in the case of an accident. Any cost over £700m is covered by the taxpayer. Are taxpayers prepared to take on board the full insurance liabilities, which in the case of Chernobyl have already run to several tens of billions?
The cost of the new generation plant being constructed in Finland, which was alleged to be cost-effective and show what could be done by the new generation designs, has soared during the construction phase.
The same is true of its sister plant in Flamanville in France, now under construction.
Nuclear is not low carbon
Nuclear power produces roughly one quarter to one third of the carbon dioxide as the delivery of the same quantity of electricity from natural gas.
This is according to the Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) by The University of Sydney, which concludes that the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of nuclear power varies within the range 130-160 g/kWh.
A second estimate (below) by Storm van Leeuwen and Smith (SLS) is higher because it reflects best practice, especially for waste treatment and disposal, and because the reality of errors and problems in the nuclear cycle typically raises the energy cost well beyond the planned level. ISA’s estimate includes all GHG emissions from the nuclear cycle.
Breakdown:
Construction: 12-35 CO2 g/kWh
Front end: 36 CO2 g/kWh
Back end: 17 CO2 g/kWh
Dismantling: 23-46 CO2 g/kWh
Total: 88-134 CO2 g/kWh
To compare: GHG emissions from gas-fired electricity generation are about 450 g/kWh.
By contrast, the U.K. Government’s 2007 Nuclear Power Consultation accepts industry estimates that, across its whole life-cycle, nuclear power emits 7 - 22 g/kWh.
Additionally, no one can convince me that the mining and the care of the huge piles of tailings at uranium mines is carbon-free. It takes a lot of – almost certainly fossil-fuelled - energy to move that amount of rock and process the ore. But the carbon cost is often not in the country where the fuel is consumed - certainly in the case of the UK. So that's why it's called ‘carbon free’.
The threat of rising sea levels
The Met Office has said that rising sea-levels, increased wave height and increased storm surge height must all be considered in the planning of the UK's future nuclear stations.
Their report was commissioned by British Energy. It concludes future power plants will need to be further inland and may need added protection.
At Sizewell in Suffolk, for example, site of Britain's most modern reactor, the prediction is for the most severe storm surges to be 1.7 metres higher in 2080 than at present. But that's only if the Greenland ice sheet doesn't melt. If it does, much of it will be underwater.
At Dungeness in Kent, the storm surge increase could be up to 0.9 metres. Already this plant, which is sited on land only two metres above sea-level, is protected by a massive wall of shingle which needs constant maintenance in the winter. Waves erode so much of it that it needs to be topped up constantly with 600 tons of shingle every day.
Renewable alternatives
Britain doesn’t need to build major new power stations to keep the lights on and maintain security, according to, for example, this report by independent consultants Pöyry.
Space and water heating counts for 83% of domestic energy use and about the same for office use. Together, offices and homes account for around 35% of UK energy use. Ie, 28% of total UK energy use.
Providing 40% of this by passive solar, solar water heating, heat pumps, domestic CHP, and woodchip/pellet boilers, would account for a significant proportion of the amount of power requirement as that required to compensate for the loss of old nuclear power stations.
It would have almost as great an impact in a shorter time scale and far cheaper but with little environmental impact than building new nuclear power stations, as well as creating more, sustainable jobs.
Posted by DavidKThorpe at 1:37 pm 39 comments
Labels: mining, nuclear accident, nuclear power, nuclear waste, renewable energy, safety, uranium
How we can do without the nuclear renaissance
Japan, the only country to have experienced not one but two atomic weapon blasts which devastated two major cities, has now suffered what is probably going to become the third worst civil nuclear disaster in the world.
Many voices are lining up to say that this is the nail in the coffin for nuclear power. There have been anti-nuclear demonstrations in Germany and Greenpeace is calling for the phasing out of all existing power stations. They say nuclear power is simply too dangerous.
Those on the pro-nuclear side have in the last few days been consistently underestimating the way that events have actually unfolded. My inbox has been filled with nuclear pundits offering their prognoses which have been proved invariably wrong.
Nevertheless even some environmentalists such as Mark Lynas are arguing that we still need nuclear power and that it's worth the risk because the alternative - runaway climate change - is unavoidable without it.
Nuclear or renewable future?
Japan imports 90% of its oil and has used nuclear power to help fuel its economic success with a measure of energy independence. Up to now, the Japanese public have largely trusted the authorities.
The terrible consequences of the tsunami, the attendant economic collapse, the lack of services, electricity and food, and the terrifying prospect of an invisible enemy in the air or in the food around them has shattered this trust.
Hideki Ban, a Japanese antinuclear movement activist and leader of the Citizen's Nuclear Information Center (CNIC), commenting on the disaster, said at the weekend in an interview with an Italian newspaper "By an accident of this magnitude it is very likely (and is also our hope) that the close dependence of Japan on atomic energy will come to an end."
Yet would Japan be able to power all of its needs with renewable energy? And if it can, how long will it take to build the generation capacity? It would not do so with solar photovoltaic and wind power alone. However, it is an island and there is no shortage of marine energy or geothermal energy, whose effect could be magnified by the use of combined heat and power and heat pumps, or of food and crop waste for anaerobic digestion.
All new buildings to replace those lost could be constructed to become zero energy using the Passivhaus standard. If Japan can achieve energy security using renewables, then certainly so can the rest of the world.
And if it can't, then presumably the rest of the world cannot successfully tackle climate change either.
Mark Lynas argues that if we abandon nuclear power then in the immediate term coal will take up the slack. Without any proven (at scale) carbon capture and storage, this could well accelerate global warming.
The renewable vision
But it doesn't have to be like this. Large-scale deployment of anaerobic digestion, solar thermal power plants, marine energy and wind power linked by high-voltage supergrids can power economic revival.
The map right shows where it has been calculated that six large solar thermal plants situated in the hottest spots on the planet could power the whole world with such supergrids.
The European Desertec project is one such example of a project that could revolutionise North Africa and Europe and the Middle East.
The far east could have just such a super grid.
Is it feasible? Is it affordable?
What really brought nuclear power to a halt after the Three Mile Island disaster in America was the refusal of insurance companies to foot the bill for new construction given the potential damage to them were there to be another accident.
The same reaction is extremely likely again, in many countries of the world.
All renewable energy technologies carry far less inherent risk but more up front costs. If they are more expensive in capital terms, they are less expensive in terms of their running costs, security requirements and insurance requirements.
What the fulfillment of this dream requires is the political will and about the same amount of capital as it will take to build nuclear power stations and maintain their security and insure them against disaster in the future.
The health risk
Nuclear power is inherently dangerous. The whole supply chain including mining in countries like Niger promotes environmental desolation and conflict.
Mark Lynas argues that there have only been 50 deaths as a result of the Chernobyl disaster and this is an acceptable price.
But that is not the whole picture. There has been a great increase in thyroid cancers as a result of the ingestion of caesium-137, which can remain in the environment and food chain for 30 years.
Several of my friends around where I live have for many years received visitors from the Chernobyl area - children badly affected by radiation with terrible deformities. They come for holidays. It is awful to see them.
According to the World Health Organisation, an expert group from the US National Academy of Sciences has concluded that "there may be up to 4,000 additional cancer deaths among the three highest exposed groups over their lifetime". These groups contain 630,000 people.
Those who argue that all of this is an acceptable price to pay to tackle climate change have not seen the suffering themselves close to hand. If it was happening to them or their family, friends and neighbours they would not be so gung ho about it.
It's time to say no to the nuclear lobby. We don't trust you any more.
Labels: desertec, Fukushima, nuclear accident, nuclear power, renewable energy, solar thermal
Fukushima accident triggers reappraisal of nuclear power
The unprecedented Fukushima nuclear power accident is the worst since Chernobyl and is causing a significant reappraisal of plans to develop nuclear power everywhere in the world.
The latest news is that a third reactor has lost its cooling system. A second explosion has injured 11 people, one of them seriously.
The authorities have so far categorised it as a level 4 event on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale - an accident with local consequences, where there is a minor release of radioactive material, unlikely to result in implementation of planned countermeasures other than local food controls.
Radiation levels and secrecy
However, independent journalists from the Japan Visual Journalist Association (JVJA) and Ryuichi Hirokawa, editor-in-chief of DAYS JAPAN (magazine), went on Sunday to Futaba Town where the Fukushima Daiichi reactors are located to undertake independent monitoring.
Hirokawa said measurements taken near the high school at Futaba were higher than when he had taken measurements approximately 200 meters from unit 4 at Chernobyl shortly after that explosion.
He added, "At the front of the Futaba Town Hall, all our three radiation monitors went off scale and became inoperable (we could not take measurements). At the entrance of the hospital, stretchers were turned over, many things were scattered, a feeling that evacuation had been undertaken in a very rushed way."
Yet, a statement today by the International Atomic Energy Agency said "Radiation dose rate measurements observed at four locations around the plant's perimeter over a 16-hour period on 13 March were all normal."
These discrepancies in reports do not inspire confidence. Secrecy is a major issue in public confidence about nuclear power. In 2002 a scandal about widespread falsification of safety documentation lead to the shutting down of all of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s 17 nuclear reactors.
It will probably be some time before we find out exactly what has transpired, and there may be more explosions. However, the fact that there is now a 12 mile exclusion zone around the site gives some idea of its seriousness.
Security against earthquakes
Masashi Goto, the designer of the containment vessel at the Fukushima plant, a former employee of Toshiba, held a press conference on 13 March with the Citizens' Nuclear Information Center in which he catalogued how the industry in Japan had been warned about the vulnerability of its reactors to earthquakes and ignored the warnings.
He said that the intensity of the quake in 2008 which cracked the reactor cooling towers at the Kurihara Nuclear Power Plant, spilling wastewater and damaging the reactor core, exceeded the design capability of the vessel to withstand it by almost three times, and that the only reason why a major disaster did not happen on that occasion was pure coincidence.
Reuters reports that even faithful workers have had their trust shaken. "The company has been saying such a thing would not happen and the plant was fine even after 40 years in operation...It only raised my distrust of TEPCO." said Mikiko Amano, a 55-year-old woman who had been recently evacuated from her home close to the quake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.
Four plants have been shut down since the first Fukushima explosion, closing 20% of Japan’s nuclear capacity. 34% Japan's history comes from nuclear power. Even Tokyo Electric Power has called it "a considerably serious situation."
Doubts over the reactor type
The Fukushima plant is a General Electric Mark I reactor. There are 23 of this type in the U.S. It is a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) of which there are 192 in the world, some still under construction.
The design has been criticised by nuclear experts and even Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff for decades as being susceptible to explosion and containment failure.
As early as 1972, Dr. Stephen Hanuaer, an Atomic Energy Commission safety official, recommended that the pressure suppression system be discontinued and any further designs not be accepted for construction permits.
Shortly thereafter, three General Electric nuclear engineers publicly resigned their positions citing dangerous shortcomings in the GE design.
An NRC analysis of the potential failure of the Mark I under accident conditions concluded in a 1985 report that Mark I failure within the first few hours following core melt would appear rather likely.
In 1986, Harold Denton, then the NRC's top safety official, told an industry trade group that the "Mark I containment, especially being smaller with lower design pressure, in spite of the suppression pool, if you look at the WASH 1400 safety study, you'll find something like a 90% probability of that containment failing."
A statement issued by the Japanese Citizens' Nuclear Information Center expressed concern for the people living in the vicinity of Japan's nuclear power plants and called for a phasing out nuclear energy.
"Last December the Japanese government began a review of its nuclear energy policy," said Philip White its international liaison officer. "The review was commenced in the spirit of essentially confirming the existing policy. That approach is no longer viable. The direction of the policy review must be completely reversed."
The industry is countering that at least a major explosion of the containment vessel itself has been avoided. This is not 3 mile Island or Chernobyl, they say.
However, the accident is without precedent, and so were these others. The industry can only prepare within its economic constraints for probable accidents, and it is the improbable ones which are the most catastrophic.
Countries around the world are now commencing an evaluation of nuclear safety - India being one of the first to announce this move.
Labels: Fukushima, Futaba, nuclear accident, nuclear power, safety
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Medicinal Herb Info
The Medicinal Herb Info site was created to help educate visitors about the often forgotten wisdom of the old ways of treating illnesses. Many of today's drugs and medicines were originally derived from natural ingredients, combinations of plants and other items found in nature.
We are not suggesting that you ignore the help of trained medical professionals, simply that you have additional options available for treating illnesses. Often the most effective treatment involves a responsible blend of both modern and traditional treatments.
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Common Names | Parts Usually Used | Plant(s) & Culture | Where Found | Medicinal Properties | Biochemical Information
Legends, Myths and Stories | Uses | Formulas or Dosages | Nutrient Content | How Sold | Warning | Resource Links | Bibliography
Medicago sativa L.
Buffalo herb
Mu-su
Purple medic
Parts Usually Used
Flowering plant, leaves petals, flowers and sprouts.
Description of Plant(s) and Culture
Alfalfa Sprouts
A deep-rooted perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of the pea family with small divided leaves, purple cloverlike flowers (violet-blue) in loose heads, 1/4 to 1/2 inches long, and spiral pods loosely twisted, used extensively for fodder, pasture, and as a cover crop. The erect, smooth stem grows from an elongated taproot to a height of 12 to 18 inches. Leaves clover-like, but leaflets elongate. Leaflets: 3-toothed above; flowers: violet; Calyx: 5-toothed; Corolla: papilionaceous, 6 lines long; Stamens: 9 united and 1 free; Pod: spirally coiled and without spines. Flowers June to August.
Where Found
Fields, roadsides. Throughout the United States. Often cultivated as a crop. Native to Asia.
Medicinal Properties
Alterative, antipyretic, diuretic, appetite stimulant, hemostatic
Biochemical Information
Contains organic minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and potassium and almost all known vitamins, as well as very high in chlorophyll
Legends, Myths and Stories
First discovered by the Arabs, who dubbed alfalfa, this valuable plant, as the “father of all foods.”
According to an early Oriental herbarium, alfalfa tops the list of 896 plants cited, and originated in Persia.
Alfalfa (M. sativa), a native of Asia, didn’t reach North America until around 1850 or 1860. Native Americans adapted alfalfa quickly for human use, as well as for animals. In England and South Africa it is called Buffalo herb.
Called Mu-su, this is one of the plants said to have been brought to China by General Chang Chien of the Han dynasty. The mu-su is included among the vegetables, and was formerly extensively cultivated; and in some parts of China, is still grown. It is found growing almost of its own accord.
The first documented use of this herb by the Chinese dates back to the 6th century. Chinese healers use alfalfa to treat kidney stones and to relieve fluid retention and swelling. Chinese name: Muxu or zimu
The Sting Plant (Psoralea lanceolata) known as White alfalfa (Native American name “Pooy sonib”) has fibrous roots that can be split exceptionally fine for string, nets, etc. Fragrant, and will not rot in water.
Alfalfa tea is commonly used as a beverage; it is also used medicinally.
Nutritious fresh or dried leaf tea traditionally used to promote appetite, weight gain, diuretic, stops bleeding.
A source of commercial chlorophyll and carotene, both with valid health claims. Contains the anti-oxidant tricin.
Experimentally, antifungal, and setrogenic. Unsubstantiated claims include use for cancer, diabetes, alcoholism, arthritis, etc.
High in chlorophyll and nutrients. Alkalies the body and detoxifies the body, especially the liver. Good for all colon disorders, anemia, hemorrhaging, indigestion, vitamin or mineral deficiency, laxative, cystitis, blood purifier, gas, edema, diabetes, ulcers, and arthritis. Promotes pituitary gland function. Contains an antifungus agent.
Formulas or Dosages
Infusion: mix 1 tbsp. dried herb with 8 oz. of warm water. Drink 1 cup of this home brewed tea daily.
Fresh: toss alfalfa sprouts in a salad.
For relief of rheumatoid arthritis, take 9 to 18 alfalfa tablets daily.
Biotin, calcium, choline, inositol, iron, magnesium, PABA, phosphorus, potassium, protein, sodium, sulfur, tryptophan (amino acid), and vitamins A, B complex, C, D, E, K, P, and U.
How Sold
Capsules: take 3 to 6 daily.
Alfalfa has been known to aggravate lupus and other auto-immune disorders. Avoid alfalfa is you have an auto-immune problem.
Consuming large quantities of Alfalfa saponins may cause breakdown of red blood cells, causing bloating in livestock (thus weight gain). Recent reports suggest that Alfalfa sprouts (or the canavanine therein, especially in the seeds), may be associated with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus), causing recurrence in patients in which the disease had become dormant.
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PubMed.gov: Carboxymethyl-starch excipients for gastrointestinal stable oral protein formulations containing protease inhibitors.
PubMed.gov: Ethyl acetate extracts of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) sprouts inhibit lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in vitro and in vivo.
PubMed.gov: The ethyl acetate extract of alfalfa sprout ameliorates disease severity of autoimmune-prone MRL-lpr/lpr mice.
PubMed.gov: Effect of X-radiation on lipid peroxidation and antioxidant systems in rats treated with saponin-containing compounds.
The Herb Book , by John Lust, Bantam Books, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. copyright 1974.
Chinese Medicinal Herbs , compiled by Shih-Chen Li, Georgetown Press, San Francisco, California, 1973.
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The Nature Doctor: A Manual of Traditional and Complementary Medicine , by Dr. H.C.A. Vogel; Keats Publishing, Inc., 27 Pine Street (Box 876) New Canaan, CT. 06840-0876. Copyright Verlag A. Vogel, Teufen (AR) Switzerland 1952, 1991
Secrets of the Chinese Herbalists , by Richard Lucas, Parker Publishing Company, Inc., West Nyack, NY, 1987.
Indian Uses of Native Plants , by Edith Van Allen Murphey, Meyerbooks, publisher, PO Box 427, Glenwood, Illinois 60425, copyright 1958, print 1990
Prescription for Nutritional Healing, Fifth Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements , by James F. Balch, M.D. and Phyllis A. Balch, C.N.C., Avery Publishing Group, Inc., Garden City Park, NY
Webster’s New World Dictionary , Third College Edition, Victoria Neufeldt, Editor in Chief, New World Dictionaries: A Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 15 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023
The Yoga of Herbs: An Ayurvedic Guide to Herbal Medicine , by Dr. David Frawley & Dr. Vasant Lad, Lotus Press, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, Second edition, 1988.
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My Blue Muse
P.J.Taylor
Welcome to the poetic home of the writer and poet P.J.Taylor. Please take time to read some of her work or the journal of her writing life. Below you will find news of her latest credits:
One of PJ's poems is to be included in the Family Poems Anthology entitled: FAMILY MATTERS: POEMS OF OUR FAMILIES set to appear in late October (200+ pages, 100 poets) to be published by Bottom Dog Press.
River Oak Review will publish the poem A Mother's Plea to the Sketch Artist in an upcoming issue.
Haight Ashbury Literary Review have accepted two of PJ's poems for their next issue: In America and Green Card.
California Quarterly will reprint The Mice and the Lemon Tree.
Poetalk accepted the poem Becoming a Ghost for future publication.
Calyx just let PJ know that they will be publishing her poem Buzz of the Yellow Jacket in their upcoming 2005 Winter or Summer issue.
All Things Girl has just published PJ's short short story Waiting into Twilight in their August/September 2004 Being a Girl issue.
Long Story Short: A Women's Writing Showcase has accepted five of PJ's poems (Ouija Board, Pin Curl Instruction, Disconnected, Orbit, and On Switching Address Books). Two will be published in August and three in September.
Also, Tar Wolf Review has accepted the poem The Mice and the Lemon Tree to appear in their summer issue due out this month.
Salt River Review accepted two of PJ's short fiction pieces Mausoleum and The Gathering Chorus.
Rearview Quarterly has accepted the poem If I Had Prayed for their spring/summer 2004 issue.
"Hope at the Door" is now up at insolent rudder.
Kalliope: a journal of women's literature and art has just been released containing two of PJ's poems; Running Away to Vegas and Shortcut Across the Rez.
PJ has had two poems accepted by The Storyteller. Father, I Do Remember will appear in the July/August/September issue and On Sunday in the October/November/December issue.
PJ's poem Rope Swing is now up in the latest issue of Rock Salt Plum.
PJ's poems are now up in the latest issue of Small Spiral Notebook.
A micro fiction piece PJ wrote called "Fortunate Cookie" will be included in the ezine The Hallow in the middle of the month.
Three new poems of PJ's have been accepted by Small Spiral Notebook. Look for "A Mess Close Up," "Letter to Occupant," and "The Opposite of Spoons," in their Spring edition this year.
A flash fiction piece PJ wrote has just been accepted by the ezine insolent rudder. "Hope at the Door" will be in their June issue.
PJ is getting back to work and submitting. She received an acceptance from Rock Salt Plum Poetry Review. They will publish her poem Rope Swing in their March issue. PJ is also very flattered that they mention her poem To Jen, Who Died this Winter as one of their favorite poems.
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Small Business Gets Smart With Graphics
Wednesday Sep 19th 2007 by Gerry Blackwell
One small Florida marketing company taps the power of visual communications with SmartDraw, an effective, dead-simple graphics program that’s suitable for any small business.
A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words. Michael Turner, CEO of Marketing Max, a nine-month-old marketing outsourcing firm based in Jacksonville, Florida, is a great believer in that, especially when it comes to communicating with his clients.
Turner knew the minute he saw SmartDraw, the template-based business graphics program from SmartDraw.com, that it was exactly what his fledgling firm needed – a huge improvement over Visio, the business graphics module in Microsoft Office that he had been using. And the new version, SmartDraw 2008, released earlier this month, is even better, he said.
Turner worked as the marketing manager at a dot-com for ten years and moonlighted helping young companies develop business plans. By December of last year, he was ready for a change, though, and ready to strike out on his own. He describes Marketing Max, which he launched in January, as “the marketing team down the hall that you’ve always wanted.”
“We’ll do anything from high-level marketing strategy to the design of a single direct mail or e-mail campaign,” Turner said. “We pretty much cover the gamut when it comes to marketing and PR.”
The company aims to fill a gap between big marketing and advertising firms on the one hand, and independent contractors on the other. Independent contractors are just that, he said – too hard to control. And the big firms are outrageously overpriced.
“You go to a meeting, sit through a presentation that’s nothing more than buzz words and fluff. And then you get a bill for $200,000, and you can’t figure out what it’s for,” Turner says. One senses he’s speaking here from bitter experience.
Marketing Max, a virtual firm with four employees and a stable of 60 or 70 associates, all working out of home offices, claims to avoid both shortcomings. It’s targeting mainly medium-size and small firms. They range from mom-and-pop lawn care companies to Sage Software, maker of the Act customer relationship management (CRM) product.
Communicating Visually
When Marketing Max communicates with clients, it does something fairly original. Rather than inundating them with long, wordy documents or boring them stiff with PowerPoint presentations – “the whole company is anti-PowerPoint,” Turner said – it sends flow charts showing customers exactly what the firm will do for them.
When a new client comes onboard, the first step is typically a “strategy session,” lasting anywhere up to two-and-a-half hours, in which the Marketing Max consultants learn about the company’s business and objectives. Then they go away and develop a master marketing plan for the client.
“We use SmartDraw to make flow charts that describe the marketing plan,” Turner explained. “[Clients] typically don’t understand the marketing process. So this is a way to visually give them a snapshot of what we’re going to do. ‘This is how the process will work.’”
SmartDraw's many templates include flowcharts.
(Click for larger image).
Even if it’s not developing an entire marketing plan, even if it’s only designing an e-mail campaign, Marketing Max will generate a flow chart to show how it envisions the project progressing. It’s partly a way to communicate with clients, partly a project plan.
With a simple e-mail campaign, the chart will show a box for each step and task in the process, starting perhaps with talking to a designer. It will show all the approval stages, and it will also present what-if scenarios. If the campaign realizes a return of 2 percent, this will happen next, if it bombs, this will happen.
“It’s a visual means of communication,” Turner said. According to him, it works. The flow charts help his clients understand the process more quickly and completely, and that means they call less frequently asking for explanations. Marketing Max is left to get on with the job.
The young firm uses SmartDraw internally as well. When developing a Web site for a client, for example, the team working on the project develops a map of the site and, in effect, the project. It includes boxes representing every element and link and every task related to creating them.
“Those charts end up being huge,” Turner said. “They probably look messy to anybody else – with a lot of boxes and arrows all over them. We print them out on a giant printer and put them up on the wall so everybody knows who does what in the process. It really did change the way we work.”
In addition to graphcs, you can also use SmartDraw to create business documents such as invoices.
Turner uses the color coding features in SmartDraw to identify site elements and tasks according to who is responsible for completing them – green for designers, pink for copy writers, blue for Web programmers. The color coding helps team members understand at a glance the order in which tasks must be completed. Copy writers don’t start preparing text until the designer has designed the page, for example.
“It improves efficiency,” he said. “And it’s better than having Word documents [describing assignments] flying around left and right.”
Better than Visio
Turner started off using Visio to create his charts and mind maps. It’s the program he had used at his previous employer, but it was never really satisfactory.
“It’s hard to explain,” he said. “[Visio] just doesn’t have a business feel to it. It has a very IT, technical, map-out-the-network sort of feel to it. When you have [design and writing] contractors using the tool, it has to be simple and intuitive. It has to be a little less complicated than Visio.”
As soon as he downloaded and tried the SmartDraw demo version, Turner was sold. The program offers scores of customizable templates in 25 broad categories, including decision trees, flow charts, floor plans, Gantt charts, network designs and mind maps.
It automates much of the process of drawing graphics. You choose a template, then a theme – color scheme, text style, etc. – that is automatically applied to all elements in the template, and all elements that you add.
To create an event-driven process chain diagram, for example, you start with a sample diagram. The program presents a library of shapes – boxes, circles, symbols – representing different elements specific to that type of graphic. In this case, they include Event/Result, Function, Organization Unit, Input/output, Supporting System, and so on.
To add a new element, you select it from the library, displayed in a panel to the left of the main work area, then click in the work area where you want it to appear. To add a connector – curved, straight, stepped, etc. – click on the connector tool, select a style from the pull-down menu, then click and drag in the work area to make a line between two elements.
Improved Interface
About the only thing Turner and his team didn’t like about SmartDraw when they started using it earlier in the summer was the user interface. It was slightly eccentric, with basic functions in unexpected places. It included no Windows-standard File menu, for example. It seemed awkward to people who were accustomed to Microsoft-style productivity applications.
Turner even mentioned to SmartDraw that he’d like to see the SmartDraw interface reflect those Microsoft norms. When the new version came out in September, his wish had been granted.
The SmartDraw interface now mimics almost exactly the new Fluent interface Microsoft developed for Office 2007. The Fluent interface replaces menu and tool bars and vertical text menus with a “ribbon” and tabbed panels that drop down and stretch across the screen, graphically depicting groups of functions. SmartDraw 2008 does the same.
While Marketing Max started off with no intention of using SmartDraw for “creative” graphics – the firm employs designers who create custom, from-scratch graphics for clients to use in ads etc. – Turner did discover one opportunity to do so.
Among its many templates, SmartDraw includes basic business forms such as invoices, sales receipts, business cards. Marketing Max now offers very small companies an “identity package” that includes logo, slogans and printed customized versions of the SmartDraw forms. For a lawn care firm, it might be a simple matter of adding a border of grass at the bottom of the form and the firm’s newly-designed logo.
“We never thought of doing this until one of our designers was browsing through the [SmartDraw] templates and suggested it,” Turner said. “I thought it was a fantastic idea. We already have a couple of orders.”
If a graphics-oriented marketing firm uses SmartDraw for client communications, internal project planning and client services, it’s a good bet this program could help just about any small company create its own business graphics.
Based in London, Canada, Gerry Blackwell has been writing about information technology and telecommunications for a variety of print and online publications since the 1980s.
Do you have a comment or question about this article or other small business topics in general? Speak out in the SmallBusinessComputing.com Forums. Join the discussion today!
Publishing for Duffers
Take Me Home From the Ball Game
Zoho for SOHO
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Her Clockwork Heart
by Dena Garson
Genre: Steampunk/Cowpunk
Publisher: AG Books
E-Book B078L3349P 3.99
Author Page: Dena Garson
Nathaniel Dennison is an investigator with the Royal Intelligence Office. Because of his knack for solving puzzles, he’s assigned a case involving a string of missing scientists. During his investigation he crosses paths with Trixie, the only woman to ever tempt him into considering marriage. Despite the bruising his heart took when she left, he can’t leave her to search for her missing brother on her own.
Beatrix “Trixie” Wadeworth is desperate to find her brother. So desperate that she breaks into the Royal Intelligence Office in London. Getting caught is inconvenient. But getting caught by the one man she never stopped loving may actually be fortuitous. It feels like a lifetime since she last saw Nathaniel but it only takes seconds for those feelings to come rushing back.
Danger follows Nathaniel and Trixie from London to Edinburgh and back as they search for clues. In the end they find there is more than one mystery to solve. How they ever lived without each other may be the greatest of them all.
Nathaniel Dennison rubbed the spot between his eyes where his head throbbed. He’d been reading files for the last three—he glanced at his pocket watch—correction, four and a half hours. After all that time, he had more questions than answers.
There was a connection between the disappearances he’d been asked to investigate. He just couldn’t put his finger on it.
He took a deep breath. He had to be missing something. The blank lines of his notebook mocked him. When had he ever come up with so few clues on a case?
Only with the Mastermind.
He scowled at the stack of files he’d reviewed. The Mastermind had all members of the Royal Intelligence Office on edge, investigators and officers alike. They had been searching for the men behind the political unrest and outright attacks on the royal family for almost three years. No one could pin down who was behind the espionage and hints of treason. His Royal Highness had become increasingly insistent on answers.
Not that Nathaniel blamed him at all. No one in the RIO did. They wanted answers almost as much as he did. Smoke would be easier to catch.
With a sigh, he straightened his mess and tucked his notebook away in the breast pocket of his coat. He reached for the lamp to douse the light but paused when something banged against the wall of the records room.
Most of the RIO staff had left for the evening. By now he should have the offices to himself, with the exception of the security officer who patrolled through the night. But he would have sworn he recently heard the officer’s footsteps echoing down the hallway.
As silently as possible he exited the file room. At the door to the records room, he paused and listened. There were shuffling sounds, like boxes being moved about, as well as odd clicks and whirls. Almost like a clock with a gear out of alignment.
“No, not that one,” someone whispered on the other side of the door.
Was that a woman’s voice?
“Hurry. We don’t have much time.”
Again, no response to the whisper, but the clicking sounds multiplied.
Nathaniel checked the lock on the door. It had been opened. The intruder either had a key or a considerable talent with locks. The locks used at the RIO were unusual and gave even the most experienced lock picks trouble.
He pulled his derringer from his pocket then as quietly as possible turned the door handle. The last click of the latch set off a flurry of activity inside the room.
So much for a stealthy entry.
He positioned himself against the wall, yanked the door open, and leveled his gun on whatever he found inside the room.
Some kind of insect jumped off one of the file cabinets onto Nathaniel’s outstretched hand and pinched him.
“Ouch!” He shook his hand and tried to dislodge the bug, but it moved too fast. “What the bloody hell?” He bellowed when the bug ran across his arm then down his chest and leg to the floor.
“Don’t hurt her. She won’t hurt you,” a woman called out from the other side of the cabinet. “Nid, get over here.” Papers were shuffled and more clicks came from that side of the room.
Her voice was familiar. Nathaniel lowered his gun but kept it at the ready as he made his way to the other side. As he crept forward he looked left and right for more bugs. “Who is that and what are you doing in here?”
More shuffling of papers. A drawer slammed shut. The woman whispered, “Squeaks. Hopper. Get in.”
Nathaniel stepped around the end of the cabinets and leveled his gun at the person crouched next to the cabinet. He blinked in surprise at the woman who looked up at him. “Trixie?”
Beatrix Wadeworth froze with her hand extended to two small creatures that resembled a toy mouse and small rabbit. “Nathaniel?” She started to stand, then paused and scooped up the toys and slipped them into her pocket. “I uh…” She glanced behind him toward the door.
He took two steps forward and grabbed her by the arm. “Don’t even think about it.”
“Wh… what are you doing here?” she asked breathlessly.
“I work for the Royal Intelligence Office so I’m allowed to be here but you’re not.” He tightened his grip on her arm. “What are you doing here?”
Two of the bugs ran up his arm. He tried to brush them off, but only managed hit one of them.
“Nid, it’s okay.” She nabbed the one shaped like a spider. “Come here.”
“What are those?” They looked like bugs, but the whirling noise and clicks gave away the fact that they weren’t.
“They’re my, well…” She shrugged and dropped the one she’d taken off his arm into the pouch at her waist. “They’re my friends.”
“Friends?” One of her other toys scratched at his pant leg as it tried to climb it.
“Oh, sorry.” She reached for the creature but stopped when her face drew too close to an area of his anatomy that no proper young woman should be near.
“I’ll get it.” He released her arm, slid his pistol back into its holster, then plucked the tiny mechanical insect from his thigh. He examined it for a moment then dropped it into her open palm. The strange assortment of metal gears and parts were shaped to resemble a scorpion.
“Thank you,” she murmured.
“How many more of those do you have?”
“I only brought five of them with me.”
He opened his mouth to say something then shook his head. “You can’t be here.”
“What the deuce is going on in here?”
Trixie’s eyes widened with alarm. Nathaniel groaned. Great, the security officer had found them. “I was just finishing up for the night, Adam,” Nathaniel told him.
“No one other than RIO personnel is allowed in the records room,” Adam said sternly.
“I’m sorry. That’s my fault,” Trixie said.
Nathaniel tried to grab her but she swatted his hand away.
“You see, we were supposed to have dinner tonight, but someone…” She gestured at Nathaniel. “Forgot.” Then she looked back at the guard. “He gets so forgetful when he’s working. I insisted that if he had work to finish, then I should at least sit with him.”
“That doesn’t explain why you’re in the records room,” Adam said stiffly.
Nathaniel opened his mouth to say something but Trixie cut him off.
“Oh, pish posh.” She waved one of her dainty hands at the guard. “I wasn’t about to be left alone in that boring old office. I need to make sure he finishes whatever he needs to do so that he has plenty of time to take me to dinner.” Her eyes grew wide. “Oh wait.” She faced Nathaniel. “Is that why you said I needed to stay in your office? Because I’m not allowed to be in here?” She looked back and forth between the guard and Nathaniel in mock surprise.
“Something like that,” Nathaniel said through gritted teeth as he slipped his pistol into his pocket.
“That’s right, miss. No one other than authorized personnel is allowed in the records room.”
“Oh, no. I thought you were just trying to avoid me.” Her eyes grew round and filled with tears.
Despite his annoyance, Nathaniel couldn’t help but be impressed with Trixie’s display. If he didn’t know better, he would have sworn she’d had some kind of training for the stage.
“I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to break any of the rules.”
His breath lodged in his chest when she closed in on him, practically grasping the lapels of his coat.
“I didn’t mean to get you into trouble. We haven’t seen much of each other lately and I just wanted to stay with you. Please don’t be cross with me.” She suddenly released him and turned to the guard. “Please don’t turn him in. He didn’t do anything wrong. Not really. It’s my fault. I followed him in here. He really did try to make me stay in his office. You’re not going to tell his superiors, are you?” She turned her attention back to Nathaniel. “I’ll explain to them what happened. Surely they’ll understand.” She drew one finger across her lashes, as if to wipe away a tear.
“I’m not sure—” Nathaniel said, momentarily distracted by the delicate floral scent that teased his senses when she had pressed against him.
“Please don’t get him into trouble.” She took a few steps toward the officer. “I’ll go back to his office right now. I promise. I won’t move a muscle from the seat. Just please don’t tell on him.”
“Now, Miss. Just calm down.” Adam told her in a placating manner.
“I’ll go right now.”
She tried to brush past Adam but he rushed forward and grabbed her by the arm. “How about if we leave so Adam can get on with his patrol?”
“No harm done, Miss.” Adam said. “I’m sure you didn’t mean to break the rules.”
She turned large, pleading eyes on him. “No, I didn’t. Truly.”
“My apologies, Adam,” Nathaniel said. “I should probably take her to dinner. I’ve made her wait longer than I should have.”
“Yes, sir.” He tipped his hat to Trixie. “Good night, Miss. And just remember, if you visit again the Inspector there knows where you are allowed and where you’re not.”
“I will remember that.”
Nathaniel tugged her toward his office.
“And thank you,” Trixie called back to the guard. When they reached his office she said, “Oh, my, that was close.”
He glared at her. “You have no idea.”
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Let's grow new peasants!
FIELD INVESTIGATIONS
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“Jojo”, the only French producer of tea
It is in “Grand Coude”, a beautiful village from La Reunion Island located close to a volcanic circus that lives Johny Guichard called “Jojo”, the only French producer of organic tea.
It is difficult to imagine that tea can grow in the Reunion Island. However, in the 60s, 350 ha of tea were cultivated on this island. Today, only 3 ha are cultivated by Jojo.
His road to tea
Jojo has not always been a tea producer. He had always wanted to be a farmer but as he wasn’t born into a farming family, his parents were working in geranium farms, he didn’t benefit from land on which he can cultivate. First, he worked in the maintenance of green areas and for the CIVAM Reunion (Initiatives Centre for Promoting Agriculture and Rural areas) for a few years before going to metropolitan France to follow his luck unsuccessfully. In 2002, his parents miraculously found out that a land was available to rent near their house. “It’s so difficult to have access to agricultural land in the Reunion Island that I have not missed the opportunity, even if I would have preferred to buy my property.” He then bought his return ticket to La Reunion and dedicated his self a 100% to the agricultural adventure.
Without thinking, he first chose the culture of geranium, a well-controlled crop on his land that offers the advantage of having a cooperative ready to buy him all his production at a price fixed in advance. But after 3 years, his farm is near bankruptcy (geranium does not pay enough, repeated cyclones …). “To survive, we had to innovate and diversify.”
He then realized that on his land tea trees were growing naturally, vestige of the period going from 1955 to 1972 when “Grand Coude” was known for its production. Seeing that tea was growing alone and resisted many hurricanes, he decided to revive this forgotten crop. In 2005, he decided to grow organic tea and to sell it directly on farmers markets. People do not believed him at first when he explained that he was growing this tea by himself and he offered them to visit the plantation on Sundays. Victim of his own success every Sunday, he decided to create the “tea labyrinth”: a discovery circuit that recalls the agricultural history of “Grand Coude” and presents the culture of tea through the visit of the fields and a 1 ha tea tree labyrinth. Passionate about his village and agroecology, the circuit also allows visitors to discover the principles of organic farming and other type of cultures traditionally grown in the village. You can discover a vegetable garden and smell the perfume of geranium whose oil is used mainly by the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry as a repellent or perfume fixative. Jojo cultivates 4 particularly odorous varieties which agreeably scent his farm with odors of mint, pepper, lemon grass or rose water. Jojo also sells to the public, water geranium, geranium jelly and perfume his teas with those.
Today, 10 years after the opening, the tea labyrinth is a success. They are 4 employees working on the farm and producing tea, geranium, seasonal vegetables and wood for heating the alembic for extracting geranium oil by distillation. Thanks to the confidence of the farmers in the area that he has won, Johnny has managed to buy land to be certain to be able to perpetuate his project in time. “We struggled at first, but it was worth it. Today I love my job and I learn every day new things. “
One of the strengths of his business model is to have succeeded in diversifying his agricultural activity by coupling it with agritourism. This ensures the brand is recognized through which he developed a strong marketing network. He managed to sell his tea all over the island and especially in the organic shops and most touristic facilities. His tea is found even in continental France and is now forced to invest to build a new infrastructure for drying to be able to meet the demand. These will be the occasion to build a “Tea House” for tourism with a bigger reception area.
The tea plant is not a shrub but a tree which can reach 12m height!
Contrary to what one might think seeing a tea plantation photography, tea plant is a tree which can reach 12m height. These trees are kept up shrubs in tea plantations to facilitate the harvest as only the young shoots are harvested. It takes 4-5 years to get a first tea harvest after planting the seed if you can provide the tea plant with the right level of heat, humidity, soil acidity and cool nights it needs to grow well. “The Reunion volcanic soils are perfect for tea.”
At Jojo’s farm, the harvest is done exclusively by hand to pick the three youngest shoots, two young leaves and the apical bud containing the more substances for more taste. Once harvested, it’s the leaf treatment process that will determine the nature of tea: white, green or black tea… Jojo is specialized in white and green teas. For white tea, with a subtle taste, he dries it in special conditions. To obtain a green tea, tastier, it completes the process by a roasting operation. Black tea must undergo a fermentation process.
The delicate drying process lasts two weeks in total darkness in a controlled environment to bring out the maximum of the delicate flavors of tea. At the end of it, only 130g of dried tea are recovered for 1kg of leaves harvested. “Direct sun drying is significantly faster but most flavors would be lost.”
Johny is currently testing a new kind of exceptional tea, the imperial tea. It’s composed only by the first shoot from apical bud called silver needle. It is called so because when it dries; it naturally takes on a silvery color (due to the white hair of the surface) and reveals a more subtle taste. While a person can usually harvest by hand around 15kg of young tea shoots (silver needle + the two young shoots) in one morning, only 450g of silver needle can be harvested in the same period of time.
Jojo, an innovator at heart…
Jojo is an enthusiast who loves to innovate and discover new ways to grow ecologically. He of course has innovated by choosing to become the only French producer of tea but it’s not just in this area that he is full of inventiveness. One of his land had tea trees from 8 to 12m high. He has opted to keep this forest in order to make discover these majestic trees to visitors and to develop agroforestry activities by planting young plants of tea in it in order to be able to make the gathering in the shade when the weather is too hot.
Between rows of geraniums, he plants vegetables to take advantage of the repellent effect of geranium and enjoy the contributions given to the ground by some vegetables. He always puts flowers on the edge of his fields to increase biodiversity, reduce pest pressure and have a beautiful field. He plants tobacco in the middle of his plantations to trap insects. Indeed, pests will attack first tobacco plants and this will serve as a bio indicator to act in time. He practices of course crop rotation and never grows the same crop on the same parcel for two consecutive years. He regularly plants pumpkins to be used as ground cover and to control weeds. He also successfully tested mulching and compost from tea leaves and should extend this experiment to his entire plantation.
All these agroecological practices have worked well since he noticed an improvement in his soil health year after year. “Here in La Reunion, people, including farmers, have a false image of organic farming. They think that nothing can be put on crops when in fact you can use all the natural substances you want. They should have called organic farming, “natural farming” to convert more producers.” Thanks to his example, people begin to understand what organic farming is and some of his neighbors are beginning to replace chemicals with organic products such as organic manure or some essential oils.
Jojo’s website is: www.enchampthe.com
dvice for future new-peasants
“To succeed in agriculture, you must be especially motivated, take advice from local people, go at your own pace and do not necessarily want to be too big from the beginning.”
“Think well about your project before beginning because after you will be too overwhelmed.”
“Take time to observe what grows naturally on your land in the beginning to define what type of crop to grow on and try to make the most of the existing (trees already present …)”
“Join networks. It allows you to have more visibility and share advice and experiences with peers.”
From jeweler to goldsmith of plants
A farmer researcher practicing regenerative agriculture
jane pettigrew
Cher Jojo, je m’interesse beaucoup dans ce que vous faites a Reunion avec le the. Je suis en train de finir un grand livre sur toutes les regions du monde ou on cultive le the et je voudrais bien inclure votre jardin de the. Est-ce que vous pourriez me donner des renseignements:
1. Quel est l’altitude la?
2. Quelle est votre superficie totale
3. D’ou est-ce que vous avez vous acquis vos plantes?
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Stress Hormone Helps Overcome Fears
People trying to conquer their fear of heights had better results when given a dose of the stress hormone cortisol.
Exposure therapy tries to help people who have an overwhelming fear by gradually exposing them to what they fear most, until their Anxiety are partially or totally overcome. This is similar to some allergy treatments, where exposure to small amounts of an allergy causing substance can eventually eliminate the allergy.
Swiss researchers have recently been able to improve the effects of exposure therapy for fear of heights by adding a dose of the stress hormone cortisol. This may sound unusual, since cortisol is a known stress hormone, produced when people are in anxiety-provoking situations. But cortisol also affects learning and memory.
A total score of 120 is maximum anxiety, a score of zero is no anxiety. Study members had an average score of around 59 before treatment. At 3-5 days after treatment, the average score in the cortisol group was 30.4, compared to 40.2 in the placebo group.
According to the researchers, when a phobia like fear of heights is triggered, much of the fear comes from retrieving old memories of how fearful heights were in the past. Cortisol is known to have a general blocking effect on the retrieval of old memories. Blocking recall of old fear memories makes a situation less frightening. Cortisol also aids in the formation of new memories, hopefully here, the memory that heights really aren't that frightening after all.
Whether or not these are the actual reasons cortisol dampened fear in the study, adding cortisol worked better than exposure therapy did alone.
The study was of 40 people with clinically diagnosed acrophobia – fear of heights. Wearing a headset with video glasses, the people were guided through a virtual reality environment – a computer simulated trip along platforms of different heights connected by elevators and bridges. The people were actually standing on a platform six inches above the ground but had the sensation of riding an elevator and making crossings at increasingly greater heights. The final station in the VR environment was reached by crossing a long and narrow bridge connecting two very high platforms.
Half of the people took a 20 milligram cortisol pill one hour before the VR sessions; half took a dummy pill. Subjects were exposed to the simulator for 20 minutes and went through a maximum of 10 stations. Each went through three simulations over the course of one week.
Several different measurements were taken of the effect of this treatment 3-5 days and one month after the last VR session. The two most promising of these were response to a standard fear of heights questionnaire and skin conductance measurements.
The standard acrophobia questionnaire describes 20 situations that can cause fear of heights, such as riding in an airplane, and asks respondents to rate their anxiety of these situations. A total score of 120 is maximum anxiety, a score of zero is no anxiety. Study members had an average score of around 59 before treatment. At 3-5 days after treatment, the average score in the cortisol group was 30.4, compared to 40.2 in the placebo group. One month after treatment, the cortisol group's score was 24.2, the placebo group's was 35.4. This indicates that the VR treatment reduced fear of height and that it worked even better when cortisol was added.
Skin conductance is a measure of how well the skin conducts electricity. It rises when people sweat, as most anxious people do. During follow-up, subjects were given limited exposure to the VR system — a brief simulated elevator ride followed by 60 seconds standing on a virtual roof. While standing on the roof, the measured skin conductance of cortisol group members was less than half of that of control group members, suggesting that the cortisol group was experiencing less fear.
The researchers also report some success at using cortisol to reduce social phobias and fear of spiders. They acknowledge that further studies investigating the effect of cortisol in more challenging real-life situations are needed before the treatment can be deemed effective.
An article on the study was published online ahead of print by PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Science) on March 28, 2011 and will appear in a future print edition of the journal.
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New Dimension Provides Exploration Update on Savant Lake and Sierra Blanca Projects and Corporate Update
VANCOUVER, Dec. 2, 2019 /CNW/ - New Dimension Resources Ltd. (TSXV:NDR) (the "Company", or "New Dimension") is pleased to provide an update on ongoing exploration activities at its recently-expanded Savant Lake gold project in northwestern Ontario, and the high-grade Sierra Blanca silver-gold project in Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Recent activities at both projects have focused on completing drill target generation programs, with seven broad priority target areas having been delineated at Savant Lake, and drill hole locations having been defined for three high-grade epithermal silver-gold veins at Sierra Blanca.
Drill hole planning at the Savant Lake project has now been virtually completed with the incorporation of detailed geochemical data (including trace and "pathfinder" elements) into the target areas previously defined on the basis of geology, geophysics, and known gold showings.
The Company's focus at Savant Lake remains on the discovery of: i) high-grade, iron formation-(Musselwhite-type) and shear zone-hosted gold deposits within the central portion of the property, and ii) high-grade, base metal-rich (copper-zinc-gold) volcanogenic massive sulfide-type ("VMS") deposits along the southern and northern margins of the project area (Figures 1-3). Seven priority target areas (5 for high-grade gold and 2 for VMS deposits) have been identified for drill testing.
At the Sierra Blanca project, drill hole planning has been completed with the focus on prioritizing targets in the extensive northwest-trending Ana/Ana Splay, Tranquilo, and Laguna epithermal "vein fields". The current exploration program was successful in defining anomalous silver-gold assays over at least 2 km strike of the main Ana vein system, as well as defining clear drill targets along the southeastern portions of the Tranquilo and Laguna vein systems (Figures 4-7).
A preliminary drill program of 3,200m has been designed for Sierra Blanca with two principal objectives: i) a shallow drill program designed to target high-grade oxide mineralization in the Chala-Achen vein system, and ii) a first pass test of priority sulfide targets in the Ana, Tranquilo, and Laguna vein fields.
Eric Roth, New Dimension's CEO, commented today: "We are pleased to be reporting that our Savant Lake and Sierra Blanca projects are now "drill-ready". Our short-term priority has been pursuing discussions for undertaking the proposed drill programs at both projects, including potential deals with appropriate Joint Venture partners. I look forward to keeping the market informed as we move towards drilling at both Savant Lake and Sierra Blanca".
Link to figures:
https://newdimensionresources.com/site/assets/files/13162/2019_12_update_figures.pdf
Savant Lake Project
The Company's Savant Lake project is located within the Archean-age Savant-Sturgeon Lake greenstone belt, some 240 km NW of Thunder Bay and 240 km S of Goldcorp's operating Musselwhite mine (Proven and Probable Reserves at June 30, 2017: 8.84 MT @ 6.65 g/t Au for 1.85Moz Au)1. The original Savant Lake property covers approximately 20,270 Ha of meta-volcanic and meta-sedimentary rocks which are prospective for both iron formation- / shear zone-hosted gold and base metal-rich (copper-zinc-gold) VMS deposits. A further 2,679 Ha of new exploration claims were staked in June, 2019, to cover interpreted extensions to 4 key gold and base metal target areas.
1 Mineralization hosted on adjacent and nearby properties is not necessarily indicative of mineralization that may be hosted on the Company's Savant Lake project.
Work completed by the Company at Savant Lake in Q4 2019 has focused on fine-tuning drill hole locations through the incorporation of detailed geochemical data (including trace and "pathfinder" elements) into the broader target areas previously defined on the basis of geology, geophysics, and known gold showings. With respect to high-grade gold targets, coincident anomalies of silver, arsenic, lead, and tellurium ("pathfinders" to both gold mineralization and the associated sulfide, arsenopyrite) have allowed for more precise definition of targets for future drill testing. Similarly, coincident copper, nickel, cobalt, and zinc anomalies in areas with geophysical targets (electromagnetic conductors defined from the Company's 2016 airborne geophysics survey) have refined the areas considered to hold potential for VMS discoveries.
The status of New Dimension's property holdings in the Savant Lake area is as follows:
The Company is currently earning-in to a 100% interest in the original 20,270 Ha Savant Lake property, with one final cash payment of CAD 30,000 due to be paid to the underlying vendors on or before April 1, 2020, in order to complete the earn-in. The vendors also retain a 2% Net Smelter Royalty ("NSR") on the property, of which 1% can be purchased for CAD 1M.
New Dimension is 100% beneficial owner of the 2,679Ha of new exploration claims which were staked in June, 2019 (see Company News Release dated June 18, 2019). Those claims that fall within the 3.2 km Area of Interest ("AOI") as defined in the original Savant Lake property purchase agreement will be subject to a 2% NSR, whilst the remainder remain free of NSR's.
Sierra Blanca Project, Santa Cruz
Sierra Blanca is an advanced, high-grade silver-gold project which is located approximately 40km NW of Anglogold Ashanti's Cerro Vanguardia gold-silver mine (and immediately adjacent to Austral Gold's Pinguino silver-gold project) in Santa Cruz Province, southern Argentina. The Sierra Blanca Project is owned 100% by New Dimension.
Previous work at Sierra Blanca had mostly been focused on the E-W-trending Chala-Achen and Lucila vein systems, where high-grade silver values had been derived from channel sampling (including 9.4m @ 2,362 g/t Ag at Chala-Achen; see Company News Release dated March 4, 2019).
Exploration activities undertaken at Sierra Blanca during 2019 have focused on finalizing and prioritizing drill targets in the extensive NW-trending Ana, Tranquilo, and Laguna "vein fields", which are located immediately to the south of the Chala-Achen and Lucila vein systems (Figures 4 and 5). The drill targeting program was completed using a combination of new mapping, surface sampling, and a 16-trench program designed to delineate potential lateral extensions to known veins under post-mineral cover. The 2019 exploration program was successful in defining anomalous silver-gold assays in rock chip samples over approximately 2 km strike of the main Ana vein system, with strong flanking "pathfinder" element anomalies (particularly arsenic) defined in both rock chips and adjacent soil samples. This geochemical association is interpreted by the Company to represent a high-level in the epithermal vein system (and therefore overlying any potential high-grade precious metal mineralization). In addition, previously unrecognised high-grade Au-Ag mineralisation was identified along the SE end of the Tranquilo vein (Figure 6 and 7). Rock chip sampling at Tranquilo has returned assays ranging from geochemically anomalous to high-grade, with a best grab sample of 10 g/t Au + 150 g/t Ag.
