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World’s central banks preparing for disaster as the debt bubble implosion nears
10/07/2016 / By JD Heyes
In recent days Germany’s Deutsche Bank has made global headlines as it teeters on the edge of solvency and the country’s leader, Chancellor Angela Merkel, debates whether or not she should intervene to save it.
But Deutsche is not the only big bank that is in trouble. Like 2007 all over again, other global financial institutions are over-leveraged and vulnerable to collapse in what one major lender called an “economic nuclear winter situation.”
As reported by CNBC, financial markets during the first half of 2016 were up and down, at times swinging wildly. But a number of factors have converged during the second half of the year including the United Kingdom’s “Brexit” vote and weaker-than-anticipated corporate earnings.
Banks in Europe have had an especially tough 2016 thus far, with the Brexit sending banking shares and stocks plunging. That has included Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, whose shares have been in free-fall since the Brexit.
There remains uncertainty as to when the U.K. will actually begin the process of leaving the European Union. But Euro banks are “preparing for an economic nuclear winter situation,” an anonymous source told CNBC in August.
That source explained further that the challenge throughout the remainder of the year is nothing compared to the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. The source also said that this time around the banking sector appears to be more resilient. “Markets hate uncertainty and the events this year have unfortunately created a lot of mystery around what is going to happen next,” the source said.
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As for Deutsche Bank, it’s troubles really began when shares for Germany’s largest bank were hit by a demand for up to $14 billion from the U.S. Department of Justice after it mis-sold mortgage-backed securities, Reuters reported. Its shares were hit further following a report that Berlin was preparing to bail the bank out, as well as a report that hedge funds were reducing their exposure. Is a collapse on the way?
Reuters further reported that the bank was in negotiations with the Justice Department to restructure its settlement to $5 billion. However, Zero Hedge reported last week that such rumors were unfounded. Rather, the site reported, the quick market rally on the “report” that the debt would be renegotiated was little more than a “media stunt.”
So the bank remains exposed, as do others, due to the “uncertainty” over the Brexit and other factors.
In recent days, Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, noted further that a global debt collapse is on its way and there is little that the markets – or financial institutions – can do to stop it. “Deutche Bank now stands on the verge of financial collapse. Under the delusional, idiotic policies of Angela Merkel — which are only exceeded by the idiotic policies of Barack Obama — Deutche Bank has vastly expanded its leveraged debt to the point of fiscal lunacy,” Adams wrote.
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Tito Okello: The President who was kept on his toes
Lule, the president for 68 days
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For Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa and his military junta, power was never a bed of roses. From the day Tito and his henchmen Bazilio Olara Okello
By Titus Kakembo and Joel Ogwang
For Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa and his military junta, power was never a bed of roses. From the day Tito and his henchmen Bazilio Olara Okello and Col. Gad Wilson Toko toppled Dr. Apollo Milton Obote from power in a military coup on July 27, 1985, they literally remained on their toes until January 26, 1986, when they were overthrown by President Yoweri Museveni’s National Resistance Army (NRA).
In his writings, Revolution 1979-1986, Maj. Gen. Pecos Kutesa, describes the Lutwa regime as the most turbulent in the country’s history. Food supplies to the city centre were cut off; banks were being robbed, trucks hijacked, the economy was crumbling and each part of Kampala City was under the control of different fighting groups.
Museveni who had since 1981 fought against Obote’s regime refused Tito’s public calls to join the military junta and simply intensified his guerilla warfare when the Nairobi peace talks failed. Six months down, Lutwa’s regime was no more.
Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa was a man of no mean achievements. Born in Nam Okora, Kitgum district around the First World War in 1914, little is known about his educational background. However, as fate would have it, he joined the King’s African Rifles on May 16, 1940 and like former president Idi Amin Dada, he battled the Mau-Mau in Kenya on the side of the British colonial masters in 1957.
Tito later joined the Uganda Army, rising to the rank of Lieutenant in 1962 and Colonel by 1968. When Amin toppled Obote in 1971, He fled in exile in Tanzania. In 1978, he commanded the Kikoosi Malum, a faction which fought alongside the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces to topple Idi Amin in 1979. Consequently, he became part of the Military Commission that led the country in 1979. By 1980, he became the army commander and hence, was part of the ruling Military Commission.
He was decorated Lieutenant General in 1984. His wife Esther was rarely seen in public. One of their children, Henry Okello Oryem is the current foreign affairs state minister.
Ascend to the presidency
Author of Post Independent Uganda, Phares Mukasa Mutibwa narrates that, Gen. Okello swept into power on the crest of a military mutiny as a result of bad blood between Acholi and Langi soldiers.
The appointment of Brig. Smith Opon Acak, a Langi, as chief of staff to replace Maj. Gen. David Oyite Ojok did not go well with the Acholi who had expected one of their own, Brig. Olara Okello, a more experienced officer, to be appointed.
By 1984, the LRA war had intensified, taking advantage of the divisions within the army while anarchy reigned.
It was only a matter of time before an army mutiny took place.
Trucks laden with ammunition and soldiers went to Gulu and on July 27, 1985, the BBC announced the fall of Obote’s regime in a bloodless coup followed by a second exile.“Fellow citizens, it is time to reconcile,” boomed Okello Kolo the first man to announce the coup.
“Dr. Milton Obote has been over thrown by the UNLA,” added Kolo, a businessman then supplying the army.
What followed were truckloads of UNLA soldiers wielding guns driving through Kampala streets. Obote had taken off into exile by road via Kenya on his way to Zambia where he died in October 2005.
Aware of the tense political mood in Buganda, Lutwa and his junta tried to win support from Buganda by punching the wind with clenched fists (Democratic Party symbol) while singing DP egumire! DP egumire! Aata leo – egumire! Ata kesho egumire. Buganda then was DP’s strongest base, having won all the parliamentary seats during the 1980 election. But the reception in Buganda was cold. This time round there were no thunderous drums or traditional ululation in Buganda to celebrate Obote’s fall.
Tito then announced that Uganda would be governed by a Military Council led by him for 12 months before general elections.
Attempts at unity, reconciliation
Lutwa inherited a divided army that was battling several rebel groups. For their own survival, he tried to forge a coalition government with the various political parties and warring factions comprising Federal Democratic Movement Uganda National Rescue Front, the Uganda Freedom Movement and Museveni’s (NRA). The NRA, however, thwarted the move and continued fighting the UNLA.
To forge reconciliation on the political front, Lutwa brought on board Obote’s henchman Paulo Muwanga as the Executive Prime Minister. Others in the cabinet comprised Paul Kawanga Semogerere, the then DP president general and the Conservative Party’s Mayanja Nkangi and Jabeli Bidandi Ssali who was the UPM secretary general.
Lutwa’s administration also included Dr. Olara Otunnu and Col. George Nkwanga, the commander of the Federal Democratic Movement who was killed at the Nile Hotel in the final days of the junta.
By November, the US which had reduced its representation in Uganda to Charge de Affairs up graded it to full ambassadorial status. Zaire followed suit. Countries like The Netherlands, Israel and Belgium were reportedly used to beef up Okello’s ammunition to foil a potential overthrow.
Museveni wanted certain conditions met before joining the military junta. The botched Nairobi Peace Talks brokered by then Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi failed to attain the purpose for which an accord was signed due to lack of mechanisms to implement the agreement. With the failure to enforce the peace, Museveni remained a thorn in the flesh of the Junta, taking more territory while getting closer to Kampala. Roads to Masaka, Mubende, Mbarara and Katonga were closed.
In Uganda: 30 Years James Tumusiime writes that: “Towards the end of Lutwa’s rule, insecurity had reigned in the country with unscrupulous soldiers robbing cars and fuel stations.
” The ghastly evidence of anarchy, he says, was written all over the city. He sums it up: “ Okello’s term of office were six eventful months that remain engraved on the memories of those old enough. He did not finish the 12-month period stipulated as a milestone for general elections.”
On his overthrow, Lutwa fled into exile where he died on June 3, 1996 aged 82. His remains were repatriated and buried at his ancestral home in Kitgum district. At his funeral, Museveni described him as a great man who was dedicated to the service of this country and would be remembered for his efforts in brining peace to Uganda.
In January 2010, he was posthumously awarded the Kagera National Medal of Honour for fighting against Idi Amin in the 1970s.
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NGC CENSUS DETAIL Last Updated: 1/14/2020 (2019)1oz Silver Medal Thomas Jefferson Presidential Series MS
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Pope John's JoJo Aragona became household name on way to 2018-19 Herald Wrestler of the Year honors
Matt Bove
JoJo Aragona had no idea that he had a diehard fan.
Fresh off his 138-pound state championship for Pope John, he was wrestling in the Pittsburgh Classic on March 15.
Fresh off his 138-pound state championship for Pope John, he was wrestling in the Pittsburgh Classic on March 15. That is where he was approached by a 6-year old girl named Kamryn, who was able to name all of his accomplishments and everything he had ever done.
Blown away by this, Aragona gave Kamryn his Pittsburgh Classic medal. Three days later, Aragona got a text from her mother that Kamryn had slept with the medal all three days and had even taken it to school. That is the kind of impact and legacy Aragona will leave at Pope John as he embarks on his next chapter at Rutgers. Aragona -- the winningest wrestler in Sussex County history -- is the 2018-19 New Jersey Herald Wrestler of the Year.
"It feels amazing that I can engrave my name in Pope John history as hopefully one of the best wrestlers to ever come through here," Aragona said. "Hopefully, Eddie Ventresca can come in here and do the same thing in excelling past my records to break them. Records are made to be broken."
Aragona finished his Pope John career with a record of 158-6. The previous all-time wins record for the Lions was 130 by Jake Rotunda while former High Point wrestler Nick Francavilla previously led Sussex County with 156 career wins. Aragona's state championship bout ended with a 7-1 win over Jacob Perez-Eli of Paulsboro as Aragona was able to live up to his billing as the No. 1 138-pounder in the country.
Aragona's senior year ended with a perfect 38-0 record that included titles at the Beast of the East, the Sam Cali Invitational, the Hunterdon Warren Sussex Tournament, District 2 and Region 1 along with the state title.
During his four years at Pope John, Aragona also helped Pope John win two North, Non-Public B titles and a Non-Public B state title in his junior season. Growing up, a couple of random events got Aragona started in wrestling. The rest is now history.
"My best friend just one day, who was my neighbor, he gave me a flier to come out and try it," Aragona said. "I tried it and got beat up pretty badly. I ended up enjoying it, but that's how I got started.
"When I was little, my main sport was football, so I was always more interested in football and wrestling was kind of like the side sport that I played until eighth grade when really that all changed. I broke my leg playing football, so I had to quit football and I really just started pounding wrestling. It just kind of jumped from there."
Once Aragona started focus solely on wrestling, he truly meant it. He was just 85 pounds in eighth grade before he started intensifying his workouts. His daily routine now includes getting up at 4:15 a.m. every morning, running for about 30 minutes, doing a lift, showering, eating breakfast, getting to school, going through his school day and then going to Pope John's practice before either hitting up another practice or going home to lift. Clearly, becoming the top wrestler in the county does not just happen by accident.
"My mom and dad drove me mainly," Aragona said. "My dad was always pushing me to be the best I can be, and my mom was always making sure that I was staying healthy by eating the right foods. They are the main reason why I am where I am today."
Now, Aragona will join a host of other talented New Jersey wrestlers at a program on the rise in Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are currently No. 18 in the NWCA Coaches Poll.
Aragona will be joined in RU's recruiting class by Robert Kanniard of Wall, who won the state title at 160 pounds this year. They will join three New Jersey state champions from last year's recruiting class in Bill Janzer of Delsea, Jake Benner of Ocean Township and Kyle Lightner of Delaware Valley.
The grind of the Big Ten Conference is something Aragona is looking forward to.
"Definitely my top-bottom work will improve a lot just by being in the Big Ten and being in the room with all of those guys," Aragona said. "Obviously, everything will get tweaked to improve more, but I feel like I will become a better wrestler wrestling in the Big Ten. Hopefully, I can win a couple of Big Ten titles and a couple of national titles."
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Home Eric Souza Fannie Mae, UW Hosting Tech Leaders to Address Affordable Housing Crisis
Fannie Mae, UW Hosting Tech Leaders to Address Affordable Housing Crisis
Fannie Mae is hosting a half-day conference in Seattle tomorrow with the Washington Center for Real Estate Research (WCRER), bringing together innovators, housing leaders, and academics — in person and by livestream — to explore how to solve affordable housing problems.
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James Young, the director of the University of Washington-based WCRER, said he jumped at the chance to work on this event with Fannie Mae.
“When you look at the tech we all use today, like smart phones, it came from collaborations between industry people and people at universities,” Young told Mortgage Media in a phone call leading up to the event. “Any time tech innovation has happened, it’s been through that process. The idea is, we can bring technology to bear on affordable housing.”
Young said that technology can create demand for affordable housing, but also provides the tools to address the supply imbalances. “Supply can’t possibly keep up with demand. So how do we speed these things up to solve affordable housing problems?”
To that end, they are bringing together the tech entrepreneurs with people from all areas of housing to have conversations on how to speed up the housing supply process.
The conference, “Innovate Housing 2019”, is part of a series of Fannie Mae-sponsored events, aiming to bring together representatives from different areas of the industry to examine how innovations in the industry can create a more equitable marketplace for renters and homebuyers, especially the underserved. A September event was held in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the Urban Institute, called Unlocking the Market: Big Ideas for Local Housing Challenges.
Along with Fannie Mae executives Kimberly Johnson, Terry Theologides, Scott Hallworth, Jonathan Lawless, and Steve James, the event will feature a variety of leaders and innovators. For its keynote address, former Washington state governor Christine Gregoire of Challenge Seattle will talk with Jane Broom of Microsoft Philanthropies (which recently made a $500M investment in affordable housing) about how tech is playing a key role in creating more housing opportunities and building stronger communities.
Other confirmed topics include The Future of Home Transactions, The Future of Home Construction, The Future of Home Finance and The Future of Borrower Data and Housing Finance.
You can watch a livestream of the event here: http://innovatehousing2019.com/livestream/
Speakers represent leading innovators that are shaping the future of home transactions, construction, finance, and borrower data. Leaders from Bellwether Housing, Divvy, Fannie Mae, FlyHomes, Katerra, Reali, RedfinNow, and Spruce will explore innovations that could transform home buying, financing, and construction, making it faster, cheaper, safer, and easier. Privacy law expert Peter McLaughlin and Fannie Mae’s Chief Data Officer, Scott Hallworth, will discuss what can be done to ensure innovation can coexist with emerging standards of data privacy. The event will close with an Innovation Marketplace featuring startups that are disrupting the housing industry.
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Briatore back in paddock amid rumours of future role
Briatore back in paddock amid rumours of future role product 2010-07-14 22:00:13 https://www.motor1.com/news/22791/briatore-back-in-paddock-amid-rumours-of-future-role/ Motorsport, bernie ecclestone, flavio briatore
Jul 14, 2010 at 6:00pm
At Silverstone last weekend, the former Renault boss - banned for life by the FIA amid the crash-gate scandal last year - was once again spotted in the paddock.
Rumours continue to mount about Flavio Briatore and a major future role for the Italian in formula one.
It was his third appearance in five races and less than eight weeks, including his famous visit to Monaco and then his stroll on the Valencia grid.
Briatore was wearing a VIP paddock pass, which can only be issued by his friend, business partner and F1's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone.
British grand prix winner Mark Webber, still managed by Briatore, gave the flamboyant Italian a mention in the post-race press conference.
"I spoke to Flavio last night and he said 'Mark, just make a good start'," said the Australian.
A deal with the FIA means Briatore, 60, can resume a direct operational role in F1 in 2013, and speculation is hinting at a role alongside Ecclestone in the area of sponsorship.
Another bearer of a VIP paddock pass at Silverstone was McLaren chairman Ron Dennis, who is reportedly in trouble with the BBC for jokingly cutting the wire to Eddie Jordan's earpiece live on television after the race.
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Harrington Hill Primary School
Find out how Harrington Hill Primary School rates compared to other primary schools in Hackney with our school ratings
Overall 40/100
Here Harrington Hill Primary School, Harrington Hill, Mount Pleasant Lane, Upper Clapton, London, E5 9EY, is put into focus to show its scores in relation to other schools in the area.
Harrington Hill, Mount Pleasant Lane, Upper Clapton, London, E5 9EY
The open date and status above indicate when Harrington Hill Primary School opened or when it changed to its most recent incarnation, with a number of schools converting to academies in recent years. Where schools have changed type recently, data for previous years covering their previous incarnation is included below as well - so a school may have a status of New due to converting to an academy but have data for previous years prior to conversion.
What type of school is Harrington Hill Primary School?
Overall Score 40 45.7 51.2 53.2
England Rank 11,252 8,005 4,760 5,095
How Harrington Hill Primary School scores on each indicator.
Harrington Hill Primary School has been rated as Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection.
School remains Good
How does Harrington Hill Primary School perform on each of the areas inspected by Ofsted? As of September 2012, a score of 3 changed from indicating Satisfactory to Requires Improvement.
In 2019, 54% of pupils at Harrington Hill Primary School reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
How have pupils at Harrington Hill Primary School done in assessments at the end of Key Stage 2 and how does it compare to local authority and national averages?
While pupils are generally aiming to be working at the expected level in reading, writing and maths, what proportion of children at Harrington Hill Primary School had a high score in reading and maths and were working at greater depth in writing, and how does this compare to performance at local and national level?
How do children at Harrington Hill Primary School with different levels of attainment at Key Stage 1 and pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds perform in terms of reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths?
How does the % of boys and girls at Harrington Hill Primary School achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and maths compare to the national average?
What is the pupil:teacher ratio at Harrington Hill Primary School and how does it compare to the national average?
At Harrington Hill Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in maths in 2019 that was -2 compared to the national average of 0.
At Harrington Hill Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in reading in 2019 that was -2.5 compared to the national average of 0.
At Harrington Hill Primary School, pupils had an average progress score in writing in 2019 that was 0 compared to the national average of 0.
In 2017/18, the most recent full school year, 4.5% of half-day sessions were missed by pupils at Harrington Hill Primary School. Nationally, primary school pupils missed 4% of half-day sessions.
What is the total school spend per pupil at Harrington Hill Primary School compared to the local average? (school is in blue)
How much does Harrington Hill Primary School spend per pupil on teachers and educational support staff and how does this compare to the average spending across Hackney?
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We Tried 14 Vegan Yogurts So That You Don’t Have To (Seriously, You’re Welcome)
It was a lot more difficult than it sounds.
By Sara Tane
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When I tell my friends and family that sometimes my job consists of tasting food and providing my cutthroat critiques, they become very jealous. “Wait, you mean to tell me that you’re getting paid to eat?!” Yes, I know—it’s pretty cool, and I am extremely lucky. However, that sentiment does not apply to the vegan yogurt taste test that the MyRecipes staff endured for the purpose of #service #journalism. I believe “brutal” is the word I’m looking for. From the ehhhh, I-could-maybe-get-down-with-this flavors to the OMG, where-is-the-nearest-trash-bin flavors, we worked through some of the most popular alt-dairy yogurts on grocery store shelves and are here to talk about it.
The four brands that we sampled were Kite Hill (almond milk), Forager (cashew milk), Good Karma (flax milk), and So Delicious (coconut milk). For each brand, we selected three different flavors, and Kite Hill had two bonus flavors in the line-up from their Greek-style line of yogurts. Here’s what we thought.
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Overall, the brands that we preferred were So Delicious and Kite Hill (regular-style). We found So Delicious to have the best texture of all the brands—it didn’t clump, wasn’t too watery, and there was no lingering starchy, mouth-coating sensation. The unsweetened variety didn’t deliver a very strong coconut intensity, and it still possessed a relatively mild, tanginess reminiscent of a typical plain dairy yogurt. The other two chosen flavors of So Delicious, vanilla and strawberry banana, definitely had an artificial taste to them (in the same way that many flavored dairy yogurts do), but because there wasn’t a strong aftertaste or undesirable texture, this was overall one of the better yogurt-eating experiences.
As far as Kite Hill’s regular yogurt, there was definitely an underlying bitterness that wasn’t present in any of the other yogurts sampled. The plain flavor was sharply tangy, whereas the sweetness from the other two flavors we tried, vanilla and strawberry, surely cut the bitterness, creating a more palatable flavor. The strawberry variety tasted like almost exactly like strawberry milk! The texture was not as true to classic yogurt as So Delicious, as it was slightly clumpy (before giving it a good stir) with a somewhat chalky/pasty mouthfeel. All in all, we’d probably stick to the flavored versions for breakfast or snacking, but the plain flavor would be great mixed into to other savory applications, such as soups, oatmeal, and alongside fried eggs. I’ll admit that I took the leftovers from this brand and have been adding them to my morning smoothies, and they’ve added a subtly delicious nuttiness and creamy consistency.
The Kite Hill Greek-style fell in the middle of our general ranking. We definitely preferred its regular-style counterparts, but we much preferred it to the bottom two brands. It definitely achieved a thicker texture… as well as a more pronounced bitter flavor, but because the regular-style Kite Hill is already so bitter, the bitterness of the Greek style seemed excessive. One staffer compared the flavor to a blend of play dough and vinegar—it was very, very acidic, okay?! Like the regular-style yogurts, the plain flavor on its own is notably sharp, but used to top soups, chilis, or curries, this could be a great non-dairy, creamy component.
Now, onto the brands that didn’t go over as smoothly (pun very much intended). The Forager yogurts were not our favorites. The plain flavor possessed almost no recognizable flavor (yet still managed to have one of the most indescribable, unexpected aftertastes), while the other two, vanilla bean and lemon, had such foul aftertastes that we almost forgot that we were eating “yogurt.” Multiple staffers describes experiencing the flavor of smoked fish. So, yeah...it got weird. Between the oddly thinned-out glue consistency and straight-up offensive aftertaste, we’re going to pass on this one.
And now, our absolute least favorite: Good Karma. I do not know what flax milk tastes like, but I can assure you that it does not translate well to yogurt. The texture was so chunky, overcooked-custard-like, and generally off putting that we were borderline disturbed this product made it to shelves. The flavors of all three varieties sampled, plain, vanilla, and blueberry, were so artificial and bizarre that one staffer wrote that “It tastes like it’s going to poison me.” If we had to choose one of the three, the blueberry was probably the most edible, but we all agreed that we’d be very happy if we never had to consume that, ever again.
All in all, this taste test illuminated one very clear fact of life: Dairy yogurt cannot be imitated. As we trudged our way through each brand and flavor, we found ourselves simply comparing them all to each other and trying to decide which is the least foul. Had there been a container of Chobani or Fage there, it would have been like chasing a glass of Korbel with a glass of Veuve Clicquot—sure, they technically fall in the same category, but there’s truly no comparison. However, if living a dairy-free or vegan lifestyle is something that you’re choosing to do for medical or personal reasons, there are viable options out there. While they’re not nearly as good as their cow’s milk counterparts, they could certainly fill a void.
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These essays, despite the almost bewildering range of beliefs and practices they represent (craft, Wiccan, Pan-worship, animism, magick and so on), too often offer up familiar romantic beliefs in landscape form. Where, however, the general reader does have much to gain from a reading is in those pieces, such as those of Julian Vayne and Stephen Grasso, where a twentieth century tradition of urban wandering and exploring bangs up against beliefs that propose themselves as ancient. Although it is hard not to keep thinking that Arthur Machen has been here before, nevertheless the collision in ‘The Wanton Green’ still knocks precious splinters of experience and reflection from the Moloch of contemporary economy.
What (if you pardon the phrase) most bedevils this book, is vagueness and this begins in Graham Harvey’s Foreword, which inventively draws on Debbie Rose’s arguments to upturn the meaning of “wild” (abused) against “quiet” (cared for) country, applies “social” beyond the human, and argues powerfully for breaking down the distinction between ‘human’ and ‘natural’, but then collapses all that back into “belonging”; the Romantic re-emerges, subjective and anthropocentric (and domestic: “knowing where you belong begins with having a sense of home”) from the wanton green.
What is sometimes a negotiation – such as Emma Restall Orr’s bargaining with ‘green gods’in her back garden – too often becomes a queasy synthesis of belonging (which seems only to invert rather than subvert ‘ownership’) and subjectivity that tarnishes a number of the essays here: with confessional passages that overstay their welcome, dreams of dragons that are rather too easy to subjectively locate (the author does it herself: “I had kept grass snakes as pets.. I loved letting them slide over my arms and legs”) and a self-focus that occasionally topples over into hubris: “The water holds the place/of my deep knowing/of the past”.
A more productive balance between these elements is struck by Julian Vayne. Locating his exploration of place in childhood play, Vayne is exemplary in the way that his writing is temporally and spatially inclusive: “I could feel the multiple layers. Like the soil shot through by shredded bin liners”. He (at last!) brings specificity to his descriptions of a place – Blaise Castle on the fringes of Bristol. (For a book on place there is simply not enough care taken in the specific detail of places; performance maker and academic Mike Pearson recommends that at least two thirds of any documentation of a site-specific performance should be about the site. In Woody Fox’s paper, in contrast, we learn of a move from city to Devon countryside but all we learn of the county is its “beautiful birdsong” and “leafy lanes” – prose that could come from a tourism brochure). With Vayne we meet Pan, watch the construction of “shrines”, are invited to make Goldsworthy-like art interventions and get some good advice on ambulatory exploration such as breaking from chit chat, touching things, watching “for omens in pub signs and random graffiti”, and oscillating “from the view of the mouse to that of the hawk” (similar to Mythogeography’s advocacy of a combination of similar viewpoints advocated by Tim Ingold [immersed] and Doreen Massey [satellite]). His description of ‘museum level’ as the dose of a psychoactive “where one might be able to function in a social space... and not be so wired that you get thrown out” could also be applied to the hypersensitization (with or without substance ingestion) of counter-tourism.
Stephen Grasso’s account of London is also worth the read, though he finds far less of value in the contemporary world: instead his prose ‘drift’ across London is a descriptive howl of righteous rage against the alienation of the spectacle and the influence of the Old Boys – the pinched magic of the powerful, burying older forces who, Grasso promises, are playing “a longer game”. While there is always a danger of a rough nostalgia in this approach (and some of this territory will be familiar to readers of Ackroyd, Sinclair and Moore), Grasso turns his wrath into proposals for action: “(M)ake ambassadorial visits to the boneyards of your patch and strike up alliances with the local dead. Hear the opinions and grievances of the skeleton court and provide a medium for their cobwebbed voices to be heard above the ground... Inhabit... the chill wind and cold drizzle of your town”.
At times there is an imprecision in the essays of The Wanton Green that undermines confidence in the arguments and assertions: vague references to lost cities and sunken villages, to rivers with “hidden depths”. In Robert J. Wallis’s piece on Mugwort a confident assigning of a sculpture to a portrayal of this herb in the main text becomes an “almost certainly depicting” in the accompanying caption. Even in Jenny Blain’s otherwise movingly-described journey a ‘heritijism’ pops up: “every footfall echoed with history”. We fancy that Tim Brennan will be surprised to find himself cited as he is by Mogg Morgan (the reference does not suggest the writer knows much more of this artist’s work than the press report quoted). Greg Humphries calls Caspar David Friedrich a “forerunner” of the Romantic Movement and describes land artist Robert Smithson as “egocentric” on the basis of one iconic work, whereas much of Smithson’s (often smaller scale) work and his land-based writing is far less ego-driven than many of the papers in this collection.
Robert J. Wallis frankly proposes that “as Heathens today we inevitably need to be creative in our reconstruction of the past” and this is no different from contemporary academic approaches such as ‘anticipatory history’ or Tim Edensor’s comments in his book ‘Industrial Ruins’ (quoting Avery Gordon) about the requirement to “make things up in the interstices of the factual and the fabulous”. However, some of the papers here could be more open about their creativity. The editors (and most of the writers) assume an anti-establishment orientation, but very occasionally a different kind of attitude sneaks out (and this is where precision and openness become more crucial) – a concern with and for power. Melissa Harrington notes the British Royal family’s ‘adopting’ of “Windsor of all places... the magical current there is unlike any other”, but seems neutral and unconcerned (unlike Grasso). Wallis quotes, approvingly, Viveiro de Castro’s inversion of the uninatural and multicultural ontology of “rational materialism” into a multinatural and unicultural one. Why not multiplicity in both nature and culture? Here it seems MacLellan’s synthesis is prised apart and, although this is only a minority tendency in this collection, something sinister emerges about “belonging” in the meeting of imprecision, power and subjectivity.
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Nanomedicine: how to get drugs to the place where they have to act.
At the beginning of June, the Jury of the Rei Jaume I 2018 Awards, formed by Nobel Prize winners, businessmen and scientists, met in Valencia to choose the winners.
Today has taken place the ceremony of delivery of the 30th edition of the awards presided over by King Felipe VI. Among the six winners, in the category of New Technologies was Ramón Martínez Mañez, Scientific Director of the CIBER-BBN and Unit 26 of NANBIOSIS.
Coinciding with its thirtieth anniversary, the Rei Jaume Foundation has produced a series of videos of interviews with the winners. In this video, Ramón Martínez Mañez, Scientific Director of Unit 26 of NANBIOSIS, who has received the Rei Jaume I Award for New Technologies, talks about the two major areas in which he works and other topics such as the recognition of science and the need to recover the talent of researchers who go out of Spain and a better connection between research and the company. Some of his answers are the following:
One of our lines of research is in the field of sensors: systems based on nanotechnology for the detection of substances such as the presence of pathogens that may be harmful to health. The other major area is nanomedicines for the controlled release of drugs, one of the fundamental ideas of nanomedicine is how to get drugs to the place where they have to act.
Recognition in science is obtained if your works are cited, having social recognition is much more difficult.
We are a good country in science but we are a country in the second division in the transfer of science to the companies, it is needed more investment so that the products end up coming to the market or so that more research is done in collaboration with companies in Spain.
It is good to leave Spain, not necessarily to succeed but to see how they work in other places. The problem that exists today is that it is very difficult to return to Spain and this is a pity because there are very well educated and very good people who stay abroad.
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Ramón Martínez Máñez Master class on Nanomedicine at the Act of the Academic Opening year 2018-2019 of Spanish university
On September 25, the Polytechnic University of Valencia hosted the Solemn Act of the new Academic Opening year 2018-2019 of Spanish universities, coinciding with the commemoration of its 50th anniversary. This institutional act was chaired by S.M. King Felipe VI, the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque, and the President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Ximo Puig, among many other authorities.
Ramón Martínez Máñez, has been in charge of teaching the master class of the new academic year. Ramón Martínez is professor of the Department of Chemistry of the UPV and director of the Interuniversity Research Institute of Molecular Recognition and Technological Development, besides Scientific Director of CIBER-BBN and Scientific Director of NANBIOSIS U26 NMR: Biomedical Applications II
In the master class, Martínez Máñez explained that nanomedicine aims to “identify diseases in their early stages at the cellular and molecular level through the use of nanodevices and contrast systems” in order to “provide an early diagnosis and, therefore, improve the prognosis of the disease“. Ramón Martínez Mañez, Rei Jaume I Award for New Technologies 2018 has underlined that, nanomedicine “is already a well-established area of knowledge that seeks to apply the continuous advances of nanotechnology to medicine” and that “there are numerous studies that demonstrate its great capacity for the development of new diagnostic devices, new systems for the controlled release of drugs and materials suitable for the development of tissues. In fact, as indicated “there are already in the market biomedical solutions based on nanotechnology such as nanoformulated drugs.” For the professor of the UPV, “we do not know what is the future of medicine, but without a doubt nanotechnology will play an important role in its development and, although we do not know who will carry out these advances, undoubtedly, the research developed in the university it will play a fundamental role “.
NANBIOSIS presented at the 12th annual event of the ETPN
During the days 17-19 of October Malaga has hosted the 12th annual event of European Platform of Technology in Nanomedicine (ETPN), a European meeting of 200 experts in research and innovation in nanomedicine.
The meeting was organized by Bionand, the Spanish Platform of Nanomedicine (Nanomed Spain), the Institute of Nanoscience of Madrid (Imdea) and the Center for Biomedical Research Network in the area of Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), partner of NANBIOSIS.
During the event, the ETPN General Assembly took place as well as parallel meetings of the specialized working groups on different scientific and cross-cutting aspects related to nanomedicine
In this framework, the ICTS NANBIOSIS has been presented by the Scientific Director of CIBER-BBN, Ramón Martínez Máñez, to the European Nanomedicine community.
EUROPEAN TECHNICAL PLATFORM OF NANOMEDICINE
The European Technology Platforms are a key element in the European field of innovation, associations born with the mission of sharing knowledge, mobilizing the actors involved and developing sector strategies, all based on the social challenges established by the European Commission and with the ultimate goal of its translation to the market.
The European Nanomedicine Technology Platform (ETPN) was created in 2005 by the European Commission and a group of experts from academia and industry who have since contributed to the publication of various strategic documents identifying the needs and the roadmaps for research in Nanomedicine in Europe. Its main objectives are to establish a clear strategic vision of the sector, to reduce the fragmentation of nanomedical research, to mobilize public and private investment, to identify priority areas, to promote innovation in nanobiotechnologies for medical use and to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness in this sector scientific and industrial level
Currently, the ETPN has more than 120 members from 25 countries, representing all actors involved in nanomedicine, such as academic institutions, research centers, small and medium enterprises, industry, public agencies, representatives of the platforms the European Commission itself, among others.
NANOMEDICINE AND FUTURE, explained by Simó Schwartz, Director of U20 of NANBIOSIS.
NANBIOSIS-U20 Scientific Director, Simó Schwartz, speaks about Nanomedicine in an interview publish in http://www.quimicaysociedad.org. NANBIOSIS is an Singular Scientific Technological Infrastructure (ICTS) that provides a complete service for the production and characterization of nanomaterials, biomaterials and systems in biomedicine, including the design and production of biomaterials and nanomaterials and their nanoconjugates, and the characterization of these bio-/nanomaterials, tissues and medicals devices from a physic-chemical, functional, toxicological and biological (including preclinical validation) point of view, focused also on biomedical applications such as: IVDs, biosensors, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, therapeutic agents or MRI contrast agents and medical devices.
Question: First of all, what is meant by nanomedicine?
Answer: Nanomedicine is considered any application of nanotechnology that aims to improve the treatment or diagnosis of a disease. In fact, one of the most important aspects of nanomedicine is to generate drugs with different components whose functions at the nanoscale are different when they are linked to when they are not. This makes the nanomedicines per se have a series of attributions that make, in general, their present use very clear advantages for the treatment with respect to conventional medicines. They are much more effective medicines, focussed on the target cells that are intended to be treated and with many less toxic effects.
For some editions Expoquímia has hosted conferences on this new type of medicine.
Numerous clinical trials are now underway in which the therapeutic efficacy of many nanomedicines is already being tested. Therefore, it is a fast-moving science that is already present in the market. Thus, there are already anti-tumor drugs that are nanomedicines, which have displaced the conventional treatment that was used until recently, for example, in breast cancer. And there are many more that we hope will get into the usual clinical practice in the coming years.
What types of diseases can nanomedicine be applied to? And with what results?
In principle, there is not a single specific prototype of disease in which nanomedicine can be applied or not. Any disease is susceptible of being treated by means of nanomedicine if it is necessary to transport a drug of a specific form to a specific site, reducing the general undesirable effects of medicines and increasing their effectiveness. At the moment, it has been tested that the use of nanomedicines implies a greater therapeutic efficiency to be able to transport more drugs to the places where they are needed and much less to the places to which they should not arrive.
In reality, nanomedicines are drugs that have a specific transport system that makes that medicine instead of circulating freely through the blood is transported in a specific way to a specific site. During that transport, that drug can not act anywhere and, therefore, can not have any kind of adverse effect as if it were for free. And, in this sense, the results are good, as there is more therapeutic indication and much less general toxicity. Thus, in treatments such as cancer, where the drugs are very aggressive and have many adverse effects, nanomedicines compensate in a substantial way.
Do you think that a greater implantation of nanomedicine could eradicate diseases that, today, are incurable?
A disease is incurable because it has no known treatment or because that treatment is not specific enough or has a very narrow efficacy and toxicity index. That is, the therapeutic window is very narrow and per se they are very toxic. In that sense, nanomedicine, by reducing the general toxicity of the drug and being much more specific, can make certain diseases, which today have a low cure rate, improve. But nanomedicine is a specific chemical transport system, which always needs a drug or a molecule, which is the active principle that is, through a mechanism of action determined, to cure that disease. This includes gene therapy.
How can a major use of nanomedicine be encouraged? Is it open to public-private collaboration?
Definitely. Nanomedicines are just new medicines. Therefore, a drug that is effective, based on scientific evidence and medical at the level of clinical practice, will always have a majority use. Consequently, as in any other medicine, public-private collaboration is more than necessary because the amount of investment required to put a nanomedicine in the market is as high as that needed by any other medicine on the market. And today, such partnerships are essential to ensure that these drugs come to term.
Besides the economic aspect, are there other factors that can prevent the expansion of nanomedicine as a treatment?
Like any other medicine, the main problem that nanomedicine has is the high economic cost of its development. It must be borne in mind that it has to go through numerous regulatory phases, demonstrate efficacy and declare that there is no toxicity or an acceptable general toxicity like any other drug. And there the economic aspect is fundamental. In principle, there are no other factors. But it is true that, today, the production process of these nanomedicines is more complicated, since they are formed by several components. And there is no factory that is capable of generating any nanomedicine anywhere. And that is a problem, but at the same time, it represents an opportunity for the pharmaceutical industry.
In this sense, what is the purpose of the Nanomedicine Day that will take place in Expoquimia 2017?
The main objective is to disseminate what nanomedicine represents and means, as well as the therapeutic opportunities it entails,to facilitate the understanding of the difference between a conventional medicine and a nanomedicine, how nanomedicines work and why they are more effective and less toxic and why there is so much interest in developing and using these systems to improve the results of current treatments.
Lastly, shall nanomedicine be the medicine of the 21st century?
Undoubtedly, many diseases will be treated with nanomedicines, since they allow a more effective treatment and with less toxicity.
By Eduard Pérez Moya
2nd SUMMER SCHOOL OF EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES FOR NANOMEDICINE (ESNAM/ISNM)
The ESNAM / ISNM Summer School is co-organized by ESNAM and CIBER-BBN (led by Simó Schwartz, president of ESNAN and transfer manager of CIBER-BBN as well as Scientific Director of Unit 20 of NANBIOSIS).
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Nottingham Forest advent calendar: Lloyd, Chettle and door No. 5
LARRY LLOYD
(Photo by Ray Wright/Mark Leech Sports Photography/Getty Images)
A larger-than-life character who has retained strong ties to Forest after enjoying the most productive period of his playing career while with the Reds.
Another member of the legendary European Cup-winning side, Lloyd was a no-nonsense defender acquired for a paltry £60,000 who struck up the most formidable of partnerships with Kenny Burns.
Nottingham native Chettle had Forest running through his blood and only two players in the club’s distinguished history have made more appearances than the 526 he managed.
Not overly flashy or eye-catching, but Mr Dependable for a succession of managers from Brian Clough to David Platt and a performer whose versatility had him pushing for England recognition at various stages of his career.
(Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
‘The Mighty Oak’ stood tall in the Forest backline for the best part of 10 years, taking in over 400 appearances.
He may have lifted the Premier League title in the blue of Leicester, but a man raised in The Meadows will forever have the Reds at heart.
Would you prefer to see somebody else fill the No. 5 spot – Johnny Metgod, Bob McKinlay? Let us know your selection in the comment box below or reply to the Twitter poll – which can be found here.
Tags: Larry Lloyd, NFFC, Nottingham Forest, Steve Chettle, Wes Morgan
Tendayi Darikwa: Nottingham Forest’s right place, right time, right-back
January transfer would be romantic but illogical for Nottingham Forest
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A Taste of Italian Cycling Comes to California
Each year, in the rolling hills and strade bianche of Tuscany, thousands of riders set out to conquer challenging climbs and tricky descents on pre-1987 equipment (drop-tube shifters, non-aero brake hoods, toe cages).
L’Eroica is intended to be a celebration of the “golden age” of Italian cycling, when stalwart riders tested the outer bounds of suffering, when races, rather than the carefully micromanaged affairs of today, were unpredictable quests of individual tribulation.
Two years ago, I rode that course. This year, the event came, for the first time, to California. Here they drop the ‘L’ and call it, simply: Eroica. I wasn’t going to miss it.
(Photo: John Watson)
As much as for the ride itself, people come for the wider sense of pageantry, like the contest for best vintage bike. On Saturday afternoon, in a park in the center of Paso Robles, where the ride would begin and end, scores of seminal rides were on display, each accompanied by lovingly assembled historical documentation. People crouched down to ogle chainstays and dropouts. Conversational openers were on the order of: “Check out the brazing on those lugs.” An announcer tested attendees with trivia questions like: “What’s the first name of the builder of De Rosa bikes?” (It’s Ugo).
(Photo: Douglas Lyle Thompson)
Full period costume is generally welcomed, in addition to the required period equipment. As I overhead a spectator note, “It’s kind of like a Civil War reenactment.” Wool is embraced, spandex is suspect. Garmins, if carried, are kept hidden out of sight.
L’Eroica was founded in 1997 by Giancarlo Brocci, an Italian doctor-cum-journalist enamored of the mythos of riders like Gino Bartali and Fausti Coppi. It was not meant to be competitive per se. Indeed, the only competition, noted Brocci, was for “best outfit.” These days, the event is sponsored by Brooks, which began making saddles in the late 19th century and whose product adorned many bikes at the California ride.
For lazy journalists like me, who don’t ride a pre-1987 bike every day and never get around to buying one, just getting to Eroica is bit of a scramble, a last-dash quest to find a bike that will more or less fit (and never quite does). I borrowed a friend’s Diamond Jubilee-edition Bob Jackson, special lugs, and 753 tubing. The paint job, by Joe Bell, may have been worth more than the bike itself. I thought back to my downhill gravel crash in Italy and tried to envision what that would do the pearlescent white finish. I felt like I was riding on eggshells.
The conditions were perfect as we pushed off Sunday morning (only the Californians thought it was particularly chilly). With 130 miles and some 9,000 feet of climbing, much of it on gravel, sensible pacing was key. This included not lingering too long over the wine, olive oil, and other refreshments lavishly arrayed at the rest stations.
Older equipment and rutted gravel roads mean one thing: mechanicals. Punctures are as a common a site at Eroica as Vittoria shoes and Campy drivetrains. My borrowed bike had ancient, though well-preserved, tubulars. When I sheepishly confessed to my friend I didn’t really know how to change tubulars, and worried about being stranded alone on some back road near dusk, he said “That’s the spirit of L’Eroica.”
Helmets are a tricky detail at Eroica. Most riders didn’t wear them then, and many didn’t now. Some go for the most retro-looking modern helmet, while some, through some flea-market serendipity, acquire rare vintage contrivances.
Paso Robles is known for wine and for horses, and the course snaked through an eerily Tuscan-looking landscape of vineyards and ranches. In Italy, L’Eroica was in part founded as an attempt to save the famous gravel “white roads,” many of which were being converted to pavement.
Bonus style points for vintage bidons with corks.
It’s all about the bike. Except when it’s also about the car.
More than a race, Eroica is like one long, rolling social outing. New friends are made, bike builds are observed and commented upon, alliances made at mile 30 are long gone at mile 110, replaced by some other group of compatriots to share the hardships. I climbed the hill with a pediatric anesthesiologist, descended with the founder of a bike clothing company.
The Italian L’Eroica finishes in the town of Giaole in Chianti. The mayor of Giaole was actually present in Paso Robles, to attend the event and sign a “sister city” pact between the two cities. In Chianti, you get a bottle of wine at the finish. In Paso, it was a bottle of olive oil (and a cold can of Tecate).
The morning’s first serious gravel ascent, through picture perfect rows of grapevines, found me struggling to stay in gear. Combined with toe cages that were too small for my feet, I had trouble staying in the pedals. Remounting on a gravel ascent, I would learn more than once, is heroic in itself. Until I got the problem sorted out by a mechanic at a rest stop (thanks, Art’s Cyclery!), I was in the unfortunate position of escorting my bike up the hill on foot.
Like a mirage, this Pacific gopher snake shimmered, unbelievably, on the road ahead. It was real, and alive, somehow, as a mini-peloton whisked past (snakes, along with deer and squirrels, must surely rank near the top of a list of “animals most likely to cause harm to a cyclist”). It provided a handy excuse for a moment’s respite in the shade.
At the top of a long, mostly gravel, ascent, roughly halfway through the ride, we were rewarded with panoramic views and a cooler of cold Cokes. There are probably better, more scientifically engineered mid-ride recovery drinks, but to my mind, nothing quite so dances on the tongue, so helps flicker the heat-and-vibration-addled brain back to life, than the trusty trifecta (sugar, caffeine, carbonation) of Coke.
Climbing on gravel is pure physical exertion. There is no skill required, simply a brute determination to keep turning the pedals over, no matter how slowly. Descending on patchy, pothole-ridden asphalt roads, however, is another matter. This is a purely mental exercise. How fast can I take that corner? Are there potholes in that pool of shade cast by that tree? How much loose gravel has collected on this curve? Ascending tests what is physically possible of you, descending tests what is physically possible of the bike.
No two words bring more excitement at the beginning of the ride; no two words are more dreaded at the end. Riding in gravel unleashes an inner demon in some, while turning others into quavering wrecks. Where asphalt tends to be binary (it’s either wet or dry), gravel presents a more analogue spectrum—it can be hard and unyielding, soft and slippery, or anywhere in between. There is the always the counterintuitive lesson at the back of the head: Relax your grip on the bars.
One Eroica staple are the rest stops. Rather than exotic drink mixes and strange energy gels, “real” food—everything from ribbolita stew to figs and cheese—is on the menu. California put its own twist on things, with breakfast burritos, smoothies, and pizza.
Many of the riders I rode with admitted that the bikes they were on were older than they were. But even I, having grown up with down-tube shifting, kept feeling my fingers twitch, like phantom limbs, for the shifters near the brake hoods. Muscle memory dies hard.
When things got really desperate out on the road, I would find myself chanting mantras like, “WWEMD?” (What would Eddy Mercx do?). Singing Johnny Cash “Hurt” also helped (“I focus on the pain/The only thing that’s real”). One friend told me that on the drive home afterward, his hamstrings were twitching so hard he had to use cruise control the whole way.
(Photo: Tyler Frasca)
A fine choice for thousand-yard stares down dusty gravel roads.
L’Eroica is one of the few bike events where you’ll see octogenarians freely mixing it up with twentysomethings.
By the end, I felt as battle-scarred as this fellow’s bike. In a haze, I tried to play back all the sun-dappled vineyard climbs, all the exotic bikes and their fastidiously festooned riders, all the small dramas. The windblown coastal sweep down into Cayucos. The successive false plateaus of Kiler Canyon. The 7 a.m. glass of wine at Cass Winery. By the grace of God, and Continental, my tubulars held. We rolled through the finishing arch in Paso Robles like heroes, if only to ourselves and each other.
Next up: Eroica Brittania. Anyone got a spare bike?
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Minutes of the Council Meeting of the Ontario College of Teachers held on March 27-28, 2008 in the Council Chambers, 6th Floor, 121 Bloor Street East, Toronto
1. Call to Order/Welcome
3. Conflict of Interest
5. Business Arising
6. Registrar’s Report
7. Chair’s Report
8. Committee Reports
9. Business Arising (Continued)
10. Committee Reports (Continued)
11. Correspondence
12. New Business
13. Business Arising (Continued)
14. New Business (Continued)
15. Notices of Motion
15.1 Bylaw Amendments — Section 6 — Special Committees and Section 7 — Committee Vacancies
16. Next Meeting of Council
17. Adjournment
Session 1: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Present: Danny Anckle, Paul Brazeau, Don Cattani (Chair), Brian Doubleday, Cynthia Farrar, Dean Favero, Laura Featherstone, Rosemary Fontaine, Mel Greif, Brent Hamelin, Gordon Hough, Garry Humphreys, Annilee Jarvis (Vice-Chair), Peter Joong, Bill Kirkwood, Rollande Lavictoire, Anne Marie Levesque, Bill Matheson, Heather Nagy, Jacques Pavesi, Tanya Roberts, Susan Robertson, Pauline Smart, Tianna Travaglini-Babic, Jacques Tremblay, John Tucker, Henry Tyndorf, Don Watson, Hanno Weinberger, John Wells, Sharon Young Kipp, Brian P. McGowan (Registrar)
Regrets: Gabrielle Blais, Nick Forte, Helen Fox, Ruth Ann Penny
Presiding Officers: Douglas McCarthy, George Merrett
Guests: Terri McKinnon, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (until 4:45 p.m.)
Staff: Margaret Aubé, Kim Bauer, Peter Brown (until 4:50 p.m.), Francine Dutrisac, Myrtle Herzenberg, Joe Jamieson, Richard Lewko, Charlie Morrison, Katherin Platt, Lise Roy-Kolbusz (Deputy Registrar), Michael Salvatori, Carol Vinette-Hancharyk (until 4:50 p.m.), Linda Zaks-Walker
The Presiding Officer, Douglas McCarthy, called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m. and welcomed all present.
The Chair welcomed Pauline Smart to the meeting and congratulated her on her reappointment to Council. The Chair advised Council members that Ijaz Rauf had resigned from Council and thanked him in absentia for the work he had done on Council. The Chair noted that a letter had been written to the Minister of Education requesting that the two appointed Council member vacancies be filled.
Terri McKinnon, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, was welcomed to the meeting.
The Presiding Officer noted the revisions to the Agenda and the materials to be distributed.
It was noted that Annilee Jarvis and John Tucker comprised the Steering Committee.
The Presiding Officer noted that in response to a motion passed at the December 4-5, 2007 Council meeting, a number of eco-friendly changes had been implemented by the Corporate and Council Services Department, including:
The use of new environmentally friendly water canisters for use by Council members
The use of filtered tap water in the members’ lounge, instead of bottled water
The use of a fair trade coffee that is certified to confirm ethical and responsible treatment for growers
The use of a limousine service that provides fuel-efficient, ultra low emission hybrid vehicles.
Additional initiatives under consideration are listed in the Registrar’s report to Council.
2. Agenda (GC20080327-1, Revised)
A discussion ensued regarding the submission of agenda items and supporting documents by individual Council members. The Registrar undertook to develop a report relating to the submission of documents submitted to Council by individual Council members.
It was moved by Steering, and
That the revised Agenda for the March 27-28, 2008 Council meeting be approved.
No conflicts were declared.
The Registrar introduced the College’s newly appointed Controller, Carol Vinette-Hancharyk, to Council members.
4.1 Meeting, December 4-5, 2007 (GC20080327-2)
That the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on December 4-5, 2007 be approved.
5.1 Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Stabilization of Facility Costs (GC20080327-6C, -7C, -78)
The Presiding Officer noted the reasons Council would be considering this item in camera. The report contained specific recommendations and information of a financial nature that should remain confidential to protect the College's interest in the commercial real estate market and any strategic negotiations required with the current landlord. He noted further that Section 8(3)(d) of the Act allowed for matters to be dealt with in camera if they related to the discussion of property transactions.
That Council move into an in camera session with members of Council, the Presiding Officers and staff present.
Council moved into an in camera session at 1:20 p.m.
Council moved out of the in camera session at 1:25 p.m.
It was noted that the following motion had been adopted unanimously by Council during the in camera session:
That Council approve the recommendations contained in the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Stabilization of Long Term Facility Costs (GC20080327-6C, attachment 1).
It was noted that the following recommendations were contained in the report (GC20080327-6C, attachment 1):
1. That the College begin search activities by the summer of 2008 in accordance with priorities that may be given to different facility options.
Ownership vs. Lease
2. That facility search activities emphasize ownership rather than lease opportunities. The facility search needs to be cognizant of changes to market rental rates, interest rates and inventory and be ready to change emphasis if necessary and to amend or modify search criteria as the market dictates.
3. That the Finance Committee be assigned responsibility to review the long term fiscal strategy to support building purchase, including use of reserves and borrowing.
Purchase Option
4. That facility search activities include both the purchase and renovate strategy, and the purchase land and build strategy, bearing in mind the need to complete the former by May, 2011 and the latter by November 2010.
5. That facility search activities keep a watching brief on developments at 121 Bloor Street East and on commercial lease rates and be prepared to substitute leasing solutions for ownership solutions in the event of change in the current environment. Leasing search activities for a new location should be invoked not later than May 30, 2011 if purchase/build searches have not been successful.
6. That a search for a new facility be concentrated within walking distance of the Yonge and University/Spadina subway lines between Union and Eglinton stations and between Spadina and Sherbourne stations on the Bloor Street line.
7. That, where financially feasible, search parameters be based on a minimum of 75,000 square feet by 2012 with the flexibility to increase or decrease the space requirements by 25,000 square feet through the use of full cost recovery subletting.
8. That College facilities include a Class A or equivalent quality, efficient floor plate design, contiguous vertical floors, sufficient size and configuration for Council and Hearing facilities, support for high end electrical, data and voice communications, accessibility for the handicapped, and 24-hour unlimited access.
9. That College facilities include where possible, LEED compliance (levels range from certified to platinum), availability of car and bicycle parking, conventional on site storage space, base building security and signage to create organizational awareness.
5.2 Teachers’ Qualifications Review (TQR) - Colloquium (GC20080327-8, -9)
The Registrar noted that the item on the colloquium was before Council as a result of a postponement motion from the December 4-5, 2007 Council meeting.
The Chair noted that the Executive Committee had requested the Registrar to prepare a report with recommendations on how best to address the issues of the practicum component of programs of professional education for the May 22-23, 2008 Executive committee meeting.
It was moved by Jacques Tremblay, seconded by Rosemary Fontaine, and
That Council postpone the following motion indefinitely:
That Council approve that the College and the partners who have confirmed their participation continue to plan for the colloquium to be held in 2008.
That Council direct the College not to proceed to plan for the colloquium to be held in 2008.
5.3 Teacher Supply and Demand (GC20080327-10, -11)
The Registrar noted that the item on teacher supply and demand was before Council as a result of a postponement motion from the December 4-5, 2007 Council meeting. The Registrar reported on his discussions with the ministry relating to teacher supply and demand.
It was agreed to take no further action on this item at this time.
5.4 Ad Hoc Committee re a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of College Relationships with College Members and College Partners (GC20080327-12, -13)
The Chair noted that a previous attempt to establish an Ad Hoc Committee re a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of College Relationships with College Members and College Partners had been unsuccessful due to the constitution of the committee as required by the motion.
That Council approve the creation of an ad hoc committee composed of five members, with a minimum of one appointed member and a minimum of three elected members to investigate and make recommendations to Council on a strategy to enhance the quality of College relationships with College members and College partners.
The Chair requested that Council members wishing to serve on this ad hoc committee submit their names to him by Friday, April 4th.
6.1 Report (GC20080327-16, -17, -18, -75)
The Registrar’s Report was received. The Registrar, Brian P. McGowan, spoke to the report and answered questions.
The Registrar also informed Council that the Information Technology Manager, Devon Stutt, had passed away on January 20th and that a memorial service had been held at the College to honour his life.
The Registrar noted the environmentally and socially conscious initiatives that had been undertaken by the College in response to Council’s request to do so at the December 2007 meeting.
6.2 Fair Registration Practices Report (GC20080327-17)
The Registrar reviewed the Fair Registration Practices Report. He noted that the report detailed the activity of the staff work group and the stakeholder feedback received during the review. The feedback obtained during the review confirmed that the College is consistent with the Fair Registration Practices Code. He noted that he would be asking Council to consider recommendations for a possible regulation. He advised Council that he would be reporting to the sector based on the findings of the report.
6.3 Interim Mutual Recognition Agreement - Report (GC20080327-75)
The Registrar provided an overview of the background to the Mutual Recognition Agreement for the Teaching Profession and spoke to the interim MRA accepted by the Ministers of Education at a meeting in February 2008.
He advised Council that a meeting was scheduled in June 2008 to discuss the next steps and to move towards the development of a fully compliant MRA.
6.4 Certification Issues and the Lisbon Convention (GC20080327-18)
The Registrar spoke to the Lisbon Convention and explained what the principles and directives of the Convention were. He advised Council that a College-wide work group would review the College’s registration practices and procedures, in order to address the relevant principles and directives set out in the Convention.
6.5 Prior Learning Assessment Review (PLAR)(GC20080327-64, -65, -69)
The Registrar spoke to the developmental process for creating the Prior Learning Assessment Review (PLAR) policy framework. He advised Council of the consultations that had taken place in Toronto, Ottawa, Windsor and Sudbury. He noted that he would be providing further updates on these activities at the June Council meeting.
6.6 Falconer Report — The Road to Health: A Final Report on School Safety (GC20080327-63)
The Registrar noted that the report was being provided to Council members for information.
6.7 Annual Review of French-Language Services(GC20080327-76)
The Report of the Ontario College of Teachers Annual Review of French-Language Services 2008 was received. The Director of French-Language Services, Francine Dutrisac, spoke to the report and answered questions.
A question and answer session followed after the presentation of the above items in the Registrar’s report.
George Merret assumed the role of Presiding Officer.
7.1 Report (GC20080327-19)
The report of the Chair was received. The Chair, Don Cattani, spoke to the report and answered questions.
8.1 Executive Committee (GC20080327-20)
The Executive Committee report was received. The Chair, Don Cattani, spoke to the report.
8.2 Investigation Committee (GC20080327-21, -22)
The reports of the Investigation Committee were received. The Chair, Paul Brazeau, spoke to the reports and answered questions.
8.3 Discipline Committee (GC20080327-23, -24)
The reports of the Discipline Committee were received. The Chair, Jacques Tremblay, spoke to the reports.
8.4 Fitness to Practise Committee (GC20080327-25)
The report of the Fitness to Practise Committee was received. The Chair, Rosemary Fontaine, spoke to the report.
8.5 Registration Appeals Committee (GC20080327-26, -27)
The reports of the Registration Appeals Committee were received. The Chair, Dean Favero, spoke to the reports and answered questions. He thanked Policy Analyst, David Tallo, for the report detailing the 2007 statistics for the Registration Appeals Committee.
8.6 Finance Committee (GC20080327-28, -29, -30) (Timed Item: March 27, 2008, 4:00 p.m.)
The reports of the Finance Committee were received. The Chair, John Tucker, spoke to the reports and answered questions.
It was moved by John Tucker, Chair, Finance Committee, and
That Council approve:
that the Reserve for Fee Stabilization be set at $2,804,000;
that the Reserve for Working Capital be set at $5,446,000;
that the Reserve for Stabilization of Facility Costs and the Unappropriated Members' Equity remain at $6,000,000 and $500,000 respectively.
That Council amend the Ontario College of Teachers Statement of Investment Policies and Guidelines by the insertion of "CMHC guaranteed" at section 4 subsection (i) to read "CMHC guaranteed mortgages".
8.6.1 Unaudited Financial Report, December 31, 2007 (GC20080327-31)
The Ontario College of Teachers Unaudited Financial Report, December 31, 2007 was received.
8.6.2 Supplementary Report of the Finance Committee (March 19) (GC20080327-32, -34)
The supplementary report of the Finance Committee was received. The Chair, John Tucker, spoke to the report and answered questions.
8.6.2.1 Auditor’s Report on 2007 Audited Financial Statements, December 31, 2007 (GC20080327-33)
The Ontario College of Teachers draft Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ending December 31, 2007 was received.
John Tucker introduced Terri McKinnon, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Terri McKinnon addressed Council and spoke to the Auditor’s Report.
The Controller, Peter Brown, and Terri McKinnon provided a page-by-page analysis of the 2007 Consolidated Financial Statements and answered questions.
Terri McKinnon was thanked for her presentation to Council.
That Council accept the December 31, 2007, Consolidated Financial Statements of the Ontario College of Teachers.
Terri McKinnon left the meeting at 4:45 p.m.
8.6.2.2 Appointment of Auditor (GC20080327-32)
The Chair, John Tucker, spoke to the appointment of the auditor and answered questions.
That Council reappoint Pricewaterhouse-Coopers as auditors for the 2008 fiscal year.
8.6.2.3 Appointment of Signing Officer (GC20080327-32)
It was noted that Peter Brown would automatically cease to be a signing officer by virtue of his retirement.
That Council appoint Carol Vinette-Hancharyk, Controller, as a signing officer of the Ontario College of Teachers.
John Tucker thanked Peter Brown for the work he had done for the College and in particular for the Finance Committee. He wished Peter a happy retirement.
Peter Brown addressed Council and thanked them for their years of support.
8.6.3 Financial Report — February 2008 (GC20080327-36)
The Ontario College of Teachers Financial Report for the period ended February 2008 was received.
8.7 Registration Appeals Committee (GC20080327-26, -27) (Continued)
A discussion ensued on the Statistics Report of the Registration Appeals Committee and on the Registrar’s appeal to the divisional court of one of the Registration Appeals Panel’s decision.
8.8 Standards of Practice and Education Committee(GC20080327-37)
The report of the Standards of Practice and Education Committee was received. The Vice-Chair, Tianna Travaglini Babic, spoke to the report.
8.9 Accreditation Committee (GC20080327-39)
The reports of the Accreditation Committee were received. The Chair, Gord Hough, spoke to the reports and answered questions. He apologized to Peter Joong for inadvertently omitting to list his name as a member of the committee.
The Presiding Officer advised Executive Committee members that a Special Meeting of the Executive Committee was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. the following morning, March 28th.
The meeting recessed at 5:40 p.m.
Session 2: Friday: March 28, 2008
Present: Danny Anckle, Gabrielle Blais, Paul Brazeau, Don Cattani (Chair), Brian Doubleday, Cynthia Farrar, Dean Favero, Laura Featherstone, Rosemary Fontaine, Nick Forte, Mel Greif, Brent Hamelin, Gordon Hough, Garry Humphreys, Annilee Jarvis (Vice-Chair), Peter Joong, Bill Kirkwood, Rollande Lavictoire, Anne Marie Levesque, Bill Matheson, Heather Nagy, Ruth Ann Penny, Tanya Roberts, Susan Robertson, Pauline Smart (until 11:05 a.m.), Tianna Travaglini-Babic, Jacques Tremblay, John Tucker, Henry Tyndorf, Don Watson, Hanno Weinberger, Sharon Young Kipp, Brian P. McGowan (Registrar)
Regrets: Helen Fox, Jacques Pavesi, John Wells
Staff: Margaret Aubé, Kim Bauer, Nils Connor (from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.), Francine Dutrisac, Myrtle Herzenberg, Joe Jamieson, Richard Lewko, Charlie Morrison, Katherin Platt, Lise Roy-Kolbusz (Deputy Registrar), Michael Salvatori, Linda Zaks-Walker
The meeting resumed at 9:25 a.m.
George Merrett assumed the role of Presiding Officer.
8.10 Quality Assurance Committee (GC20080327-43) (Timed Item: March 28, 2008, 9:05 a.m.)
The report of the Quality Assurance Committee was received. The Chair, Sharon Young Kipp, spoke to the report and answered questions.
9.1 Professional Designation for Teachers(GC20080327-4,-5, -71) (Timed Item: March 28, 2008, Immediately following the Report of the Quality Assurance Committee)
The Report of the Registrar on a Professional Designation for Members of the Ontario College of Teachers was received. The Registrar advised that he had developed the report as a result of a Council motion that had been passed at the October 1-2, 2007 Council meeting.
The Chair, Quality Assurance Committee, Sharon Young Kipp, spoke to the report and answered questions.
Nils Connor, Policy Analyst, was thanked and congratulated on the work he had done in compiling the report.
It was moved by Sharon Young Kipp, and
UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED,
That Council approve the recommendations contained in the Report of the Registrar, “A Professional Designation for Members of the Ontario College of Teachers” (GC20080327-4, attachment 1).
10.1 Accreditation Appeal Committee
There was no report of the Accreditation Appeal Committee.
10.2 Human Resources Committee
There was no report of the Human Resources Committee.
10.3 Editorial Board (GC20080327-40)
The report of the Editorial Board was received. The Chair, Annilee Jarvis, spoke to the report and answered questions.
10.4 Election Committee
There was no report of the Election Committee.
10.5 Nomination Committee (GC20080327-41, -42)
The reports of the Nomination Committee were received. The Chair, Laura Featherstone, spoke to the reports and answered questions. She noted that the supplementary report had inadvertently indicated that Susan Robertson had been recommended as a member to the Accreditation Committee. It should have indicated that she had been recommended to be a member of the Accreditation Appeal Committee.
A discussion ensued on committee membership selection and the structure of committees. It was noted that appointed members had assumed additional responsibilities as there had not been a full complement of appointed members since the beginning of the fourth Council.
11. Correspondence (GC20080327-44 to -50, -68, -70)
The following items of correspondence were received for information:
Letter to the Deputy Minister of Education re Fair Registration Practices Review & Response (GC20080327-44)
Letter to Premier McGuinty re Fair Registration Practices Review & Response (GC20080327-45)
Letter to George Heighington from the Chair of Council re Correspondence to Council Members (GC20080327-46)
Letter to the Minister of Education from the Chair of Council re Address to the Council of the Ontario College of Teachers (GC20080327-47)
Letter to the Minister of Education from the Chair of Council and the Registrar re Amendments to Regulation 184/97, Teachers Qualifications (GC20080327-48)
Letter to the Minister of Education from the Chair of Council and the Registrar re Amendments to Regulation 437 /97, Professional Misconduct (GC20080327-49)
Letter from OTF to the Minister of Education re Mandate of the College (GC20080327-50)
Letter to the Minister of Education re Appointed Member Vacancies (GC20080327-68)
Letter of Resignation from Ijaz Rauf and Chair’s Response(GC20080327-70)
12.1 Proposed Bylaw Amendment — Section 6 — Nomination Committee re Selection of Ad Hoc Committee Members (GC20080327-51, -52)
It was agreed to withdraw the Notice of Motion given at the December 4-5, 2007 meeting:
That Council approve that bylaw 6:04 (d) be amended by the addition of a new section (iii), to read:
6.04 (d) The Nomination Committee shall: . . .
(iii) in conjunction with the Chair of Council, select members of ad hoc committees from a pool of applicants.
12.2 Professional Advisory — Additional Qualifications (GC20080327-55, -55C, -56)
Douglas McCarthy assumed the role of Presiding Officer.
The Registrar spoke to the professional advisory and noted that it would be circulated, if approved, to members with the 2008 June issue of Professionally Speaking/Pour parler profession.
It was moved by Nick Forte, Chair, Standards of Practice and Education Committee, and CARRIED,
That Council approve the Professional Advisory - Additional Qualifications - Extending Professional Knowledge/ Recommandation professionnelle Qualifications additionnelles - Approfondir la connaissance professionnelle as outlined in document GC20080327-55C.
12.3 Media Protocol for Council Meetings (GC20080327-57, -58)
The Registrar spoke to the proposed media protocol for Council meetings.
That Council approve the Media Protocol for Council Meetings as contained in document GC20080327-57, Attachment 1.
12.4 Strategies to Enhance the Quality of College Relationships with College Members and Teacher Federations (GC20080327-59, -60, -61)
The Chair advised Council members that the Executive Committee had recommended that the papers Seeking a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of the College’s Relationship with the Ontario Teacher Federations and Seeking a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of the College’s Relationship with its Members be referred to the Ad Hoc Committee on a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of College Relationships with College Members and College Partners.
That Council refer the reports: Seeking a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of the College’s Relationship with the Ontario Teacher Federations (GC20080327-59) and Seeking a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of the College’s Relationship with its Members (GC20080327-60) to the Ad Hoc Committee on a Strategy to Enhance the Quality of College Relationships with College Members and College Partners.
12.5 Line-by-line Detailed Budgets for Committees
It was moved by Brent Hamelin, seconded by Brian Doubleday, and
That the Agenda be amended to allow for the addition of an item to the Agenda: Line-by-line Detailed Budgets for Committees.
That Council consider the following motion:
That a line-by-line detailed budget be provided to each committee so as to facilitate an assessment of their needs for the 2009 budget.
It was moved by Brent Hamelin, and seconded by Brian Doubleday, “That a line-by-line detailed budget be provided to each committee so as to facilitate an assessment of their needs for the 2009 budget.”
It was moved by Don Cattani, and seconded by Jacques Tremblay, “That the motion be referred to the Finance Committee for report back to both the Executive Committee and Council.
It was agreed to delete the following words “report back to both the Executive Committee and Council” and substitute the phrase with the word “action”, as a friendly amendment.
A vote was taken on the referral motion, as amended, and it was
That Council approve that the following motion be referred to the Finance Committee for action:
13.1 Regulation 437/97, Professional Misconduct — Proposed Amendments (GC20080327-14C, -15C) (Timed Item: Immediately prior to adjournment)
The Registrar spoke to the proposed amendments to Regulation 437/97, Professional Misconduct and answered questions.
It was moved by Steering,
That Council approve the proposed amendments to Regulation 437/97, Professional Misconduct, as outlined in document GC20080327-14C, attachment 2.
14.1 Regulation 184/97, Teachers Qualifications Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs, Proposed Amendments re Technological Studies (GC20080327-53C, -54) (Timed Item: Immediately prior to adjournment)
The Registrar and Project Leader, Margaret Aubé, reviewed the proposed amendments to Regulation 184/97, Teachers Qualifications and Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs and answered questions.
That Council approve the proposed amendments to Regulation 184/97, Teachers Qualifications and Regulation 347/02, Accreditation of Teacher Education Programs - Proposed Amendments re Technological Studies and degree definitions relating to masters degrees and degree duration as outlined in documents (GC20080327-53C).
The Registrar thanked Margaret Aubé, Charlie Morrison, David Tallo and Ministry staff, Rebecca Cossar and Maryann Risk for the work done relating to the regulatory amendments.
The following Notice of Motion was read into the Minutes for consideration at the June 12-13, 2008 Council Meeting:
Moved by Laura Featherstone, Chair, Nomination Committee:
That Council approve that Section 6 — Special Committees and Section 7 — Committee Vacancies of the College Bylaws be amended as follows:
The title of section 6 be amended by addition to read “Special and Ad Hoc Committees”.
That section 6.01 be amended by the addition of a new subsection to read: 6.01(e) any other special or ad hoc committee created by Council motion.
That subsection 6.04 (d) (ii) be amended by the addition of “the Executive Committee or” following the words “recommendations to”.
That section 6.06 be amended by the addition of the words “and ad hoc” following the word “special” in each instance.
That the following sections 6.07, 6.08, 6.09, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.14, 6.15 and 6.16 be amended by the addition of the words “or ad hoc” following the word “special” in each instance.
That the following sections 7.01, 7.04, 7.05, 7.06, 7.07 and 7.09 be amended by the addition of the words “or ad hoc” following the word “special” in each instance.
That subsections 7.09 (a), 7.09 (b) and 7.09 (c) be amended by the addition of the word “Nomination and” prior to the words “Executive Committee” in each instance.
The meeting adjourned at 12:25 p.m.
Signed: Chair, Don Cattani
Signed: Registrar, Brian P. McGowan
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Mercy For Animals — Corporate Cage-Free Campaigns (2016)
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To support Mercy for Animals' corporate cage-free egg campaigns
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Mercy For Animals staff reviewed this page prior to publication.
The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $1 million over two years to Mercy For Animals to build its capacity to execute corporate cage-free egg campaigns.
Mercy For Animals is an animal advocacy organization that engages in a variety of activities, including campaigning for corporations to end the use of cages to confine egg-laying hens. We believe that corporate cage-free campaigns are a particularly effective method for reducing animal suffering, and that Mercy For Animals is well-positioned to campaign effectively for corporate cage-free reforms.
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Why is MFA not already focused on cage-free egg campaigns?
Do cage-free systems actually reduce animal suffering?
Is our grant just subsidizing MFA’s other work?
Will we be able to assess the impact of this grant?
What if the grant turns out to be ineffective?
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Farm animal welfare is one of our focus areas within U.S. Policy.
In our page about a similar grant made to The Humane League (THL), we wrote in greater depth about the benefits of cage-free systems and the track record of cage-free campaigns. In short, roughly 260 million hens are currently confined in battery cages in the U.S.1 Peter Singer has called these hens “the most closely confined, overcrowded and generally miserable animals in America.”2 We believe that corporate campaigns to abolish battery cages are the most cost-effective approach to improving the welfare of these hens. In addition to this grant and the grant to THL, we have also made a grant to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) for its work on corporate cage-free reforms.
Mercy for Animals (MFA) is a farmed animal welfare group known for its undercover investigations, legal advocacy, online activism, corporate campaigns, and education programs.
We think MFA’s track record on corporate campaigns is very positive, particularly as it has significant experience with campaigns targeting grocers. MFA has led successful corporate campaigns to secure animal welfare pledges from corporations such as Nestle,3 Tyson,4 Walmart,5 Maple Leaf Foods,6 Safeway,7 and the Retail Council of Canada,8 which represents Canada’s eight largest grocery chains. Until recently, however, MFA’s corporate campaigns largely focused on animal welfare causes other than pushing for cage-free environments for egg-laying hens.
MFA will use this grant to build a corporate cage-free egg campaigning team. Now that advocates have gotten almost all major fast food and food service chains to go cage-free, MFA’s goal is to get the rest of the grocery industry to go cage-free as well.
We believe corporate cage-free egg campaigns are a particularly cost-effective approach for reducing farm animal suffering (more on our estimates of cost-effectiveness on our page about our grant to THL).
Although MFA has not done much campaigning on battery cages to date, it seems well-positioned to campaign for corporate cage-free reforms, particularly given its past experience with campaigns in the grocery sector. In previous corporate campaigns for animal welfare improvements, MFA used the organization’s more than two million Facebook followers, 200,000+ member email list, celebrity contacts, network news connections, top investigations unit, and grassroots network to put pressure on corporations. We believe that MFA will likely be able to use similar tactics to get major grocers to commit to only stocking cage-free eggs.
We believe the most likely outcome for future corporate cage-free egg campaigns will be similar to the recently-concluded Costco campaign, which appears to have provided returns slightly worse than the estimate of 120 hens spared per dollar that we gave previously.9 Nevertheless, we believe it is possible that our grants in this area could attain superlinear returns (i.e. the campaigns they fund could be more cost-effective than past campaigns) if they enable the organizations to spur a cascade of cage-free pledges in the grocery sector. Even if returns are sublinear, we believe cage-free egg campaigns would still be relatively cost-effective; if, for example, our $1 million grant to MFA only generates one major grocer victory over two years, our median guess is that it would spare five million hens from battery cages per year, which would be 25 million hens spared over five years and thus 25 hens spared per dollar.