A preliminary drill program of 3,200m has been designed for Sierra Blanca with two principal objectives: i) a shallow drill program designed to define oxide mineral resources in the Chala-Achen vein system, and ii) a first pass test of priority targets in the Ana, Tranquilo, and Laguna vein fields.
Corporate Update
The Company also wishes to announce the resignations of both Mr. Scott Heffernan and Mr. John Wenger from its Board of Directors, as a direct result of work commitments with their ever-demanding full-time positions at Equinox Gold and Contact Gold, respectively. New Dimension wishes to extend its gratitude to Messrs. Heffernan and Wenger for their services and wishes them well in their future endeavors.
While the Company continues to reduce costs and pursue other opportunities, it will not seek to replace the resigning directors at this time. The Company's board of directors comprising Mr. Eric Roth (Director and CEO) and Ms. Mary Little and Mr. Glen Parsons (Independent Directors) maintains the Company's independent majority whilst reducing associated Corporate costs.
Qualified Persons and Disclosure Statement
The technical information in this news release has been prepared in accordance with Canadian regulatory requirements set out in NI 43-101, and approved by Eric Roth, the Company's President & CEO, a director and a Qualified Person under NI 43-101. Mr. Roth holds a Ph.D. in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM), and is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). Mr. Roth has more than 25 years of experience in international minerals exploration and mining project evaluation.
On Behalf of the Board of New Dimension Resources Ltd.
"Eric Roth"
Eric Roth, Ph.D., FAusIMM
About New Dimension Resources
New Dimension is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of quality mineral resource properties throughout the Americas, with a focus on high-grade precious metals deposits. The Company's current focus is on the discovery of new high-grade gold resources at the drill-ready and 100%-owned Savant Lake (Canada) and Sierra Blanca (Argentina) projects. The Company also continues to evaluate strategic alternatives for the 100%-owned Las Calandrias and Los Cisnes projects in the highly prospective Deseado Massif of Santa Cruz Province, southern Argentina, as well as its 29.56% Joint Venture interest with Yamana Gold in the Domain gold project in Manitoba.
Cautionary Notes and Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking information is typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future results of operations, performance and achievements of New Dimension, including the timing, completion of and results from the exploration and drill programs described in this release. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. All such forward-looking information is based on certain assumptions and analyses made by New Dimension in light of their experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors management believes are appropriate in the circumstances. This information, however, is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ from this forward-looking information include those described under the heading "Risks and Uncertainties" in New Dimension's most recently filed MD&A. New Dimension does not intend, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or revise the forward-looking information contained in this news release, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
For further information: New Dimension Contacts: Eric Roth, Email: info@newdimensionresources.com; Karen Davies, +1 604-314-2662
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Georgia embraces tougher wine producing regulations
29.10.2014. The Georgian government is taking a tougher stance on the country’s currently relaxed regulations on wine productions and making it illegal for wine producers to sell the grape pomace, a grape residue left after making wine.
In particular, the wine producers will be obliged to use the pomace, according to today’s resolution of the Prime Minister.
The government believed the new rules acted as a preventive measure that would further protect the wine sector and eliminate the production and distribution of low-quality wines.
Chairman of the Agriculture Committee of the parliament of Georgia Giga Agulashvili believed there were occasions when pomace had been produced for secondary use. "Furthermore, it was resulting in adding sugar and water to the pomace and low quality of wine being produced,” Agulashvili said.
The MP believed the resolution would encourage the production of pomace oil and use of pomace as a bio-fertilizer.
The National Agency of Wine will monitor the processes at Georgia’s wine producing companies.
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Georgian farmers earn 170 million GEL from 2014's grape harvest
28.10.2014. Georgian farmers from the country's wine producing regions are enjoying the benefits of a bumper harvest after earning 170 million GEL [about USD 100 million - HN] by selling 120,000 tons of grapes this year.
The 2014 grape picking season has ended in all of Georgia’s wine producing regions including Kakheti in the east and Imereti and Racha in Georgia’s west, said Georgia’s National Wine Agency.
A coordination centre for grape vintage under the supervision of the government "Rtveli 2014" was established in wine producing regions and worked as a 24/7 service. Furthermore, 10 private wine plants purchased grapes from farmers in Racha and 30 plants from Kakheti.
"With the support of the Government, the sales of grapes have been promoted. Wine producing companies still continue the purchasing of grapes. Consequently, no farmers have experienced problems related to sales,” said the National Wine Agency in a statement.
Georgian wine to strengthen position in American and Chinese markets (Interview)
27.10.2014. An interview with Director of the National Wine Agency Levan Davitashvili.
The Agency announced a new marketing strategy. What does it represent and which countries will it cover?
First of all, the study will be conducted with the participation of international organizations, the purpose of which will be two directions - the countries where Georgian wine is well-known and the countries where such awareness is absent. Accordingly, there will be two different strategies.
In the first case, we are talking about the post-Soviet countries, and a major goal there is to update the image of Georgian wine, so that it will not be associated only with the Soviet period. Georgian wine should be attractive to the younger generation who did not live in the Soviet Union, or lived there for a short time.
Today, this is a problem, as the Georgian wine is known from the Soviet era, when it was considered prestigious - but that generation has grown old, so we have to make our wine prestigious a for a new generation. We should definitely work on this issue.
On the other hand, there are countries where almost nothing is known about Georgian wine - for example, the United States and China, and many other markets. Of course, they know it to some extent, but this is insufficient. Therefore, we are faced with a great challenge, besides, it is necessary to increase awareness of the country in general.
Seven Georgian wine companies participate in Western China International Fair in Chengdu
26.10.2014 (Hvino News). Georgian companies are exhibiting their products at the 15th Western China International Fair (WCIF) in the city of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on October 23 - November 03.
Georgian winemakers together with producers of juice, water and food companies are presented among four thousand participants from 72 countries. Among the wine companies represented in WCIF are Winery Khareba, KTW, Chateau Mukhrani, Bagrationi 1882, Kakhuri Wine Cellar, Kindzmarauli Marani, Qimerioni.
Nodar Kereselidze, Deputy Minister Agriculture, who heads the Georgian delegation, said the export to China has increased by 100 percent this year.
The 6th session of Georgia-China Intergovernmental Committee is also scheduled to take place in Chengdu during the WCIF.
Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai will attend the WCIF to deliver a keynote speech at the 7th Western China International Cooperation Forum during his stay in Chengdu. Foreign attendees to the WCIF include Czech President Milos Zeman.
Wine Parade and Wine Contest at Tbilisoba: Georgia's capital city biggest festival
25.10.2014 (Hvino News). The biggest of all festival celebration has started in Georgia. The streets of Old Tbilisi are alive this weekend for a two-day event celebrating one of the country’s most colorful and spectacular festivals – Tbilisoba, the celebration of the diversity and history of Georgia's capital city.
One of the most enjoyable events of the festival will be Wine Parade, and exhibition/sale of traditional Georgian wine, which will take place from 3-4 pm near Metekhi Bridge, Meidani, Rike in Tbilisi.
On October 26 results of Georgian Wine Contest Tbilisi 2014 will be announced by 3 kinds of juries:
professional jury, which consists of enologists (members of state tasting commission) and sommeliers, public jury with public figures, and media jury - with journalists.
Tbilisoba is a celebration of the city’s 1,500-year history and today, it is one of the most anticipated festivals in the Georgian calendar with locals and guests coming from all over the country to celebrate their capital city’s history. It also had the unintended effect of engaging Georgians more intensely in their national history.
"Hvino News" becomes media partner of ProWine China, Shanghai's international wine fair
22.10.2014 (Hvino News). Hvino.com is pleased to communicate that Hvino News is now the official supporting media partner of ProWine China, a world leading international trade fair for wine and spirits (see the official list of supporting medias here).
ProWine China is scheduled for 12-14 November in Shanghai. The fair's variety makes it a unique show in Mainland China.
Among the event's highlights is cooperation of ProWine China and the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET): London-based WSET, one of the foremost international bodies in the field of wines and spirits education, will offer high professional education seminars on the three show days. Wine trade professionals will have the opportunity to gain an insight into the industry's most respected wine qualification during the Institute of Masters of Wine master class. MUNDUS VINI, one of the most prestigious wine competitions in Europe, will bring 200 of the 2014 winning wines to the tasting zone at ProWine China.
ProWine China is sister project of Europe's leading wine fair ProWein Dusseldorf. For almost three years Hvino News has been developing successful cooperation with ProWein Dusseldorf, being the sole ProWein's media partner from Georgia. Understanding the high importance of Asian market for Georgian wine, Hvino's team is now expanding our activity eastwards and aims to assist in promotion of Georgian winemaking in Asia and especially in China.
Due to high price, wine companies refuse from producing Khvanchkara
20.10.2014 (Hvino News). Next year, wine companies will not probably purchase grapes grown in Racha which are used for making Khvanchkara wine, according to George Markozashvili, director of Kakhuri Ltd.
Mr. Markozashvili said his company bought 45 tons of grapes, however, if the price remains high next year, they are not going to pay GEL 8 per kg.
George Markozashvili explains the critically high price by the fact that Khvanchkara is popular only on the Russian market. In his view, otherwise, the price of Khvanchkara should not be higher than the Saperavi price.
Badagoni purchased 50 tons of Mujuretuli and Aleksandrouli grape varieties during vintage in Racha. Badagoni's director Gia Shengelia explains a small amount of grapes by quite large quantities of Khvanchkara wine made last year.
Badagoni exports Khvanchkara wine only to Russia and the Russian market didn’t live up to expectations last year. For other countries, this type of wine is not interesting because of the high price.
Rtveli: harvesting grapes, Georgian style
by Tornike Kajrishvili
19.10.2014. Nobody knows when and how exactly the first grapevine was cultivated in Georgia, but earliest archaeological evidence of viniculture that was discovered in Georgia dates back to 6,000 B.C. History of winemaking is tightly intertwined with history of Georgia, and our country is almost unanimously considered to be the birthplace of wine as such.
Rtveli
In some regions of Georgia, harvested grapes are still crushed using a wooden basin called satsnakheli. This method is centuries old, and used to have a ritualistic meaning back in the day. But grapes need to be harvested before they can be crushed. In Georgia, the grape harvest is called rtveli. It begins in autumn, by the end of September, and lasts for several weeks. Naturally, the time of harvest is also dependent on the grape variety and weather. To be frank, grapes are harvested when they are ripe. Due to 80 percent of Georgia’s vineyards being located in Kakheti, the eastern part of the country, this is the place where rtveli begins. The name itself stems from ancient Georgian stveli, meaning “fruit harvest.” Over time, “s” was replaced with “r” and the meaning was narrowed down to grapes, thus giving birth to “rtveli”.
NikoTsabashvili is the most famous winemaker in the Sighnaghi region. When it comes to wine, this man is a living fountain of ancient knowledge.
Mtskheta’s church from 603 and a feast at Iago and Marina’s house
by Max Hartshorne
18.10.2014. Our day of travel and exploring across western Georgia began at the home and winery of Iago and Marina Bitarishvili in rural Mtskheta.
This consonant-heavy small town is also the home of one of the country's oldest churches, which was built high on a hill around the year 603. Seeing a church built in a year with three digits is pretty spectacular, as is the view from atop this protected sanctuary, which is also a World Heritage site. There are no stained glass in these Georgian churches, instead, the dusky brown exterior is punctuated with slits for windows. Georgians, we learned, were constantly having to defend their rights to be Christians and in all cases proved they would rather die than be forced to convert to Islam or any other faith.
Iago and Marina are winemakers who use the traditional qvevri, oblong clay pots sunken into the ground where the grapes, seeds and stems are all mashed together to age. Iago showed us how he stirred up his current batch of Chinuri grapes.
I asked him how he identifies which wine is which in the six subterranean qvevri and he answered "I have only one wine!" His white wine has the familiar amber color and rich body consistent with the other white wines we've tasted here.
You can enjoy a wonderful meal in their house by the fire if you call ahead, and our feast included the typical tomato/cuke salad, cheese bread triangles, and pork chunks cooked on their fire. In addition Marina brought out the bread she bakes herself, a crock of kidney beans simmered low and slow, some dreamy stuffed mushrooms and plenty of their fine wine.
A guide to orange wine
by Jeanette Hurt
15.10.2014. Not quite red and not quite white, orange wines draw from the world’s oldest winemaking processes—but they’re striking a fresh note with today’s curious oenophiles.
Aromas of apricot fruit tickle the nose, but a sip reveals heavier tannins, and a rich, almost velvety mouth-feel lingers. Not quite white and not quite red: Viniferous conundrum, thy name is orange.
“Orange wines are the new black,” says Shelley Lindgren, co-owner and wine director of San Francisco Bay–area SPQR and A16 restaurants. “The only problem is that they can be grossly misunderstood. There really is no definitive way to characterize orange wines, because they are essentially a white wine produced with a red-wine sensuality.”
The definition of orange wines has been debated frequently at forums like this year’s RAW wine fair in London. Fundamentally, their classification derives not from the type of grape used but from the winemaking process. Orange wines are white wines that are skin-fermented like reds. But unlike red wines, which are fermented for a period of 10 days to one month, orange wines can be fermented from two weeks to seven months.
“Orange wines have the freshness of whites with the structure of reds,” says John Wurdeman, owner of Pheasant’s Tears winery, which has vineyards in the Kakheti and Kartli regions of the country of Georgia. “So they can be compared to both white and red wines, but they are their own genre.”
From family tradition to export industry: Georgian wine hits the tables of Europe
by Kira Walker
“Everyone in Georgia makes wine. It’s our way of life, our tradition,” says Iago Bitarishvili, who runs a small organic wine-making operation in the mountainous Caucasian nation. It’s a way of life that’s about to become more profitable thanks to a free trade agreement that exempts Georgian wine from EU import tariffs.
Eight millennia of tradition go into a bottle of Georgian wine. Masters of the ancient Georgian method of producing wine in large underground clay vessels called qvevris, some producers have already carved out a niche in European markets. The free trade treaty, which came into effect on September 1, has given them a welcome boost.
The country’s small-scale vintners say that easier access to European Union markets will help them compete against inexpensive and established brands, at the same time as helping them improve the quality of their own produce.
Wine tourism is also on the rise as Georgia shakes off its post-Soviet image.
Inside natural wine’s new Eurasian boomtown
Photo: Krzystof Duda
By Alice Feiring
13.10.2014. Over the last decade, the Republic of Georgia—one of the world's oldest winemaking countries—has become an unlikely darling of the natural wine community. Alice Feiring visits the small hilltop town that's become ground zero for the rebirth of traditional Georgian winemaking.
When I told people that I was traveling to Georgia to learn more about their wine, the response was, invariably, a look of confusion. “Are there vineyards near Atlanta?”
“The country of,” I’d say. Then I’d clarify, “Bordered by the Caucasus mountain range, not the Blue Ridge.”
“Really? They make wine there?”
Georgia's envoy pursues ‘wine diplomacy’
by Philip Iglauer
12.10.2014. Georgian Ambassador in Seoul Nikoloz Apkhazava is pursuing wine diplomacy, hosting his fifth tasting event Tuesday since opening the country’s chancery in 2012.
Wine goes hand in glove in the popular imagination of diplomatic work but, for the Georgian envoy, it is also a down-to-earth policy objective of his posting in South Korea.
“Promoting Georgian wine is maybe even more of a cultural issue than simply an economic endeavor for the embassy,” he said in an interview with The Korea Herald during Tuesday’s wine tasting event in Seoul, adding that wine was fundamental to Georgia’s national identity.
The country’s name derives from a Greek word meaning “tiller of the land.” It was likely a description applied to the peoples inhabiting the territory between the Black and Caspian Seas by Bronze-age Greek and Phoenician traders who prized Georgian wine.
Ancient wine cellar transformed into national museum
11.10.2014. An ancient wine cellar constructed almost half a century ago is being transformed into place where Georgian wine can be treasured and celebrated.
Head of the Georgian Government Irakli Garibashvili visited the wine cellar that would soon be transformed into Georgia’s National Wine Agency and Museum of Wine. He assessed the construction work and introduced the concept of the new building to others.
The new facility was formerly an ancient wine cellar that was built in 1962 when the world congress of wine was held in Georgia.
The wine cellar housed a diverse range of Georgian wine varieties. Officials said there were about 25,000 bottles of wine of various types, including one which was 107 years old.
Once the renovation has taken place, a large museum space will occupy the basement floor. Furthermore, inside the National Wine Agency will be professional development center, small and large conference halls, a cellar, a tasting hall and wine laboratory.
Somerset Palace Seoul offers Georgian wine tasting
10.10.2014. (Hvino News) . With the sponsorship of the Georgian Embassy in South Korea, Seoul's hotel Somerset Palace held a special tasting event featuring food and wine from Georgia in its rooftop garden last Tuesday. The hotel is located in the heart of Seoul’s diplomatic, business and financial districts.
Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Apkhazava and more than 100 guests of the Georgian Embassy and Somerset Palace residents participated in the party.
The organizers noted that Georgia is known for its unique wine jars, which were buried to harness the same principles as Korea’s kimchi.
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Seven rare wines of Georgia
by Cory Greenberg
09.10.2014. With the traditional wine harvest festival of Rtveli just behind us, this season’s grapes are engaged in their yearly pilgrimage from vine to cellar to bottle to glass, and finally to our blood stream. As the country’s most notable product, as well as an integral part of the culture, cuisine and society as a whole, any visitor, residence holder or native can attest there is a lot of wine making and drinking going on in Georgia.
However, despite the small geographic size of the country, there is an, almost unbelievable number and variety of grapes produced here. From rich dark reds, that appear jet black in a glass (and purple on your lips), to crystal clear whites that could act like a prism for light, and everything in between. Because of this, even seasoned oenophiles may find themselves slightly out of their depth when it comes to the nuances of certain vintages and varieties, as well as delicious food pairing that the wines may accentuate.
While I myself am not a noted wine enthusiast, I took upon my shoulders the atlasian job of relating to you some of the most unique types of Georgian wines available. As you might imagine, this meant I had the duty, the responsibility to imbibe as many different varieties of Georgian wine I could find on a Sunday afternoon, to achieve this end, I enlisted the help of the wine experts at Vinoteca on Leselidze [street name in Tbilisi - HN] who regaled me with their selection and expertise.
Around 80 percent of Georgian red wine is Saperavi, what I am going to focus on, are the wines that barely crack the 1 percent mark. Many of which are grown in only a handful of remote villages far from the Georgian wine heartland of Kakheti.
Official: Georgian wine export stats September 2014
08.10.2014 (Hvino News). According to the Georgian Wine Agency, from January 1 to September 30, Georgia exported 42.8 million 0.75 litre bottles of wine, with total value at $137 million USD to 39 countries across the world.Wine exports increased in both volume and value in the first nine months of the year.
Russia is the largets export destination with 27.9 million bottles, which was 65 percent of total exports. Ukraine was the second highest importer of Georgian wine, followed by Kazakhstan, Poland, Belarus, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Azerbaijan.
In particular, the volume of wine exported grew by 62 percent, while the value is higher by 64 percent compared to the same period of 2013.
Georgian Wine House: European wine importers in US join forces
Georgian Wine House's Mamuka
Tsereteli
07.10.2014. Blue Danube Wine Company, a premier importer of fine wines from the “Danubia” region of Europe including Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, and, most recently, Georgia, is proud to announce its strategic partnership with Georgian Wine House of Washington D.C. The two companies will share expertise and knowledge with the purpose of strengthening market presence for both Georgian and “Danubian” wines.
“We are very happy to establish this relationship with Blue Danube Wine Company,” said Georgian Wine House owner Mamuka Tsereteli, “We have seen their dedication to countries of similar origin over the years and it’s a natural partnership.” He continued, “Working with Blue Danube not only means access to the important Californian market, but increased distribution in New York and other key US markets.”
The first key producers of this collaboration are Teliani Valley and Schuchmann. Teliani Valley is one of the top Georgian wine producers delivering great value wines made from indigenous grapes. The wines paint a clear picture of the country’s modern winemaking potential.
The wines from Schuchmann offer a spectrum of grape varietals and production methods. Modern, Western-style wines are labeled Schuchmann, reflecting the name of the German owner Burkhard Schuchmann, while the traditional method qvevri (amphora) wines are branded as Vinoterra. A true combination of history and innovation.
The economic potential of Georgian wine
by Nino Mosiashvili, ISET
06.10.2014. Winemaking is one of the oldest Georgian traditions that have survived to this day. Archaeologists have proved that the history of Georgian wine production reaches back at into the past least 8000 years. Arguably, this makes Georgia the earliest place on earth where wine was produced. And the tradition is alive – today there are not just big wine firms, but it is common among ordinary Georgians to grow grapes and produce their own, home-made wine.
The great history of Georgian winemaking was acknowledged internationally. Since July 2012, Georgia has the exclusive right to sell wine in the European Union with the slogan “Cradle of Wine”.
A HIGH-END PRODUCT
Not many things produced in Georgia are so exclusive and special that they can compete in the luxury segment of the market. Wine is one of these products, and that is for good reasons, as both domestic and foreign experts agree that Georgian viticulture is unique in the world.
Firstly, Georgia offers an amazing variety of endogenous grapes. More than 500 endogenous kinds of grapes are cultivated in Georgia, which is 20% of all grape varieties which exist in the world!
Georgia’s record: Farmers earn 115m GEL by selling grapes
Prime Minister (right), Foreign Minister (left) and other
Cabinet ministers making churchkhela, traditional
Georgian snack made from nuts and grape juice.
Photo: Foreign Ministry's press office.
05.10.2014. Georgian farmers from the country's eastern area are enjoying the benefits of a bumper harvest after earning 115 million GEL by selling 155,000 tons of grapes this year.
The country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili visited the Kakheti region - the leading production area of national wine - with cabinet members yesterday, where he participated in a traditional grape harvest.
The PM said the 2014 grape harvest was an "unprecedented event” as it was the first time "this huge amount” of money was earned by grape growers.
"The most important thing is that this is a great motivation that stimulates farmers. New vineyards have already been planted on the area of 4,000 hectares which indicates the motivation and wish of farmers to plant vineyards,” Garibashvili said.
"There are families that received 10, 20, 50 and 100 thousand GEL. This is a great help for their village," he said.
Wine Day celebrated by Prime Minister and marked by presentation of Saperavi wineglass
05.10.2014 (Hvino News). "It can be said without any exaggeration that the vine and wine are equal to identity of a Georgian man", Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said in Alaverdi Monastery, Kakheti region, on October 4, which was celebrated as the National Wine Day for the first time - at Prime Minister's initiative.
Mr. Garibashvili noted that Georgian wine will become country's image product and that each Georgian will be proud of that product. According to him, the boundless love and devotion to vine is truly unique in Georgia.
While the cabinet ministers led by Prime Minister went to Kakheti, another celebration took place in Tbilisi Marriott hotel, which hosted a presentation of the first wineglass made by Austria's Riedel specifically for Saperavi wine.
The event was organized by the Georgian Sommelier Association and National Wine Agency, and attended by the capital’s Mayor, Davit Narmania.
Wine of Freedom to symbolize independence of Moldova, Georgia, and Ukraine
04.10.2014 (Hvino News). A winery in Moldova today launches Purcari Freedom Blend, also known as "Wine of Freedom". The event will occur on Saturday, October 4, in the Great National Assembly Square, on the national Wine Day.
"Wine of Freedom" is a limited edition wine, consisting of 3 grape varieties: Rara Black (Moldova), Bastardo (Ukraine) and Saperavi (Georgia), which come to celebrate the independence of the three states.
According to press release, the "Wine of Freedom" symbolizes that in 2011, when Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia celebrated 20 years of independence, there was an exceptional harvest in Moldova.
More than 2,000 tourists from all over the world made reservations to take part in 13th National Wine Day in Moldova.
On the same day - October 4 - the national Wine Day is also celebrated in Georgia, for the first time this year, after Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili proposed the idea last February.
Georgia celebrates inaugural National Wine Day on October 4
04.10.2014. Georgian wine will be honoured throughout the country today as the nation celebrates Georgian Wine Day.
This year is the first year Georgia’s traditional drink will have its own day after Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili proposed the idea in February at the presentation of the Wine Culture Research Project at Georgia’s National Museum.
From this year and looking ahead, Georgian Wine Day will be celebrated annually on October 4.
Garibashvili said Georgian wine had an international reputation and people around the world were impressed with the high quality and unique taste of Georgian wine.
"Georgian wine, made in special wine vats, astonishes the world and it is becoming more and more popular. It is not accidental that the Georgian wine [qvevri] was granted the status of cultural monument by UNESCO,” he said.
Today, various events dedicated to Georgian Wine Day will be held in Kakheti, in eastern Georgia, which is the leading production area of national wine.
The first national Day of Georgian wine will be celebrated on October 4
03.10.2014 (Hvino News). The national Day of Georgian Wine will be celebrated for the first time on Saturday October 4th, at the suggestion if Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Together with his cabinet ministers, Mr. Garibashvili will go to the region of Kakheti on Saturday to take part in the festivities in connection with the first Day of Georgian Wine.
According to the press service of the Prime Minister, the celebrations will be held in the Alaverdi Monastery complex. The head of government, together with representatives of the cabinet will take part in the harvest in Kvareli district and visit the Kvareli Tunnel (an underground wine repository). Mr. Garibashvili will also attend a horse race and deliver a speech.
Kakhetian Traditional Winemaking prefers Chinese market
02.10.2014. (Hvino News). "The Chinese market is potentially more interesting for us than the European," – said Zurab Chkhaidze, director of Kakhetian Traditional Winemaking (KTW), as quoted by Georgian FM station Commersant.
According to Mr. Chkhaidze, the company has been exporting its products to the Chinese market for four years and sales are growing by about 30% every year. At this stage KTW exports to China about 200-300 thousand bottles of wine. Mr. Chkhaidze suggests that this number will increase in the near future.
As for the European market, Zurab Chkhaidze notes that the company has already produced a small amount of exports to several European countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Austria and Germany.
The work on expansion is going on and Chkhaidze suggests that the company will become more active in the European market next year.
"We’ve always stated that there is a traditional wine production in Europe, and Georgian companies need some time to occupy their place in the European market . Therefore, we do not expect such rapid and significant results, " - Zurab Chkhaidze adds.
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Nate…..If you read any of my blogs tonight and yesterday I’m in complete agreement….Like I keep saying, I dont hear any large female singing and I dont see any eatign utensils sticking outta you!! win tomorrow..you have kenny pitching in 6 at home and whoooo knows 🙂 you just have to go out and win tomorrow…to you and all the tigers…win or lose I love ya and I’m fairly sure i aint the only one! GOOOO TIGERS!!!!
And I’m gonna post it here for all posterity…I have an overwhelming feeling that the tigers will get to weaver in the next game and win by quite a bit. I, for one, believe!!
ok one more thing and I’ll shuddup…this is a quote I just read from leylands press conference. MAN! no wonder you guys won 95 regular season games, beat the yanks and swept the A’s!!!With a skip like this you can’t go wrong! If all bosses were like this there would be no disgruntled employees in the world!
“A couple of times during the course of the year I walked into a real quiet clubhouse after we lost a game, and I said I must be in the wrong place, because winning teams don’t do that. That’s the sign of a losing team to me. I told them tonight, go about your business, turn the music on, get your food, talk to each other, and go home with your families, come back tomorrow. But I don’t want to see anybody sitting around with their head down. To me that’s the sign of a losing team, and we’re not a losing team”
Dude, hate to say it cause I love your coach, but you guys are toast. You’ve shown about half a game of life and the only reason this thing is still going on is because your boy Rogers cheated in game two.
I realize you beat the Cards three straight in the regular season but these are obviously not the same Cardinals.
You guys are done.
By Benjamin on October 27, 2006 12:25 am - Reply
Yeah, he sounds like one heck of a boss.
I was amused watching Bonderman being pulled off the field. He was clearly angry, to say the least. And then they cut back to the dugout a few minutes later and Bondo and Leyland were making up. Thought that was really cool.
It seems overall, as an outsider, that this is a group of people who really fit together well. I’m hoping to see many familiar faces next season.
By cosmovanb@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 12:27 am - Reply
Benjamin, dude, you can tell me the tigers are toast if they lose the next game I’ve stated my prediction now you’ve posted yours…after game six one of us can gloat….
cosmovanb… I watched and attended a ton of games this year and your outsider observation is right on…this team is really a great group of talented players and guys…I know they cant keep em all as many will get sweet offers and may be enticed away …cant blame them thats the biz. But I certainly do hope they can keep as many as humanly possible.
Bottom line: we need an error-free game. We are already going to have to sit through a whole winter of being reminded that we set a record for errors by the pitching staff. Let’s at least keep it respectable and not throw the ball to the fence this time. (Remember the times, say, the mid to late 80s, when not seeing a zero in the error column was a strange occurrance?) I believe we can get this back to Detroit and make the Cards sweat a little. Let’s do it, Tigers.
By joehalstead@gmail.com on October 27, 2006 4:35 am - Reply
Excellent message, Nate! I am not ready to throw in the towel, either, because I know what the Tigers can do because I’ve been watching you do it all season.
Last night’s game was a close one, and the Cards fans should not be gloating. Yes, they were able to capitalize, but I wouldn’t say they out-played us by a long shot! We broke Suppan’s streak for not allowing the lead off batter on base!
That being said, we have to get those base runners in! Can’t keep on stranding 9 and win the game. Our bats heated up last night, but we really need them extra hot tonight. I have a good feeling about going up vs. Weaver in Game 5.
Go get ’em Tigers!!!!!
i think they did well last night hopefully justin verlander can keep this going. 68′ was the same way and those tiger stood strong and won. but hopefull justin verlander can keep this going. i do think we’ll win tonight because i seen how in game 2 we got a lot of hits of him. tell everyone they did a good job, espeially sean casey, he worked so hard last night. But good luck to all of you tigers tonight and i love you all so much
by i think they did well last night, i mean the tigers did well
and by me saying we got a lot of hits off, him ,im talking about weaver so i think we will win
good luck to all the tigers tonight and i love you and them all!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys can do it! GO TIGERS!
By shellieatwork@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 5:13 am - Reply
Win or loose, you guys are my heros no matter what. You guys have the best attitudes in the game, and I point that out to my kids every game we watch. I went to my first baseball game in 20 years on August 9th, 2006. I fell in love with baseball and the Tiger team. You guys lost that day..but your attitudes were amazing. Go out there tonight, and play ball. Ignore people like Benjamin who just want to take away from what you guys really have. We love you all here in Michigan!!!
By angelnkids@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 5:14 am - Reply
Nate, Good Luck to you and the Boy’s I know you guys can pull this off. We the fans are not ready to see the lights in Comerica Park Dimmed yet.
By dave_e_fresh@hotmail.com on October 27, 2006 5:19 am - Reply
I thought that you guys had them on the ropes last night. I was sitting on the edge of my chair, and crushed when Curtis slipped, that was disappointing (beat clearly just one of those things, he has been extroidinarily dependable all year and a really wet field got him.
Bondo really did a good job he definatley outpitched Suppon, and Rodney game in and did a great job, minus the throwing error. But lets face it Granderson doesn’t slip and probably were all happy this morning the eror just magnified it.
I believe that you can all pull it out tonight and bring it home to us and let us have one more game at home. Winning three in a row ain’t no big thing???
You have provided me with a great summer and a better fall. GO TIGERS
By gkgruden1@comcast.net on October 27, 2006 5:24 am - Reply
Lets forget about all sloppy play we have had and go win the next one.
I am very dissappointed in the number of runners Granderson and Ordonjez have stranded.
How much a year is O making?
By jvogelzang@comcast.net on October 27, 2006 5:48 am - Reply
Man last night game was such a hard loss because honestly you guy played awesome!! Bondo pitched amazing as expected & fernado did great as well besides that throwing error…. honestly what I can tell you is to go out there and continue to do exactly what your doing the only thing is NO ERRORS because they have come to bite us back hard!
We in Detroit still have faith in you guys & think you will def be coming back home to continue on with the amazing ride…
Good luck tonight we will def be rooting you guys on so go out there & have fun
Go Get Em’ Tigers
By pussycatdoll_06@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 5:55 am - Reply
Lack here! Dad found your blog and sent the link to me so I just wanted to pop in and wish you a little luck. I can’t begin to tell you what a thrill its been following you on this run. I think all of us back home are kind of living this dream out vicariously through you. I’ll pop in a little extra Big League Chew for you guys these final three games. Anyway, so much more to say, hopefully if you swing back home this offseason we can sit down and catch up. Anyway, have a good one, we’re all pulling for you back in the ‘Ta!!!
By ksujlack@sbcglobal.net on October 27, 2006 6:27 am - Reply
And this team is CAN 3 win games straight .
It don’t take Peter Gammons or some sports center expert to tell us what the Tigers need to do .
Just go out and play like you did most of the season . I hope I am wrong but starting Verlander tonight concerns me . I would go with Rogers , even in “that enviroment , in front of St. Louis fans .
By clevelandgolfer1@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 6:30 am - Reply
I’m crushed about last night’s loss – we had it!!! It’s ok, refocus and get back out there, we can do this:)
God Bless our Tigers!
By flutterby0076@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 7:02 am - Reply
That was the best game of the series so far. And on that note, I think this thing is just getting warmed up.
In the past I have been too pessimistic with all the Detroit teams, but you guys have changed my focus. You play out the full nine innings (Leyland has led you well) and keep trying. And the fourth win is always the toughest to get, so you got the Cards right where you want them. Besides, last night Joe Buck made the interesting observation that in the two previous World Series between the Tigers and the Cards, the winner of Game 4 went on to lose the series.
I’m behind you all the way and I’m looking forward to your Game 7 start.
By mike@gty.org on October 27, 2006 7:26 am - Reply
This is the same Tigers team that showed us throughout the entire season that they don’t quit. This team plays ’til the last game, ’til the last inning, ’til the last out, ’til the last pitch. I think anyone who thinks the Tigers aren’t going to bring it tonight is going to be surprised. Good Luck guys!
By rich_gyrl@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 7:32 am - Reply
jvogelzang@comcast.net….
Maybe I misunderstood but it seems you are insinuating that “O” as you call him is making too much for his performance…
#1 did you miss the ALDS and ALCS?
#2 did you miss the season?
as with all the tigers Ordonez played his role and contributed greatly….
If you did watch the ALCS were you murmuring “how much is “O” making” as he sent the walk off home run into the left field seats? I would bet the answer is no.
All I ever hear Yankee fans whining about when they lose is how much their players are making and how they aren’t performing etc. At least they have the excuse that they are spoiled by having a contender for the last 10 years…God let’s not put that image out there as Tiger fans!!!!!
The Tigers are in the World Series! And I’m gonna say it again…. it….isn’t over ….yet
and win or lose I refuse to put my head down.. Leyland said it best “I don’t want to see anybody sitting around with their head down. To me that’s the sign of a losing team, and we’re not a losing team”… let’s be that way as fans as well.
By grindline33@hotmail.com on October 27, 2006 7:37 am - Reply
Whatever happens in the next few days know this – you and the boys have given fans one **** of a ride this year. Watching the team come together and work as a team to over come some sticky situations has been a joy. I wish I could hug each and every one of you for the wonderful year you all have given the fans. If you go home after tonight – so be it – but I’ve believed in you all year and I’m not stopping now.
BLESS YOU BOYS!!!! GO TIGERS!
by the way mike and rich_gyrl Thanks! now that’s what I’m talking about! 🙂
ok, now we are getting some positive momentum…keep it going and you never know, it could transfer to the field next game!!!!!!
ooooops wait a minute, it WILL transfer to the field!!
Hey Nate — You guys played well last night, other than Rodney’s error and a couple bad breaks. I’m sure not counting you out yet but, win or lose, thanks to you and all the guys for such a great season. Detroit Tigers rock! Now go get ’em tonight!
It ain’t over yet.
Good luck tonight, Nate…tell the fellas to bring this thing home to Detroit for Game 6.
By rvisconti@comcast.net on October 27, 2006 8:34 am - Reply
It sounds like you’re not ready to stop playing, Nate, and that’s great. I’m not ready to stop either. GO TIGERS!
By plants@post.harvard.edu on October 27, 2006 9:05 am - Reply
Benjamin, until you, or anyone else can tell me what was on Kenny’s hand, you need to stop with this “Kenny cheated” b.s. Kenny Rogers has stymied three teams in a row now- so, are you going to tell me that the Cards line-up is better than the Yankees? Before you reply, I’d like you to come up with a reason that Kenny went on to pimp the Cards for 7 more innings. Tony La Russa was right for keeping his inquiry discreet, and wrong for constantly modifying his comments later on. La Russa can’t have it both ways, simultaneously saying, “well, I won’t whine about getting beat” and “but he probably cheated”. Doesn’t fly here, Tony.
It’s obvious to me that when the Tigers are (a) hitting and (b) not committing errors, that the Cards don’t stand a chance. Let’s go, Tigers!
I could tell last night that eckstein was corking his bat..did they inspect it? no but I could tell by the sound…spread the word man those guys are cheating!!!!!
Since grindline is stradling the fence on both blog sites for the cards and tigers I might as well. I’m a fan of good baseball, and a bigger fan of the CARDINALS, the games have been real nail biters especially last night, which I had the opportunity to attend it was amazing. To cut the point, I’m reeally surprised at the juvenile mistakes that the tigers have made in this series, the errors are almost un-forgivable, I mean a couple less arrors for the team and this series may have an entire different look,. The CARDINALS are the best in baseball as far as appling constant pressure and they take full advantage of the those types of mental errors and being fundamentally un-sound, like the tigers have been. But it aint over yet, ur team is on life support tho.
By everman@lakeloan.com on October 27, 2006 9:40 am - Reply
thanks for the optimism. It made it just a little bit easier to deal with last night’s loss. I have faith in you guys! I have seen what this team has done pretty consistently throughout the season. No matter what happens tonight, know that the team made this entire city proud of you and proud of itself. It’s been a great season and I BELIEVE it will continue! Until Saturday…
Funny thing is when u lose this series it will be because, everyone said Rogers was cheating huh. Larussa played the situation right, no making a big deal of it, he left that to the media, which they did an excellent job of butchering the whole thing, I definitly think it was over played, but it did play into our favor for sure. Especially if this goes 6 games and Rogers has to pitch and they strip search him, it will take him out of his game the destraction of it all, It is a little unfortunate, but if he did do it oh well, it didnt really matter, if he didnt do it, oh well it diditn really matter, funny joke about eckey.
stradle away everman….theres no secret squirrel password to get in here…its an open forum…no argument about the errors theres no way a team can win a ballgame or a series with that many gaffes. like I said in an earlier blog they need to stop that bleeding immediately if they have any chance of clawing back in it….they also need to adress it going forward into next season and just continue to stress fundamentals as Leyland has been preaching from day 1
Grindline, I watch every game and all the interviews on fox
after the games. My words were I was dissappointed in the number of runners they stranded last night and basically the entire
I love the Tigers and have followed them reverently since
1955 when I was 9 years old.
You wern’t dissappointed last night?
Remember the 1968 Detroit Tigers were up against the exact same situation – down 3-1 against St. Louis and our Tigers won us the World Series.
We WILL do it! No doubt about it. Our Tigers will stomp them Cardinals!
Go Nate Go! Go Detroit Tigers!!!!!!! 🙂
By steveandandrea@earthlink.net on October 27, 2006 9:56 am - Reply
jvogelzang….
I was terribly disappointed..I also was not addressing the point about runners on bass…I said to my brother when they left a man on third one out (I think it was the fourth inning) “I hope that doesnt come back to bite them in the ***” I wish I had been wrong!!
I was addressing the fact that you were implying that Ordonez wasnt earning his keep
I am also a longtime fan…not quite as long as you as my first memories are ofmy dad taking me to Tigers stsdium in early 80’s I was ten.
So, I do absolutely understand the frustration and disappointment..especially after the incredible joy of seeing them beatthe Yankees and sweep the ALCS!
It’s kind of like getting the second and third gift on your christmas list but your parents forgot the first!!!
Win or lose, you guys are still awesome.
Just get your gum ready.
By beatlesjill79@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 10:08 am - Reply
ooops sorry kids….santa forgetting the first! 🙂
Not that you and the rest of the boys don’t need extra motivations, but Gene W. at ESPN is saying this is over in 5 games. And if I am not mistaken, this from a guy who predicted the Tigers to take the series. How fast the fickle ones are to abandon ship.
Not here–no way!
By mike@gty.org on October 27, 2006 10:24 am - Reply
From a CARDINALS fan perspective, the media is the devil, they never gave us a chance from the get go. Yea we had a less than impresive regular season and barely made it the last 2 weeks, but we did. We were not supposed to beat Diego and killed em. Then the Mets were supposed to stomp us, beat that one too. And now here we are about to wrap it up, I’m surprised the media isnt saying Tigers will win 3 in a row, I feel ur pain media is wishy washy, alltogetther. U have to remember Tigers put the Yanks out and the CARDS, put the Mets out , the media is hating us all, no team from NY to speak of we are killing the ratings in their minds, Way to go Tigers and Cards, for busting up the media’s parade.
By everman@lakeloan.com on October 27, 2006 10:35 am - Reply
mike and all others here…..
I have a prepared letter for Gene W. if you missed his latest article trashing the tigers here is the link..
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2640237
if the tigers win tonight I’m gonna send the letter and post it here as well…he posts his email address..here it is..
gene.wojciechowski@espn3.com
if you feel the urge and have time please send him a little “love letter” this guy is a senior staff writer at ESPN.com and is absolutely terrible!!!!!
read these two articles as well…..
if journalism has a duty to be unbiased and truthful…this guy is breaking all the rules!
anyhow thanks for bringing that up. I noticed recently how much of a loser this guy was. If the Tigers win watch for my letter..can’t wait to post it!!!!
1968 St. Louis/Tigers World Series. St. Louis ahead 3-1, Tigers win the World Series, winning the last 3 games and winning the second game. 2006, you guys won the second game and now you are 1-3. Wouldn’t it be awesome to win the last 3 games. Let history repeat itself! No one thought you would beat the Yankee$ and you did. No one thought you would beat the A’s and you did. Now no one thinks you can beat the Cardinals, you know the pattern here. You guys have the drive, you proved it last night. The only thing that kept you from winning was the errors. Stay away from those errors and you can do it. Tell Justin I’m rooting for him tonight, (he’s so cute! I was able to get my picture taken with him during photo day at Comerica Park this year, very nice guy!) Good Luck tonight and let’s bring this thing home! I believe in you guys, you can and will win! GO TIGERS!! Also Nate, I love that you post your comments. Not too many celebrities would take the time to do this for the fans. It’s pretty cool, I hope you continue to do this. Your fans in Caseville, Kinde and Essexville, Michigan
By keyz3@speednetllc.com on October 27, 2006 10:42 am - Reply
good points. I had expressed that in an earlier blog. the media is pissed that two “small market” teams are in it.
I had tickets to game 3 of the ALCS, they changed the time of detroits game from 7:30 to 4 in the afternoon! people had to take off work and completely rearrange their life…..they claimed it was weather..yeah right! Why didn’t they move the game last night to 4 in case it rained later?????
guess what, The Mets got the prime time spot..
I am sooooo glad both New york teams got spanked!
Hey GENTS, i HATE RAIN ON UR COME BACK PARADE, but when Jim Leyland says he will not start Rogers in game 5 because he didnt want to put him in that environemnt, show’s to me he is throwing in the towel, I mean if he didit use pine tar, whats the big deal put ur ace on the mound to save elimination, thats essentially what is at stake. Rogers has been lights out, plus Cards havent been hitting lefties at all. He is the veteran he needs to **** up the possible crude harrassment from the fans of the Cards and go out do his job, and keep ur team in it. Bad move on Leylands part I think.
thought i’d repost this one I did earlier while I was “stradling” by the way didn’t weaver pitch the cardinals loss and reyes shut the tigers down???? I wouldn’t second guess larussa though he know a lil about baseball too!
about rogers pitching tonight..The Tigers have to win three more games…It’s not so much about whether or not Rogers is man enough but what is the best situation for him to be sucessful. That situation is at home where Larussas x-ray glasses don’t work as well!!! I also heard Rogers forgot to pack his pine tar….seriously though, sticking with the rotation is whats best it worked against the yankees and the A’s and if Verlander can win tonight you have rogers pitching at home to force a game seven….I think Leyland is playing for the series rather than the game..And although he is taking a risk by not marching out his stopper I have learned to never second guess that guy…for one he has just a touch more baseball experience than me (although I’d smoke him at the friolator) and he has gotten a 91 game loser last year to the series this year!!
now everman come back when you have a point I can’t decimate!!!
GO TIGGERS!
PLAY HARD AND JUST REMEMBER YOU HAVE GIVEN US A GREAT YEAR – YOU ALL CAME A LONG WAY THIS YEAR. WERE PROUD OF YOU! ONCE A TIGER FAN ALWAYS A TIGER FAN – NEVER GIVE UP! SHOW US THAT TIGGER STUFF
By pratw00d@comcast.net on October 27, 2006 11:56 am - Reply
This may sound a little silly but here it is. I would actually like to see the CARDS go back to DETROIT and play game 6 just, just so we can have the opportunity to rain on Rogers parade and see the pain and despair of all the fans after the lose, Kicking some butt in the KITTY KENNEL WOULD TOO SWEET LOL.
By everman@lakeloan.com on October 27, 2006 12:22 pm - Reply
believe me everman you are probably just about the only Cards fan that would hope that….caaaareful what you wish for!!
it’s all about more baseball my friend, i want to see more baseball more baseball, no yanks, no mets , no socks, more baseball, more base ball MMMOOORRREEEEEE BBBAAASSSEEEBBBAAALLL
well now I can relate to that! I am going to have serious seperation anxiety when this season is over..I’m a huge hockey fan too so thank god for the red wings…hahaha
Detroit Still Believes!! No need to panic, because we still believe in this years Tigers! The only thing I see is maybe a lack of enthusiasm that has been lacking in this series! The team from the Regular Season was more energetic and played the game like with pure enjoyment and love of the game! I know that it’s the World Series, and you have to remain focused, but honestly it’s not our style! We need a SPARK in the dugout, and even on the field! It’s the World Series guys!! Let’s get some excitement going! You all look TOOOO Serious! I know our backs are against the wall here, but come on man let’s get fired up!
Having Said that, I really think that you guys still have a shot at this. The crowd in St. Louis, will be pumped up for sure, but let’s take them out of the equation and make it OUR game, the way we’ve been doing it all season long. I think if “Justincredible” can get his groove on tonight, then he should really keep us in the game! All we need now, is the bats to come a swingin’ and with the whole state of Michigan with mouths full of Rally Chew, how can you guys go wrong?
Let’s go TIGERS
Oh Eeee Oh… MAGGLIO….
By lilblondie48642@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 12:41 pm - Reply
The Tigers may be an excellent team, but are not holding up under the pressure of the World Series. The Cards have heart, and the pressure is bringing out the best in them. “Play a hard nine” has been their motto and they are living it. The team of destiny is knocking at the door, tonight’s the night! GO CARDS!!
By formyvendors@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 12:53 pm - Reply
amen my friend they just dont get it, i do fell for the tigers fans, in st. louis we can count on the fact that we have a chance every year to make it in the post season, so we will always have opportunities in the years to come, that may not be the case for the tigers.
good point lilblondie!
I went to a few games this year and saw firsthand the loose, fun loving tigers doing their ritual handshakes and smiling and laughing a ton…I don’t see that here….Leyland has been preaching the have fun attitude all year I hope he instills that again tonight…
And Leyland being the best manager in baseball, I think he will!
Leyland is the second best mgr.
again for my vendors and everman…it…aint…over….
and you are right everman we’ve been waiting a long time for a winner…buuuuuut if winning it all is what we are talking..when was the last time the tigers won it…and the Cards…you got us beat their buddy!
formyvendors…
ok your right…but only cause larussa has his x-ray glasses!!!!!!!!
Leyland and LaRussa will face off again next year in the all star game, something to look forward to no matter the outcome of this series. The two best mgrs together again.
By formyvendors@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 1:00 pm - Reply
and best friends….I dont care what they say thats gotta be tuff…it’s easier if you dont care or hate your opponent
Regarding Leylands decision not to play Rogers in that kind of environment. I was just listening to 1270 on the way home and they are doing their show from St. Louis. And they said that regarding the environment down there is it just horrible. There are all kinds of mean spirited pinetar t-shirts, cheater , etc.. They said that it is very very hostile. And even though they know that Kenny could survive in it, they almost understand where he is coming from.
They also said that they believe that Larussa is so slick in the way he handled this thing that Leyland is playing right into him, they don’t want to see Kenny because they know they cannot beat him. Ya know Larussa is a lawyer, he is smart and instead of coming out and saying anything, just putting out rumors and inuendo he stradled the fence so he can look like a good guy, when he is not.
They put out these rumors about scuffed balls. Well I wish someone could tell me how if in fact there are these so called scuffed balls how they got a hold of them. This is how it goes right Kenny throws the ball which comes from the ball boy to the umpire or Pudge the ball is hit (only) by the Cardinal batter either to one of our players or a foul ball into the crowd. How does a Cardinal player or coach ever get there hands on these alleged balls. I think that coach is the big fat liar. If someone could explain that to me I would greatly appreciate it. If they have scuffed balls they must of been from their own pitcher. Yes thats it Weaver is the cheater. Those of us in Detroit all know that he is a pot head, and a trouble maker.
lets spread that around.
by the way to anyone who wants to bash me for not having a life or wasting my time here…..I’ll explain (cause I’d probably be annoyed by me to if I was reading) 🙂
I can’t work or go anywhere right now ’cause I am sitting here with a broken leg and am propped up next to my computer……
Believe me..I’m not looking for any sympathy but thought my endless rants merited an explination.As well as the fact that several jerks have emailed me with nasty emails and tried to judge me on these blogs…
This is a good distraction to my itching leg that I can’t scratch..Ahhhhhh!!!
I’m listening to 1270 too gk,
yeah, I had tickets to yesterdays game and couldn’t go..see above..
I’m kinda glad cause this pine tar thing really gets on my nerves and I would have gotten in a fight with any and all ignorant Card fan that tried to get in my face…..and thats a bad idea with a bad leg…
ever hear the one about a one legged man in an…..
I was at the tigers games against the yanks and yes people were giving yankees fans a hard time so we arent all a bunch of angels!!! It’s kind of fun to rub it in the face of opposing fans..admit it!!
whats true is true. Let’s have a pair here and not be whiners either!
it ain’t over till it’s over!
just get out there and WIN!!!
GO NATE!!! GO TIGERS!!!
By ramjays27@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 1:31 pm - Reply
To my family and I, the Tigers have always been winners in the past, are winners today and will continue to be winners tomorrow.
To us, they embody HOPE and the power of those who believe in you to be guided by and win because of that hope.
We believe in the Tigers and are so proud of them. We are thrilled to watch how well they have bonded as a team. We are excited by how much they have overcome.
From this season and this day on, the Tigers will be a team to take notice of.
GO TIGERS! WE BELIEVE!
By hlmoody61@msn.com on October 27, 2006 1:47 pm - Reply
Good points grindline…you guys just got to relax and chill at least that is what my b.f. told me. you guys gotta have fun. i managed to get to the pennant clincher and maggs we need your hits again…..and polanco we need u to!!!!!!!!:-)
~~~Blair Kennedy~~~
By twright1741@wowway.com on October 27, 2006 1:53 pm - Reply
Hey Gruden, let’s get real bro, the environment is nothing more than what any player would have to face at any other park, the comment about pine tar signs and t-shirts is false i was at the game last night and I didnt se a one. besides cardinals management was not allowing anyone to bring in or wear anything of the sort, they were taking them away at the gate. In regards to that classy move and how Toni handled the situation is as follows. Toni did not want to make it into a circus by any means, he has a good relationship with Leyland, and if he was to pursue it strongly that night it makes it look like the only way we can win is to get Rogers removed for the series, Toni brought it to the umps attention and asked that it be addressed and it was. It was a lose, lose for Toni, he got it from both sides. Why didint u make a bigger deal out of it Toni, see how it was a lose lose for him. The CARDINALS ARE A CLASSY ORGANIZATION and we did not want to have this cloud over our head to take away from the accomplishment of winning the WORLD SERIES if the opportunity had arisen, which it has, so in hind site it was a great move by Toni to down play it. Now next point, the media is the one who made this out to be a big deal, the close-ups of his hand and all that. They blew it out of proportion, not the CARDS OR TONI. Last point, Rogers has had excellent stuff cant take that away, but we have to challenge his judgement, all of baseball had a comment about what was really on his hand . Now lets be realistic if it were my team I would support that it wasnt pine tar, but do u really believe it was just dirt and that he had no idea it was on his hand, I mean come on, also look at the way the dugout responded after the first inning, he and leyland go down below to talk it out and so on. I dont care either way, yea he beat us, more than likely he wont get the chance to do it again, and if he does I think we will fair real well against him the second time around look at the results we had against Glavine the second time around when he shut us doen the first time. Just accept the fact that it is not un-reasonable to think that he had some sort of altering substance on his hand besides dirt.