Absent our funding, our understanding is that MFA would likely only hire one new corporate campaigner, due to a number of other high priorities. It is our understanding that the absence of funds designated for corporate campaign work makes it difficult for MFA to fund corporate cage-free egg campaigns internally with its current priorities. Although we would likely prioritize corporate cage-free campaigns more highly than MFA, we think this is a reasonable decision by MFA.
We initially considered making a grant of $500,000 over two years, for $250,000 per year. The larger grant of $1 million ($500,000 per year) that we settled on will allow MFA to hire three to four campaigners instead of two, in addition to having more funds for advertising, websites, video production, investigations, and other campaign support. In addition, MFA plans to expand its international outreach in Canada, Mexico, India, and potentially also Brazil, and it may hire a veterinarian or animal welfare scientist to join corporate negotiations. MFA has already secured several cage-free pledges in Canada, but sees much more potential in all these countries.
We believe this is likely to be an effective use of additional funding for the following reasons:
MFA seems to have achieved its largest victories when it has concentrated significant resources on a single target; we think a larger grant size will give MFA more flexibility to focus resources in this way.
Stepping up campaigns outside the U.S. could have positive spillover effects. For instance, after MFA helped convince the Retail Council of Canada to drop gestation crates in April 2013, a number of U.S. firms, including the nation’s largest sausage maker, followed suit.
We were initially somewhat concerned that MFA did not view cage-free egg campaigns as a priority. Over the last year, MFA has prioritized other corporate campaigns, including broiler welfare campaigns, over cage-free campaigns, and just over a year ago ran a relatively negative blog post about cage-free conditions.
We are now less concerned about this. Nathan Runkle, MFA’s president, told us that MFA’s position on cage-free conditions for egg-laying hens is that they are significantly better than battery cage conditions (though they are not perfect), and that they are an important step in improving hen welfare.
MFA intends to continue working on broiler chicken welfare, but plans to make cage-free egg campaigns a priority, both because of our support and because MFA is impressed by the traction that advocates have gained on this issue. We think MFA’s actions reflect this stance; in the last few months it has secured cage-free egg commitments from Wendy’s, Tim Horton’s, and Cara Foods, and has launched a major campaign against Safeway.
Most animal advocates and welfare scientists agree that battery cages are very detrimental to hen welfare. We are aware of some advocates and egg producers who argue that cage-free systems are not significantly better.10
We do not place much weight on these arguments. From our page about our grant to THL:
The best systematic evaluation of egg-production systems of which we are aware set battery cages at 0 on a 0-to-10 scale of relative hen welfare; on this scale, all cage-free systems were rated at least a 5.8, mainly because they do provide hens with these three basic needs.11
In general, we want our grants to lead to more progress toward our goals than would have been achieved otherwise; we do not want to fund programs that would have been funded even without our support. This means that when we support a particular activity within a larger organization, we want to consider the possibility that our restricted funds are simply displacing organizational resources that would have been spent on the program without our grant.
Our best estimate from conversations with MFA staff is that about $100,000 would have been spent on cage-free egg campaigns without our grant, as MFA would likely have hired one corporate cage-free campaigner without our support. This means that up to $100,000 of our grant funds may be displacing funding that would otherwise have gone to cage-free campaigns, and in effect supporting other programs. We are not particularly concerned about this; we consider MFA’s other programs to be relatively high-impact as well, and we believe our funds may induce MFA to spend other resources on cage-free campaigns down the line that it otherwise would not have.
As always, it is difficult to know what would happen if we did not make this grant. We are not sure which corporate campaigns would have happened without our grant, and we do not know when each company would have gone cage-free without any additional advocacy. As stated in our page about a similar grant to THL, however, we think there is fairly strong reason to believe that corporate campaigns have induced companies to pledge to go cage-free sooner than they otherwise would have.
In our page about a similar grant made to The Humane League (THL), we described two scenarios in which that grant might be rendered ineffective. We think these scenarios also apply to our grant to MFA:
The U.S. food industry pledges to go completely cage-free before these grants take effect. For example, Costco’s recent pledge to go cage-free might help initiate a broader trend across the grocery sector. Similarly, the egg industry might conclude that the cage-free trend is inevitable and transition its production voluntarily. Major egg producers Rembrandt and Rose Acre Farms have both indicated that all new production capacity they build will be cage-free. Cage-free egg production is growing rapidly: the USDA estimates that as of September 2015, there were 23.6 million cage-free hens, up 37% from the previous year.12 One egg industry analyst predicts that the industry will install enough capacity for 19 million more cage-free hens in 2016.13
However, we believe the food industry is unlikely to go 100% cage-free without continued pressure from advocacy groups. The most recent survey of egg producers (accounting for a third of U.S. egg production) found that these producers plan to install new cage capacity for about 3 million caged hens, in addition to new cage-free capacity for 4 million hens.14 Since caged systems have a long use life, we see the fact that producers are still planning to build new cage capacity as an indication that these producers do not expect a complete cage-free transition in the near-term.
The current trend toward a cage-free transition stops, despite the efforts of advocates. For example, if Walmart were to transition to “enriched cages” instead of cage-free systems, other food companies might view this as an opportunity to do the same. In such a scenario, THL’s cage-free campaigns might become significantly less effective, even with the additional capacity brought about by our grant.
However, this would be a major reversal of the current trend among both U.S. and European companies of moving away from enriched cages in favor of cage-free systems. In the case of such a reversal, we suspect that our grant would become more, not less, important to supporting THL’s work to overcome it.
We expect to have a conversation with MFA staff every 3-6 months for the next two years, with public notes if the conversation warrants it. At the one-year mark, we expect to provide an update on this grant, either by publishing public notes or by producing a brief write-up. Towards the end of the grant, we plan to attempt a more holistic and detailed evaluation of the grant’s performance.
We identified corporate cage-free egg reforms as a promising area for grantmaking within our farm animal welfare program. As MFA is one of the main organizations running corporate animal welfare campaigns, we contacted MFA to discuss the possibility of funding the organization for corporate cage-free campaigns.
American Egg Board, About the U.S. Egg Industry Source (archive)
American Humane Association, Animal Welfare Standards for Laying Hens Source
Animal Charity Evaluators, Animal Equality Cost Effectiveness Estimate (2015) Source (archive)
Animal Charity Evaluators, Mercy For Animals Cost Effectiveness Estimate (2015) Source (archive)
Animal Charity Evaluators, THL Cost Effectiveness Estimate (2015) Source (archive)
Change.org 2015 Source (archive)
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1. American Egg Board, About the U.S. Egg Industry:
“Table egg flock size on January 1, 2016, was 288 million layers.”
“As of September 2015, the total U.S. Cage-Free Flock totaled 8.6 percent or 23.6 million hens.”
Singer 2015.
3. Strom 2014.
4. Schecter 2014.
5. Malcolm 2015.
6. Newswire 2015.
7. Winter 2012.
8. Pippus 2014.
According to information given to us by HSUS and THL, in the Costco campaign, the two organizations spent about $500,000 to generate a pledge that will benefit about 7.8 million hens per year, for about 39 million hens over five years. This amounts to approximately 78 hens spared from a year of battery cage confinement per dollar spent, which is less cost-effective than our best guess for the cost-effectiveness of campaigns to date.
10. See, for example, Francione 2015.
11. De Mol et al. 2006, Pg. 165
12. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that, in September 2015, the U.S. had 23.6 million hens housed cage free, a 37 percent increase from the agency’s September 2014 estimate.” O’Keefe 2015a.
13. “If all of the cage-free systems that are expected to be installed by the end of 2016 were fully stocked, the U.S. would have about 19 million more cage-free layers then it had in September 2015.” O’Keefe 2015a.
14. “In early returns from Egg Industry’s Top Egg Company Survey…egg producers with a combined total of around 100 million hens housed at the end of 2015 report they will add housing for nearly 4 million head of cage-free and 3 million head of cage-housed hens in 2016.” O’Keefe 2015b.
Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President, Mercy for Animals on February 10, 2017
Nick Cooney, Executive Vice President, Mercy for Animals on August 1, 2016
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'Opening more legal stores is the most effective way to combat the illicit market, protect our kids and keep our communities safe,' says Downey
Dec 14, 2019 4:15 PM By: Shawn Gibson
Eric Batters stocks the shelves at Liquid Chrome. Shawn Gibson/BarrieToday
After nearly a year of lotteries and confusion, getting a cannabis license is about to become a lot easier for those retailers who are serious about it.
Earlier this week, the provincial government announced it is taking steps to move to an open market for retail cannabis stores beginning in January 2020. The move is meant to give consumers more choice and convenience with a safe, reliable supply of cannabis.
Attorney General Doug Downey, an Orillia lawyer and MPP for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte, said the move will be made with caution, but will be done to combat the illegal drug market.
"In response to the federal government's decision to legalize cannabis, our government is determined to open the cannabis market as responsibly as possible," said Downey.
"We have said all along that opening more legal stores is the most effective way to combat the illicit market, protect our kids and keep our communities safe. That is our number one priority."
Removing the temporary cap on the number of private cannabis stores in the province and eliminating pre-qualification requirements for prospective retailers are some of the key changes the government has made to cannabis regulations.
Liquid Chrome assistant manager Eric Batters welcomes the news and says it's something he had been hoping for ever since cannabis became legal.
“B.C. has a policy where anyone could apply for the licence, anyone could obtain it and so long as you didn’t break any laws, you could keep it,” said Batters. “But any issues or any rule-bending, they take the licence away and you don’t get another one. It just makes it easier and less of a hassle to get the licences going.”
Batters said many customers have been asking when they will get their cannabis licence.
“It is tough because we’ve been getting our hopes up and nothing has happened,” said Batters. “We had space ready in case we did and then we didn’t. We’ve gone back and forth so many times and it has been such a labour-intensive process.”
Barrie’s first cannabis retailer, One Plant, is part of a retail chain that is hoping to open up to five cannabis stores in the province by mid-2020, with a location on Essa Road in Barrie.
Increasing the ability of licensed producers to participate in the retail market will allow them to open a store at one of their facilities. The changes hope to enable more capital, experience and capacity to enter the market and will help more legal stores open faster.
Batters said he supports the new system fully, but warns that there is obviously a downside for anyone who gets a licence.
“It may become very saturated market,” said Batters. “It’s a big pie, but there are a lot of mouths, right? Its hard to say how it will go, but if Barrie gets 20 locations that sell it, I mean do the math.”
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) will begin accepting operator licence applications from prospective retailers on January 6, 2020, followed by store authorization applications on March 2, 2020.
Store authorizations from this open application process are expected to be issued beginning in April, at an initial rate of approximately 20 per month.
Retailers will still be required to comply with the Cannabis Licence Act and regulations, as well as the AGCO’s Registrar’s Standards for Cannabis Retail Stores.
Some of the 42 proposed cannabis stores selected through the second lottery have been authorized to open their doors this month. Until August 31, 2020, retail operators may own a maximum of 10 cannabis stores, increasing to 30 in September 2020 and 75 in September 2021.
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Director: Maren Ade
Screenplay: Maren Ade
Stars: Sandra Hller (Ines Conradi), Peter Simonischek (Winfried), Michael Wittenborn (Henneberg), Thomas Loibl (Gerald), Trystan Ptter (Tim), Ingrid Bisu (Anca), Hadewych Minis (Tatjana), Lucy Russell (Steph), Victoria Cocias (Flavia), Alexandru Papadopol (Dascalu)
MPAA Rating: R
Country: Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Romania
Winifred Conradi, one of the two central characters of Maren Ade's third feature Toni Erdmann, is a lot like the film itself: large, unpredictable, prankish, yet fundamentally sad-a complex mix of the humorous and the melancholy, both silly and the almost profound. The film's title derives from an alter ego Winifred (Peter Simonischek) concocts when visiting his overworked, corporate-climbing daughter Ines (Sandra Hller) in Bucharest, where she is trying to seal a corporate consulting gig that will result in outsourcing and significant layoffs for oil workers. With her pinched face, pressed suits, and tightly wound hair, Ines is meant to represent everything that is wrong with the corporate world, particularly its insularity, which breeds not just avarice and a lack of compassion, but also nurtures old, festering practices like misogyny. Ines is both a contributor to and victim of that world, and Winifred's brash decision to create a bizarre alter ego allows him to enter into it and observe Ines's life while explicitly undermining his her goals.
At its heart, Toni Erdmann is an old-fashioned father-daughter story grafted onto a none-too-subtle critique of the corporatization of Europe and the brutally hectic nature of modern life. Winifred, who works in Germany as a grammar-school music teacher, is the perennial outsider whose love of pranks and tricks and fun will forever keep him just outside the polite, well-mannered social order. He isn't an anarchist or a surrealist, and one gets the sense that he genuinely wants to be part of the so-called "normal" world, but it's too decisively against his nature to just go with the flow-hence, the set of novelty snaggle-teeth he keeps in his pocket at all times, which he eventually pairs with a goofy black fright wig to embody Toni Erdmann, who is either a life coach or the German ambassador to Romania, depending on the situation.
Indes is constantly mortified by her father's behavior, but for reasons that are never really explained (outside of plot necessity), she makes no effort to reveal his various ruses to her co-workers and acquaintances, instead playing along with them and allowing him to become embedded deeper and deeper into her life, which as a result begins to rapidly unravel. Ines is clearly miserable-she endures all manner of sexist control at work while struggling for advancement, she doesn't appear to have any real friends who aren't also business associates, and a sexual encounter with her Romanian lover yields no real human contact, but instead devolves into a grotesque power play. Her fundamental unhappiness like stems from the fact that she runs her life like a business, always gunning for the next opportunity and never stopping to smell the roses, as it were.
And that, in a nutshell, is what Toni Erdmann is all about, and in case you didn't get it, at the end of its two-and-a-half-hour run time, Winfried helpfully summarizes it and leaves Ines struggling to find the proper response. That note of ambiguity is a saving grace of sorts, keeping the film from ending on a note of incredible obviousness that is otherwise largely absent from its odd, rambling narrative. Ade, who both wrote and directed, is intent on keeping us on edge, and at its best Toni Erdmann is a dour comedy of excruciating embarrassment, culminating in the now infamous "naked party" sequence that finds Ines cracking and turning her birthday dinner/team-building event into a stupefying exercise in literal nakedness. It's cringe-worthy in all the best ways, as are a number of other scenes in which Winfried, who is like a hulking sad clown, upends convention with his shaggy, toothy routines.
The film has gotten glowing reviews across the board and snagged an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and it's not hard to see why the critics appreciate its daring. Yet, for long stretches it seems to be ambling in ways that aren't always particularly interesting, and the fly-on-the-wall cinematography is neither deeply inviting or purposefully distancing; rather, it's just kind of there. As a whole, Toni Erdmann transcends its weaker moments, melding animal comedy with a deeper sense of purpose, and its balancing of otherwise radically disparate tones is certainly admirable (the performances by Simonischek and Hller are great, as is Ingrid Bisu as Ines's desperate-to-please assistant). But, one can't help but wish that Ade had made it just a little tighter; its rambling nature is part of its off-beat charm, but it's also a bit too much of a good thing.
Toni Erdmann DVD
Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
German Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
English Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Audio commentary by actors Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hller and producer Janine Jackowski
AFI Fest Q&A with actors Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hller and Ingrid Bisu and producer Janine Jackowski
Distributor Sony Pictures Classics
SRP $19.99
Release Date April 11, 2017
I was only able to secure a DVD of Toni Erdmann for review, so I can't comment on how the high-def transfer on the Blu-ray looks. The DVD looks fine for standard definition, with good detail, contrast, and color. The film features a number of starkly different environments, including Ines's mostly white apartment; a dark, neon-infused night club; and various exterior environments around Bucharest, and the transfer manages them all well. The Dolby Digital 5.1-channel soundtrack is also very good, with strong, clear dialogue in the front soundstage and a good use of the surround channels for environmental effects. The audio commentary, which was recorded the day after the film's premiere at the AFI Fest in Los Angeles, features actors Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hller and producer Janine Jackowski, all of whom speak in English. It is a generally informative track, although there are some awkward silences and a few periods when you can tell they're reaching for something to talk about. Those same participants also appear in footage from a Q&A session after a screening at the AFI Fest, where they are also joined on-stage by actor Ingrid Bisu. It is, of course, unfortunate that writer/director Maren Ade could not be involved in any of these supplements. The disc also includes a trailer.
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Overall Rating: (3)
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Make School
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2-year accelerated computer science college in San Francisco
Project-based learning (students learn computer science by building real-world software projects)
Accessible tuition plans (students pay no tuition until employed)
Alumni earn $95k average starting salary at companies including Google, Apple, and Facebook
Make School is redesigning higher education for the 21st century. Our emphasis is on ensuring relevance of education for the modern economy and accessibility to students of all backgrounds.
Students earn a Bachelor's in Applied Computer Science while studying liberal arts, computer science theory, and product development. Our outcomes are on par with schools like Stanford and MIT with alumni working at companies including Facebook, Google, Apple, and Y Combinator startups.
Students can graduate in 2 years and pay tuition through Income Share Agreements as a percentage of their salary once employed. We also provide low income students with living assistance to help cover their living expenses. 45% of our students are underrepresented students of color, while 66% are from low-mid income families.
Course and College Summary:
Student earn a Bachelor's degree in Applied Computer Science in 2 years while studying liberal arts, computer science theory, and product development
Courses include Web Backend Development, Web Frontend Development, Mobile Development, and Data Science
Student-to-instructor ration is 13 to 1
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Since 2014, the majority of Make School students have financed their tuition with Make School's Income Share Agreement (ISA). Instead of paying tuition up front, students taking an ISA commit to paying a percentage of their income for a certain number of years after graduating (see table below.) With ISA financing, graduates only pay when they have a job making more than $60,000/year.
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Tender Archive
Board Secretariat
Tender & Bidding
Frequently Asked Questions - Tender & Bidding
FAQs - Tender & Bidding
How would I know of projects which are being tendered out?
Projects which are being tendered out are published in the national newspaper (the NATION) every Wednesday. They will be also be advertised on the National Tender Board’s website. In the case of international tenders, these are also posted on the government website www.gov.sc and the COMESA’s website (PROMIS) http://promis-sc.comesa.int
Where can I get a copy of the bidding documents from?
The bidding documents are available from the respective procuring entities (i.e. the organisation).
What course of action would be adopted by the procuring entity when all the bid prices substantially exceed the in-house estimate. Could the procuring entity enter into negotiation with the bidders for a reduction in the prices?
Negotiations with the bidder(s) are not permitted after bid opening, be it the lowest bidder or with any other bidders. The procuring entity could annul the tender in line with the Public Procurement Act 2008 and retender. All the interested bidders would need to be informed accordingly.
What course of action would be adopted in the event that only one bid is received for a tender?
The Public Procurement Act do not put any limit on the number of bids to be received in response to tender notices, provided that the procurement opportunity has been advertised in the prescribed manner. The single bid may be considered if it meets the evaluation criteria expressed tender notice and is not in conflict with any other rules, regulations or policy in force.
Whenever the procuring entity is confronted with a situation, where there is only one bid, and the rate quoted by the single bidder cannot be compared so as to declare it as the lowest rate or otherwise, the procuring entity may take a decision while keeping in view the comparison of prices with the market price or other goods/services/works procured during the current year. Re-tendering would be a preferred option.
What is the difference between a Bid Bond/Security and Performance Bond
The Bid Security is the security instrument required to ensure that a bid remains valid during the period stated in the bidding document; it is returned to the unsuccessful bidder(s) after the concluding the contract and to the successful bidder after signing of the contract.
The Bid Security is forfeited if a bidder withdraws the bid after Bid Opening during the validity period or if the bidder does not accept the correction of the bid price or if the bidder fails within the specified time limit to sign the Contract.
The Performance Bond is the security instrument required to ensure that the supplier/ contractor honours the terms and conditions of its contract. Failure will result in the Performance Bond being forfeited.
Are international firms allowed to participate in the National Competitive Bidding?
When tenders are advertised at national level, international bidders are not allowed to participate; however, when International Competitive Bidding method is used, national bidders can also participate.
What is an “Expression of Interest” used in the procurement process?
“Expression of Interest” is a pre-qualification stage used to identify realistic candidates for the contract. You may be asked to provide information about the financial position of your business and details of your qualifications and experience. Once you get through the pre-qualification stage, you may then receive an “Invitation to Tender” to bid for the contract.
If I arrive while the Bid Opening Session is still on, will my bid be accepted?
Bidding is closed at the precise date and time of the deadline for submission of bids stated in the bidding document and no further bid is placed in the bid box or received in any other way, after closure.
Any bid that is received after the date and time of the deadline for submission of bids shall be declared late and should be return unopened to the bidder.
How do I know the bid prices for other bidders?
Once a tender is opened, the bidders or their representatives attending the bid opening, are given a copy of the list of bid prices as called out at the bid opening. A list of the bid prices is also displayed immediately after the tender opening in the hall of the National Tender Board and it will also be found on the “opened tenders”section of the NTB’s website www.ntb.sc
To what extent could clarifications be sought from bidders after bid opening?
To assist in the examination, evaluation and comparison of bids, the Procuring Entity may seek clarification from bidders on their bids. The requests and clarifications should be in writing or by fax, but no change in the bid price or substance of the bid shall be sought, offered or permitted, except to confirm the correction of arithmetic errors discovered by the procuring in the evaluation of the bids.
What is the term “Value for money”
“Value for money” means getting the right balance between the price and quality of the product or service being offered. It can also involve factors such as lifetime costs and maintenance arrangements.
Who decides on the contract award?
There are different approvals’ authority for different amount, as follows:
Head of Organisation (PS/CEO)
Independent Procurement Committees
National Tender Board
Type Amount (SCR) Amount (SCR)
Works Up to 150,000 Above 150,000 to 750,000 Above 750,000
Goods & Services Up to 100,000 Above 100,000 to R500.000 Above 500,000
Consultanties Up to 50,000 Above 50,000 to R150,000 Above R150,000
My bid was the lowest at bid opening, somebody else got the contract. Why was the contract not awarded to me?
Even though a bid is the lowest at bid opening, if it is not responsive enough to become the best evaluated bid, it cannot be considered for the award of the contract.
A substantially responsive bid shall be one that conforms to all the instructions, requirements, terms and conditions of the bidding documents, without material deviation, reservation or omission.
Where can I get information on tenders awarded
Report on tenders for which approval of contract awards have been given by either the National Tender Board or the Procurement Committees are published in the “NATION” (the national newspaper) on a monthly or bi-monthly basis; it will also be available on the National Tender Board website for public information.
What are the functions of the National Tender Board?
The Board, which was established under the Public Procurement Act 2008, has three main functions -
to set up a strict regulatory mechanism to ensure fairness and equal opportunity for all in the administration of tendering procedures
to receive and publicly open bids’; and
to review the recommendations of a Bid Evaluation Committee for tenders which fall within the Board’s threshold and decide on the contract award.
The Board has significant independence in its decision-making capacity because it is considered an autonomous body and, therefore, cannot be influenced when approving contract awards. Contract awards will be approved once all the appropriate procurement process requirements have been met.
What is the role of the Procurement Oversight Unit?
The Procurement Oversight Unit, which is responsible to the Minister of Finance, serves as a procurement policy making and monitoring body, but shall not in any way b e involved in conduction procurement proceedings or decide on contract awards.
Its role is to -
formulate procurement policy
monitor procurement methods and procedures
issue policy directives and circulars to the Procuring Entities
issue standard forms of contract
issue standard bidding documents
ensure compliance with the Act
prepare and conduct training programs for stakeholders
advise the Minister on Delegation of financial authority with regards to approval of contract. formulate procurement policy
be the “Keeper” of the Code of Conduct of Public Officers, Bidders and Suppliers, through the entirety of the Procurement and Call for Tender processes.
If my bid is not successful and I am not satisfied with the decision on the tender award, where do I go to lodge my complaint?
If a bidder who is not satisfied with the decision on a tender made by any approvals’ authority, may challenge the procurement proceedings, by writing to the head of the respective organisation within ten (10) working days from the date he was informed of or became aware of the decision.
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If the bidder is still not satisfied with the decision of that organisation, he may lodge his complaint with the Review Panel at the following address:
Chairman,
Procurement Review Panel,
c/o Mr Mike Laval (Secretary RP)
P.O. Box 313, Victoria, Mahé”.
Procurement Oversight Unit
Seychelles Licensing Authority
Seychelles Investment Board
Central Bank of Seychelles
Advertised Tenders
Procurement Review Panel
Victoria, Mahé
P: (248) 4 382 000
Mr Mike Laval
mlaval@finance.gov.sc
+248 4225 059 / 4225 428
ceo.ntb@gov.sc
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Square Eyes
Netflix Corner
End of Year Riot 2016
J-Walk – Limelight Nights
Following on from the breakaway success of 2000 single “Soul Vibration”, J-Walk gave us the sonic snug of A Night on the Rocks complete with soft furnishings and low-level lighting. Fast forward a little more than a decade and producer Martin Brew returned with Off Beat, a very different proposition and one was steeped in volumes of laid-back library funk, a respectful updating of “Vespucci” by the Radiophonic Workshop’s Paddy Kingsland sealing the deal.
Now, five years on from that, we have a very different prospect again. Having stripped back his approach, Brew has returned with something more coherent; something more defined and refined; something that inhabits the hinterland between dusk and night, slinking across the cusp with style and grace.
“Aimon Tojours” kicks things off with a sound that will appeal to psych diggers with sonic references including Hildergaard Kneff and Jean-Claude Vannier, but with an identity all its own. It’s a stunning synthesis of the old and the new and prepares us for what’s to come.
The title track carries on the pre-party feel, with glissando percussive waves over the melodic undertow; it would be easy to use these elements and create something that soothes and strokes, but this is full of peaks and piques.
Among the more lively compositions, is “Hip Hop Be Bop” which comes across as an homage to a hip-hop classic (no prizes for guessing which one) and Spaghetti Westerns. It is every bit as good as that combination might suggest, and is a testament as much to Brew’s sensitivity towards his source material as it is to the wonderful inventiveness of the extras he brings.
“Steppin Out For Summer” meanwhile, is bathed in swathes of distorted lead guitar lines that fall effortlessly into place over the lilting groove that underpins it all. Except we all know it isn’t effortless, it’s hard work to make something sound so easy on the ears. The ability to rub out the working; to make the lines invisible so all we can see is the stars… that’s a mark of a great record.
Barney Harsent
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Bobsled Offers Last Realistic Chance Of Medal For Northwest Olympians
By Tom Banse February 22, 2018
File photo. Sam Michener of Gresham, Oregon, head up in back, is the last hope for the Northwest to bring home a medal from PyeongChang. CREDIT: SAM MICHENER
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The four-man bobsled competition at the Winter Olympics this weekend offers the last realistic chance for a Pacific Northwest athlete to bring home a medal. None of the 12 Northwest Olympians in South Korea has stood on the podium so far in these Winter Games.
The Northwest’s last hope for a medal from PyeongChang are now riding on Sam Michener and his mates in the USA’s No. 2 bobsled. Other expected medal contenders from the Northwest in speedskating and skiing came up short.
Michener is a former University of Idaho track and field standout who tried out for the U.S. bobsled team kind of on a lark in 2012, and then took to it. The 30-year-old from Gresham, Oregon, expects this, his first Olympics, will also be his last.
Michener said he gets violently jostled in the back of the four-man sled.
“As a brakeman, I would say the average age is probably 32 or 33 when guys hang it up and they move on,” Michener said. “Pilots can go a little longer. We’ve had pilots as old as 36 or 37 years old. Of course, it’s less physically demanding for them so they are able to stay in the sport a little bit longer.”
Copyright 2018 Northwest News Network
No Medals, But Golden Memories For Northwest Athletes At 2018 Winter Olympics
The Winter Olympics ended Sunday under a shower of fireworks with athletes waving flags and dancing exuberantly to K-Pop music. None of the 13 athletes with Pacific Northwest roots who competed in PyeongChang won a medal. But they seem to be coming home happy anyway. Continue Reading No Medals, But Golden Memories For Northwest Athletes At 2018 Winter Olympics
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The four-man bobsled competition at the Winter Olympics this weekend offers the last realistic chance for a Pacific Northwest athlete to bring home a medal. None of the 12 Northwest Olympians in South Korea has stood on the podium so far in these Winter Games. Continue Reading Bobsled Offers Last Realistic Chance Of Medal For Northwest Olympians
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No Fee Rentals
The building complex at 455 West 20th Street is a unique synergy of old and new. Created out of two buildings, the West Building and the Annex Building, 455 West 20th Street combines the oldest building in Chelsea and, at the time of its completion, the newest building in Chelsea.
The West Building, built in 1836, was reconstructed to new glory by the award-winning architect Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB). The façade, with its hand-laid schist exterior walls and their soaring corner buttresses, was completely restored. The restoration included replacing all the windows, which were carefully selected to match the original profiles and wooden traceries that overlaid the windows of the second floor. The interiors of the West Building’s eight apartments, which were designed by Alan Wanzenberg, feature custom-made crown moldings and baseboards throughout. Every apartment has at least one wood-burning fireplace, and the two top floors have two, one in the master bedroom and one in the living room.
The Annex Building, built in 2013, faced a difficult task. The architects, BBB, had to design a building that visually fit with the West Building and yet still embraced the luxury of modern living in the 21st century. The result speaks for itself. This freestanding building, which is connected to the West Building by a glass atrium-style lobby, features a brownstone base with brick upper stories, cast-stone lintels and sills, and “expressed” bay windows along 20th Street, recalling the projected bay windows of the 19th-century Seminary buildings. The interior of the Annex Building was designed by Alan Wanzenberg and features 5.5-feet-wide rift-and-quartered oak flooring throughout.
Located in Chelsea, 455 West 20th Street is undoubtedly one of New York City’s most exclusive neighborhoods. It’s also home to the High Line Park and a famous waterfront with many piers that offer all kinds of sport facilities and water sport opportunities. It’s also no secret that Chelsea is packed with countless high-class restaurants and a Trader Joe’s—not to mention that there’s a Whole Foods Market just a few blocks away.
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C E 23rd St - Eighth Avenue (0.3 miles)
L A C E 14th St - Eighth Avenue (0.3 miles)
1 18th St - Seventh Ave (0.4 miles)
1 23rd St - Seventh Ave (0.5 miles)
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W 22 St & 10 Ave (0.1 miles)
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Prince Tui Teka - 1983 Variety Show
Television, 1983 (Full Length Episode)
Kicking off with his hero Elvis Presley's song 'That's Alright,' the late Prince Tui Teka delivers a classic performance in this TVNZ-filmed variety show (one of three specials). The Yandall Sisters back-up on the smoky, Vegas-inspired set. Tui sings his hit 'E Ipo' with wife Missy, and they pay tribute to the song’s Māori lyricist Ngoi (‘Poi-E’) Pewhairangi. The songs are peppered with warmth, humour and poi action (led by a young Pita Sharples), as Tui Teka confirms his reputation as one of Aotearoa's great entertainers. The classy Bernie Allen-led band includes legendary guitarist Tama Renata.
Suzanne Prentice in Concert
Country music singer Suzanne Prentice is given the all-star treatment with this concert special. A major production from an apparently lost era of light entertainment, it was recorded at the Christchurch Town Hall by a crew who had honed their skills on That’s Country. Prentice is backed by the Roger Fox Band, vocalists The Yandall Sisters and Tom Sharplin, and a string section from the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. Elvis Presley hits and an Anne Murray medley feature in a set list which culminates in an epic version of ‘How Great Thou Art’.
Sweet Soul Music - First Episode
This four-part TVNZ series from 1986 surveyed the history of soul music, with a roll call of talented Kiwi performers belting out the genre's classics. In this first episode — presented by Dalvanius with Stevie Wonder braids — the focus is on the influential 60s soul music of New York label Atlantic Records. Singers include Bunny Walters, Debbie Harwood, The Yandall Sisters, Peter Morgan and more. Ardijah chime in with their contemporary soul hit ‘Your Love is Blind’. The series writer was Murray Cammick, founder of music magazine Rip It Up.
Howard Morrison Special - Hamilton
This is Howard Morrison in his prime, wearing a white suit and a big smile. It’s a cabaret performance with all of Morrison’s hallmarks – big musical anthems, a few laughs and a lacing of Māori culture. His recent OBE award provides an opportunity for a self-deprecating gag – Ordinary Brown Entertainer – but this show proves he is anything but. A master of the ad lib, Morrison has a packed house hanging on his every word and note. Backed by the Yandall Sisters, he belts out a string of favourites, from ‘Begin the Beguine’ and ‘Mori the Hori’ to his hit single ‘Whakaaria Mai’.
Radio Times - Series One, Episode Two
The original launchpad for Billy T’s rise to TV superstar, Radio Times travels back in time to find a fresh angle on the musical variety show. Inspired by 30s and 40s era radio shows, the series features a swinging dancehall band, fake singing stars, German villains, and coconut shell sound effects. Creator Tom Parkinson’s masterstroke: casting Billy T James as oh-so-British compere Dexter Fitzgibbons. In this episode the cast go South American, forgotten bombshell Alita Gotti channels Marlene Dietrich, and The Yandall Sisters cover Fats Waller classic 'Handful of Keys'.
This is Your Life - Sir Howard Morrison
Howard Morrison gets the surprise of his life in this emotional reunion of his showbiz friends and whānau. Veteran This Is Your Life presenter Bob Parker consults his big red book to revisit all of Morrison's major career milestones. Known as 'The Sinatra of New Zealand' and 'Ol' Brown Eyes', Morrison was a New Zealand entertainment icon. The show brings back his first singing teacher, his Mum, Kahu, his sisters and many friends from the industry. The show is a roll call of major NZ entertainment figures who come to pay tribute to 'Mr Entertainment'.
Sir Howard Morrison - Time of My Life
Ol’ Brown Eyes celebrates 40 years in showbiz with this variety concert, alongside some of his mates including Ray Columbus and Bunny Walters. The show is mostly live entertainment, punctuated by a few nostalgic field stories where Sir Howard acknowledges his upbringing and Māoritanga. The show ends with the Morrison whānau performing, followed by the hymn that gave Sir Howard a number one hit in 1982: ‘How Great Thou Art’. This TV special was dedicated to Sir Howard’s mother Kahu, who was an outstanding singer in her own right.
Royal Variety Performance Show 1981
This live TV spectacular documents an 18 October 1981 Royal Variety performance in front of the touring Queen Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh. Performers in St James Theatre included Ray Columbus (in That's Country mode), Sir Howard Morrison and John Rowles. Dance is represented by Limbs and the Royal New Zealand Ballet, while McPhail and Gadsby and Billy T James deliver pre-PC gags. There’s a show stopping all-singing all-dancing finale, and what seems like the entire roster of NZ showbiz of the time lines up to greet the Queen, including Lynn of Tawa.
Mercury Lane - Series Two, Episode One
This episode of arts show Mercury Lane features legendary musician Bill Sevesi, and poet Sonja Yelich (mother of musician Lorde). Sevesi takes centre stage: various musician friends join him to reminisce about packing Auckland dance halls in the 50s and 60s (at least until the arrival of 10 o'clock closing). After celebrating his 79th birthday, Sevesi is still as upbeat and music-obsessed as ever, especially when it comes to his beloved steel guitar and ukulele. In the final clip, Sonja Yelich performs her poem Teeth, with wry accompanying visuals from director Fiona Samuel.
Television, 1986
This four-part 1986 series offered a lively musical survey of the history of soul. Each episode focussed on a United States city, and its influence on the evolution of the genre. Presented by Dalvanius, the show was built around performances of soul classics by Kiwi performers (Bunny Walters, Peter Morgan, The Yandall Sisters), filmed in a nightclub style setting at Auckland’s Shortland Street Studios. The series writer was Rip It Up editor and future record label owner Murray Cammick (Southside, Wildside).
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GOOD NEWS: PBAF grants $300K to Respect Big Bend effort Odessa American | oalife@oaoa.com Odessa American
ALPINE — Permian Basin Area Foundation is providing a $300,000 grant to the Borderlands Research Institute (BRI) to support stakeholder engagement and outreach as part of the Respect Big Bend Coalition’s efforts in West Texas.
Respect Big Bend is a collaboration between local landowners, community residents and leadership, scientists, industry, researchers, and conservationists formed to address energy development’s impact in the greater Big Bend region of far West Texas. The coalition aims to inspire and empower all stakeholders to conserve unique resources and protect iconic communities of the greater Big Bend region of Texas while developing energy responsibly.
“Permian Basin Area Foundation is a well-respected philanthropic organization that has been committed to investing in projects to improve the quality of life in West Texas for three decades,” said Louis Harveson, who is the Dan Allen Hughes Jr., BRI endowed director and professor of wildlife management at Sul Ross State University. “We are so pleased they are supporting the efforts of the Respect Big Bend Coalition, and these funds will enable us to engage the many stakeholders who should have a seat at the table.”
BRI is taking a leadership role in coordinating and implementing the outreach and education aspects of the project. Stakeholder groups that have been identified for this project include landowners, mineral owners, energy industry and service providers, community members, conservation partners, and regulators. BRI will be primarily responsible for communicating and meeting with the varied stakeholders through a variety of strategies, from private one-on-one meetings to broader community forums.
“Borderlands Research Institute is a great asset to West Texas, and we applaud their scientific approach in advancing best practices for land and wildlife conservation,” said Guy McCrary, president and CEO of Permian Basin Area Foundation. “We are pleased to join with the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation and others in supporting the Respect Big Bend Coalition. We believe that BRI is well-positioned to advance this important initiative.”