By everman@lakeloan.com on October 27, 2006 2:02 pm - Reply
Everman. The fact of the matter is that neither you or I or Toni Larussa or Fox reporters know what was on that hand. The only ones that do are the umps, Kenny Rogers and maybe some others that are on the field close by my know. The fact of the matter is it probably would of been better if they would of looked at it because at least there wouldn’t be all of this speculation and his name could either be cleared or not.
And the pictures I have seen regarding the sudden influx of mean spirtited t-shirts and such and talk in the St. Louis area really have nothing to do with the Cardinals organization, I have no problems with them, most of your fans seem great. But to sit here and tell me that it is not going on in your city is false. And you cannot tell me that if Kenny did pitch in your stadium that it wouldn’t be hostile. That is nieve.
I don’t actually agree with the way that Tony Larussa handled the situation. I don’t actually agree with the way anyone handled the situation. And I certianly don’t agree with these other rumors that your bench coach or whatever he is putting out these rumors in USA Today about these scuffed balls. I take it since you didn’t comment of my question about how you would come in possession of these supposed “scuffed balls”. Because there is no logical explaination.
And to reiterate another point I like the Cardinals. I think that they are a team somewhat like the Tigers. Under appreciated by the media. I just think that some of the things with Larussa are not as unitentional and classy as you think. That may of been his original thought but he certialy took advantage and spun it in the media and in your city. That you have to agree. He is a lawyer that is what lawyers are trained to do.
I look forward to watching you pitch game 7 in Detroit. The ENTIRE Gum-Chewing Nation will be chewing for you.
Don’t give up. Never give in.
By ultedan@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 2:45 pm - Reply
I was at the game Tues night and saw one pine tar sign in the section next to us and no pine tar shirts.
ok guys thanks for the interesting posts I appreciate the distraction!! gotta run, or hobble in my case!! I’ll be on after the game tonight win or lose…GOOOOOOO TIGERS!!!!!!!!
oh and Nate…Thanks for this post and sorry for clogging the blog! I still say keep that arm cocked,locked and ready to rock for game 7!!!!!!!!
STICK A FORK IN ‘EM…. THE FAT LADY IS WARMIN’ UP. SORRY FOLKS, BUT I AM THINKING THIS YEAR BELONGS TO ST LOUIS, BASEBALL HEAVEN!! It has been fun and not uneventful!
By wild_plum41@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 3:14 pm - Reply
This Tiger fan has not given up on her favorite team! You did it in ’68 and you can do it again. Love you guys either way! But don’t give up. One game at a time…..
Don’t ever give up. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Remember the wisdom of Star Wars’ Yoda: Do or Do Not. There is No Try. Go Tigers!!!!!!! I’m behind you all the way!!!!!!!
By inkums@sbcglobal.net on October 27, 2006 3:38 pm - Reply
Come on Tigers, you know your better then this. I guess The Cardinals want it more, even though you guys are the better team look what happen to the Mets. The Mets were as good as you guys but The Cardinals poisened them or somthing and there doing the same thing to you.
Dont let them do it to you guys. It wasnt the Mets year and Maybe its not the Tigers year but it should Be!!!
Work hard and please dont loose tonight.
Best of Luck!!!
Nate, I don’t even know if you’ll read this since I’m number 82, but I just feel that you should know that this has been an OUTSTANDING season, win or lose. I’m proud of you guys and what you’ve accomplished. Together,You’ve turned the team around and even united a city, that’s pretty amazing.
I’m also thrilled that you were wearing that Mic that day, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to read about my favorite Tiger. Yes, I know I’m being slightly “sentimental,” but you guys deserve it.
So win-or-lose tonight, you guys are totally awesome and I cannot wait for next season to start….but like I said, you still have a game to play, and like you said “it’s one game at a time!”
Good Luck and God Bless!!!!!!!
By shannysgurl123@hotmail.com on October 27, 2006 4:47 pm - Reply
Hey Grindline, get my drift?
How many hits did he have tonight?
Game over. What a sad ending to a brilliant season.
They played like a last place team again tonight. 3 unearned runs and bad base running.
I hope these are freshman jitters.
How would you like to be Marcus T.
How many at bats did he have during the series?
By jvogelzang@comcast.net on October 27, 2006 8:39 pm - Reply
Thanks boys for the wild ride this year you all rocked this city and state all year. Keep your chins up and grow from your experiences. Thanks again for bringing respect back to baseball in Detroit! We love you guys win or lose this was the most fun we’ve had in years, and look forward to seeing you all in the spring!!!!!
Jeremy and Tracey
Greenbush, MI
By ethereal_24@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 8:47 pm - Reply
Congrats to you and the team on a great season! I’d say ALCS champs is pretty great considering how long it’s been since the Tigers have been to the playoffs! See you next season!!
By u2angel226@aim.com on October 27, 2006 8:52 pm - Reply
no jvogelzang i do not get your drift……
I can understand your frustration but would they even be here without him..or any of these guys for that matter..
its funny I just read your blog as leyland was being interviewed and he said (im paraphrasing)
“I’m happy for my good friend Tony, and all the players I know and love on the cardinals”
When asked if he was more frustrated about the errors or the lack of offense he said….
“I don’t single any one out..we didnt play well, I didnt have my team ready and this team was not ready to win a world series”…..
once again Mr. Leyland says so much better what I could only stammer through! Theres a lot to be learned about sportsmanship (and life) from this amazing man!!!!!
Well folks it’s been a **** of a year!!!
Nate, Mr. Leyland and all the tigers… THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!! this was one year to remember let’s get together next year and do it again! I’ll be there on opening day..see you then…..
My family and I are so greatful to the Tigers for this season. We haven’t had this much to cheer about in years. We are proud of this team for all that they have accomplished. We look forward to doing this again next year.
Also, although Brandon had a rough W.S. it may cheer him up some to know that he is still my wife’s favorite Tiger! Go Inge and Go Tigers!
Ken, Shannan and Jakob
Buckley, MI
By kstawowy@hotmail.com on October 27, 2006 9:16 pm - Reply
Thank you Tigers for a great 2006 season. Thank you Nate and Brandon – love you guys!!!
Thank you for the great memories of being in the playoffs just like in 1984 when I was a kid and for the true joy of being a Tigers fan.
I love your excitement and passion – can’t wait for next season – see you all in the spring!!!
BLESS YOU BOYS!!!
By theresa@detroittigers.net on October 27, 2006 9:33 pm - Reply
Sorry guys; just wasn’t in the cards but, heck, you guys had a great season, went further than you were ever thought to be able to. We’re proud of you all and you gave us a great year. Thanks and will see you next spring. Stay healthy all of you!!!
By jurban8459@sbcglobal.net on October 27, 2006 9:59 pm - Reply
Hey Nate, and Nate’s team –
Of course I was hoping for a game in Detroit, but that’s OK. I’m still thrilled about the ride you took us on, and I still love you all. The countdown to next spring starts now (such a long wait!) and we’ll be back and ready for you next year. Thank you, really, thank you for a great year. Have a good break and know that your fans think you guys are the best.
By cosmovanb@yahoo.com on October 27, 2006 10:30 pm - Reply
To the Tigers fans – what a fantastic year your team had. Everything clicked for the Cards this post season. We’re going crazy here in St Louis. Hope to see you again in the 2007 WS.
Enjoy the party, Former. I hope we get our chance soon!
Wether you loose 119 games or win 95. Wether you loose in the world series or win it all and bring it back to Detroit. I will always love the Detroit Tigers no matter what the season brings.
By piston009@aim.com on October 27, 2006 11:19 pm - Reply
Good season last year
hope that you guys get ur team together soon
ohhhh GOOD LUCK AND U SOCK
By sbaker3233@comcast.net on November 29, 2007 5:57 pm - Reply
Please Keep Brandon Inge. He will be a gold glove third basemen. Miguel came into the league an outfielder and maybe if he could loose some weight he could play there again. The Tigers need the bat but they can’t afford to let Inge get away.
By rd6415@ship.edu on January 18, 2008 8:40 am - Reply
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AEROSE measurements are used for boundary conditions in air quality forecasts with a Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated (HYSPLIT) dust model (ARL)
Aerosol measurements from NCAS facilities at HU Beltsville site and partners’ campuses are used in ARL air quality model validations
The primary goal of NCAS is to produce a diverse and well-trained cadre of technical and environmentally literate professionals who will help shape the nation’s future as “an informed society that uses a comprehensive understanding of the role of the oceans, coasts, and atmosphere in the global ecosystem to make the best social and economic decisions” (NOAA Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2009-2014 – Vision Statement). NCAS will draw on the talents of its faculty, NOAA employees, and other partnerships to address current and future challenges to improving NOAA NWS products and services.
NCAS will achieve this goal through collaborative research in support of NOAA mission. NCAS is aligned with the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) but also partners with NOAA Education, the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), and National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). NCAS research will be focused in the following three thematic areas.
Integrated research and applications in climate and weather observations, analyses, and prediction in support of the NOAA’s mission
Integrated research and applications in Air Quality Observations, Analyses, and Prediction in support of the NOAA’s mission
Observational programs in support of research in weather and climate analyses and prediction, and in air quality analyses and forecast, and in support of educational training.
NCAS will build an observational testbed to aid the transfer of emerging observational technologies to into NWS operations. NCAS will broaden access to STEM educational opportunities in the NOAA sciences through enhancement of hands-on research experiences for students spanning the K-12 spectrum in concert with broader community outreach.
The proposed research, training, and development is specifically designed to support the Weather and Water, Climate, Mission Support Goals and all of NOAA’s cross-agency priorities: workforce development, integrated Earth observations, state-of-the-art research, an environmentally literate public, and building strong national and international relationships. The partnership of six schools will build on the capacities developed, collaborations established, and lessons learned over the past ten years as a NOAA Cooperative Science Center. This strategic plan will define the NCAS research design; the education, workforce development and community outreach activities; and the integration of social, behavioral, and economic sciences translational research
NCAS research will be designed and executed by four teams – the Climate Working Group, the Weather Working Group, the Air Quality Working Group, and the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Working Group. The four working groups will work with NOAA to coordinate the research and training activities. Synergistic study designs will utilize existing observational infrastructures and modeling capacities at the partner institutions as well as NOAA facilities (NOAA vessels, research platforms, and laboratories). Emphasis will be placed on geographic transitional regimes that are characterized by rapidly developing and/or densely populated regions. It is particularly within these transitional regimes that the complexities of the interactions between environment and society confound the assessments of climate change and its impacts. While designing research strategies, NCAS will consult with NOAA technical monitors and its External Advisory Board (EAB) committee members for new ideas, suggestions, and recommendations.
The research, training, and outreach described in the accompanied Implementation Plan support the mission goals of “Climate” and “Weather and Water” specified in the FY2009-FY2014 NOAA strategic plan and objectives laid out in the FY2009-2013 NCEP Strategic Plan, the FY2010 NOAA Climate Service (NCS) Draft Plan, and the NESDIS/STAR Strategic Plan FY2009-2014. The five goals that NCAS will address are in the following objectives:
A. Describe and understand the state of the climate system through integrated observations, monitoring, and data management
B. Understanding Climate Processes and Improvement in Modeling Capability
C. Improving Lead-time and Accuracy for Weather and Water Warning and Forecasts
D. Provide Air Quality Information, Predictions, and Decision Support Tools for Policies and Emission Management
E. Development of Capabilities for Observation Systems for routine delivery and attribution of past and current state of the climate
Objective (1) NOAA calls for a process-level understanding and enhanced modeling capacities of the elements of the Earth system that relates to atmosphere and its composition, the oceans, terrestrial tropics, and the cryosphere in order to provide better analyses and predictions. In objectives (2) and (3), NOAA calls for a community modeling approach to develop both operational and applied research needs of NOAA by providing high performance computing, data assimilation, and modeling tools to monitor the Earth’s environment and predict future states. The NOAA strategic plan in air quality (4) calls for research in three key areas: model development, regional assessments, and improved measurement tools to monitor long-term trends. Objective (5) NOAA calls for a continued and expanded global observation and monitoring of greenhouse gases and aerosols to provide higher spatial and temporal resolution information on regional scales, and addressing known societal challenges of significant concern by using appropriate climate data and analyses and forecasts.
NCAS research activities generally fall within one of three thematic thrusts: Weather and Climate, Air Quality, and Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE). Within each thematic thrust, NCAS defines several areas that map onto NOAA mission goals. Students will be trained in each project and additional research partnerships may come from variety of sources including private sector, academia, federal non-NOAA, and international. Building upon this success and capacity and in support of research and education, NCAS will continue to strengthen its observation programs to better respond to NOAA research objectives.
Effective translation of NOAA sciences to the public and private sectors is essential for achieving the vision articulated in the NOAA Strategic plan. NCAS will initially address SBE research in two ways. Research focused on human impacts – which is integrated within the air quality working group activity focused on forecast value and social and behavioral research that spans across working groups and is focused on communication, public perceptions, and social attitudes toward NOAA sciences. The proposed research projects will lead to the development of a new generation of services, advances in sensors / sensor networks, and establishment of an improved understanding of complex systems and their global interactions.
NCAS will work on enhancing its existing relationships with two NOAA Cooperative Institutes – CICS (Cooperative Institutes for Climate Studies) at University of Maryland at College Park, and JISAO (Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans) at University of Washington in Seattle to facilitate additional mainstream funding from NOAA and to assist in building stronger collaborations with NOAA employees.
NCAS faculty have established great collaborations of joint projects between NCAS faculty and NOAA scientists at various NOAA laboratories (such as NWS/NCEP, NESDIS/STAR, ARL, ESRL etc.,), federal government agencies such as NSF, NASA and DOE, other state agencies (Maryland Department of Environment), and various academic institutions such as Penn State, University of Virginia, Millersville University, and the University of Oklahoma.
NCAS will leverage its human resources and physical infrastructure to attract additional non-NOAA federal funding through proposals to other federal agencies, foundations, and to corporate sector partners.
True sustainability will involve the institutionalization of a vibrant academic enterprise (e.g. HUPAS) whose faculty members engage in a variety of extended collaborations throughout the atmospheric science community and has the capacity to consistently produce high quality graduates. NCAS will continue to work towards the institutionalization of its chief academic programs in atmospheric sciences on each of the partner campuses.
The Education and Community Outreach Working Group will implement the programmatic aspects of this strategic plan with the goal of broadening the diversity and capacity of the nation’s STEM workforce (with emphasis on increasing engagement of African Americans, Hispanics, and other underserved populations). The activities of this working group will be integrated with the research of the SBE, Climate, Weather, and Air Quality Working groups. NCAS research, observations and data collection, data distribution and analyses, and evaluation, will be used as teaching tools by the education, outreach, and workforce development components. Several partnerships with several private sector companies and the other NOAA Cooperative Institutes have been forged over the past five years. These partners will continue to play a major role in the NCAS activities including K-12 projects, in workforce development activities, professional development, and as sponsors of STEM internship programs.
NCAS will significantly enhance the competitiveness of key academic programs by building their capacity in the critical support areas for NOAA. These key areas include:
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics
Environmental Sciences and Marine Sciences
Integration of diverse geo-spatially referenced data sets related to the sociological impacts and responses – particularly of underserved communities
Coordination of STEM pre-college education and undergraduate research experiences across the partner campuses;
Educating a new and ethnically diverse generation of US citizens trained in science and technology;
Increasing the quality and quantity of our nation’s science and technology workforce, with more women and underrepresented minorities contributing to these increases; and
Changing institutional organization infrastructure such that the standard conduct of the university research enterprise will include pro-active local community outreach and integration with socio-cultural dynamics of the traditionally underrepresented and under-served populations
NCAS will exploit the interdisciplinary nature of these fields to broaden its appeal and attract a more diverse cohort of students toward future careers in STEM and in particular, atmospheric science. NCAS outreach activities are designed to attract students towards careers in these fields. The following sections outline the specific elements of NCAS’ education program. The proposed approach is well aligned with the recommendations of an extensive body of literature included in the recent national academies report on broadening participation in STEM. NCAS aims to create a “distinctive” footprint by changing the national statistics for minority professionals in the atmospheric, marine, and environmental sciences.
NCAS has established a PhD pipeline through the NCAS partner institutions, and will continue to strengthen and expand the mechanism developed over the first five-year cycle. NCAS provides a critical source of student support in the form of student stipends, tuition support, scholarships, and student training programs for this unique and potentially high-impact program. All students receiving NCAS support will be tracked and these longitudinal data will be used to determine indicators of the impact of the NCAS programs.
NCAS has developed and implemented numerous successful educational and outreach efforts that focus on impacting students enrolled in all of the NCAS partner institutions at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. NCAS will provide summer research internships to a wide variety of undergraduates and transitioning graduate students at NOAA facilities (including the sea-going vessels when available) and the NCAS facilities (particularly observational HUBC, Isla Magueyes). The internships will continue to serve as a primary recruitment tool for NCAS graduate programs. Over the lifetime of the HUPAS program, nearly 60% of the enrollees have participated in an NCAS internship. The NCAS Education lead will play a primary role in developing enhanced mentoring and recruitment strategies.
NCAS will leverage the legacy of its MSI partners and knowledge gained from successful outreach programs to sustain and grow the talent pipeline in support of our education strategy. NCAS will execute a focused recruitment program that feeds into the undergraduate, pre-graduate, and graduate degree programs. NCAS has also developed graduate program elements that enhance student professional development through conference mentorship, summer workshops, student exchange, and new courses.
NCAS faculty, staff and students will participate in key national conferences including, but not limited to the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the National Weather Association (NWA), the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ALSO), the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and the National Conference for Black Physics Students (NCBPS). Both recruitment and professional development will be performed at these venues. A chief example is the Colour of Weather ™ Networking Mixer held annually at the American Meteorological Society Meeting. These events have provided a unique recruitment opportunity for HUPAS, and have recently been elevated to a level of national recognition. These events are now not only co-sponsored by the AMS, they are the featured diversity event at the annual conference. NCAS partners with Colour of Weather, Inc. – a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting environmental literacy, diversity and inclusion in science education through community service and other activities that provide access to information, knowledge, technical consultation and support, and research.
NCAS will sponsor a suite of education and outreach activities as part of a larger strategy for entraining and maintaining a diverse pool of students into STEM careers. The key features of each activity are outlined below.
NCAS will conduct a limited suite of summer workshops that rotate amongst the partner campuses. This activity will be combined with technical workshops given at major professional meetings and aligned with the capabilities of the NCAS partnership (e.g. lidar applications, aerosol measurements and analyses, modeling). Efforts will be made to ensure that applicants are from the NCAS partners, then from the other NOAA Cooperative Science Centers have full access to the training before opening it up to other Colleges and Universities. All eligible students will be invited to apply through conference recruitment, email invitations/notifications, and website announcements (EPP and NCAS webpages).
NCAS will support two postdoctoral fellows in one of the thematic areas of weather, climate, air quality across all of NCAS and anticipates the support of additional postdoctoral researchers and research associates on all partner campuses. The postdoctoral appointments will be awarded on an annual basis with an option for re-appointment based on performance. This program is a continuation of the highly successful postdoctoral program implemented during the first five years at HU, UTEP, and UPRM. In addition to the NCAS faculty mentor, each postdoctoral fellow is expected to work in direct collaboration with a NOAA civil servant. The NCAS Postdoctoral Fellows will receive support for travel, professional development (technical skills training where relevant), and be included in the strategic planning, project management, and student mentoring. The NCAS post doctors will also have a special meeting to discuss concerns and peer mentor during the Science Team Meetings.
NCAS will implement a regular series of exchange lectures each year that will involve faculty from each academic institution and/or their NOAA collaborators to visit another partner institutions and MSIs to discuss research opportunities, NOAA science, and opportunities for enhanced collaboration. Some of the seminars delivered during these exchanges will be broadcast over the web in the form of webinars and videotaped for later use as an instructional tool at the MSIs. The course routinely involves NOAA scientists as guest lecturers. NCAS will aim to make this course content available online to all partner institutions. Other courses will be identified based on need and expertise requirements within the partnership that can enhance academic programs.
All partners within NCAS will support undergraduate researchers during both the summer and academic year – including opportunities for undergraduate student exchange among partner institutions. NCAS will host a small cadre of students (primarily upper-level undergraduates who have indicated an interest in graduate programs at one of the NCAS partners) during the summer in the Washington, DC area for research internships at Howard University, NCEP, NESDIS, and other NOAA facilities. This 8-10 week summer program will provide a stipend, provision of room, board and a meal plan, a NOAA-relevant research experience, and technical writing and presentation training. The summer program will culminate with a joint research colloquium in which students from all summer internships come to Washington, D.C. to deliver an oral presentation to a joint audience of NOAA representatives, mentors, and NCAS partners.
The NCAS partners will coordinate a suite of field training experiences for students involved in center research. It has been accepted that research training and mentoring is an efficient way of attracting and retaining students in STEM fields. Faculty at Howard University will collaborate with AOML and NESDIS scientists in order to conduct research cruises aboard the Ronald H. Brown and other NOAA vessels to investigate aerosol processes in the marine environment. NCAS will support training and research activities that provide students with meaningful experiences in deploying meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation for climate and weather research and data analyses. UPRM routinely hosts short (hours to days) to modest (days to weeks) field experiments aboard research vessels in the Caribbean and Tropical Atlantic. NCAS will also entrain students into field experiments that may arise from other collaborations with NOAA at surface sites in Beltsville, MD and other locations to be determined over the course of the cooperative agreement.
NCAS will implement a model system of high school and middle school science camps focused on weather and climate each summer at four NCAS partner sites: Howard University, UTEP, Jackson State University, and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez. The camps will have a common rubric for Channeling Atmospheric Research into Educational Experiences Reaching Students (CAREERS) that emphasizes all of the professional opportunities that a career in STEM can offer and the academic preparation that is required.
NCAS will forge partnerships with several middle and elementary schools in order to directly address the decline in the number of graduating high school students pursuing STEM majors in college. This decline is even more significant in school children from underrepresented groups. This age group is critical for the development of a strong pipeline of domestic talent for the nation’s future workforce.
NCAS has been conducting Science Fests in Washington, DC since fall 2009 with significant success and with growing support. The Science Fests are scientific demonstration events that encourage hands-on participation and active learning to engage and retain students’ interests. Recently, Colour of Weather, Inc., Lockheed-Martin, the local chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), and the local chapter of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) have served as co-sponsors. NCAS will continue to seek leveraged support for these activities from local and national organizations.
NCAS will seek to leverage strengths of successful programs that are operating in the academic institutions and their surrounding communities. The specific strategies for developing these partnerships will be determined by the outreach coordinator to be hired under this award and included in the implementation plan. Some examples of potential partners include the Upward Bound program; the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), and Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) Program.
NCAS will increase its engagement with community colleges by working within the existing framework of activities sponsored by the partnering institutions for recruitment and opportunities for student enrichment. For example, Howard University partners with Dade Community College (FL) and Montgomery College (MD).
NCAS will assume the lead role in coordinating a cross-CSC collaboration to implement UAS-based technology at each of the lead institutions for the current CSCs. This effort will increase the technical expertise and student training at each of the CSC’s and provide NOAA with a unique suite of sensors to support their strategic interests in atmospheric and marine monitoring.
ACARS – Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting system
AERADNET – Aerosols and Radiation Observing NETwork
AEROSE – Aerosols and Oceanographic Science Expedition
AGI – American Geological Institute
AGU – American Geophysical Union
AIRS – Atmospheric Infrared Sounder
AMMA – African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis
AMS – American Meteorological Society
AOD – Aerosol Optical Depth
AOML – Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
AOT – Aerosol Optical Thickness
APS – Aerosol Particle Size
ARL – Air Resources Laboratory
ARM – Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
ASLO – American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ASOS – Automated Surface Observing System
AVID – Advancement Via Individual
AWOS – Automated Weather Observing System
BACA – Bates Area Community Association
BAMP – Howard University Beltsville Atmospheric Measurement Program
CCN – Cloud Condensation Nuclei
CMAQ – Community Multi – Scale Air Quality model
CPC – Climate Prediction Center
CREWS – Coral Reef Early Warning System
CRTM – Community Radiative Transfer Model
CSC – Cooperative Science Center
CWRF – Climate WRF
DDR – Direct of Diffuse Irradiance Ration
DCRM – Detailed Cloud Resolving Model
DOE – Department of Energy
ECSU – Elizabeth City State University
EDVI – Emissivity Difference Vegetation Index
EMC – Environmental Modeling Group
EPA – Environmental Protection Agency
EPP – Educational Partnership Program (NOAA)
EPPMSI – Educational Partnership Program (NOAA) with Minority Serving Institutions
ESE – Environmental Sciences and Engineering
ESRL – Earth System Research Laboratory
FDTD – Finite Difference Domain
FMF – Fraction Fine Mode
GCOS – Global Climate Observing System
GFDL – Geographical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
GIS – Geographic Information Systems
GOCART – Georgia Tech/Goddard Global Ozone Chemistry Aerosol Radiation Transport Model
GOES – Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GRUAN – GCOS Reference Upper – Air Network
HBCU – Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HYSPLIT – Hybrid Single – Particle Lagrangian Integrated
ICP – Ms – Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
IOPs – Intensive Observational
JCSDA – Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation
JSU – Jackson State University
KIPP – Knowledge is Power Program
MFRSR – Multi – Filter Rotating Shdowband Radiometer
MLSE – Microwave Land Surface
MODTRAN – Moderate Resolution Atmospheric Transmission
MOVES – Motor Vehicle Emission Stimulator
MSI – Minority Serving Institution
MWRT – Microwave Ration Transfer
NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NCCPS – National Conference for Black Physic Studen
NCAS – NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences
NCDC – National Climate Data Center
NCEP – National Center for Environmental Prediction
NEI – National Emission Inventory
NESDIS – National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service
NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NoN – Nationwide Network of Networks
NSTA – National Science Teachers Association
NWS – National Weather Service
NSBE – National Society of Black Engineers
NWP – Numerical Weather Prediction
OAR – Office of Atmospheric Research
OOS – Office of Operational Service
OPE – Optimized Physics Ensemble
PAR – Photosynthetically Active Radiation
PBL – Planetary Boundary Layer
PNE – PIRATA Northeast Extension
RACM2 – Regional Atmospheric Chemistry Mechanism, Version 2
RTMA – Real – Time Mesoscale Analysis
RUC – Rapid Update Cycle
SAL – Saharan Aerosol Layer
SDA – Spectra – de Convolution Algorithm
SDI – Sahara Dust Index
SGP – Southern Great Plains
SMOKE – Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions Model
STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
SUNYA – State University of New York at Albany
SSA – Single Scattering Albedo
TCEQ – Texas Commissions For Environmental Quality
TOA – Top of the Atmosphere
TRMM – Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
TUV – Troposheric Ultraviolet and Visible Model
UCAR – University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
UIUC – University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign
UMCP – University of Maryland College Park
UPRM – University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
URMS – Underrepresented Minorities
US – United States
UTEP – University of Texas at El Paso
UV – Ultraviolet
VIS – NIR – Vegetative indexes to develop a high temporal and spatial global Index
VOC – Volatile Organic Compounds
VSOS – Vector Successive Order of Scattering
WFO – Weather Forecast Office
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Please tell us a few words about the new release, about the music on it as a whole or a few words on each track in part. How are you happy with the final release?
“ADDICTION” is the first album of KOPPER8 and we are proud of it. We worked a lot during 6 month writing new songs and training to be prepared to record in a very short time. It was hard but we did it.
Each member brings his piece and influences on this album which are Thrash and Death Metal for a big part.
How would you describe/label the music on it? Does it sounds like anything we might have heard before?
Doing something that no one has ever heard it’s very hard in those days for metal players.
We play music has it come to us trying to make it right. We are all influenced by many different bands but to resume it’s really Thrash and Death the most important. Critics of KOPPER8 say that you can find touch of SLAYER, PANTERA, LAMB OF GOD, SEPULTURA but the better way to know is to listen our album and make your own opinion
Where was it recorded and how much time did it take you to record it? Any interesting stories from the recording/producing the material?
“ADDICTION” was recorded in Guichen, it’s a small town near Rennes in France. It was in the E-FACTORY studio (TAGADA JONES) and we did the job in six days for all instruments. All songs has been recorded and mixed by Stephane Buriez from LOUDBLAST an experienced and great guy !
He gave us many advices to work before and during the recording.
Further this entire works we had moments of fun too it was necessary to not be under pressure constantly. We wrote entirely a song there “L’Eloge de la Folie” Also we let behind us our liver with many empty bottles…
What can you tell us about the cover artwork? Is there a link between the artwork and the lyrics? What are the topics of your lyrics?
The cover is a photo taken during our video clip “Requiem” in a Paris church. It’s our guitarist “Steff” who worked on this because is the one knowing how this shits works.
At the beginning it wasn’t the cover we thought about but because of limited time we changed our mind to use a picture we already had to finally be satisfied of it.
Beside we are working on an alternative cover for the vinyl.
Our lyrics talk about religion, war, drugs, feelings and some kind of different addiction.
What do you expect to gain through this release? What are the band's aims at the moment?
KOPPER8 expect to gain visibility and proposal for lives and festival through France and why not Europe or far away. We love to be on stage and have moments with the public; we always try to make it right for the pit.
Is there a special format the material is released in? Or is it released in multiple formats? How many copies were pressed?
You can find the release in CD, mp3 (Itunes, Deezer, Spotify) and vinyl but for the last one we will press only a hundred pieces. For the CD we made a thousand copies.
Where and how will you promote this new release?
We promote our new album “ADDICTION” with the help of DOOWEET Agency who are making a great job for us. We pressed promo album to send them to all the press and media possible but the best promotion we can do it’s to be on stage to defend our music.
Where can we order it from?
You can order it on -findie merch, season of mist...
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ERIDANI 5
edited by Randall Landers
ERIDANI is a Star Trek: The Next Generation fanzine which tries to capture the very essence of the new television series. There may be occasional violence, adult situations, nudity and rough language, but those instances are noted in the descriptions, and no age statement is required for this publication.
ERIDANI 5 features
"The Shadow of a Doubt" -- by Cyndi Bayless Overstreet. Data and Yar are brought together into a situation which is deeply trying for each of them. They are forced (with Riker as a cat's paw) into venturing into a degenerate colony city to retrieve a dangerous prize. During their ordeal, they discuss the "Naked Time" and what it truly meant for each other, with some surprising revelations from each of them.
"The Heart Has Its Reasons" -- by Chris Dickenson. A look at Doctor Beverly Crusher's departure from the Enterprise and Picard's reaction as well.
"Shadows in the Soul" -- by Cyndi Bayless Overstreet. Data examines his feelings for Yar as Geordi and he discuss her final message. Ironically, Geordi soon learns it is possible that Data actually has more feelings than some of the other Enterprise crew.
"Brand of Logic" -- by Chris Dickenson. An encounter between Data and Spock set as a follow-up to the story, "Mask of Pretense," which appeared in ERIDANI 4. Admiral Spock is aboard the Enterprise, recovering from the insectoid possession of his body, and thereby giving Data an opportunity to discuss the Human equation with one of the few people who had solved it.
"Of Vain Regret and Friendship Found" -- by Janna Stockinger. A stream-of-consciousness vignette, giving us insight into Captain Picard's reaction toward his new chief medical officer, Doctor Kathryn Pulaski.
"The Captain's Woman" -- by Linda Baker and Randall Landers. A very, very racy mirror universe story revealing how Beverly Crusher managed to return to the U.S.S. Enterprise. It's meant to be both amusing and erotic. -- Note: Adult situations.
Artwork by Boursaw, Caldwell, Nosal, Rondeau, and Seigrist.
94 pages, 8½" x 11" size, comb binding.
$10.75, US Priority Mail.
$16.75, Elsewhere.
Randall Landers
3211 Saddleleaf Avenue
Albany, Georgia 31721
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How to Get iMessage Access on PC in Windows or Linux
Jul 23, 2017 - 27 Comments
Want to get iMessage on a PC? You’re not alone, because iMessage is the wonderful messaging platform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac users that allows for free and easy messaging between other iMessage users. Not surprising then that one common question regarding iMessage is if there is a way to run iMessage on a Windows PC.
The answer is a big complicated, but in short, yes you can get iMessages on a PC from a technical standpoint, but how it is accomplished is probably not quite what you expect. Read on to learn how to get access to iMessage on a PC with Windows or even Linux.
For this to work, you will need a Mac. Yes, even if you’re aiming to get and use iMessages on the PC itself. The basics of how this approach works to gain access to iMessage on Windows or a Linux PC is as as so: first, you enable Screen Sharing remote control on the Mac with iMessage. Then, on the Windows PC you want to access and get iMessages on, you screen share into that aforementioned Mac and connect to it, giving access to the iMessage app and other stuff on the Mac. That might sound complicated but it is actually pretty easy to setup.
How to Get iMessage on a PC
On the Mac with iMessage, you will need to enable Screen Sharing on the Mac via the Sharing Preference Panel
Next on the PC to get and use iMessages from, you will need a VNC client app (RealVNC or TightVNC are two common options for Windows users, TigerVNC and RealVNC are options for Linux )
Open the VNC client in Windows and connect to the Mac with Screen Sharing enabled, do this by pointing the VNC client at the IP address and then logging into the Mac with a valid user login
Now from the Windows PC you are remotely logged into the Mac and have full screen access to that Mac, including access to iMessages via the Mac Messages app
Remember screen sharing allows for full remote control of a computer over the internet or LAN, so this is really only appropriate for using your own iMessages from your very own Apple ID from your own Mac.
You’ll notice this does not depend on any Hackintosh method, nor any virtualization of Mac OS or any other tweaks, mods, or third party apps. In fact there are no third party iMessage apps for Windows or for PC currently, and at the moment Apple does not offer an iMessage client on Windows or PC either.
For what it’s worth, this same screen sharing feature in Mac OS can also be used from Mac to Mac very easily via the iMessage app itself, but since the Mac has Messages app and direct iMessage access there is less need to do so for this purpose anyway.
Is this the only way to get iMessage on PC for Windows or Linux?
For the time being, yes, using screen sharing is the way to get iMessage on a PC. This is very much a workaround, but it does work to send, receive, and have complete iMessage functionality from a Windows or Linux environment, as long as you have a Mac to begin with.
Can’t you download iMessage on PC?
While you can download iCloud for Windows PC, iCloud for Windows does not bring iMessage to Windows.
This may be obvious to most Apple users, but there is no native iMessage client for Windows (or Android for that matter), as Apple allows iMessage communication only in Apple products like a Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, or iPod touch.
What about iMessage on PC with Google Chrome Remote Desktop?
Another option to get iMessage on PC is to use Google Chrome Remote Desktop plugin, but this is simply another variation on screen sharing which we covered above.
To use iMessage on PC with Chrome Remote Desktop, you will still need a Mac with iMessage configured and with Chrome Remote Desktop enabled and open. Once that is setup then you can connect to the Mac with iMessage through a PC (Windows or Linux or Chromebook) with the Chrome browser and Chrome Remote Desktop. Anyone can download Chrome Remote Desktop free from Google here if they are interested in that approach.
Are there other ways to get iMessage on PC?
So what works to get iMessage on a PC? The approaches discussed above are it! That might sound disappointing, but that’s the way it is for now. So the answer resides with having a Mac with a stable internet connection that is logged into the iMessage account you want to use and get access to from the PC, and then using the built-in screen sharing feature in Mac OS to remotely access that computer and it’s messaging client via Windows PC (or linux).
The screen sharing methods described above, using VNC and Remote Desktop or Google Remote Desktop, are the only ways to get iMessage on a PC. This is achieved by connecting to the Mac remotely from the PC as discussed.
There is a unique exception… for Hackintosh PC, but it’s only available for Hackintosh, which is a PC running MacOS. That setup is complex and involves installing and running Mac OS on a PC rather than Windows or Linux, and that is beyond the scope of this article. It’s worth mentioning that it’s very difficult and complex to get iMessage working on a PC even with Mac OS installed via Hackintosh methods, thus we’re ruling out that option.
Thus, aside from the screen sharing methods as described here, there are no other legitimate methods to get iMessage on PC. Unfortunately there’s plenty of baloney and shenanigans out there on the web that will try to convince you otherwise, but they do not work so don’t fall for it.
It is always possible that some day Apple will support iMessage on PC natively but that has not happened yet.
What about using iMessages on PC via iCloud?
iMessages in iCloud is a new feature with newer system software from High Sierra and iOS 11 and later, but (currently anyway) this does not allow iMessages to be accessed from iCloud.com.
It is possible that one day Apple will build a web based iMessage client for icloud.com like they have iCloud apps for Pages, Keynote, Reminders, Mail, and similar iOS apps, but at the moment there is no Messages app for iCloud.com or iMessage ability on icloud.com.
Alternatives to iMessage for Windows PC, Linux, Mac, iPhone, and Android
An alternative to iMessage is to use another cross-platform compatible messaging client. There are various options available for this purpose, each allowing messaging, sending of text, pictures, and videos, and other features commonplace with messaging apps and services.
Signal is a secure messaging platform that is available on basically every device, whether it’s Windows PC, Linux, Android, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Signal users can send messages back and forth to one another easily. Signal is a free download and setting up Signal messenger on a computer is easy.
WhatsApp is another free messaging option that is cross-platform compatible. You can learn about setting up WhatsApp on a computer here.
Finally, for Android users specifically, they can try WeMessage, though the screen sharing methods above are perhaps easier to setup and use for many users.
Do you know of another way to get iMessages on a PC through Windows, Linux, Chrome OS or even Android? Perhaps a trick that doesn’t involve using a PC with VNC to remotely access a Mac with the Messages app running? Then let us know in the comments below!
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Chris Patti says:
If you have an Alienware or Dell laptop (The Alienware version is the same thing but Alienware branded) you can get iMessage on your Windows PC.
It’s kind of a hack, but it works!
Basically, you run an app on your iPhone that communicates with your PC. You get messages and even calling I think. It’s actually pretty nice :)
https://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/sln307657/how-to-configure-dell-mobile-connect-for-ios-phones?lang=en
amir ali says:
Good post found here.
Thats very much possible but we can still have more alternative of Imessage.
Lesleigh says:
I like how I’m the only one in the comments on Linux.
Christopher Anderton says:
I solved it on a PC with a uber powered Nvidia GPU i had for testing Deep Learning (neural networks) using CUDA. While my solution is not for the ones with slow PCs with small amounts of RAM, it did work great.
I set up a Virtual Machine (VMware Workstation Pro). While running El Capitan was easy, using Facetime and Messages was not. You need to set up the VM in a ”hackish” way, to fool macOS/OS X that you are running a genuine Mac.
Search on Google for ”how to run imessage in VMWare” or ”Setup macOS on a virtual machine on Windows” and so on. For the time, i found a tutorial along with tools for this at Github. (https://github.com/toshmatik/VMWare-iMessage/blob/master/instructions.md)
But it went well, and I did manage to cut down the resources, by killing off almost everything unnecessary like different system services not used for this and so on, to create a ”barebones” (not really) macOS/OS X for running a few applications (i also simplified the UI, killing off the desktop and the dock, and created a launch agent to start Messages upon start.
Hey that’s really cool, that might be the best way to get full iMessage access on a PC directly. Thanks for sharing Chris.
This is a cool “Hey look my overly complicated mousetrap works”, idea, but it has no practical value.
BuffyzDead says:
Let me Fix The Title of this article for you.
How to Get iMac Access on PC in Windows or Linux
😴 says:
So basically “I can access any Mac app with VNC”
Deezy says:
I’m with Joe, but I want to add that reading about screen sharing makes me want to try it. That’ll be a new experience to add to my twenty plus years of using Macs and later, Windows based PC’s.
Hopeful, the iMessage will arrive to Microsoft and other platforms as well; because the iMessage is a great app, the best message sender creature, thus need to conquest the others…
Look for the follow-up article “watch HBO without cable”. … By watching through your neighbors window.
Miguel Felix Bertrand says:
Champion article here Paul Horowitz
Or… just hop on your Mac and use the app.
Larry Olney says:
If you are away from you Mac that is not an option but you can connect to the Mac to get to the iMessage. Makes sense to me. Do you know of another way?
Umm… iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch.
Joseph Singer says:
I’d like Apple to address the incompatibility of iMessage and SMS. If you do not have a data connection complete compatibility with SMS just doesn’t happen.
Irwin Judson says:
I think in here is the answer to my confusion. I use text messaging a lot on my iPhone. I don’t know, and should I care, what the recipient uses. Blackberry is used by my most constant “messager”.
So what is iMessage and how is it different from what came installed on my iPhone 5c? Is it something I need? Do I buy or obtain it from App Store?
Am I using something that Joe Singer calls SMS?
Toodles says:
iMessage is the proprietary Apple messaging protocol, you must have an Apple device with Apple ID to use iMessage.
SMS is text message protocol used by cell phone carriers, thus you must have a cell phone connection to send an SMS.
You can SMS from a Mac if you set it up, but it needs a cell phone to relay the message through since it is cellular carrier dependent. iMessage can be sent from email to email without a cell connection and only a data connection.
Howie Isaacks says:
Windows users don’t deserve iMessage.
magraith says:
helpful suggestion!
Instead says:
This is cool.
I hope apple adds iMessage to iCloud on the web that would be interesting too
Also for messaging across platforms Facebook or WhatsApp are good. Google hangouts is popular and cross platform too.
Sorry, but nope. “Remote viewing of a Mac running iMessages” might work, but it is hardly getting access to iMessages on a PC. Layer on the fact that many corporate firewalls break VNC, this is not a solution for the average Mac user.
Deezy, there is no other way. But I am anxiously awaiting your solution for iMessage on PC, literally any other solution or method, any way at all to get access to iMessage on PC. Keep us updated! Telepathy maybe?
I simply object to the statement as made in the headline. It’s like saying “How to run Sierra on your Windows PC” and having the solution be to use VNC on your PC to take control of the Mac you already own….
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From tools to training programs, numerous race sanctioning bodies remain proactive to keep racers, and those on the race track, safe.
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In motorsports, accidents and mishaps often happen quickly and without warning. That’s why emergency procedures must be constantly refined in order to help prevent serious injuries—or worse—on race day.
But is the industry as prepared as possible when the unexpected happens?
“I think if you look around, you’ll be surprised how many avoidable situations we still see happening in motorsports. This is partly due to the many different types of motorsports there are,” said Frank Hulshoff, global marketing director at BullEx and HAAGEN brands, manufacturers of fire and safety training tools, and member of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences (ICMS). “If you look at NASCAR, F1 or IndyCar, fires are relatively rare. The problem is, though, if a fire does happen you are less trained to deal with that situation. That is where we might’ve dropped the ball a little bit in this industry.”
Among its latest innovations, BullEx and HAAGEN brands produce a digital fire-fighting platform that can simulate flames with real smoke in nearly any environment, providing valuable track training, according to Hulshoff.
But outside of tools there are a number of different training programs aimed at better preparing race track and sanctioning body officials in emergency response. One is the SFI Foundation Inc.’s Drag Race Incident Response Training Program, which is catered to the unique safety demands of that particular segment. A half-day of classroom education is followed by a half-day of hands-on demonstrations.
“They practice things like extricating an injured driver from a car and cutting the roll cage with rescue tools, so that when it does happen in real life at an event, they’re fully prepared on what to expect and can react accordingly,” said SFI Foundation Vice President Jennifer Faye. “We feel that is an important program we provide to our sanctioning bodies.”
Since its inception in 2000, about 2400 individuals have completed the program. And while it is typically tracks associated with an SFI-member sanctioning body that hosts seminars, the program is available to any race track in the US.
Similar but different, the Race Track Safety Program (RTSP) offered by the ICMS is a one-day program that’s held during the annual Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in Indianapolis, Indiana. The RTSP consists of educational meetings with hands-on sessions and demonstrations geared especially for local short tracks, road courses and drag strips across the US and Canada.
“[Safety is] always an evolution from the top. The pressure is to get it down to the folks on the grassroots level,” said Dr. Terry Trammell, medical advocate for the Verizon IndyCar Series. “So [the RTSP] is the first step in that direction, to go to the drivers directly and say ‘Hey, you’ve got to be aware of these things and be interactive.’”
Alongside training, having the proper personnel on hand in an emergency can mean the difference between minor and serious injuries. NASCAR recently partnered with American Medical Response to establish a traveling doctor and paramedic team to attend each national touring series race. Infield Care Centers, the medical care center at each NASCAR event, will still be staffed by local emergency room physicians.
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Olon Acquires Manufacturing Facility in India
Pubblicato da olonspa il 4 Settembre 2018 4 Settembre 2018
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Olon S.p.A., a world leading Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and generics supplier, announced today the acquisition of a local generics chemical operations API manufacturing facility in Mahad, India, as part of a continuing expansion of its global footprint.
Paolo Tubertini, CEO of Olon, commented, “By acquiring a manufacturing base in India, Olon will have the opportunity to accelerate growth by adding new CDMO projects and to develop new generic products for the Indian market. It comes with a world-class manufacturing facility and a dedicated team of experts that will support us in delivering high-quality pharmaceuticals that meet or exceed customer expectations and regulatory requirements.
Following the acquisition of Ricerca Biosciences’ Chemical Division in mid-2017 and the investment of more than €10 million to expand APIs manufacturing lines in the Settimo Torinese facility, Рa leading-edge plant for development and production of APIs and advanced intermediates through microbial fermentation technology Рwe have now completed a further step in our strategic plan. To accomplish all the objectives listed in the Olon 3 years’ development plan, we will move to the next target: to play an important role in the manufacturing of biologics API’s.”
The Mahad site, which supplies products to Sandoz, a division of the Novartis Group, is an established and reputable API manufacturing facility in India and provides a number of lifesaving medicines to the Indian healthcare system and patients around the world. As part of the asset purchase agreement, the parties have committed to sign a long-term supply contract to guarantee continuous supply of Sandoz products manufactured in Mahad. No impact on jobs is planned and Olon intends to invest in the site and pursue business development opportunities to optimize the plant’s utilization and expand its customer base.
“We look forward to a seamless transition for employees, patients, customers, partners and other stakeholders,” added Mr. Tubertini. “We are impressed by the know-how at the Mahad plant and intend to leverage their expertise to develop new opportunities in the pharmaceutical market, in India and elsewhere.”
The acquisition of the Mahad API manufacturing facility is expected to be completed in early 2019, following a transition process. No financial details were disclosed.
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Olon is an Italian company world leader in the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) production, using synthetic and biological processes for generic market as well as in Contract Development and
Manufacturing (CDMO). Recently the Dossier Unit has been enlarged, considering the development of the Finished Drug Formulations (FDFs) and the preparation of the Common Technical Documents (CTD) dossier.
With a 2017’s Turnover of 400 Mio$, Olon supplies more than 250 APIs for Generic market and more than 60 between API and chemical Intermediates under CDMO.
Thanks to 1,500 employees, and to the highly qualified R&D team – more than 200 people – Olon can offer complete integrated packages and services to support the full development of APIs based on strong knowledge in both Chemical and Biological process, all of them under a full cGMP and regulatory coverage – holder of about 130 active US DMFs and 50 granted CoS.
Always considering human safety and environmental security, Olon handles different and not-common manufacturing process technologies, such as Fluorination, Carbonylation and Fermentation.
Headquartered in Rodano (Milan, Italy), Olon has 9 manufacturing facilities – 7 located in Northern Italy, 1 in Spain and 1 in USA – compliant with international requirements, and 3 branch offices: Hamburg (D), Florham Park NJ (USA) and Shanghai (China).
All manufacturing sites are regularly inspected by the most important national and international Authorities, and regularly audited by our partners and customers. All plants are FDA-inspected and self-identified under GDUFA.
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Olon S.p.A., a world leading Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) and generics supplier, announced today the acquisition of Capua BioServices S.p.A., a global provider of CDMO services in the field of microbial fermentation, as part of a continuing expansion of its global footprint.
Paolo Tubertini, CEO of Olon, commented, “By acquiring Capua BioServices, Olon will have the opportunity to accelerate growth by adding new CDMO projects and to be recognized as European Leader in the CDMO of microbial fermentation (total fermentation capacity of 4.500 m3). It comes with a world-class manufacturing facility and a dedicated team of experts that will support us in delivering high-quality services that meet or exceed customer expectations.
Following the acquisition of Ricerca Biosciences’ Chemical Division in mid-2017 and the manufacturing site in Mahad (India), announced in Q3 2018 with closing in Q1 2019, we have now completed a further step in our strategic plan. With this acquisition Olon has successfully finalized his 3 years’ development plan.”
Capua BioServices is a global provider of high-quality services in the field of custom microbial process development and manufacturing. Capua BioServices offers dedicated solutions for proteins, specialty small molecules and microorganisms for applications in pharma, food, feed and other bio-industrial markets. The site is beta-lactam free with a total fermentation capacity of about 1.400 m3, located in Capua, nearby Naples (South of Italy) with approximately 200 employees. Over the past 60 years, the company has built a track record based on extensive experience in working with a variety of bacterial, yeast and fungal systems. No impact on jobs is planned and Olon intends to invest in the site and pursue business development opportunities to optimize the plant’s utilization and expand its customer base.
OLON is an Italian company leader in the production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) via synthesis and biological processes for the generic market and for contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) requirements.
Complementary to our activities is the Dossier Unit, whose team of dedicated professionals work on the development of the Finished Drug Formulations (FDFs) and the preparation of the Common Technical Documents (CTD) dossier.
Turnover in 2018 of US$ 400 million, with more than 250 APIs (31 under CMO) for the Generic market and 33 chemical intermediates (under CMO).
Olon is holder of about 130 active US DMFs and 50 granted CoS. and is able to handle several particular process technologies, such as Fluorination, Carbonylation and Fermentation.
With 1,500 employees, of which 200 alone are in the specialized R&D team, Olon offers complete integrated packages and services to support full development of APIs based on strong knowledge in both Chemical and Biological process, all in full cGMPs and with regulatory coverage.
Headquartered in Rodano (Milan, Italy), Olon has 10 manufacturing facilities – 7 located in Northern Italy, 1 in Spain 1 in USA and 1 in India, all compliant with international requirements, and 3 branch offices in Hamburg (Germany), Florham Park NJ (USA) and Shanghai (China).
The manufacturing sites are regularly inspected by the most important national and international Authorities, and regularly audited by our partners and customers. The facilities are FDA-inspected and self-identified under GDUFA.
In addition to pharmaceutical certifications, Olon has dedicated areas for food-grade manufacturing and complies with Kosher, Halal and from 2018-Q2 with FSSC 22.000.
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Serodiagnosis Of Ovine Hydatidosis
by Javaid, M | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1993Dissertation note: A study was under taken to find out the incidence of hydatidosis and to evaluate the efficacy of indirect haemagglutination (IHA) test for the confirmation of natural hydatidosis in sheep slaughtered at Lahore municipal abattoir. Blood samples from 200 sheep (50 each from hydatidosis affected and free sheep on the basis of postmortem findings and 100 blood samples Elected randomly without considering postmortem finding). The serum from each sample was separated, properly labelled and stored at -20°C. For the preparation of antigen, crude cyst fluid was aspirated aseptically from hydatid cysts. Blood from healthy sheep was collected in 3.8% sodium citrate solution and red blood cells were separated by centrifugation. A 2.5% red cell suspension was prepared in Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS). The sheep erythrocytes were sensitized by Hydatid fluid antigen. Optimal dilution of antigen 1:16 was used in Phosphate Buffered Saline (p11 6.4) for sensitizing the sheep erythrocytes. All the sera were inactivated at 56°C for half an hour and serial two f1d serum dilutions were prepared by micropipettes in microtitre U plates and sensitized erythrocytes were added to the plates and incubated at room temperature in a humid chamber for 3 hours. A titre of 1:32 and above was considered as positive. In positive reactions, the cells agglutinated like a carpet at the bottom of the wells where as in negative cases the cells settled as a compact mass in the centre of the wells. By the indirect haemagglutination test Ninety-two percent sheep were found positive for hydatidosis. (Table-4.2). Out of 50 serum samples (Group A2), 46 (92%) were confirmed positive on postmortem while 3 out of 50 (6%) hydatid free samples (Group A3), gave false positive results with IHA test. It was concluded that indirect haemagglutination test is an accurate, reliable and sensitive test (92%) for the diagnosis of hydatidosis in sheep. The blood cell counts (TLC, DLC) and blood chemistry (Total protein, A/G ratio) of the samples under investigation were also carried out. From the results it was evident that the hydatid cysts did not affect the blood values of the host significantly. However, only 28% of hydatid positive animals showed eosinophilia ranging from 7 to 23% which was non pathognomonic. It was thus inferred that blood cell counts and blood c1vmistry of the hydatid cyst patients was of no diagnostic value. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0359,T] (1).
A Comparative Study Of Lungworms In Sheep & Goats & The Effect Of Mixed Namatode Infection On Certain Blood Parameters
by Irshad Ahmed Sherazi | Dr. Sh,. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1994Dissertation note: The present study was conducted to find out the incidence of lungworm infestation, identify the different species and to observe the effect of mixed nematode infections on certain blood parameters in sheep and goats. The study was conducted at Parasitology Laboratory, College of Vety. Sciences Lahore. For this purpose sheep & goats brought to Lahore abattoirs for slaughtering were closely examined before and after slaughter and animals suspected for lungworms were selected for collection of blood and tissue samples. 200 samples of lungs and blood 100 each from sheep and goats were collected for parasitological and haematolog ical examination, respectively. The results revealed that incidence of lungworms infestation in sheep and goats was 31 and 11 %, respectively. It was observed that Dictyocaulus filaria, Protostrongylus rufescence and Muellerius capillaris infection in lung of sheep was in the order of 22, 8, and 1 % respectively, whereas, the incidence of lungworms infestation in lungs of goats caused by the same species was 8, 3 and 0 %, respectively. The highest incidence of lungworms infection observed was that of Dictyocaulus filaria in both the sheep and goats, while Muellerius capillaris was found only in lungs of one sheep and infection by this species could not be detected in goats. The findings of this study showed that average red blood cell count, heamoglobin level and packed cell volume were reduced due to nematode infection in sheep and goats. The results have also indicated that nematode infection in sheep and goats enhanced erythrocyte sedimentation rate. From the results of the present study, it may be concluded that incidence of lungworm infestation in sheep and goats is on the higher side which warrants that suitable treatment and control measures should be adopted to safeguard our valuable livestock from this serious infection. It is also evident from the results that nematode infection adversly affects the components of blood in sheep and goats which may lead to anaemia and loss of growth and production. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0371,T] (1).
Experimental Induction Of Coccidiosis In Broiler Chicks With Eimeria Tenella And Comparative Efficacy Of Different
by Noora Jan Issot | Dr. Hajid Ahmad Hashmi | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1994Dissertation note: The study was designed to look into the immunogenic properties of Eimeria tenella. Two hundred and twenty five day old broiler chickens were reared under controlled conditions. They were equally divided into five groups i.e. A, B, C, D, and E. Group 'A' was kept as uninfected control. Group 'B' acted as infected control, which was infected with 50,000 sporulated oocysts at day 15, 25 and 35 of age. Group 'C' acted as infected and treated, which received sporulated oocysts on day 15, 25 and 35 alongwith 5 days treatment with salinomycine (60 ppm in finished feed) after 3 days of each primary and challenge dose. To group 'D' 1000 live sporulated oocysts were administered orally at day 3 and 10. Similarly, 'E' group received formalin treated 1000 sporulated oocysts orally at day 3 and 10 of age of chickens. Subsequently the members of group D and E received challenge infections of 50,000 Eimeria tenella sporulated oocysts at day 15, 25 and 35. Immunogenicity was measured by the passage of oocysts per gm of faeces and by comparative weight gains amongst different groups. It was noticed that no coccidiosis could be established in groups A, C and E and the OPG counts remained nil throughout the period of experimnt. Group B showed high counts and group 'D' showed moderate ounts but towards the completion of experiment the OPG counts gradually reduced to 8400 and 6100 respectively, in both group. Weight gains recorded were 473, 393, 316 and 310 gin. greater in A, E, D, and C respectively, as compared with group B. Group E depicted 1OC% protection and remained second to the uninfected control group A in respect of weight gains. Group 'D', although developed infection but due to acquired immunity became resistant to challenge infections and was placed 3rd in weight gain. Inspite of complete protection in group C due to Salinomycine treatment, the weight gains remained lower than group D and E. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0381,T] (1).
A Study On The Chemotherapy And Taxonomy Of Mange Mites In Ovine And Its Effect On Different Blood Parameters
by Rafique Rana, M | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Prof. Dr. SAghir | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1993Dissertation note: A study was carried out to find out the taxonomy, chemotherapy of mange mites in sheep and its effect on different blood parameters. A total of 30 flocks comprising of fifteen hundred sheep of different age and sexes were examined in the city and villages around Lahore. Out of above mentioned animals 200 suspected sheep were thoroughly examined and 30 (15%) were found positive for mange mites infestation. Species of three genera namely Sarcoptes, Psoroptes and Chorioptes were found infesting these animals. The average number of mites recovered from the species of each genera were recorded as 851, 825 and 815 for Psoroptes, Sarcoptes and Chorioptes respectively. For the identification of different species of mange mites microscopic examination was carried out and mites were first seen under low power and then high power of magnification. The slides were mounted with mites and then examined to study their morphological characteristics. The three genera identified were Sarcoptes, Psoroptes and Chorioptes in sheep. Chemotherapeutic trials were carried out in suspected sheep by using two concentrations of neguvon solution i.e. 0.10% and 0.15% at ten days intervals. For this purpose sheep were divided into three groups. Group A was treated with 0.10% solution of neguvon, group B with 0.15% solution of neguvon and group C was kept as untreated control group. The data obtained on reduction of mites due to acaricide application were subjected to statistical analysis by applying completely randomized design and results were recorded. It was noticed that 0.15% neguvon was highly effective against mange mites infestation when it was replied twice after ten days interval. The effect of mange mites on different blood parameters was also recorded. For this purpose sheep were divided into three groups. Group I comprised of clinically infested sheep, group II subclinically infested sheep and group C included healthy sheep which was kept as control for the comparison. The effect of mange mites on different blood parameters of two infested groups of sheep i.e. I and II was recorded before and after two applications of 0.10% and 0.15% neguvon solution at ten days interval and results were compared with group C for comparison. The findings of this study indicated that the infestation of mange mites is a quite common problem in sheep population of this area. The sheep suffering from mange mites exhibit poor feed intake, severe irritation, scratching, bleeding, loss of wool, low body growth, reduced production and damaged skin. Such infested sheep are also susceptible to various viral and bacterial diseases which makes sheep production uneconomical and put extra burden on the sheep breeders. Keeping all this in view suitable and prompt measures should be taken for early diagnosis and treatment of the infested animals. This will result not only for the control of the disease, but also help to improve the economical condition of the owners. It will also increase the gross national product of Pakistan. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0386,T] (1).
A Study On The Taxonomy Of Sheep Cestodes And The Efficacy Of Albendazole And Miclosamide Against Natural Infections
by Ashraf, M | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Mubashar Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1994Dissertation note: Pakistan has a large population of live stock, which plays an important role in the economy of the country. Parasitism adversally effects the growth and production of livestock. Great economic losses have been attributed to the sheep population in our country due to the parasitic infections including cestodes. A study of cestodal infections with taxonomy of the prevalent cestoctes species affecting sheep at different age groups in and around Lahore was conducted. The taxonomical study was conducted in the month of August, September and October, 1993. For this purpose 200 guts (one hurtdered each from below six month and above six month of sheep) were collected from Lahore Abattoir. Parasites were identitied under the microscope by preparing permanent mounts. The over all incidence of cestodes infection in sheep was 65.5%. The species of various genera of cestodes observed during the present study were: Moniezia pansa (64%), Moniezia benedeni (60%), Avitellina cjj[iur1ctta (49.50%), Avitellina lahorea (40%), Avitellina sudanea (30%), Stilesia vittata (30%), Stilesia globiounctata (50%) and Thvsanosoma actinioides (6%). Monthwise prevalence of cestodes infection was also carried out and it was observed that the highest infection rate was (76%) during the month of August and (66.25%) during the month of September. While the lowest incidence was recorded as (57.14%) during the month of october, 1993. The taxonomy of the prevalent cestode species was carried out. The effect of age of the animals on the intensity of cestodal infection was also studied. There was a significant difference in the prevalence of cestode infections among the two groups. The present work was also aimed to verify the efficacy of two commonly available anthelmintics namely albendazole (valbazen) and niclosarnide (mansonil), in naturally infected stceep with Gastrointestinal cestocJes. Fifty sheep positive for cestods infections were randomly divided into two groups A and B, each group comprising of 25 animals. Group. A was given albendazole (valbazen) at a dose rate of 2.5 mg/kg body weight orally while the group B was administered niclosamide (mansonil) at a dose rate of 100 mg/kg body weight orally. The efficacy of both the drugs was evaluated on the bases of reduction of segments and number of eggs per gram of faeces after medication. The egg counts were made on zero, 3rd and 21st day. Both the drugs revealed a progressive decrease in the faccal egg/segment counts. The efficacy of albenclazole on 3rd and 21st day was 96.02 and 99.23% repectively while the efficacy of niclosamide (mansonil) was 100% on 3rd and 21st day. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0387,T] (1).
A Study On The Prevalence & Taxonomy Of Biting & Sucking Lice Infestation In Sheep With Their Effect On Different Blood Parameters
by Jamal Abdul Nasir | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1995Dissertation note: The study was planned to determine the prevalence and taxonomy of biting and sucking lice infestation in sheep with their effect on various blood parameters. For this purpose specimens were collected from Outdoor Hospital College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore and various private clinics in the city. The collected specimens were preserved, stained and ide.ntified after preparing permanent mounts under the sterioscopic microscope in the laboratory. Two species of lice i.e. Damalinia (biting lice) and Liiioqnathus pedalis (sucking lice) were identified having a percentage of 10.50 and 1.0 respectively. The infestation recorded was highest during spring and autumn and lowest during the summer. The taxonomy of the identified species were carried out by using morphological characters (Chandler, 1961 and Soulsby, 1982). Haernatological examinations were made to compare the blood picture of healthy and infested sheep. For this purpose 20 blood samples each from healthy and infested sheep were examined. Five ml of blood was collected from the jugular vien of the sheep, with the help of disposable syringes, in a test tube having few drops of 0.1 % EDTA. The blood parameters studied were: Haemoglobin level, Total Erythrocyte Count, Total Leukocyte Count, Packed Cell volume and differential leukocytic count. The results of haematological examination showed a significant decrease in haemoglobin, total erythrocyte count and packed cell volume, whereas a significant rise in leukocytic count and D.L.C. of infested sheep as compared to healthy sheep was observed. The results of the present study will help in planning better control measures in order to minimize lice infestation and also aid in the eradication of various lice born diseases in sheep. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0407,T] (1).
A Comparative Study Of Helminth And Haemoparasites Of Domestic And Wild Pigeons
by Asma Hussain | Dr. Mubashir Saeed Mian | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1995Dissertation note: There is an increasing interest in pigeons and other game and ornamental birds. These birds are generally kept either free roaming or confined in outdoor pens and hence are vulnerable to various parasitic infectious, which greatly effects the productivity of these birds. The meat production of the pigeons can be improved by controlling disease problems particularly helrninths and blood protozoan infections, so that in near future they may contribute towards narrowing down the animal protein supply gap by substituting poultry meat with squabs. The present work was planned for the comparative study of helminths and heemoparasites of domestic and wild pigeons. For this purpose 300 each of guts and blood smears were studied. The overall incidence of gastrointestinal helminths and blood protozoans was 77.33% and 31.99% respectively, while 36% of birds had mixed infection. The incidence of gastro-intestinal helminths and blood protozoa in wild pigeons was 89.33 and 20.66 percent respectively and in domestic pigeons it was 65.33% and 11.33% respectively. Whereas mixed infections were 22% and 14% respectively. The following species of helmitiths and blood protozoa were recorded and identified. 1. Raillietina tetragona 2. Raillietiiia cesticillus 3. Choanolaenia infundibulum 4. Ascaridia colurnbae and 5. Cap illaria obgnata The two species of blood protozoa recovered were: 1. Aegypanella pullorum and 2. Haeiçotuscumbae Among the helrninths recorded, cestodes were found predominating as compared with nernatodes in both wild and domestic pigeons. Raillietina cesticillus was the most common cestode species in both Wild and domestic pigeons i.e. 51 and 33 percent respectively while Asci colurnbae predominated the nernatode species i.e. 18 and 15 percent respectively. The Incidence was higher in wild pigeons. Aegyptianella pullorum was more common blood protozoan i.e. 22 and 11 percent respectively in wild and domestic pigeons. The incidence of Haemoproteus clumbae was 9 and 11 percent respectively. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0410,T] (1).
Study Of Gastro-Intestinal Helminths And Taxonomy Of Species Of The Genus Paramphistomum In Camels
by Saeed A. Khan | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
A Study Of Gastro Intestinal Parasitism And Haematological Disturbances Associated With Single Or Multiple Infection In Sheep
by Hafeez, M | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Mubashar Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1996Dissertation note: Nature has blessed Pakistan with a large population of livestock which play an important role in the economy of the country. Parasitism adversely effects the growth and production of livestock. Great economic losses have been attributed to the sheep population in our country due to parasitic infections including gastro-intestinal parasitism. A study of gastro-intestinal parasitism with isolation and identification of the parasite species affecting sheep at different age groups in and around Lahore was conducted in the months of July, August, September and October, 1994. For this purpose 200 G.I. tracts of sheep (One hundred each from below six months and above six months of age) were collected from Lahore Metropolitan Corporation, Abattoir. The overall incidence of gastro-itestinal parasitism in sheep was found to be 68.5%. Age group wise incidence was found to be 71% and 66% in sheep below and above six months of age respectively. Classwise overall incidence was found to be Sporozoan (51%), Trematodes (21%), Cestodes (62%) and Nematodes (68%). Age group wise incidence of Sporozoan, Trematodes, Cestodes and Nematodes was found to be 60% and 42%, 12% and 30%, 71% and 53%, 73% and 63% in sheep below and above six months of age. Month-wise prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasitism was also carried out which was higher in the month of August and lowest in the month of October. Nineteen different species of Parasites were recorded which are detailed as under: 1. Eimeria arloingi 2. Eimeria ninakohlvakimovae 3. Eimerla parva 4. Elmerla intricata 5. Eimeria faurei 6. Paramphistomum cervi 7. Cotylophoron cotvlophorum 8. Moniezia. expansa 9. Moniezia benedeni 10. Avitellina centripunctata 11. Haemonchus contortus 12. Oesophagostomum colunThianum 13. Oesophagostonim venulosum 14. Trichuri 15. Ostertagia circumcincta 16. Ostertagia ostertagi 17. Chabertia ovina 18. Trichostrongvlus colubriformis 19. Nematodirus spathiger The isolation and identification of various collected parasites was carried out. The relationship between the age of sheep and the occurrence of gestro-Intestinal parasitism was also studied. There was a Non Significant difference in the prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites among the two groups. The present project was also aimed to observe the effect of single or multiple parasitism on certain haematological parameters like, estimation of haemoglobin contents, total erythrocytic count, total leukocytic count, erythrocyte sedimentation Rate, packed cell volume and differential leukocytic count. These heamatological studies were carried out on control (parasitic free) and parasitised sheep of below and above six months of age. The findings of haematological studies showed that there was decrease in haemoglobin contents. total erythrocytic count, packed cell volume, total leukocytic count and increase in erythrocyte sedimentation rate in both sheep below and above six months of age under the effect of single or multiple gastrointestinal parasitism. The values of differential leukocytic count were variable in both age groups. Most of the haematological disturbances on various blood parameters in both age group of sheep were proved to be statistically significant. From the results of the presents study, it has been concluded that the incidence of gastro-intestinal parasitism in sheep below and above six months of age is on the higher side which warrants that certain essential preventive measures must be adopted to safeguard our valuable livestockfrom these serious parasitic infestations. It is also evident from the results that gastro-intestinal parasitism adversely affects the blood components in sheep which may lead to anaemia, loss of growth and loss of production. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0433,T] (1).
Comparative Efficacy Of Anthelmintics Against Gastro Intestinal Parasites Of Buffalo Calves And Their Effects On Blood Parameters
by Tariq Humayun | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Dr. Haji Ahmad Hashmi | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1995Dissertation note: A total of 90 (60%) out of 150 fecal samples from buffalo calves of different age groups were found positive for gastrointestinal parasites. Coprological examination revealed Toxocara vitulorurn (42.22%) as single infection and 31.11% as mixed infection. Strongy.Zoides papillosus as 21.11% as single infection arid 20% mixed infection. Nematodirus spp. 1.11% as single. Haemonchus sp., 2.22% as single and 1.11% mixed infection. Honiezia sp. 3% as single and Eimeria spp., 21% as single and 13.33% as mixed infection. Intensity of infection of gastro-intestinal parasites in buffalo calves was determined as 41.1% of calves upto 500 eggs per gm of faeces, in 22.22% calves from 501 to 1000 epg, in 16.66% calves from 1001 to 1500 epg and in 20% calves greater than 1500 epg of faeces. Comparative percentages of means of EPG counts of infected control subgroups of groups A,B and C showed increasing trend of EPG counts by day 14. However subgroup A3, showed 'I3.l% reduction, subgroup B3 showed 61.15% reduction and C) showed 72.29% reduction in epg counts on day 3 after medication with oxfendazole. Similarly on day 7 of medication, the reduction percentage were, 95.52, 89.93 and 96.38 in respective subgroups. Albendazole in subgroups A4, 84 and C4 showed reduction on day 3, by 67.08, 64.89 and 78.57 and 95.24 respectively. On day 14, both the anthelmintics showed 100% etticacy No significant change was noted in RBC, UBC counts Hb gm/mi and PCV%, however, Eosinophils and lymphocyte counts depicted siynificant increase in the infected subgroups. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0439,T] (1).
A Study Of Gastro Intestinal Helminthiasis And The Effects Of Natural Infection On Various Blood Parameters In The Buffaloes
by Ishtiaq Ahmad | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1995Dissertation note: A total of 76 buffaloes brought to the Lahore Metropolitan Slaughter house were studied for helminthiasis. Out of which 50 (65.79%) were found positive. The helminthiasis positive guts were examined for the presence of helminths and the following species were identified Haemonchus contortus (11.84%), Haemonchus placei (10.53%), Ostertagia ostertagi (7.89%), Trichostrongylus axei (3.95%), Mecistocirrus digitatus (2.63%), Trichostrongylus colubriformis (7.89%), Cooperia oncophora (9.21%), Cooperia punctata (5.26%), Cooperia pectinata (6.58%) , Nematodirus helvetianus (2.63%), Bunostomum phiebotomum (2.63%), Strongyloides papillosus (2.63%), Oesophagostornum radiatum (3.95%), Trichuris globulosa (1.32%), Paramphistomum cervi (3.95%), Paramphistomum microbothrium (2.63%) and Monezia benedeni (2.63%) The effect of helminthiasis on blood parameters like, total erythrocytic count, total leukocytic count, packed cell volume, erythrocytic sedimentation rate, haemoglobin concentration was investigated and the values recorded were 5.840±0.110x106 Cimm, 5.447±0.074x103 Cumm, 32,858±0.230%, 38.004±0.217 mm/hr. and 10.368±0.096 gm/lOOml respectively. The differential leucocytic count values for neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, monocytes and basophils were 43.16±0.531%, 43.82±0.718%, 6.40±0.187%, 5.620±0.241% and 1.040±0.124% respectively. Similarly the helminth free (control> animals studied for their total erythrocytic count, total leukocytic count, packed cell volume, erythrocytic sedimentation rate, haemoglobin concentration, gave their averages as 7.382±0.068x106 Cmm, 6.321±0.084x103 Cimm, 38.927±0.286%, 28.213±0.148 mm/hr. and 11.892±0.286 gm/lOOml respectively. The differential leukocytic count values for neutrophils, lymphocytes, eosinophils, monocytes and basophils were 29.15±0.365%, 56.0±0.513%, 8.12410.28%, 5. 852410 .264% and 0.90±0.191% respectively. The average values for helminth infected and helminth free animals were analysed statistically. The infected animals had a significantly decreased total erythrocytic count, total leukocytic count, packed cell volume, haemoglobin concentration, lymphocytes and eosinophils with increased erythrocytic sedimentation rate and neutrophils, while no significant difference was seen in monocytes and basophils. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0445,T] (1).
Effects Of Theileriasis On Various Blood Parameters And Total Serum Protein In Exotic And Cross Bred Cattle Present In And Around Lahore
by Arshad Mahmood, Ch | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Dr. M. Sarwar | Dr. Muhasher Saeed Mian | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1994Dissertation note: A study was conducted on Theileriasis in rfleilel.ia species, as well as haematological values were conducted by using 28 crossbred and 22 exotic cattles. Theileria annulata was the only species identified in the erythrocytes of infected cattle. Clinically, signs of panting, temperature ranging from 103.8 to 105.8°F, swelling of superficial lymph nodes, salivation and decrease in milk production were observed in infected animals. There were significant differences in haematological values in infected cattle as compared with non-infected ones. There was decrease in total erythrocytic count, haemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, Total leukocytic count, serum protein and neutrophils. Whereas lymphocytes showed an increase in the infected cattle. Regarding the comparison of crossbred and exotic cattle, there was statistically significant difference in both the means of total erythrocyte count, PCV, Haemoglobin, Serum Protein, lymphocytes and neutrophils. But no significant difference was seen between means of eosinophils, Basophils and monocytes of the exotics as well as the crossbred cattle. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0450,T] (1).
The Effects Of Induced Coccidiosis On Growth And Blood Parameters In Commercial Quails (Coturnix Coturnix
by Ashraf, M | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Mubashar Saeed | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1994Dissertation note: The study was designed to see the effects of experimentally induced coccidiosis op growth and blood parameters in commercial quails (coturnix coturnix japonica). For this purpose 200 day old quail chicks were obtained from a local hatchery and raised under standard, controlled coccidia free conditions. A commercial coccidiostat free feed was provided. At the age of 21 days, birds were divided into 2 groups A and B each comprising 100 birds. Birds of group 'A' were kept as non infected control and birds of group 'B' were infected with I ml of coccidial inoculum having 50,000 sporulated oocysts given directly into crop. After the infection, the OPG of the both groups was recorded. Weekly weight gain/bird of both A and B group was recorded. Meanwhile the morbidity, mortality, clinical finding and post-mortem finding were also observed. At the end of experimental period of 42 day, 20 birds from each group were slaughtered and blood sample were collected for haematology. The weight of birds in group 'B' was significantly lower than that of group 'A' birds. The morbidity and mortality rate in group B were 100% and 38% respectively. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0451,T] (1).
A Study On Gastro Intestinal Nematodes Of Camels Slaughtered At Metropolitan Corporation Abattoir Lahore With Taxonomy Of The Isolated Species
by Abbas Ali, Syed | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Mubasher Saeed Mian | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1993Dissertation note: The present study was carried out to determine the incidence of gastro-intestinal nematodes of camels, with the taxonomy of the isolated species. Sixty guts were examined rendomly at the rate of 15 guts per month from August to November, 1993. The adult parasites were collected, fixed and preserved. The whole mounts were prepared. The faecal samples were examined and the EPG was estimated using McMaster egg counting technique. The taxonomy of the isolated species was determined by examing the whole mounts, according to the morphological characters given in the keys. The five species of nematodes representing different genera were isloated and identifed as Haenionchus ion gistipes, Izlaemonchus contortus, C'ainelostrongy!us mentulatus, Neniatodirus spathiger and Trichuris giobulosa. The overall incidence recorded from camels during the present study was 65 percent. The morphological characters were studied by preparing permanent mounts and were described. The findings of the present study will help in planning programme for the control of parasitic disease, especially caused by the above mentioned species of nematodes of camels in Pakistan, which will contribute to the development of animal industry by providing much effective coverage for the devastating effects of the parasites and will ultimately enchance the production of milk, meat and hides. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0463,T] (1).
A Study On The Epidemiological Aspects Of Fascioliasis In Buffaloes In Lahore District
by Rabbia Sahar | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Haji Ahmed Hashmi | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1996Dissertation note: The study was designed to find the prevalence and intensity of liver fluke infection in buffaloes in Lahore District. The study period was from April 1995 to July 1995. The data was based on: Data collected from four Veterinary Hospitals in Lahore District namely, Herbenspura, R.A. Bazar, Shamkey Bhattian and Rukh Chandra indicated that during the study period from 1 April, 1995 to 31 July, 1995, a total of 2184 buffaloes were treated for different diseases in these hospitals. Based on history, clinical symptoms and response to treatment 229 (10.48%) buffaloes were positive for fascioliasis. Information collected from Municipal Corporation, Lahore abattoirs regarding economical losses revealed that one hundred eight million rupees were lost annually due to damage and condemnation of liver fluke infected livers. Two hundred faecal samples collected directly from the rectum of buffaloes from various localities at Lahore were examined microscopically by fresh smear and sedimentation methods, which revealed that 75 (37.5%) buffaloes were suffering from fascioliasis. In order to determine the intensity of Fascioliasis in infected animals, quantitative faecal examination was done (and it ranged from 32.6 to 45.6 EPG indicating that the disease is likely to be pathogenic). Overall liver fluke infection was recorded by examining forty livers along with their bile ducts collected from slaughtered buffaloes and it was found that 16 (40%) had liver fluke infection. Identification of live flukes from the infected flukes revealed that 8 (50%) had mixed infection of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, 5 (31.25%) had only Fasciola gigantica infection while 3 (18.75%) had only Fasciola hepatica infection. It was concluded from the above studies that Fascioliasis in buffaloes in Lahore district is quite prevalent, and it needs to adopt appropriate measures to control the infection. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0485,T] (1).
Taxonomuy And Prevalence Of Eimeria Species Infecting Young Buffalo And Cattle Calves And Their Effect On Various
by Afzal, M | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Dr. Haji Ahmad Hashmi | Dr. Shakil | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Publisher: 1996Dissertation note: This study was contemplated to evaluate some aspects of prevalent species including taxonomy of Eimeria infection& in young cattle and buffalo calves. In addition the effects of Eimeria infections on various haematological parameters i.e., Haemoglobin, PCV, RBC count, ESR and Differential leucocyte count were also studied. For this purpose the animals (Buffalo and Cattle calves) were divided into two groups. Firstly those having diarrhoea and secondly those which were apparently healthy. The buffalo and cattle calves were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) on the basis of the age in days under the maximum age of 120 days. A group ranged from 1-30 days, B ranged 31- 60 days, C ranged 61-90 and D ranged 91-120 days. The haematological observations were recorded from both the groups formulated upon the basis of age as A, B, C and D in both cattle and buffalo calves and findings compared with the control groups A, B, C and D having the same age range. Results revealed that out of 816 animals (442 cattle and 374 buffalo calves), 167 (84 cattle and 83 buffalo calves) were found to be positive (20.46%) for Eimeria species infection. Whereas 62 out of 250 (24.80%) suffering from diarrhoea and 22 out of 192 (11%) apparently healthy cattle calves showed coccidial infections. For buffaloes 63 out of 220 cases (29%) were positive from animals showing diarrhoea and 20 out of 154 (13%) were found positive for coccidiosis from apparently healthy group. Four species of Eimeria namely, Eimeria zuernii, Elmerip bovis, Eimeria cylindrica and Eimeria ellipsoidalis were found in the above mentioned ca1ves E. zuernhi was the most prevalent species found (48%) followed by . bovis (27%), Eimeria cvlindrica (16%) and Eimeria ellipsoidalis (10%) respectively. OPG count carried out ranged from 2500-70,000 oocyst per gram of faeces. Haematological observations showed anaemia, which was a feature of the diarrhoeic calves and not found in apparently healthy animals although some of them had been harbouring Eimeria infection. The PCV decreased proportionately with haemoglobin whereas erythrocyte count also showed decrease in positive cases. On the other hand ESR of the above referred calves increased. There was neutrophilia in the infected animals versus control animals and lymphocytes decreased in infected animals. There was no significant change in eosinophil and monocyte counts. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0511,T] (1).
Taxonomical Studies Of Prevalent Species Of Eimeria In Broiler Chicks And Comparison Of Immucox (Imported Vaccine) Versus Locally Prepared Vaccine Against Coccidiosi
by Sodaghar Ali Shaker | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Dr. Haji Ahmad Hashmi | Dr. Shakil | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 1997Dissertation note: The study was designed to identify different species of the genus Eimeria in broiler chicks occuring in poultry farms situated in and around Lahore. For this purpose one thousand faecal samples were collected from different broiler farms out of which 145 (14.5%) were positive for coccidiosis. Two hundred broiler carcases, suspected to he suffering from coccidiosis were obtained from different diagnostic Laboratories at Lahore. One hundred and ninety out of 200, (95%) were found positive for coccidiosis. Identification of the species of the genus Eimeria was done and seven species were identified i.e, E tenella 119 out of 190 (62.63%), J. brunetti 27 (14.21%), E. necatrix 13 (6.84%), . acervulina 19 (10%), . maxima 4 (2.10%), . mitis 3 (1.58%) and . praecpx 5 (2.63%). The second aim of the present study was to compare the immunogenic properties of locally prepared (atlenuated) and imported (live) vaccine (Immucox). For this purpose one hundred and fifty five day old broiler chicks were reared under controlled conditions. They were equally divided into five groups i.e. A, B, C, D and E. Group A was kept as uninfected control. Group B acted as infected control. Group B, C, D and E were infected with 50,000 sporulated Oocysts at day 15, 25, 35 and 45 of age. Group C acted as infected and treated control alongwith 5 days treatment with amprolium, after three days of each primary and challenge doses. Group D received 1000 sporulated formalin treated oocysts orally, at the age of day 3 and day 10. The members of group E received orally imported vaccine (Immucox) at the age of day 5. Immunogenicity was measured by the passage of oocysts per gram of faeces (OPG) and by comparative weight gains amongst different groups. It was noticed that no coccidiosis could be established in groups A, C, D and E. The OPG counts remained nil in groups A and C throughout the experimental period. Groups D and E showed moderate counts and Group B showed high counts of OPG. The OPG counts gradually decreased to 35,000, 1200 and 1150 in groups B, D and E, respectively at the end of the experiment. Average weight gain records showed 430, 150, 332 and 270 gms greater in A, C, D and E groups, respectively at the end of the experiment, as compared to group B. FCR of group A, B, C, D and E was 2.82, 3.48, 3.11, 2.76 and 2.93, respectively at the end of the experiment. Group D was the best and group B was the worst. Group D depicted full protection and remained second to the uninfected control group (A) in respect of weight gains. Group E also showed complete protection and remained third to the uninfected control group A in respect of weight gains. Inspite of complete protection in group C due to amprolium treatment, the weight gains remained lower than groups D and E. There was no development of exogenous species of Elmeria due to immunization with immucox. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0533,T] (1).
Studies On The Incidence Of Gastro Intestinal Helminths And Their Economic Impact On Production Potential Of Sheep
by Zia ur Rehman, Qazi | Dr. Asif Rabbani | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Muhammad Afzal | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1998Dissertation note: A study of gastro intestinal helminth parasites of sheep and goats of District Peshawar has been conducted, covering a period of 4 months (May to August, 1998). During this study incidence of GIT. helminths and their impact on production potential (weight gain) of sheep and goats was studied. Random collection of samples were made from Peshawar slaughter house and a total of 40 guts each in sheep and goats were examined and following species of helminths were recovered and identified. Oesophagostomum columbianum, 0. venulosum, Trichuris parvespiculum, Haemonchus contortus, Chabertia ovina, Bunostornum trigonocephalum, Nematodirus spathiger, Moniezia benedeni, Moniezia expansa, Trichuris lani, T. globulosa, Cysticercus tenuicollis. Only two species of cestodes and nine species of nematodes were recorded during the study. However no trematode specie was recorded. Amongst the nematodes Trichiurisparuespiculum infection was recorded to be the highest in sheep and goats with an incidence of 64.70% and 73.33% respectively. The incidence of Haemonchus contortus was 24.19 and 53.33% in sheep and goats respectively. The worm burden ranged from 1-470 in sheep and 3-141 in goats respectively. Out of total gastro intestinal tracts examined (40 each in sheep and goats), 73.33% and 60.29% were found positive for mixed infection in sheep and goats respectively. In order to assess the effect of GIT helminths on live weight gain and its measurement in terms of economics of the above mentioned animals, 0 Hasthnagri sheep and 30 beetal goats were divided into two groups (control vs. treated by Nilzan Plus of ICI). The average daily weight gain in sheep group was 83.78 gms while in goats it. was 85.26 gms per animal. On comparison with treated group, the increase weight gain was 3.03 kg and 2.56 kg in sheep and goats respectively at the end of the experiment. Calculating the increase on live weight basis Rs.234.5 and 158 per animal were earned more in sheep and goats respectively. After deducting the cost of anthelmintic treatment the net gain Rs.222.5 and Rs.146 per animal in sheep and goats. During this study a progressive decrease in faecal egg counts with increasing age was observed both in sheep and goats. Statistical analysis by using un-paired "t" test confirmed that there was significant differences in weight gain and faecal egg counts, between control and treated groups of sheep and goats. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0563,T] (1).
The Prevalence & Control Of Natural Infestations Of Ectoparasites & Their Effect On Blood Parameters On Indigenous Birds
by Irfan Mueed, M | Dr.Kamran Ashraf | Dr. Muhammad Afzall | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 2000Dissertation note: A study was conducted to record the incidence and identification of various species of ectoparasites (ticks, lice, mites), and to find out the efficacy of ivermectin against ectoparasites in indigenous poultry. A total of 2000 indigenous birds were examined, during June to August, 1999 and out of these 1035 were found infested with ectoparasites, showing an overall infestation rate of 51.75%. The infestation rate of ticks, lice, mites and mixed infestation (ticks and lice) was recorded as 6, 16.5, 2.25 and 27 percent, respectively. The species of ectoparasites identified were: Argas persicus (fowl tick), Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus stramineus, Liveurus caponis, Goniodes gigas (lice) and Cnemidoco1)tes mutans (Scaly Leg Mite). In order to assess the efficacy of ivermectin (Ivomec) one hundred and fifty naturally infested birds with different species of ectoparasites were selected for treatment trials and divided into three groups i.e. A, Band C, each comprising of 50 birds. The birds of group A and B were the test groups and group C served as control group. Fifty birds of group A given ivermectin intramuscularly at a dose rate of 200Ji/kg (0.2 mg/kg) body weight and 50 birds were treated with ivermectin orally at the same dose rate of 10 mg/5 gallons of drinking water as for group A. The efficacy of the drug was determined on the basis of negative skin scrapings and absence of other ectoparasites (lice, ticks) from the body of the test group birds as recorded on day zero, 14th and 28 of post-medication of ivermectin. The cure percentage recorded in group A and B on day 28 of the experiment was 94 and, 90 percent in birds treated by intramuscular injection and oral treatment of the drug, resp~ctively. Haematological examinations were made to compare the blood picture of Infested birds treated with ivermectin and birds infested with ectoparasites and kept as untreated control. For this purpose blood samples from treated and untreated infested birds were examined. Blood parameters studied were: Total erythrocytic count (TEC), Packed cell volume (PCV), haemoglobin (Hb) Crythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), Differential leukocytic count DLC). The results of haemotological examinations showed a significant decrease in erythrocytic count, haejmoglobin, packed cell volume and rise in erythrocyte sedimentation rate and increase in differential leukocytic count of treated birds as compared to infested birds. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0620,T] (1).
Estimation Of Blood Haemoglobin, Serum Iron And Magnesium Level In Clinical Cases Of Ovine Haemonchosis
by Haneef ur Rehman | Dr . Asif Rabbani | Dr . Mubashar Saeed Mian | Dr . Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1985Dissertation note: Haemonchosis is a serious helminthic infection of sheep and goats resulting in the mortality due to excessive blood loss and causes great economic losses. The objective of the present study was to determine the effect of natural infection of Haemonchus contortus in sheep upon blood haemo- globin, serum iron and magnesium level so that it could aid in accurate diagnosis and effective therapeutic measures. Infection was confirmed through faecal examination. Eggs per gram of faeces were calculated by McMaster egg counting technique. To see the effect of severity of infection on these blood components, blood samples of positive cases were taken from jugular vein. Blood haemoglobin, serum iron and magnesium were estimated by using standard diagnostic kits with spectrophotometer. A decreased level of haemoglobin and serum iron was directly proportional to the severity of infection. However, no alteration in serum magnesium level was observed in infected and non-infected animals. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0701,T] (1).
Occurrence And Importance Of Enteric Protozoan Infections On Different Goat Farms In District Swat
by Farooq Shah | Dr. Kamran Ashraf | Dr. Muhammad | Prof. Dr. Haji Ahmed hashmi | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2005Dissertation note: A study was conducted to ascertain the prevalence and importance of enteric protozoa in goat population. A total of 225 faecal samples were collected from fifteen different goat farms in district Swat. These samples were collected from three age groups i.e Group I (day 1 to 6 months), Group II (7 - 12 months) and Group III (over one year). These samples were processed by Direct Smear method, Sheather's Flotation and Zinc Sulphate Flotation technique for the detection of Giardia, Cryptosporidium and Eimeria cysts and oocysts. Overall prevalence of Eimeria 37.77%, Giardia 12.44% and Cryptosporidium 6.22% was recorded. Age related prevalence showed highest the number of Eimeria 53.33%, Giardia 18.66% and Cryptosporidium 8% in Group I which comprised animals of I day to 6 month. Among 225 faecal samples 73, were collected from diarrhoeic and 152 from non diarrhoeic animals. The infection rates were higher in diarrhoeic animals, Eimeria 45.22%, Giardia 21.9% and Cryptosporidium 10.99% than non diarrhoeic animal. 34.6% faecal samples were found positive for other parasites such as Haemonchus 10.22%, Trichostrongylus 8%, Trichuris 20%, Strongyloids 6.6%. A large number of faecal samples (58.66%) were found positive for parasitic infections. Results of this study indicated widespread prevalence of' parasitic diseases in goat population and especially Eimeria and Giardia are the predominant protozoan parasites Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0897,T] (1).
Seroprevalence Of Ftoxoplasma Gondii Infection In Sheep And Goats
by Sher Hayat Khan | Prf.Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Prof. Dr. Haji Ahmad Hashmi | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2005Dissertation note: Keeping in view the zoonotic importance of Toxoplasmosis the present study was carried out to determine the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in sheep and goats using commercially available kit "Toxopalasmosis Latex" based on the principal of Latex agglutination. . For this purpose 100 blood samples (50 sheep & 50 goats) were collected randomly from slaughter house of Lahore and local sheep & goat forms, the serum was separated and analyzed for anti Toxoplasma antibodies. The animals were divided in three groups, Group I included animals below one year, Group II 1-4 years and Group III included animals aged 4 years and above. The overall 8% and 6% seroprevalence were recorded in sheep and goats respectively. Age titer relationship in sheep showed that Group III had (12.5%), Group 11(7.6 %) and Group I had no positive cases in sheep examined. In goats Group III had (10 %), Group II (5.7%) and no seropositive cases in Group I could be recorded. These results indicate that the infection was higher in older animal than young ones, Breed wise seroprevalence indicated that, Kchhi sheep 14.28%, Desi (non descript) 8.33% and no seropositive case in Lohi and Thali breeds was recorded. In goats Teddy breed had 11.11%, Desi (non descript) 5.55% while no seropositive case in Beetal goats could be recorded. From the data analyzed it is concluded that although the seroprevalence of T gondii infection in sheep and goats is relatively low in this area as compared to the other parts of the world. Yet adequate management might be useful and essential to further minimize the infection in sheep and goats herds. Consequently, preventive measures could further reduce the exposure of toxoplasmosis in the human population. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0899,T] (1).
Occurrence And Importance Of Enteric Protozoan Infections On Different Sheep Farms In District Swat
by Habib Ali | Prf.Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Kamran Ashraf | Dr. Muhammad | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2005Dissertation note: A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of various enteric protozoan infections in sheep. A total of 225 fresh faecal samples were collected from different sheep farms in District Swat N.W.F.P. These animals belonged to three different age groups i.e. Group I (up to 6 months of age), Group II (7-12 months of age) and Group III (above 1 year of age). Faecal samples were processed for the detection of Eimeria spp. oocysts, Giardia cysts, Cryptosporidium oocysts and other parasites by three different techniques. By Direct smear method, Sheather,s sugar flotation and zinc sulphate flotation technique. A total of faecal samples found positive for Eimeria oocysts 63 (28%), Giardia cysts 35 (15.55%), Cryptosporidium oocysts 16 (7.11%) and mixed parasitic infection 58 (25.77%). Data recorded for various protozoan infections indicated that prevalence rate in Group-I (Eimeria 37.33%, Giardia 22.66% and Cryptosporidium 12%) was higher than the Group-II (Eimeria 28%, Giardia 16% and Cryptosporidium 3%) and Group-III ( Eimeria 18.66%, Giardia 8% and Cryptosporidium 5.33%). Prevalence rate was also higher in diarrhoeic animals (Eimeria 35.71%, Giardia 23.80% and Cryptosporidium 16.66%) than the non diarrhoeic animals (Eimeria 26.22%, Giardia 13.66% and cryptosporidium 4.91%). A large number of faecal samples (25.77%) were found positive for various other parasitic infections. No significant difference was noted in males and females. Results of this study indicated wide spread prevalence of parasitic diseases in sheep population and mostly young animals were found to be infected by different protozoan parasites. It can be concluded that enteric protozoan infections in sheep can be controlled through improved managemental practices, hygienic measures and avoidance of overcrowding the animals. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 0901,T] (1).
Toxonomical Study Of The Genus Trichuris And Comparative Anthelminitc Efficacy Of Fenbendazole (Panacur) Ad Albendazole (Valbazen) Against Gastro-Intestinal Nematodes in Sheep
by Dr. Muhammad Iftikhar | Mr. Asif Rabbani | Mr. M. Akram | Mr. Muhammad Afzal | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 1990Dissertation note: Pakistan has a large population of livestock, which plays an important role in the economy of the country. Parasitism is a major problem in our country. Great economic losses have been attributed to the sheep population in our country due to the parasitic infections. The genus Trichuris includes some of the most important nematode species effecting the sheep, therefore a taxonomical study of the genus Trichuris was conducted in the month of September and October, 1989. For this purpose 100 guts (large intestine) of sheep slaughtered at Lahore abattoir were procured and brought to the parasitology laboratory College of Veterinary Sciences, for further investigations. The overall incidence of Trichuris spp. was found to be 74% . The following two species were recorded. 1. Trichuris ovis 66% 2. Trichuris globulosa 18% Taxonomy of Trichuris species was studied by preparing permanent mounts. The present work was also aimed to see the effect of two commonly available anthelmintics namely fenbendazole (panacur) and albendazole (valbazen), on naturally infected sheep with gastrointestinal nematodes. Sixty sheep positive for nematode infections were randomly divided into three groups A,B & C each group comprising of 20 animals. Group A and B were given fenbendazole and albendazole respectively according to the manufacturers dose rate while group C was kept as untreated control. The efficacy of both the drugs was evaluated on the bases of reduction of eggs per gram of faeces after medication. The egg counts were made on zero, 7th, 14th and 21st day. Both the drugs revealed a progressive decrease in the faecal egg counts. The efficacy of fenbendazole on 7th, .14th and 21st day was 96.33, 97.05 and 99.66% respectively while the efficacy of albendazole was 92.56, 95.37 and 98.18% respectively. There was no significant difference in the effectiveness of the drugs. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1130,T] (1).
Studies On Rats And Mice As A Reservoir Of Zoonotic Parasites
by Muhammad Sarfaraz Ahmad | Prf.Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad Mustaq-ul-Hassan | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 2009Dissertation note: A total of 3600 rats and mice were examined for the prevalence of various zoonotic parasitic infections. Species of various parasites were identified. The order of ifection rate was as Hymenolepis nana (59.9%), Toxoplasma gondii in rats and mice 52.0%), Hymenolepis diminula (35.4%), Cryptosporidium parvum (16.5%), Taenia taenieformis (11.7%), Toxoplasma gondii in humans (11.3%), Capillaria hepatica 7.0%), Babesia spp. (2.3%), Trypanosomu spp. (2.3%) and Leishmania spp. (1.2%). The highest (78.0%) month-wise prevalence of FL nana was found during August whereas the lowest (43.0%) during February. The highest (70.8%) season-wise prevalence was noted during summer followed by autumn (62.9%) then spring whiles the lowest (46.8%) during winter. Infection was higher in males (78.0%) than females 45.9%). Adult rats and mice were more commonly affected than younger. Infection was higher in rats (65.1%) than mice (16.3%). The highest (48.0%) month-wise prevalence of H diminuta was found during August whereas the lowest (28.0%) during January. The highest (45.4%) season-wise prevalence was noted during summer followed by spring (35.1%) while the lowest (29.3%) during winter. Infection was higher in males (43.8%) than females (29.3%). Adult rats and mice were more commonly affected than younger. Infection was higher in rats (37.3%) than mice (20.2%). The highest (23.0%) month-wise prevalence of C. parvum was found during July whereas the lowest (10.0%) during December. The highest (22.4%) season-wise valence was noted during summer followed by spring (16.9%) then autumn (15.3%) le the lowest (11.3%) during winter. Infection was higher in females (19.9%) than es (12.0%). Adult rats and mice were more commonly affected than younger, infection was higher in rats (17.7%) than mice (7.6%). The highest (20.0%) month-wise prevalence of T raenieformis was found during y and August whereas the lowest (6.0%) during December. The highest (18.4%) son-wise prevalence was noted during summer followed by autumn (10.8%) then ring (10.6%) whereas lowest (7.0%) during winter. Infection was higher in females 15.6%) than males (6.5%). Adult rats and mice were more commonly infected than younger. Infection was higher in rats (12.4%) than mice (6.0%). The highest (12.7%) month-wise prevalence of C. hepatica was found during August whereas the lowest (4.0%) during November. The highest (10.8%) season-wise prevalence was noted during summer followed by autumn (6.0%) then spring (6.2%) hues the lowest (4.9%) during winter. Infection was higher in females (8.4%) than males (5.0%). Adult rats and mice were more commonly affected than younger. Infection higher in rats (7.3%) than mice (4.6%). The highest (9.0%) month-wise prevalence of Babesia spp. was found during August whereas infection was absent during January, February, March, April, November and December. The highest (5.0%) season-wise prevalence was noted during summer followed by autumn (4.2%) then spring (0.1%) and was absent during winter. The infection was higher in males (2.7%) than females (2.0%).The infection was present only in adult rats and mice and no case was recorded in younger. Higher infection was noted -n (2.3%) and than mice (2.4%). The highest (7.3%) month-wise prevalence of Trypanosoma spp. was found August whereas it was absent during January, February, November and December. The highest (5.7%) season-wise prevalence was noted during summer by spring (2.2%) then autumn (1.2%) and it was absent during winter. The infection was higher in females (2.5%) than males (2.0%). Adult rats and mice were more commonly affected than younger. Higher infection was noted in rats (2.5%) than mice The highest (4.7%) month-wise prevalence of Leishmania spp was found during y and August whereas infection was absent during January, February, March, April, October, November and December. The highest (3.4%) season-wise prevalence was during Summer followed by autumn (1.1%) then spring (0.1%) and infection was during winter. The infection was higher in females (1 .4%) than males (0.9%). The infection was found only in adult rats and mice and no positive case was recorded in 1younger. The infection was (1.2%) in rats and mice. The role of meteorological data i.e temperature, humidity and rainfall was also studied. It was noted that there was a positive co-relation of high temperature and humidity with the prevalence of various parasitic infections. As the infection were maximum during summer when the temperature and humidity was favorable for high prevalence of parasitic burden. This study will he helpful to disseminate information regarding zoonotic potential parasitic infections via media i.e. newspapers. magazine, electronic media (T.V, I.T, Radio) through seminars, meetings and conferences with professionals doctors, paramedical staff and livestock farmers. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1149,T] (1).
Git Helminthiasis Indigenous And Commercial Layers In District Quetta.Balouchistan
by Rizwan ullah hashmi | Dr. Khalid saeed | Dr. kamran ashraf | Dr. muhammad.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 2011Dissertation note: The study was conducted to identify and compare the extent of gastrointestinal helminths in indigenous poultry and commercial layers. For this purpose, 200 gut samples (100 each from indigenous and commercial layers) were collected from different sources of Quetta district. All the material was brought to disease investigation lab, Quetta, for detailed postmortem and coprological examination. The overall incidence of nematodes in indigenous chickens and commercial layers was 87% and 08% respectively. Three species of nematodes were recovered from both indigenous chickens and commercial layers. Ascaridia galli was the most common specie of nematodes recovered from small intestine while Heterakis gallinae and Subulura brumpti were isolated from the caeca of the sampled birds. The incidence of Ascaridia galli, Heterakis gallinae and Subulura brumpti was 75%, 25% and 16% in indigenous chickens and 06%, 04% and 03% in commercial layers respectively. The overall incidence of cestodes was lower than those of the nematodes. It was found to be 78% in indigenous chickens and 05% in commercial layers respectively. Five species of cestodes recorded from the gastrointestinal tract of indigenous chicken and were Raillietina tetragona (60%), Raillietina echinobothrida (21%), Raillietina cesticillus (14%), Cotugnia digonopora (29%) and Choanotaenia infundibulum (13%). On the other hand, following two species of cestodes were isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of commercial layers and included Raillietina tetragona (04%), and Choanotaenia infundibulum (02%). Older birds have higher prevalence as compared with younger birds in indigenous and commercial layers. Slightly higher infection rates were recorded in females (51.7%) as compared with males (48.2%). On coprological examination, a greater proportion of birds were found infected with various helminthes and infection rate in indigenous birds was 66% as compared with commercial layers which was 3%. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1300,T] (1).
Helminthiasis In Children Upto Twelve Years Of Age And Their Effect On Different Blood Parameters
by Dr. Fareed Ahmad Afzal | Prf.Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Tayyaba Ejaz.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 2011Dissertation note: Helminthic infections causing anemia are the major public health problems globally. Intestinal parasites are most prevalent in tropical countries. Tropical countries have mild climate and heavy rains which are breeding grounds for parasites. The present study was conducted to determine the frequency of intestinal helminthic infections in two to twelve years old children at three different hospitals of lahore. For this purpose, a total of 250 stool samples were examined for the presence of various endoparasites. Stool samples were examined by direct smear and floatation techniques. Identification of eggs was made on the basis of morphological characteristics. 250 blood samples of the same children were also collected for the determination of haemoglobin level. Haemoglobin determination was done by haematology analyzer (Sysmex- model number KX-21). In this way association of parasitic infections with anemia was done. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections was noted in children according to age and gender, among different hospitals of lahore and among children whose family members had received different levels of education. The present study has also dealt with the relationship between haemoglobin levels along with their means and standard deviation. Out of the total 250 stool samples examined, it was found that 29 samples were infected with a prevalence of (11.6%). Out of these 29 samples, there were 13(44.82%) cases of Ascaris lumbricoides, 8(27.58%) cases of Hymenolepis nana, 6(20.68%) cases of Taenia saginata and 2(6.89%) cases of Hookworm. The level of haemoglobin in these children ranged from 3.7gm/dl to 9.8 gm/dl. This indicates that there is a relationship between helminthiasis and anemia. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1334,T] (1).