BRI is coordinating the first landowner workshop for the effort in partnership with the Texas Agricultural Land Trust.
The workshop title is “Saving Working Lands: Preparing Landowners for Energy Development,” and it is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Espino Conference Center at Sul Ross State University. The agenda is still being worked on and will be posted online at bri.sulross.edu.
“This workshop is our first tangible effort to provide resources to area landowners to assist them with energy development opportunities on their properties,” said Billy Tarrant, BRI’s Associate
Director for Stewardship Services who also serves as Regional Coordinator for the Respect Big Bend Coalition. “By engaging them in this process, we will be able to provide the support they need to help them benefit from economic opportunities that may arise while maintaining the character and heritage of Big Bend area working lands.”
The Respect Big Bend Coalition launched with support from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation, a Texas foundation that seeks innovative, sustainable solutions for human and environmental problems. The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation works as an engine of change in Texas, supporting high-impact projects at the nexus of environmental protection, social equity and economic vibrancy. Find out more about the project at RespectBigBend.org
For more than a decade, the Borderlands Research Institute has encouraged effective land stewardship of the Chihuahuan Desert. Housed at Sul Ross State University, the Borderlands Research
The institute builds on a long-lasting partnership with private landowners, the university’s Range and Wildlife Program, and cooperating state, federal, and non-governmental organizations. Through research, education, and outreach, the Borderlands Research Institute is helping to conserve the last frontier of Texas and the Southwest.
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After Historic 2017-18 Season, Avon Lake Hockey Head Coach Fran Sullivan Steps Down
Eli Mooneyham
The Avon Lake Shoremen hockey team will be in search of a new head coach immediately, as head coach Fran Sullivan has decided to step down following the 2017-18 season. Sullivan told The Morning Journal about his decision on Friday after informing his team after their end of the year banquet this past Tuesday.
Sullivan was the head coach of the Shoremen for five seasons, accumulating an overall record of 71-66-4. He finally brought Avon Lake their first Baron Cup Championship last season after defeating Normandy in the Baron Cup III Championship Game. Sullivan then took his team to new heights, as they knocked off Baron Cup II Champions Amherst Steele and Baron Cup II finalist Olmsted Falls in district play before falling to Rocky River by a final score of 6-0. Sullivan’s team fought valiantly to the end, something he envisioned when he took the job five years ago.
Sullivan spoke to The Morning Journal about his decision in-depth.
“When I took over, there were plenty of people in the Avon Lake community that had no idea there was a hockey team,” Sullivan told Jon Behm of The Morning Journal. “I wanted to change that, and I think we- me, the coaches, the team- achieved that.”
The Shoremen only mustered three victories in Sulivan’s first two campaigns, as a learning period had to first be instilled by the coaching staff. The growth shown by the team was remarkable, as Sullivan helped lead them to their first winning season since 2006-07.
But now it’s time for Sullivan to spend time with his family, who supported him throughout his entire coaching tenure.
“There’s a lot of time involved with coaching, a lot of behind-the-scenes things that you have to do,” Sullivan told the Morning Journal. “I’ve gotten a lot of support from my family over the years, so it’s time for me to give that time back to them.”
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There was little sympathy among the Australian public when serial killer Ivan Milat died in prison.
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The 74-year-old was convicted of murdering seven backpackers in the Belanglo State Forest between 1989 and 1992. However, one person who is devastated by the loss is his daughter, Lynise Milat.
Ivan Milat is one of the most famous serial killers in Australian history.
The 54-year-old is in shock following Ivan succumbing to terminal cancer while incarcerated at Long Bay Correctional Centre.
Lynise held out hope that her father would not only pull through the illness, but that he would also one day be found innocent of his crimes.
Heartbroken and grieving for the father she “loved’’, Lynise is said to have become a recluse.
The supermarket employee reportedly rarely leaves her Gosford house and the heinous crimes that her father was convicted of have overshadowed any chance she ever had of living a normal life.
Lynise in Gosford (pictured in 1997).
Despite being condemned to a lifetime of judgement due to the infamous Milat surname, Lynise insists she will never change it. “People have their own ideas about Ivan,” she exclusively tells New Idea.
“They all have an opinion about the Milat name and about my family. I would rather know what that was from the beginning instead of them finding out later and talking about it behind my back. Just say it to my face.”
Lynise was the backpacker murderer’s love child, the result of an affair between her mother Marilyn and Ivan.
At the time, Marilyn was married to Ivan’s brother, Boris.
Lynise grew up in a dysfunctional household as part of a family that was well known to the authorities.
Ivan Milat died of Cancer last month.
Articulate and highly intelligent, both traits she reportedly inherited from her infamous father, Lynise aced her school exams. But after Ivan’s 1994 arrest, Lynise admits she lost her promising future.
“I have certainly missed out on a lot of things because of who he is and who I am,” she says.
“No-one wants to be associated with that, no-one will take a chance.”
Even now that he’s gone, Lynise hesitates when asked the question everyone wants to know: “Do you think he is guilty?”
The mother of one sighs deeply before answering: “I don’t know if he did it, but I do know there are a lot of holes in the evidence. A lot of things don’t add up for me. Ivan was known to the police, they watched our house for a long time during the investigation, so why didn’t they arrest him earlier? I wanted someone to open up his case, to help him prove himself but no-one ever did.”
Lynise's mother Marilyn in Gosford.
Her father was diagnosed with oesophageal and stomach cancer in May this year. Despite the diagnosis, Lynise convinced herself Ivan would survive and reportedly even refused to visit him in hospital to say her last goodbyes.
“He looked in better health than I have seen him in a long time,” she reveals. Lynise also shares a rare glimpse into their family’s unconventional dynamics by admitting her mum Marilyn still cared for Ivan, despite their illicit affair over 50 years ago.
“Mum was in touch with the hospital,” she says. “She calls and gets the updates and then tells me what’s going on.
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One News Page United Kingdom > News Videos > This Day in History: Actress Sharon Tate Is Found Murdered
This Day in History: Actress Sharon Tate Is Found Murdered
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This Day in History: Actress Sharon Tate Is Found Murdered .
August 9, 1969.
The 26-year-old expecting mother was murdered in an attack at her home in the Hollywood hills.
The wife of auteur director Roman Polanski, Tate and four others were the victims of members of the Charles Manson "Family" cult.
Polanski was out of the country at the time of the slayings.
Among the victims was coffee heiress Abigail Folger.
The slayings — in which the victims were both shot and stabbed — were gruesome, capturing the attention of the nation.
Manson had targeted the house because a producer who once lived there turned him down for a record deal.
Following a bizarre and highly sensationalized trial, Manson was sentenced to death.
Because California overturned the death penalty, he remains in prison.
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Mundial Lisbon, Portugal
Praça Martim Moniz Nr. 2 Show map 0.9 km to city center
Location. Located in central Lisbon, Hotel Mundial is within walking distance of Figueira Square, Castle of Sao Jorge, and Rossio Square. Nearby points of interest also include Santa Justa Elevator and Lisbon Cathedral. Hotel Features. Dining options at Hotel Mundial include 2 restaurants. Room service is available 24 hours a day. This 4-star property has a 24-hour business center and offers a meeting/conference room and secretarial services. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas and the hotel has... Read more an Internet point. This Lisbon property has 190 square meters of event space consisting of banquet facilities. Concierge services and tour/ticket assistance are available. Self parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include a rooftop terrace, a library, and a coffee shop/café. The property has designated areas for smoking. A total renovation of this property was completed in 2011.
Location. Located in central Lisbon, Hotel Mundial is within walking distance of Figueira Square, Castle of Sao Jorge, and Rossio Square. Nearby points of interest also include Santa Justa Elevator and Lisbon Cathedral. Hotel Features. Dining options at Hotel Mundial include 2 restaurants. Room service is available 24 hours a day. This 4-star property has a 24-hour business center and offers a meeting/conference room and secretarial services. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) is available in public areas and the hotel has an Internet point. This Lisbon property has 190 square meters of event space consisting of banquet facilities. Concierge services and tour/ticket assistance are available. Self parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include a rooftop terrace, a library, and a coffee shop/café. The property has designated areas for smoking. A total renovation of this property was completed in 2011. Guestrooms. 350 air-conditioned guestrooms at Hotel Mundial feature minibars and safes. Accommodations offer city views. Bathrooms feature rainfall showerheads. They also offer bidets, bathrobes, and complimentary toiletries. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Guestrooms offer direct-dial phones. Satellite television is provided. Rooms also include windows that open and blackout drapes/curtains. Guests may request extra towels/bedding and wake-up calls. Housekeeping is available daily. Check-in time :2 PM Check-out time : noon Number of rooms :350 Number of floors :9 Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0. 1 mile and kilometre. Figueira Square 0. 2 km / 0. 1 mi National Theatre of D. Maria II 0. 3 km / 0. 2 mi Rossio Square 0. 3 km / 0. 2 mi Castle of Sao Jorge 0. 3 km / 0. 2 mi Santa Justa Elevator 0. 4 km / 0. 2 mi Restauradores Square 0. 4 km / 0. 3 mi Church of Sao Roque 0. 6 km / 0. 4 mi Lisbon Cathedral 0. 7 km / 0. 4 mi Miradouro de Santa Luzia 0. 7 km / 0. 4 mi Old Church of Our Lady of the Conception 0. 7 km / 0. 5 mi Monastery of Sao Vicente de Fora 0. 8 km / 0. 5 mi National Theater of Sao Carlos 0. 8 km / 0. 5 mi Camoes Square 0. 8 km / 0. 5 mi Chiado Museum 0. 8 km / 0. 5 mi Commerce Square 0. 8 km / 0. 5 mi The preferred airport for Hotel Mundial is Lisbon (LIS Portela) 6. 1 km / 3. 8 mi.
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T HE only person to have taken film footage of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Phnom
Penh on April 17, l975 is back in town for the first time in 20
Christophe Froehder of the German ARD television network is in
Cambodia to produce a documentary centered on the upcoming 20th anniversary of
the fateful event that brought about the almost four year Khmer Rouge reign of
Froehder visited Cambodia three times during the Lon Nol era as
an ARD TV journalist. His last visit had him arriving in Phnom Penh on April 14,
l975 on the final flight from Thailand before regular air service to Bangkok was
cut off. At that time he was the only passenger on the plane.
"Luckily,
I'd been in war zones before," says Froehder. "I just got off the plane, got my
camera out and started shooting."
Froehder spent three days in Phnom Penh
and captured on film the arrival of the first Khmer Rouge cadre driving down the
streets of Phnom Penh before he sought refuge in the French Embassy compound,
along with other foreigners who remained in the capital.
eventually driven to the Thai border and released by the Khmer
Rouge.
Since his recent arrival in Phnom Penh, Froehder has been
attempting to locate some of the people he filmed two decades ago.
To his great surprise he found Hok Bo, 53, a fireman who like all Phnom Penh
residents was forced to leave the city. Bo survived the Khmer Rouge era and
returned to take up his previous position with the city's fire department, where
he has continued to work.
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Public school is supposed to be free. Why do we even need to fund public schools in Piedmont?
Piedmont schools provide a first rate public education. But public financing alone can no longer provide the high quality education we expect in this community. In order to maintain and build upon the academic excellence of Piedmont schools, which draws families to Piedmont neighborhoods and keeps property values high, the community must seek additional funding.
What is The Giving Campaign and why do we need it?
The Giving Campaign is the largest annual fundraiser for the Piedmont Unified School District. Led by a committee of volunteers and the Piedmont Education Foundation, the Giving Campaign takes place each year in the fall and raises funds for the next school year. You can expect to see mail, email, messages, signage, and other materials from the Giving Campaign during the campaign.
What PUSD needs to spend to give our children a well-rounded and rigorous education is far greater than funding from state and local taxes. If every parent participates in the Giving Campaign, PUSD can continue to offer the programming that benefits our children the most.
What's the difference between The Giving Campaign and the Endowment?
The Giving Campaign is an annual fundraiser to help fill the gap between government funding and local taxes and what is needed to educate our children. Our objective, however, is not just to plug our annual budget shortfall, but to increase our long-term investment in our schools so that we can continue to build extraordinary programs that encourage innovation, creativity and scholarship among our students. We strive to do this through an endowment fund that will provide PUSD with an annual payout from the fund.
Why should I support both The Giving Campaign and the Endowment?
It’s important to donate to both The Giving Campaign and the Endowment Fund. The Giving Campaign provides immediate funding for essential District programs, and the Endowment Fund, in addition to funding core programs, also provides long-term financial stability for our schools. Distributions from the Endowment Fund have grown to nearly $300,000 per year, and will continue to grow as the Endowment corpus grows. The stronger the Endowment, the better Piedmont can keep pace with changing economics and deliver excellence in education.
What's the difference between The Giving Campaign and Spring Fling?
Spring Fling is our fundraiser for Piedmont Elementary schools. Both Spring Fling and The Giving Campaign raise funds to help our Elementary schools and we encourage parents to participate in both.
How is PEF different from Parent Clubs and other school support organizations?
PEF funds “staff” — teachers and ongoing program at all six schools. Parents’ Clubs and support groups fund “stuff” — site-specific projects like technology, student activities, capital needs, classroom materials, teacher support, etc. PEF funding impacts every Piedmont student and all six schools. Unlike Parent Clubs whose members are parents of students at a specific school, PEF’s volunteers and donors are both current K-12 parents from all schools and community members whose children are no longer in school. We all understand that in order for any school to thrive, the district must thrive. And, a strong commitment to supporting excellent schools is at the heart of our community.
There is so much going on our schools. How can I get involved and stay informed?
There are many ways for our community to keep informed of both school and PUSD activities:
Parents Clubs: First and foremost, we encourage parents to get involved in school Parent Clubs. If you can’t attend meetings, reach out to the Parent Club presidents. They are a great source of information.
Piedmont Unified School Board: School Board meetings are open to the public and are the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. They are also broadcast on the City of Piedmont’s government access channel, KCOM-TV, Channel 27. Board agendas and minutes can be found on the PUSD website, piedmont.k12.ca.us
Piedmont Education Foundation: An incorporated not-for-profit organization governed by a board of directors, the PEF Board works directly with the community, parents and the school district. More information can be found at PiedmontEdFoundation.org and you are welcome to reach out to our Board of Directors with any questions or concerns.
The Piedmont Portal: A great online resource connecting the community and our schools. You can visit their website at piedmontportal.org and sign-up for weekly email updates.
Community/School meetings: Besides Parent Club meetings, there are many meetings open to both parents and the public that delve further into the plans and future of our schools. We encourage you to attend a Budget Advisory meeting, LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) meeting, or a Site Council meeting. All meetings are listed on the PUSD and school websites.
For more information, visit our Giving Campaign FAQ page.
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Verizon's Voice over LTE rollout means video calls, HD voice, and Alaska
By Stephen Lawson
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High-definition voice calls are now available on all four major U.S. carriers after a nationwide launch by Verizon on Tuesday, though there’s a long way to go before all those systems all work together and run over LTE.
Verizon Wireless subscribers with the right handsets will be able to start making high-definition voice and video calls over the carrier’s LTE network in the next few weeks, kicking off a long-awaited transition that eventually will eliminate Verizon’s traditional cellular technology.
VoLTE, or voice over LTE, will offer quicker call setup, make voice conversations sound better and let users jump into a video chat just by tapping a button on the screen, Verizon says. But those high-fidelity calls will drop if you leave the LTE coverage area, and last week Verizon wasn’t ready to say which phones will be ready to use the service when it launches.
How VoLTE works
VoLTE turns phone calls into packets and sends them over the same network that carries data from apps and the Web. It’s a more efficient way for mobile operators to deliver voice service and lets them devote more bandwidth to calls, allowing for higher quality sound: seven octaves, versus just four on circuit-switched 3G networks, according to Verizon.
In the demonstration last week, which Verizon said was over its commercial LTE network, VoLTE calls were distinctly clearer and the video calls had fairly good quality and video-to-voice synchronization.
With VoLTE on, subscribers will be able to make and receive VoLTE calls using regular phone numbers between any two Verizon phones that have the software activated. Part of the new technology is a presence feature that indicates on the contact list which people currently have VoLTE capability. A call with anyone else, or one that you start outside the LTE coverage area, will only have CDMA quality. And even though they’re made up of data packets, the new HD voice and video calls won’t work over Wi-Fi.
There’s one shortcoming that could trip up Verizon VoLTE users: If a call starts on LTE and one participant goes out of the LTE coverage area into 3G-only territory, the call will drop and have to be restarted. At least one other carrier, T-Mobile, says it has solved that problem on its own network using a recent addition to the LTE standard.
Starting up Verizon’s new service won’t cost subscribers anything, but the packet-based voice calls will count against their minutes if they have time-limited plans, and the video part of the calls will count as data use. For a subscriber who finds they like upgrading voice calls to video chats, the extra bytes could add up.
“Video definitely is greedy,” Tolaga Research analyst Phil Marshall said.
Some might say Verizon ought to give its customers a break on those calls, because shifting voice off the older CDMA network should eventually save the carrier money. For the last four years, Verizon has had to maintain two networks, one being the 3G CDMA system that switches calls using old-fashioned circuits and the other being the more modern LTE infrastructure. LTE is typically faster for subscribers but also better for carriers. It’s a pure IP (Internet Protocol) packet network, and it uses carriers’ pricey licensed frequencies more efficiently than CDMA.
First step in a long process
All the major U.S. carriers are expected to use the same standard for VoLTE and work together to make sure customers can make VoLTE calls to their friends who use other service providers. But the migration will take several years. T-Mobile offers nationwide VoLTE and AT&T hhas introduced VoLTE in parts of its coverage areas. Sprint offers HD Voice service today over 3G, but hasn’t said when it will introduce VoLTE.
Even at Verizon, the technology will be rolled out in several steps.
First, Verizon needs to make VoLTE work on the phones that its own subscribers are already using. Last week, the company demonstrated the new feature on an LG G2 smartphone and said it will also be available on several smartphones around launch time, but it wouldn’t name those devices. The first batch of phones will graduate to VoLTE through over-the-air software upgrades, and their owners will get to choose whether to activate VoLTE.
Starting in 2016, Verizon expects to start shipping some phones that rely solely on LTE for voice calling. Over time, the carrier will fill in its 3G-only areas with LTE coverage until the last 3G cells are turned off, but that won’t be until at least 2020, the company says. By then, all the handsets it sells should be VoLTE-only.
In Alaska, Verizon’s getting a head start on LTE-only service. It’s selling mobile voice service for the first time in the state thanks to the VoLTE launch. Verizon turned on an LTE network and launched data services in the most populated areas of Alaska last year. It won’t build a 3G network there at all, instead relying on roaming partners for additional coverage.
In time, Verizon also hopes to add more IP-based services, such as text chatting and file transfers. There’s a whole portfolio of standard communications technologies, called RCS (Rich Communications Services), that might help carriers offer alternatives to features already delivered by so-called over-the-top Internet providers such as Google and Skype. The advertised advantage of RCS, and of Verizon’s new VoLTE voice and video calls is that they are more tightly integrated with the carrier’s network and user interface.
However, RCS appears to be an over-engineered response to services from Internet companies that already had a long head start, Tolaga’s Marshall said. “I don’t see them competing at the bleeding edge, by a long shot,” he said.
Updated on August 27 to correct the description of T-Mobile’s voice over LTE coverage.
Stephen Lawson is a senior U.S. correspondent for the IDG News Service based in San Francisco.
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Cardi B inspires bold new Tom Ford lipstick
Cardi B has inspired a new lipstick colour in Tom Ford’s beauty line.
The American fashion designer unveiled his latest collection as part of New York Fashion Week last Wednesday night (05Sep18), with the Bodak Yellow rapper perched on the front row at the Park Avenue Armory alongside other A-list guests including Hailee Steinfeld, Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Debicki, Paris Jackson and Henry Golding.
Ford’s beauty brand launched the new Boys & Girls lipstick range after the spectacle, with a company representative taking to Instagram on Sunday to announce that Cardi was getting her own lip shade – a bold cobalt blue hue.
“Meet Cardi. #TFBOYSANDGIRLS #TFLIP#TOMFORDBEAUTY,” an image of a bright blue kiss mark was captioned.
Cardi, real name Belcalis Almanzar, also confirmed the collaboration on her own social media accounts.
“Thank you so much @tomfordand @tomfordbeauty!!! So excited for this and what’s to come!!” the 25-year-old star wrote alongside a snap of the lipstick.
Cardi’s lipstick is priced at $36 (£30). However, it is currently sold out on the Tom Ford Beauty website.
The Boys & Girls lipstick range is named after men and women designer Ford admires, with shades paying tribute to the likes of Julianne Moore, Kaia Gerber, Dakota Johnson and Carine Roitfeld.
News of Cardi’s venture into the beauty world comes just days after she was involved in an incident with her rap rival Nicki Minaj. According to TMZ, Cardi approached the Queen hitmaker over “lies” while they were both in attendance at a Harper’s Bazaar event held at The Plaza Hotel on Friday, with the new mother, who gave birth to daughter Kulture in July, allegedly “lunging” at Nicki.
She was also filmed throwing a shoe at the hip-hop star, and during the scuffle, was elbowed in the face by a security guard – leaving a bump over her left eye. Nicki has reportedly decided not to press charges.
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Tu Duc's Tomb
Hue: Imperial Tombs, Da Nang, Hoi An
Vietnam November 27, 2018
We woke early in time for a 6.30am breakfast and a 7am pickup by our driver (Ming) in a comfortable 4WD, and it was off into the countryside to visit some tombs.
It’s astonishing what these nineteenth and early twentieth century emperors got away with, and even more astonishing that they are still worshipped today; but then again, the version described on the information signs is very different from reality. Tu Duc, who ruled from 1847 to 1883 and whose park-like tomb complex we visited first, is presented as a sickly, sensitive, poetry-loving, wise ruler, when in fact he had 104 wives and countless concubines and his excessive tomb-building prompted a failed coup. He wasn’t even buried in the tomb: incredibly, 200 workers were beheaded to keep the true location of his burial place secret. This happened in the late 19th century!
The complex was beautiful however, featuring a lovely pond; peaceful in the early tourist-free morning, with an intermittent light rain adding to the somber atmosphere. But ‘modest’ it was not, despite that being the moniker (Khiem) bestowed on the tomb after the rebellion.
After an hour or so we drove on to the tomb of Khai Dinh, the penultimate Nguyen emperor and unpopular puppet of French colonials. This was a very different monolithic series of structures climbing a hillside and constructed of sculpted black concrete. The final tomb and shrine interior was supposedly inspired by Versailles, and is excessively decorated with mosaics and features a huge bronze sculpture of the young emperor (who ruled only 9 years). It was very strange to see a middle-aged man praying to this shrine.
Finally we visited Minh Mang’s tomb – somewhat like Tu Duc’s with its country ponds, but more conservative and symmetrical in layout, and culminating in a locked gate to a walled hilltop, only entered once a year on the anniversary of the Emperor’s death by his descendants. I looked through the gap in the doors and saw just a wooded hill, but the place was very evocative and mysterious.
Our tomb-viewing done, Ming took us south, driving at a slow and careful pace. We stopped for a quick lunch at a restaurant at Lang Co on the shore of a lovely lagoon, where I had 10 barbecued oysters.
Onwards, and over the Hai Van pass on the coast: sadly there was a white-out at the top, but we did stop for lovely views of Da Nang some way down the other side of the pass. Into Da Nang, a very modern, clean city deep in the throes of western-style resort development. We found ourselves only a few streets from the hotel my brother-in law manages, so I redirected Ming and stopped to say hello, which gave him a big shock as he hadn’t been expecting a visit without warning! We’ll hopefully see him again before flying out of Da Nang.
Before long we reached Hoi An. Ming drove us slowly through the streets to our hotel, where we were excitedly greeted by a bevy of young women in red dresses. Everyone is incredibly friendly and the hotel is new and beautiful. We’re on the top 5th floor, near the pool.
After a couple of drinks near the pool, we went out and walked through the night market and to the old town by the river to a restaurant called the Morning Glory. It was a truly stunning evening – streets lit up with coloured hanging lanterns, hundreds of people strolling about, lantern-lit boats and little candles floating on the river, neon, singers in the bars, outdoor restaurants, shops, stalls – a magic atmosphere. And it’s only a Tuesday night! We had a delicious meal and strolled around and across the river. It’s all definitely very touristy, but it’s still a beautiful place.
Tu Duc’s Tomb
Khai Dinh’s Tomb
Minh Mang’s tomb
Lang Co lagoon
Oysters (Photo by Carol)
Outside the Little Riverside hotel
Hoi An at night
Dinner at the Morning Glory
Hoi An at night (Photo by Carol)
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Date: Friday, July 12th
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For all the hot dog lovers and amateur competitive eaters in the Brown County area, the first of several hot dog-eating contests will kick off at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the Food Plaza #8, located at 1300 Early Blvd.
“It seemed like something fun to bring to town,” said Steve Fryar, president of Food Plaza. “The Nathan’s Coney Island contest is huge – why not bring something like that here?”
Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog eating contest is held at the Coney Island boardwalk restaurant. Joey Chestnut, from San Jose, Calif., holds the current record with 68 hot dogs and buns eaten in 10 minutes.
The contest is the newest addition to Food Plaza’s customer appreciation day activities that will be held at each location. During the appreciation day, residents can take advantage of deli and drink specials, which include 44-ounce fountain drinks for 47 cents, two breakfast sandwiches for $3, two Big Az hamburgers for $5 and much more.
“I invited residents to stop by any of the stores and check out our promotions,” Fryar said. “We have several food specials and giveaways for our customers”
Residents interested in competing in the contest will need to arrive at Food Plaza at 12:15 p.m. to register and the contest will start promptly at 12:30 p.m. The resident who eats the most hot dogs will receive a $50 Exxon customer card that can be used at any Exxon.
“The winner from Friday’s contest is more than welcome to compete at other locations,” Fryar said.
Food Plaza Rewards Brownwood and Victory Life Academy Students for Attendance
Contact: Steve Fryar May 30, 2013
For nineteen years, Food Plaza has rewarded our local school children and teachers for their perfect attendance. All Brownwood and Victory Life Academy students and teachers, Pre-K through 8th grade, who have perfect attendance and have not been tardy this school year, received a 32oz mug and free refills at any locally owned Food Plaza store during the summer months.
Steve Fryar, President of Food Plaza said, “We are very excited with the high number of students and teachers that have received this award. There were over 275 teachers and students who will receive a 32oz mug this year. Several of the students and teachers win a mug every year. This is quite an achievement for these students and teachers who were there every day to learn and teach.
Fryar also said, “We believe that if we teach our children good habits, such as getting up and going to school every day, they will benefit from these habits now and in the future. You have to be in school to learn and the teachers must be there to teach.”
We would like to send a special thank you to the principals and teachers for the terrific job they do each day and for allowing us to continue this program with our schools.
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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Ben, Carter and Augie have been Scouts (not Boy Scouts, mind you, just … Scouts) almost as long as they can remember. And as their junior year of high school begins, overweight Augie's about to earn the top Scout honor: the Condor Badge. For Augie, being a Scout is It. And earning the Condor Badge is the pinnacle of Scout It-ness. All that's left is one last campout with his two best buds and a few final tests administered by their all-in, über-earnest mentor, Scout Leader Rogers.
There's just one problem: Ben and Carter have been quietly losing the Scouting faith. Being a Scout isn't cool anymore, they've concluded. It's certainly not increasing their chances of "scoring" with the ladies. And that's a big deal right now because, as Carter observes enthusiastically, "Junior year is when all the girls become sluts."
And wouldn't you know it, there's a big "score-ready" party planned for the same night as Augie's Condor campout. What's a desperate dude to do? Well, Carter's secret plan is to wait until Augie and Scout Leader Rogers are asleep, then sneak back into town with Ben, party all night, and be back by morning.
But I guess he wasn't quite counting on all the zombies showing up.
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is built on a ridiculous premise: merit badge-wearing adolescents square off against a shambling, rotting, hungry horde of the undead. Oddly, underneath all the entrails and brains that get spilled and splashed are a couple of meek messages almost as earnest as Augie's and Scout Master Rogers' zeal for being Scouts:
Augie must come to grips with the fact that his friends have betrayed him and the Scout ideals he thought they embraced. Carter and Ben have to come to grips with how deeply their selfish choices have wounded their friend. And all of them have to rely on everything they ever learned as Scouts to survive.
Eventually, these boys are willing to sacrifice their lives to save one another and their town. "Guys, we're the last line of defense," Ben intones, noting that the world thinks they're just "dorks." "But tonight we're gonna show them what being a Scout is all about!"
Oh, and when Carter can't get cellphone service at the campsite, Augie aptly quips, "Mother Nature wants you to put the phone down."
They also make good on holding up the Scout pledge, which concludes with a reference to God: "To live courageously, to help others when I can, defend what I must, so help me God." We hear that one of the guys' parents are out of town at a "lame spiritual yoga retreat."
The guys get lots of help through the night from a strip club cocktail waitress, a girl who rocks a shotgun as naturally as the plunging top and short shorts she wears.
Indeed, most of the sexual imagery here gets paired with violence.
Carter convinces Ben to sneak into the strip club, unaware that zombies have already taken over most of the town. A stripper appears, begins to dance and pulls off her top … before it becomes clear that she's undead. She "dies" again, nearly nude and covered in blood and viscera. And that's just a precursor for scene after scene after scene of explicitly salacious, hyper-sexualized and utterly frivolous violence.
A zombie penis gets screen time as it's tugged on, stretched and snapped. A high school girl is killed by a zombie who replaces her boyfriend during an oral sex encounter. Other visual "moments" are devoted to menstrual bleeding, a zombie's exposed breasts (which Carter squeezes), bare backsides, sensual dancing, sloppy kissing, same-sex kissing, mimed sex acts, condoms and panties. There are viciously crass comments made about tampons, chastity belts, male and female genitalia, anuses, oral sex, teens hooking up with other teens' moms, sexual lubricants and breasts.
Zombies are impaled, axed, whacked, shot, burnt, blown up, decapitated, skewered and run over. Then they're impaled, axed, whacked, shot, burnt, blown up, skewered and run over. Brains, intestines, limbs and every single sexual organ all have very, very bad things done to them. As do cats and a deer. And once the zombie flow starts, it never ebbs as our intrepid Scouts raid a hardware store for ever more outrageous ways to dispatch the horde of undead shamblers.
The guys' arsenal includes a weed whacker, a nail gun, etc. When Augie improvises a bomb, Carter says, "What are you, the Taliban?" And it's Carter who shoves a broken liquor bottle into the nearly naked stripper zombie's forehead, with the resulting gush of blood intended to resemble a tapped keg of beer.
That's just one of probably dozens of equally "creative" but gruesome killings we see up close and too personal for comfort. Suffice it to say that this is the kind of film that keeps companies like Fake Movie Blood 'R' Us in business.
Between 40 and 50 each of f- and s-words. God's name is abused a dozen times, often with "d--n." Jesus' name is tossed around six or seven times. Frequent vulgarities include "h---," "d--n, "p---," "b--ch," "d-bags," "d--k," "p---y," "ballsack" and "t-tties."
When Carter swears in front of Scout Master Rogers, the older man scolds, "Carter, language." Rogers' solution? Spitting out abbreviated profanities, "c-word" among them.)
Carter tries to get a homeless drunk to buy beer for them at a liquor store. The strip club waitress ends up doing it instead. We see Carter drinking beer at the campsite. Other high schoolers drink at a party.
Multiple gags involve flatulence and belching. We see Augie on the toilet with diarrhea, even as he wipes. Carter takes a selfie with a dead deer and with zombies. ("I needed a new profile pic," he explains.)
Just when you're tempted to think you've seen it all, some random filmmaker takes that as a dare and dreams up unthinkable ways to do very, very, very bad things to every conceivable part of the human body.
The decaying undead meet their ends in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse in myriad ways, of course. Heads get removed, pulverized, slammed, blow up, blown off, cut off, run through and generally beaten to a brain-dead pulp. That part of the fright flick is ghastly, but, alas, not unexpected.
Where Christopher Landon takes the dare I mentioned above, however, is in the way he manages to work both genitalia and breasts into the violence, sexualizing gore and brutality in ways that are intended to make us … laugh.
But … but … but the three Scouts learn important lessons about friendship, loyalty and perseverance! Isn't that worth something?
No. No. And no. Nobody needs to see a zombie sex scene turned murder scene to be reminded that friendship, loyalty and perseverance are good things.
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Tye Sheridan as Ben; Logan Miller as Carter; Joey Morgan as Augie; Sarah Dumont as Denise; David Koechner as Scout Leader Rogers; Halston Sage as Kendall; Cloris Leachman as Miss Fielder
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Plugged In Content Warning
This Plugged In review contains information about graphic sexual or violent content. It is not suitable for all ages. Reader discretion is advised.
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Radioactive materials are a critical tool in a number of industrial applications, particularly oil and gas drilling and welding. But, if they are lost or stolen, the materials could be used by terrorists to make dirty bombs.
Researchers have identified two processes responsible for fracturing rock at lower pressures for geothermal energy production using PNNL’s fracturing fluid, StimuFrac™.
Clark Recognized for Nuclear Chemistry Research
The world’s largest scientific society honored Sue B. Clark, a PNNL and WSU chemist, for contributions toward resolving our legacy of radioactive waste, advancing nuclear safeguards, and developing landmark nuclear research capabilities.
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PNNL to Lead New Grid Modernization Projects
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Where Liquid Meets Air: Unearthing How Air Pollutants Form
Global climate change is often at the forefront of national and international discussions and controversies, yet many details of the specific contributing factors are poorly understood.
PNNL Garners R&D 100 Awards
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PNNL Publishes Distributed Wind Energy Report
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'The Energy in the Room Was Through the Roof'
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Eric Hoppe Named ACS Fellow
Eric Hoppe, senior scientist, was selected a 2019 American Chemical Society (ACS) fellow. Eric is being recognized for his contributions to analytical chemistry measurements and three decades of volunteer service to the ACS community.
20th Anniversary of the Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence Program
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PNNL Research Wins William F. Meggers Award
PNNL’s Tim Johnson and lead researcher Tanya Myers were recently selected for the Applied Spectroscopy William F. Meggers Award.
PNNL Welcomes New Director for Seattle Office
Joseph Williams is the new director for its office in Seattle, Wash.
High-Tech Damage Assessment Speeds Disaster Recovery
PNNL has developed a unique suite of tools that utilize satellite imagery to generate timely damage assessments with revealing detail.
World War II Nazi Artifact at Work at PNNL
PNNL has what’s believed to be a Heisenberg Cube and uses it to help train international border guards to detect illicit nuclear material movement.
Going to Bat for Bats… with Tags
PNNL researchers are developing and evaluating bat tagging and tracking tools that will help design solutions to protect the bat population from wind turbines.
Modeling Nanomaterials on Modern Earth
A study co-led by PNNL and reviewed in Science investigates how nanomaterials—both ancient and modern—cycle through the Earth’s air, water, and land, and calls for a better understanding of how they affect the environment and human health.
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Will Our First Alien Visitors Come in Peace?
In Earth to Echo, an alien crash-lands in a small town and enlists the help of three kids to get home.
By Erik Sofge
Copyright 2013 RML Echo Films, LLC (2)
Will the aliens be robots?
The star, Echo, has the metallic skin and glowing-bulb eyes of a mechanical being—something like the machines SETI Institute senior astronomer Seth Shostak believes we’ll initially encounter (as opposed to fleshier visitors like E.T.). “I think it’s likely to be some sort of artificial intelligence,” he says. With humanity closing in on AI capabilities, he expects such systems will be common among advanced creatures.
Why assume E.T. is hostile?
This movie joins a tiny subgenre of films about peaceful aliens—a concept that might not be as naïve as it sounds. Carl Sagan argued that any species that makes radio contact is likely to have outgrown its warlike tendencies. “In the long run, the aggressive civilizations destroy themselves, almost always,” the alien in Sagan’s 1985 novel, Contact, tells the human protagonist. “It’s their nature. They can’t help it.”
Could a spacecraft crash undetected?
A Starship Enterprise–size ship would raise alarms, Shostak says, but a smaller craft might not. NASA’s asteroid-detection capabilities bottom out at objects 330 feet across; the meteor that unexpectedly exploded over Russia in 2013 was estimated to be about 65 feet. The landing would also have to be soft; a major crash would cause the kind of seismic waves that lead scientists to meteorite-landing sites.
This article originally appeared in the August 2014 issue of Popular Science.
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VMware Introduces New Platform for Enterprise Database as a Service
Press Release Source: VMware, Inc. On Monday August 29, 2011, 8:00 am EDT
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire -08/29/11)- Today at VMworld® 2011, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW - News), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, announced a new database provisioning and operations solution designed to deliver a database as a service model for the enterprise. An extension of VMware's Cloud Application Platform strategy, VMware vFabric Data Director™ will give IT the ability to control and manage a growing set of heterogeneous databases through policy-based automation, while streamlining application development via a self-service provisioning model for developers to rapidly access the database services needed for modern applications. Built on VMware vSphere, vFabric Data Director will also extend the benefits of virtualized infrastructures to the database tier, optimizing resource utilization for increased operational efficiency and cost savings.
"Enterprises are increasingly challenged to manage the significant growth of data needed for modern applications while supporting critical application development initiatives," said Tod Nielsen, Co-President, Application Platform, VMware. "Today, VMware is advancing its ongoing cloud application platform strategy by delivering innovative data access and management services that more efficiently serve today's applications and establish a foundation for next generation, cloud era applications."