Prevalence, Serodiagnosis And Zoonotic Importance Of Hydatidosis In Small Ruminants And Humans
by Hafiz Javed Iqbal | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Prof. Dr. Athar Khan.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: drama Publisher: 2011Dissertation note: Hydatidosis is a world-wide zoonotic parasitic disease which is caused by the larval stage of tape worm Echinococcus granulosus and E. multilocularis. It is highly endemic in some regions of the world. Keeping in view the importance of the disease, the present study was conducted to record the age, sex, species and season wise prevalence of hydatidosis in small ruminants. The study also includes comparison of the two serological tests used for the diagnosis of this disease and efficacy of mebendazole was aIso evaluated. Prevalence and organ specificity of hydatidosis was studied in 2400 sheep and 2400 goats of different age and sexes. The overall prevalence of hydatidosis in sheep and goats was 8.25 and 6.21 percent respectively. Sex wise prevalence indicated that it was 9.85 and 7.85 percent in female and male sheep respectively whereas in female and male goats it was 5.83 and 7.23 percent respectively. A reasonably higher prevalence of hydatidosis was observed in female animals as compared with males. In adult animals hydatid cysts were present in 11.38 and 7.77 percent in sheep and goatsrespectively while in lambs and kids it was 1.79 and 1.06 percent respectively. Statistically no significant difference was observed in any season through out the year in both the species. In the present study, lungs were found to be most commonly infected organ in sheep andliver in goats. Out of 198 infected sheep, 45.45 percent had cysts in lungs, 33.84 percentin liver, 10.10 percent in both liver and lungs, 2.53 percent in spleen, 2.02 percent in heart and 6.06 percent in abdomen and thoracic cavity whereas in goats organs specificity was 34.23, 40.27, 16.78, 0.67, 8.05 percent respectively for lungs, liver, lungs & liver both, spleen and abdomen and thoracic cavity. A total of 60 cysts in sheep were examined for fertility and it was found that out of 18 cysts of less than two centimeter size, maximum (50 percent) were suppurative orcalcified and minimum (16.7 percent) were fertile in nature. Of 30 cysts of 2-4 em size, 40 percent were suppurative and 40 percent were fertile and from 12 cysts of more than four centimeter size, maximum (66.7 percent) were fertile and only 16.7 percent were sterile in nature. In goats, of 15 cysts of less than 2cm size, maximum (46. 7percent) were suppurative, and minimum (13.3 percent) were fertile. Of 7 cysts, belonging to the group of more than four centimeter seize, 71.4 percent were fertile in nature and only 14.3 percent were sterile. Overall fertility rate in sheep and goats was 38.33 and 36.96 percent respectively whereas overall sterility rate was 23.3 and 32.60 percent in sheep and goats respectively. In sheep, total number of protoscolices found in 23 cysts was 936 of which 72.65 percent were fertile in nature. The mean of total proto scolices was 40.70 with standard deviation of 23.05 whereas the mean number of viable protoscolices was 29.57 percent with a standard deviation of 18.92. In goats, total number of protoscolices observed in 17 cysts was 719 whereas only 52.71 percent were fertile in nature. The mean of total protoscolices was 42.30 with a standard deviation of 17.13 whereas mean of viable protoscolices was 22.30 with standard deviation of 17.10. Blood samples of 40 positive and 40 negative sheep for hydatid disease were collected from slaughter house and serum was separated. ELISA and IHA test were applied on these samples. The sensitivity, specificity, efficacy, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of ELISA were 92.5 percent each whereas these values for IHA were 80 percent, 97.5 percent, 88.75 percent, 96.96 percent and 82.98 percent respectively. In goats, blood samples from 40 positive and 40 negative cases of hydatidosis were collected from slaughter house before slaughtering and ELISA and IHA were applied on all of these samples. The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA was 90 percent and 95 percent respectively whereas the sensitivity and specificity of IHA was 75 percent and 97.5 percent respectively. A total of 12 i.e. 6 sheep and 6 goats (healthy) were purchased and kept at Ravi campus Pattoki, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore. These were divided into experimental (4 sheep and 4 goats) and control group (two sheep and two goats). In experimental group, 100 eggs of Echinococcus granulosus were given orally to all animals and then mebendazole was given to two sheep and two goats on zero day and then after two months intervals. Blood samples were collected from all animals on zero day, 90 days and 180th day and serum was separated. ELISA and IHA were applied to all samples. Mebendazole was not found completely effective and ELISA detected the infection earlier than IHA. On postmortem examination, multiple cysts were found in all animals of group A and no cyst was found in group B. Eighty blood samples of humans i.e. 40 positive and 40 negative for hydatidosis were coilected, serum was separated and ELISA and IHA test were applied to all the samples. The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA was 95 percent and 97.5 percent respectively whereas the sensitivity and specificity of IHA was 82.5 percent and 97.5 percent respectively. The present study will be helpful in disseminating the informations regarding the prevalence, zoonotic importance, effect of mebendazole in animals and the use of immunodiagnostic tests for the diagnosis of hydatidosis in small ruminants and human beings. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1405,T] (1).
Prasitic Contamination Of Vegetables Eaten Raw In Lahore
by Shafa-ul-Haq | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Nisar Ahmad.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2012Dissertation note: Fresh vegetables are important part of human diet. Eating raw vegetable is customary in many parts of the world including Pakistan, but these raw vegetables can be a major source of parasites. A parasitic survey on vegetables collected from major markets in Lahore was conducted for the discovery of human and animal parasites. Ten species of vegetables: beet (Beta vulgaris), cabbage (Brassica denceal), carrot (Davcus carota) chili (Capsicum frutecense), coriander (Corriandum sativum) cucumber (Cucumis sativa), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Mint (Mentha viridis), radish (Raphanus sativus), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentun) were evaluated in this study. Fifty samples of each vegetable were taken, comprising a total of 500 samples for the study. Hundred gram of each vegetable was washed with a cationic solution of Hyamin detergent containing glass particles for the elution of eggs. Concentration of eggs/cysts was achieved by centrifugal sedimentation technique at 5000 rpm for 5 minutes. Sediment was examined under microscope for the presence of parasite eggs, cysts and larvae. Examination of vegetables revealed twelve genera of parasites. All vegetables were highly contaminated with parasites with an overall prevalence of 31.2%. Of parasites studied, Ascaris eggs found to be the highest (37.1%), followed by Hook worm(10.8%) and Trichostrongyloides sp.(8.9%), while the least common parasite was Toxoplasma gondii (1.9%). Lettuce showed the highest contamination (48%), followed by Cabbage (44%) and Mint (podina) (42%) while chili showed the least contamination (16%). The results would seem to indicate that one of the important routes of parasitic infection is due to consumption of raw and unwashed vegetables. So, enlightenment programs for the public on necessity of food sanitation and personal hygiene should be intensified. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1419,T] (1).
Prevalence And Control Of Gastrointestinal Nematodes Of Goats In District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
by Habibun Nabi | Dr. Khalid Saeed | Dr. Aneela | Dr. Muhammad Lateef.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: drama Publisher: 2012Dissertation note: Goat rearing is a traditional activity in peri-urban areas and villages and plays an important role in the nutrition, social and economic needs of the population. Gastrointestinal nematodes are common in various production systems and these infections are the single most significant constraint to small ruminant productivity. The present study was carried out at Saidu Sharif, District Swat to generate data about the gastrointestinal (GIT) nematodes prevalent in the area. To record the prevalence of various nematodes of goats, a total of 150 faecal samples were examined. A total of 61/150 (40.67 %) of samples were found positive. Different species were identified and included Nematodirus spathiger (28.66 %), Haemonchus contortus (14.66 %), Trichostrongylus spp (4 %), Strongyloides papillosus (6 %) and Trichuris ovis (11.33 %). Highest prevalence of GIT nematodes were found in young and immature animals (48 %) with mean EPG 282 and 211 respectively. Adult had lower infection rate (26 %) with mean EPG of 142. Sex related prevalence indicated that male had higher prevalence (46.66 %) than female (34.66 %) and greater intensity of infection in males as compare to females. Higher infection rate with GIT nematodes was recorded in pregnant goat (42 %) as compared to non pregnant (33.92 %). House hold animals showed high infection rate i.e. 45.33 % with mean EPG of 254 as compared to commercially raised animals which had infection rate 36 % with mean EPG of 169. The Study -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY 71 showed significant difference of egg per gram count between breeds. Beetal goats had high infection rate (100 %) and intensity as compared with other breeds. Higher egg shedding was recorded in animals around parturition as compared to dry goats. Liter size also effected the EPG and higher counts were recorded in goats with duplets and triplets. Albasym (Albendazole) was evaluated at two dose levels i.e. 1 ml/ 20 kg body weight and 1.25 ml/20 kg body weight. The efficacy at normal dose and higher dose at day 7th was 98.81 % and 100 % respectively, at day 14th 95.24 % and 99.53 % and at day 28th 80.95 % and 93.90 % respectively. No significant difference at normal dose and higher dose was observed while significant difference with control group was recorded. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1435,T] (1).
Adulticidal And Larvicidal Activity Of Cassia Fistula And Piper Nigrum Against Anopheles (Malaria Vector).
by Sara Mehmood | Dr. Muhammad Lateef | Dr. Aftab | Dr. Khalid Saeed.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: drama Publisher: 2012Dissertation note: Mosquitoes are major vectors, in transmitting many diseases like malaria, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis and dengue fever etc, which are greatly, affecting human beings worldwide. Malaria is a major global health problem. There are estimated 247 million malaria cases with almost half of the global population at risk and nearly a million deaths each year. Several Anopheles species are responsible for transmission of malaria .i.e. Anopheles stephensi, An. Subpictus. Control of mosquitoes primarily depends on chemical insecticides includes organochlorine, organophosphates, synthetic pyrethroids, IGRs etc, but all these chemicals have developed a feedback of environment ill-effect, have negative impact on non-targeted biota and most mosquitoes species have become physiologically resistant to these insecticides. These problems have highlighted the need for the development of new strategies for mosquito control. Botanical insecticides are naturally occurring products that are derived from plants. The use of plant extracts for insect control has several appealing features, as these are generally more biodegradable, less hazardous, and rich storehouse of chemicals of diverse biological activity. The current study were carried out to evaluate the activity of methanol extract of leaves of C.fistula, and ripened fruits of P. nigrum against Anopheles mosquito. Among both of these plants the methanolic extracts of Piper nigrum (black pepper) were exhibited remarkable adulticidal and larvicidal potentials. The percentage mortalities were increased by gradual increase in extracts concentrations. Larvae were more susceptible to these methanolic pepper extracts than adults. Larvae were showed mortalities even at very low concentrations. The LC50 values obtained by using probit analysis were 25.05 ppm and 12.05 ppm after 24 hrs and 48 hrs respectively, whereas LC90 were 78.63 ppm and 53.06 ppm respectively for aulticidal bioassays. Larvicidal assays were also showed good results having LC50 values as 3.87 ppm and 2.07 ppm after 24 hrs and 48 hrs respectively, whereas LC90 were 10.63 ppm and 6.56 ppm respectively. Cassia fistula (golden shower) leaf extracts were also showed promising mosquitocidal efficacy against Anopheles stephensi. LC50 values obtained by using probit analysis were 35.13 ppm and 16.18 ppm after 24 hrs and 48 hrs respectively, whereas LC90 were 94.57 ppm and 76.43 ppm respectively for aulticidal bioassays. Larvicidal assays were also showed good results having LC50 values as 44.99 ppm and 24.40 ppm after 24 hrs and 48 hrs respectively, whereas LC90 were 106.12 ppm and 76.30 ppm respectively. It is concluded that methanolic extracts of these plants Cassia fistula and Piper nigrum have high potential of adulticidal & larvicidal activities. So the extracts of these plants can be used as an alternatives to the conventional insecticides for long lasting mosquito problems as these are less hazardous and ecologically feasible. However, a lot of work on biochemistry as well as insectidal activity and on other aspects has to be done. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1474,T] (1).
Serofpidemiology, Zoonotic Potential And Chemotherapy Of Neosporosis In Dogs And Cattle
by Muhammad Mudasser Nazir | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad Lateef | Prof. Dr.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: drama Publisher: 2010Dissertation note: The aim of current study was to demonstrate the most important features of Neospora caninum infection in Pakistan. In the present study, I examined the prevalence of N. caninum in 7 districts of the country and to accessed the efficacy of various drugs against the parasite in cell culture. For the achievement of this purpose, the core objectives were, To have an overview on the overall seroprevalence of neosporosis throughout the country by means of cELISA in aborting, at risk and clinically healthy cows. To check the correlation of Iscom ELISA and cELISA, and determination of prevalence of N. caninum by means of Iscom ELISA on milk samples. To identify the transmission of disease towards human. To determine the efficacy of various drugs against N. caninum. In phase 1, overall seroprevalence of N. caninum in dairy cattle (detected by means of cELISA, VMRD, Inc., Pullman, WA, USA) was found to be 43.4% with a significant difference (P < 0.05) of seropositivity among all 18 herds (n = 5 aborting herds, n = 13 non-aborting/clinically healthy herds) selected from 7 districts of Pakistan. The seropositivity of cattle to N. caninum antibodies was significantly higher in aborting animals (52.7%) as compared to non-aborting cows ( 41.5%), indicating a significant difference between aborting and non-aborting cattle. In case of pregnant and non-pregnant animals, similar findings were recorded in our study. A significantly higher rate of seroprevalence was observed in pregnant dams (59.8%) than non-pregnant cattle (35.2%). Overall, higher serological prevalence was evaluated during the summer season (61.1%) in all areas followed by autumn (46.9%), spring (34.9%) and least seropositivity was observed in winter season (26.6%). The difference in seropositivity was significantly different among all age groups, greater in animals older than 2 years of age. Furthermore, the prevalence was statistically significant (P < 0.05) among cattle of different breeds. Seroprevalence in cases of crossbred animals were higher followed by exotic and indigenous breeds. Phase 2, describes the seroprevalence of N. caninum in clinically healthy dairy cows. A selection of 760 animals from 13 dairy herds located in Punjab and Sindh Province, Pakistan to demonstrate the presence or absence of the Neospora caninum infection in commercial dairy cattle. The serostatus of the cows towards N. caninum was detected by cELISA (VMRD, Pullman, WA). Out of 760 animals, (43.2%) were seropositive to N. caninum. A significant difference of positivity was recorded among all 13 dairy herds. Age wise prevalence though not statistically significant among all age groups, was greater in animals over 2 years of age and least in heifers. Variation was also observed in samples from cattle of different breeds. A significantly higher prevalence was observed in crossbred animals than in purebred and nondescript cattle. Seasonal prevalence was higher during summer season than rest of the seasons. The seroprevalence of N. caninum in pregnant cows was significantly greater than in non-pregnant animals. Second experiment of this phase describes the seroprevalence of 240 animals from 5 herds with a high rate of abortion, the percentage of seropositivity observed in these herds was 43.8%, slightly higher than the clinically healthy and non-aborting cattle. No significant difference was observed among all sample locations in this experiment. However, significant difference of positivity was recorded among different breeds of cattle. Age wise prevalence, though not statistically significant (P > 0.05), was greater in animals older than 2 years of age. The assessment of milk samples from lactating cows were also determined for Neospora caninum antibodies by means of Iscom ELISA (SANOVIR® Sanova Biotech AB, Uppasala, Sweden) and showed a good level of agreement (r² = 0.9959) between the two tests (cELISA and Iscom ELISA). Although, the cELISA (VMRD, Inc., Pullman, USA) expressed a higher seropositivity and sensitivity than Iscom ELISA (Sanova Biotech AB, Uppasala, Sweden). Therefore, both of the ELISA tests (cELISA and Iscom ELISA) for the detection of N. caninum antibodies in dairy cattle can perform better in lactating animals. The Iscom ELISA has some advantages over cELISA as it's easy to collect milk samples than serum samples, moreover Iscom ELISA is cheaper and easy to use but has low sensitivity than cELISA and cannot be used in dry animals. The percentage of positivity detected through Iscom ELISA on individual milk samples were 61.4% and 76.6% by cELISA. In phase 3, an epidemiological study was conducted to determine seroprevalence of N. caninum in dogs of different breeds and age groups. The serum samples of dogs were analyzed by cELISA (VMRD, Pullman, USA) showed a seropositivity of 23.5%. There was no significant difference of seropositivity among various sample locations, highest prevalence was observed in Muzaffar Garh (31.9%), followed by Gujranwala (27.9%), Lahore (25.1%), Hafizabad (20.2%) and least prevalence was recorded in district Okara (14.6%). A significant difference in prevalence of N. caninum antibodies between male (26.1%) and female (18.8%) dogs were recorded. The difference in seroprevalence was not significant among all age groups. The samples with no age record showed a highest prevalence (29.5%) and least seropositivity was observed in adult dogs of 3-6 years of age (18.7%). During Summer season, highest positivity to N. caninum was (31.0%) recorded while the lowest prevalence (16.0%) was observed in Winter season. Phase 4, describes the seroprevalence and transmission of N. caninum in humans. A selection of 52 serum samples from humans was analyzed for the presence of N. caninum antibodies. The serostatus of the humans towards N. caninum antibodies (IgG) was determined by using commercially available antigen coated IFAT slides (VMRD, Inc., Pullman, Washington USA) and human conjugate. Overall very low prevalence (1.9%) of N. caninum antibodies was reported in this study. Only one case was found to be positive, these findings indicate that no strong evidence of N. caninum infection in humans. In phase 5, in vitro drug trials was conducted to access the best efficacy of three commercially available drugs. We found that among three anticoccidial drugs i.e Clindamycin, Diclazuril and Sulfadiazine, Diclazuril has best inhibitory effect against N. caninum tachyzoites in cell culture followed by Clindamycin and sulfadiazine. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1575,T] (1).
Epidemiology, Zoonotic Potential, Serodiagnosis And Chemotherapy Of Sheep Fasciolosis In Different Ecological zones of balochistan
by Masood Ul Haq Kakar | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Prof. Dr. Yasmeen Nawaz.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Publisher: 2012Dissertation note: Various epidemiological aspects of human and sheep fasciolosis were investigated in four districts of Balochistan (Pakistan) having different ecology i.e. district Bolan from (Plain zone), Lasbela (Coastal zone), Qilla Saifullah (sub humid and semi arid sub zone of Upland zone) and district Pishin from (Arid sub zone of Upland zone). Sheep samples were examined through Coprological examination showed overall prevalence of 10.26% in one year study period from June 2010 t0 May 2011. The uppermost prevalence was recorded in district Bolan (14.79%) followed by Lasbela (10.63%), Qilla Saifullah (8.75%), and the lowest in district Pishin (6.88%). Overall the highest prevalence by season was recorded in autumn (25.31%) followed by winter (9.22%), summer (6.41%) and lowest in spring (5%). Amongst the month the overall highest prevalence was recorded in the month of September (30.63%) and lowest in the month of May (1.88%). Sex wise prevalence was found highest in female more susceptible to infection (11.22%) than male (8.48), but sex wise difference was non-significant statistically. Amongst the age group significantly higher prevalence was recorded in adults young than adult of age group (5.91%). During one year study period prevalence (%) of human fasciolosis in some districts of Balochistan was recorded (0.42%), with overall district wise prevalence in Qilla Saifullah and Bolan (0.83%) and (0%) in Lasbela and Pishin. Overall season wise prevalence was noted the highest in autumn (1.25%) followed by summer (0.63%) and 0% prevalence in winter and spring. Month wise results showed 2.5% prevalence only in the month of August and October while 0% in the other months. Gender wise prevalence 0.42% was found only in male, no female samples were collected due to some religious, traditional and community problems. Prevalence by age was recorded the highest in above 20 years of age group (0.74%) while this value decreased to zero in below 20 years of age group. Antibodies against fasciolosis in serum samples through indirect (ELISA) were recorded 13.13% (63/480) in sheep and 0.42% (2/480) in human indicates the higher prevalence (%) as compared to fecal examination. Likewise district, age and sex wise seroprevalence (%) of fasciolosis was reported higher than coprological examination in case of humans as well as in sheep. In sheep positive correlation was noted between fasciolosis and relative humidity while negative correlation with temperature (ºC) and rainfall (mm). While in humans prevalence positive correlation was observed with temperature (ºC), relative humidity (%) and rainfall (mm). Overall 1123 snails belonging to different 5 genera were collected from different district from different agr-ecological zones of Balochistan from June 2010 to May 2011. Amongst the snails the highest prevalence (37.04%) was found for Indoplanorbis, followed by Bulinus (32.15%), then Lymnea (20.66%), Melanoides (5.52%) and the lowest Physa (4.63%). Comparative study for coprological and serological tests (ELISA) was conducted for four districts from different agro-ecological zones of Balochistan i.e. District Bolan from (Plain zone), Lasbela (Coastal zone), Qilla Saifullah (sub humid and semi arid sub zone of Upland zone) and district Pishin from (Arid sub zone of Upland zone) for one year i.e. from June 2010 t0 May 2011. Overall prevalence of sheep and humans was 0% and 8.13% by coprological examination and 13.13% and 0.42% by indirect ELISA tests. Prevalence by ELISA was found higher than fecal examination when analyzed statistically. Similar seroprevalence for month, districts, age and sex was noted higher than coprological examination for sheep and humans. ELISA Sensitivity (%) and specificity (%) was recorded >97.0% and 95% and 100%, 100%, respectively for sheep and humans. Indigenous plants i.e., Saussurea lappa (roots), Fumaria parviflora (aerial) and Caesalpinia crista (seeds) were used at dose level of 60, 70 and 80 mg/kg body weight against naturally infected sheep with fasciolosis and their effectiveness was compared with triclabendazole (10mg/kg body weight). Triclabendazole was found 100 % effective after second dose whereas all herbal medicine it reached up to this mark after administration of second dose of 80 mg/kg body weight. From this study we can conclude that these herbal medicines can safely replace the triclabendazole, which is not, only cost effective but have no side effects. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1587,T] (1).
Assessment Of Parasitological Contamination Of Fresh Ad Dry Fruits In Lahore
by Muhammad Anis Khan | Dr. Nisar Ahmad | Dr. Muhammad | Prof. Dr. Azar Maqbool.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 2013Dissertation note: Fruits are important part of human diet. Eating unwashed fruits is common in many parts of the world including Pakistan, but these can be a major source of parasites. A parasitic survey on fruits collected from major markets in Lahore was conducted for the discovery of human and animal parasites. Ten species of fruits: Guava, Apple, Sapodilla, Sweetsop, Strawberry and dry fruits: Apricot, Date, Persimmon, Fig and Raisins were evaluated in this study. Fifty samples of each fruit and a total of 500 samples were taken for the study. Hundred gram of each fruit was washed with a cationic solution of Hyamin detergent containing glass particles for the elution of eggs. Concentration of eggs/cysts was achieved by centrifugal sedimentation technique at 5000 rpm for 5 minutes. Sediment was examined under microscope for the presence of parasite eggs, cysts and larvae. Examination of fruits revealed nine genera of parasites. All fruits were highly contaminated with parasites with an overall prevalence of 35.2%. Of parasites studied, Ascaris found to be the highest (36%), followed by Trichuris (14.3%) and Trichostrongyloides sp.(11.9%), while the least common parasite was Fasciola (2.9%). Fruits are the source of parasitic infestation. The most contaminated fresh fruit was strawberry (54%) followed by guava (48%). Whereas the least contaminated fresh fruits was sweetsop (22%). The most contaminated dry fruits was fig (46%) followed by date (38%). whereas the least contaminated dry fruits was (20%). The results indicate that one of the important routes of parasitic infection is due to consumption of unwashed fruits. Conclusions: Strong efforts should be made to prevent contamination of fruits and vegetables during production, transport, processing and handling, much improvement is still needed in our country if hygienic production of fruits and vegetables is to be ensured. This study provides an overview of the hazards associated with eating contaminated fruits. Parasitic infections like Cryptosporidiosis can be acquired by people if orchards or water sources near cow pastures become contaminated from infected cows and people consume the fruit without proper washing. The study needs to be carried out in other areas of Pakistan and more fresh and dry fruits should be included in the study. Information regarding the contamination of the fruits should be published in the national newspapers because awareness of the public is very important for the control of these contaminations. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1645,T] (1).
Prevalence Of Defferent Developmental Stages Of Aedes Mosquitoes And Their Role In Transmission Of Dengue
by Sabila Afzal | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Aftab A | Dr. Muhammad Latif.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: drama Publisher: 2013Dissertation note: Abstract Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1735,T] (1).
Isolation Of Local Strain Of Toxoplasma Gondii Through In-Vivo Cultivation In Mice
by Rahim Gul | Dr. Muhammad Imran Rashid | Dr. Aneela | Dr. Nisar Ahmad.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2013Dissertation note: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate apicomplexan, intracellular, parasite that infects all warm-blooded vertebrates, including mammals and birds. Human beings can be infected by ingestion of oocysts from cat faeces or through the consumption of meat containing Toxoplasma gondii cysts. Thus, food animals can be the source of transmission of Toxoplasmosis in human population especially among people who consume undercooked meat in the forms of barbecues, beef steaks, kebabs, burgers and shawarmas. Oocysts of T. gondii from cat faeces were identified by using direct microscopy and flotation technique. The positive oocysts were confirmed by micrometry having diameter of 9-13 ìm. The oocysts were then sporulated in aerated condition. After sporulation oocyst were inoculated in Swiss albino mice for in-vivo culturing. After 56-70 days brain tissue was collected from infected mice and subjected to DNA extraction and PCR amplification. Similarly DNA was also extracted from sporulated oocyst for copro-PCR. Out of 200 faecal samples only three were found positive for Toxoplasma gondii through direct microscopic examination and flotation technique. From positive faecal sample and brain tissue DNA was extracted by QIAGEN mini stool kit and QIAGEN DNA mini kit. After DNA extraction the samples were examined through PCR by using specific Toxoplasma gondii B1 gene primer having 529 bp size. Two hundred faecal samples were examined for T. gondii using direct microscopy, flotation technique, bioassay and polymerase chain reaction. Out of 200 samples 3 (1.5%) were found infected through direct microscopy and flotation technique. Toxoplasmosis was more prevalent in adult cats (1.65%) as compared to young ones. Prevalence was also found high in females (2.08%) as compared to males. Similarly healthy cats have higher prevalence rate (1.30%) as compared to diseased ones. A further confirmation was done through polymerase chain reaction and brain tissue cyst Bioassay give 1 positive amplification while Copro-PCR gives 2 positive amplifications. Therefore it can be concluded that the copro-PCR is can be used for the confirmation of Toxoplasma oocysts from cat faeces and tissue cysts from bioassay in mice. Therefore, we propose that the copro-PCR can be used as the new gold standard for determining potential cat infectivity and tissue cysts from bioassayed mice or contaminated meat samples of livestock. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1778,T] (1).
Comparative Efficacy Of Different Diagnostic Techniques For Ovine Haemonchosis Through Faecal
by Sadaf Anwar | Dr. Muhammad Lateef | Dr. Aftab | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2013Dissertation note: Livestock plays pivotal role in the economy of country and small ruminants are the major source of food products for human. Haemonchus contortus is the most significant parasite of small ruminants and cause heavy production losses by causing reduction in meat and wool production. The parasite directly affects the health of an animal and causes anemia, hemorrhages, anorexia, weight loss and death of affected animal. This study was designed to diagnose the Haemonchosis in sheep in and around Lahore. The accurate diagnoses of the parasite are important for its control and treatment. Direct smear, floatation technique and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) were applied to check the sensitivity and specificity in diagnosing Haemonchosis in sheep. For this purpose 100 faecal samples were collected randomly from different areas of Lahore. Each faecal sample was examined by direct smear method and floatation technique. Out of 100 faecal samples 44 were microscopically positive. 30 by direct smear method and 44 by floatation technique. Specific primers were designed to diagnose Haemonchosis in sheep by using ITS-2 Region. 44 microscopically positive samples were confirmed by PCR. 29 (66%) samples were found to be PCR-positive and 15 (34%) were found to be PCR-negative. Several other species of parasites were also found during microscopic examination of faecal samples. Two samples wetre found positive for coccidial oocyst and seven samples were also positive for other nematodes along with Haemonchus spp. Flotation technique was found to be superior in diagnosis of Haemonchosis as compared to direct smear. Conclusion: From current study it is concluded that Haemonchosis is widely prevalent in ovines. Its accurate diagnosis is essential for the treatment of infectious diseases and control of this parasite. Molecular technique has the advantage over conventional diagnostic techniques because PCR is more specific than conventional methods of diagnosis. According to the present study by conventional method there is 34% error chances to diagnose other Trichstrongylid eggs as Haemochus spp. The main advantage of using PCR as diagnostic test, are an increased speed of diagnosting the disease and its capability to notice low worm burden in small volume of faeces from individual animals. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1809,T] (1).
Prevlence Zoonotic Potential Water Borne Transmission And Chemotherapy Of Cryptosporidiosis In Small Ruminants
by Muhammad Abubakar shafiq | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Muhammad Lateef.
Material type: Book; Format: print Publisher: 2014Dissertation note: Abstract Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 1910,T] (1).
Detection And Chemotherapy Of Demodex Mite In Dogs In And Around Lahore
by Asim rasool | Dr. Nisar ahmad | Dr. Muhammad Haroon akber | Prof. Dr.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Nature of contents: ; Literary form: Publisher: 2013Dissertation note: Abstract Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 2019,T] (1).
Phylogenetic Analysis Of Haemoproteus In Chicken And Sparrows
by Anha fatima | Dr. Muhammad imran rashid | Dr. Azhar maqbool | Dr. Wasim.
Optimization Of Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Lamp Technique For The Molecular Diagnosis Of Surra In Domestic Animals
by Muhammad Saleem iqbal | Dr. Haroon akbar | Dr. Muhammad lateef | Prof. Dr. Asim.
Phylogenetic Analysis Of Plasmodium Species In Sparrows And Domestic Chicken
by Ghanwa ahmad | Dr. Haroon Akbar | Dr. Muhammad lateef | Prof Dr. Aftab.
Prevalence And Chemotherapy Of Canine Babesiosis
by Faisal Shrif | Dr. Nisar Ahmad | Dr. MUhammad | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool.
Epidemiology Zoonotic Potential Haematology And Control Of Amoebiasis In Dogs And Humans
by Muhammad Azhar Alam | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad Lateef | Prof. Dr.
Prevalence And Chemotherapy Of Trichostrongyloids In Camels In Charsada
by Muhammad Qasim | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Prof. Dr. Kamran Ashraf.
Development Of Molecular Tools For The Diagnosis Of Plasmodium Vivax Using Cytochrome C Oxidase Gene
by Ayaz Shaukat | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Muhammad Imran Rashid.
Molecular Diagnosis Of Feline Babesiosis
by Muhammad Younus Khan | Dr. Haroon Akbar | Dr. Muhammad | Dr. Muhammad Lateef.
Detection Of Falciparum Malaria And Its Control Under Local Climatic Conditions
by Muhammad Oneeb | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Dr. Muhammad Lateef | Prof. Dr.
Epidemiology Zoonotic Potential Haematology Amd Chemotherapy Of Sarcoptic Mange In Camel In Punjab
by Muhammad Irfan Zahid (2011-VA-800 | Prof. Dr. Azhar Maqbool | Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar Khan | Prof. Dr.Shazia Anjum | Prof. Dr. Kamran Ashraf.
Material type: Book; Format: print ; Literary form: not fiction Publisher: 2015Dissertation note: A camel is a very hardy ruminant animal, which can survive under harsh climatic conditions very effectively by utilizing the marginal areas with excellent capabilities and produce under such conditions (Hjort and Hussein, 1986; Abbas and Tilley, 1990). Camel is an important animal as it is well adopted in unique manners in the hot, arid and semi-arid environments (Schwartz, 1992). It can survive without water and food for many days and this unique ability of camel makes it an ideal for such harsh conditions for which it is also commonly known as “The Desert Ship”. In spite of the fact that camel is an important member of a group of animals which produces food for human consumption in the shape of milk and meat, yet it is the most neglected one in the field of scientific research. It may be due to the fact that camel belongs to such areas of the world which are arid, semi-arid or rain fed in nature, having harsh climatic conditions, where poor nutrition and poor management are the major issues (Sohail, 1983). It is an established fact that diseases originating from parasites lead to the main health hazard issues in animals. These parasites survive at the expense of the host animals causing lot of health problems, like skin irritation, anemia leading to weakness and debility. Some of the parasites have zoonotic importance and may become a source for the transfer of many contagious diseases like scabies to the human beings (Dominguez et al. 1978). McClain et al. 2009, observed the scabies as a major health problem globally both for humans and animal population. Sarcoptes scabiei is an ectoparasite which is a cause of scabies, a skin problem in the human beings worldwide and the similar species of mites do also produce a similar type of disease in a large variety of wild and domesticated mammals (Pence and Ueckermann, 2002; Fitzgerald et al. 2004). Fain, 1978, reported that more than fifteen (15) different species of Sarcoptes scabiei morphologically and genetically distinct from each other have been identified in different hosts. Introduction 2 Sarcoptic mange is the second important problematic disease of camel after Trypanosomiasis (Nayel and Abu-Samra, 1986). Scabies caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var cameli is a serious & highly contagious skin problem and also economically important disease of the camels (Pegram and Higgins, 1992). Camels, which are reared with deficient nutrition, poor management and under unhygienic conditions are mostly affected by this disease (Kumar et al. 1992). A large group of people and communities living in arid diverse ecozones in the entire world, particularly in harsh climates earns their livelihoods by depending on camels. This dependence may spread to the utilization of camel milk, meat, wool and leather besides its use in transportation, riding and sports (Wilson, 1984; Snow et al. 1992). In Pakistan camels are also raised by the people for meat, milk, riding, transportation and sports purposes in the deserts, semi desert & rain-fed / warm areas of the entire country being a hardy animal as it can tolerate easily the rugged climate as well as extremes of temperatures of such areas. The natural harsh and adverse climatic conditions, particularly during long dry seasons lead to a paucity of feeding regimes resultantly the camels raised in such areas are subjected to stress conditions which lower their resistance and make them easily vulnerable to diseases (Abbas et al. 1993; Agab, 1993). Abbas & Tilley, 1990; Saint-Martin et al. 1992; Abbas and Agab, 2002; Pathak and Chhabra, 2010; while reviewing the parasites & parasitic diseases of camel population in India were of the opinion that Sarcoptic mange is a serious, debilitating, dreaded and widely prevalent disease of camels in India. Besides other infectious diseases of bacterial and viral origin, camels are exposed to a wide range of internal & external parasitic infestations. Amongst other so many external parasites to which camels are exposed, the Sarcoptic mange is recognized to be one of the most Introduction 3 serious and damaging disease. This disease is caused by a mite known as Sarcoptes scabiei var cameli which belongs to genus Camelus of SARCOPTIDAE family in Veterinary Entomology. It is an extremely pruritic, contagious and debilitating skin disease which is very frequently and sudden in onset. It is also ranked as one of the most serious and important disease of the camels. Sarcoptic mange infestation is very common in the areas of thin skin, the head, neck, flanks, medial aspect of thighs or inguinal region, mammary glands and prepuce. The head is usually affected very rapidly as the animal uses its teeth for scratching the affected areas. Besides linking the occurrence of the disease with poor camel management, malnutrition and contact with infected objects, the stray & infected camels also often become a focus of infecting the healthy animals when mingling with them particularly at watering places for drinking purpose (Richard, 1987; Abdel-Rehman et al. 2001). Sarcoptes is a burrowing mite as it penetrates deeply through the skin surface of the infected camel. This burrowing of mites in the skin helps these parasites lead to intense pruritus and exudative dermatitis. In pruritus, mites penetrate deep into muscular areas, damaging the flesh and lowering the quality of meat. The early inflammatory reaction of the host body towards the mites becomes evident in the shape of small popular elevations, invasion and injuries leading to formation of hairless areas, scaly crust formation or scabs on the affected parts and the skin become dark and thickened. Skin of mangy camel show hemorrhages, and subcutaneous odema after the development of fissures in the underlying epidermis (Kumar et al. 1992; Amer et al. 2006). The fertilized female mites create winding burrows or tunnels in the upper layers of the epidermis of the skin of the host animal and feeding on the serous exudate, a liquid oozing from the damaged tissues. The female mites lay about 40-50 fertilized eggs in these tunnels which Introduction 4 hatch in 3-5 days into a six legged larvae. These larvae immediately crawl to the surface and burrow themselves in the superficial layers of the skin and create small molting pockets. In these molting pockets, the larvae molt to next stages of nymph and adult. The adult male then emerges and seeks a female either in the molting pocket or on the surface of skin. After fertilization the female produces new tunnels, either de novo or, by extension, of the molting pockets, lays eggs in these tunnels and a new life cycle starts. The entire life cycle of Sarcoptic mange is completed in 17-21 days. New hosts can be infected through direct transmission by contact between the animals, presumably from larvae, nymph or adult mites, which are commonly present on the skin surface of the infected animal. Indirect transmission of infestation can also take place through the objects or fomites having mange infection, which come into contact with the affected camel, such as harnesses, blankets, baggage tack, tents and tree trunks (Richards, 1987). The pruritus increases as the mites penetrate deeper in the skin (Al-Rawashdeh et al. 2000, Driot et al. 2011, Bekele et al. 2012). Based on the rate of infection camels can be seriously disturbed by the Sarcoptic infestation as they may stop grazing which can lead to a rapid fall in milk production, and deterioration of health condition. With the increase in the irritation due to scabies, the camel rubs, bites and scratches the affected areas in an attempt to reduce the itchiness. Due to rubbing, biting or scratching, the mites move to the periphery affecting the healthy tissues and resultantly affected area spreads. As the disease prolongs, the skin becomes excoriated, leading to hair loss and the development of scabs. These scabs in turn may be rubbed away and a red surface developed. The animal becomes restless due to severe Sarcoptic mange infestation and involvement of most of the body surface. If the diseased animal is not treated in time, the animal loses its health condition, become emaciated and within two, three weeks the acute stage of Introduction 5 disease may give way to more chronic state (Gorakh et al. 2000, Abubakar et al. 2002, Driot et al. 2011). Sarcoptic mites rarely survive long off the host under natural conditions. A continuous direct contact of animal keepers with their camels can also lead to transmission of diseased condition in human beings which is termed as pseudo scabies. Transmission of infection from camel to man usually takes place during milking, handling or riding. The main symptoms of pseudo scabies can therefore be seen in the inter digital spaces of the hands, on the wrists, forearms, the elbows, the axillary folds and inner side of the thighs. Once a herd is infected with Sarcoptic mange, continuous reinfection of the disease occurs (Schillinger 1987, Singh & Veer 2005, Premalatha et al. 2010). Sarcoptic mange is usually considered to be a seasonal disease and is often reported severe during the winter months as in cold weather the disease had an acute course. However, there is some evidence that in some countries hot weather predisposes to acute outbreaks of camel mange and in the cooler, winter season the rate of mange infestations are at the lowest. In the summer the activity of the mite seems to decline or disease becomes chronic. Dietary intake is an important factor in mange infestation. Nomadic camels on a low nutrition plan, probably carrying heavy worm burdens in hot desert conditions are likely, therefore, to be highly prone to Sarcoptes at this time (Dinka et al, 2010). During such periods of great activity, the mites are readily transmissible from one animal to other animals (Richards, 1987, Banaja & Ghandour, 1994, Tefera & Gebreah, 2001). Mange can easily be diagnosed clinically from the occurrence of pruritus, depilation, alopecia, thickened skin, folds around the joints and encrusted plaques being the main characteristics of this parasitosis. In order to control this zoonotic disease, it is essential to treat Introduction 6 both camel and man along with effective checks over other predisposing factors of the disease such as hygiene and nutritional requirements of the animals. The skin diseases like the scabies both in human beings and animals are being treated with a variety of allopathic drugs now a day, but the role of herbal plants in use since centuries in different shapes cannot be ignored at all, especially in the rural lifestyle. Further with the continuous use of different acaricidal drugs, the issue of resistance development has come across as a challenge for the researchers to find some alternatives for the purpose. Accordingly the research work on the use of traditional herbal medicines is gaining attention day by day. Although there are many reports and studies regarding the prevalence of Sarcoptic mange in camel from different parts of the world, only few preliminary reports are available for Pakistan and none of them provide detailed epidemiology of Sarcoptic mange and its effect on host health. Therefore, keeping in view the importance of the mange problem in camel population of the country, the present project was designed to determine the prevalence of Sarcoptic mange infestation, factors in its occurrence its zoonotic importance, effect on blood physiology and different treatment options in the camel population of Punjab, province in Pakistan. Availability: Items available for loan: UVAS Library [Call number: 2190,T] (1).
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newswire article reposts global 25.Nov.2003 12:42
human & civil rights | labor | police / legal ftaa miami & soa
USWA Calls for Congressional Investigation into Police-State Assaults in Miami
author: MailBag
Union condemns use of federal Iraq reconstruction funds to subsidize "homeland repression" at FTAA meetings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2003
PITTSBURGH The United Steelworkers of America (USWA) is calling for a Congressional investigation into "a massive police state," created in part with federal funds, to intimidate union members and others critical of the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and limit their rights during FTAA meetings in Miami last week.
"Last week, the fundamental rights of thousands of Americans ... were blatantly violated, sometimes violently, by the Miami police, who systematically repressed our Constitutional right to free assembly with massive force, riot gear and armaments," said Leo W. Gerard, USWA international president, in a letter to Congressional leaders.
"It is condemnable enough that a massive police state was created to prevent American citizens from directly petitioning FTAA negotiators for redress of their grievances," Gerard said in the letter.
"It is doubly condemnable," he added, "that $9 million of federal funds designated for the reconstruction of Iraq were used toward this despicable purpose. How can we hope to build democracy in Iraq while using massive force to dismantle it here at home?"
Citing "countless instances of humiliating repression in which the Miami police force disgraced itself," Gerard said that Miami police chief John Timoney should be fired, all charges against peaceful demonstrators should be dropped, and a Congressional investigation into the Miami police department's systematic repression should immediately be launched.
"To do less would be to endorse homeland repression in the guise of homeland security," Gerard's letter concluded.
Contact: Marco Trbovich (412) 562-2442
homepage: http://www.uswa.org/uswa/program/content/737.php
Miami Sux dot com 25.Nov.2003 13:41
fearless fosdick link
I suggest that perhaps the most fruitful approach would be to contact various tourism based businesses, hotels, restaurants, etc. Miami Tourist Board, etc. and use a little bit of editorial license in composing letters such as the following, which would in fact get a helluva lot more attention than complaining to the "justice" system that some of their "Justice System" employees are perhaps being a little overzealous in their indeavor to wipe out the constitution. The following was sent to the Tourism board this morning, and similar ones have been going to various businesses I have googled today in the Miami area. Money talks:
"Hello..
My company has been seeking a place, preferably with a southern climate, where we could schedule a retreat, conference, and general get together. The natural choice seemed at first to be Miami. As we were preparing to launch our travel people into reservation mode, however, several employees contacted me with the news story about several media reporters being arrested and allegedly roughed up, for having the temerity to cover a free trade conference. Well, that sort of cracked the whole idea. If your police cannot handle a little dissent without busting heads and taking names of persons simply exercising their constitutional rights (are these still recognized in your world?), then I am afraid that we will have to seek someplace more enlightenned in which to hold our conference. Some of us have already written to the city to complain, but the Chief of Police seems to be in charge, and he merely blows the whole thing off, so hey! I am sure our money will be welcome elsewhere.
Oh, and my family and I have chosen to spend our vacation dollars elsewhere, as well. Cuba might be a little less repressive.
Public outcry important 25.Nov.2003 14:09
IMU link
letter above somewhat believable, surely helpful. Union outcry commendable. thanks for the post!
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Shinra Technologies partners with NTT and Techorus and announces launch date of Japanese technical beta ...
UTSA and Indiana University partner on $6.6 million NSF Cloud-based advanced computing systems grant ...
Independent research firm ranks HP private Cloud a leader in China ...
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Grant for Nerdalize for heating houses with computing power ...
Business Secretary Cable announces partners in the Alan Turing Institute in the UK ...
Schools in Wales challenged to break the world land speed record of 1,000mph ...
PUZZLECLUSTER: The first reuse application of the PUZZLEPHONE ...
Chemists control structure to unlock magnetization and polarization simultaneously ...
MEP Awards 2015 - Shortlisted nominees for ICT announced ...
DIADEMS - finding the sensor behind the sparkle ...
Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers ...
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NERSC seeks industry partners for collaborative research ...
Exascale Hearing Testimony in Congress highlights CS research accomplishments ...
D-Wave Systems raises an additional $29 million, closing 2014 financing at $62 million ...
MAGMA MIC 1.3.1 for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors released ...
Dot Hill announces general availability of the Ultra56 AssuredSAN Hybrid storage array ...
New climate change projections for Australia ...
SGI reports financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 ...
Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel and petroleum processing ...
Supercomputing the evolution of a model flower ...
Obsidian unveils plans for 400G-capable enhanced InfiniBand services platform at EmTech Singapore 2015 ...
New supercomputer allows for massive data analysis in less time ...
IBM Research to lead company's advanced computer chip R&D at SUNY Polytechnic Institute ...
Building trustworthy Big Data algorithms ...
Parallelizing common algorithms ...
New pathway to valleytronics ...
Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories ...
Edition: weekly - Issue: 2015-02-02
Shinra Technologies partners with NTT and Techorus and announces launch date of Japanese technical beta
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UTSA and Indiana University partner on $6.6 million NSF Cloud-based advanced computing systems grant
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is partnering with Indiana University on a $6.6 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to build Cloud-based advanced computing systems for the science and engineering community. In 2013, the UTSA Cloud and Big Data Laboratory was established to support Cloud computing and Big Data research and development. The laboratory, supported in large part by industry, helps the international business community improve its computing platforms through open-source hardware and Cloud and Big Data technologies such as Open Compute, OpenStack and Software Defined Network. Read further...
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Forrester Research Inc. has recognized HP as a leader in private Cloud solutions in China. According to "The Forrester Wave: Private Cloud Solutions in China, Q1 2015", HP leads for its high level of competence across all major criteria, as well as the strength of its executive team working with local partners to provide Cloud services to Chinese customers. Read further...
Grant for Nerdalize for heating houses with computing power
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have granted the so-called STW grants. Eight start-ups received a sum of 250.000 euro each to turn their scientific ideas into commercial success. Technology Foundation STW realises the transfer of knowledge between the technical sciences and users. It does this by funding excellent technical scientific research and by bringing researchers and users together in each project. Crowd computing company Nerdalize did get one of the larger grants. It builds HPC services out of servers that are installed in residential houses as heaters. Read further...
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The five universities selected to lead the Alan Turing Institute have been announced by Rt. Hon. Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Institute will build on the UK's existing academic strengths and help position the country as a world leader in the analysis and application of Big Data and algorithm research. Its headquarters will be based at the British Library at the centre of London's Knowledge Quarter. Read further...
Schools in Wales challenged to break the world land speed record of 1,000mph
In a bid to break the world land speed record of 1000 miles an hour, based on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC), HPC Wales is challenging schools in Wales with the ultimate science project. A number of selected schools will put forward teams to participate in the competition based on the Bloodhound SSC design, exploring a number of variables and working with teachers and engineers to test and modify their designs through the national supercomputing network. Prizes will be awarded during an event to the teams who achieve the fastest result and the best presentation. Read further...
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There is life even afterlife. At Circular Devices the team believes that a product's life cycle can be extended beyond its initial planned usage, thereby delaying its obsolescence. With electronic waste becoming an increasing threat for our planet, the company took it upon itself to find an alternative to the inevitable disposal of your device. Read further...
Chemists control structure to unlock magnetization and polarization simultaneously
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have controlled the structure of a material to simultaneously generate both magnetisation and electrical polarisation, an advance which has potential applications in information storage and processing. Researchers from the University's School of Physical Sciences demonstrated that it is possible to unlock these properties in a material which initially displayed neither by making designed changes to its structure. Read further...
MEP Awards 2015 - Shortlisted nominees for ICT announced
The 2015 edition of the MEP Awards will take place in Brussels on 18 March 2015. PRACE is sponsor of the Award for ICT. Each year,The Parliament Magazinepresents Awards to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have made special efforts or achieved outstanding results in their portfolio(s). Each Award has a specific topic and is sponsored by an organisation (NGOs and international associations) that is active in that specific field or has a special interest in the topic. Read further...
DIADEMS - finding the sensor behind the sparkle
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Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
Unlike Bilbo's magic ring, which entangles human hearts, engineers have created a new micro-ring that entangles individual particles of light, an important first step in a whole host of new technologies. Entanglement - the instantaneous connection between two particles no matter their distance apart - is one of the most intriguing and promising phenomena in all of physics. Properly harnessed, entangled photons could revolutionize computing, communications, and cyber security. Though readily created in the lab and by comparatively large-scale optoelectronic components, a practical source of entangled photons that can fit onto an ordinary computer chip has been elusive. Read further...
NERSC seeks industry partners for collaborative research
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has launched a private sector partnership programme (PSP) to make its computing capabilities available to industry partners working in key technology areas. Led by David Skinner, NERSC's Strategic Partnerships Lead, the PSP is intended to give commercial technology developers working in energy, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy sources and transportation access to NERSC's supercomputers, customer support and data management expertise. Participating companies will be able to use these resources for modelling, simulation and data analysis to aid in product design, development, quality control and data analytics. Read further...
Exascale Hearing Testimony in Congress highlights CS research accomplishments
On January 28, the Energy Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a hearing on Supercomputing and American Technology Leadership. Among those giving testimony was Roscoe Giles, professor of computer science at Boston University and chairman of the Advanced Scientific Computing Advisory Committee, which reports to DOE's Office of Science. Read further...
D-Wave Systems raises an additional $29 million, closing 2014 financing at $62 million
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MAGMA MIC 1.3.1 for Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors released
MAGMA MIC 1.3.1 is now available. This release provides implementations for MAGMA's one-sided (LU, QR, and Cholesky) and two-sided (Hessenberg, bi- and tridiagonal reductions) dense matrix factorizations, as well as linear and eigenproblem solver for Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessors. Read further...
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The Dot Hill Ultra56 AssuredSAN hybrid storage array is now shipping through its distribution channels. The Ultra56 is a hybrid storage array based on an ultra-density chassis that supports both NEBS Level 3 carrier and MIL-STD government requirements and up to 1.34 petabytes (PB) of raw capacity in only 7 inches or 4U of rack space. This high-density AssuredSAN array includes high performance 4004 controllers, affording up to 6400MB/s of sustained read performance. Dot Hill has the only high density storage product on the market today that meets the extremely demanding requirements of telecommunications carriers, service providers and tactically deployed government installations. Read further...
New climate change projections for Australia
CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology have released climate change projections for Australia that provide updated national and regional information on how the climate may change to the end of the 21st century. The projections are the most comprehensive ever released for Australia and have been prepared with an emphasis on informing impact assessment and planning in the natural resource management sector. Information has been drawn from simulations based on up to 40 global climate models. Read further...
SGI reports financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015
SGI, a global expert in high performance solutions for compute, data analytics, and data management, has reported financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2015 ended December 26, 2014. Total revenue for the fiscal second quarter was $138 million, an increase of 24% from $112 million in the previous quarter and an increase of 19% from $116 million in the second fiscal quarter of 2014. Read further...
Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel and petroleum processing
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Scientists using supercomputers found genes sensitive to cold and drought in a plant help it survive climate change. These findings increase basic understanding of plant adaptation and can be applied to improve crops. The computational biology study on the flowering mustard weed Arabidopsis thaliana appeared in the journalMolecular Biology Evolutionin September 2014. The iPlant Collaborative and the supercomputers Stampede, Lonestar and Ranger of the Texas Advanced Computing Center aided in the research. Study funding came from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Read further...
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The University of Houston (UH) is adding a new, state-of-the-art supercomputer to its arsenal of research tools. Used primarily for scientific and engineering work, this powerful, high-performance computing system will have the computing power of more than 450 conventional desktops, which more than doubles the current computing power at UH. Read further...
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Building trustworthy Big Data algorithms
Much of our reams of data sit in large databases of unstructured text. Finding insights among e-mails, text documents, and websites is extremely difficult unless we can search, characterize, and classify their text data in a meaningful way. One of the leading Big Data algorithms for finding related topics within unstructured text - an area called topic modelling - is latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA). But when Northwestern University professor Luis Amaral set out to test LDA, he found that it was neither as accurate nor reproducible as a leading topic modelling algorithm should be. Read further...
Parallelizing common algorithms
Every undergraduate computer-science major takes a course on data structures, which describes different ways of organizing data in a computer's memory. Every data structure has its own advantages: Some are good for fast retrieval, some for efficient search, some for quick insertions and deletions, and so on. Today, hardware manufacturers are making computer chips faster by giving them more cores, or processing units. But while some data structures are well adapted to multicore computing, others are not. In principle, doubling the number of cores should double the efficiency of a computation. With algorithms that use a common data structure called a priority queue, that's been true for up to about eight cores - but adding any more cores actually causes performance to plummet. Read further...
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Topics and Discussions relating to United States Federal Prison Institutions and contract facilities of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (B.O.P.).
Sub-Forums: Alderson Federal Prison Camp, Allenwood FCI - Low & Medium, Bryan Federal Prison Camp, Beaumont Federal Correctional Complex, Carswell Federal Prisons, Fort Dix FCI, Hazelton Federal Prisons, McCreary USP and FPC, Morgantown FCI, Terre Haute Federal Prisons, USP Victorville, Other Federal Prisons
Military Prison Talk & UCMJ
This forum is dedicated to those who have a loved one in a military prison, or dealing with the military legal system (UCMJ).
Charleston Brig
by MomofSons
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Alabama - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
How long can an inmate stay...
by Bikerguy
Alabama General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Alabama that do not fit into any other Alabama subforum. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind in addition to prison.
Alabama Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Alabama prison system.
"CLEMENCY" Advance Screening...
by patchouli
Alabama Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Alabama Department of Corrections and local & county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Is anyone having issues...
by Limbeaux
Alabama Parole, Probation & Release
All information & questions relating to parole, probation or release in Alabama should be posted here.
Why no court dates yet?
by Mz.Watuuhz
Alabama Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to the Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Alabama.
Can not locate inmate
ALASKA Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Alaska - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, Visitation, Phones, News & Information, etc.
May 9 Riot at Spring Creek...
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Arizona - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Food visit questions
by studebaker71
maytayah
Arizona General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Arizona that do not fit into any other Arizona sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Reasons to not reply? /...
by Sylph
Arizona Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Topics and discussions relating to current and past events dealing with the Arizona Prison and Criminal Justice Systems, political corruption, etc.
AZ Prison Conditions Town...
by itl51
Arizona Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail Discussions
Topics / Information relating to the Arizona Department of Corrections and local & county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Arizona Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information relating to parole, probation, work release and community service in the State of Arizona.
Lewis Release Information
by Aa24
Arizona Prisons & Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Arizona.
Florence prison CLOSING per...
by ComparedToWhat
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Arkansas - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Can anyone calculate release...
by Born
Arkansas General Prison Talk, Introductions and Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Arkansas that do not fit into any other Arkansas subforum. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind in addition to prison.
Learning the Ropes- Brother...
by sidewalker
Arkansas News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Arkansas prison system.
ReEntry Fair January 19, 2019...
by AR PCS
Arkansas Prison & Jail – Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Arkansas Department of Corrections and local & county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Holding a letter because of a...
by onedayatatime13
Arkansas Parole, Probation & Release
All information relating to parole, probation or release in Arkansas should be posted here.
Will there be an early kick...
by E.H
Arkansas Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Arkansas.
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of California - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
1170(d)(1) Sentence recall by...
by LWOPWIFE
miamac, missingdee, sidewalker, Patrickj, maytayah
California General Prison Talk
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in California that do not fit into any other California subforum.
Need info on Male Community...
California Member Introductions & Bull in Session Lounge
Introductions forum for California members and a place to discuss non-prison related topics with other people in the State.
Jury Duty- got a summons
by wholeshabang
California Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events + 3 Strikes
Do you have news relating to California's Prison or Ciminal Justice System and related efforts? Post them here! Also discuss 3 Strike laws.
CDCR - What You Need to Know
Information relating to the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation. Q&A for those new to the CDCR system should be posted here.
Sub-Forums: California Prison Phones, Packages & Mail, California Prison Visitation - General Q&A
Is there a list that CA...
California Legal Help
Topics, Discussions and Information relating to Legal Information specific to the State of California. This information is *NOT PROFESSIONAL* and should always be fact-checked!
My son is facing 3rd strike...
by miamac
California Parole, Probation & Release
All information & questions relating to parole, probation or release in California should be posted here.
Bad News About Parole
by AnieLove56
California Prison-Specific Forums
Forums dedicated to individual prisons & jails located in the State of California.
Sub-Forums: California: County & City Jail Discussions, California Fire Camps, California Out-Of-State Facilities & Information, California Community Corrections Facilities, California Health Care Facility (CHCF), California Juvenile System, Avenal State Prison (ASP) - California, California Correctional Center (CCC) - Susanville, California Correctional Institution (CCI) - Tehachapi, California Institution for Men (CIM) - Chino, California Institution for Women (CIW) - Chino, California Men’s Colony (CMC) - San Luis Obispo, California Medical Facility (CMF) - Vacaville, California Rehabilitation Center (CRC) - Norco, California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC), California State Prison, Sacramento (SAC), California State Prison, Solano (SOL), California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Corcoran (SATF), Calipatria State Prison (CAL) - California, Centinela State Prison (CEN) - California, Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) - Chowchilla, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison (CVSP) - California, Corcoran State Prison (COR) - California, Correctional Training Facility, Soledad (CTF) - California, Deuel Vocational Institution (DVI) - California, Folsom State Prison (FSP) - California, High Desert State Prison (HDSP) - California, Ironwood State Prison (ISP) - California, Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) - California, Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) - California, North Kern State Prison (NKSP) - California, Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP)- California, Pleasant Valley State Prison (PVSP) - California, R. J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain (RJD) - California, Salinas Valley State Prisons (SVSP) - California, San Quentin State Prison (SQ) - California, Sierra Conservation Center (SCC) - California, Valley State Prison (VSP) - California, Wasco State Prison (WSP) - California
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Colorado - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Spring Package last day to...
by saoirse1
sass4221
Colorado General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Colorado that do not fit into any other Colorado sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Stuck between time comp &...
by nancyginnm
Colorado Prison & Jail – Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Information relating to the Colorado Department of Corrections. This includes info about Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail.
Colorado Parole, Probation & Release
All information relating to parole, probation or release in Colorado should be posted here.
Weld county ICCS - Greeley
by Time4Mom
Colorado Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
Please use this forum to talk about Department of Correction prison units, private institutiions, city jails, county jails, etc.
What is it like at Arkansas...
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Connecticut - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Sending money in CT
by cljinct
Connecticut General Prison Talk
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Connecticut that do not fit into any other Connecticut sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Need someone to calm me...
Connecticut Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Connecticut prison and criminal justice systems.
Sentence review division...
by bailey01
Connecticut Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Connecticut Department of Corrections and local & county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Connecticut Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
Profiles and information about Connecticut prisons
Looking for info on Danbury...
by leadplant
Connecticut Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, work release and community service in Connecticut should be posted here.
Special Parole in CT
DELAWARE Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Delaware - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, Visitation, Phones, mail, News & Information, etc.
Which Delaware prison is your...
by AnguishedMother
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Florida - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Santa Rosa TCU phone...
by writerluvlife
GingerM
Florida General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Florida that do not fit into any other Florida subforum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Move to a Work Release Center
by GingerM
Florida News & Events
News, Events & Information relating to the Florida DOC, Criminal Justice, Prison Reform, Activism & Support, etc..
Info & registration for CCJR...
FLDOC - What You Need to Know
Information relating to the Florida Department of Corrections. Q&A for those new to the FLDOC system should be posted here.
Sub-Forums: Florida Prison Phones, Packages & Mail, Florida Prison Visitation - General Q&A
The 33s: Regulations on how...
Florida Parole, Probation & Release
All information & questions relating to parole, probation or release in Florida should be posted here.
Why do some parolees have...
Florida Legal Information
Topics, Discussions and Information relating to Legal Information specific to Florida. This information is *NOT PROFESSIONAL* and should always be fact-checked!
Second Judicial Circuit Court
by Jon's Mom
Florida Prisons & Jails
Forums for specific Florida prisons, work & forestry camps, road prisons, & work release centers, as well as county/metro jails.
Sub-Forums: Florida - Region 1 Facilities, Florida - Region 2 Facilities, Florida - Region 3 Facilities, Florida - Region 4 Facilities, Florida County & Metro Jails
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Georgia - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Anybody else with Jan tpm?
by KatieSmith0130
Georgia General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Georgia that do not fit into any other Georgia sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
What can I do for him as his...
by yourself
Georgia Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Georgia prison and criminal justice system.
Voting after incarceration in...
by GaReform
Georgia Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Georgia.
Medical Soft shoe/sole...
Georgia Prison & Jail – Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Georgia Department of Corrections and local & county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Social Media and Cell Phones
by PalmviewPrincess
Georgia Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, work release and community service in Georgia should be posted here.
HAWAII Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Hawaii - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
How is Halawa Correctional...
by LifeTraveler
IDAHO Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Idaho - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Soon to be parolee engaged to...
by jjohnson89
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Illinois - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Has anyone ever been banned...
by chris idoc
Illinois General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Illinois that do not fit into any other Illinois sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
by jessesgirl1111
Illinois Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Illinois prison system.
SB1968 - To reduce...
Illinois Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Illinois Department of Corrections and local / county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc
Illinois Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information & questions relating to parole, probation or release in Illinois should be posted here.
Parole conditions-no contact...
Illinois Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Illinois
Anybody know what the...
by peacehut
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Indiana - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Husband just sent to home...
Indiana General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Indiana that do not fit into any other Indiana sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
What is purposeful...
Indiana Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Indiana prison and criminal justice system.
Tablets may be coming. There...
by Girl22472
Indiana Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Indiana Department of Corrections and local / county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc
Indiana Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Indiana.
Which Indiana prison is your...
by Du5t1n812
Indiana Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information relating to parole, probation or release in Indiana should be posted here.
Parole & housing approved. No...
by futuremrsclarke
IOWA Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Iowa - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, visitation, mail, etc.
Can I call MPCF to see if...
by Marseille
KANSAS Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Iowa - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, visitation, mail, etc
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Kentucky - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
She doesn't have shoes or...
by Michael_78
sass4221, patchouli
Kentucky General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Kentucky that do not fit into any other Kentucky sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Kentucky Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Kentucky prison and criminal justice system.
Franklin County Jail...
by jordan321
Kentucky Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Kentucky Department of Corrections and local / county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc
Kentucky State Inmate Phone...
by sass4221
Kentucky Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, work release and community service in Kentucky should be posted here.
HB 40 / Felony Expungement /...
Kentucky Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Kentucky.
Is EKCC on lockdown?
by Jarizzi
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Louisiana - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Parish jail (louisiana)
LifeTraveler
Louisiana General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Louisiana that do not fit into any other Louisiana sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Louisiana Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Louisiana prison & criminal justice systems.
Louisiana - Get the word out...
Louisiana Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Louisiana Department of Corrections and local / county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Louisiana State Pen (Angola)...
Louisiana Parole, Probation, Work Release & Community Service
All information relating to parole, probation, work release and community service in Louisiana should be posted here.
35 for 30 law: incarcerated 7...
by LakeishaT.87
Louisiana Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
Forums for Louisiana prison & jail facilities.
Is Winn Correctional Center...
by Fire2Prisons
MAINE Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Maine - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, Visitation & Phones, mail and more
What Maine Prison or Jail is...
by LoveLove_xoxo
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Maryland - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
What can they get / get at...
by preciousjewel
Maryland General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Maryland that do not fit into any other Maryland sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Nicholas Waggoner Browning
Maryland Prison & Legal News, Info & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Maryland prison system.
New Maryland law lets some...
Maryland Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Use this forum to discuss Maryland prison & jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail issues & topics.
Maryland Parole, Probation, Work Release, Halfway Houses & Community Service
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, half-way houses or release in Maryland should be posted here.
Private Home Detention...
by Rideordie1
Maryland Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Maryland.
Does anyone know if ECI West...
by Marylandswife08
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Massachusetts - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Mailing Cards to SBCC
Massachusetts General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Massachusetts that do not fit into any other Massachusetts sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Help with bail payment
by shs76
Massachusetts Prison & Legal News & Events
News and articles dealing with Massachusetts prison and criminal justice system, plus legal issues and topics
Resource for looking at DAs
Massachusetts Parole, Probation, Halfway House and Community Service
All information relating to parole, probation, halfway house, community service in Massachusetts should be posted here.
Parole info in Massachusetts?
by dunksislife
Massachusetts Prison Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Use this forum to discuss Massachusetts prison Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail issues & and related topics.
Massachusetts Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Massachusetts.
Billerica HOC - questions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Michigan - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Communications Issues @...
by ChloeMoe
Michigan General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Michigan that do not fit into any other Michigan sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Should he take his "papers"...
by Buttercream
Michigan Prison and Legal News & Events
What is making news in Michigan relating to the prison system, the criminal justice system, etc? Find it here!
PETITION?? Good Time
by enigmaingr
Michigan Prison Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Use this forum to discuss Michigan prison Visitation, Phones & Mail issues & topics. If you have a question about or want to discuss these issues in a specific facility, please visit that facility's sub-forum category.
Does commisary money follow...
Michigan Parole, Probation, Halfway Houses, Employment, etc.
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, community service, half-way houses, and ex-offender employment in Michigan should be posted here.
DRC bridges program...
by JamieSouth
Michigan Prison & Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Michigan.
Sub-Forums: Michigan Reception & Guidance Centers and SAI Boot Camp, Michigan Region I - West Prisons and Camps, Michigan Region I - East Prisons and Camps, Michigan Region II Prisons and Camps, Michigan Region III Prisons and Camps, Michigan City and County Jails
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Minnesota - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Oak Park Heights - rumors of...
by mauri23
Minnesota General Prison Talk, News, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Minnesota that do not fit into any other Minnesota sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Minnesota Check In. Who's...
by Stillwater
Minnesota Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Use this forum to discuss Minnesota prison & jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail issues & topics.
At St Cloud for 2 weeks. How...
by Egmo
Minnesota Parole, Probation & Release
All information relating to parole, probation or release in Minnesota should be posted here.
Question re: Minnesota parole...
by Eddiesgirl76
Minnesota Prison & Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Minnesota.
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Mississippi - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Think Debtors Prisons Are a...
by e-Tex
Mississippi General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Mississippi that do not fit into any other Mississippi sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Quickest way to get county...
Mississippi Prison & Criminal Justice News & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Mississippi prison & criminal justice systems. This includes legislation & laws!
Mississippi Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Mississippi Department of Corrections and local / county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Visit info for SMCI 2
by MLouMS
Mississippi Probation, Parole, ERS, ISP, & ICC
Topics & discussion related to probation, parole, ERS, ISP, & ICC in Mississippi. All information & questions relating to parole, probation or release in Mississippi should be posted here.
Can someone be granted ERS...
by Bubba Ray Fett
Mississippi Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Mississippi.
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Missouri - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
MO DOC info for all...
Missouri General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Missouri that do not fit into any other Missouri sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Prior offender
by DownWithHer
Missouri Prison & Criminal Justice News, Legislation & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Missouri prison system.
Parson signs bevy of criminal...
by sugarbearswife
Missouri Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Topics / Information relating to the Missouri Department of Corrections and local / county Jail visitation, phone calls, mail, inmate care packages, etc.
Do I have to schedule appt @...
by playnalwayz69
Missouri Parole, Probation, Pre-Release & Release
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, pre-release/treatment centers, or release in Missouri should be posted here.
Procedures governing the...
Missouri Prison and Jail Specific Discussions
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Missouri
MONTANA Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Montana - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, Prison Visitation, Prison Mail & Phones, News & Information, etc.
What Montana Prison or Jail...
by JenSC2015
NEBRASKA Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Nebraska - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, Visitation & Phones, mail and more
OCC - looking for information
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of Nevada - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
What Nevada Prison or Jail is...
by Emilygale
Nevada General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in Nevada that do not fit into any other Nevada sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
Nevada Prison & Legal News, Info & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the Nevada prison, criminal justice system, as well as discuss legal topics
Nevada Governor Signs the...
Nevada Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Use this forum to discuss Nevada prison & jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail issues & topics.
Convicted felon, what are the...
by Hernando
Nevada Parole, Probation, Work Release, Halfway Houses & Community Service
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, halfway house, community service, etc in Nevada should be posted here.
Father on parole and son is...
Nevada Prison and Jail Specific Discussions + Lock Down Info
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of Nevada.
Lockdown Carson City SCC?
by lulahula68
NEW HAMPSHIRE Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of New Hampshire - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, Visitation & Phones, mail and more
What New Hampshire Prison or...
by Panda70
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of New Jersey - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Work release and early...
New Jersey General Prison Talk, Introductions & Chit Chat
Topics & Discussions relating to Prison & the Criminal Justice System in New Jersey that do not fit into any other New Jersey sub-forum category. Please feel free to also introduce yourself to other members in the state and talk about whatever topics come to mind that may not have anything to do with prison.
How much time will I do on 5...
by Big_Bubba
New Jersey Prison & Legal News, Info & Events
Current news items and information on events related to the New Jersey prison & criminal justice system, Legal News & Questions, etc.
Solitary confinement act
by kellydavid410
New Jersey Prison & Jail Visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail
Use this forum to discuss New Jersey prison & jail visitation, Phones, Packages & Mail issues & topics.
New Jersey Carpool/Rideshare...
New Jersey Parole, Probation, Halfway House, Community Service, etc.
All information & questions relating to parole, probation, halfway house, community service, electronic monitoring, etc. in New Jersey should be posted here.
New Jersey Prison and Jail Specific Discussions + Lock Down Status
This forum covers topics & discussions specific to Jails and Prisons located throughout the State of New Jersey, including lockdowns.
Anyone have information on...
by lolo21216
NEW MEXICO Prison & Criminal Justice Discussions
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of New Mexico Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, Visitation & Phones, mail and more
Albuquerque unprejudiced...
by companera
Topics and conversations dealing with the State of New York - Department of Corrections, Criminal Justice System, Prisoner & Family Support, News & Information, etc.
Coming home after prison: do...
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Victor is composed of four main modules:
* [[Biopool]] ('''BIOP'''olymer '''O'''bject '''O'''riented '''L'''ibrary) - The core library that generates the protein object and provides useful methods to manipulate the structure.
* '''Biopool''' - '''BIOP'''olymer '''O'''bject '''O'''riented '''L'''ibrary. Generates the protein object and provides useful methods to manipulate the structure.
* [[Align]] - '''ALIGN'''ment generation and analysis.
* '''Align''' - '''ALIGN'''ment generation and analysis.
* [[Energy]] - A library to calculate statistical potentials from protein structures.
* '''Energy''' - A library to calculate statistical potentials from protein structures.
* [[Lobo]] ('''LO'''op '''B'''uild-up and '''O'''ptimization) - Ab-intio prediction of missing loop conformation in protein models.
* '''Lobo''' - '''LO'''op '''B'''uild-up and '''O'''ptimization. Ab initio prediction of missing loop conformation in protein models.
== Biopolymer Object Oriented Library (Biopool) ==
==Biopool==
The '''Biopool''' class implementation follows the composite design pattern and for a complete description of the class hierarchy we recommend to see the [http://protein.bio.unipd.it/victor_doxygen/index.html Doxygen documentation].
Without going into implementation details a '''Protein''' object is just a container for vectors representing '''chains'''. Each vector has 2 elements: the '''Spacer''' and the '''Ligand Set'''. The Spacer is the container for '''AminoAcid''' objects whereas the LigandSet is a container for all other '''molecules''' and '''ions''', including DNA/RNA chains. Ultimately all molecules, both in the Spacer and in the LigandSet are collections of '''Atom''' objects. The main feature in Biopool is that each AminoAcid object in the Spacer is connected to its neighbours by means of one rotational vector plus one translational vector.
[[File:BiopoolDiagram.jpg]]
[[File:BiopoolDiagram.jpg|700px|center]]
This implementation make easy the modification of the protein structure and lot of functions were implemented to modify/perturbate/transformate the residue relative position in an efficient way, '''rotation and Translation vectors'''.
For more detail on how to use energy look [[Biopool]]
[[File:Vector_aa.png|400px|center]]
== ALIGNment generation and analysis (Align) ==
A C++ library for the generation of diverse alignments techniques of protein sequences and their analysis.
For more detail on how to use it look the [[Features]] Biopool section.
The package comes in the form of C++ source code with several options that can be compiled and used. The necessary data files (e.g. substitution matrices) are provided. The most important feature of the package is the modular object oriented design, which should allow a moderately experienced C++ programmer to rapidly implement and test new features for sequence alignment.
==Align==
Inside this package, you can use, different weighting schemes, scoring functions, ways to penalize gaps, typologies of structural information.
The package comes with several options. The necessary data files (e.g. substitution matrices) are provided. The most important feature of the package is the modular object oriented design, which should allow a moderately experienced C++ programmer to rapidly implement and test new features for sequence alignment. Inside this package, you can use, different weighting schemes, scoring functions, ways to penalize gaps, and typologies of structural information. The Align library was designed to be modular and easy to expand. There are four basic components which are needed to use the alignment
The Align library was designed to be modular and easy to expand. There are four basic components which are needed to use the alignment
methods.
The four main components are:
*''' Blosum''' The substitution matrix
*''' AlignmentData''' - Stores information on sequence (''SequenceData'') and, when needed, secondary structure (''SecSequenceData'').
*''' AlignmentData ''' Stores information on sequence ("SequenceData") and, where needed, secondary structure ("SecSequenceData")
*''' ScoringScheme''' Stores information on how a single position shall be scored in the alignment,e.g. sequence-to-sequence ("ScoringS2S"),profile-to-sequence ("ScoringP2S") or profile-to-profile ("ScoringP2P") scoring, etc.Requires both an "AlignmentData" and a "Blosum" object.
*''' ScoringScheme''' - Stores information on how a single position shall be scored in the alignment (it requires both ''AlignmentData'' and ''Blosum'' objects to be initialized), possible specialization of this class are:
**'''ScoringS2S''' - sequence-to-sequence
**'''ScoringP2S''' - profile-to-sequence
**'''ScoringP2P''' - profile-to-profile
* '''Align ''' The alignment algorithm. This can be either local (Smith-Waterman, "SWAlign"),global (Needleman-Wunsch, "NWAlign") or glocal/overlap (Free-Shift, "FSAlign"). Requires both an "AlignmentData" and a "ScoringScheme" object.
If P2S or P2P scoring is used, the class "Profile" stores the necessary information to generate the profile from a multiple sequence alignment.
* '''Align''' - The alignment algorithm. It requires both ''AlignmentData'' and ''ScoringScheme'' objects, and can be specialized in:
**'''SWAlign''' - local (Smith-Waterman)
**'''NWAlign''' - global (Needleman-Wunsch)
**'''FSAlign''' - glocal/overlap (Free-Shift) .
*''' Blosum''' - The substitution matrix.
If P2S or P2P scoring is used, the class '''Profile''' stores the necessary information to generate the profile from a multiple sequence alignment.
Two advanced options, which may be useful in certain circumstances, are supported by the software:
1) '''ReverseScoring''' This allows the estimation of a staistical significance of the raw alignment score by testing it against an
#'''ReverseScoring''' This allows the estimation of a staistical significance of the raw alignment score by testing it against an ensemble of alignments based on the reversed sequence in the form of a Z-score.
ensemble of alignments based on the reversed sequence in the form of a Z-score.
#'''Suboptimal alignments''' Rather than generating a single solution, the user may decide on a number of different, alternative, suboptimal alignments to be generated.
2) '''Suboptimal alignments''' Rather than generating a single solution, the user may decide on a number of different, alternative,
suboptimal alignments to be generated.
The simplest possible C++ code fragment to generate a global alignment is:
Blosum sub(matrixFile);
SequenceData ad(2, seq1, seq2);
ScoringS2S sc(&sub, &ad);
NWAlign nwAlign(&sc, &ad, gapPenalty, gapExtension);
The complete representation of all classes is this:
[[File:Align_classes.png | 700px | center]]
For more detail on how to use it look the [[Features]] Align section.
==Energy==
== Energy functions implementation ==
'''Energy''' functions are used in a variety of roles in '''protein modelling'''. An energy function precise enough to always discriminate the native protein structure from all possible decoys would not only simplify the protein structure prediction problem considerably. It would also increase our understanding of the '''protein folding process''' itself.
If feasible, one would like to use quantum mechanical models, being the most detailed representation, to calculate the energy of a protein. It can theoretically be done by solving the '''Schrödinger''' equation. This equation can be solved exactly for the hydrogen atom, but is no longer trivial for three or more particles. In recent years it has become possible to approximately solve the Schrödinger equation for systems up to hundred atoms with the '''Hartree-Fock''' or self-consistent field approximations. Their main idea is that the many-body interactions are reduced to several two-body interactions.
Force fields (e.g. AMBER) are empirical models approximating the energy of a protein with '''bonded and non-bonded interactions''', attempting to
describe all contributions to the total energy. They tend to be very detailed and are prone to yield many erroneous local minima.
An alternative are knowledge-based potentials (e.g. [78]), where the “energy” is derived from the probability of a structure being similar to interaction patterns found in the database of known structures. This approach is very popular for '''fold recognition''', as it produces a smoother “global” energy surface, allowing the detection of a general trend. Abstraction levels for knowledge-based potentials vary greatly, and several functional forms have been proposed.
An alternative are knowledge-based potentials, where the “energy” is derived from the probability of a structure being similar to interaction patterns found in the database of known structures. This approach is very popular for '''fold recognition''', as it produces a smoother “global” energy surface, allowing the detection of a general trend. Abstraction levels for knowledge-based potentials vary greatly, and several functional forms have been proposed.
The '''energy functions''' presented in the package allow to optimize procedures. The main feature is its applicability in the context of the '''protein''' classes implemented in the package. It should be possible to invoke the energy calculation with any structure from all programs. At the same time the parameters of the energy models had to be stored externally to allow their rapid modification. With this considerations in mind, the package Energy was designed to collect the classes and programs dealing with energy calculation. The main design decision was to use the “strategy” design pattern from Gamma et al. The abstract class Potential was defined to provide a common interface for energy calculation. It contains the necessary methods to load the energy parameters during initialization of an object. Computing the energy value for objects of the '''Atom''' and '''Spacer''' classes as well as a combination of both is allowed.
For more detail on how to use energy look [[Energy]]
For more detail on how to use energy look [[Features]] Energy section.
==Lobo==
== LOop Build-up and Optimization (Lobo)==
Current database methods using solely experimentally determined loop fragments do not cover all possible '''loop conformations''', especially for longer fragments. On the other hand it is not feasible to use a combinatorial search of all possible '''torsion angle''' combinations.
For an '''algorithm''' to be efficient, a compromise has to be found. One improvement in '''ab initio''' loop modelling is the use of '''look-up tables'''(LUT) to avoid the repetitive calculation of loop fragments. '''LUTs''' can be generated once and stored, only requiring loading during loop modelling. Using a set of LUTs reduces the computational time significantly.
The segments can be '''recursively divided and transformed''', until the problem is small enough to be solved analytically (conquered). The positions of '''main-chain atoms''' for segments of a single amino acid can be calculated analytically, using the vector representation. Longer loop segments can be stored in '''LUTs''' and their coordinates extracted by geometrically transforming the '''coordinates''' for single amino acids back into the context of the initial problem. To this end we need to define an unambiguous way to represent the conformation of any given residue along the chain and a set of operations to concatenate and decompose loop segments.
For more detail on how to use Lobo look [[Lobo]]
For more detail on how to use Lobo look [[Features]] Lobo section.
The Victor2.0 library (Virtual Construction Toolkit for Proteins) is an open-source project dedicated to providing a C++ implementation of tools for analyzing and manipulating protein structures. Victor is composed of four main modules:
Biopool - BIOPolymer Object Oriented Library. Generates the protein object and provides useful methods to manipulate the structure.
Align - ALIGNment generation and analysis.
Energy - A library to calculate statistical potentials from protein structures.
Lobo - LOop Build-up and Optimization. Ab initio prediction of missing loop conformation in protein models.
1 Biopool
2 Align
4 Lobo
Biopool
The Biopool class implementation follows the composite design pattern and for a complete description of the class hierarchy we recommend to see the Doxygen documentation.
Without going into implementation details a Protein object is just a container for vectors representing chains. Each vector has 2 elements: the Spacer and the Ligand Set. The Spacer is the container for AminoAcid objects whereas the LigandSet is a container for all other molecules and ions, including DNA/RNA chains. Ultimately all molecules, both in the Spacer and in the LigandSet are collections of Atom objects. The main feature in Biopool is that each AminoAcid object in the Spacer is connected to its neighbours by means of one rotational vector plus one translational vector.
This implementation make easy the modification of the protein structure and lot of functions were implemented to modify/perturbate/transformate the residue relative position in an efficient way, rotation and Translation vectors.
For more detail on how to use it look the Features Biopool section.
The package comes with several options. The necessary data files (e.g. substitution matrices) are provided. The most important feature of the package is the modular object oriented design, which should allow a moderately experienced C++ programmer to rapidly implement and test new features for sequence alignment. Inside this package, you can use, different weighting schemes, scoring functions, ways to penalize gaps, and typologies of structural information. The Align library was designed to be modular and easy to expand. There are four basic components which are needed to use the alignment methods.
AlignmentData - Stores information on sequence (SequenceData) and, when needed, secondary structure (SecSequenceData).
ScoringScheme - Stores information on how a single position shall be scored in the alignment (it requires both AlignmentData and Blosum objects to be initialized), possible specialization of this class are:
ScoringS2S - sequence-to-sequence
ScoringP2S - profile-to-sequence
ScoringP2P - profile-to-profile
Align - The alignment algorithm. It requires both AlignmentData and ScoringScheme objects, and can be specialized in:
SWAlign - local (Smith-Waterman)
NWAlign - global (Needleman-Wunsch)
FSAlign - glocal/overlap (Free-Shift) .
Blosum - The substitution matrix.
If P2S or P2P scoring is used, the class Profile stores the necessary information to generate the profile from a multiple sequence alignment.
ReverseScoring This allows the estimation of a staistical significance of the raw alignment score by testing it against an ensemble of alignments based on the reversed sequence in the form of a Z-score.
Suboptimal alignments Rather than generating a single solution, the user may decide on a number of different, alternative, suboptimal alignments to be generated.
For more detail on how to use it look the Features Align section.
Energy functions are used in a variety of roles in protein modelling. An energy function precise enough to always discriminate the native protein structure from all possible decoys would not only simplify the protein structure prediction problem considerably. It would also increase our understanding of the protein folding process itself. If feasible, one would like to use quantum mechanical models, being the most detailed representation, to calculate the energy of a protein. It can theoretically be done by solving the Schrödinger equation. This equation can be solved exactly for the hydrogen atom, but is no longer trivial for three or more particles. In recent years it has become possible to approximately solve the Schrödinger equation for systems up to hundred atoms with the Hartree-Fock or self-consistent field approximations. Their main idea is that the many-body interactions are reduced to several two-body interactions.
Energy functions are important to all aspects of protein structure prediction, as they give a measure of confidence for optimization. An ideal energy function would also explain the process of protein folding. The most detailed way to calculate energies are quantum mechanical methods. These are, to date, still overly time consuming and impractical. Two alternative classes of functions have been developed: force fields and knowledge-based potentials.
Force fields (e.g. AMBER) are empirical models approximating the energy of a protein with bonded and non-bonded interactions, attempting to describe all contributions to the total energy. They tend to be very detailed and are prone to yield many erroneous local minima. An alternative are knowledge-based potentials, where the “energy” is derived from the probability of a structure being similar to interaction patterns found in the database of known structures. This approach is very popular for fold recognition, as it produces a smoother “global” energy surface, allowing the detection of a general trend. Abstraction levels for knowledge-based potentials vary greatly, and several functional forms have been proposed.
The energy functions presented in the package allow to optimize procedures. The main feature is its applicability in the context of the protein classes implemented in the package. It should be possible to invoke the energy calculation with any structure from all programs. At the same time the parameters of the energy models had to be stored externally to allow their rapid modification. With this considerations in mind, the package Energy was designed to collect the classes and programs dealing with energy calculation. The main design decision was to use the “strategy” design pattern from Gamma et al. The abstract class Potential was defined to provide a common interface for energy calculation. It contains the necessary methods to load the energy parameters during initialization of an object. Computing the energy value for objects of the Atom and Spacer classes as well as a combination of both is allowed.
For more detail on how to use energy look Features Energy section.
Current database methods using solely experimentally determined loop fragments do not cover all possible loop conformations, especially for longer fragments. On the other hand it is not feasible to use a combinatorial search of all possible torsion angle combinations. For an algorithm to be efficient, a compromise has to be found. One improvement in ab initio loop modelling is the use of look-up tables(LUT) to avoid the repetitive calculation of loop fragments. LUTs can be generated once and stored, only requiring loading during loop modelling. Using a set of LUTs reduces the computational time significantly. The next problem is how to best explore the conformational space. Especially for longer loops, it is useful to generate a set of different candidate loops to exclude improbable ones by ranking. The method should therefore be able to select different loops by global exploration of the conformational space independently of starting conditions. Methods building the loop stepwise from one anchor residue to the other bias the solutions depending on choices made in conformation of the first few residues. Rather a global approach to the optimization is required. This criterion is fulfilled by the divide & conquer algorithm, which is recursively described by the following steps:
1. if start = end, compute result;
2. else use algorithm for:
(a) start to end/2
(b) end/2 to end
3. combine the partial solutions into the full result.
Applied to loop modelling, the basic idea of a divide & conquer approach is to divide the loop into two segments of half the original length choosing a good central position, as shown:
The segments can be recursively divided and transformed, until the problem is small enough to be solved analytically (conquered). The positions of main-chain atoms for segments of a single amino acid can be calculated analytically, using the vector representation. Longer loop segments can be stored in LUTs and their coordinates extracted by geometrically transforming the coordinates for single amino acids back into the context of the initial problem. To this end we need to define an unambiguous way to represent the conformation of any given residue along the chain and a set of operations to concatenate and decompose loop segments.
For more detail on how to use Lobo look Features Lobo section.
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Changing beliefs about past public events with believable and unbelievable doctored photographs
Nash, Robert A. (2018). Changing beliefs about past public events with believable and unbelievable doctored photographs. Memory, 26 , pp. 439-450.
Doctored photographs can shape what people believe and remember about prominent public events, perhaps due to their apparent credibility. In three studies, subjects completed surveys about the 2012 London Olympic torch relay (Experiment 1) or the 2011 Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (Experiments 2-3). Some were shown a genuine photo of the event; others saw a doctored photo that depicted protesters and unrest. A third group of subjects saw a doctored photo whose inauthenticity had been made explicit, either by adding a written disclaimer (Experiment 1) or by making the digital manipulation deliberately poor (Experiments 2-3). In all three studies, doctored photos had small effects on a subset of subjects’ beliefs about the events. Of central interest though, comparable effects also emerged when the photos were overtly inauthentic. These findings suggest that cognitive mechanisms other than credibility—such as familiarity misattribution and mental imagery—can rapidly influence beliefs about past events even when the low credibility of a source is overt.
Dataset DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17036/researchdata.aston.ac.uk.00000283
Life & Health Sciences > Applied Health Research Group
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Memory on 17/08/17, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09658211.2017.1364393
belief distortion,photographs,credibility,familiarity,images,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Psychology(all)
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Scared Monkeys Discussion Forum > Virginia Area Missing and Murdered - possible connections > Samantha Ann Clarke 19yrs. old Orange Va. Last seen 09/13/10 > Topic: Samantha Ann Clarke 19yrs. old Orange Va. Last seen 09/13/10
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labubske
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Re: Samantha Ann Clarke 19yrs. old Orange Va. Last seen 09/13/10
http://en.netlog.com/tipsy18
another profile of hers...may be an older one she states that she is 14 or 15...same date of birth though. She seems to really be concerned with boys and how they view her...my guess would be she had been speaking with a guy online. She just seems easily persuaded by what I read. Also, I noticed a statement that the only time that she was ever really depressed was when a guy upset her.
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http://www2.starexponent.com/news/2011/sep/15/orange-resident-still-missing-ar-1309931/
Orange resident still missing
By: Steven Butler
One year after the mysterious disappearance of Samantha Ann Clarke, police are still investigating the unresolved case.
Clarke, of Orange, was 19 when, on Sept. 13, 2010, she left her Lindsay Drive home and has not been seen since.
“This case is still officially a missing person case,” said Town of Orange Police Department Chief, James L. Fenwick. “We are actively investigating it and are actively pursuing leads.” Fenwick said that this case is the department’s number-one priority and they have an investigator working solely on the case.
Fenwick declined to comment on whether foul play is suspected at this time. However “her lack of contact with family and friends certainly makes this case suspicious.” He said that family members informed police that “good or bad,” Clarke would have informed them of her whereabouts.
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Search for Clarke continues
By: Drew Jackson | Greene County Record
The Town of Orange Police Department reports no new developments in the continued search for missing Orange woman, Samantha Clarke, then 19, who was first reported missing 15 months ago. Police chief Jim Fenwick said his agency is following up on information developed from an out-of-town search more than a month ago, but that the department cannot release details about that visit at this time.
Clarke was last seen Sept. 13 of last year, when she indicated to her brother she was leaving the family's home on Lindsay Drive, but would return. Her family reported her missing two days later.
As Clarke's family prepares to endure a second Christmas without answers to the young woman's whereabouts, Fenwick maintains the necessity of a tight lid on many of the case's details. The chief said that he contacts Clarke's mother Barbara Tinder with updates when he can, but says he understands the desire to know more."
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Samantha Ann Clarke is asked to contact the Town of Orange Police Department at 672-1491, Orange County Sheriff's Office at 672-1200, or Orange County CrimeSolvers at 672-7200.
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http://www.readthehook.com/108360/living-shadow-samantha-clarkes-family-mourns-suspect-claims-police-harassment
Living in the shadow: As Samantha Clarke's family mourns, a suspect claims police harassment
By Courteney Stuart | stuart@readthehook.com
Published online 10:04am Thursday Oct 25th, 2012
Every day brings fresh torment for Barbara Tinder.
"I keep expecting her to walk in the door," says the 37-year-old town of Orange resident, who has spent the last two years anguished over the disappearance of her teenaged daughter, Samantha Clarke, who was last seen in September 2010.
Meanwhile, Samantha's disappearance has devastated another person's life. 47-year-old Randy Allen Taylor claims police have singled him out as a suspect in Samantha's disappearance, and have harassed him by planting evidence and illegally tracking his whereabouts with GPS technology, even though he's told them he hardly knew her.
"The case needs to be solved," says Taylor, "but the way they're going about it is ridiculous."
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Families of missing teens search for answers
Four Central Virginia families, separated from their missing children, are connected by the questions that remain
Posted: Saturday, October 12, 2013 11:59 pm | Updated: 5:37 am, Mon Oct 14, 2013.
Barrett Mohrmann
Though their stories may differ, the families of the missing bear a similar scar.
“We are in a really small club,” said Gil Harrington, mother of Morgan Harrington, who disappeared in 2009. “Few people go through this.”
Harrington has a tattoo of seven dots on her wrist to symbolize “241.” For the Harringtons, the numbers symbolize, “I love you too much, forever, plus one.” Harrington bid this farewell to her daughter in their last moment together.
From her family’s townhouse in Orange County, Samantha Clarke’s image looks out from a large window. Below it, in white letters, read the words, “Still missing.”
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Samantha Clarke is 5 feet 4 inches and weighs about 145 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and wears glasses. She has multiple piercings and tattoos including a pink playboy bunny on her right arm, a Tigger cartoon above her left ankle and the word “Lucky” above her right ankle. Anyone with information on Samantha’s disappearance is asked to call the Town of Orange Police Department at (540) 672-1491
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Hundreds search for missing UVa student
At least three other young women have disappeared in the area in the last five years. Nineteen-year-old Samantha Ann Clarke, who vanished after leaving her Orange County town house in September 2010, and 19-year-old DaShad Laquinn Smith, who disappeared in Charlottesville in November 2012, remain missing.
Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, disappeared from the University of Virginia's John Paul Jones Arena while attending a rock concert in October 2009. Her remains were found three months later in a rural area. No arrests have been made.
Police have said they do not think Graham's disappearance is linked to any of the other missing women.
But Emily Kilroy, a consultant who also helped search Saturday, said the episodes are "starting to feel like a pattern" that's especially unfortunate in a college town with so many young women.
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"I can look back over the past 10 years and there were no steps wasted, and there are no regrets,'' she said. "I did all I knew to do and I think that gives me greater peace now." "I've lived every parent's worst nightmare and I'm the parent that nobody wants to be," she said.
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Orange authorities planning search Sunday for Samantha Ann Clarke, Alexis Murphy
Town of Orange Police and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office are planning a “pretty large operation” Sunday to sweep the county in hopes of discovering the whereabouts two missing women, town police Chief James Fenwick said.
The two agencies are still working out the details of the search for Samantha Ann Clarke, of Orange, and Alexis Murphy, of Nelson, he said.
In October, Orange authorities said Nelson County authorities and other specialized search units also would be a part of the search.
“We’re revisiting some previously explored areas,” Fenwick said. “We’ve been working with the Alexis Murphy case from the very beginning, so [we’ll use] information that’s come up in that investigation … to the best of abilities to further our own case.”
http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/orange-authorities-planning-search-sunday-for-samantha-ann-clarke-alexis/article_a42f6ca4-6b7e-11e4-ae8f-c7c3fa1855bc.html
Police announce press conference regarding missing teens Alexis Murphy and Samantha Clarke
ORANGE COUNTY, Va. — Orange County officials plan to meet with the press on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, at 8 a.m., in regards to the search for missing teens Alexis Murphy and Samantha Clarke.
Murphy went missing from Nelson County on August 3, 2013. Randy Taylor was convicted of her murder in May 2014, and sentenced to two life terms.
Murphy’s body has never been found. A new search will soon begin for her in Orange County.
Samantha Clarke went missing from Orange County in 2010.
It is also believed Randy Taylor had contact with her before she disappeared.
http://wtvr.com/2014/11/14/police-announce-press-conference-regarding-missing-teens-alexis-murphy-and-samantha-clarke/
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Police give statement on Alexis Murphy, Samantha Clarke searches
POSTED: 07:37 AM EST Nov 16, 2014 UPDATED: 08:48 AM EST Nov 16, 2014
Police held a news conference on Sunday morning about missing teens Alexis Murphy and Samantha Clarke.
Chief James Fenwick of the Town of Orange Police Department says police are going to be searching an area that they have searched before. It's an area Randy Taylor would have been familiar with and would have had access to.
"Every lead we pursue in these cases, we're looking at both cases," Fenwick says.
At least 150 people are expected to search for Alexis Murphy and Samantha Clarke.
Investigators said nature worked against them the last time they searched this area. Now they hope to use aircraft similar to what was used in the Hannah Graham search.
The greatest possible outcome for these searches would be to find both missing teens, according to police.
"We're out here beating the bushes, seeing what we can find," says Fenwick.
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Even though ocean exploration and exquipment has been advanced enough for quite some time, researchers are still continuing to make astonishing discoveries in the ocean and the latest discovery is definitely no exception
160 miles off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina, researchers on the ship Atlantis discovered a dense forest of deep sea coral that about a half mile below the ocean’s surface. Spanning more than 85 miles, the discovery is huge as it will allow for researchers to push for protecting the ocean as it is an extremely important ecological spot.
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The existence was first flagged from sonar mapping and was officially confirmed using a pair of submersible dives. The expedition’s original mission was to explore uncharted canyons, gas seeps and coral ecosystems off the Atlantic coast.
The forest of coral has likely been growing for thousands of years and is placed on giant mounds of rubble that were constructed by the corals that came before. Cordes predicts that the reef probably plays a keystone role in the region’s fisheries.
Adding to the importance of the discovery, the timing of the find could not be more important as the Trump administration is proposing an expansive offshore drilling plan could stretch up and down the Atlantic coast. Researchers hope that their findings will slow the plans, or at least strengthen efforts to designate protected zones. Given that these coral reefs are a new, previously unstudied ecosystem, it’s unclear just how sensitive the region’s ecology might be to oil and gas exploration.
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The truth was that all the cyclists were scared. Some had holed up in Salta for nearly 3 weeks, waiting for European reinforcements to arrive before entering the spare-parts wasteland of Bolivia. The first task was daunting too -- a 4800m (15,750 feet) pass on dreaded ripio (gravel/dirt) with no water or food for 3 days. That too, pales next to the sequel on the Salt Flats: a 12 day odyssey of thin air above 4500m in an uninhabited land of volcanoes, colored lakes, and the infamous sea of salt.
Claire and Liam, the British couple who'd invited me to join, leveled me with the news that they couldn't wait for me, and were "so freaked out, they didn't want another soul's weight on their shoulders." So,what was I to do? After a heart-to-heart with them, I decided to do a test loop of 5 days through the stunning valleys around Salta, and perhaps meet them in Northern Chile by bus for the Salt Flats assault.
Somehow, the transition to solo cycling worried me less than the prospect of hauling all my stuff. A laden bicycle, it's just not very graceful. Lumbering like an ox at first, even pavement felt precarious. My plan was to hitch a lift in an illegal taxi a fair distance out of Salta, and then spend two days cycling to the town of Cafayate through wild red canyons, before continuing on to several little villages that make up the Valles Calcaquies.
At first, the plan went swimmingly. Buying two seats of four available in the illegal taxi ($5 for 60 miles), I was able to start the tour right just before the agricultural valley yielded to the red wonderland that's largely uninhabited for 2 days of cycling. I had a tent, a sleeping bag, water and rations, all packed onto the Squeak (given all the improvisations, she's a little noisy.) Pumping out a rhythm on kindly descending asphalt, I whizzed by dusty little houses and the last fields of sunflowers.
There's a special kind of silence on a bicycle, on an empty road. Just the wind and the sound of rolling rubber on macadam, like the white noise of waves breaking on the beach. After a while, you stop hearing anything, and just roll. Bliss, really. Just as I was slipping into my zen moment, I came across another cyclist, heading towards Salta. Jean Marie, French (not surprising) – had started in Ushuaia 6 months ago, and was rolling north with a serene look on his face. We talked for nearly 15 minutes on the side of the road – a conversation born of the serenity of the road. As I turned to pedal off, he said, "just enjoy."
After eating a lunch of veal in a deserted roadside café to the resonant "goooooooooooooooaaalll" of the World Cup, I left civilization behind and began to climb into the quebrada (canyon) proper. The road wound up and around red rocks, next to a stream. My goal for the day, La Garganta del Diablo (the Devil's Throat), marked the beginning of wild rock formations, and as I counted down kilometers, daylight faltered. Fortunately, I caught my rhythm and pitched my tent right next to Sr. Diablo's maw right at dusk. For dinner, I packed a sandwich and hiked up into the chasm. On either side, black canyon walls, and above, the bright milky way. Only wild donkeys ventured near the tent, and I slept well.
In the morning, I pushed off into the heart of the quebrada, past canyon walls of red, green, purple and gold. The regional tourism office marks these mountains and other bizarre badlands formations with names like La Rana (frog) y El Obelisco (obelisk). By late afternoon, I'd whizzed into the small wine town of Cafayate, and lazily ate cabernet-flavored ice cream after pitching the tent in Luz & Fuerza campgrounds.
The next day began with a cafe con leche and the first few minutes of the Argentina vs. Serbia-Montenegro game. (Argentina, much to the delight of the crowd, won 6-0) Sitting in the cafe, I considered staying Cafayate, as my knee had been a little sore. But, the road beckoned, and I pushed off after 20 minutes.
The first 30km of a planned 60km were over paved road to the small town of San Carlos. On the dusty main square I bought a few empanadas full of tasty onion and beef for a later lunch. Also snagged a bag of coca leaves (to stave off hunger, thirst and fatigue) and pushed off. Yes, coca is the predecessor of the evil cocaine demon, but the leaves retain their cultural clout in the Andes from centuries past. More on these to come..
The road turned very bad very quickly. Chewing my wad of coca, I pushed up a sandy, rutted road to tiny towns like La Merced and Payogostillo. They *may* or may not have a store to buy water. Children appeared in Santa Maria and posed for photos, and I shared with them some of my peanut stash. As the day waned and the kilometers rolled past, I learned that the wild landscapes like Quebrada de Flechas (arrow canyon) would endure for 15km more than I'd been told. On severe gravel road this is no laughing matter.
My energy ebbed at 4:30 that afternoon, just after I'd visited a bizarre cemetery wreathed in plastic flowers. All day, my knee had been complaining, and at 60km, the rest of my parts joined the chorus. Just as I crested one of several dozen dusty hills in the quebrada, I decided to stop. Sitting on the saddle of the hill, as I disembarked, my foot caught in the pedal, and Squeak the bike toppled. It was horrible. Stupid, really. Especially when I realized I'd bent her back wheel and she was not ridable, fatigue or no. I scuttled repair efforts after 15 minutes, seeing the coming dusk.
At least 10km from the nearest town (Angastaco), I had no choice but to push my steed up and down the sandy road starry sky for the next two hours, into the night. Few cars passed, and all in the wrong direction. I was genuinely surprised by a lack of anger, blunted by the necessity to get myself to safety. Still riding a wave of self preservation, I limped into Angastaco. Quickly, I found the best local biker, and he was able to right the wheel enough to spin correctly between the brakes. The town itself barely had accommodation (I slept above a pharmacy), and two restaurants, one of which served me enough cabrito and red wine to push me into sleep.
The fourth day of the tour was a sad one -- I had to hitchhike back to Cafayate with the bike. It simply wasn't safe to ride on the oblong wheel. Plus, my knee had evolved into four-alarm tendonitis at this point and cycling was out of the question. I hitched first with a family headed back to San Carlos in the back of their pickup, watching in amazement as a very large pig first fell off the truck in front of us, and then refused to re-embark. My second hitch was with a family out on business, procuring adobe and fired clay for their construction materials business. After taking the bike to a bike mechanic who trued the wheel for an hour (3 pesos, $1US), Squeak was almost ready to go again.
But I wasn't. Over the next few days, the knee pain simply refused to subside. I went to a specialist in Salta, the capital, and though there's no major enduring problem, I decided my only option was to sell the bike and move on. Like an albatross, it hung around my neck for a week. Not until a purchaser appeared, Marcos el Ladron de Guevara (literally, "Mark the Thief of Guevara"), was I free to leave.
In the end, it was 2 weeks of bicycle mania. I learned enough to maybe even try it again, but with a tender ear towards the knee. Not all adventures turn out well, but some fare far worse. At least no wolves ate me, right?
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To be honest if it wasn't for OSX I would never buy an Apple product again. I just hate Windows/PC that much. My addiction is not to Apple just their operating system. Yes I know you can get OSX for PC's and have fiddled with it on someone's PC but it just didn't feel the same. It's quite a conundrum for me because I think Apple really jacks prices for what they put out. Sure it looks slick, but way over priced.
Me and some mac friends once discussed the possibility of 'kill switches' installed in Apple products because everyone always seems to have problems as soon as the warranty runs out. Personally I never buy extended warranties on principle. I feel products should not have problems after 2 years of purchase unless you abuse them.
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kidclam said:
vinylhammer said:
I fucking hate Apple. Dress up sub-standard kit in a pretty outfit and the masses will love it. After all these years, the Ipod still is'nt the best sounding MP3 out there. It just looks nice. Because who would want a music player to actually sound good..............mugs.
Also, when is Steve Job's going to start wearing a different outfit. That black roll neck must stink. All his money and he dresses like a nerdy tramp.
If you really want good sound and you seem to be an expert, then why are you listening to MP3s?
I don't, i'm still on Mini-disc I have the Sony Hi-MD MZ-RH1, top of the range. PMC recordings, the lot. I'm a vinyl junkie(records), so the Mini-disc format works for me. Plus i really don't need to be walking round with all my music on me, all of the time.
So the answer to your question is, i don't use an MP3
vinylhammer, Feb 10, 2010
atease said:
oh there are plenty of reasons why people don't like the ipod, yours is a valid one, but making a generalized decree with nothing backing it up except a comment about a CEO's fashion sense (which i imagine he wears that outfit based on tradition at this point...he has even brought people out to mock him in the past at apple events) is pretty ridiculous to me.
if you don't like something, ok with me. just have some reason why, not just because "apple sucks".
Er, i kind of did give a reason in my first paragraph. I then went onto slag Job's outfit. So your telling me that the Ipod is the best sounding MP3 around? If you believe that, fine. Your hearing obviously is'nt what it used to be.
Plus, i own a PC desktop because i play a lot of games, which would struggle on a standard laptop(and i don't want to spend £££ on a gaming laptop) and on a MAC i would'nt be able to play games as nobody makes games for the MAC(bit ltd).
I like to sit in a comfy chair, with my large monitor and play Total War.
I did have a laptop, but over heating and bad graphics card made me get the desktop.
It's funny people go on about the MAC OS, because all the MAC user's i know, run Windows 7 as well, and use W7 most of the time.
BloodDrinker6969 Die-Cast
Chicago, Like R.Kelly
RockStrongo
For gaming I use this.
BloodDrinker6969, Feb 10, 2010
BloodDrinker6969 said:
I like your style Sanchez
i think you can listen to AIFF and WMA files on the iPod. You can on iTunes anyway, and I don't need perfect sound when I am on a portable.
I have djed with 320kps mp3 using Serato 24 bit and it sounds damn good.
as for your friends on mac osx using windows 7... that is rare among my friends, and most of them use the Mac.
kidclam, Feb 10, 2010
Hahaha, that's the first time i've heard the terms 320kps and sounds damn good, in the same sentence
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saiko, Feb 10, 2010
I couldn't believe it myself, but the output makes all the difference believe me.
gforce Toy Prince
Hmmm...dunno...I know people who swear blind that gold connectors on cables make music sound better. It doesn't of course.
Even better gold connectors on optical cables. Suckers
gforce, Feb 11, 2010
Parka S7 Royalty
Oop North, UK
Mp3s sound worse than uncompressed formats or vinyl, that bit is obvious. Personally I can't tell the difference between 320kbs and a cd in my hi-fi or FLAC. Its negligible and not enough to get concerned or worked up about IMO.
the iPod isn't the best sounding MP3 player out on the market though, that I would say (again, IMO). Older creative players sound really good. Just a shame they were so big and the menu system was horrendous
And MD's are awesome.
Parka, Feb 11, 2010
Roger Super Deformed
rogzilla71
I've definitely noticed a difference in sound quality between my iPod Shuffle and my iPod Touch, but I can imagine that the MP3 decoder chip that was shoehorned into the Shuffle (which is about the size of a Chiclet) isn't as elaborate as the one in the Touch.
Roger, Feb 11, 2010
liquidsky Vintage
Far From the Maddening Crowds
Okay. This is getting a little out of hand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBJW1mT6 ... r_embedded
Who's ready for the first day of the rest of their lives?
iPad gets a half hour of product placement on some show called "Modern Family".
Two days till launch...
liquidsky, Apr 1, 2010
liquidsky said:
The Modern Family episode was kinda funny.
Kevlo9, Apr 1, 2010
Okay, the iPad is kinda cool.