New Era of Applications Demand a Modern Cloud Application Platform
Applications in the cloud era are fundamentally different than those written for previous client-server or internet architectures. Increasingly, modern applications are written in high productivity development frameworks and delivered via dynamic virtual and cloud infrastructures. Today's applications must also account for a wider variety of web, SaaS, social and mobile platforms and exponentially higher volumes of real-time data.
To address this changing nature of applications, VMware is investing in a complete cloud application platform, including innovative developer frameworks, application and data services and new cloud based Platform as a Service (PaaS) delivery models that promise to significantly increase developer productivity and operational efficiency while enabling access to the broadest range of infrastructure services from VMware, third parties and the open source community. VMware has significantly advanced the modern cloud application platform, extending the Spring community of Java developers with key framework innovations, delivering a core set of cloud application services including messaging and in-memory data services, introducing Cloud Foundry, the industry's first Open PaaS and leveraging the PaaS environment to embrace multiple modern frameworks and languages including Erlang, JRuby, PHP and Python as well as data services such as Neo4J.
Introducing VMware vFabric Data Director: Self-Service Database Provisioning and Operations
With exponential growth in data to support today's applications, enterprises increasingly suffer from "database sprawl", the proliferation of under-managed, under-secured and even unknown databases across the IT organization. Manual operations for this growing set of databases restrict the ability of developers to rapidly access and provision data services for their applications. vFabric Data Director will establish a policy driven model for driving consistent security, data protection and resource consumption across an enterprise's database portfolio. Automating routine database operations via standardized policies and best practices will enable database administrators to focus on higher value initiatives while laying the foundation for a self-service database model for developers. Through a powerful web-based portal, developers will be able to leverage vFabric Data Director for self-service access to a broad range of database services to serve their specific needs.
"Enterprises must support hundreds or even thousands of applications to meet growing business demands, but this growth is dramatically driving up the cost of running and managing the databases under those applications. The stress this puts on the IT budget makes it harder to provide databases to support new requirements such as Web 2.0 applications or other emerging collaboration solutions or even to support more mundane uses such as increased application testing. A new emerging option called Database as a Service (DaaS) hosts databases in the cloud and is a good fit for some new apps." Database As A Service Explodes on the Scene, Noel Yuhanna, Forrester Research Inc., July 31, 2008
vFabric Data Director also extends the benefits of virtual infrastructure to the database tier, reducing operating costs through automation of database provisioning, backup, restore, cloning and monitoring. Built on VMware vSphere, the industry's most widely deployed virtualization platform, vFabric Data Director integrates with unique resource management capabilities in vSphere, optimizing resource utilization and reducing overall operating costs.
"Making it easier for Tier 3's Enterprise Cloud customers to manage the complexities of their data is core to our Database as a Service strategy," said Jared Wray, Founder and CTO, Tier 3. "VMware vFabric Data Director™ overcomes many of the challenges our customers face in moving to self-service databases in the cloud and represents a real step forward in technology that empowers Database as a Service."
Introducing VMware vFabric Postgres Relational Database, Optimized for VMware vSphere
The first database supported on Data Director is VMware vFabric Postgres, a new offering from VMware based on and fully compatible with PostgreSQL. Fully ACID and ANSI-SQL compliant, PostgreSQL is an enterprise class database, with a long history of mission-critical customer adoption and support from a vibrant open source community.
VMware has also completed specific optimizations of vFabric Postgres for the vSphere environment. vFabric Postgres' elastic database memory dynamically adapts to changing workloads to achieve greater memory efficiency and higher consolidation ratios. Dynamic checkpoint tuning and the ability to automatically match VM parameters for optimal performance and resource usage further establish vFabric Postgres as an optimal database choice for vSphere environments.
Database Industry Support for Data Director
VMware plans to expand vFabric Data Director support beyond PostgreSQL, extending the common provisioning and operations model to the broadest range of commercial and open source databases.
Database industry leaders today announced their support for vFabric Data Director:
Sybase, an SAP Company
"Sybase, an SAP Company, and VMware have a common vision that customers' new application demands and cloud deployment pursuits are changing the database market from both an architectural and delivery perspective. VMware vFabric Data Director™ will help deliver both traditional as well as new database technologies as a service for enterprises. We look forward to working closely with VMware as a preferred partner to deliver Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, a leading database solution through VMware vFabric Data Director."
Dr. Raj Nathan, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
EMC/Greenplum
"The introduction of VMware's vFabric Data Director represents a powerful innovation at the intersection of cloud, virtualization, and data. We are thrilled to have collaborated with VMware, and excited about the role that the vFabric Data Director technology plays in our enterprise data cloud product offering: Greenplum Chorus."
Bill Cook, President, Greenplum - a division of EMC
vFabric Data Director will be available for download in Q3 2011 at a list price of $600 per virtual machine for databases managed by vFabric Data Director. vFabric Postgres is available in conjunction with vFabric Data Director free of charge for non-production use and $1700 per virtual machine for production use.
vFabric Postgres is also now available on CloudFoundry.com.
Additional details on vFabric Data Director: www.vmware.com/go/datadirector
Additional details on Cloud Foundry: www.cloudfoundry.com
About VMware
VMware (NYSE: VMW - News) delivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform -- VMware vSphere® -- customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2010 revenues of $2.9 billion, more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
VMware, VMworld, vFabric Data Director and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding the expected features and availability of vFabric Data Director and the benefits of VMware Fabric Data Director and vFabric Postgres for users, and expectations for the evolution of IT in the cloud era, including the development and adoption of database as a service offerings, These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors, including but not limited to: (i) adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in consumer or information technology spending; (iii) competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into the virtualization market, and new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors; (iv) our customers' ability to develop, and to transition to, new products and computing strategies such as cloud computing; (v) the uncertainty of customer acceptance of emerging technology; (vi) rapid technological and market changes in virtualization software and platforms for cloud and desktop computing; (vii) changes to product development timelines; (viii) VMware's ability to protect its proprietary technology; and (ix) VMware's ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees.. These forward looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in condition, significance, value and effect as well as other risks detailed in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that we may file from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
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Highland Games honour for newly-wed man from Dingwall
by Kirsten Robertson
A Dingwall man has been presented with the Scottish Highland Games Association’s athlete of the year award.
Between May and September, the organisation held more than 60 Highland Games throughout Scotland.
In addition to the numerous prizes awarded at each of the individual gatherings, they also held leagues across all the various disciplines and events, for males and females, seniors and juniors.
On Sunday, Fraser MacDonald picked up the Athlete of the Year award at the association’s annual award ceremony in Glenrothes.
Mr Macdonald, who had got married just three days before the event, has been competing at north Highland Games for 20 years.
He also won the separate Highland Area Highland Games Association’s League for 2019.
And his new wife, Stephanie, picked up the Women’s Jumps League Award.
Overall, 100 awards were presented to the various heavies, track and field athletes, cyclists and tug of war teams at the ceremony.
Among the other recipients was male middle-distance races winner Ewen Bradley, from Inverness.
The Senior Cycling League award was won by Charles Fletcher of Grantown.
Aberdeen athletes also won their fair share of awards.
Stewart Clark won the Male Jumps League award while Reubans Thomson won the Junior Cycling League, and the Youth Cyclist of the Year was won by Isaac Small.
Fraser MacDonald
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Students at this Minneapolis charter school prep for immigration raids
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Almost undocumented, Liberians in US get 11th hour reprieve
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This Kenyan musician followed his love for Dylan to a new life and career
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In Florence, they're bringing the works of women artists out of the basement
The Old Masters in Italian museums pull in the crowds. And those waiting in long lines to see them rattle off their names: Michelangelo, Botticelli, da Vinci, Raphael, Titian. But if you ask them to name women artists from the Renaissance, most have trouble even coming up with one name.
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Cities: Better For Your Health and Happiness?
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Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak tells host Steve Curwood about the unique environmental projects that have made Minneapolis one of the greenest cities in the country.
Cool fix for a hot planet
The Minnesota Twins are trying to keep their stadium as green as the outfield. Emily Guerin reports on this Major League effort to reduce their environmental impact.
Issues topping US election
The war in Iraq topped the political agenda when Americans elected a new Congress 15 months ago, but as voters in 24 states prepare for tomorrow's Super Tuesday presidential primaries and caucuses.
Somalis in America
Todd Melby reports on efforts by Somali-Americans to focus more attention on the conflict taking place in Somalia; the East African country is driven by violence, as government troops backed by Ethiopia fight against Islamist insurgents.
Marshall Island sprinter
While many of the world's top athletes have been training full time for the Beijing Olympics, one runner is doing it in his spare time
Global Hit Hmong Hip-Hop
Correspondent Marisa Helms profiles a hip-hop artist from Minnesota's ethnic Hmong community. Tou Saiko Lee is using his music...and traditions from Hmong culture to get the young people in his community to vote.
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Ron Paul's other convention
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Scooter sales: the newest economic indicator
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Cheap flights from Saint Lucia - Vigie
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Woman pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in fatal overdose case
An methamphetamine and fentanyl overdose has this woman pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter.
Woman pleads no contest to involuntary manslaughter in fatal overdose case An methamphetamine and fentanyl overdose has this woman pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: http://ponews.co/2uK6jfK
Becky Metrick, bmetrick@publicopinionnews.com Published 3:12 p.m. ET July 10, 2017 | Updated 9:27 a.m. ET July 11, 2017
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CHAMBERSBURG - A Waynesboro woman pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter Thursday, in connection with the overdose death of Brian Cosey.
Stephanie Aleece Sass, 33, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter in an agreement, with charges of misdemeanor tampering with evidence and felony possession with intent to deliver expected to be dismissed.
Read: Police searching for gun left after man crashed into house
According to court documents, police found Sass hysterical and crying when they responded to an overdose report at 8:10 a.m. Jan. 26, at the Days Inn, 239 W. Main Street in Chambersburg. Cosey was unconscious in the bathroom, and was pronounced dead a half hour later.
Methamphetamine and fentanyl were found in Cosey's system, according to court documents, and Sass was questioned and charged at the scene.
Sass initially said she woke up to Cosey's overdose, but police noticed that the bed in the room had not been slept in and the bathroom appeared to have been cleaned.
Sass later changed her story to say that she met Cosey around midnight, checked into the Day's Inn around 1 a.m., then watched comedy specials and drank until she fell asleep.
When Sass woke up, she said she found Cosey unresponsive in the bathroom and attempted CPR, but Cosey began vomiting so she called 911, according to court documents.
Read: Police: Man went from woman to woman to woman, assaulting each of them
Through further questioning, Sass admitted to taking to her car plastic bags of powder, which she had found next to Cosey during his overdose, according to court documents.
Police believe that Sass left Cosey alone while he was in cardiac arrest, and that she not only wiped down the whole bathroom, but also cleaned up Cosey's vomit all before emergency responders arrived.
Sass is still being held at Franklin County Jail while she awaits sentencing, with bail set at $50,000.
Details of her plea agreement, including any agreed upon sentence are not available in online court documents.
Sass is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 2.
Read: Police log: Man accused of DUI during crash
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Ticket Sales Drove eBay Earnings
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Without PayPal under its umbrella to prop it up, eBay’s earnings last week showed even more just where the company is struggling.
But, one bright spot for eBay, StubHub is doing quite well for the eCommerce company. EBay has officially started breaking out how much money StubHub brings in for the company that acquired it in 2007 for $310 million.
Interestingly enough, StubHub is eBay’s strongest business in terms of sales growth. What eBay’s Q4 results showed is that StubHub’s business grew 34 percent YOY, with annual revenue of $725 million. That accounts for roughly 9 percent of the company’s sales. This is particularly important for eBay as it looks to give its marketplace business a much needed boost.
While its marketplace division stalled on growth, StubHub produced more than $1 billion in GMV, a 30 percent increase from the year prior. EBay’s total GMV for Q4 were $21.8 billion. Overall, without taking currency changes into account, eBay’s GMV for Q4 were up 5.1 percent in Q4. eBay’s GMV for all of 2015, however, fell 1 percent to $82 billion.
This earnings season was the first time eBay decided to disclose StubHub’s revenues, which was perhaps on purpose now that eBay doesn’t have its once rising star, PayPal, under its belt to help mask its marketplace struggles. In terms of profit, however, eBay still doesn’t break out how much StubHub brings in for the company.
The reason for that is likely because of what eBay CEO Devin Wenig pointed to during the earnings call with analysts last week, which is that StubHub’s earnings fluctuate based on it being an event-based business that can change so much depending on what events are hosted that year, where and how much they’re able to bring in. As a reuslt, the “take” rate for eBay varies so much per event.
“StubHub also bounces around quarter to quarter based on the events. It’s much more choppy than eBay just because it sort of depends what the matchup is in the Super Bowl and what the events landscape is, and it was a very strong events landscape,” Wenig said. “So, I would expect StubHub to keep growing. I’m not sure I’d expect it to keep growing at this rate, but it’s a good business, and … we’re proud of the fact that we’ve been able to grow StubHub using some of the eBay traffic flywheel over the last several years.”
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Remains of missing Malott man confirmed
Published by admin on Wed, 04/12/2017 - 2:37pm
Marco Antonio Aguilar-Cendajas
Mike Maltais, Staff writer
OKANOGAN – A body recovered from the Okanogan River last month was positively identified last Friday, April 7, as that of a 26-year-old Malott man who had been missing since Dec. 14, Okanogan County coroner, Dave Rodriguez said. The remains of Marco Antonio Aguilar-Cendajas were positively identified through dental records used by the King County Medical Examiner’s office.
OKANOGAN – A body recovered from the Okanogan River last month was positively identified last Friday, April 7, as that of a 26-year-old Malott man who had been missing since Dec. 14, Okanogan County coroner, Dave Rodriguez said.
The remains of Marco Antonio Aguilar-Cendajas were positively identified through dental records used by the King County Medical Examiner’s office.
“Initially, the information we got said there were no dental records but we found information contrary to that,” said Rodriguez. “The records were pretty old but they did the job.”
A preliminary examination performed by the medical examiner on March 21 was unable to determine identify or manner and cause of death.
Once those records were located, the coroner’s office returned the body to the King County Medical Examiner where a forensic odontologist, on contract through the Washington State Patrol, and operating out of the King County Dental Examiners Office, reexamined the remains and made the positive I.D., Rodriguez said.
“There are two things I’m tasked to do,” said Rodriguez explaining the role of his office. “that’s to determine the cause and manner of death.”
Rodriguez said there are five different possible manners: Natural death, Homicide, Suicide, Accident, and Unknown.
Rodriguez listed the manner of death as “unknown” because it is not known what circumstances caused Aguilar-Cendajas to go into the river.
“I could rule certain things out,” said Rodriguez. “There wasn’t signs of obvious violence on him, but that doesn’t rule out foul play.”
Rodriguez said there can be foul play but with no sign of violence.
“When we perform an autopsy the pathologist assists me with coming up with manner and cause,” Rodriguez said.
Because the body had been in river for three months, it was impossible to determine cause, Rodriguez explained.
“But we can rule out gross signs of violence such as broken or crushed bones, gun shot, or stabbing,” said Rodriguez, “but we don’t know what caused him to go into the river.”
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Card Index of Radar Sets - Ancient Radars
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Daily Traffic
Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves
Characteristics of Transmission Lines
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alphabetical list of radars
AN/TPS-2
Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics
Bild 1: AN/TPS-2
( UHF-Band)
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF):
pulsewidth (τ):
receive time:
dead time:
peak power:
average power:
instrumented range: 75 mi (≙ 120 km)
range resolution:
beamwidth:
hits per scan:
antenna rotation:
MTBCF:
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AN/TPS-2 (former: SCR-602-T7) is a 2D lightweight medium range early warning radar. It was transportable by aircraft, jeep, or pack and could easily erected and simple to operate. AN/TPS-2 could detect a bomber at 100 km in an altitude of 10 000 ft.
The AN/TPS-2 used an antenna consisting of a group of 16 dipoles in front of a common flat reflector. The transmitter operated at nearly 400 megacycles (75 cm wavelength).
An/TPS-2 was introduced into service in the Pacific in 1944, and inactivated in 1949. This radar is a copy of a British radar and was originally known as SW (CXCA). In the Royal Airforce was used the designation Type 62.
Military Standardization Handbook United States Radar Equipment Manual TM 11-487C-1 1965, p. 510ff
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Legislators Have Approved Changes To Utah’s Medical Cannabis Law
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislators approved changes to the state’s medical marijuana law, an issue that has faced fierce criticism from people on both sides of the debate.
The Utah Senate and House of Representatives voted unanimously Monday evening during a special session to send the proposal to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s desk.
The measure would replace plans for an unusual state-run dispensary system with 14 privately run pharmacies and adopt protections for patients who are concerned they could be prosecuted for drug crimes, among other changes.
Utah backtracked from the state-run dispensary after county attorneys expressed concern that such a system would put public employees at risk of being prosecuted under federal drug laws.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, who drafted the law, said his team is “doing everything we can” to improve patient access and have product ready by next March.
Some lawmakers said they still have heartburn over certain aspects of the bill, sharing reservations about product distribution and a looming fear of federal prosecution.
Democratic Sen. Derek Kitchen said he’s concerned patients in rural parts of the state may have to pay more to access marijuana.
Before the House vote, Republican Rep. Keven Stratton suggested Utah seek a federal waiver to protect the state program from prosecution under federal drug laws.
Marijuana is banned at the federal level, though a congressional amendment blocks the Justice Department from interfering with states’ medical marijuana programs.
The measure dictated that the courts may not treat a medical marijuana patient differently than someone who uses any other prescribed, controlled substance.
Another change prohibited the state from issuing cultivation and pharmacy licenses to legislators.
“A lot of money flows through this industry, some back to legislators,” Vickers said. “We don’t want legislators to have undue influence in an industry they want to have ownership in.”
Debates in the chamber reflected ongoing tensions over amendments regarding distribution and prosecution of drug crimes.
During a tense public hearing last week, members of the conservative group Utah Eagle Forum lamented the loss of the state-run dispensary system, while some medical marijuana advocates raised concern that there wouldn’t be enough private dispensaries to meet growing patient demand.
An earlier version of the law imagined 12 privately run dispensaries instead of the state-run system.
In the same meeting, a proposal outlining patient protections caused an emotional back-and-forth between conservative attorneys who argued parents couldn’t take care of children while using marijuana and patients who said the drug makes them better caretakers and helps them manage their pain.
Utah residents voted to legalize medical marijuana via ballot measure in November.
The revised law became effective in December after a compromise that secured the support of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some marijuana advocates.
However, the deal drew backlash from other advocates as it banned many marijuana edibles, placed additional restrictions on growing cannabis and made fewer medical conditions eligible for treatment with pot.
Other changes addressed issues with land ordinances for cultivation facilities and marijuana research at in-state universities.
Marijuana advocates said they are optimistic about the changes adopted.
“There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, we see legislators working together, and they’re willing to work out a plan for patients,” Desiree Hennessy, director of the Utah Patients Coalition, said.
Republican Rep. Brad Daw acknowledged the measure as a good first step but expects additional changes to the program in January.
“I have close friends who, for them, cannabis is the only option, it relieves the kind of pain they have … we have every right and responsibility to work toward a law that allows medical cannabis to patients who need it,” he said. “Is this bill perfect? Of course not. Is this done? No, it’s not.”
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Ukraine Deports Azerbaijani Opposition Blogger To Baku
Post author By Radio Free
Ukraine has deported Azerbaijani opposition blogger Elvin Isayev who is wanted by the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Grave Crimes, his country’s State Migration Service said in a news release over the weekend.
The migration service’s press center stated on December 14 that Isayev, born 1980, had “violated Ukrainian migration laws” and was deported two days earlier.
Upon arrival in Azerbaijan, he was placed in a pretrial holding cell on December 14 based on a Baku court ruling from August 22.
The Azerbaijani government statement doesn’t say on what grounds he was arrested and what charges he is facing.
His deportation comes ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s two-day visit starting on December 16 to Baku where he is scheduled to meet with President Ilham Aliyev.
The Ukrainian government hasn’t commented on Isayev’s deportation.
He had lived in Russia since 1998 where as a blogger he criticized the Azerbaijani president and called him a “dictator,” while also writing about corruption in his home country.
Isayev was granted Russian citizenship three years later.
However, a court in St. Petersburg on August 26 ruled to strip him of Russian citizenship and expel him. Isayev was subsequently placed in a temporary jail for foreign citizens.
His deportation to Azerbaijan in September was suspended based on an interim measure of the European Court of Human rights called “rule 39.”
That monh he moved to Ukraine.
Ukrainian media started reporting about Isayev’s disappearance in Kyiv, including a dead signal with the mobile phone he was using, on December 12.
Based on reporting by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, Zmina, Ukrayinska Pravda, and DW
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Lerix (Hip-Hop/Rap)
Written by Jonny Havoc
Lerix
Posted Nov 15, 2011.
I love underground hip hop and it seems like you have a lot of drive and self motivation, were you always like that was or was it something that has grown with your music?"It's just a trait ingrained in me. The truth is
I'm a sore loser, and that gives me the drive to stay focused and motivated. When I do lose I try to keep the tantrums to a minimum. (haha)"
Everyone has bad days, but what keeps you going... keeps you motivated?
"I just stay focused. I understand there are going to be good and bad days. You just have to roll with the punches. Watching Rocky also helps too! (haha)."
What would you say if you could meet yourself as a 10-year-old kid?
"Just these 3 things: Do not let mom throw out your box of comics! You'll never fully grow into your ears so embrace them now, and when you’re old enough, invest in a company called Google."
What single artist has influenced your music the most?
"If I had to pick one it would be Eminem. Listening to him gave me my appreciation for wordplay."
What artist would you go on tour with right now? (dead or alive)
"Right now, I would say Childish Gambino. The nerds must stick together (haha)"
Who is in the scene that doesn't get much respect, but is on the rise?
"Aside from me? (haha) Ummm I would have to say XV. I met him a few times, He's a super talented guy and mad humble. He should be global."
One single act of kindness can go a long way, what things do you do on the daily that set you apart?
"I try to reach out to my supporters on a personal level to talk about the things we are commonly interested in, not just my music. I don't like it when artists only speak to fans when it's about their music or shows or whatever. I make sure I don't fall into that same habit."
How did it all start? Were you in front of a mirror, at a party?
"I got started in high school around the age of 15. Some friends had a studio in their basement so I would go over and kick it with them. One day I wrote a verse to a beat they had on loop and I've been hooked ever since."
What made you want to record and start rapping for people to hear you?
"I knew this was something I wanted to do after hearing friends’ reactions to the verses I wrote. Brooklyn hip-hop critics are among the toughest in the world, once I saw they were into it, that's all I needed."
What was it was like growing up in New York as an emcee?
"New York is one of the best places for new music. Once you surround yourself into the music scene you come across a lot of really talented artists, I am inspired by them all the time."
Do have anything you would like to say to people reading this interview?
"Yea, visit me any time at www.LerixMusic.com and hit me up on Twitter @lerixmusic and Facebook (FB/lerixmusic) anytime, about any topic, I'll be sure to hit you back. And thanks for all the love!"
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How Does Alcohol Abuse Start? Genetics or Not?
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Origins of Alcohol Abuse and Genetics
Most people who become dependent on alcohol didn’t intend to do so. Drinking was, at first, a way of socializing with others, celebrating a happy occasion, or just a way of winding down at the end of a long day. Over time, though, drinking sessions can become longer and more frequent, as people begin to abuse alcohol.
While there is a genetic influence when it comes to alcohol abuse and addiction, various other factors come into play as well.
Other factors that may influence the development of an alcohol use disorder include family history of alcohol abuse, individual personality, environmental influences, the presence of any co-occurring mental health issues, and at what age a person starts drinking.
If a person’s grandparents, parents, or siblings struggled with alcohol abuse, it is more likely that the person will also struggle with the issue. Per the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD), genes account for roughly half the likelihood that someone will develop an addiction. Since other factors influence the likelihood of alcohol abuse or addiction occurring, genes don’t present the full picture. Just because a person has a mother or father who struggles with addiction, it doesn’t mean that person will necessarily struggle as well. Likewise, people with no history of addiction in their families can ultimately develop addictions as well.
According to Kansas State University, not all genetic risks related to alcohol abuse are within the brain. Other biological issues that can affect how alcohol is processed and the likelihood of abuse issues forming include:
Brain transmitters’ response to alcohol
How alcohol is metabolized in the liver
Lower brain chemical levels
Increased sensitivity to odors
Cravings for sweet foods
Endorphin release and pleasure sensors in the brain
Higher sensitivity to withdrawal symptoms
For example, people who exhibit more cravings for sweet, sugary foods may be more likely to develop alcohol dependence issues later in life. This genetic trait may make them more likely for issues with alcohol abuse.
Since genetics can predispose people to alcohol abuse issues, researchers are attempting to find ways that genetics influence treatment for alcohol use disorders.
For example, naltrexone, a drug that is sometimes used in alcohol addiction treatment, works well for people with a specific gene variation. For those without this variation, the medication does not work as well, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Some ethnic groups process alcohol differently, and this can affect how alcohol abuse issues develop. For example, those of Asian descent sometimes have a gene variant that affects how alcohol is metabolized by the liver. As a result, when these individuals drink, they may experience unpleasant symptoms, such as stomach upset, facial flushing, or an increased heartbeat. To evade these symptoms, they may avoid drinking altogether. In this way, certain genetic factors influence whether a person will drink regularly or ultimately abuse alcohol.
According to the National Academies Press, other risk factors affect whether a person is more likely to abuse alcohol. These include:
Psychosocial factors
School and work performance
Early behaviors
Family factors (parenting issues, stress levels, divorce, poor parent-child relationship, etc.)
According to Live Science, individuals with specific personality traits may be at a higher risk of developing a dependence on alcohol. Some factors that may make a person more likely to abuse alcohol include:
Being an introverted person
A lack of positive feelings about life
Increased sensitivity to negative feelings, like depression and anxiety
An inability to deal with stress well
Being highly sensitive to punishment
Some of these personality traits tie into the physical makeup of the brain. Those who feel less pleasure related to positive events are sometimes born with fewer dopamine receptors; dopamine helps people to feel pleasure and experience good feelings when given rewards. Because they have fewer dopamine receptors, they may be less likely to feel pleasure from day-to-day activities that bring others pleasure. As a result, substance abuse may be among the only things that bring that feeling of intense pleasure. Over time, this can lead to increased substance abuse. In essence, their genetic makeup makes them more likely to abuse alcohol and other substances.
While genetics certainly factor into the development of alcohol abuse issues, they don’t make up the whole picture. Other factors, such as environment, peer groups, and co-occurring mental health issues, influence the development of addiction. Having a genetic predisposition to addiction also doesn’t doom a person to a life of substance abuse. Avoiding substance use in the first place is the best way to protect against future abuse and addiction issues.
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From Philip's north window, he could scan much of the 1,500 acres he’d assembled and see where his farmland dropped from the horizon into the hollow formed by Hemlock Creek where he had established both a flour and a saw mill.
He was among the original pioneers of the region. As the confusion and trickery of Iroquois land ownership and sale began to abate in 1794, Philip and several relatives from Pawlet, VT visited the area on a prospecting tour. Philip is said to have settled on the site for his home while scanning the area after climbing a tree atop Allens Hill, the highest elevation visible due east of the Homestead.
What prompted Philip to pack up and move to what was then the frontier of America is not known, but history says many in New England were concerned about overcrowding and looked to migrate elsewhere.
Philip had carved out a comfortable life in Pawlet following his service with the Vermont Militia during the Revolutionary War. A successful weaver, he had found love after being hired to teach his craft to the daughters of William Fitch. One of those daughters, Margaret Fitch would become his lifelong partner.
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House Of Cards Will Resume Filming
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House Of Cards Will Resume Filming Without Kevin Spacey
Rebecca Farley
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The show must go on. House of Cards will resume filming its final season early next year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The season will be re-written to exclude Kevin Spacey's character Frank Underwood. THR reports that the final season will focus on Robin Wright's character Claire Underwood, a series regular since the beginning of the show.
The future of House of Cards has been in flux ever since Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct in late October of this year. House of Cards suspended production on October 31, shortly after Buzzfeed published actor Anthony Rapp's account of sexual assault at the hands of Spacey.
"MRC and Netflix have decided to suspend production on House of Cards season six, until further notice, to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew," Netflix and the production company Media Rights Capital said in a joint statement, Deadline reported at the time. More allegations continued to emerge, including some from several crew members who worked on House of Cards.
Days later, Netflix severed ties with Spacey and said it would evaluate what to do with the show. In early November, producers extended the production hiatus to December 8. Now, it is definite that the show will return, albeit for only 8 episodes. Netflix planned to film a 13 episode season and sources told THR that the show was almost entirely written when the allegations surfaced.
"We are excited to bring closure to fans," Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said Monday.
Shifting the focus to Claire Underwood should be easy, actually. Season 5, which debuted in April, ended with Claire assuming the presidency after Frank Underwood steps down. Frank asks his new president for a presidential pardon for his actions of the season, and, on live television, she neglects to excuse his actions. When Frank calls her angrily, she looks into the camera and says, "My turn."
It might not be how the writers imagined it at first, but Claire Underwood is actually going to get her turn.
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Succession Vs. Billions: Which One Wins?
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Every Friday this summer, Refinery29 explores the passionate, rollicking world of fandom. We’ll take a look at how we organize, create, debate and show our passion for the things we love — the good, the bad, and the loud.
This week for Refinery29’s “Fandom Fridays,” editor Morgan Baila and writer Elena Nicolaou argue which show is better: Succession or Billions. Baila and Nicolaou are self-proclaimed experts on each of their favorite shows — just check out their Twitter feeds.
Morgan: It’s no secret that prestige TV is at its all-time peak. From record-breaking shows like Game of Thrones to the heartbreaking Handmaid’s Tale to the rule-breaking Euphoria, there’s something spectacular for everyone just a few clicks away. But all these well-received and critically-acclaimed shows lack a key element — or elements — holding them back from achieving a fandom like no other: They aren’t Succession, hands down the best show of 2018, and soon-to-be the best show of 2019. There’s really no arguing...
Elena: Woah, woah, woah — let’s not get carried away here. I’ve just wrested the mic away from Morgan, who was about to make some pretty grand statements about the state of TV. How can Succession be the best show on TV, when Billions, the original about New York’s uber-rich power players, also exists? Billions is like a soap opera written by Mensa members. Billions, you see, is the best...
Morgan: If Billions is a soap opera, then Succession is Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro.” It’s a Shakespearean vivisection of the media world and the underbelly of family dynamics! At the most, Billions walked so Succession could run.
As you can see, Billions and Succession fans are dedicated — and that’s only one of the many similarities the shows share. On scattered Sundays throughout the year, we congregate on Twitter to watch New York’s’ .01% frolic in their native ecosystems. Both shows have rich dysfunctional men and Twitter followings to thank for their infamy (you could even argue that Twitter made Succession). But we would be remiss in not acknowledging the real power players: the capable AF women keeping those bozos in line.
Since — unlike their all-powerful, and boundary-lacking respective main characters — HBO and Showtime would never get into a public argument like this, we’re doing it for them. Anne Cohen, our movie critic and fan of both shows, will make the final call.
May the best billionaire win!
Real Estate Porn
Succession: There is no shortage of real estate porn in Succession, from the Roys’ Uptown apartments — each more extravagant than the next — to the Waystar Royco office in downtown Manhattan. The ceilings are high, the views are priceless, and the silverware is probably actual silver. But the most awe-inducing piece of Roy real-estate is their country estate, big enough to house all their family drama. (It’s ginormous.) Plus, Connor owns an actual church in Arizona, which has to count for something, right? God is the ultimate landlord, as the saying goes.
Billions: Sure, Billions is teeming with the kind of high-rise penthouse apartments that are staples in shows about wealthy New Yorkers: 70% glass, 20% modern art picked out by someone else, and 10% blank white space. Bobby’s Hamptons house is the size of a suburban town. But that’s not the interior design that makes me drool. No, what I want is the hardwood table in Chuck Rhoades’ dining room. Around that table, Chuck, Wendy, and Bobby drink whisky and speak openly about revenge plots. That’s the kind of energy I need in my house.
Winner: Succession. Billions’ exhibitive wealth used to be a real draw, but over time, it’s become increasingly generic, taking a backseat to all the petty drama between Axe and Taylor. Succession’s real estate feels more thought out as a representation of extravagance. What I’m saying is: Hi, I would love to be invited to the next dining room therapy session!
Succession: There’s an episode called “Sad Sack Wasp Trap” for fuck's sake! Insults are the DNA of this show. There’s no way Billions could ever top this supercut of everyone telling each other to “Fuck off.”
Billions: The insults are the best part of Billions. The characters revel in language. Even nemeses seem to appreciate the other’s elegant insults, calibrated for both maximum emotional damage and cleverness. Just the way Bobby pronounces the word “Taylor” is an insult. Billions characters don’t suffer from l'esprit de l'escalier,” or the come-back you think of too late. Without any hesitation, Chuck Sr. always has the necessary cutting remark or pop culture reference to goad his son into action. Fine, Billions characters don’t speak like “real people” do. But they are smarter than real people! Bring on the bombast and paragraph-long, flawless speeches.
Winner: Succession. Sorry, Billions. I love a good Chuck Rhoades literary putdown, but if you have to explain it, it’s just not as good.
Boardroom Cock Fights
Succession: Does the cock fight make the man, or the man make the cock fight? Just ask Logan Roy, because a boardroom battle royale is his form of love language. The patriarch of the Roy family walks into the doors of his mega-media company and only sees red. His closest confidants are as unprotected from his wrath as his bumbling great-nephew Greg. Let’s go through a few memorable office showdowns: When Roman takes his shirt off in the middle of a meeting, when Kendall tries to vote his dad out of the company but loses, and when Tom informs Greg of the death pit and basically murders the potential for him to not be as morally corrupt as the rest of the family.
Billions: Billions doesn’t just have dramatic boardroom fights. It has dramatic boardroom sabotages that double as break-up scenes! We remember you, Rebecca Cantu.
Winner: Succession. Watching Kendall fail at his hostile takeover has been the single most stressful moment of my entire life. I can still feel the cold sweat running down my neck.
Illegal Delicacies
Succession: Billions may have boarded the ortolan train one stop ahead of the guys on Succession, but after eating the rare bird, did the finance bros immediately go to a club, sit alone in VIP, and take swigs on Goldschläger to really seal the deal?
Billions: All I’m going to say is: Billions did ortolan before Succession. And its ortolan scene actually explains what the delicacy is (it’s not for the squeamish).
Winner: Billions. Goldschläger and ortolan go together like Wags and hug therapy.
Most Expensivest Hobbies
Succession: The wealthy know how to party. A little too much. While Kendall is a recovering drug user (who is currently using again), the aura of drug-filled parties like the one used as a venue for Tom’s bachelor party is enough to make anyone feel fucked up. Still, the Roy family is too busy deciding which of them is the most incompetent narcissistic to spend money on stuff like luxury bunkers and skincare.
Billions: Generally, the characters of Billions don’t have hobbies outside of exercise and recreational drinking. Industry and revenge never sleep — why should Bobby Axelrod? But on the rare occasion that Bobby indulges in a hobby, he does so in style. We’re talking tourist trips to space, and tennis coaching sessions from Maria Sharapova. That said, the hedonistic Wags is real expert hobbyist of Billions. His hobbies, which often get C-plots of their own, include fighting for Manhattan graveyard space, prepping a luxury apocalypse bunker, trying out for a secret society, and experimental skincare. No wonder we stan.
Winner: Billions. Dream scenario: A crossover episode in which Roman and Wags co-host the most exclusive, debauched bash of all time.
Cousin Greg
Succession: Coming in hot at 6’7, Cousin Greg’s height is almost as illegal as the going ons in Waystar’s cruise department. He’s got humor, he’s got height, and he’s...almost got clout. As (most likely) the only member of the Roy family who has ever been peer pressured into doing lines of cocaine in the back of a Brooklyn warehouse, and used a doggie bag to take home free breakroom muffins, there’s clearly no better person in the world.
Billions: Ugh, fine, you got this round.
Winner: Cousin Greg. In the immortal words of Highlander, “there can be only one.”
Congrats to Succession, the best show about the worst people. Season 2 of the series premieres on HBO Aug. 11 at 9 p.m.
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Warlock 2: The Exiled •
Early Impressions: Warlock 2 - The Exiled
former Deputy Editor
20th March 2014 / 7:00PM
Warlock II is everything I wanted from a sequel to Masters of the Arcane, which, as I’ve implied before, felt like the decent gig before a killer afterparty. Taking place across the fragments of a broken world, it’s 4X strategy in a compact form, as dense as a spoonful of iridium and seemingly built from the ground-up to avoid the cycle of ‘End Turn’ clicking that is a hallmark of the genre. I’ve spent a few days with a near-complete build and have many thoughts to share.
The most striking thing about Warlock II is its relative speed and the amount of things that happen from one turn to the next. I’m also relieved to report, having spent time with both, that there will definitely be room in my life for both this and Age of Wonders III. Whatever surface similarities there might be, the two games are very different propositions. Part of my purpose here is to explain what it is that makes Warlock such an unusual and compelling strategy game.