Typing from an Apple store, keyboard isn't that bad...
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The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Friday afternoon announced the appointment of Althea Padmore as acting Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU).Newly acting Head of SOCU Althea PadmoreThe Police, however, did not release the credentials and qualifications of Padmore, who was appointed to manage one of the most important unit within the force.When contacted, the Public Relations Office directed all questions in connection with the appointment to the Police Commissioner. However, calls to the Top Cop went unanswered. On Thursday, Commissioner Leslie James had promised that an appointment will be made before the end of the week.Padmore replaces Head of the Unit Sydney James, who is currently on administrative leave amidst allegations of mismanagement of funds at the unit.The decision to send him on leave came months after a special audit had unearthed several instances of mismanagement of funds and falsification of documents at the entity. The audit had also found some unaccounted-for expenditure which could not be verified by a paper trail.The audit was ordered by the Police Commissioner in February. Although the Top Cop has not commented on the findings of that audit, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan had described the revelations as “damning”.The probe into the operations of the white-collar crime-fighting Unit was triggered after the former British adviser, Dr Sam Sittlington, had made a number of allegations against the Unit.Following those allegations, James was questioned over allegations of improper spending. This is in light of the ongoing investigation and audit which was conducted after termination of the British adviser’s services.The Public Security Minister had confirmed that an investigation was ongoing into the matter and he had noted that there were allegations of monies not being spent properly and had said it is now within the jurisdiction of the investigators to understand the spending procedures at SOCU.After being fired amidst a conflict-of-interest scandal, Sittlington had revealed that SOCU had not been operating in the manner in which it should and he had said there are instances of improper spending.The parliamentary Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has maintained that SOCU, which was set up to fight money-laundering and other white-collar crimes, has become a political Unit under the APNU/AFC regime.The PPP had said that Sittlington was going beyond his advisory role and was taking on executive functions. It was pointed out that Sittlington was going on operations such as raids and arrests.Questions were previously raised about the Police investigating James and whether there could be any bias involved; however, the Public Security Minister had assured that the investigation was perfectly normal and that in addition to the Police’s own internal audits ongoing at SOCU, the Auditor General could come in and take control of the proceedings.He had said the Police auditors were seeking to better understand the systems which had been in place for spending at the agency. read more
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The following was copied from a pamphlet published by the museum.
The Lincoln County Historical Society
Museum of Pioneer History
The Museum of Pioneer History began in 1954 as part of the Chandler Historical Society. In 1959 the Society changed its name to The Lincoln County Historical Society, Museum of Pioneer History.
Members joined from all parts of the county and beyond. They gathered artifacts for housing in a central place available to the public and began to document the history of the area. The society sprang from roots first planted 1938 at the county fair, with delegates representing all communities. During World War II the organization was discontinued.
The Museum of Pioneer History's aim is to preserve records of mans first uses of the land and his life to the present in the broadest interpretation of a general historical museum.
After years of moving about town into vacant buildings for museum housing, historical society members purchased the vintage 'Mascho-Murphy' building at 719 Manvel in 1968 for $10,000. Some renovations was accomplished with gifts and fund-raising.
The building was without adequate heat or cooling and the roof often leaked, but the museum and its collection continued to be a popular attraction. A newspaper microfilm library was established and genealogical records assembled.
Expansion Project Launched
In 1982, the adjacent 'twin' building became for sale. With private contributions of more than the $27,500 purchase price, the museum space was increased to 8,000 square feet for the crowded, growing collection. A four-year fund-raising drive was accomplished to complete re-roofing and restoration of the two-story native stone buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are the oldest existing commercial buildings still in use in Lincoln County. The six remarkable Romanesque arches framing the facade are fifteen feet high.
In 1987, contracts were let to Robison-Beck Architects and Diepenbrock Construction Company for the $180,000 restoration project.
Generous contributions, ranging from $25 to $35,000 have come from individuals and organizations (including $100 from a third grade class). With the addition of a $50,000 grant from the Oklahoma Historical Society, the collection can now be housed in a modern-day, climate-controlled museum with proper lighting and ultraviolet light protection.
The building's restoration has been carried out mindful of U.S. Department of Interior guidelines for historic buildings.
Visitors to the museum are first greeted by the old-fashioned traditional 'general store', replica of the traditional small town information and supply center. The town post office and telephone switchboard is included.
Items displayed are typical of those found in general stores throughout Lincoln County at the turn of the century, shortly after settlement and nearing statehood era, 1907. Although there were specialty shops from meat markets to harness shops, the general store could have everything one needed from salve to surreys.
This room is restored authentically including the wood floor and fifteen foot high wooden beaded ceiling. This building was build in 1897 by grocer A. E. Mascho who was nearly killed here in the devastating cyclone of March 30, 1897 which demolished his first structure. Mascho set about rebuilding immediately.
This space was used most often as a general store. In 1912 for a time it became Jed Page's variety 'racket' store.
A primitive cellar has been discovered in the northwest corner. Presently it is not open for viewing. Accessible through a trap-door, it is a simple 14 x 17 foot excavation. It is presumed builder-Mascho intended to have adequate protection should another cyclone strike. After the 1897 storm, Chandler buildings were constructed of extra-thick walls in hopes of avoiding repeated destruction.
During restoration work, a large, connecting arched doorway was discovered which is now returned to an ample-sized attractive opening, between the two buildings. It had been sealed and forgotten.
The arch is similar to those constructed across the building facade. Called 'working arches', the hand- cut sandstones are placed so they support each other and the weight above. Air circulated through the interior storerooms through transom windows in the arches which swung open inward with the pull of a chain.
At the far rear of this room, an office, workroom and fireproof cement storage vault have been constructed.
North Gallery, Front
This area was also used for commercial ventures, built in 1898 by Macho as almost a twin to his first. It was long known as 'Murphy's Meat Market' in the early part of this century. J. F. Murphy was well- known for his genial nature and horseshoe pitching skill. Note the 'No Loafing' sign he left beside the stairway wall. The stairwell area originally featured an early elevator.
This gallery features rotating exhibits and provides space for traveling or visiting exhibits. Two west corners of the room feature permanent exhibits.
Historical Paintings
On the north wall hang five acrylic mural-like paintings by Fred Olds, Guthrie artist and sculptor. They are gifts of Col. and Mrs. John Embry. They depict area history in the following sequence:
1. Arrival Indians;
2. Cattle trails, first settlements;
3. Religion;
4. The Run;
5. Early settlement scenes.
Tilghman, Kent Exhibit
Famed Deputy U.S. Marshal, Bill Tilghman was a county homesteader, sheriff, state senator, Chandler town marshal and known for his long career of Oklahoma law enforcement He traveled the country with a movie he made in partnership with Benny Kent, 'The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaw'.
Benny Kent is known for his contributions to early photography, both in stills, stereoptican views and movies. He has provided documentation for many county scenes as well across Oklahoma and the 101 Ranch. He was an English Jeweler who settled in Chandler before 1900.
Printing, Publishing Exhibit
Lincoln County was without connection to the outside world by railroads, or telephone during its first years of settlement Communication was by word of mouth, mall delivered by stagecoach, and newspapers.
The first to be published was the 'The Chandler News' at the county seat. The printing and publishing exhibit feature a Linotype type-setting machine although first type was set by hand. Also featured is a hand operated press which printed 'Boomer' leaflets promoting opening of Oklahoma. County newspapers have numbered some 49 different newspapers or titles and mergers.
North Gallery, Rear
Library, Marionette Theater
In the west section of the North building is the Hoffman Library and Armstrong Marionette Theater.
The stage in the northwest corner has been constructed to present marionette plays, reviving the legacy left by Chandler teacher, Fay Armstrong. She was well-known for using her handmade marionettes in teaching. Through gifts made by her sister, Ola Armstrong, this revival of entertainment and education for young and old is made possible.
Generosity of Jeanne Hoffman Smith, and Mrs. Roy Hoffman, Jr., has made possible the expansion of the museum and its library in memory of their family.
Kitchen and restrooms are located in the rear of this building. At the outside rear is Oklahoma's only remaining brick outdoor restroom, more often called a 'privy' or 'out-house'. It was build about 1910 and featured a primitive, but then, very advanced mechanical commode. It has been restored, but not to its original public use.
The genealogy department In the museum is now equipped with micro-film and micro-fiche readers. Research records include Lincoln County cemeteries, marriages, census and early day county newspapers. Tract records and voting registration books are also available.
All of the above are available to the public.
Second Floor, North Gallery
In what was once upstairs offices and/or apartments, you will find replicas of early physician and dental offices, a one-room school, farm Implements, cobbler, milliner and seamstress shops and the Embry Military Exhibit. The military exhibit is an outstanding collection of county servicemen and women, courtesy of Col. John Embry.
Governors, Congressman
Lincoln County notables whose biographies are included in the museum include former Governors Roy Turner and J. B. A. Robertson and U. S. Congressman J. S. Pringey.
Second Floor, South Gallery
This area features a replica of living quarters used by residents who owned or operated the store below. Several apartment room walls have been altered to give visitors a better view of the interiors. This area was occupied In 1912 by a young couple just married, Jed and Laura Page from Carney. They operated the variety 'racket' store below.
Their front parlor entrance hall was the narrow, steep, typical stairwell which also served the adjoining building. Please use the handrail when descending.
Route 66 Exhibit
The Museum of Pioneer History is located on America's Main Street, Route 66. The Lincoln County Historical Society compiled a Route 66 Exhibit entitled "26 Skidoo! The Early Years of Route 66, an anniversary exhibit". It contains photos and artifacts that tell the history of the highway, including construction, controversies, customs and changing landscapes.
Antique car shows and car cruises are scheduled at intervals during the year.
The History Book
A 1,572 page, hard bound volume, the LINCOLN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, HISTORY came off the press in 1988. This book, available at the museum for research or purchase, contains the history of all communities in the county, including schools, churches, businesses, cemeteries and military and family histories. Never-before-seen photographs were used in this first published history of Lincoln County.
Museum Annex
The Oleson-Crane Building built in 1901, listed on the Historic Register, was purchased in 1989 by Museum Patrons. (Please take note of the bronze plaque denoting Historic Register listing on the front of the building). It is undergoing current extensive renovations of the first floor. This is to be a children's center and library, a multi-purpose space for Miss Fay's Marionette Theater, other events, offices and storage.
We hope you have enjoyed your visit and invite your membership In the Lincoln County Historical Society. Join us in this continuing celebration and presentation of Lincoln County and Oklahoma heritage.
The society is a member of the Oklahoma Museums Association, and provides members with quarterly newsletters. Membership dues allow for operations of the museum and funds for a part-time curator.
2001 Officers and Staff
Jerry Lathrop, President
Bonnie Walkingstick, Vice-President
Frankie Burchette, Secretary
Helen Brown, Treasurer
Bill Ford, Accountant
Jeanette Haley, Curator
Virginia Frazier, Chairman
Ethel Wilson
Frankie Burchette
Vivian Sage
Deborah Briscoe
Norma Cooper
Jerry Lathrop
Bonnie Walkingstick
Steve Mathis
Larry Freeman
Don Ferrell
Museum hours: Mondays through Fridays, 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Closed Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays. For tours or special weekend needs, call the museum office.
Quarterly meetings and programs are held at the Museum on Sunday afternoons.
Lincoln County Historical Society Museum
of Pioneer History and Children's Resource Center
717-721 Manvel Avenue
Chandler, Oklahoma 74834
E-mail: lincolncountyhs@sbcglobal.net
Return to Lincoln County Page
John Matthews - jkm@skypoint.com
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The Enigma of Friendship: Part One
by amb403
Almost anyone could tell you that playing in the Haunted Woods was a risky endeavour if you had little idea of what areas were safe to roam. Though he didn't visit the Woods often, he had studied a few maps of the locale and had a vague idea of where he and his younger brother should stay when traversing the forest. However, he knew that knowledge could only work so well when one had little experience to back it up. As such, he stuck a few paces behind his more adventurous and, quite frankly, FASTER younger brother. The black-coloured Lenny in front of him, dressed in a light blue shirt and grey shorts would glance back and grin every so often in a show of support of his older brother's nervousness and somewhat in relief that the other Lenny had not yet gotten lost as he had predicted prior to their venture in the Woods.
The red Lenny, wearing a dark blue sweater vest and black slacks, frowned at one point when his brother looked back at him. That caused the younger to stop and let the older catch up. "What?" the younger asked in a sympathetic tone. "Am I still walking too fast for you? Or are you upset with something else?"
"Oh, Lit..." The older Lenny sighed as he used one of the many nicknames for his younger sibling. "I really think that we shouldn't be here. They're always telling us how dangerous it could be in certain areas..."
Lit chuckled and shook his head in amusement. "Con, Con, Con... adults are always telling us stories in order to get us to behave. I thought someone as smart as you would know that. 'Sides, you stay inside too much, so the least you can do is go exploring with me every once in a while. There's a lot more to the Haunted Woods than you probably realise, so you may actually have fun!"
Con still had his previous frown etched into his beak, but the expression weakened at his brother's continual smile. "Fine, fine. As long as we don't get lost, I'll tolerate it. But if something bad happens, I hope you'll understand it if I don't want to come here again."
"That is if we survive whatever 'bad happening' you're proposing," Lit chimed, turning away just in time to avoid seeing a look of fear dawn onto Con's face. He reached back and grabbed onto his older brother's hand. "C'mon, let's get going. It's still morning, so we can spend a long time here before needing to leave before nightfall." He glanced over his shoulder at his brother and rolled his eyes at the contemplative look the older Lenny now had. "Con?"
The red Lenny was glancing to the sky and to the time, seeming to mutter to himself though no words were coming out of his partially moving beak. "Judging by the rate the sun has been moving, in addition to our current time, date, and location, I'd say we'd have nine hours, fifty-five minutes, and twenty-nine seconds before nightfall occurs."
"Mm-hm. Right. Is that with or without consideration for the possibility of the sun extinguishing?" Lit asked, immediately regretting it when he saw that his brother was thinking it over again. "Stop, stop. I was joking. You are seriously too smart for your own good. You're lucky I can tolerate you, since not many others would appreciate you constantly asserting your superior intellect."
Con frowned partially and went silent in response. He followed the black-coloured Lenny quietly, not keen on the prospect of having another random outburst of over-thinking. He instead just paid attention to where they were going and what was going on around them. More Neopets were starting to appear on their path, so he assumed that they were nearing the entrance of the main area of the Haunted Woods. Lit let go of his hand then and quickened his pace to what Con knew the younger Lenny found more comfortable than his own "sluggish" speed. The older Lenny glanced up at his brother and saw that Lit was looking over at another group of young Neopets that he recognised well enough. "Not expecting your friends to be here?" he asked with a small smile.
The quicker Lenny slowed down once more and sighed. "Well... no. Listen, it's not that I'm embarrassed to be seen with you... I just don't want them to... I mean I'm worried you'll... I was planning on hanging out with only you today, but if they see me with you, they might…"
He smiled at his younger brother and shrugged. "It's fine. Your goal was just to get me to spend less time at home, right?" He looked up at the approaching archway and sign designating the entrance to the main area of the Woods. "You can go spend time with them, and we can just meet up here in a few hours or so."
"Are you sure?" Lit asked, casting his brother an uneasy look. "What will you do by yourself? You're not very... comfortable with strangers. Especially not here."
Con shrugged and nodded. "I'll find something to keep myself occupied. You don't need to worry about me."
"If you say so, bro." The younger Lenny looked at his sibling one last time to see if he would change his mind. When there was no other argument, he turned and ran toward his friends.
The older Lenny watched as his brother joined his friends and watched them laugh at some inside joke that he didn't hear. He felt his smile disappear as they went through the archway to go have fun without him. He was used to it. A lack of friends was the normal reason he situated himself at home, though his brother was trying to counteract that reasoning today and only failed. His younger brother seemed to be his only friend, though it was understandable to him why that was so. Con knew that what Lit had told him earlier was true. Not very many Neopets were tolerant of his spontaneous outbursts of superfluous analysis of various problems and quandaries, or even just of everyday life.
Con sat on a decent-sized boulder, careful to not dirty his slacks. He brought his knees against his chest and sighed. Maybe he could just spend the day on that rock, entertaining his advanced thoughts in silence and solitude as he waited for his brother to present himself later that day after a day of fun with his friends.
He groaned softly and shook his head in shame. He and his brother were both smart, though Con was the one who had a higher IQ. However, Lit was the more athletic and more sociable one. Con could barely run down the street without tripping once or twice, and he was horrible with talking to anyone. He couldn't bring himself to be jealous of his brother, of course, but he did wish that he could have his own friends.
The sound of chuckling broke him from his thoughts, and he looked to the sound just in time to be pushed onto the dirt ground by its source. Con tried to stand up but was only pushed back into the ground, landing on his tail feathers.
"Hey, lookit this loser," the assailant, a rather large Korbat chuckled. "I hardly touched him and he hits the ground." The two others in his group, a Skeith and a Grarrl, laughed as well. Con frowned at them and gave a quiet exasperated sigh.
"Superb. I am being harried by an assemblage of malefactors." The confused silence that followed allowed him time to back away far enough to be out of reach of any of the three as he stood up. Unfortunately, the silence was not long enough to allow him to escape. Con was soon caught and held upside down by the Skeith and the Grarrl.
"You talk funny," the Korbat told him with a glare. "I dun like that." He cracked his knuckles in a show of toughness that Con would find laughable if he weren't the victim in this case.
The Lenny was shaken, probably in an attempt to get him to drop any valuables. Fortunately, or perhaps it was unfortunate, he thought, he hadn't carried anything with him to the Woods. He was dropped onto his head, and he scrambled back up. "At least I speak with correct grammar, you unsightly brute." The affront proved to be the wrong thing to say, as the Korbat then took hold of his sweater vest and pulled him close to growl into his face.
"Did ya just insult me?" He glowered, and Con paled and quivered in fear. The Lenny stuttered responses for a short moment before ducking his head under a thrown fist just in time.
Con snaked his way out of his sweater vest, leaving the white-collared shirt on that was underneath, and ran off before one of the bullies could take hold of that article of clothing as well. It wasn't as if he had a significant lack of more vests like those in his closet. But that was unimportant. He just needed to escape the three who were now chasing him.
The red Lenny tripped over what seemed to be every rock on his path and eventually stopped, paying mind to where he was going in order to focus on not tripping over anything else. He looked up in time to see that he was about to run into the doorway of what seemed to be a rather large and ornate decaying manor, but was unable to stop himself from hitting the door and falling inside as it swung open on his weight.
He stood up quickly and out of the way of the entrance, when suddenly the large wooden door slammed shut and a familiar locking sound resonated in the particularly quiet foyer. He jumped instinctively at the small, yet seemingly loud noise and turned to the door to try it. The lock was stuck, and he was unable to turn it to open it, meaning he was now trapped inside the mansion. Con muttered wildly to himself as he tried to simultaneously keep himself calm and figure out how much force would be needed to get the door open without breaking it and trapping him more. Curtains were drawn open on a nearby window and, looking through it, he could see the pets who were chasing him run past, none the wiser of his current location. At the very least, he wouldn't have to deal with them any longer. A sudden chill caused him to shiver and stop his useless mutterings. Of course, he would still have to deal with whoever owned the mansion that he was now trespassing in.
Con could only hope that the air of evil he was feeling was of no correlation to the owner's actual demeanour and was just the result of paranoia and years of ghost stories about the Haunted Woods.
There was a small whisper that took hold of the quiet foyer, and the Lenny looked around for the source. "Owh radse...?" Con shivered further and backed away from the door as the whispering gradually become louder. "Owh radse?"
"Who...?" The young Lenny felt a presence behind him, and now extremely fearful, he slowly turned around from morbid curiosity in order to face it. His eyes widened and he gasped at what he saw.
"OWH RADSE?"
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The Problem with SuperFogeys Chapter One
Side-by-side of the original strip 1 and a recreation.
It was recently put across to me that Chapter One of The SuperFogeys, “Insane Romance From Hell,” is the number one barrier SF has for attracting new readers. I didn’t disagree.
This same person told me that, in their opinion, SuperFogeys is easily as good if not better than anything DC or Marvel are putting out these days. High praise, but why the disconnect? If SF is that good, then why is Chapter One so bad?
If you’ve read the chapter, of course you know. Chapter One plays out the way you think a comic strip about old superheroes in a nursing home would: gag-a-day, old people jokes, stiff characters, parody and bad-to-barely-acceptable art. It has its charms. I still think strip 12 is one of the best jokes I’ve ever done. The last strip is essential to the overall SF mythology. But the rest? Doesn’t feel–or look–like what SuperFogeys very quickly turned into. Compare Chapters 1 and 2. Big difference.
I wish I could go back. I’d love to redo Chapter One, make it shorter and more concise and… pretty. I’d probably take the Operation: Valhalla story and the Third Man’s introduction and incorporate it. I’d probably make it a proper introduction to the world of Valhalla and include a lot more background characters. I’d make the whole kidnapping business with Spy Gal much shorter and less complicated. I’d make Dr. Rocket a bit less of a dirty old man.
I’d set up the mystery and the dynamics between the characters and get out. And I’d make it look GOOD. A real enticement for what follows.
Who knows? Maybe one day it will be worth doing. I’m loathe to change history, but I think it’s true–new readers who check out Chapter One do not really learn the first thing about what SuperFogeys really is. Would anyone call SF a parody anymore? Probably not.
I dunno. I wish I knew the solution here. Is there a chapter that’s better to jump in on? 4? 7? Maybe the upcoming 13. I could see that.
What do you think? Is Chapter One that bad?
I mean. This:
24 - Too Little Too Late
Right? Right??
└ Tags: barriers, changing history, chapter one, new readers, operation: valhalla, superfogeys, webcomics
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Sep 16, 2011 PLOTTING A SERIAL WEBCOMIC, PART 4 “Breaking Down a Chapter”
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I think most projects have that problem. Has anyone ever gone back and really looked at the old stories of a lot of famous supers? Batman used a gun and killed villain, apparently. No matter how well one plans something, it almost always needs a bit of editing that doesn’t become apparent until later.
What I would suggest — and it’s something I’ve been meaning to do myself — is simply script a new introduction to the comic. “Charby the Vampirate” did it quite well (and basically put a warning sign up of “Horrible artwork and writing ahead”) and I think it’d work for Super Fogeys too. It’d be less work than a massive retcon, and people should be more than willing to look past the early days once they understand where it’s all going.
Brock Heasley
That’s a solid idea–and one I hadn’t thought of. It just might be worth doing. Thanks for that, Scott.
I’m all for the old, but you never know when you can attract new readers. Maybe eventually do a new version but keep the old as a special feature somewhere on the site? Personally I’d love to see chapter one reworked in the style it is now.
I’d never completely erase the old version of Chapter One. Even if I did make a new one. It’s part of history and part of the story. Even if I did a new one, I’d probably be inclined to do it in such a way that it didn’t contradict the existing Chapter One so they could live side-by-side.
CartoonistWill
Hey, Brock!
This might sound weird, but I’m one of those strange people who actually was attracted to SF BECAUSE of chapter 1. Yeah, I know, bad taste, right? lol. But, seriously. I actually miss the tone and charm of the earlier chapters. What SF has become is something much grander – but yet not what I like. Not what I wished it was. I look at the earlier chapters, especially chapter one, and say, “Hey. It was good while it lasted. It was hilarious! Things were simple back then too. You knew who the bad guys were and who the good guys were and ya laughed. Ya laughed like Matt Damon on pain killers. But it is what it is and there’s no looking back. Progress. Can’t stay in the same place forever.” Anyway, what I mean is that SuperFogeys is no longer the comic I came to love. It’s an entirely new beast. But that new beast is good too and I remain a loyal reader. Your characters have honestly been THE only I’ve ever been emotionally invested in, ever. Okay, maybe another, but not sure that’s true. I keep reading to see what will happen. In the beginning I loved the humor. But then, like a good horror movie or drama or etc, the roller coaster reached the top and we all flew down to kiss the ground until we were snatched back up and climbed all the way to the top again. The first few chapters were only the anticipation – the building up to the climax of what SuperFogeys was turning into. I’ve startled rambling and gotten distracted and no longer know what I’m trying to say, but I think it’s that I actually liked the earlier chapters more. It didn’t make me keep coming back like it does now (although the current chapter was so long without much really happening that I got bored with it, honestly), but I liked it too. After Jerry was exposed as Klein as ThirdMan that’s when things really changed, I thought. When I started noticing it was turning into a different beast, if you will. Maybe not. Maybe I imagined that. But before then I loved the comic as a humor strip and I started becoming invested in the characters when Dr. Rocket (ala fake) passed on. The origin story at the funeral was a wonderful read and I loved it very much. I consider that to be the highest point of the “Classic SuperFogeys” era (yes, you have eras now). I feel like the earlier SuperFogeys is kind of like Batman in the the 70′s and then there was a change and it started becoming the Batman of the 80′s and 90′s with all that darker less comedic Frank Miller and Tim Burton/Micheal Keaton, etc, and Animated Series stuff, culminating, as SuperFogeys will, into Batman Begins and Dark Knight or … whatever. Admittedly, although the Adam West Batman is … classic? Humorous? Fun? I much more prefer the Animated Series Batman or … almost any more serious, darker take on the character. Problem is though that Batman has been ret-conned and re-imagined and everything with all new introductory stories for readers. SuperFogeys doesn’t have that. The Adam West days are within canon and the later Tim Burton and Batman Begins are all a continuous canon, building one upon the other, creating … well, for Batman, something I reject like a bad organ donation, but for SuperFogeys not that horrible. But, yeah, a redone Chapter One might not be such a bad idea. I really love the original Chapter One, however, and would hope it to still be available and in print somewhere. But if you think it would help new readers – you and Marc go for it! But when should that be done? I’m thinking after SuperFogeys main story about Jerry comes to an end (you said you are not sure if you will continue the story past that, I believe). I say that in order to keep the story going (and not kill Marc and his drawing hand), but the one problem about that is: if the story is over, are you still able to draw new readers in? Guess so. Seems weird in my head somehow for a webcomic after it’s conclusion. Could be done. Nothing weird about new readership with a book. Maybe one of those monthly subscription comics could be compared to this if it just ended. Anyway, I leave the decision making to you. Just wanted to let you know that I loved the first few chapters of the Fogeys. Just think. If you didn’t make it that way, we might never have Space Pig or jokes about Cap being pantless! And, although inappropriate and rude and crude, Dr. Rocket’s … dirtiness somehow forms the character in my head. I actually like the contrast between fake Rocket and real Rocket too. Real Rocket is the way he is because the path that he took, as opposed to the one taken by the fake Rocket, lead to his realization that the Jorbons were the enemy and Cap wasn’t, lots and lots of intergalactic bloodshed, and cancer. That’s why real Rocket is … not like the fake. How to put it? The fake wasn’t anywhere near as …depressed?… and calm and reflective. Seriously, the real Rocket doesn’t smile like the fake. You noticed? Not much smiling. Not much taunting the Captain. No playing chess/checkers. The real is much moodier. The first chapter’s running gag about Rocket having a thing for Spy Gal was hilarious and gave Cap (and Jerry?) conflict, causing him to take action of some kind. “A hero cannot exist within a vacuum.” But I’m going to stop typing now. I’m tired and getting way off topic and rambling on forever. I will say this though: I’ve noticed in past chapters that the Captain has risen to the challenge. He isn’t about to let Spy Gal and Dr. Rocket have a thing. He finally starts wearing pants again. He punches Gene in the face. He asks Spy Gal to marry him. He overcomes his feelings toward Dr. Rocket and works at regaining their friendship. He does fail, I admit, at both manning up and stopping Tangerine from murdering the fake Rocket and, although Cap punched Gene (who he did not see as a friend as he did Tangerine) for how he constantly made fun of Spy Gal, he did not even have words with Tangerine concerning his knocking Spy Gal unconscious. When his son “died” many thought he was wrong not to take action, but he showed a strength and maturity in not taking revenge that not even Spy Gal could understand. And there’s probably examples I’ve missed. My complain is: what happened? And will we be told? Seriously. Even if it is due to depression for losing his son or some of the theories tossed around in the comments – like the infamous theory that he doesn’t believe he deserves to be called a hero – or even gambling addiction, it needs to be explained. To me – to me – the entire current chapter (12, right?) set in Las Vegas has been extremely unfaithful to the Captain’s character. I don’t understand what happened between chapter 11 and 12 or if it had been happening for a few chapters or not, but his behavior in chapter 12 REALLY needs to be explained in comic at some point. And I’m sure you got that planned. But just wanted to let you know. I know I’ve mentioned this complaint in the past as well.
Hoo-boy. Will, that’s a lot to take in. I think the gist of what you’re saying is that while you care more about the characters now, you prefer the more comical early days overall. What that tells me is that you might be a little too steeped in nostalgia. I’ll take greater investment over greater amusement any day.
As for your comments about Captain Spectacular… I think you’ll find plenty of people willing to disagree with you that he’s been inconsistently portrayed, but I’ll leave it to them to offer a rebuttal. Not my place, I think. You could be right and you could be wrong.
Either way, thanks for all the thoughts. Your dedication to SF never fails to impress and humble me.
Ha ha, sorry. my mind is a dangerous place when I type/think when super tired.
Right. It is nostalgia. I’m not saying that the earlier SuperFogeys is superior, just something I enjoyed and that what we have today is, although I still enjoy it, much different. Creating an alternate version of Chapter One, or even other chapters, isn’t such a bad idea. Be great to have the original version of the chapters available for nostalgia and historical purposes, etc. Could be amusing to look at the original from time to time.
I’m with Antoine Gagnon as I enjoyed the evolution of the comic to what it is today. I was trying to say before that we can’t stay in suspended animation in the past. There has to be progress. Whereas I’m sad the days of Star Maiden being loopy, for example, are over, there must be progress. We could keep on that forever until the jokes ran dry, but why? There needs to be progress.
I feel that Cap is inconsistent, but I need to re-read through the entire series to really see whether that’s true or not. And that’s something I no longer have time to do in my life. Right now, at least, and probably for some time to come. Whether inconsistent or not, I’d like to know why he “blew it” at the slots. And what, if anything, he’s going to do about it. Also, he’s “lost everything.” Will he piece the puzzle together? And those are questions I think your strip will answer when the time is right, so I’m not too worried about it. For example, I hear you’ve written Cap’s reaction to it recently (read a comment of yours in another place about it).
Not sure how I impress or humble, but thanks, ha ha…
Antoine Gagnon
Well, I did start reading Superfogeys recently, it was on my “Comics to read” list and put it on top of the list after I met Marc at NYCC back in October.
I actually really enjoyed the first chapter, and going through the archives and the Friday stories as well. I didn’t only enjoy the story and the characters, I also enjoyed the evolution of the comic as an whole (both drawing & Script).
I was raised reading the french comic classics like Tintin & Astérix. If you look at the first albums, you may say “eeeesh! This is ugly”. But it’s perfectly fine, because it is evolution and this improvement overtime is part of the comic.
Honestly, I’m not sure I would keep reading a comic that has been looking the same for the past 1-15 years. I need that evolution, i need that change.
Example: UserFriendly.org: I used to read that comic back in 1999-2000. I stopped because the comic never really evolved at all. Same look, same crappy art, same weird looking website. No changes at all.
Change is goooood!
Antoine, that’s really encouraging. I hope other people can give SF the same chance. Certainly when a person first comes to the site, they see the newest stuff first and that should give some clue to how things develop and progress.
I’m with you on the enjoyment of seeing comics evolve. I too once followed comics that stagnated. They’re still good comics, but if the creator isn’t interested enough to grow and change, then I lose interest as well.
As I’m sure everyone has noticed, Marc is continuing the SF evolution in fine style. He’s done nearly 100 strips at this point and going back to strip 301 and seeing how he started is a real treat. Marc’s the real deal. Hopefully my ability to write this thing is also increasing and matching him along the way.
Brock,
Chapter 1 eased me into SuperFogeys, you might say. I loved the concept of retired superheroes in a nursing home, so when I started reading at the beginning, it was the simplicity and gag-a-day format that drew me into the comic. From there, it improved, got more engaging, and pulled me in to the point that I have had to keep reading ever since. I think the way this comic begins is just right. Sure, it’s more comic book style drama and action nowadays than it was at the beginning (with greater dynamics), but chances are if I wasn’t eased into the comic the way Chapter 1 did for me, I might not have grown with the story the way I did.
That first chapter is definitely what drew me in. ‘Nuff said.
Brock, what Jeremy said is exactly how I feel – except he was able to say it more clearly and in less amount of words.
Daniel Barcroft
One of the great things to me about reading comics on the web is that you get to see major changes like this in real-time. First, the effect of “speeding up” your perception of a feature’s development works similarly to reading through a decade of print-comics anthologies.
And secondly, the particulars of “web” comics production works in the same direction. A “web” cartoonist often feels freer to make stylistic changes, and even if things remain gradual, the perception of development (as viewed through an archive) is often accelerated just by virtue of a thrice-weekly update schedule (for example) as opposed to a daily. In other words, the same chronological amount of artistic progression in fewer installments.
So I feel like the first chapter still represents the series pretty well, even though it doesn’t resemble the rest of it. It sets up a gag-a-day premise for a while that really lets you get the character identities pretty clearly without having much to keep up with, then develops into a story you want to read, then as that progresses it builds up the characters even more. That kind of progression is, to me, a really great part of reading comics online, even if some of the reason for the way things were early on seems (in hindsight) to be a lack of proper development.
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Category: Bundesliga
Bayern Munich have signed Real Madrid star James Rodriguez on a two-year loan deal with an option for a permanent transfer, subject to a medical.
Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Juventus were among the clubs linked with Colombia international James, 25, in recent weeks as Madrid president Florentino Perez reportedly held out for a fee of at least €70 million.
However, Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti has made a successful bid to be reunited with a player he coached while at Madrid in 2014-15, with the two clubs agreeing a two-year loan with an option to buy in June 2019.
Sport Bild reporter Christian Falk has said Bayern agreed an annual loan fee of €5 million and can pay €35.2 million to make it permanent.
Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "We are delighted to have realised this transfer. It was our coach Carlo Ancelotti's big wish to sign James Rodriguez, following their successful spell working together in Madrid.
"James is a versatile player. He's dangerous in front of the goal, sets up a lot of strikes and takes great set pieces. Without a doubt, we've increased the quality of our squad with this transfer once again."
James has had a mixed three-year spell at the Bernabeu since joining from Monaco for €80 million following the 2014 World Cup and had seemed certain to leave this summer, having been left out of the squad as Zinedine Zidane's side won the Champions League final in June.
Madrid's club statement was short on detail but said the deal was still subject to James completing a medical at Bayern.
"Real Madrid and Bayern Munich have agreed the loan of the player James Rodriguez for the next two seasons, pending the completion of a medical," the Madrid statement read. "Bayern Munich reserve the right to buy the player at the end of the loan period."
James was due to fly out with Madrid to California to begin their preparations ahead of the summer's International Champions Cup, but will now instead join up with Bayern's tour of Asia starting on Sunday.
Despite not being a regular first choice under Ancelotti's successors Rafa Benitez and Zidane, James played 111 times in total for Madrid, scoring 36 goals and providing 41 assists. He also leaves the Bernabeu having won two Champions League medals, one La Liga title and two FIFA World Club Cups.
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How Mitt Romney Wants to Save Social Security and Other Trust Funds
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney introduced legislation Tuesday that would create new congressional committees focused on the fiscal health of federal trust funds, including Highway, Medicare Hospital Insurance, Social Security Disability Insurance and Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance.
The group – which includes Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), as well as Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Ed Case (D-HI), William Timmons (R-SC) and Ben McAdams (D-UT) – warned that unless Congress acts, funding for these crucial government trust funds will run out within 13 years.
Here’s how the legislation, called the Time to Rescue United States’ Trusts (TRUST) Act, would work, according to a statement from Romney’s office:
Treasury would have 30 days upon passage of the legislation to deliver to Congress a report of the government’s major, endangered federal trust funds.
Congressional leaders would appoint members to serve on “Rescue Committees”—one per trust fund—with the mandate to draft legislation that restores solvency and otherwise improves each trust fund program.
Rescue Committees would ensure bipartisan consensus by requiring at least two members of each party to report legislation.
If a Rescue Committee reports a qualifying bill for its trust fund program, it would receive expedited consideration in both chambers. While 60 votes would be required to invoke cloture for final passage in the Senate, only a simple majority would be needed for the motion to proceed, which would be privileged.
Romney told Roll Call that while they may not be able to fix all of the existing problems, “we have a better shot of taking on the solvency of these trust funds by looking at them one by one, rather than by trying to create one mega piece of legislation that’s going to be troublesome in some way for almost everybody.”
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>Suzlon Energy Ltd. (MERRILL LYNCH)
>Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (INDIABULLS)
>Ranbaxy Laboratories (ANGEL BROKING)
>Power Grid (INDIABULLS)
>JSW Steel (KR CHOKSEY)
>IVRCL - BUY (INDIABULLS)
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SUZLON ENERGY Ltd. - BUY
New orders start to trickle-in.....
* Suzlon wins 113MW order - 6% of Int. book from AGL; Buy AGL Energy placed a third repeat order on Suzlon for 113MW order (6% of international order book) after successfully monetizing the 2nd wind farm. For Suzlon, this is the first material global order after a lull of almost a year, as clients appreciate performance of its new V3 turbines. We now look for orders from China, USA and India. Inexpensive valuations drive our Buy; we see major new orders wins and resolution of payment to Martifer in May'09 as catalysts.
* AGL places 3rd repeat order on Suzlon for delivery in CY09 - Suzlon won a 113MW order (6% of international order book) from the Australian utility, AGL Energy for the supply of 54 wind turbines of 2.1MW in 2009, after a lull of almost a year as clients appreciate performance of its new V3 turbines. To be delivered in CY09, this order will account for 5% of our FY10E international volumes ex-REpower. This is the third repeat order as AGL successfully monetized the wind farm made of Suzlon turbines (71 MW Hallett 2) for a development profit of $59mn (as per AGL Managing Director, Mr. Michael Fraser) through its sale to Energy Infrastructure Trust (EIT).
To see full report: Suzlon Energy
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd.- Buy
Valuation remains attractive
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd. (NLC) posted a 9.7% yoy increase in the net profit in Q3’09. This was partially driven by the finalisation of the FY04–09 power tariffs for TPS-I, resulting in an additional revenue of Rs. 1.7 bn during the quarter. We maintain our target price of Rs. 100 for NLC’s stock and reiterate our Buy rating on the back of the following factors.
* New CERC guidelines to provide marginal benefits: We believe that CERC’s decision to increase the cap on return on equity (RoE) for tariff determination from 14% to 15.5% for FY10–14 will improve NLC’s profitability only marginally because:
· NLC has been accumulating significant amounts of cash and not ploughing them back in its power business; thus, its overall RoE has been on the lower side.
· With only 750 MW of additional capacity expected to be commissioned by FY10 and no major capacity additions planned during FY11–13, NLC would not be able to fully exploit the revised tariff determination norms for FY10–14.
* Long-term growth prospects remain promising: A number of projects proposed by NLC are in various stages of implementation. Of these, advance action proposals for a combined capacity of 6,850 MW have been sanctioned by the Government of India (GoI). Given NLC’s strong balance sheet position and the GoI’s thrust to increase the country’s power generating capacity, we believe NLC’s long-term growth prospects remain intact.
To see full report: Neyveli
Ranbaxy Laboratories - BUY
Event Update
Price: Rs170
Target : Rs277
Time : 12 months
*USFDA invokes AIP: The USFDA has invoked Application Integrity Policy (AIP) on Ranbaxy's Paonta Sahib facility citing that the company has falsified data and results in approved and pending ANDA filed from the facility. Prior on September 16, 2008, the USFDA had issued two warning letters and instituted an Import Alert barring entry of all finished drug products and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) from Ranbaxy's Dewas, Paonta Sahib facilities due to violation of US current Good Manufacturing Practices requirements. That action barred commercial importation of 30 different generic drugs into the US and continues to be in effect. However, we expect this latest action by the USFDA to have limited impact on Ranbaxy’s US Sales as most of the approved drugs from this facility were already under the import ban list. Further, no other products from Ranbaxy's other manufacturing facilities are included in the AIP except products, which used clinical data from the Paonta facility.
* No Quality concerns: USFDA has however, clarified that it has no evidence that these drugs do not meet their quality specifications and has not identified any health risks associated with the currently marketed products from Paonta faicilities.
*No early resolution in sight: The latest USFDA action against Ranbaxy indicates that there appears to be no near-term closure to the investigation, and we believe it will continue over a longer period of time. However, Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy have formed a team to resolve the issue. Notable, earlier this month, Ranbaxy had received approval for Imitrex from its Ohm facility in the US, which in our view was a positive development for it.
To see full report: Ranbaxy
POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD - BUY
Unleashing its potential
Our enthusiasm in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL)’s stock has been lighted up by the encouraging tariff determination norms issued by the CERC for FY10–14. As a result, we have increased our target price for PGCIL’s stock from Rs. 110 to Rs. 120 and maintain our Buy rating.
* Overall RoE to improve significantly in the next 4-5 years: We see the Company’s RoE improving from 11.7% in FY08 to 16-17% by FY13-14 due to the following reasons:
· CERC’s increase in the cap on the RoE from 14% to 15.5% for tariff determination purposes implies higher guaranteed returns on the transmission projects for FY10-14.
· We expect the Company to continue generating incentive income, which would mean a higher effective RoE on the transmission projects.
· Equity deployed in the transmission assets would increase significantly in the next 2-3 years as the Company has huge CAPEX plans. We do not see any major delays in the commissioning of new transmission lines as the Company has a stable cash-generating business model and strong GoI support for funding its projects.
· The Rs. 14.4 bn worth of GoI bonds issued to PowerGrid would be completely redeemed by FY16 in equal half yearly instalments. As these funds would be invested in higher return-generating transmission assets, the Company’s overall profitability should improve.
* Bright long-term prospects: Most of the power projects being planned for the future by the GoI are pit-head and of sizable capacity. These would require building a strong transmission network for dispatching electricity to the various project beneficiaries. PowerGrid, the only transmission company in the country, is set to benefit significantly from this scenario.
To see full report: Power Grid
JSW Steel Ltd.
CMP Rs 184.25 Tgt Rs 239.52
Q3FY09 Result Update...........
• Restored the production to normal level in January 2009 by restarting the two furnaces temporarily shut down in November 2008.
• Already commissioned Sinter plant, Coke oven batteries, Wire rod mill, Raw material handling systems, Utilities forming part of the expansion project to 6.8 MTPA. It is scheduled to commission the Steel Melt shop, Blast furnace and the Bar mill in Q4 FY 2008-09. On commissioning of the expansion project JSW Steel will be the largest steel Company in private sector in India with 7.8 MTPA steel production capacities.
• The new hot strip mill with 5 MTPA capacities being implemented in two phases and the first phase is expected to be ready during the period December 2009 to March 2010.
• The expansion project to 10 MTPA at Vijayanagar works along with beneficiation plant and power plant will now be commissioned during the period October 2010 to March 2011.
• All other green field projects are currently under review and will be taken up at appropriate time on achieving financial closure and on improvement of market conditions.
To see full report: JSW
IVRCL INFRA & PROJECTS LTD - BUY
Banking on a strong order book
IVRCL continues to be one of the strongest companies in the construction & infrastructure space due to significant advantages over its peers, including revenue visibility for the next 3–4 years and a high degree of exposure to government-funded orders, especially in the water & irrigation segment. The stock correction in the last few months is attributable to the negative sentiments attached with the worsening economic scenario, particularly in the real estate sector, to which IVRCL has an exposure through its subsidiary IVR Prime. We have calibrated our estimates to address the concerns of lower order inflows and slower execution over the next couple of quarters owing to the forthcoming elections. Consequently, we have arrived at a fair value estimate of Rs. 139, which reflects a potential upside of 35% over the current market price (CMP); hence, we maintain our Buy rating.
Healthy order book and favourable portfolio mix
IVRCL has an extremely healthy order book of Rs. 143 bn, 3.9x the FY08 revenues, which should insulate the Company from any slowdown in the order inflows over the next two years due to the adverse economic scenario. Moreover, IVRCL’s leadership in the water & irrigation space, which accounts for more than 65% of the current order book, provides it a significant opportunity to benefit from the increased planned government spending in the segment during the 11th Five Year plan period.
To see full report: IVRCL
CORPORATION BANK - HOLD
Result Review
* Slowing Down: Corporation Bank’s operating profit grew by 61.9% yoy, driven by a 43.2% rise in the NII and a 69% rise in other income. However, comparing on a like-to-like basis, without the MTM gains, the operating profit grew by 31% yoy. Despite healthy numbers, the impact of the business-cycle downturn has been evident in a moderate advances growth (3.2% sequentially), and a 75% yoy rise in delinquencies for 9M FY09. In view of the ongoing economic downturn, we retain our conservative estimates for margins, but downward-revise those for credit quality and business-growth. This tempers our fair-value estimate to Rs.182. While, we do believe that Corp Bank’s stock price reflects these concerns, we see limited upside in current environment. Therefore, we downgrade our rating to Hold.
* Advances growth to remain moderate: We expect CorpBank’s advances growth to average ~18% and ~16% for FY09 and FY10 respectively. This downward revision in our growth estimates is based on funding and delinquency concerns. Funding concerns stem from a below average growth in deposits (2.7% qoq) and delinquency concerns emerge from the advances-mix. The Bank’s advances-mix is dominated by large industries (30.6%), retail (20%), SMEs (10.4%) and agriculture (9.2%), which are likely to face near-term headwinds. Therefore, the Bank’s credit off-take is likely to remain moderate.
To see full report: Corporation Bank
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Broadcast Newsroom
News & Information for Broadcast Professionals
By BN Staff 6 months ago
Double Digit Growth in Revenues, Operating Income and Adjusted EBITDA from Prior Quarter
Raising 2019 Expectations for the Second Time
On Track to Separate Product and IP Licensing Businesses into Two Independent Companies
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TiVo Corporation (NASDAQ: TIVO) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2019.
“I am excited about the opportunity at TiVo,” said Dave Shull, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Based on my experience with strategic transactions and operational transformations, we are making great progress on the separation of TiVo’s Product and IP Licensing businesses. We remain on track to complete the separation in the first half of 2020. We are also laser-focused on execution and, in the quarter, we delivered strong financial results across a number of metrics. Our Intellectual Property Licensing business had a solid quarter as it benefited from expanding our relationship with Shaw Communications and our first social media customer win. On the Product side, we are streamlining the business and driving operational efficiencies to improve profitability. This leaner Product business is on track to launch innovative products to expand our personalized content discovery and monetization offerings in the second half of 2019.”
TIVO SECOND QUARTER 2019 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Solid sequential revenue growth of 11% to $176.2 million.
Strong progress optimizing the business to decrease the Company’s cost structure to prepare TiVo for the separation of the two businesses.
Operating income improved 2.5X while Adjusted EBITDA grew 67% from Q1.
Revised and increased fiscal 2019 expectations for revenues and all profitability measures.
TIVO BUSINESS AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS:
55 out of 56 existing North American TiVo MSO customers are now deploying our high-end TiVo User Experience 4.
Our Android TV™ based IPTV version of TiVo User Experience 4 continues to expand. We now have five North American operators who will deploy this solution, up from two last quarter.
Spotify renewed its license to TiVo’s Music Metadata to power song and artist discovery on the Spotify platform.
Discovery Communications, one of the leading content providers globally, has licensed TiVo’s TV Viewership Data.
TiVo has expanded its Sponsored Discovery advertising offering to include promotion of VOD movie transactions. The campaigns deliver strong performance results: a leading studio ran a campaign over three weekends to promote a new movie title. The campaign increased transactions by 81% by those who saw the campaign.
TiVo’s Personalized Content Discovery offering continues to add new language capabilities to support international customers, including adding Portuguese and Spanish to our Conversation offering.
Licensing business continues to perform strongly, signing 15 new and renewal IP Licensing deals in Q2.
Shaw Communications, a leading Canadian connectivity company, entered into a multi-year extension of its Rovi patent portfolio license, and expanded the license to also cover the TiVo patent portfolio. The license provides coverage for all Shaw video platforms, including BlueSky TV, a syndicated X1 platform.
Xumo, an ad-supported streaming video service platform, entered into a long-term intellectual property license.
After quarter-end, LG Electronics Inc. entered into a global intellectual property license agreement.
IMPROVED BUSINESS OUTLOOK:
For fiscal year 2019, the Company raised its full-year outlook to:
Current Expectations
Previous Expectations
(May 30, 2019)
Total revenue, net
GAAP loss before income taxes
Non-GAAP Pre-tax Income
Cash Taxes
GAAP Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
Non-GAAP Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP Pre-tax Income, Non-GAAP Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Cash Taxes are defined below in the section entitled “Non-GAAP Financial Information.” Reconciliations between GAAP and Non-GAAP amounts are provided in the tables below. In accordance with the SEC’s interpretations on the use of Non-GAAP financial measures, TiVo does not report net income or EPS on a non-GAAP basis; however, TiVo provides financial metrics, including Non-GAAP Pre-tax Income, Non-GAAP Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding and Cash Taxes, to assist those wanting to calculate such measures on a Non-GAAP basis.
SEPARATION PROCESS UPDATE:
TiVo announced last quarter its plan to split its Product and IP Licensing businesses into two separate independent companies. The Company believes the separation will unlock shareholder value and increase the flexibility of both businesses in pursuing new and growing market opportunities.
Both the Product and IP Licensing businesses need to have a strong, profitable operation with sufficient cash on hand and a balanced capital structure for us to successfully separate the companies. The Company is taking immediate steps to strengthen the businesses:
Streamlining the Product business operations to improve our stand-alone EBITDA and to allow us to reinvest to focus on strategic investments around platform footprint and monetization.
Managing the IP Licensing costs to ensure the best return on litigation investments and to allow for targeted investments in the IP portfolio.
Paid down $50 million in convertible debt in Q2 and expect to repay the remaining $295 million of 2020 Convertible Notes by their maturity date, from cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on the balance sheet and our anticipated operating cash flow. Additionally, we plan to refinance our Term Loan B Facility before separation of the IP Licensing and Product businesses.
TiVo continues to make progress with the separation and is on track to complete this transaction in the first half of 2020. The Company anticipates that the spin-off will be tax-free to its stockholders and is actively pursuing a ruling from the IRS on that front, expecting a ruling in late 2019 or early 2020. The Company also anticipates filing its initial Form 10 by Q4 2019.
Throughout the separation process the Board of Directors is open to strategic transactions for each business that could create additional stockholder value and continues to be actively engaged in discussions with interested parties for each business.
CAPITAL ALLOCATION:
On July 24, 2019, TiVo’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.08 per common share, to be paid on September 19, 2019 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 5, 2019.
SECOND QUARTER 2019 SUMMARY FINANCIAL RESULTS:
Quarterly Financial Information
Three Months Ended June 30,
GAAP Consolidated Results
Total Revenues, net
Total costs and expenses
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes
Loss from continuing operations, net of tax
Legacy TiVo Solutions IP Licenses
Core Revenue (excludes revenue from Legacy TiVo Solutions IP Licenses, Hardware and Other Products)
Total Revenues, net and Core Revenue benefited from expanding our license with Shaw Communications, to also include the TiVo patent portfolio, and adding our first social media customer.
The increase in Total Revenues, net was partially offset by the absence of revenue from the now expired “Legacy Time Warp” agreements, that were entered into prior to the TiVo acquisition, and a $1.6 million decrease in Hardware revenue.
The decrease in Total costs and expenses was the result of lower Amortization of intangible assets, the Company’s continuing cost reduction efforts and the timing of patent litigation costs, primarily related to the ongoing Comcast litigation.
Non-GAAP Consolidated Results
SEGMENT RESULTS AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS – PRODUCT:
Platform Solutions
Total Product Revenue, net
Adjusted Operating Expenses
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Core Product Revenue (excludes revenue from Hardware and Other Products)
SEGMENT RESULTS AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS – IP LICENSING:
US Pay TV Providers
CE Manufacturers
New Media, International Pay TV Providers and Other
Total IP Licensing Revenue, net
Core Intellectual Property Licensing Revenue (excludes revenue from Legacy TiVo Solutions IP Licenses)
TiVo management will host a conference call today, July 31, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. PT/5:00 p.m. ET to discuss the financial and operational results. Investors and analysts interested in participating in the conference call are welcome to call (866) 621-1214 (or international +1-706-643-4013) and reference conference ID 8448589. The conference call may also be accessed via live webcast in the Investor Relations section of TiVo’s website at http://ir.tivo.com.
A replay of the audio webcast will be available on TiVo’s website shortly after the live call ends, and we currently plan for it to remain on TiVo’s website until the next quarterly earnings call. Additionally, a telephonic replay of the call will be accessible shortly after the live call ends through August 7, 2019 by dialing (855) 859-2056 (or international +1-404-537-3406) and entering conference ID 8448589.
NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION
TiVo Corporation provides Non-GAAP information to assist investors in assessing its operations in the way that its management evaluates those operations. Non-GAAP Pre-Tax Income, Non-GAAP Cost of Licensing, Services and Software Revenues, Non-GAAP Cost of Hardware Revenues, Non-GAAP Research and Development Expenses, Non-GAAP Selling, General and Administrative Expenses, Non-GAAP Depreciation, Non-GAAP Total OpEx Excluding Goodwill Impairment, Non-GAAP Total OpEx, Non-GAAP Total COGS and OpEx, Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP Interest Expense are supplemental measures of the Company’s performance that are not required by, and are not determined in accordance with, GAAP. Non-GAAP financial information is not a substitute for any financial measure determined in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP Pre-tax Income is defined as GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, as adjusted for the effects of items such as amortization of intangible assets, equity-based compensation, accretion of contingent consideration, amortization or write-off of note issuance costs, discounts on convertible debt and mark-to-market adjustments for interest rate swaps and interest on escheat liabilities; as well as items which impact comparability that are required to be recorded under GAAP, but that the Company believes are not indicative of its core operating results such as goodwill impairment, restructuring and asset impairment charges, separation costs, transaction, transition and integration costs, retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses, earn-out settlements, CEO transition cash costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration, TiVo acquisition litigation, expenses in connection with the extinguishment or modification of debt, gain on settlement of acquired receivable, additional depreciation resulting from facility rationalization actions, other-than temporary impairment losses on strategic investments, gains on the sale of strategic investments and changes in escheat liabilities.
Non-GAAP Cost of Licensing, Services and Software Revenues is defined as GAAP Cost of licensing, services and software revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization of intangible assets, excluding equity-based compensation and transaction, transition and integration expenses.
Non-GAAP Cost of Hardware Revenues is defined as GAAP Cost of hardware revenues, excluding depreciation and amortization of intangible assets, excluding equity-based compensation and transition and integration expenses.
Non-GAAP Research and Development Expenses is defined as GAAP research and development expenses excluding equity-based compensation, transition and integration expenses and retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses.
Non-GAAP Selling, General and Administrative Expenses is defined as GAAP selling, general and administrative expenses excluding equity-based compensation, separation costs, transaction, transition and integration expenses, retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses, earn-out settlements, CEO transition cash costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration and gain on settlement of acquired receivable.
Non-GAAP Depreciation is defined as GAAP depreciation expenses excluding the impact of additional depreciation resulting from changes in the estimated useful lives of assets involved in facility rationalization actions.
Non-GAAP Total OpEx Excluding Goodwill Impairment is defined as GAAP Total Operating costs and expenses excluding goodwill impairment.
Non-GAAP Total OpEx is defined as the sum of GAAP research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses, depreciation and gain on sale of patents excluding equity-based compensation, separation costs, transaction, transition and integration expenses, retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses, earnout settlements, CEO transition cash costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration, gain on settlement of acquired receivable and additional depreciation resulting from facility rationalization actions.
Non-GAAP Total COGS and OpEx is defined as GAAP Total Operating costs and expenses, excluding depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, goodwill impairment, restructuring and asset impairment charges, equity-based compensation, separation costs, transaction, transition and integration expenses, retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses, earnout settlements, CEO transition cash costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration and gain on settlement of acquired receivable.
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as GAAP operating income (loss) excluding depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, goodwill impairment, restructuring and asset impairment charges, equity-based compensation, strategic review costs, separation costs, transaction, transition and integration costs, retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses, earn-out settlements, CEO transition cash costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration and gain on settlement of acquired receivable.
Non-GAAP Interest Expense is defined as GAAP interest expense, excluding accretion of contingent consideration, amortization or write-off of issuance costs, discounts on convertible debt and interest on escheat liability, plus the reclassification of the current period benefit (cost) of the interest rate swaps from gain (loss) on interest rate swaps.
Cash Taxes are defined as GAAP current income tax expense excluding changes in reserves for unrecognized tax benefits.
Non-GAAP Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding is defined as GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding except for periods of a GAAP loss. In periods of a GAAP loss, GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding are adjusted to include dilutive common share equivalents outstanding that were excluded from GAAP diluted weighted average shares outstanding because the Company had a loss and therefore these shares would have been anti-dilutive.
The Company’s management evaluates and makes decisions about its business operations primarily based on Non-GAAP financial information. Management uses Non-GAAP financial measures as the basis for decision-making as they exclude items management does not consider to be “core costs” or “core proceeds”. For each Non-GAAP financial measure, the adjustment provides management with information about the Company’s underlying operating performance that enables a more meaningful comparison to its historical and projected financial performance in different reporting periods. For example, since the Company does not acquire or dispose of businesses on a predictable cycle, management excludes the amortization of intangible assets, separation costs, transition and integration costs, retention earn-outs payable to former shareholders of acquired businesses, earnout settlements, CEO transition cash costs, remeasurement of contingent consideration, TiVo Acquisition litigation, and gain on settlement of acquired receivables from its Non-GAAP financial measures in order to make more consistent and meaningful evaluations of the Company’s operating expenses as these items may be significantly impacted by the timing and magnitude of acquisitions. Management also excludes the effect of goodwill impairment, restructuring and asset impairment charges, expenses in connection with the extinguishment or modification of debt, gain on the settlement of acquired receivable, additional depreciation resulting from facility rationalization actions, other-than-temporary impairment losses on strategic investments, gains on the sale of strategic investments and changes in escheat liability. Management excludes the impact of equity-based compensation to provide meaningful supplemental information that allows investors greater visibility to the underlying performance of our business operations, facilitates comparison of our results with other periods, and may facilitate comparison with the results of other companies in our industry, as well as to provide the Company’s management with an important tool for financial and operational decision-making and for evaluating the Company’s performance over different periods of time. Due to varying valuation techniques, reliance on subjective assumptions and the variety of award types and features that may be in use, we believe that providing Non-GAAP financial measures excluding equity-based compensation allows investors to make more meaningful comparisons between our operating results and those of other companies. Management excludes the accretion of contingent consideration, amortization or write-off of note issuance costs and discounts on convertible debt, mark-to-market adjustments for interest rate swaps and interest on escheat liability when management evaluates the Company’s expenses. Management reclassifies the current period benefit (cost) of the interest rate swaps from gain (loss) on interest rate swaps to interest expense in order for Non-GAAP Interest Expense to reflect the effects of the interest rate swaps as these interest rate swaps were entered into to control the effective interest rate the Company pays on its debt.
Management uses these Non-GAAP financial measures to help it make decisions, including decisions that affect operating expenses and operating margin. Management believes that making Non-GAAP financial information available to investors, in addition to GAAP financial information, may facilitate more consistent comparisons between the Company’s performance over time with the performance of other companies in our industry, which may use similar financial measures to supplement their GAAP financial information.
Management recognizes that these Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools, including the fact that management must exercise judgment in determining which types of items to exclude from the Non-GAAP financial information. In addition, as other companies, including companies similar to TiVo Corporation, may calculate their Non-GAAP financial measures differently than the Company calculates its Non-GAAP financial measures, these Non-GAAP financial measures may have limited usefulness to investors when comparing financial performance among companies. Management believes, however, that providing Non-GAAP financial information, in addition to GAAP financial information, facilitates consistent comparison of the Company’s financial performance over time. The Company provides Non-GAAP financial information to the investment community, not as an alternative, but as an important supplement to GAAP financial information; to enable investors to evaluate the Company’s core operating performance in the same way that management does. Reconciliations for each Non-GAAP financial measure to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure are provided in the tables below.
About TiVo Corporation
TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) is a global leader in entertainment technology and audience insights. TiVo delivers innovative products and licensable technologies that revolutionize how people find content across a changing media landscape. TiVo enables the world’s leading media and entertainment providers to deliver the ultimate entertainment experience. Explore the next generation of entertainment at tivo.com, forward.tivo.com or follow us on Twitter @tivo or @tivoforbusiness.
This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to, among other things, future growth, profitability and success of the Company’s Product and IP Licensing businesses, the success of the Company’s plans to separate the Product and IP Licensing businesses into two independent companies, the tax treatment of the spin-off, the realization of stockholder value resulting from separation of the businesses, growth of certain markets for intellectual property licensing, as well as future business strategies, future product offerings and deployments, and technology and intellectual property licenses with various customers.
Debi Palmer
TiVo Corporation
debi.palmer@tivo.com
Lerin O’Neill
lerin.oneill@tivo.com
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Liquor Commission of the City and County of Honolulu, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 281, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will hold a public hearing at the office of the Commission on the sixth floor of the Pacific Park Plaza, 711 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, on Thursday, September 19, 2019, at 4:00 p.m., for the purpose of considering the application for liquor license set forth below and any protests to the granting of said application.
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How to gauge Aquino’s third state of the nation address
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
The reactions to President Benigno Aquino III’s third state of the nation address are very varied. Of course, the Aquino government and its allies from the Liberal and Nacionalista parties are expected to praise it to high heavens. But other political figures did so as well. Former president Joseph Estrada called it the best state of the nation address ever and son Sen. Jinggoy Estrada rated it at 9.9 percent. Well, the United Nationalist Alliance – the coalition of the PDP-Laban of Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Vice-president Jejomar Binay, and presidential uncle Jose “Peping Cojuangco and the PMP of Estrada – has positioned itself neither as part of the ruling party coalition nor the opposition. Come to think of, there is no real opposition party, which has positioned itself as critical of the Aquino government, except perhaps the disgraced Lakas-Kampi of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Some groups lament the fact that Aquino let go of missed opportunities to push for significant reforms such as the Freedom of Information bill, the Reproductive Health bill, and the bill granting compensation to victims of the Marcos dictatorship. He is also being criticized by human rights groups Karapatan and the New York-based Human Rights Watch for not declaring a clear position against human rights violations, especially since no perpetrator from the military has been brought before the bar of justice and the abuses continue..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/07/26/how-to-gauge-aquino%E2%80%99s-third-state-of-the-nation-address/
69 nations have more US troops than Olympic athletes
By David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org | Report
Here is a link to a list of U.S. troops deployed to various nations around the world: US troops. These are permanent deployments openly admitted to by the U.S. military. When U.S. Special Forces drive off a bridge in Mali, as recently happened, we discover that U.S. troops are in Mali in greater numbers than we knew, but those troops aren’t listed here or considered in the calculation below. No secret forces are considered here, no allied forces funded or trained or armed by the United States, and of course no drones.
Here is a link to the number of athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics from countries around the world: Athletes.
Many nations have sent very small delegations. Many nations have a very small U.S. troop presence. In many nations the U.S. troop presence falls just short of or exactly equals the size of the Olympic team..... MORE
URL: http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/07/30/69-nations-have-more-us-troops-than-olympic-athletes/
Panetta and Israel to discuss war plans against Iran?
Israeli officials are denying reports that the White House has provided them with a contingency plan in case of a showdown with Iran. Nevertheless, the head of America's Defense Department is gearing up for a week of talks in the Middle East.
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is overseas now as he begins a busy week of meetings with Middle East leaders across the region. The Pentagon chief is expected to sit down with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, despite a rumored contingency plan discussed between both allied nations becoming a heated issue of debate in recent days.
A senior US official speaking on condition of anonymity.... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/panetta-israel-iran-plan-417/
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It’s more than just stockpiling surveillance drones to spy on US citizens: the United States Army is attempting to procure an arsenal of riot gear in case the military must go toe-to-toe with civilians on US soil.
A solicitation for weapons posted on the official government website for federal business opportunities reveals that the US Army has been in the market for nonlethal equipment that it very well might be used in the United States. In a Web posting made earlier this summer, the Army asked for bids regarding its request for riot shields, face masks, polycarbonate batons and body armor. On July 10, they awarded the contract to A2Z Supply Corp of Stevensville, Montana, who pledged to fulfill their request at the tune of $6,589.98..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/us-army-riot-gear-431/
Vicious solutions Written by Archbishop Oscar V.Cruz
Vicious solutions
Written by Archbishop Oscar V.Cruz
Fact: There are many maternal conceptions in the country. Government response: Promote contraception.
Fact: Contraceptive means invite fidelity. Government response: Have more contraceptive means available especially to married people.
Fact: There are many children in the country. Government response: Make not only contraceptive but abortive pills available to all, young and old.
Fact: Pills for contraception and abortion are costly. Government response: Pass the RH bill. Have PPPs established. Welcome even foreign contraceptive manufacturers in the country.
Fact: There are a growing number of Filipino men with HIV-Aids. Government response: Make them use condoms.
Fact: Condoms promotes promiscuity which in turn promotes even more HIV-AIDS cases..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/item/2256-vicious-solutions
Bwakaw Written by Armida Siguion- Reyna
Bwakaw
Written by Armida Siguion- Reyna
But first, an apology. I was here last weeks ago, “Loving Dolphy (July 13, 2012)” and no thanks to illness and grief combined, it’s taken me a while to get back.
I knew that Cinemalaya was opening, as I had a film there. Bwakaw, which was all of a day’s work on Good Friday of the last Holy Week.
At the Bwakaw story conference on March 17, Eddie Garcia and I chatted briefly about Luis Gonzales, who had just passed away. Eddie had directed Luis in the Pinagbuklod ng Langit, the sequel to the Ferdinand Marcos biopic, Iginuhit ng Tadhana, while I had also worked with Luis a number of times, and in a special musical-comedy operetta of sorts, in Aawitan Kita. From the story conference, I went straight to the Sanctuario de San Antonio Mortuary Chapel to bid farewell to Luis, and condole with his wife Vina.
Luis wasn’t my first death of the year. My 365 Club fellow member Benjamin “Kokoy” Romualdez went, in February. From the arts, Tony Espejo, in June, followed almost within the week by Mario O’Hara, whom I had fought with over the making of Mga Bilanggong Birhen, but had made up with sufficiently well to be able to act together in a comedy version of Nick Joaquin’s Larawan, directed by Nonon Padilla, in 1989. First week of July, Tony Floirendo. And then Dolphy bid us all goodbye..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/item/2258-bwakaw
Cha-cha or development? Written by Ken Fuller
Cha-cha or development?
Written by Ken Fuller
The debate over Cha-cha (constitutional change) has opened in the pages of the Inquirer.
The University of Asia and the Pacific’s Bernardo Villegas (“Let’s talk about economic patriotism,” June 15) feels that the provisions restricting foreign ownership since 1935 have “just worsened the feudal and monopolistic character or our society,” handing “control of the national economy to an elite in whose hands the wealth is concentrated.” There is, he says, no evidence that the restrictions have released the masses from poverty or that the Filipinos controlling the economy have a greater interest in the common good than have foreigners.
Well, he’s correct in that second assertion, because what concerns most investors, be they Filipino or foreign, is not the common good but the bottom line. Lamentably few have the breadth of vision or farsightedness to set their sights on a Philippines where the whole society is transformed by that little thing called “development.” The same can be said, unfortunately, of many university professors. Villegas has in earlier pieces dismissed the possibility of industrialization and, indeed, in his recent column he reverts to the long-discredited “trickle-down” theory. Even Robert McNamara when, decades ago, became World Bank president, he debunked this.... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/item/2259-cha-cha-or-development?
SC favors Malacañang in suit vs P21-B CCT
Written by Benjamin B. Pulta
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday affirmed the legality of the P21 billion the Aquino administration appropriated under the 2011 budget to the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program thereby also validating the controversial dole out program of President Aquino in yet another likely show of pandering to Malacañang.
In a 12-page ruling by Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe, the SC en banc denied the petition filed by former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and two barangay officials seeking to remove the said provision in the 2011 General Appropriations Act for being violative of the Constitution and Local Government Code.
“Petitioners have failed to discharge the burden of proving the invalidity of the provisions under the GAA of 2011,” the SC ruled.
A Commission on Audit (CoA) detailed several flaws in the CCT program mainly related to its weak implementation such as recipients who cannot be considered extremely poor based on the definition of the target households of the program, aside from unliquidated spendings..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/2277-sc-favors-malaca%C3%B1ang-in-suit-vs-p21-b-cct
Minority withdraws RH bill support as CBCP takes protest to the streets
Written by Tribune
A week before the House of Representatives decides on the fate of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill, members of the minority bloc in the lower chamber are withdrawing sponsorship from the controversial measure while the Catholic Church is calling on its followers to bring the campaign against a proposed birth control measure to the streets.
On Aug. 7, members of the House will vote on whether to terminate or extend the period of interpellation and debate on RH bill. Around eight lawmakers, led by Minority Leader and Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, yesterday revealed that they are withdrawing their support for House Bill (HB) 4244 or the proposed “Act Providing for a Comprehensive Policy on Responsible Parenthood, Reproductive Health, and Population and Development,” after having felt being abandoned by their “spiritual leader,” former Minority Leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman.
The decision was reached after a closed-door meeting of the minority bloc..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/2276-minority-withdraws-rh-bill-support-as-cbcp-takes-protest-to-the-streets
‘Gener’ leaves three dead, millions powerless
At least three persons were killed and millions were left without power yesterday as Tropical Storm “Gener” turned into a typhoon, bringing heavy rains to large parts of the country, the government said.
Metro Manila was one of the worst hit areas and schools across the sprawling capital were suspended, largely due to flooding, the National Disaster Risk Re-duction and Manage-ment Council (NDRRMC) said.
Nearly 13,000 persons were evacuated in Manila, other parts of Luzon and the central Visayas region, as rainfall reached 20 millimeters an hour, it added.
“The worst ap-pears to be over, though... there will be more rains forecast today,” NDRRMC executive director Under-secretary Benito Ramos said.
Gener did not strike the country directly but exa-cerbated rains from a low pressure area in the vicinity, the Philippine Atmo-spheric Geo-physical and Astronomical Service Administra-tion (Pagasa) said.
The storm was upgraded into a typhoon yesterday as it continued to bring heavy rains and strong winds to the northernmost areas of the Philippines, it added..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/headlines/item/2278-%E2%80%98gener%E2%80%99-leaves-three-dead-millions-powerless
Reyeses seek new judge for media-slay case
Former Palawan Gov. Mario Joel Reyes and his brother, incumbent Coron Mayor Mario Reyes Jr., have asked Judge Angelo Arizala, the presiding judge of the Puerto Princesa Regional Trial Court who handles the murder case filed against them, to recuse from the case for prejudice, partiality and bias in favor of the prosecution.
The Reyes brothers are facing murder charges for the killing of environmentalist-broadcaster Gerry Ortega in January last year. Warrants have been issued for their arrest and of three others, but arresting officers have not located the Reyeses.
The brothers said that after they were charged in court last March 16, they filed separate motions to defer proceedings as well as oppositions to the issuance of a hold-departure order (HDO) sought by the private prosecutor.
However, even before the court actually received copies of their respective replies with respect to their motions as they were filed by registered mail allowed by the rules, the Judge proceeded to deny their motions, decided that there was probable cause against the Reyes brothers and issued the warrants for their arrest..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/nation/item/2283-reyeses-seek-new-judge-for-media-slay-case
War vets, troops protest eviction from BCDA Written by Benjamin B. Pulta Tuesday, 31 July 2012 00:00
War vets, troops protest eviction from BCDA
War veterans and active military personnel living in a portion of the Diplomatic and Consular Area in Bonifacio South, Taguig City have denounccd Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president Arnel Casanova after he ordered their eviction even when the land in question was not part of the BCDA’s jurisdiction.
In a separate letter, lawyer Howard Calleja, counsel for the residents of the Consular Area, warned Casanova that they would take appropriate legal actions against him if he proceeded with the demolition.
In a July 25 letter to Casanova, the Consular Area Residents Association Inc. led by retired Col. Benjamin Zabat warned the BCDA chief of legal consequences should he proceed with the demolition and stressed that the land on which the doomed structures stand was not a portion of the Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group property, but of the Diplomatic and Consular Area.
A notice furnished by BCDA dated July 20 entitled “Sapilitang Pagbabaklas ng Istruktura at Huling Abiso ng Paglikas” had threatened the immediate demolition of the structures in the area..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/2249-war-vets-troops-protest-eviction-from-bcda
METROFILE: Buddhist leader on a visit for charity
Tuesday, 31 July 201
Buddhist leader on a visit for charity
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The Supreme Head of the Sakya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, His Holiness Sakya Trizin (right), who arrived at the NAIA Terminal 2 on Philippine Airlines PR-897 from Taipei at 12:45 p.m. yesterday to conduct a series of religious activities and charity work, was met by his loyal followers that included Manila third district Councilor Bernie Ang (shown at H.H. Trizin’s left), whom he blessed upon arrival at the airport. H.H. Trizin, whose rank in the Buddhist religion is equivalent to the Pope among catholics, said it was a great joy for him to meet his brothers and sisters in the country, as he expressed hope that all different traditions and major religions of the world would come together with united efforts to make the world a peaceful and harmonious place to live in. He will be in the country until Aug. 9 and is set to pay a courtesy visit to Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim today..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/2248-metrofile
2 barges ram 42 houses in Port Area
Written by Pat C. Santos
Some 42 houses in the Port Area of Manila were rammed by two huge barges, causing 30 houses to be washed away at the height of tropical storm “Gener.”
The City of Manila was forced to transfer some 137 families residing in Happy land, Port Area in Tondo, Jay de la Fuente of the Manila Social Welfare Department (MSWD) said.
At midnight of Sunday during the rampage of typhoon “Gener,” the two barges were swept ashore by big waves.
De la Fuente said Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim immediately ordered the feeding of victims and the distribution of medicines to the affected residents..... MORE
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/metro-section/item/2246-2-barges-ram-42-houses-in-port-area
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Sony Xperia C3 smartphone features a 5MP front camera with LED flash for selfie satisfaction
by Kai-Li Yang · July 8, 2014
Sony has officially unveiled its new Xperia C3 after teasing it on the social networks yesterday, promising that you’ll “see your selfies in a whole new light.” The new selfie focused smartphone features its own front facing LED flash.
Dubbed the ‘world’s best selfie smartphone’, the mid-range Xperia C3’s main selling point is its 5MP wide-angle front shooter, which is accompanied by a soft flash and dedicated selfie apps which can provide enhancements such as retouching, auto-scene modes and quick social media sharing. Selfies can be captured using the phone’s Smile Shutter or just by simply double tapping the back cover of the device. Also a burst mode that can take up to 31 photos in 2 seconds, and a panorama option is also available.
The device comes with a 5.5-inch IPS 720p display, which is enhanced with Sony’s Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 for improved image quality. It houses a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Cortex-A7 processor, Snapdragon 400 chipset, Adreno 305 GPU and 1GB of RAM. It also features 8GB of storage, expandable via microSD to up to 64GB, a 2,500mAh battery, NFC, Bluetooth and runs Android 4.4.2.
Measuring only 7.6mm thin, the device also has an 8MP main camera, also paired with LED flash, and is 4G-enabled supporting LTE Cat4. A dual-SIM model called the Sony Xperia C3 Dual is also available, and supports both dual-standby and dual-call.
“Xperia C3 is a unique new smartphone from Sony, created to offer the ultimate social sharing experience with a new powerful ‘PROselfie cam’. It also presents a combination of the best of Sony, with leading digital imaging technology and brilliant specs and performance all for a mid-range price” said Calum MacDougall, director of Xperia Marketing at Sony Mobile Communications. “The rise of selfies shows no signs of abating – its usage has increased by 17,000% since 2012 with the word officially being added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013. We’re excited to offer Sony’s first ‘PROselfie Smartphone’ and play a part in this global phenomenon.”
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CEOs call on Congress to keep DACA alive
Danielle Wiener-Bronner
(This story originally appeared in CNN Money on September 5, 2017)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday that DACA, which protects 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, "is being rescinded." The Department of Homeland Security will stop processing new applications today.
The administration signaled its plan to end the program last week, and business leaders banded together to ask President Trump and Congress to reconsider. Amazon (AMZN, Tech30) CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple (AAPL, Tech30) CEO Tim Cook and Snapchat (SNAP) CEO Evan Spiegel as well as hundreds of other executives signed a letter calling on the president to preserve the program.
The DHS said that it will continue to renew permits that expire in the next six months, giving Congress some time to figure out how to continue to protect current DACA recipients.
Here's what CEOs and other leaders have to say.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg was one of over 400 CEOs to sign the letter asking Trump and Congress to save DACA. "This is a sad day for our country," he said in a Facebook (FB, Tech30) post Tuesday following Session's announcement. "The decision to end DACA is not just wrong. It is particularly cruel to offer young people the American Dream, encourage them to come out of the shadows and trust our government, and then punish them for it."
Zuckerberg added, "It's time for Congress to act to pass the bipartisan Dream Act or another legislative solution that gives Dreamers a pathway to citizenship."
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg also posted a reaction on Facebook. "I'm heartbroken and deeply concerned that President Trump's administration has decided to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program," she wrote on Tuesday. "Dreamers deserve to be protected and live without fear. I'm standing with them and their families today -- and asking Congress to pass the DREAM Act or other permanent legislation right away to give them a much-needed path to citizenship.
In a letter to employees obtained by CNNMoney, Cook said "I am deeply dismayed that 800,000 Americans — including more than 250 of our Apple coworkers — may soon find themselves cast out of the only country they've ever called home."
Dreamers, he said, "help customers in our retail stores. They engineer the products people love and they're building Apple's future as part of our R&D teams. They contribute to our company, our economy and our communities just as much as you and I do. Their dreams are our dreams."
Cook assured employees that "Apple will work with members of Congress from both parties to advocate for a legislative solution that provides permanent protections for all the Dreamers in our country."
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein
Goldman Sachs (GS) CEO Lloyd Blankfein commented in a tweet that "immigration is a complex issue but I wouldn't deport a kid who was brought here and only knows America."
He added, "Congress must address."
Disney CEO Bob Iger
Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Co (DIS)., said on Tuesday that "the Dreamers impacted by this cruel and misguided decision make significant contributions to our economy and our country."
He added, "I urge Congress to take immediate bipartisan action to pass legislation that will protect these innocent people."
Bloomberg founder and CEO Michael Bloomberg
In a tweet sent prior to Session's press conference, Michael Bloomberg said "Bloomberg is lucky to have Dreamers. They're helping power our company & economy. Business leaders want a solution -- Congress must lead."
Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Google (GOOG) CEO Sundar Pichai said in a tweet on Tuesday that "Dreamers are our neighbors, our friends and our co-workers. This is their home." He added, "Congress needs to act now to defend DACA."
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon spoke out on behalf of business lobbying group Business Roundtable, where he serves as chairman.
"America is and always has been a country of immigrants," Dimon said in a statement released by Business Roundtable. "We should do everything in our power to continue to attract the best and brightest because they make us stronger as a people and as an economy. And, when people come here to learn, work hard and give back to their communities, we should allow them to stay in the United States."
Business Roundtable's president and CEO Joshua Bolten urged Congress and President Trump to find an alternative to DACA before the six-month deadline ends. "Failure to act would have a significant negative impact on businesses that rely on employees who are here and working lawfully," he said.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates
In a Facebook post, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates wrote, "I'm very disappointed with today's decision to end DACA."
"Hundreds of thousands of young people who have been educated in the United States and have played by the rules their whole lives will be forced to live under the threat that they will be separated from their families, friends, and communities," he added. "Melinda and I have been incredibly impressed by the Dreamers we have come across in our work with Microsoft, the foundation, and other programs we have supported over the years."
Gates said he hopes "Congress will quickly pass a permanent fix to allow these young people to stay in the country without the destructive fear of deportation."
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
"Dreamers make our country & communities stronger," said Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) CEO Satya Nadella in a tweet. "We stand for diversity and economic opportunity for everyone."
Nadella linked to a tweet and blog post by Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith, where he vowed to defend Microsoft's DREAMers in court if need be.
"We are deeply disappointed by the administration's decision today to rescind protection under the program for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals," Smith said. "As we said last week, we believe this is a big step back for our entire country."
Airbnb co-founders Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk
The Airbnb co-founders offered a broad comment in response to the DACA decision, saying "we founded Airbnb based on the idea that our lives and our world are better when we accept each other. Those aren't just economic or business values. Those are the values America has been and should be all about."
Lyft co-founders Logan Green and John Zimmer
Lyft co-founder John Zimmer tweeted a link to the open letter signed by CEOs last week with the comment "Dreamers add to our communities and economy. Ending DACA is wrong - we now must work together to ask congress to act."
His co-founder and the company's CEO Logan Green retweeted the post, adding "we stand with Dreamers & support inclusivity for all. Ending DACA is wrong."
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins
Cisco (CSCO, Tech30) CEO Chuck Robbins also weighed in, writing "so proud of Cisco Dreamers," on Twitter. He added, "we stand with you all - we need the US Congress to act quickly to resolve this situation."
Box CEO Aaron Levie
"Congress must act immediately to allow Dreamers to stay," Box (BOX) CEO Aaron Levie wrote on Twitter. "This should be priority # 1 given the confusion and stress ending DACA will cause."
Univision President and CEO Randy Falco
Univision (UVN) President and CEO Randy Falco said on Tuesday, "DREAMers are our students, soldiers, first responders, coworkers, neighbors, and friends." He added that at Univision, "we will continue to stand by them, including those talented DREAMers working at our company to advance our mission."
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley
A top official in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday that "the original DACA program announced in 2012 was premised on sound public policy, and unlike DAPA, it was not challenged in court. Individuals enrolled in good faith and became ingrained in our communities and the nation's economy. To reverse course now and deport these individuals is contrary to fundamental American principles and the best interests of our country."
He added that the decision "runs contrary to the president's goal of growing the U.S. economy," and said that the Chamber asks "the administration and the Congress work together to quickly find a legislative solution before the program expires."
TechNet President and CEO Linda Moore
Linda Moore, CEO of the national bipartisan network of CEOs TechNet, said on Tuesday that "Ending DACA will be highly disruptive to the U.S. economy." She added, "Whether you agree with DACA or not, ending it without anything to replace it creates unnecessary uncertainty for our economy and for almost 800,000 young people in this country who have passed background checks, paid fees, and are contributing to our economy, pursuing their studies, or even serving in our military."
She concluded, "the President's action now makes it an urgent priority for Congress to turn its sympathy for these young people into a law that ends the uncertainty they face."
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Test Cricket Tours - Australia to South Africa 1935-36
Tour of South Africa 1935-36 Captain: Vic Richardson
Eighteenth Australian Test tour
First full tour of South Africa by Australia - third Test-playing tour
(October 1935 - April 1936)
South Africa's Cricket Association had been pleading with the Australians to make a full tour following three brief visits made on the way home from England in 1902, 1919 (AIF tour) and 1921.
As the Australians were sailing to South Africa came news that Jock Cameron the Springbok captain had contracted enteric fever and was unable to play in the Test series. He died shortly after arriving back from England. At the end of the tour the Australians played a baseball match against Transvaal for the benefit of the Cameron memorial fund.
The Australians' playing record was outstanding: the tourists won 13 of their 16 fixtures, including ten matches by an innings. They won the Test series by a 4-0 margin. The best that South Africa could achieve was a draw at Johannesburg. A possible explanation is that the home players were stale after their long tour of England in 1935. Helpfully, the mood created by the Australian tour party's stand-in captain, Vic Richardson, helped foster a team spirit. Australia had the better players, too, notably their opening batsmen, Fingleton and Brown, their spin bowlers, Grimmett and O'Reilly (the injured Fleetwood-Smith was hardly missed), as well as the best batsman in McCabe.
After the Australian Board had rejected the idea of a tour of India In February 1935, the Prince of Patiala had his agent Frank Tarrant arrange a lengthy visit by a private side in 1935-36. Jack Ryder's team of Australian veterans played five unofficial 'Tests'.
Other Australian Tours
Opening batsmen: Bill Brown, Jack Fingleton
Middle-order batsmen: Vic Richardson, Len Darling, Stan McCabe, Arthur Chipperfield, Leo O'Brien
Wicket-keeper: Bertie Oldfield, Ben Barnett
Slow bowlers: Bill O'Reilly, Clarrie Grimmett, 'Chuck' Fleetwood-Smith
Fast bowlers: Ernie McCormick, Morris Sievers.
B A Barnett
reserve WK,
W A Brown
As an opening pair Brown and Fingleton were exceptional,Brown a little more dashing than hitherto.
A G Chipperfield
RHB LB
L S Darling
J H W Fingleton
L O Fleetwood-Smith
C V Grimmett
S J McCabe
E L McCormick
L P J O'Brien
W A S Oldfield
W J O'Reilly
V Y Richardson
M W Sievers
State representation
Sheffield Shield teams
N New South Wales (6)
Q Queensland (0)
S: South Australia (2)
V: Victoria (6)
(14 December 1935):
Key to type:
RHB Right-handed bat
RM Right arm medium-paced bowler
RFM Right-arm fast medium
OB Off break
WK Wicket-keeper
Oldfield 44, Grimmett 32, McCabe 25, Richardson 14, O'Reilly 12, Darling 6, Brown 5, Chipperfield 5, Fingleton 4, O'Brien 2, Barnett 0, Fleetwood-Smith 0, McCormick 0, Sievers 0.
Harold Rowe
Bill Ferguson
Scorer/Baggage
W F Lambrechts
South African liaison
Harold Rowe was appointed manager- cum-treasurer in September. The South Africans engaged Ferguson on 3 January 1935.
Selectors : E A 'Chappie' Dwyer, Bill Johnson and 'Vic' Richardson chose the team.
Unavailable: Alan Kippax stated on 18 January 1935 that he was not available for the tour. Bill O’Reilly was not willing to tour at first. but changed him mind.
Donald Bradman announced on 25 April that he would not be available for selection owing to poor health. On 8 August Bradman had to deny a report that he would tour after all: “There is nothing in it whatever. I am still unavailable and will not change my mind.”
Tour Party Announced : 29 April 1935.
Not selected: The South Australian batsmen Jack Nitschke and Jack Badcock must have run O’Brien close for the last place.
Eddie Gilbert of Queensland did not win a place, but whether the selectors’ or Board’s decision was based on merit, or that as an aboriginal he would face a colour bar in South Africa, or that his bowling action was suspected to be a throw, has never been revealed.
Withdrawal: On 3 July Hans Ebeling withdrew for business reasons (he was the manager of an oil company) -Morris Sievers replaced him.
On 6 September Vic Richardson was made captain.
Three players failed to inform the Board of their acceptance and the selectors were asked to consider alternatives if they did not accept by 16 September.
Time between selection and departure from Australia
(29 April - 1 November)
Fremantle T Durban
‘Ulysses’
The New South Wales players went by train from Sydney into Victoria for the official departure from Melbourne on 22 October. Sailing on the 'Ulysses' via Adelaide, the team played a match at Perth against Western Australia (26-29 October) before leaving Fremantle on 1 November.
They reached Durban on14 November and had more than a week of acclimatisation before the first match.
(14 November - 25 March)
On-tour selection
Vic Richardson (captain), Stan McCabe (vice-captain), Bert Oldfield.
None, although Fleetwood-Smith's finger injury against Border in January put the spin bowler out of consideration for the remainder of the tour.
Because there was a fortnight between the last match of the tour programme at Durban and the ship home sailing, the South Africans requested that additional games should be played at Johannesburg and Cape Town. The Australian Board agreed to the match at Cape Town, but not at Johannesburg, because of the long overland journey involved.
WACA, Perth
Won inns 249 r
Won inns 26 r
Won 10 w
Griqualand West
WON inns 6 r
Time spent in South Africa before First Test:
(14 November - 14 December)
5 - Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Grimmett, McCabe, McCormick, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Richardson
3 - Fleetwood-Smith
2 - O'Brien
0 - Barnett, Sievers.
BA Barnett
WA Brown
AG Chipperfield
LS Darling
JHW Fingleton
LOB Fleetwood
CV Grimmett
SJ McCabe
EL McCormick
WAS Oldfield
WJ O'Reilly
VY Richardson
MW Sievers
• O'Reilly had eight wickets in the first Test match. He took 27 wickets in the series and Grimmett 44 wickets
• McCabe, having made 149 in the first Test, scored 189 * in the second.
• Fingleton and Brown each scored a hundred in their opening partnership of 233 at Cape Town. Fingleton and Brown's sequence of opening stands in the series was: 12, 93, 105, 17, 233, 99 and 162 (average 103).
• Grimmett with 5-32 and 5-56 brought Australia an innings victory at Cape Town. He took a further ten wickets (3-70 and 7-40) in the 4th Test at Johannesburg and thirteen (7-100 and 6-73) in the Fifth Test at Durban.
Minor matches
Return to Australia
Cape Town T Fremantle
‘Themistocles’
The last match ended on 17 March and the tourists departed from Cape Town on 25 March 1936.
The team sailed back on the liner Themistocles and arrived at Fremantle on Wednesday morning 8 April, before sailing on to the eastern states.
Time away from Australia
(1 November to 8 April)
Written accounts of the tour
“Cricket Sketches: South African tour 1935-36” by Arthur Mailey (pub Cape Argus)
It was the first Australian touring team not to lose any match (?)
There was a good feeling between players and officials and a great team spirit. Harold Rowe, the first Western Australian to manage an Australian tour, was an ideal manager. Richardson said of him “A more happy choice could not have been made.”
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By Jim on January 09, 2020
Hello friends. I probably should have made a news post about this a while ago, but surprises are nice I guess. There has been a javascript version of Happy Wheels in the works since early 2019. It will be out before Flash is murdered by Chrome. Was scheduled for this month actually, but I don't see that happening so immediately. I probably didn't want to tell anyone so nobody would ask me when it will be released.
A nice upgrade is that it will run at 60 fps (interpolated, physics will still be 30 fps). Unfortunately all older replays will be inaccurate though as Box2d will have been updated slightly. They'll still be there for the sake of top records. If you somehow play the Flash version, they'll function fine.
I'm not developing the port, but I hired a company who I thought was most capable. I'll give more details once it's up. I'm still solely working on the sequel (and it is going well).
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Υποτροφία Ανδρέας Βουτσινάς
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Evdokimos Tsolakidis. Winter Term 2020
EVDOKIMOS TSOLAKIDIS
He was born in Thessaloniki in 1962.
He studied at the Medical School of the University of Rome. He was awarded his BFA degree of the Drama School of the National Theatre of Northern Greece with honours. He continued his studies in drama, acting and directing in New York City (H.B. Studio) funded by the U.S.A. government (Fulbright Foundation). While in NYC he attended classes as an auditor at the Actors Studio.In 2013 he graduated from the Greek Open University BA (Humanitarian Studies, European Culture). In 2016 he got his Master degree from the Open University of Cyprus MA (Theatre Studies: Acting-Directing).
He has worked as an actor in many troupes, including the State Theatre of Northern Greece, the National Theatre of Greece, the Spyros Evangelatos Auditorium, the Regional Theatre of Crete and Thrace, the troupes Karezi-Kazakos, Aliki Vougiouklaki, George Kimoulis, Xenia Kalogeropoulou e.t.c. He took part in film and television productions and directed plays in Greece and abroad. He is the founder and the Artistic Director of Theatre of Changes (http://www.toc.gr, founded in 1998) where he directs plays and teaches to this day.
He has taught in Rome (International Acting School, Cinecitta) and in London (Giles Foreman Acting Studio, Drama Classes London) as well as in Stockholm (Kulturama), in Istanbul ( Müjdat Gezen Art Academy, SAKM), in Tbilisi (Marjansvilli Theatre), in New York City (Theaterlab), in Paris (Ecole de Théâtre de Paris, TRIXTER, ThéâtreYgrec), in Amsterdam (Easylaughs group), in Kathmandu (Dabali Theater), in Izmir (Tiyatro Terminal), in Bethlehem (Al-Harah Theatre), in Zurich (Prova.ZH), in Milan (Paolo Grassi school of acting), in Bruxelles (Nota Théâtrale Bruxelles), in Copenhagen (Copenhagen International School of Performing Arts), in Vladivostok (Improvla) as well as in different parts of Greece.
He has participated at International Theatre Festivals (Romania, Iran, Switzerland, Kuwait and Morocco) and has taught at the Theatre Department of the Universities of Alexandria in Egypt, Tehran in Iran, Ciudad del Carmen in Mexico. During summer 2016 he stayed in Santa Barbara California teaching at the local university (UCSB) and directing Euripides’ “Helen” together with his other two shows “Tonight we Improvise” and “Walking and Falling”.
He was chairman of the jury at the International Theatre Festival in Agadir (Morocco 2007) and at the International Theatre Festival in Alexandria (Egypt 2019).
Every year since 2005, he organizes ''In.F.o.Ma.T.''(International Festival of Making Theatre), an international meeting of theatre makers from around the world.
He has published the following books: “Acting without teacher” by KOAN editions, “Improvisation in Theatre” by EXANDAS editions, “Acting: from theory to practice” ION editions and the plays ''Athens - Moscow'' and ''Nothing'' by Dodoni editions. ''Athens - Moscow'' has been translated into Iranian by Sakineh Arabnejad, and published by Afraz editions (http://www.afrazbook.com) and was staged in Tehran, directed by Katayun Feiz-Marandi. Both plays have been staged in many university theatre departments and theaters worldwide (to mention a few: “Athens-Moscow” has been staged in Zurich, directed by Anna Tsihli, in Bucharest directed by Adriana Zaharia, “Nothing” has been translated in Turkish by Kemal Basar, has been published along with the magazine “Yeni Tiyatro” in March 2010 and has been staged in Istanbul in 2012 and in Izmir in 2013).
He speaks English, Italian and French.
He has travelled to almost all the length and breadth of the planet and in the summer of 2008, he made the round of the world in a month, leaving to the east and returning from the west!
ACTING – IMPROVISATION
Structured improvisation and acting exercises to develop performance skills. These improvisations are chosen for verbal and imaginative flexibility and to heighten the actor's sense of reality. The student will also deal with the basic elements of improvisations exercises developing creative imagination, analysis of objectives, and responsibility toward the scene as a whole and towards each other as actors. Specifically geared for actors who want to improve their acting choices and learn how to structure an acting improvisation. Student will learn how to improvise on a given situation, how to justify text, how to extend a text or suggestion into improvisation, what to look for in the scene. Improvisations will concentrate on the following: listening, imaging, relationships, moments of discovery, confrontation and conflict, subtext, unusual circumstances, fantasy and special problems facing the actor in the context of the play or film text. Students will work on object exercises that could be applied to scene or monologue work to find specific and detailed identification with the character. The goal is to begin assembling a practical set of tools for handling a range of acting and directing problems and to discover and begin to work from one's own sense of truth.
Acting exercises to uncover and discover the self, explore and nurture one's individuality, and gain groundwork of acting tools and craft. Exercises designed for the actor to give him/her control and allow him/her to work correctly with ease and assurance so as to recreate human behavior, and to impart a system that gives the actor verbal, physical and emotional freedom. Emphasis will be given on relaxation, sensory awareness, emotional resources, imaginative creativity, and belief in the given circumstances. The goal: learning to use the self fully to achieve truthful moment-to-moment behavior. The students are guided to find their own truth when exploring the circumstances of the text and the character they are playing. By using their own experience and imagination they will be led to make specific choices, bringing them to a fully responsive and active life working on stage or in film.
Participants are asked to wear loose comfortable clothing.
Class is open to everyone fluent in English
Every Saturday (starting Saturday January 11th) 13.00 - 15.00
No need for registration fee
cost: 144 € (48 € month installment)
audit: 6 €
trial class permitted: 20 €
To webradio του Θεάτρου των Αλλαγών εκπέμπει 24 ώρες το 24ωρο και δίνει την ευκαιρία στους μαθητές μας να εξασκήσουν το ταλέντο τους. Πατήστε εδώ... για να μας ακούσετε.
Υποτροφία Α. Βουτσινάς
20 Χρόνια Θέατρο των Αλλαγών (1998-2018) Τρίτης Σεπτεμβρίου 19α, 104 32 Αθήνα. Τηλ.: +30-210.52.48.251, +30-210.52.46.833 email: info@toc.gr
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FivexFive
Image Mimicry
by Julie Rubinger | Posted November 29, 2013
Topics: Alison Matthews David, Barbie, Beauty, commentary, cosmetic surgery, cultural norm, idol, imitation, imitative behaviour, Jonas Langer, Justin Bieber, Melaine Killen, Space Barbie, The Daily Beast, The Daily Mail, thehollywoodgossip.com, Toby Sheldon, twirlit.com, Twitter, Valeria Lukyanova, Valerie Steel, Vice
The real Barbie girl, Valeria Lukyanova. Source: thezoom.com.
Taking it "to new creepy levels" were the words Maclean's writers, Ken MacQueen and Aaron Hutchings, used earlier last month to describe one of the most recent acts of shocking body modification to make newspaper headlines; a 33-year-old Los Angeles-based man, who goes by the name of Toby Sheldon, underwent USD $100,000 worth of plastic surgeries, hair transplants and injections in order to look more like his idol, Justin Bieber. From readjusting his eyelids to extending his smile, he did whatever it took to appear exactly like the idealised pop star - with far from convincing results.
Toby Sheldon and his idol, Justin Bieber.
Source: thehollywoodgossip.com.
Sheldon is not the first individual to undergo extreme physical alteration in order to look like another person - or to have projected these changes into the public eye. On July 22, 2013, Vice released its documentary about Valeria Lukyanova, also known as "Space Barbie." Lukyanova regularly manipulates her body with make-up, exercise and alleged plastic surgery to achieve her doll-like appearance.
Despite this growing trend, public reactions to such acts of physical imitation have been widely negative. Sheldon's actions were characterised with tongue-in-cheek humour last October as "unbeliebable [sic]" by The Daily Mail. Meanwhile, Misty White Sidell, writer for The Daily Beast, noted in July how "people were outraged by [Lukyanova's] extreme appearance." These comments pale in comparison though with the visceral reactions of Twitter users: when referring to Lukyanova's barbie-inspired image, @drdmann used the words "scared and worried," @mrvilliers considered it "the single most terrifying thing" and @bbyb008 said it "creeps me out".
Though Sheldon and Lukyanova are somewhat radical examples of body mimicry, the fundamental action of copying another person is not a new phenomenon. Alison Matthews David, Associate Professor specialising in the Fashioned Body at Ryerson's School of Fashion, suggested to The Genteel that such body modification attempts are not simply a result of the individual, but a product of our culture. Though the imitator appears to be making autonomous choices to look 'beautiful,' it is in fact societal constructions that are at work.
Perhaps surprisingly, this notion of idealising a beautiful body stems back as a cultural concern as far as the Ancient Greeks, according to Matthews David. Throughout history, fashions and trends have been based on the imitation of a culturally recognised ideal of beauty. According to Valerie Steel in Fashion and Eroticism (1985), during the Victorian era "most women used foundation garments, diets, the optical illusions of dress, and particular stances and gestures in [an] attempt to approximate the current ideal."
[Can we] really be responsible for wanting to imitate those we connect with beauty and success?
Despite most of us swapping the corsets for a pair of Spanx, these beauty-attaining attempts still remain familiar today. This is because society's inherent structure creates an environment where beauty - in whatever physical form it takes - is vital. There are no set configurations in place to tell us what beauty is, but many social elements such as gender, marriage and success seem to factor in how we associate with and idealise beauty.
This cultural issue is merely exacerbated by the industries that play on our bodily insecurities - like plastic surgery companies, cosmetics brands, advertisers or the media. Deeply embedded within our social history and cultural identity, the media industry, holds a certain level of power within the dialogue between beauty and instruction. Film and photography can illustrate to viewers what a beautiful woman ought to look like and how she should behave.
With do-it-yourself guides and meticulous, instructional articles, the Internet has taught audiences how to attain the 'perfect beauty' look on a global scale. And of course, television has provided viewers with a plethora of shows that classify, characterise and train us about beautiful bodies - lest we forget the popular E!Canada show Look-a-Like. It would seem that idealisation has become the de facto norm thanks to the wide proliferation of aspirational images and celebrity culture. After all, if individuals are repeatedly presented with representations of how they should look - many of which have been airbrushed and doctored - then can they really be responsible for wanting to imitate those that they connect with beauty and success?
Lukyanova and her 'twin' Olga 'Dominica' Oleynik.
Source: twirlit.com.
As Jonas Langer and Melanie Killen write in their book, Piaget, Evolution, and Development (1998), "Every aspect of life [has] an essentially imitative quality." Following this comment, Langer and Killen refer to a diverse array of examples to prove their theory: "innocuous butterflies are said to imitate the form and colour of toxic ones; photocopies and portraits imitate their originals; and pretending to be mommy imitates mommy's behavior."
All of this is because imitation is part of our survival instinct. It begins as part of our childhood development, around the ages of 2-5 years, and offers the young individual more advanced and complex competencies that will assist them throughout their lifespan. Without utilising an imitative strategy, children cannot successfully develop into a functioning, healthy adult. Their choice of imitation follows a certain strategy, though. Children will always choose to mimic those with power; those who provide them with a sense of adjacent strength.
Where there is power, imitation may follow; the more power, the more imitators. This follows through to adulthood too. With the desire to imitate built into our human development and reinforced by our image-focused social culture, one has to ask how much autonomy we really have in these life choices?
When looking at cases like Sheldon or Lukyanova, their imitation of idols - both alive and plastic - becomes more than just an expression of their personalities. It is also a part of society's structure, the mass media, and the role we all play in portraying ourselves the way we want society to see us.
Related: Sizing Up Fashion Illustration.
Related: Vanity Sizing Aims to Please... To Our Detriment.
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Stars: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Loomis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards, Brian Andrews, John Michael Graham, Nancy Stephens, Arthur Malet, Mickey Yablans, Brent Le Page, Adam Hollander, Robert Phalen
Review: Back in 1963, on Halloween night in the small Illinois town of Haddonfield, a teenage girl and her boyfriend had been left alone in her house and took the opportunity to get to know each other better - but how alone were they? There was somebody outside, watching from the bushes, and they let themself into the house via the back door, pausing briefly to collect a carving knife from the kitchen drawer. He waited until the boyfriend had left, then ventured upstairs into the girl's bedroom - she ordered him out, he stabbed her to death. He was Michael Myers, the girl was his sister and now, fifteen years of incarceration later... he is coming home.
There had been movies about psycho killlers making their way through the casts of horror films before, but for some reason Halloween caught the imagination of the public like no similar film since Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho eighteen years before. You could see other precedents in the works of Mario Bava and Dario Argento, even a cult shocker like Black Christmas which had been a minor success but did not start a trend, but here writer and director John Carpenter tapped into a primal fear of the monster lurking outwith the circle of safety that is just waiting to get you.
For this reason, Halloween has the feel of a really good urban legend: did you hear about the crazy man who used to live down the steeet? Did you know he escaped from the mental asylum and started killing people? And were you aware that he could still be out there tonight? There's one character who knows his way around such stories and he is Dr Loomis, essayed by Donald Pleasence with amusing conviction, and when he sees that Michael has got away from his prison he has to hurry about for the rest of the film trying to convince everyone else that this man is dangerous.
If Loomis has a soulmate, and they don't meet until the very end, it is teenage Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis who in a neat tie up of movie trivia is the daughter of Janet Leigh, star of Psycho. Laurie marks herself out as having an ability to see the bigger picture earlier on, and smarter than her classmates, why, she can daydream out of the window and still offer the teacher a detailed answer on topics of philosophy at the same time. It is her intelligence that makes her the heroine for we know she will be resourceful in the face of relentless evil and with Curtis's keenly perspicacious performance she is still the best of the slasher movie final girls.
Carpenter keeps Myers in the shadows and on the periphery, haunting the story like a phantom until the time comes for him to stop teasing and go in for the kill - he's like a cat toying with a mouse he has within his grasp. In fact, Carpenter could be accused of going over the top in building up the tension, tightening the screws a little too long as this is not a horror for the impatient. All the clichés of the genre came to fruition in Halloween, and Myers is, as we are constantly reminded, The Boogeyman, an entity that children understand and adults dismiss as the product of overactive imaginations. This is why he can drive a stolen car having never taken a lesson, this is why nobody notices he is there until it is too late, and of course this is why he won't stay down. Carpenter's shocker is almost elegant in its method, not lingering over gore but striving to conjure up the perfect scare. Its countless imitators may have robbed it of its edge, but this is still superbly produced, a true benchmark. The classic score is from Carpenter as well.
Reviewer: Graeme Clark
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John Carpenter (1948 - )
Skillful American writer-director of supense movies, often in the science fiction or horror genres. Comedy Dark Star and thriller Assault on Precinct 13 were low budget favourites, but mega-hit Halloween kick-started the slasher boom and Carpenter never looked back.
The Fog, Escape from New York, The Thing, the underrated Christine, Big Trouble in Little China, They Live and Prince of Darkness all gained cult standing, but his movies from the nineties onwards have been disappointing: Escape from L.A., Vampires and Ghosts of Mars all sound better than they really are, although The Ward was a fair attempt at a return, if not widely seen. Has a habit of putting his name in the title. In 2018, after branching off into music, he returned to produce another Halloween sequel. He should direct a western sometime.
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