A quick primer. As with the prequel, The Exiled is a hex-based empire-building strategy game, with cities to manage, research trees to explore and units to build. There are six races, customisable wizard rulers, tiered spell systems with a separate branch for faith-based magicks, and enchanted equipment to bestow upon a diverse band of heroes for hire. There are no stacks of doom and no tactical combat – armies clash on the main map, stats and dice rolls deciding the outcome and the damage done.
Nothing particularly remarkable about any of that, although it’s all pitched well. The world is light-hearted, packed with donkey knights and the descendants of long-dead rat kings, but the humour doesn’t collapse into awkward zaniness. Nor does it ever seem like parody – it’s as if the game just happens to take place in a silly world rather than a self-aware goblins ‘n’ giants parody.
There’s always something to do in that world. Or in those worlds, I should say, although there will be more about the separate realms in coming paragraphs. It’s rare for a turn to pass without a new quest, item or hero being discovered. Hordes of monsters spawn from dens and a badly chosen option during one of several multiple choice text adventure interludes can lead to disaster.
On the whole, the game isn’t quite as punishing as its predecessor, but I’ve had creatures as powerful as minor gods punching and kicking my cities within the first twenty turns of a particularly disastrous campaign. Before embarking on the quest to reach Ardania, the core of the destroyed world, it’s necessary to pacify other lands en route, driving out the wild things and dealing with any settlements that have survived the cataclysm.
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All of the game’s central qualities drive toward the world-spanning mission, which provides a clear objective. Enhancing settlements is a small part of that ultimate objective, as cities must be abandoned or reconfigured as the needs of the quest demand. Instead of becoming increasingly powerful and oozing across a single map like an ugly parasitic lifeform, your units and outposts exist as part of a chain, attempting to create links from one world to the next.
I’ve founded cities in deadlands, made up of gray marshes and withered forests inhabited by spiders the size of cathedrals. The energy drains from any living creature in these places so unless you have a unit of skeletal settlers handy, they’re a terrible place to establish a residence. But it may be necessary to build in the bleakest realms that are scattered through the cosmos, simply to create a fortress that can secure and defend the portal to the next world in the great chain.
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Are you interested in Solution Focused practice and research and especially the overlap between? Do you strive to attend conferences, benefit from and enjoy reading articles and books and sometimes have the feeling that you don´t have time to do it as much as you like: then this book is the perfect blend! At first glance, I felt that this is mainly for the professionals already with deep solution-focused knowledge and skills. Then I read it all and concluded: this is a book that goes back to the roots of Solution Focus Brief Therapy and also captures and visualize the ongoing development.
This book challenges your creative thinking! It is unusually varied and bravely out of the box in applying SF in a broad context and connects with different phenomena and theories. The authors are connecting SF with theoretical concepts like for example microanalysis, cognitive science, and philosophy. Phenomena that are now state-of-the-art for many SF-researchers and practitioners. It puts SF in different settings like social work, leadership coaching, mediation and conflict in organizations, schools, family therapy, in different cultures, with refugees, in written communication and more.
A main – and natural- focus is about SF-practitioners core capacities in solution building by enhancing interaction and break problem focus, in one-to-one coaching as well as in groups and teams. Many of the chapters show the process of conversation very explicit, with clever examples from real-life sessions as well as metaphors used in dialogue or to clarify the approach.
The book describes Solution Focus as it is: Simple but not easy! Straight forward and deep in reflections. If you read one chapter a day you will have three weeks of interesting reading along the path! You´ll have Solution Focused in a nutshell, without having to read many books, articles or go to conferences -you have all served in one.
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arts.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
co.ro NR $34.61 $34.61(1year)
com.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
firm.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
info.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
org.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
rec.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
ro NR $34.61 $0.00(1year)
store.ro NR $85.00 $0.00(1year)
The published pricing above states only the applicable NIC Fee associated with a domain name extension. The total cost for a domain name registered through Safenames will be the NIC fee plus and an administrative fee. Admin fees are variable by customer and are based on term and volume commitment. If you would like to speak with one of our consultants regarding your global domain registration needs or our volume pricing discounts, please complete the contact form provided below.
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RULES FOR NAME REGISTRATION
WITHIN THE .RO DOMAIN AND ITS SUB-DOMAINS
Versiunea in limba romana (The version in Romanian)
The rules presented in this document apply to all requests of names within the .ro domain and its sub-domains:
.ro for any organisations or individuals
com.ro for bussines, firms, products and services of a commercial nature
org.ro for not-for-profit organizations, social organizations, civil groups
tm.ro for trademarks only. To register under the tm.ro subdomain, proof of a Romanian trademark
(OSIM, or another trademark organisation) must be submitted.
store.ro for shops, stores or other bussines offering goods to purchase
info.ro for information providers
nom.ro for those individuals wishing their own domain name
nt.ro for entities emphasizing data networking activities, especially with respect to the Internet
firm.ro for firms
www.ro for entities emphasizing activities related to the World Wide Web
arts.ro for entities emphasizing cultural activities
rec.ro for entities emphasizing recreation and entertainment activities
All NEW domain requests will conform to RFCs 1034, 1035, 1122, 1123 and any subsequent replacements.
The requests will be handled by an automaton/robot. This robot will apply a check against the list of existing domain names.
Applications for new domain name registration and nameserver and contact data modifications for existing domain names are sent only be e-mail to d[email protected] or by WEB form available at http://www.rnc.ro/new/newreg.shtml.
E-mail notifications are sent automatically by the robot to inform the applicant wether its application has been accepted or rejected. It is very important that you specify an operational e-mail address at the requester's e-mail in the application form.
Names within the .ro domain and its sub-domains may be registered for active usage (domain delegation) or for inactive usage (reserved domain names).
For registered active domain names there must be an operational primary and an operational secondary Domain Name System (DNS) name server. Both name servers need permanent IP connectivity to the Internet (for queries and zone transfers) in order that they can be easily checked for operational status and database accuracy at any time by ROTLD registry.
At the end of each month a periodic zone check is done for all the domains to collect errors, hostcount and other domain statistics.You are very kindly asked to allow zone transfer for the machines from 192.162.16.0/24 IP address class. These machines run software for the validation of the nameservers delegated to the .ro domains.
Any entity (organisation or individual) may register domain names, independent of the location of the entity. The administrative contact (admin-c) in the application form is responsible for a domain and is therefore required to be an employee of the organisation which will be the owner of the domain name.
The language for communication with the registrants and registrars is Romanian or English.
The registration fee is 61 USD, one time payment.
Invoices are sent to the billing contact as listed in the application form.
The payment is due in five days from the receipt of the invoice.
Applications for new domain names are processed in chronological order of receipt by ROTLD (first-come, first-served). More specific: e-mails are being processed in chronological order of arrival as they appear in the in-box of ROTLD. The entity seeking registration is fully responsible for its entries in the application form and is therefore required to supervise any records in the repository belonging to said entity. Applications for modifications (and deletions) of domain names are processed in a manner similar to that described above but exceptions to chronological order may be possible under certain circumstances and upon special request by registrants.
The registration of a domain name is made only after the payment has been received in full. An application can be canceled for lack of payment any time after payment is due, without prior notice.
Termination of registration: active or inactive registration of domain names may be erased from the repository (whois database) due to three reasons: a) when the registrant requests deletion of his entry; the request needs to be sent to ROTLD in written form, fax no. +40-1-2241084; b) when no or insufficient payment for registration/reservation is received; c. upon order by a court or governmental or administrative body.
Domain names which have been deleted will immediately become available for reuse by any party.
During the 'on hold' period active domain names will be set to inactive.
Responsibilities for domain: entities registering domain names are fully responsible for their right to said name. Submission of a domain registration constitutes warranty to ROTLD that entity has rights to use the submitted name, i.e. entities statements in the application form are required to be true and entity is required to have the right to use the Domain Name as requested in the application. Entity shall indemnify ROTLD from any litigation costs or damages resulting from entity's use of said name. ROTLD is hereby expressly exempted from any and all responsibility for the verification of rights to a name. Acceptance of an application and registration of a domain name constitutes no endorsement by ROTLD that registrant has a right to use the domain name in question under the laws of any state which might be applicable, e.g. with regard to names of natural or legal persons, trade names or trademarks.
Registering a domain name does not confer any legal rights to that name and any disputes between parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled between the contending parties using normal legal methodes.
Domain Names are allocated to the Holder (domain owner). If the application was filed by another party on behalf of the Holder, the person who holds the Domain Name is the third party beneficiary of the contract between the Applicant and ROTLD. Holding the Domain Name is conditioned upon the Holder's acceptance of the Rules for name registration within the .ro domain and its sub-domains and the Registration Agreement available at http://www.rnc.ro/new/agreement.html .
Transfer of domain names: the holder of a name submits a written and signed document (fax to +40-1-2241084) to the registry authorizing another entity to apply for a modification of the entries in the repository of a specific domain name.
Solving conflicts: when a domain name has been registered by another entity or is in progress of registering, it is the responsibility of the entity seeking the registration to research the existing repository and pursue any litigation which may be necessary against the existing registrant, should said entity believe that existing registrant has no right to said domain. Entities and registrants acknowledge and agree that ROTLD cannot act as arbiter of disputes arising out of the registration of and use of domain names. Registration of a pending application for a domain name will be suspended by ROTLD in case of a conflict with another pending application or an already registered active or inactive domain name until the conflicting registrants present a written and duly signed settlement of the conflict or a court decision resolving the dispute in favor of one of the conflicting parties.
Liability of ROTLD: as far as permitted by law, the ROTLD registry will not be liable for any loss of use, interruption of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits) regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if the ROTLD registry has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
ROTLD assumes no liability for trademark disputes other than to provide the contact information to both parties.
Acceptable characters allowed for domain names are alpha-numeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) and dash (-). A domain name cannot begin or end with a dash.We recomend you to use only lower case characters, because domain names are case insensitive. A domain name must have less than 26 characters, not including .ro
When an entity loses its right to use a domain name, e. g because said entity has had no legitimate right to register a domain name, no refund of any pre-paid fees will be made.
ROTLD may issue warnings in case of obvious possible name conflicts or when names are likely to conflict with another name, trade mark, well known names, name of famous individuals, etc. ROTLD, however, has no obligation to issue such warnings. After a warning has been issued, the corresponding application for a domain name is interrupted until confirmation by the registrant is received. ROTLD may, however, at its own discretion interrupt the registration until the entity seeking for registration submits within reasonable time to ROTLD a written confirmation of the holder of the conflicting name, trade mark, well known names, name of famous individuals, etc. that the application is valid and that the holder agrees with the application.
When an entity submits grossly erroneous and/or misleading application forms, the registry may cancel the registration process for such an entity. In this situation the ROTLD registry reserves the rights to ask for additional information and/or documents.
ROTLD registers domain names in its own repository (whois.rotld.ro server) which answers authoritatively for .RO domain names. This information may also be retrieved from a search engine run by ROTLD, which can be queried by means of the command 'whois -h whois.rotld.ro . This query supplies the name of the domain, its administrative, technical and billing contacts and pointers to hosts providing name service for the domain.
ROTLD reserves the right to make entries in the WHOIS data bases publicly available in any electronic and written form.
This domain name policy shall be governed by and construed according to Romanian law. The courts of Bucharest shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes that may arise out of or in connection with this domain name policy.
Reasons for rejecting domain name applications are:
incomplete entries in the application form;
the data provided in the application form is false, it is not accurate, or it is misleading;
domain names containing more than 24 characters;
domain names containing special characters except the hyphen (-);
domain names containing hyphen as first or last character;
domain names which are identical with an already registered domain name;
domain names which are identical with a previously applied valid name;
administrative contact is not a member of the entity stated as the organization which is the domain owner (not applicable to natural persons);
domain names of bad taste;
names incorporating foul languages;
names that are injurious to public order or to public sensibilities;
misleading or deceptive domain names;
domainnames with offending character;
domainnames with obscene or pornographic words;
names of famous individuals;
outstanding payments.
34. The ROTLD registry may cancel a registration or suspend delegation of a name:
if the name is adminstered in a way likely to endanger operation of the DNS;
if the basis on which the name was registered has changed, e.g. the organisation making the application no longer exists, or the contact data was modified to inaccurate or false data;
it is drawn to ROTLD attention that the name is being used in a manner likely to cause confusion to Internet users;
where ROTLD has been informed that legal action has been commenced regarding use of the name;
where attempts exists to register names in order to resell them.
in cases of conflicts of a domain name between parties, until the dispute is resolved;
the use of the domain name is misleading other Internet users;
where ROTLD is of the opinion that one of the above events is likely to occur.
Country Terms and Conditions
1. AGREEMENT. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and "your" refer to each customer, "we", us" and "our" refer to ICI (National Institute for R$D in Informatics), the ROTLD registry. This Agreement explains our obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services. By using the Services under this Agreement, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this Agreement and any pertinent rules or policies that are or may be published by us.
2. REGISTRATION RULES. The rule for name registration within the .ro domain and its subdomains, which can be accessed on the World Wide Web through http://www.rnc.ro/new/rules-ro.html, as amended from time to time, form part of this agreement.
3. SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. We cannot and do not check to see whether the domain name you select, or the use you make of the domain name, infringes legal rights of others. We urge you to investigate to see whether the domain name you select or its use infringes legal rights of others. You may wish to consider seeking one or more trademark registrations in connection with your domain name. You should be aware that there is the possibility we might be ordered by a court to cancel, modify, or transfer your domain name. You should be aware that if we are sued or threatened with lawsuit in connection with your domain name, we may turn to you to hold us harmless and indemnify us.
4. FEES, PAYMENT AND TERM. As consideration for the services you have selected, you agree to pay us the applicable service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable unless we provide otherwise. As further consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide certain current, complete and accurate information about you as required by the registration process and (2) maintain and update this information as needed to keep it current, complete and accurate. You hereby grant us the right to disclose to third parties such Information. The Registrant, by completing and submitting the Domain Name Registration Form ("Registration Form"), represents that the statements in its application are true and that the registration of the selected Domain Name, so far as the Registrant is aware, does not interfere with or infringe upon the rights of any third party. The Registrant also represents that the Domain Name is not being registered for any unlawful purpose and it will not be used in violation of any applicable laws or regulations..
5. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree, during the period of this Agreement, that we may: (1) revise the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and (2) change the services provided under this Agreement. Any such revision or change will be binding and effective immediately on posting of the revised Agreement or change to the service(s) on our web site, or on notification to you by e-mail or regular mail as per the Notices section of this agreement, Section 20. You agree to review our web site, including the Agreement, periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If you do not agree with any revision to the Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing us with notice by e-mail or regular mail as per the Notices section of this agreement, Section 20. Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt and processing by us. You agree that, by continuing to use the Services following notice of any revision to this Agreement or change in service(s), you abide by any such revisions or changes.
6. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You agree that, if the registration or reservation of your domain name is challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the Dispute Policy in effect at the time of the dispute. You agree that in the event a domain name dispute arises with any third party, you will indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy.
7. DISPUTE POLICY. On learning of a dispute about an Internet Domain Name registered under a .ro Top Level Domain, between the organisation or individual and another laying claim to a stronger right to register it, ROTLD will assist the parties by providing mediation. ROTLD will seek to establish whether a mutally acceptable resolution to the dispute can be found by the impartial intervention of the staff of ROTLD. Unde the rules for name registration within the .ro domain and its subdomains, ROTLD may suspend delegation of an Internet Domain Name in certain circumstances: (1) the domain name is being used in a manner likely to cause confusion to
Internet users; (2) the domain name is administered in a way likely to endanger operation of the DNS. If the mediation is not successful, either the compliant or the registrant can submit the dispute to a court of Bucharest, Romania.
8. AGENTS. You agree that, if an agent for you (i.e., an Internet Service Provider, employee, etc.) purchased our Services on your behalf, you are nonetheless bound as a principal by all terms and conditions herein, including the Dispute Policy.
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS. We reserve the right to distribute information to you that is pertinent to the quality or operation of our services and those of our service partners. These announcements will be predominately informative in nature and may include notices describing changes, upgrades, new products or other information to add security or to enhance your identity on the Internet.
10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. You agree that our entire liability, and your exclusive remedy, with respect to any Services(s) provided under this Agreement and any breach of this Agreement is solely limited to the amount you paid for such Service(s). We and our contractors shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use any of the Services or for the cost of procurement of substitute services. We disclaim any and all loss or liability resulting from, but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting from access delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting from data non-delivery or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or misstatements in any and all information or services(s) provided under this Agreement; (4) loss or liability resulting from the development or interruption of your Web site or email service. The registrant agrees that we will not be liable for any loss of registration and use of registrant's domain name, or for interruption of business, or any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits) regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
11. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors and affiliates harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses, including attorney's fees, of third parties relating to or arising under this Agreement, the Services provided hereunder or your use of the Services, including without limitation infringement by you, or someone else using the E-mail Service with your computer, of any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity, or from the violation of any of our operating rules or policy relating to the service(s) provided. You also agree to release, indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. When we are threatened with suit by a third party, we may seek written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify us; your failure to provide those assurances may be considered by us to be a breach of your Agreement and may result in deactivation of your domain name.
12. BREACH. You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this Agreement, any operating rule or policy or the Dispute Policy provided by us, may be considered by us to be a material breach and that we may provide a written notice, describing the breach, to you. If within thirty (30) calendar days of the date of such notice, you fail to provide evidence, which is reasonably satisfactory to us, that you have not breached your obligations under the Agreement, then we may delete the registration or reservation of your domain name or terminate your e-mail account without further notice. Any such breach by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply because we did not act earlier in response to that, or any other breach by you.
13. NO GUARANTY. You agree that, by registration or reservation of your chosen domain name, such registration or reservation does not confer immunity from objection to either the registration, reservation, or use of the domain name.
14. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. You agree and warrant that the information that you provide to us to register or reserve your domain name or register for other Services is, to the best of your knowledge and belief, accurate and complete, and that any future changes to this information will be provided to us in a timely manner according to the modification procedures in place at that time. You agree that your use of our Services is solely at your own risk. You agree that such Service(s) is provided on an "as is," "as available" basis. We expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We make no warranty that the Services will meet your requirements, or that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service(s) or as to the accuracy or reliability of any information obtained through the our e-mail service or that defects in the Services software will be corrected. You understand and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the our e-mail service is done at your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such material and/or data. We make no warranty regarding any goods or services purchased or obtained through the e-mail service or any transactions entered into through the e-mail service. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through the e-mail service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.
15. REVOCATION. You agree that we may delete your domain name or terminate your right to use other Services if the information that you provided to register or reserve your domain name or register for other Services, or subsequently to modify it, contains false or misleading information, or conceals or omits any information we would likely consider material to our decision to register or reserve your domain name. You agree that we may, in our sole discretion, delete or transfer your domain name at any time.
16. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain name or register you for other Services, or to delete your domain name within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of your payment for such services. In the event we do not register or reserve your domain name or register you for other Services, or we delete your domain name or other Services within such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s). You agree that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our refusal to register or reserve, or delete your domain name or register you for other Services.
17. SEVERABILITY. You agree that the terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term or provision is declared invalid or unenforceable, that term or provision will be construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force and effect.
18. NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the parties.
19. NON-WAIVER. Our failure to require performance by the Registrant of any provision hereof shall not affect the full right to require such performance at any time thereafter; nor shall the waiver by us of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision itself.
20. NOTICES. Any notice, direction or other communication given under this Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending it via e-mail or via regular mail. In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall only have been deemed to have been given when an electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by the sender, in the case of notice to us to [email protected] or, in the case of notice to you, at the e-mail address provided by you in your WHOIS record or as updated from time to time. Mail shall be sent to ICI-RNC and to you at the mailing address provided in your Affiliate application or as updated from time to time.
21. ENTIRETY. You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies published are the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us regarding our Services. This Agreement supersede all prior agreements and understandings, whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent.
22. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the LAWS OF Romania, applicable therein without reference to rules governing choice of laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in Bucharest and you irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
23. INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement.
24. Acceptance of Agreement. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE NETWORK AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT.
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
The .ro ccTLD Registry (ROTLD) does not act as arbitrator of disputes between domain name holders and third party complainants arising out of the registration or the use of a domain name.
In the event that a dispute arises between a domain name holder and a third party complainant, the ROTLD Registry will assist the two parties to arrive at a mutually acceptable resolution to the dispute.
As a general rule, the Registry ROTLD will take action on a matter when it is clear that a registrant is breaching the Registration Agreement.
When a mutual resolution is not successful, the complain is the subject of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy endorsed and approved by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Uniform Domain Name
Policy Adopted: August 26, 1999
Implementation Documents Approved: October 24, 1999
1. This policy is now in effect. See www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-schedule.htm for the implementation schedule.
2. This policy has been adopted by all accredited domain-name registrars for domain names ending in .com, .net, and .org. It has also been adopted by certain managers of country-code top-level domains (e.g., .nu, .tv, .ws).
3. The policy is between the registrar (or other registration authority in the case of a country-code top-level domain) and its customer (the domain-name holder or registrant). Thus, the policy uses "we" and "our" to refer to the registrar and it uses "you" and "your" to refer to the domain-name holder.
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
(As Approved by ICANN on October 24, 1999)
1. Purpose. This Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy") has been adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), is incorporated by reference into your Registration Agreement, and sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between you and any party other than us (the registrar) over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by you. Proceedings under Paragraph 4 of this Policy will be conducted according to the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules of Procedure"), which are available at www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm, and the selected administrative-dispute-resolution service provider's supplemental rules.
2. Your Representations. By applying to register a domain name, or by asking us to maintain or renew a domain name registration, you hereby represent and warrant to us that (a) the statements that you made in your Registration Agreement are complete and accurate; (b) to your knowledge, the registration of the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party; (c) you are not registering the domain name for an unlawful purpose; and (d) you will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations. It is your responsibility to determine whether your domain name registration infringes or violates someone else's rights.
3. Cancellations, Transfers, and Changes. We will cancel, transfer or otherwise make changes to domain name registrations under the following circumstances:
a. subject to the provisions of Paragraph 8, our receipt of written or appropriate electronic instructions from you or your authorized agent to take such action;
b. our receipt of an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction, requiring such action; and/or
c. our receipt of a decision of an Administrative Panel requiring such action in any administrative proceeding to which you were a party and which was conducted under this Policy or a later version of this Policy adopted by ICANN. (See Paragraph 4(i) and (k) below.)
We may also cancel, transfer or otherwise make changes to a domain name registration in accordance with the terms of your Registration Agreement or other legal requirements.
4. Mandatory Administrative Proceeding.
This Paragraph sets forth the type of disputes for which you are required to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding. These proceedings will be conducted before one of the administrative-dispute-resolution service providers listed at www.icann.org/udrp/approved-providers.htm (each, a "Provider").
a. Applicable Disputes. You are required to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding in the event that a third party (a "complainant") asserts to the applicable Provider, in compliance with the Rules of Procedure, that
(i) your domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant has rights; and
(ii) you have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and
(iii) your domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
In the administrative proceeding, the complainant must prove that each of these three elements are present.
b. Evidence of Registration and Use in Bad Faith. For the purposes of Paragraph 4(a)(iii), the following circumstances, in particular but without limitation, if found by the Panel to be present, shall be evidence of the registration and use of a domain name in bad faith:
(i) circumstances indicating that you have registered or you have acquired the domain name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trademark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of your documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name; or
(ii) you have registered the domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided that you have engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or
(iii) you have registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business of a competitor; or
(iv) by using the domain name, you have intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain, Internet users to your web site or other on-line location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of your web site or location or of a product or service on your web site or location.
c. How to Demonstrate Your Rights to and Legitimate Interests in the Domain Name in Responding to a Complaint. When you receive a complaint, you should refer to Paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure in determining how your response should be prepared. Any of the following circumstances, in particular but without limitation, if found by the Panel to be proved based on its evaluation of all evidence presented, shall demonstrate your rights or legitimate interests to the domain name for purposes of Paragraph 4(a)(ii):
(i) before any notice to you of the dispute, your use of, or demonstrable preparations to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or
(ii) you (as an individual, business, or other organization) have been commonly known by the domain name, even if you have acquired no trademark or service mark rights; or
(iii) you are making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name, without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue.
d. Selection of Provider. The complainant shall select the Provider from among those approved by ICANN by submitting the complaint to that Provider. The selected Provider will administer the proceeding, except in cases of consolidation as described in Paragraph 4(f).
e. Initiation of Proceeding and Process and Appointment of Administrative Panel. The Rules of Procedure state the process for initiating and conducting a proceeding and for appointing the panel that will decide the dispute (the "Administrative Panel").
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> The struggles of a community fighting to survive
The struggles of a community fighting to survive
By Stephanie Abbot - 13th January 2020
Shrouded in negative stereotypes and widely misunderstood, the Scottish travelling community are at the forefront of this novel.
Lorn Macintyre has created characters with real depth, who draw empathy from the reader throughout their journey and remind us to withhold hasty judgements.
Set in the Scottish landscape, the book draws on the power of nature while being juxtaposed with an ever-changing modern world and the struggles of a community fighting to survive.
The Summer Stance, by Lorn MacIntyre, published by Thunderpoint, £7.99.
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Scottish Swimmers Dominate World University Games Team Selection
Pic Left - Calum Tait, Cameron Brodie, Craig Benson; Right - Olivia White, Kathryn Johnstone
“The World University Games is a great opportunity to get experience at a multi-sport games." Chris Jones, Team Leader
Nine swimmers, five of whom are based in Scotland, have been selected to compete at the forthcoming World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea, from 3-14 July 2015.
Cameron Brodie who has recently returned from competing at the Japan Open in Tokyo will be joined by University of Stirling team-mate, Craig Benson, Kathryn Johnstone (Heriot Watt University), Calum Tait and Olivia White (University of Edinburgh).
The squad will be led by Chris Jones (Head Coach of University of Edinburgh) who said,
“The World University Games is a great opportunity to get experience at a multi-sport games. Dealing with a village environment and everything that comes with that is invaluable especially with the Olympics next year.
“The team selected will all be looking to make that step next year and this will be an excellent opportunity to race in a world class field. Now it’s time to train and prepare and we will be looking forward to bringing home some medals back this July”
The international University Sports Federation (FISU) organise the World University Games (the Universiade) every two years.
The Summer Universiade consists of 10 compulsory sports with 13 compulsory disciplines and up to three optional sports chosen by the host country. The Universiade is widely recognised as the second largest multisport Games in the world after the Olympics and progressively has risen to World Class in scale and standard, with over 10,000 participants from 150+ countries.
The Great Britain Swimming Team competing in Gwangju is:
Joe Patching - Auburn University
Craig Benson - University of Stirling
Cameron Brodie - University of Stirling
Kathryn Johnstone - Heriot Watt University
Jay Lelliott - University Of Bath
Max Litchfield - Sheffield Hallam
Calum Tait - The University of Edinburgh
Olivia White - University of Edinburgh
James Wilby - Loughborough University
Chris Jones - Team Leader
Mark Skimming - Head Coach
David Hemmings – Coach
The competition schedule can be found here
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An astonishing game in Hayes saw this Sevenoaks side continue their superb league form when they demolished a limited Old Wilsonians team to make up for the disappointment of losing out in the Cup the previous weekend.
The score at half time offered little clue to the end result on this Sweet Sunday although the Blues were completely in control throughout the opening 40 minutes. They were moving the ball with great fluency from front to back and were rarely under pressure. It was clear that it’s only a matter of time before the opening goal came quite possibly from Kai who was putting in another shift in his bright orange boots.
The game was being played in a curious atmosphere as the home side struggled to get into the match. The play was almost entirely in their half with only the occasional Breakaway but such moments were dealt with comfortably by the Sevenoaks defence. The visitors were not really making the most of their dominance in possession, their control at vital moments proving a little lacking with the final ball not quite making it to where it was required. They kept having to do it again and their hosts were obliging to that end. Eventually the inevitable happened and Fin was on hand to connect to a corner for a rather scrappy goal but they all count.
The game continued in similar vein for much of the half. Sevenoaks had their chances. Isn’t it time for a second was a familiar refrain on the sidelines and it came after15 minutes, Theo Tite playing in a more forward position today latched on to a flick from Joe Ashton to bundle the ball over the line. It wasn’t until 25 minutes that the home side had anything more than a sniff of a goal. They won a free kick about 25 yards out, the dramatic tumble of their forward earning the reward rather than the tackle itself but the resulting kick flew wide of the post.
Shortly after Harvey Hollingsbee made it three but was correctly adjudged offside so the first half ended with Sevenoaks 2 goals to the good. Their play was measured as they were given plenty of time by their generous host to build their attacks and the game was well under their control.
The second spell started with Sevenoaks pushing hard for another goal. Eddie was scaring the right back with his forays down the wing but again they could not fashion a shot on goal despite having all the possession. They were getting hungry for a third goal. Kai burst through a host of defenders and forced a good save from the goalkeeper. On 15 minutes a OW attack broke down and Eddie stole the ball. Running half the pitch with defenders in hot pursuit he did everything right but his shot slid agonisingly wide of the post.
Wouldn’t it be nice for another goal? Sevenoaks had the benefit of a full squad for the first time this season and were able to make changes throughout the game, at this stage came the game changer and the wipeout of OW. George was getting rather bored between the sticks. Nothing, besides a gentle back pass, was getting through to him and he was pushing up higher and higher. Barrie gave him his chance fully up the pitch and he grabbed it with both feet whilst Eddie took over the gloves.
20 minutes in and George was right on the spot to pick up a loose ball to smash the ball past his opposite number to make it 3-0. We may have thought that would have been it but within 10 minutes one goal became a remarkable four. No one could really believe what was happening pitchside. Whilst it was Christmas Day for George but those 10 minutes was Groundhog Day for the home team. Similar moves and similar finishes.
Not surprisingly, the will drained from Old Wilsonians. They had worked hard throughout but couldn’t match the strength, the pace and the skill of the visitors. Before the end Floris added a seventh and Harvey the eighth as all the team hunted goals against an utterly dejected opponent.
They must have had 90% possession in the second half and the introduction of George broke the dam and goals flooded out. Four wins out of four is Sevenoaks impressive record, 24 goals scored and just two conceded. Next up is Chipstead with local glory at stake and revenge from last seasons matches sought.
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Frantz: Bad calls by game officials deserve to be criticized publicly
Nov. 9, 2009 12:00 a.m.
If Darrius Heyward-Bey drops a pass, he gets criticized for it. And rightfully so. If Monta Ellis goes 4-for-21 from the floor with six turnovers, he’s going to be blasted. It goes with the territory. And if Brian Wilson blows a three-run lead in the bottom of the ninth, he’s going to hear about it. All part of the game.
So why is it that when guys like Phil Cuzzi or Marc Curles perform poorly, they’re considered to be off limits — the sacred cows of competitive sports?
In virtually every major sport, game officials have been living inside their protective bubbles for far too long, guarded closely by threats of financial and game punishments against players and coaches who would dare question their judgment or performance.
These guys enjoy more immunity from public criticism, regardless of public incompetence, than President Barack Obama. Well, almost.
In college football, the Southeastern Conference took the overprotection of referees’ feelings to a new level last month, skipping right past verbal reprimands of coaches and moving directly to mandatory fines and suspensions.
The decision came in the wake of numerous missed calls and poor decisions by conference officials this season, which led to critical comments made by several league coaches.
Ironically, it was Urban Meyer’s Florida Gators who benefited from most of the blown calls, yet it was Meyer who took the first $30,000 hit for publicly disagreeing with a non-call on a late hit on his star quarterback.
It was Curles who, one week earlier, threw an unnecessary roughness flag on an Arkansas defensive lineman that kept a crucial Florida drive alive. Upon reviewing the play a few days later, the SEC later conceded that Curles made the wrong call, but nonetheless reprimanded Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino for complaining about it!
Cuzzi was the umpire, working the left-field line in Game 2 of the American League Division Series between the N.Y. Yankees and Minnesota Twins, who stared directly at Joe Mauer’s crucial 11th-inning fly ball, which was fair by a foot, and called it foul.
Crew chief Tim Tschida begged for mercy on Cuzzi’s behalf, telling the media, “Nobody feels worse than the umpire.”
Guess what, Tim: Nobody feels worse than a closer who gives up a game-winning home run, or a field-goal kicker who misses wide right with two seconds left, but their hurt feelings won’t stop people from calling them bums. What makes your guys so different?
It’s high time (not for you, Tim Lincecum) to take officials and umpires off their pedestals. If players and coaches have to face the music when they fail, officials should be no different.
And yes, I know they are graded and sometimes reprimanded for their work behind closed doors, but the punishment of game participants who criticize blatant officiating errors has to end.
Should players be permitted to harass, disrespect or intimidate officials they disagree with during the course of a game? No. But let’s at least give them their constitutional right to free speech when it’s over.
Sports personality Bob Frantz is a regular contributor to The Examiner. E-mail him at bfrantz@sfexaminer.com.
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Hauled to safety, this calf is back where he belongs
Published on the 19th of March, 2018
News Updates Hauled to safety, this calf is back where he belongs
In the fading light of the 13th February 2018, a rescue unfolded on the Amboseli plains after a Security Team patrolling Amboseli National Park came across a baby elephant which had plunged into a water hole
In the fading light of the 13th February 2018, a rescue unfolded on the Amboseli plains after a Security Team patrolling Amboseli National Park came across a baby elephant which had plunged into a water hole. How long the calf had been trapped, we can’t be sure, but the calf’s trumpets for help attracted the patrol team who went closer and found the calf submerged. They went to extract the calf by hand, however as they did so his worried mother emerged from a nearby bush and charged the team, chasing them away before she returned to keep watch over her calf at the water hole.
With the mother unable to extract her calf by herself and the Security Team unable to rescue the calf themselves, they reported the calf’s plight to the DSWT/KWS Amboseli Vet Unit who were undertaking an elephant collaring exercise in the region. Aware that they had less than an hour and a half of daylight remaining and more than 100km to cover in order to reach the calf from their current location, the Unit quickly set off to help.
Travelling along rough and bumpy roads, the Amboseli Vet Unit, headed by KWS Vet Dr Ephantus, met the Security Team, who had remained in the area watching over the calf, at 6:45pm. The mother was nowhere to be seen but the Vet Unit presumed she had not gone far and set about hauling her calf, who was floating in the water hole, to safety with the help of five men while two more remained on watch.
Soon, the little calf was back on dry land and, despite his exhausting ordeal, he was able to stand by himself on his own four feet, even walking about and depicting a suckling reflex - a positive sign that he still had plenty of energy left.
As daylight faded fast, the next move was to try and locate his mother within the vicinity as quickly as possible. Placing the calf in the back of an open pick up, the Security Team and Vet Unit drove in different directions as they scoured the land for her. All the while, the little calf joined in with the search as he trumpeted away, calling out for his mother.
Thankfully, she was spotted less than a kilometre away with her trunk raised above the shrubs, trying to pick up the scent of her calf. She soon began moving at pace towards the vehicle at which point, the team stopped at a safe distance and offloaded their precious cargo, who let out another loud trumpet. At the sound, the mother charged at her calf’s rescuers – perhaps not understanding they were there to help – chasing the team for nearly fifty metres before going back to her calf. After a quick inspection of him, the Unit watched the two joyfully reunite and the calf take a much needed suckle of milk – the best possible happy ending.
Reunions like this are the best kind of stories and, over the years, the DSWT Field teams have been in a position to attend to numerous such cases, successfully reuniting separated calves with their desperate mother and families. While it is not always the case that this is possible, it is always cause for great joy when things work out as they should and, on this day, thankfully the mother boldly returned just when she thought all hope was lost.
Our thanks to the KWS and all those involved in this reunion, as well as those who have donated towards the work of the DSWT/KWS Vet Units. If you would like to make a contribution to these lifesaving Units, who work tirelessly to help all wild animals in need, however big or small, please click here: www.thedswt.org/donate
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Is Ahmadiyya A Branch Of Sunni Sect?
By ShaanHussayn, September 16, 2013 in General Islamic Discussion
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Before anyone says that they are kafir or non-Muslim etc, this cannot be true because their shahada is same as any Sunni Muslim. To be a Muslim you have to agree to this shahada:
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا الله مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ الله (lā ʾilāha ʾillā l-Lāh, Muḥammadun rasūlu l-Lāh)
There is no god but God, Muhammad is the messenger of God.
Only difference is that they believe that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a Mahdi. I believe that technically the Ahmadiyya Muslims are Sunni Muslim, it is one of the branch of Sunni sect because it inherits majority of its teaching from Sunni school. Bear in mind that technically a certain branch comes under a certain sect according to whatever its teaching is inherited from.
Shia Islam = Alawi, Twelver, Zaydi etc because it inherits its teachings from Shia school
Sunni Islam = Ahmadi, Hanafi, Maliki, Wahabi, Salafi etc because it inherits its teachings from Sunni school
Please share your intelligence.
Here is the Ahmadiyya shahada which is exactly the same as any other Sunni branch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFiyt-Ijc0Y
Edited September 16, 2013 by ShaanHussayn
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Abu_Muslim 85
Ahmadi shahadah is not the same as Sunni one. They don't believe that the prophet SAW is the final prophet.
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Rasul 1,302
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Shia Islam = Twelver.
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I don't know if that is true but I have given the video link to YouTube. Those are Ahmadi people in the video reading out their shahada.
mutazili(wasil) 57
Religion: Islam:Red Shi'ism
all muslim shahadah is : la ilaha illa Allah mohamed rasool Allah , be it shia or sunnis
ali wali Allah is not part of the shahadah (refer to sheikh sadooq )
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realizm 2,362
I didn't know that our shahada was different than this...
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Ali.20 34
At least Wikipedia is credible in such matters....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya#Beliefs
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(salam)
I think they follow hanafi fiqh so..
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^... Whether they follow Fiqh of Hanafi School of Maliki School is irrelevant if they don't believe in the finality of the Prophet's [a] prophethood, which would make them Kufar.
No doubt they are deviants. They follow a liar who claimed he was Jesus [a] and the Mahdi [a] who failed to accomplish the task that the Mahdi [a] was commissioned to do. Which was to remove all forms of oppression and fill the world with peace and justice. Whether they are Muslim or not, Allah knows best.
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skylight2 520
Ahmadiyya is a branch of the British Home Office
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Mousa54321 60
It is a sect that was promoted by the British colonial authorities.
They are not Muslims, at least according to Sunnis. This is due to them not believing the prophet is the final messenger as well many other things.
Fiqh is irrelevant, aqeedh is.
I do have Ahmadi friends so I know what I was talking about...
If you read the OP's post again, when he said "branch" he meant it as "off-shoot" - and if you use this term (or even if you don't) - Ahmadi's are definitely an off-shoot of Sunni Islam, and the fact that they still use Hanafi fiqh does show this.
They believe in God -> Prophet -> Qur'an -> The Mahdi as Mirza Ghulam. They don't believe in the Ahlul Bayt (as) anywhere as the successors to the Prophet's will and the guardians of the religion.
Sure they are no longer Muslims in the literal sense, however if you don't want to consider them as a "sunni branch" then by all means first edit this wikipedia article and all of the sub-articles, as I would say that more than half of these are not even Muslim, let alone "Shia."
But of course double standards only exist when it comes to Shiism.
Edited September 21, 2013 by Fuan
HamzaTR 1,078
Salam. Where do you get your knowledge on shia from? lol. Shia and Sunni shahada do not differ..
And secondly, why don't you just ask them about their beliefs? I will quote from their fav books on introducing Ahmadiyya;
Basically, there are two main divisions in Islam: the Sunnis and the Shias. All other sects developed from these two main streams. To give an idea of their relative proportions, about 85% of all "Muslims" living today belong to the Sunni stream of Islam while about 15% belong to the Shia stream. Some important sects of Islam and their relationship with the two main streams are shown below:
Sunni Stream of Islam:
Ahle Hadith (Traditionists)
Wahabis
Ahmadis
Shia Stream of Islam:
Zaydis
Twelvers
Seveners: Nizaris or Ismailis
Musta'lis or Bohras
The Ahmadis
The Ahmadiyya movement was founded in 1889 as a sect of Islam by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India. Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed to be the Mujaddid of the fourteenth century of Islam and the Promised Messiah and the Promised Mahdi whose advent had been foretold in the Hadith of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. The Ahmadis generally follow the Hanafi school of law.
WHAT IS AHMADIYYAT?
Ahmadiyyat is a sect of Islam and not a new religion. Ahmadiyyat is a movement, entirely within the fold of Islam, meant to revive its true spirit and philosophy, to cleanse Islam of all superstitious and unnecessary beliefs and customs which had crept in over the past fourteen centuries, and, finally, to preach the religion of Islam to non-Muslims with the enthusiasm and zeal of the early Muslims.
The Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, India, in 1889. The followers of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad believe that he is the same Messiah and Mahdi whose coming was foretold by the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and was eagerly awaited by all Muslims. His followers call themselves Ahmadi Muslims, only to differentiate themselves from members of other Islamic sects, and strictly follow the orthodox religion of Islam.
As far as the fundamental beliefs or acts of worship are concerned, the Ahmadi Muslims have neither taken anything out nor added anything new to the religion of Islam. The Ahmadi Muslims make their declaration of faith by reciting the same Kalima which was recited by the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself; they say their Prayers and fast in the same manner as the Holy Prophet of Islam did; and their Qiblah, their Ka'ba, their Azan and their Quran are all exactly the same as that of the other Muslims.
DIFFERENCES WITH SUNNI MUSLIMS
There are basically three beliefs held by Ahmadi Muslims which separate them from the mainstream of Sunni Islam. These three beliefs concern:
o The finality of Muhammad's prophethood.
o Jesus Christ's ascension to heaven, and
o the identity of the Promised Messiah
These three areas of contention between Ahmadi and Sunni Muslims are briefly described below:
The Finality of Muhammad's Prophethood
In verse 41 of Surah al Ahzab, the Prophet Muhammad has been given the title of Khataman Nabiyyeen, the Seal of the Prophets. A majority of the Muslims interpret from this verse that the Holy Prophet Muhammad was chronologically the last Prophet and that no new Prophet can come after him. They also believe the phenomenon of prophetic revelation to be closed for ever.
According to the Ahmadi Muslims, the expression 'Seal of the Prophets' does not mean that the Holy Prophet is chronologically the last Prophet. A seal is a mark of distinction and, in this case, implies great perfection of prophethood. Ahmadis believe that the door to prophethood is always open. However, a new prophet after the Prophet Muhammad must be a follower of his and must be from within the fold of Islam. Ahmadi Muslims do believe that the Prophet Muhammad was the last law giving Prophet and that no new law giving prophet can come after him.
Jesus Christ's Ascension to Heaven
The Sunni Muslims believe that Jesus was not put on the cross and that his place was actually taken by someone who resembled him. Jesus, according to them, was physically raised to heaven.
Ahmadis believe that Jesus was indeed put on the cross, but only for a few hours. They believe that Jesus, after recovering from his wounds, traveled East to Kashmir where he died a natural death and remains buried in a tomb in Srinagar, in Mohallah Khanyar.
The Identity of the Promised Messiah
A majority of the Sunni Muslims believe that Jesus Christ himself will return one day as the latter day Messiah.
Ahmadi Muslims believe that since Jesus Christ has already died, it can only be someone else who can appear as the latter day Messiah. Ahmadis believe that this Promised Messiah has already come in the person of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad alaihisslam of Qadian.
These are the three important areas of contention between the Ahmadi and Sunni Muslims. In all other essential Islamic beliefs, the two groups hold more or less similar views.
taken from their official site: http://www.alislam.org/books/religiousknowledge/sec4.html & http://www.alislam.org/books/religiousknowledge/sec5.html
the book analyses Ahmadiyya under the branch of sunni islam, yet it states three major differences.. their say on Prophethood is that Prophet Muhammad is the seal of Prophethood not Prophets.. And, they argue that Mirza Ahmad is the Messiah.. Strange thing is they could just say they believed in reincarnation specifically for Jesus (which to me should be the case if Jesus were to come not just as in movement but both in person and ideology/movement).. But, Ahmadis say the two (Jesus and mirza Ahmad) have no relation after all, the latter is the promised one in the end times.. Interestingly because the movement does not succeed, they believe in occultation.. lol. there are more weird people in islam than myself.. :D I would love them more if they followed Jafari fiqh instead of hanafi and they all believed in imamate and they did not believe in the wrong person as the second coming of Messiah..
Edited September 21, 2013 by HamzaTR
Mu3lam 353
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According to Allama Yaqoobi, the Ahmadiyyah are a valid Islamic sect. As I doubt that any member of this site has studied Islam as much as him, and I highly doubt that anybody on this site has the level of knowledge that he does, I would be very careful about doing takfeer if I was you. They claim to be Muslims and they believe in la ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadar rasul Allah therefore I refuse to judge them on it. It's amazing how easily all of you throw around takfeer. It's quite sad, actually. May Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì guide us all. Most of the members on this website are Shias; not takfeeris. Act like it.
In response to the OP: I have studied the Ahmadiyya extensively and yes, they are for the most part Sunni. They follow the Sunni view on most issues such as the status of the sahabah, khalifat, etc. Their fiqh is not Hanafi nor is it "Sunni". It resembles Sunni fiqh, but it is different in many respects. For example, Ahmadi's are allowed to combine prayers if they doubt that they will not have enough time to separate them. Shias are allowed to combine for any reason whatsoever. Sunnis are not allowed to combine unless they are sure that they won't be able to make it. Ahmadi's can only combine if they doubt having enough time. It's much more unrestrictive than the Sunni fiqh but more restrictive than the Shia fiqh (on this issue at least). There are many other examples. One of my favourite examples is the dominant position when standing in salaat. Most Ahmadi's fold their hands as the Sunnis do, but Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was very clear that folding hands or leaving them at the sides was valid. Either or. He was known to switch between the two positions regularly to emphasize this.
So yes, they did grow out of Sunniism but they have developed their own distinct aqeeda as well as their own distinct fiqh.
Edited September 21, 2013 by Mu3lam
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^... Ayatollah al-Yaqoobi may be referring to the sects amongst the Ahmadiyyah who do not believe in that chap being a prophet. They are certainly out of the fold of Islam if they regard him as a Prophet.
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Yes they are a branch of Sunnism. But some people have doubt about them even being Muslim since their have some doubts about the Prophet.
You are referring to the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam. They believe that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was a divine reformer, similar to a Shi`a Imam, but not a Prophet. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on the other hand, believes that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad was indeed a Prophet. I still find your logic to be somewhat faulty. The belief of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is that Ahmad was the reincarnation of Jesus Christ (as). Both Sunni and Shi`a also believe that Jesus (as) will return with the Mahdi. Ahmadi's believe that when the ahadith say that Jesus (as) will return with the Mahdi, that they will be one in the same. I do not see how this takes them out of the fold of Islam. Yes, they believe that he was a Prophet. But that does not contradict Khatam an-Nabiyyin any more than the Sunni or Shi`a beliefs do. No Ahmadi, as far as I am aware, believes that Ahmad was a new Prophet. They believe that he was an old Prophet; Jesus (as). I disagree with them on this and I regard Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a liar, but I don't see how their belief in the return of Jesus (as) takes an individual Ahmadi outside the fold of Islam. If that were the case, then every single last Shi`a and Sunni that believes that Jesus (as) will return would be outside the fold of Islam because they believe that there will be a Prophet (on Earth) after the Seal of the Prophets; Muhammad (pbuh). Most Muslims believe that Jesus (as) will return. Ahmadi's believe that he has already returned.
To be clear, Allama Yaqoobi never said that Lahori Ahmadi's are Muslims and the others aren't. He said that Ahmadi's are Muslims. That was the end of his fatwa. So until he expands on that and clarifies that he only meant a certain sect within the overall Ahmadi Movement, I don't see how you can make such an assumption.
Here is the exact text of his Fatwa in German and an English translation. Perhaps Wizdom could hunt down the original Arabic fatwa إن شاء الله
FRAGE: Gelten die Ahmadiyya als Muslime (trotz der signifikanten Unterschiede)?
ANTWORT: Es gilt, abgesehen von den Benennungen, dass jeder, der an Allah (swt) und an die Botschaft seines Gesandten (pbuh) glaubt, ein Muslim ist. Er (dieser Muslim) hat dieselben Rechte und Pflichte.
QUESTION: Are the Ahmadiyya also Muslims (despite the significant differences)?
ANSWER: Any person that believes in Allah (swt) and his holy Messenger (pbuh) is a Muslim. He (this Muslim) has the same rights and responsibilities.
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Religion: القــــرآن والســــــنة
(wasalam)
Saying that Ahmadi is a valid sect and branch of Sunni Islam is like saying Bahai is a valid sect and branch of Shia Islam.
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There is a difference. Baha'i's do not claim to be Muslims. They do not believe that the Qur'an is the universal message for mankind. They do not believe that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the last and final messenger. The Baha'i Faith may have grown out of Shi`a Islam, but it is not a sect within Shi`a Islam, or Islam at all for that matter. Ahmadi's, on the other hand, believe in the Sahahdah and they call themselves Muslims. For me, this is sufficient. I will leave the judging to Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì. But for Baha'i's, they don't even call themselves Muslims. A better comparison would be to say that Ismailism is a valid sect and branch of Shi`a Islam -- which I agree with.
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They claim to follow Islam. Both Ahmadi and Bahai have their own Prophet.
Believing in Prophets after the last of the Prophets, Muhammad (saw), takes one out of the fold of Islam even if the person claims to be Muslim.
Edited September 21, 2013 by Abul Hussain Hassani
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Just claiming to be Muslim doesn't make one Muslim.
No they don't. They claim to follow the Baha'i Faith. Baha'i's don't even refer to Baha'u'llah has a Prophet. They refer to him as a "manifestation of God". And again, they don't claim to be Muslims.
I never said that everybody that claims to be a Muslim is one. I simply said that it is wrong for us to judge a person if they claim to be a Muslim. You are elevating yourself to the status of Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì which is the greatest sin a man can do. Here are the requirements for takfir, according to the Sunni school of thought (Maliki).
Declaring apostasy cannot be based on probability, meaning if there is a chance that a person may not be a kafir. Imam Malik said, “If I have 99 reasons to believe a person is a kafirand one to believe he is not, I’ll prefer the latter.”
Takfir is made regarding things that are known by default, like God being one and the finality of prophethood. The Malikis listed 33 issues that fall under the heading, malum min al-din bi al-Dururrah.
Takfir cannot be based on following an opinion (ijtihad) of a scholar in fiqh (legal verdict). There is not a kafir in fiqhbecause fiqh implies knowledge of things beyond the average person’s scope. For that reason a person is not declared a kafir who makes tawassul (praying to Allah through an intermediary). Imam Ahmed said, “We do not declare such people as kuffar.”
Takfir cannot be based on a sincere attempt to interpret or understand a text. Allah subhanahu wa ta`la (Exalted is He) mentions the followers of Christ saying, “Can God send a table from the heavens?” This is a statement of kufur but they were excused because it was a sincere question and an effort to understand.
Takfir cannot be based on actions that are due to ignorance. In the Qur’an we find the followers of Musa alayhi assalam saying, “Make for us idols to worship like they (the people of Egypt) had.” Musa’s response was, “You are an ignorant people.” He did not say that you are a kuffar. This verse servers as the foundation for the axiom “Al-’Uthru bi Jahl” (Ignorance is excused).
Takfir can only be made on an act of pure worship coupled with an intention that is clear kufur. Al-Dhahabi said, “If I saw a Muslim making sujud to a grave, I would not declare takfir until I talked to him.”
Takfir cannot be made upon an action that was done under the threat of harm. Allah ÓÈÍÇäå æÊÚÇáì says, “Except for the one who was forced (to say kufur) and his heart was full of faith.”
Takfir cannot be made upon an act that was an emotional burst. The Prophet ﷺ (peace be upon him) said that the man who lost his camel in the desert and later found it, said, “God! You are my servant and I am your Lord.” The Prophet ﷺ did not say this man was a kafir even though the statement is kufur. Ibn Hajar notes that this man was overcome with joy, so his statement was an abbreviation.
Just because someone’s group is not from Ahl-Sunna does not mean they are kafir. For that reason the companions prayed janazah (funeral prayer) for the khawarij. They did not collect the spoils of war from them, but gave it to the deceased’s family according to the Islamic rules on inheritance. Ibn Taymiyya says that this proves the companions considered them Muslims.
Making takfir of others without knowledge is a major sin.
There is no takfir for major sins (only in certain situations).
Takfir is to be made, in most cases, by a Qadi and not a lay person or even a mufti as noted by Khalil. The reason for this is because, in the classical age, this implied a loss of rights. Secondly, a lay person accusing another of kufur falls under qathf, a major sin.
Even if you were to ignore all of this, here is a hadith from RasulAllah (pbuh) that might be of interest to you. "He who says to his brother 'O disbeliever', then it returns upon one of them." (Bukhari, Muslim, Malik, at-Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud)
So even if all of the proper conditions were fulfilled to make takfir, and you do so, if the person happens to be a Muslim, even barely, you would automatically become a Kafir.
I would be very careful if I were you. You are getting dangerously close to being outside the fold of Islam yourself.
If that were the case, you would be a kafir because you believe that Jesus (as) will return and Jesus (as) is a Prophet that will be on Earth after the Seal of the Prophets (pbuh).
You are completely disregarding everything I have written. I have already refuted your argument. Please read my posts before replying again. I will not reply to you if you show that you have not even bothered to read what I have written.
Check condition No.2 It mentions Finality of Prophethood.
I already addressed this. As I said before, I will not bother replying to you if you show that you did not even bother to read my posts.
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What is there actual shahada i cant say exactly, i have heard there shahada is ahmad ur Rasool,'astaqfirullah', but one of the old qadiyani man i once met he told me that Mahdi and Isa both died, idiot people are waiting now, when they camed people denied, know only world will destroy by wars and nukes, he is one unani doctor near by home, when me and my friend heard this i was confused and my friend got angry and slapped him, we returned back our homes, that old man complained to police with silly lies, may Allah guide these idiots
Rohani 643
A Scholar is like a candle burning out to give others light.
Mulana Rizvi seems yo believe they were made up sects
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Religion: Islam Shi'ite Twelver (School of Ahlulbayt)
Please do not make false Claims.
Bahai is not a Valid Branch of Shia Islam.
it is not Islam At All in fact.
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You are right. An Ahmadi girl told me that they consider themselves as Sunnis and they follow Hanfia sect and I seriously don't even know what Hanfia sect is. Never heard of it. Maybe she meant to say Hanafi sect? Doubt it
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Ya Qaim Ali Muhammad(AS) Adrikni
Religion: Islam - Muhhib
(bismillah)
bahai, wahabbia and ahmediyya are the bidahs of islam brokered by the british at approximately the same time period.
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“Why are you crying if this event happens all the time?”
“Because you are the first that saw things you couldn’t have ever seen, you were straight line with your eyes closed and yet witnessed one of the nurse’s trip over your wife’s foot, and then you were correct about the brunette nurse that took your wife away, and thirdly you saw the bald spot on the top of the Chinese doctor’s head. You could not have seen this unless you had left your body.”
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I guess that people here come with the least required knowledge for a common man like me.
They look for short answers so lets give them logics and not refrences.
Lets not play on both sides and be clear.
I don't know if a true shia (under surveillance of Holy Qaim Imam a.s) can't determine who is right or wrong then who can?
Who will help them to get them on right path?
Why would a visionary shia call any one Kafir if he is not i cant understand..
lets not confuse the truth with thefalse,
Any level one believer can easily have answer about it by asking this question to itrself not more then three times.
Are Ahmadis muslim?X3
there are many material ways to find out too.
If they are the most evolved Ummat, what are they doing?
Is there any circumstantial evidence that justifies the real time claims made by mr. Mirza?
I don't want to use terms but to cut short, i guess most of visitors know the inductive approach.
Well, if mr Mirza was not right and found flip flopping many times in his writings and sayings and then Ahmadees them selves making stories and making themselves adaptive in islam somehow then why should we not find a clear answer for it and one word?
Lets not flip flop with truth.
We are smart enough to use latest technology so why pose nieve for religon...?
Correct me by reasoning please i don't know books.
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Ahmadiyyahs will say they are Sunni,
But some Sunni will say no they arent
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On 21/09/2013 at 8:36 PM, Mu3lam said:
Isa AS ascending to the heavens as a prophet before Muhammad SAW, is not a contradiction in him returning later. He is still a Prophet from before. The Ahmadiyya
Let us be clear, Isa AS Ascending to the heavens before Muhammad SAw, and returning after him is not a contradiction, as he is the same Prophet from before and not a new Prophet.
Allamah Sa'id Akhtar Rizvi was very clear on this matter.
Q51: Why is Islam and Ahmadiyyas not same in their beliefs?
A. Here also there are many differences; but the basic differences are as follows :-
1. Muslims (without exception) believe that Hadhrat Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) is the Last
Prophet. No prophet is ever to come after him.
The Ahmadiyyas (commonly known as Qadianis) believe that Mirza Ghu-lam Ahmad of
Qadian (died in 1908 A. D.) was prophet.
2. The Muslims believe that Imam Mahdi will re-appear before Qiyamat and that Hadhrat
Isa (A.S.) will come as one of his followers to help him.
The Qadianis believe that Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani was Imam Mahdi and Nabi
Isa — all in one, like the "3-in-1" god of the Christians.
3. The Qadiani's belief about angels and Satan appears to be quite different from the
belief of the Muslims.
There are other differences which it is not possible to explain in a short letter.
Q52: I am really confused about my attitude towards the Ahmadiyya Sect.
What should my standpoint be? Is it merely a dissident group which differs in
its opinions as to the interpretation of certain Islamic beliefs or do its
contentions differ fundamentally with the basic Islamic tenets? And if so how
should we (Muslims) regard them?
A. Ahmadias (commonly known as Qadianis) differ with the Muslims in many of the basic
tenets, the most important one being the finality of Prophethood.
Also they do not believe in 'Malaika,' and resurrection of the dead. There are many items in
religion which are called "Dharuriyaat-e-Deen", i.e., such Basic Tenets which are known
to every Muslim as part of religion. Take for example, the 5 times prayers, Fast of Ramadhan,
Hajj of Kaaba, etc.
If any person rejects even one of Dharuriyaat-e-Deen, he according to the unanimous belief of
the Muslims, becomes Kafir, though he may be reciting "La llaha Illallah Muhammadun
Rasulullah".
The belief that our Holy Prophet was the last Prophet and no other prophet is to come after
him, is one of the Dharuriyaat-e-Deen. Anybody or any sect rejecting this belief is Kafir.
(For details, see "Muhammad Is The Last Prophet" published by this Mission.)
On 23/09/2013 at 4:50 PM, ShaanHussayn said:
I've spoken to Ahmadi "Imams" on this, she doesn't know what she is talking about. They have there own interpretation of the word sect and borrow elements from Salafi and Hanafi fiqh where it suits there wish washy logic. In other cases they literally invent new interpretation such as having to fast once a person reaches 18 years of age only. There are many many differences and multiple reasons that take them out of the fold of Islam. This is a consensus amongst Shia and Sunni scholars, and errant opinions from any scholar should be ignored.
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Tahoe: State of the Lake report released
News | August 1, 2019
Kat Kerlin / University of California, Davis
Emerald Bay is shown in the above photo.
Courtesy of Brant Allen / UC Davis TERC
Scientists from UC Davis’ Tahoe Environmental Research Center night trawl for invasive mysis shrimp for a research project at Lake Tahoe.
Courtesy of UC Davis TERC
A research vessel from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center trawls across the lake.
Lake Tahoe, with its iconic blue waters straddling the borders of Nevada and California, continues to face a litany of threats related to climate change. But a promising new project to remove tiny, invasive shrimp could be a big step toward climate-proofing its famed lake clarity.
That’s according to the annual Tahoe: State of the Lake report, released today by the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center. The report presents data from 2018 regarding lake clarity, temperature, snowpack, invasive species, algae, nutrient loads and more, all in the context of the long-term record.
Removing Mysis shrimp
Billions of invasive Mysis shrimp, introduced in the 1960s, live in Lake Tahoe, where they eat native zooplankton that historically helped keep the lake blue and clear while also serving as a food source for native fish. UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center researchers found that when Mysis shrimp mysteriously disappeared from Emerald Bay in 2011, native zooplankton rebounded almost immediately. Within two years, clarity had increased by almost 40 feet. The reverse effect occurred when the Mysis returned.
The research center is now halfway into a two-year pilot project, with many late nights trawling for shrimp, to find an effective means of removing enough Mysis shrimp to improve lake clarity indefinitely.
“Even with climate change, we’re finding that if you get rid of the shrimp, clarity improves,” said Geoffrey Schladow, director of UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and a professor in the College of Engineering. “Their removal allows for the return of native zooplankton, which have the ability to consume both tiny algae and fine clay particles that have reduced clarity in the past. That is huge.”
Clarity improved dramatically in 2018 to 70.9 feet, thanks to a return to more normal weather and streamflow conditions. This represents a 10.5-foot increase over the 2017 value, but is still far short of the clarity restoration target of 97.4 feet. Over the long term, summer clarity has been declining and largely offsetting gains made in the winter months.
Heat, snow, rain and fire
Temperature and precipitation were average in 2018. However, the lake’s air and water temperatures have been warming since measurements began in 1968. The average water surface temperature in 2018 was 53.2 F, the second warmest on record. The maximum daily summer surface water temperature was one of the highest observed at 77.5 F on Aug. 6.
By century’s end, the Tahoe Basin is projected to experience air temperatures up to 9 degrees higher than today’s average. A shift from a snow-based to a rain-based climate will result in peak streamflows occurring months earlier than present day, with those flows arriving as warmer water. Consequences could include changes to fish spawning, a loss of water storage and elevated wildfire risk.
The most serious climate changes for the lake over the coming decades are likely to be driven by changes in physical processes like mixing, not simply changes in air temperature.
Warming prevents the lake from fully mixing in winter, which it failed to do in 2018 for the seventh straight year. Lack of deep mixing further warms lake surface temperatures and contributes to nitrate buildup and algal growth. Nitrate concentration was at an all-time high in 2018, at 20.9 micrograms per liter. Such nutrient loading can affect blueness, clarity and stimulate algal growth.
Aspens
The report also describes an emerging threat to forest health. The white satin moth is defoliating stands of aspen trees in part of the Tahoe Basin. Some of these trees are considered “heritage trees,” with their trunks showing the carvings of Basque sheepherders from the early 1900s.
Many solutions working together
“The efforts long underway in the Tahoe Basin to improve lake health and clarity have been and continue to be important,” Schladow said. “Maintaining and building resiliency requires many solutions working together, as well as more tools in our toolbox than we’ve currently been using. That’s one reason we find this ecological solution to be so exciting. Our clarity goals don’t have to be derailed by climate change.”
The Tahoe: State of the Lake report and the center’s long-term dataset have become essential for responsible management by elected officials and public agencies tasked with restoring and managing the Tahoe ecosystem. Federal, state and community leaders will gather at the 23rd annual Lake Tahoe Summit on Aug. 20 to discuss many of the issues and potential solutions presented by this research.
Schladow will provide a public presentation of the report tonight, Aug. 1, at 6 p.m., at the UC Davis Tahoe Science Center in Incline Village. Event information is at http://tahoe.ucdavis.edu/events/.
The report’s production was supported in part by the California Tahoe Conservancy, Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, Tahoe Fund, Tahoe Lakefront Owners Association, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Lake Tahoe Marina Association, League to Save Lake Tahoe, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Parasol, Tahoe Water Suppliers Association, and Incline Village Waste Not Program.
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In our Sikorski Magazine 4 2019 we report about an opera by the estonian composer Jüri Reinvere about the Beethoven-daughter Minona von Stackelberg, new vocal music like "abgesang" by Marko ...
Sikorski Magazine 3/2019 - Russian Film Music of the 20th Century
The magazine Russian Film Music of the 20th Century lists all available data on existing performance materials, films and adaptations ..
Jüri Reinvere composes opera Minona for Regensburg
The Estonian composer Jüri Reinvere has received a composition commission from the Regensburg Theatre for 2020, the 250th anniversary of Beethovens birthday. Jüri Reinvere will compose an opera ...
Ludwig van Beethoven - Works for the 250th anniversary of the birth of the year 2020
We have put together works from our catalogs that deal with the great composer in many different ways.
Amsterdam: Dutch premiere of Lera Auerbach's „Goetia: 72 – In umbra lucis“ for choir and string quartet
The Nederlands Kamerkoor and the Quatour Danel under the direction of Peter Dijkstra bring Lera Auerbach\'s 2019 work “Goetia: 72 - In umbra lucis” for choir and string quartet to the Dutch premiere ... »…
Canadian premiere of Lera Auerbach's „Eterniday (Homage to W.A. Mozart)“
Lera Auerbach had to rewrite the work „Eterniday (Hommage à W.A. Mozart)“ for bass drum, celesta and strings, which was almost completed in autumn 2009, since her manuscript was burned ... »…
Sofia Gubaidulina and Lera Auerbach at high ranks in international Bachtrack statistics
The recently published Bachtrack Statistics 2019 shows that the composers Sofia Gubaidulina are number 22 and Lera Auerbach number 33 among the most performed contemporary composers ... »…
German premiere of Gubaidulinas 3rd Violin Concerto Dialogue: Me and You with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
The Violin Concerto No. 3 "Dialogue: Me and You" premiered in Novosibirsk with the violinist Vadim Repin in 2018 as a soloist will now be given its German premiere in Leipzig ... »…
„Each person builds his own cultural centre ...“ - 85th Birthday of Alfred Schnittke
Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, the capital city of the former Volga- German Republic ... »…
The Advenio Trio with Lera Auerbach's Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano on CD
The American "The Advenio Trio" with Yuliya Smead (violin), Bruce Atwell (horn) and Eli Kalman (piano) has recorded the Trio for violin, horn and piano by Lera Auerbach ... »…
Mischa Maisky performs Benjamin Yusupovs Cello Concerto on Deutsche Grammophon
For many years, cellist Mischa Maisky has been a close friend and interpreter of Russian-Israeli composer Benjamin Yusupov. On his latest album Maisky has recorded Yusupovs violoncello concerto ... »…
Anna Gourari’s Elusive Affinity: New Recordings of Schnittke’s Five Aphorisms and Pärt’s Arinushka Variations
The Russian composer Alfred Schnittke was inspired several times to compose music by the idea of the aphorism. Schnittke, who died in 1998, composed Four Aphorisms for Orchestra in 1990, as well as... »…
Trout Quintet for piano by multiple Sikorski composers now on CD
Last year, pianist Silke Avenhaus suggested to contemporary composers Ferran Cruixent, Dejan Lazić, Osmo Tapio Räihälä, Gerald Resch and Johannes X. Schachtner that they revisit Franz... »…
Moritz Eggerts CD Muzak - in memoriam David Bowie and Number Nine VII: Mass nominated for ICMA 2019
The Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks has released two world premiere recordings of two pieces my Moritz Eggert ... »…
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: „Très petit hommage à John Cage“
for 3 players
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Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: „Hommage à Daniel Libeskind“
Gerald Resch: “Nachtwindsucher”
12 Haikus of H. C. Artmann
for voice and piano (keys and strings)
Dmitri Shostakovich: “Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra”
for saxophone quartet
Giya Kancheli: “Instead of a Tango”
Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf: “Voiced Void”
for 24 voices
Canadian premiere of Lera Auerbach’s “Dreams and Whispers of Poseidon”
On February 1, 2020, the work will be premiered in Montreal (Canada). Alexis Hauser conducts the McGill Symphony Orchestra ...
Pixels Ensemble members bring Lera Auerbach's Piano Trio No. 4 to the British premiere
Lera Auerbach\'s Piano Trio No. 4, created in 2017, was commissioned by the International Tibor Varga Violin Competition ... »…
Armenian premiere of Lera Auerbach's “Dialogues with Stabat Mater” in Yerevan
The violinist Chatschatur Almasian and the violist Maxim Novikov are the soloists in the Armenian premiere of Lera Auerbach\'s work "Dialogues with Stabat Mater" for violin, viola, vibraphone and ... »…
Festival Ultraschall: World Performance of “Abgesang” by Marko Nikodijevic
This work has a long history that begins with a poem by Molcer Mátyás, a Hungarian artist from Nikodijevics home town of Subotica ... »…
British premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina's Triple Concerto in Manchester
Vadim Gluzman (violin), Johannes Moser (cello) and Elsbeth Moser (bayan) are the soloists at the British premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina\'s Triple Concerto ... »…
Martin Schläpfer's last Dusseldorf ballet with Shostakovich's 2nd Cello Concerto
The theme of the ballet is farewell, but not dramatic, the legendary choreographer comments on this work ... »…
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CADENZAS TO THE VIOLIN CONCERTO op. 61 for solo
Shaw, Artie
KONZERT FÜR KLARINETTE UND ORCHESTER
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The Three-Cornered Hat
St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND
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Regans’ Orange Bitters No. 6
Smells like a spice box full of promise. A bit like cookies or Swedish ginger snaps. Clear gold/orange, yellow tinge, paradoxically viscous and oily at the same time. The palate is very dry, cardamom, cinchona, gentian, quinine, etc.
You can’t make a real Pisco Sour without Amargo Chuncho! Such is the reputation of this Peruvian cocktail bitters, which takes its name from a tribe of Indians who resisted the Spanish conquistadors. An infusion of more than thirty zests, herbs, roots, flowers and bark from Peruvian forests, Amargo Chuncho is aged in oak barrels for six months, and has become highly sought after.
Amaro is traditionally made by infusing grape brandy with a (usually secret) mix of herbs, flowers, aromatic bark, citrus peel and spicesa blend that can include anything from cardamom to elderberry flowers. Then it's sweetened with sugar syrup and aged, sometimes for years.
Angostura Aromatic Bitters
A unique liquor appreciated by barmen for nearly two centuries to make cocktails, the Angostura Aromatic Bitters is a concentrate of essences prepared from a recipe kept secret. Made in Trinidad, it is composed of spices, plant extracts, natural herbs, orange peel, bitter and aromatic substances. Featuring remarkable aromatic qualities, only a few drops of Angostura Bitters are enough to make a difference and magnify your favorite cocktails.
Angostura Orange Bitters is freshly made from oranges naturally ripened in sun-drenched Caribbean sunshine. Sourced from lush orchards in Trinidad, the oranges are hand-picked by select citrus growers and harvested only within the rainy season to ensure ultimate freshness. With an unmatched depth of flavour, Angostura Orange Bitters is an exotic and versatile bitters that works incredibly well with vodka, gin and whisky, and adds real depth of flavour to rum cocktails.
Branca Menta Bitters Liqueur
It has light-brown color, balanced but intense flavor, a refined accent. The unique blend of mint scents with over 30 herbs and spices gives the distinctive and pleasant aroma.
Fernet 1882 Bitters Liqueur
Fernet 1882 is a kind of bitter obtained from special herbs and spices. This drink is so popular in Argentina (drunk with Coca Cola and ice). This is an icon of Argentine culture.
Fernet Branca Bitters Liqueur
Dark brown with an orange cast. Fresh peppermint aromas are very distinctive. A huge blast of menthol assaults the palate with a drying, bitter herb finish. Very dry and concentrated.
Gammel Dansk Bitter Dram
A clear and rusty brown colour with golden highlights. The bouquet shows aromas of cracked black pepper, sweet cinnamon and nutmeg with warm cloves and red berry fruit. The palate is bitter, dry, pine, juniper with tannin and sweet fruity flavours with an aromatic liquorice finish.
Gentiane de Lure Aperitif
A blend of white wine liqueur, white wine, sweet orange, cinchona (quinine), Curacao distillate, cane sugar and of course, gentian roots from Lure Mountain. Served chilled or with ice and soda its a classic french aperitif. Simple yet so refreshing!
Jacopo Poli Airone Rosso Aperitivo
Infusion of Grappa and vermouth of spices and aromatic herbs, intense and fruity bouquet, mandarin, sweet with a pleasantly bitter finale.
Peychaud’s Aromatic Bitters
Originally created around 1830 by Antoine Amédée Peychaud, a Creole apothecary from the French colony of Haiti, who settled in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1795. He gained fame for the compounding of a liquid tonic; called bitters, which he served as an added zest to the potions of cognac brandy that he served. An essential ingredient in dozens of cocktails including the classic Sazerac cocktail. A must have product on any sophisticated backbar.
Unicum Liqueur
Unicum has a characteristic perfume combining coffee, herbs and an almost medicinal, eucalyptus note. On the palate the tartness of the herbs offsets the with the sweetness of the underlying spirit, giving it an attractive balance and clean finish.
Zwack (Unicum Next) Liqueur
Clear, dark chestnut brown with burnished copper highlights. Zesty orange bouquet with perfumed-almost soapy cola-like aromas. Lightly syrupy, honeyed palate with juicy orange, deeper rootier notes and a touch of herbal bitterness with liquorice, aniseed, mint, camomile and vanilla. Lightly herbal orange, citrusy finish with black pepper led spice with very slight chilli heat. Reminiscent of an Italian amaro.
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1313 S. Harbor Blvd,
Anaheim, CA. 92802
Discover Disneyland Resort and choose between either Disneyland Park or Disney's California Adventure for your day of fun and excitement.
Meet all your favorite Disney characters including the oldest and the most famous - Mickey Mouse! And don't miss Downtown Disney, an incredible entertainment, shopping and dining complex right in the heart of it all.
Current Disneyland park hours
Disney's California Adventure® Park
Current California Adventure park hours
Disneyland or Disney's California Adventure with Transport from Los Angeles $153
Occupying 85 acres and located 27 miles southeast of Los Angeles, in Anaheim, California is Disneyland. With more than 60 adventures and attractions, Disneyland is "The Happiest Place on Earth," and is the place where dreams come true.
The magic of Disneyland comes to life in eight themed lands filled with timeless attractions, world class entertainment and surprises around every turn.
Disneyland Facts
Disneyland Opening Date: July 17, 1955
Annual Visits: 13,360,000
Disneyland®
Downtown Disney® District
Disney's California Adventure, Operating since 2001
Annual Visits: 5,630,000
Theme Park Address:
1313 S. Harbor Boulevard,
Disneyland Park Map
Disney's California Adventure Map
Disneyland Park Hours:
Disneyland is open 365 days a year and offers extended operating hours during holiday periods and summer months. To verify hours, please call (714) 781-4565 or visit Disneyland Resort Monthly Calendar for specific hours.
Disneyland Attractions
This intriguing realm of imagination, discovery and wonder features a landscape of whirling spaceships (Astro Orbiter), zooming rocket vehicles (Star Tours: The Adventures Continue, Space Mountain) and racing roadsters (Autopia).
Attractions at Tomorrow Land
Astro Orbitor Autopia
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
Honey I Shrunk the Audience Innoventions
Disneyland Monorail Disneyland Railroad
Space Mountain Starcade & Star Tours
Enchanted tales of childhood adapted from classic Disney animated films come to life in this timeless realm of imagination. Within this magical Old World setting, guests can fly to Never Land (Peter Pan's Flight), see an elephant fly (Dumbo the Flying Elephant), navigate an out-of-control motorcar (Mr. Toad's Wild Ride) or attend a mad tea party (Alice in Wonderland).
Attractions at Fantasy Land
Alice in Wonderland Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
Casey Jr. Circus Train Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Disney Princess Fantasy Faire It's a small world" Holiday
King Arthur Carrousel Mad Tea Party
Matterhorn Bobsleds Mr. Toad's Wild Ride
Peter Pan's Flight Pinocchio's Darling Journey
Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough Snow White's Scary Adventure
Storybook Land Canal Boats Pixie Hollow
Mickey's Toon Town
Bursting with color and frenetic energy, this "town" is a 1930s Disney cartoon come to wacky life. From the bustle of downtown (Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin) to the charm of its residential neighborhood (Mickey's House, Donald's Boat, Chip 'n Dale Treehouse), this civic hub is a slice of "reel" life.
Attractions at Mickey's Toon Town
Chip 'n Dale Treehouse Disneyland Railroad
Donald's Boat Gadget's Go Coaster
Goofy's Playhouse Mickey's House and Meet Mickey
Minnie's House Roger Rabbits Car Toon Spin
Frontier Land
A robust panorama of America's pioneer past, from the bustling riverfronts of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers of the late 1700s (Columbia Sailing Ship, Mark Twain Riverboat, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island) to the dusty southwest deserts of the 1880s (Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Golden Horseshoe Stage).
Attractions at Frontier Land
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island
Frontier Shootin' Exposition Mark Twain Riverboat
Sailing Ship Columbia Big Thunder Ranch
The Golden Horseshoe Stage
The Paris of the American frontier, the Crescent City as it was more than 150 years ago. Within its winding street and quaint shops, elegance and charm mingle comfortably with Dixieland jazz, restless spirits (Haunted Mansion) and marauding buccaneers (Pirates of the Caribbean).
Attractions at New Orleans Square
Disneyland Railroad Haunted Mansion Holiday
Adventure Land
This realm of exploration is a collage of the world's far-off places and uncharted regions. Would-be explorers can discover the tropical magic of Polynesia (Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room), the wilds of Africa (Tarzan's Treehouse), the exotic rivers of the world (Jungle Cruise) and the steamy jungles of India (Indiana Jones Adventure).
Attractions at Adventure Land
Enchanted Tiki Room Indiana Jones Adventure
Jungle Cruise Tarzan's Treehouse
Things are "mighty satisfactual" in this shady glen, nestled in a lazy corner of the backwoods. Guests visiting this bend of the river can find their very own "Laughing Place" (Splash Mountain) as they witness the "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" antics of Brer Fox and Brer Bear as they try to outwit wily Brer Rabbit. Also residing in this land are Pooh and his many friends in the Hundred Acre Wood (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh).
Attractions at Critter Country
Splash Mountain Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Main Street. U.S.A
Here contemporary life gives way to the quaint and reassuring charms of turn-of-the-century America. It is the essence of hometown life that greeted the dawn of the 20th century.
Attractions at Main Street. U.S.A
Disneyland Railroad Main Street Cinema
Fire Engine Horse-Drawn Streetcars
Horseless Carriage Omnibus
The Disney Gallery The Disneyland Story
Favorite Disneyland attractions:
Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Tours, "it's a small world," Indiana Jones Adventure
Thrill rides: Matterhorn Bobsleds, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Splash Mountain.
Other Disneyland Park activities:
Entertainment is presented throughout the park, with nighttime spectaculars, stage shows including "Mickey and the Magical Map," "Remember… Dreams Come True" fireworks and the beloved Main Street Electrical Parade
How to get to Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park
There are lots of ways to make this trip. Take a taxi, a shuttle, bus, etc.
LAX to Disneyland is a 35 mile trip. Under normal circumstances, this trip should take about 40 minutes, but nothing is normal in LA. Los Angeles traffic can be a nightmare. For that reason, taking a taxi can cost anywhere from $60 to $120. Our advise! "Avoid taking a taxi at all costs".
The cheapest and most efficient way to make this trip is to take the Disneyland Resort Express Bus.
This bus will pick you up at LAX and drop you at your Disneyland area hotel. The fare is $30 per adult and $22 for a child. Here is more information on how to get discount tickets and where to catch the Disneyland Resort Express Bus.
How to get to Disneyland from Downtown Los Angeles
Take the Red Line (subway) to Downtown Los Angeles, get off at 7th/Metro, walk out of the station to Wilshire and Flower, and catch the 460 Express straight to Disneyland. Couldn't be easier, but it will take about 2 hours. You can get schedules and other information at www.metro.net
How to get to Disneyland via Amtrak
Take the Pacific Surfliner to Anaheim Station. From there, take Anaheim Resort Transit Route 15 shuttle service to Disneyland® Resort.
Alternatively, you may take Orange County Transit (OCTA) Bus Route 50 from Anaheim Amtrak Station and exit at the Katella-Harbor Boulevard stop with a short walk along Harbor Boulevard (approximately 3 blocks) to the Disneyland® Resort.
Disneyland Disney's California Adventure
Universal Studios Knott's Berry Farm
Six Flags Magic Mountain Aquarium of the Pacific
Disneyland Resort Express Bus Driving in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Attractions San Diego Attractions
Getting Around San Diego Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area Attractions
Disneyland Disney's California Adventure Knott's Berry Farm Universal Studios Six Flags Magic Mountain Aquarium of the Pacific
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Home » Aggressive Dog Deterrent » Dog Deterrent » Dog Repellent » Comparing Different Types Of Dog Repellers
Many dog repellers have been marketed to outdoors people over the years, promising to keep runners and bikers, among others, safe from an animal attack.
The threat is real, as a canine bite can cause serious injury, especially if it comes from a larger breed. Some breeds are capable of creating hundreds of pounds of bite pressure, and this is enough to destroy bone and other tissues. If someone goes to the ground while they are being attacked, the animal will often lash out at the victim’s face, possibly disfiguring them or killing them outright with a single strike. Unfortunately, there’s really no way to predict when an animal will attack, and the victim will usually have mere seconds to respond. What they do in those seconds will determine whether they walk away unscathed or have to be rushed to a hospital.
How effective are dog repellers?
It depends on the device because there are a variety of methods in stopping an attacking animal. For many years, the only option was a spray canister loaded with an irritant. Such devices are functionally identical to handheld pepper spray canisters that many people use in self-defense. For obvious reasons, though, sprays tend to work better on people than on animals. Attacking canines are much more mobile, smaller, and attack using their teeth, so there is an extremely tiny window of opportunity for the victim to engage the spray. Worse, inclement weather like the wind or heavy rain will render these dog repellers ineffective, as it will be nearly impossible to aim and fire. In high winds, the user may debilitate themselves with a spray as it blows back into their face.
Most people, or at least those particularly concerned with their safety, have moved on to ultrasonic dog repellers, but there are issues with those as well. Ultrasonic devices emit frequencies beyond the range of human hearing, but within the animal’s perceptible range. The thinking being, the higher pitched the noise is, the more annoying it’s likely to be to the animal and the greater the chance that it will halt them. Ultrasonic devices, though, do not engage the sensitive part of the canine’s hearing, and ultrasonic frequencies are difficult to aim, given their narrow beam width. And while such devices usually come with some kind of indicator that alerts the user when the device is working, there’s no way for a human to know for sure. That is because the device is outside the human’s hearing range.
The newest method in dog repellers is to use audible sound frequencies instead, which is the concept behind the Sound Defense. The Sound Defense produces a variety of tones audible to both canine and human alike, and the pattern in which they emit is alarming to the animal. Overwhelming intimidation are what the Sound Defense produces, and an attacking animal will usually break off pursuit in under a second. That’s because the Sound Defense engages the sensitive part of the animal’s hearing.
And with its wider beam angle, the Sound Defense is much easier to aim and use. When a victim only has a few seconds to think and act, this may be the deciding factor.
Back to main topic: Dog Repellent
Can A High Power Ultrasonic Dog Repeller Go The Distance?
How Is An Electronic Dog Repellent Better Than Other Deterrents?
The Benefits Of Using Dog Repellent Devices By Sound Defense
The Problems Associated With An Ultrasonic Dog Repellent
The Problems With A Dog Repellent That Uses Ultrasonic Technology
What Are The Concerns With An Ultrasonic Dog Repeller?
What Dog Repeller Device Is The Most Effective?
What Kind Of Dog Repellent Device Technology Is Available?
Who Should Consider Carrying A Repellent For Aggressive Dogs?
Why Checking An Ultrasonic Dog Repeller Review Is Important
Why Is A Sonic Dog Repellent The Best Option?
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Grote Industries Names Southwire Canada its Supplier of the Year
Southwire Canada (SWC) has been named Supplier of the Year by Grote Industries, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of vehicle lighting and safety systems for boosting its supply chain performance, which has supported Grote Industries sales growth and helped improve the operational efficiency of their manufacturing process.
“We are thrilled to be recognized by Grote Industries for our efforts to be Canada’s number one supplier for electrical wire and cable,” said Maureen Russolo, VP, Customer Experience. “We look forward to building on recent momentum to create a stronger, more reliable supply chain for both companies.”
SWC has been Grote’s strategic partner for 29 years, providing a number of wiring solutions for the company’s advanced products in vehicle, trailer and battery cables.
In reworking Grote’s service model, Southwire introduced an enhanced Customer Experience strategy to improve overall service and product delivery which improved reporting and communication throughout the manufacturing and product delivery cycle to support Grote’s production and sales goals. The new resource alignment led to improved accuracy in supply chain forecasts and dramatically improved their On Time In Full (OTIF) delivery.
“SWC really listened to our needs as a customer,” said Kirk Batten, Controller for Grote Industries. “They demonstrated leadership and genuine interest in partnering with Grote. They have dramatically improved their level of service for all aspects of our business.”
This level of efficiency is especially important during the harsh winter months in the trucking industry. The availability of Grote branded products ready to ship from SWC stock points has increased sales to trucking customers with urgent, unplanned maintenance to their fleets to keep freight moving across North America. Enhanced communication between the two operations has enabled both companies to manage costs and increase revenue while providing superior service to Grote’s customers.
“We are growing very quickly, and I am thrilled to have SWC as a strategic partner in our growth,” said Batten. “I would highly recommend SWC to others in the industry.”
The ONE Southwire Customer Experience provides a strategic framework for continual process improvement across the entire supply chain and at each customer touchpoint. For more Southwire or Southwire Canada updates, stay tuned to southwireblog.com.
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Marouane Fellaini Responds To Tottenham Transfer Rumours In Revealing Interview
Nasir Jabbar in Football
Last updated 6:24 PM, Friday December 13 2019 GMT
Marouane Fellaini has played down speculation linking him with a sensational return to the Premier League, but he has revealed that he still talks to Jose Mourinho.
The Tottenham manager contacted Fellaini over a move to the club with the 32-year-old his main priority transfer target in January.
José Mourinho has made contact with Marouane Fellaini over a move to #thfc in January. The midfielder is his priority transfer target. ' @lessportsplus pic.twitter.com/VD8kvJIE7S
- Daily Hotspur (@Daily_Hotspur) December 8, 2019
But the Belgium midfielder has confirmed he's "good" in China: "Jose is special for me," he told Eleven Sports.
"We text each other, we call each other from time to time," he added. "He's taken over at Spurs and he's doing well. I wish him all the best. But I am good where I am now."
Image: PA
Fellaini left Old Trafford for Shandon Luneng in January 2019 after five-and-a-half years in Manchester. He has performed heroically in China, weighing in with 12 goals and five assists.
He's contracted with Shandon Luneng until December 2021 with an option of an additional year.
Though it appears Mourinho will have to look elsewhere as he seeks to reinforce his squad with the window reopening in the new year.
Gareth Bale has also been heavily linked with a move to Spurs. He has been the subject of intense transfer speculation and the player's agent Jonathan Barnett provided an update on his future.
"He has never asked to leave," Bale's agent said. "He has a contract with Real Madrid and as long as they want him, there's not much anyone can do about it."
Where does Mourinho need to strengthen? Let us know what you think.
Topics: Spurs, Football News, Jose Mourinho, Football, Manchester United, Marouane Fellaini
Nasir Jabbar
Nasir Jabbar is a journalist at SPORTbible. He graduated from Bath Spa University with a BA in Media Communications. He's a combat sport aficionado, and has contributed to MMA websites AddictedMMA and CagePotato. Nasir has covered some of the biggest fights, while interviewing the likes of Conor McGregor, Michael Bisping and Anthony Joshua. He's also an avid Bristol City fan.
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Nets were being ‘cautious’ with Kyrie Irving hospital trip after injury
The Brooklyn Nets do not appear to be overly concerned about Kyrie Irving’s trip to the hospital on Tuesday after taking an inadvertent elbow to the face during a pickup game. Instead, Nets general manager Sean Marks says the hospital visit simply was a case of the team being “cautious” with their prized new superstar player.
Irving was escorted to the hospital by Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson after the practice mishap, and Marks declined to address the severity of any injury the point guard may have suffered.
“Kyrie got hit with an inadvertent elbow during pickup this morning,” Marks said, via the New York Post. “I wouldn’t want to speculate at all. I think this is just a case of doing due diligence. Kyrie goes and gets checked out like we’d do with anyone else, and we always send staff with them. This is a great opportunity for Kenny to be with him, too.”
Perhaps serving as an indication the Nets hope to downplay any potential fallout from the situation, Marks even joked about the Irving’s injury when asked if any blood was spilled.
“Sounds like a horror movie,” Marks said. “I don’t want to go into details like that. It was definitely not the graphic portrayal that you outlined there.
“I think this is a case of us being cautious with all our guys. A stray, inadvertent elbow playing pickup games — yes, I did see it — those type of plays happen frequently in the same game. This is just a case where he caught the elbow and now we’re going to do our due diligence.”
Atkinson later relayed that Irving is “okay” and no worse for wear. However, the fact that Irving has previously dealt with these kind of injuries during his career — a facial fracture during the 2017-18 season, not to mention an eye injury last season — is arguably a source for concern for the Nets in light of the nature of what occurred on Tuesday.
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Action from Huddersfield Town v Liverpool FC Premier League match
Having been on top of the Premier League table for a while, Liverpool finally slipped as Manchester City reclaimed their league leader’s position. With only three games remaining, a lot can happen as well as nothing can also happen. The leader’s position might not be stable still for City and Liverpool still have a chance to taste success.
We take a look at the five things to look forward to as Liverpool meet Huddersfield next:
#1 - League leader’s position
Liverpool v Porto - UEFA Champions League Quarter Final: First Leg
Liverpool had held onto the top seat for quite a while in the 2018/19 season but as Manchester City played their one game in hand, Liverpool lost its prized possession. They probably have no one else to blame than themselves for not having been able to see the season out successfully.
On Wednesday, City played their game in hand against Manchester United and came out as the winner of the Manchester derby. Liverpool woke up to being knocked down to second place in the table and they will go to Huddersfield without the pressure of being league leaders and that may very well work in Liverpool’s favour.
#2 - City’s time to feel the heat
Manchester United v Manchester City - Premier League
For all this while, City had played without any fear and it probably was due to them fighting to regain the league leader’s position and not having to feel the pressure of being top of the table. But this time, they are the one on top with Liverpool being just a point behind them.
With only three games remaining, it’s now City’s time to feel the heat. They have to defend their title against 3 teams outside of the big 6. Often it’s those small teams which cause more trouble. And it’s now up to them to hold tight on their league leader’s position as Liverpool will now be breathing down their neck.
#3 - No guarantee of any favour from anyone
If Liverpool thought Tottenham and Manchester United could do them a favour, then they were totally wrong. Both teams didn’t stand much of a chance in front of Manchester City who looked determined to not let the title escape them.
Liverpool have themselves to blame as they shouldn’t really be waiting for other teams to do the job for them. At this point of the league, there is no guarantee of any kind of favour from anyone and the only thing that they can now do is win their matches and hope for the best.
#4 - Both teams will be playing without pressure
Huddersfield Town v Leicester City - Premier League
While Liverpool had been playing with the pressure of not letting Manchester City get ahead of them, Huddersfield had the pressure of relegation. This Friday, Liverpool will play as the 2nd placed team of the Premier League table without any pressure of losing the league leader’s position that now belongs to Manchester City. Huddersfield, on the other hand, is the first relegated team of the season and they’ve got nothing to lose anymore.
Playing under pressure could very well be a shackle and for the upcoming match, both Liverpool and Huddersfield have no pressure. They are free to play, free to win and free to lose.
#5 - Ending the season on a successful note
Liverpool FC v Watford FC - Premier League
Liverpool haven't lost the league yet. And they could be on their way to win that much-coveted Premier League trophy if Manchester City stumble ahead in the league. But if they missed out on the Premier League trophy, then they still have the Champions League.
Qualified for the semi-finals, Liverpool will now meet Barcelona over two legs and while it will not be easy, it certainly isn’t impossible either. They could be winning the double as well as losing both the Premier League and the Champions League but whatever it is, Liverpool have had a successful season and they wouldn’t have much of a qualm.
Huddersfield’s Premier League season is over for this year but they could prepare to come back in a season or two by winning their next matches and going out with that little satisfaction at least.
Liverpool winning against Huddersfield might put pressure on Manchester City as otherwise City would be cleared to win the league. The roller-coaster ride is still on as the winner of the 2018/19 Premier League season might stretch till the last match.
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College Access Marketing
Overview July 27, 2015
The SREB Go Alliance annual workshop series helps college access professionals improve student outreach programs and communications campaigns that to encourage first-in-the-family students to plan for, apply to and succeed in college.
Workshops and webinars are free and open to education professionals in Go Alliance member states.
Webinar January 21, 2020 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Moving Upward and Onward
Income Mobility at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Register for the webinar
Presenters from American Institutes of Research and Rutgers University will discuss the value of historically black colleges and universities to both students and to the field of postsecondary education. Presenters will provide an overview of their research on how predominantly white institutions and HBCUs impact graduates’ economic mobility. Their recent study compared the income of recent college graduates to parents’ incomes and found that HBCUs do a better job of helping low-income students progress into the middle class. Results showed that nearly 70% of HBCU students attain at least middle-class incomes, and most low-income HBCU students improve their long-term economic position. Reasons for their findings, as well as how all postsecondary institutions can work to improve the economic mobility of their graduates, will be discussed.
Webinar August 27, 2019 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Federal Guidance on Supporting Students and Families Through the FAFSA Process
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To prepare students and parents to complete the FAFSA form, it is critical to understand the barriers, the support needed and the resources available to navigate the financial aid process. This webinar provided guidance on how to support students and parents in complicated family or financial circumstances, such as students in foster care or experiencing homelessness, or dependent students who don’t live with their legal parents.
Webinar July 16, 2019
Re-Engaging Adult Learners: Mississippi’s Complete to Compete Campaign
“Complete 2 Compete” is a partnership between the eight public universities, 15 community colleges, and one medical center in MS. As part of C2C, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning and the Mississippi Community College Board partnered together to identify adult non-completers, categorize adults into target groups, launch a website and comprehensive marketing campaign, and provide support services to help adults complete their degrees.
Webinar June 4, 2019
Social Listening: Using Social Media Analytics in Research
2:00PM – 3:00PM EDT
Social listening a very inexpensive and quick way to conduct market research. It is a great tool for conducting qualitative research to better understand the students that college access programs are trying to serve in order to better design interventions and support programs that will need students’ needs.
PPT Presentation
Webinar December 18, 2018
Supporting and Engaging Generation Z Students
1:00PM – 2:00PM EST
This webinar, led by Rachel Weatherly, Director of Digital Communication Strategy at American University, outlined the key characteristics that define Generation Z, how these students differ from the Millennials Generation (Gen Y), how to communicate effectively with these students, and how to help them meet their postsecondary goals. Topics that were covered included:
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Webinar November 6, 2018
Counselor Tools for Helping Students Understand Financial Aid
Affordability is key for many students and families when choosing colleges. In this webinar, presenters outlined specific ways to approach the issue, including how to interpret, share, and translate information from tools like financial aid award letters, the College Scorecard, and net price calculators, and how to help students navigate the financial aid application process, even if they are selected for verification.
Webinar October 17, 2018
Move from Good to Great with Collaboration to Ensure College and Career Readiness Across Your Community
Webinar August 16, 2018
Reaching out to Reduce Melt: Strategies and Interventions for Student Success
Research finds that an estimated 10-20% of high school graduates who intend to go to college (and have been accepted) succumb to “summer melt” and never show up to campus in the fall.
How College Access Programs Can Partner with Schools: What Professional School Counselors Want You to Know
Go Alliance continued its 2018 webinar series on how college access programs can partner, support, and more closely align with school counselors to better serve students.
Webinar June 28, 2018
A Win-Win for Students: How Michigan College Access Network Supports School Counselors
10 am – 11am EST
Go Alliance is hosting a three-part webinar series that will focus on how college access programs can partner, support, and more closely align with school counselors to better serve students.
Webinar March 13, 2018
College Signing Day 2018
3 pm – 4 pm EST
Mark your calendars! Reach Higher is celebrating the 5th National College Signing Day in May!
As you know, May 1st is the deadline by which many high school seniors tell colleges where they plan to attend in the fall. And we are thrilled to invite Go Alliance partners to join us again to host celebrations of support for all of your students who commit to continue their education after high school.
Webinar March 2, 2018
WEBINAR The Kresge FAFSA Completion Challenge: How 22 Cities Increased FAFSA Completion by High School Seniors
In 2016-17, NCAN and The Kresge Foundation challenged 22 U.S. cities to raise FAFSA completion rates by at least 5 percent for the high school graduating class of 2017 over the completion rates for the class of 2015. Overall, the cities met this goal, and ten of the cities increased FAFSA completion by more than 6 percentage points.
Webinar January 19, 2018
Understanding ourselves in the Equity and Access Equation
11 am – noon EST
This presentation, led by Mark Williams, assistant professor at the Community College of Baltimore County, addressed the current and sometimes difficult conversation concerning the complexity of equity and its potential impact on implementing effective student support programs. This session provided an overview of background research on high impact practices and guided pathways as they relate to equity and provided a deeper understanding of equity’s role in designing effective high impact practices.
Webinar December 7, 2017
Increasing Postsecondary Access and Success: Tennessee Higher Education Commission
December 7th, 11 a.m. EST
To support Tennessee’s mission to increase the number of Tennesseans with a postsecondary credential, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s (THEC) Division of College Access and Success was established in 2005 to bring together many of the state’s college access and success initiatives. The Division designs and implements programs and initiatives with the goal of empowering communities, local education agencies, and other partner organizations to create a statewide culture of college-going and attainment.
Webinar November 15, 2017
College Count$: Evidence of Impact
November 15, 3 p.m. EST
Since 2005, Arkansas Community Colleges have been at the forefront of an innovative welfare reform experiment that uses federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families welfare dollars) to send low-income Arkansans into the Arkansas Career Pathways Initiative leading to higher wage, high-demand jobs.
Webinar September 22, 2017
Using the Up Next Texting Tool to Increase FAFSA Completion
2 to 3 p.m. EDT
This webinar provided an overview of Up Next, a free tool for students and their families to help navigate the postsecondary planning, college application, and financial aid processes. Texting support can also help students stay in education after high school and complete a postsecondary credential.
Webinar August 1, 2017
Michigan College Access Network
Increasing Postsecondary Access and Success for all Students
This webinar, led by Executive Director Brandy Johnson, provided an overview of MCAN’s statewide strategy and programs.As the leader in the Michigan’s college access movement, Michigan College Access Network’s mission is to increase Michigan’s college readiness, participation and completion rates, particularly among low-income students, first-generation college going students, and students of color. MCAN’s strategies include the development of Local College Access Network, advocacy and leadership, coordination and partnerships, professional development, and statewide initiatives.
Webinar April 19, 2017
Effective Strategies to Increase FAFSA Completion
Go Alliance staff presented an strategic planning outline for how plan and implement a statewide FAFSA completion campaign. Representatives from Tennessee and West Virginia, who lead the nation in FAFSA completion rates, shared best practices, lessons learned, and effective strategies for engaging, training and supporting partners, as well as grassroots marketing tactics that compel students and families to take action.
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Webinar April 5, 2017
Celebrate College Signing Day!
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is committed to helping students reach higher by completing their education past high school. She continues to celebrate College Signing Day to recognize the hard work of students who pursue and complete their postsecondary education, whether at a two-year school, four-year university, or through an industry recognized credential. Mrs. Obama will celebrate Signing Day 2017 on May 5th, and she encourages all schools and communities to celebrate their students, too.
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1-2-3 Go! Virginia’s Three Steps to College: How Our Bundle Was Born
The 1-2-3 Go! initiative, spearheaded by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), includes three distinct components: Educational Credit Management Corporation (ECMC) College Nights events, Virginia College Application Week and the Super FAFSA Project. These three services provide students with critical assistance from counselors, advisers and experts on how to prepare, apply and ultimately pay for their higher education. The webinar occurred on November 10, 2016.
An Overview of Delaware’s College Access Programs
Karen Keegan and Julie Murawski of the Delaware Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, led a presentation on the Delaware Goes to College programs, including texting support, College Scholars, Getting to Zero campaign, Access to Opportunity Tour, and “Take the Leap! Be First” video series.
An Overview of LOSFA’s (Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance) College Access Programs
Tireka Cobb, Director of Field Outreach Services, and colleagues from LOSFA led a presentation on what they and their state partners are doing to increase postsecondary access and success. The webinar occurred on December 15, 2016. Topics included:
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College and career counseling and advising
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Webinar October 4, 2016
Early Awareness Strategies to Increase College Access and Success
Carrie Warwick and Bill DeBaun of the National College Access Network discussed best practices and recent research on the effectiveness of early awareness strategies. They also recommended policies to improve strategies at the state level and provided an overview of tools that practitioners can use in their work. Bill discussed how to measure the effectiveness of early awareness programs.
Webinar February 26, 2016
Understanding and Supporting LGBTQ Youth
This webinar provided an overall understanding of LGBTQ youth, the issues they face in education today, and what supports these students need in planning and applying to college. Specific topics that were addressed included:
• LGBTQ Student Needs
• Identity Development
• Considerations for Career and College Planning/College Advising
• High School Climate Changes
Presenter: Dr. Ken Jackson, Decatur High School (GA)
Developing a Strategic Inclusion and Diversity Action Plan: Lessons Learned From Research and Practice
In this webinar, Dr. Kyle Reyes showed how Utah Valley University developed and implemented a campus-wide, strategic inclusion and action plan to increase diversity and retention. Dr. Reyes addressed various phases of the planning process he used, including: guiding principles and questions, frameworks and structure, leadership and committees, target goals and timelines, action steps and deliverables, budget and resources, and accountability and assessment. In his presentation, Dr.
Increasing Degree Completion and Academic Success: How Georgia State is using Big Data to Make a Big Difference
Georgia State University in urban Atlanta has been recognized nationally for its work to improve retention and graduation rates, prevent students from taking unnecessary classes, and ultimately lower college costs and student-loan debt. In this webinar, Tim Renick and Allison Calhoun-Brown provided an overview of the steps they and their colleagues have taken to transform student success and Georgia State.
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Webinar May 18, 2016 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Webinar: Strategies to Increase Parent Engagement in Postsecondary Planning
This webinar provided a brief overview of parent engagement strategies that have proven successful in the following programs:
Webinar April 20, 2016 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Webinar: How to Help Homeless Students and Youth in Foster Care Succeed in Education After High School
Each year, approximately 1.5 million children and youth experience homelessness, and 400,000 youth are placed in foster care. This webinar provided a national overview of the academic and support needs of this student population, particularly in planning for, applying to, selecting, and successfully transitioning into education after high school. Presenters highlighted the promising support practices underway by NAEHCY, GEAR UP and other national and state programs. Topics covered included:
Webinar February 4, 2016 - 2:00pm
On-demand Webinar: State Policies That Support Effective School Counseling
This webinar provides an overview of state policies that grant students access to qualified, professional school counselors who help students plan for college and careers. The webinar also included an explanation of how each policy was planned and eventually enacted by state. Policies included in the discussion:
Webinar June 4, 2015 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Career & College Impact of School Counselors
Misti Ruthven, Colorado Department of Education; Paula Gumina and Eve Pugh, Colorado Department of Higher Education
From policies to programs, Colorado school counselors have assisted in leading the career and college conversation from a state-based grant program to counseling standards and FAFSA completion. This high-level discussion shared Colorado’s strategies for aligning systems and reinforcing collaboration.
Webinar May 5, 2015 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Launching Institution and Nonprofit Partnerships: Lessons Learned from College Advising Corps
Jennifer Cox Bell, College Advising Corps
In this webinar, Jennifer Cox Bell, National Director of Programs and Partnerships, offered perspective and lessons learned on starting multi-member partnerships anchored in higher education in addition to sharing insight on how College Advising Corps selects and helps launch programs at new partner institutions.
Razor C.O.A.C.H.: A University and High School Partnership Focused on College and Career Readiness
Josh Raney, University of Arkansas
The Razor C.O.A.C.H. program is a three-year, grant-funded partnership between the University of Arkansas Counselor Education program and local high schools to assist at-risk students in college and career planning.
Webinar March 31, 2015 - 11:00am - 12:30pm
Path to College: A Year of College Access Events for High School Students
Kate Derrick, Troy Grant and Mary Laphen, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission created a comprehensive, annual series of Path to College events to meet the needs of high school students: College Planning Nights, College App Week, College Goal Tennessee and College Signing Day.
Webinar March 24, 2015 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
Encouraging Collaboration and Data-Sharing in Utah through StepUP READY Grants
Christie Fox and Melissa Miller Kincart, Utah System of Higher Education
This presentation shared the process and outcomes of entering into data-sharing agreements with school districts to track student college-going patterns and first-year achievement data.
Webinar March 18, 2015 - 2:00pm - 3:30pm
MoveED for Goal 2025
Rosa Zamora and Alayna Herr, MoveED
This webinar provided an overview of www.MoveEd.org, a new website sponsored by Lumina Foundation. MoveED brings together organizations committed to helping low-income students, students of color, first-generation students and adult learners attain a postsecondary credential.
Designing a College Access Website for the Mobile Age
Desiree Colonna, CEO, Bella Web Design
In this webinar, led by the CEO of the award-winning Bella Web Design, attendees learned how to get your college access site designed cleanly and optimized for a mobile world. Content covered how to design websites for a seamless mobile experience and how that design affects your visibility in Siri and Google searches, including:
Webinar February 26, 2015 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Fostering Success Michigan
Maddy Day, Fostering Success Michigan
Fostering Success Michigan is a statewide initiative that aims to increase awareness of, access to and success in higher education and postsecondary opportunities among youth and alumni of foster care, by building a network to support college campuses and local community organizations.
Txt 4 Success! Two-Way Texting to Improve Matriculation and Persistence
Brian Kathman and Miranda Palter, Signal Vine
Making Sure They Make It: How Academic Mindsets and Support Programs Impact Postsecondary Success
This webinar provided an overview of how academic mindsets and other psychological factors impact student success at the postsecondary level. A summary of resesarch to date on postsecondary dropout prevention programs — what programs seem to be working and why — was presented, followed by a discussion of how similar programs can be implemented in postsecondary systems in SREB states.
Presenter: Alice Anne Bailey, SREB
There’s an App for That: Free or Low-Cost Technology to Manage Workflow
Never before has information been so prevalent and available. Never before have we had so many ways to connect with our stakeholders. And never before have we been so overwhelmed. Technology can help us to cope with information overload, manage workflow, and work more efficiently.
This webinar provided an overview of technology that can used to keep track of the latest research, collaborate with partners scattered across the country, and provide around-the-clock support for students.
Summer Melt and Beyond: How Technology-Based College Counseling Interventions Can Improve Postsecondary Outcomes
As a follow-up to last year’s presentation at the Go Alliance annual meeting, representatives from uAspire in Boston shared the latest information on how high school counselors are using a variety of outreach methods (phone, email, text and Facebook messaging) to stay in touch with low-income, college-bound students during the summer after high school graduation. As a result, college enrollment rates have increased significantly among students who would be the first in their families to attend postsecondary education.
The Nudge is Mightier than the Sword: The Future of SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing
Rand Fishkin, Moz
The days of bludgeoning algorithms, networks and people are over. Modern marketing in channels such as search engines, social media, content marketing and email requires subtle “nudges” to achieve success.
Insights from Behavioral Economics: Implications for College Access and Success
Anthony Barrows and Katie Martin, ideas42
Many well-intended programs have been designed to tackle the challenge of postsecondary completion, but few work as expected. Behavioral economics offers a reason why: People (students included) don’t behave the way we expect.
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Mothers day. Karen was literally dreading it. Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, motherhood, maternal bonds, blah, blah, etcetera, etcetera. But no one takes into account how stressful it is for the mother, especially when they recently received a note telling them they are supposed to attend their 5-year-old’s school and join the kids in their activities.
And her daughter, Lisa, was not helping.
“Mum, you embarrass me means I will..”, the young girl trailed off, glaring fiercely at the mirror as she adjusted her dress.
“Okay, two things. One, how am I supposed to embarrass you in kindergarden? Two, since when could five year olds look venomous?”
In the absence of a quick, witty retort, Lisa just shook her head.
Smiling slightly, Karen finished her coffee and picked up her bag. “Also, your grammar was wrong on so many levels. Come on, lets go.”
In the car, Karen quizzed her daughter on what was going to happen. Lisa rolled her eyes.
“It’s no biggie. We don’t have specials, only normal day. But all mothers be there. Mother also behave like student.“
“I’m supposed to behave like a student?”, Karen asked, horrified. Nope. Nada. She’d gone through kindergarden once already!
Lisa just smirked and relaxed into the back seat.
Karen glared at the posh building when they reached. The last time she’d been here was for the parent teacher meeting, when she had been informed that her daughter was fairly smart, extremely good at making friends, likable and friendly, and mostly polite. That was a good day. Today, on the other hand, would probably make her hate kindergarden forever.
Which was exactly what happened.
“Good morning, kids! Good morning, mothers! I am so glad to have you here today! Like you all know, today is mothers day, and in honour of that, I want one of you to tell me the meaning of the word mother in different languages!”
“Amma. M`ere. La madre. Ma. Tamil. French. Spanish. Hindi.”
A moment of silence, then- “Ma’am. You’re supposed to raise your hand before you speak.”
Karen looks up to realize that quite a few kids, including her own daughter, have their hands in the air.
She has to fight a blush that attempts to creep up her cheeks.
“We are going to play a game now. Walk around shaking hands with people. One of these people is the denner. Nobody except the denner himself knows who he or she is. If the person you shake hands with winks at you, then pretend to die. Let us see how long it takes for survivors to figure out who is the denner.”
The game starts. Nobody winks at her and soon Karen is lost in her thoughts. As a result, she hardly notices when somebody actually winks at her. She just gives the boy a vague glance and moves on.
The child looks vaguely confused, but walks away. A few minutes later, he shakes her hand and winks at her again. This time, however, the teacher notices.
“Ma’am, I understand you don’t want to leave the game. Nobody does. But you can't just blatantly disobey the rules. Please leave.”
Lunch time.
“Aaaah…my crispy fries and burger.”
“No junk food is allowed, ma’am. You’re setting a bad example for the children. Eat some fruits instead.”
“B-but-“
The whole day was just embarrassing incident after embarrassing incident. Karen was extremely relieved to get home.
Two days later, she got a call from the kindergarden teacher.
“Ma’am. Can I please have the number of lisa’s parent or guardian?”
“You already have my number.”
“Not you, ma’am… Lisa told everybody that you two aren’t related in any way.”
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The kid is so mean. I feel so sorry for the mom
Cute story, well written and soooooo true!
Fantastic, love the ending. :-)
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There a few things better than a great low budget science fiction movie, here are ten of them.
Low-budget science fiction has a charm all of its own. Now that we’re well into the age of Marvel and the summer blockbuster it’s more important than ever to celebrate science fiction that focusses on ideas, character and plot over special effects. It’s not that big budget science fiction is bad, it’s just that science fiction is so much than that.
The Europa Report
The Europa Report is a haunting reflection on the importance of scientific discovery. It’s also a story about the heroism of six scientists in the face of a hostile alien planet. This low-budget film mixes claustrophobic horror with intelligent science fiction to create a thoroughly watchable movie. The film’s success is in allowing the viewer to feel the tension and excitement of the scientists as they journey to Europa. The viewer sees the majesty of the crew’s journey into space, and their very human fear when it all goes wrong.
If you’re interested, we’ve reviewed this movie here.
Should you watch Europa Report?
Yes, especially if you like movies like Interstellar and Moon.
Coherence is a brain-teasing science fiction movie. It starts out like a typical indie-flick then gets weird fast. We meet a group of well-off, and slightly pretentious, friends as they have a typical dinner party. As a comet passes overhead the electricity goes out and a couple of the group venture out into the night to look for a nearby house they have spotted. When they come back they are shaken, having found a house identical to the one they have left. Including having identical inhabitants.
Soon it becomes clear there is a multiplicity of identical houses containing identical dinner guests. This premise turns the film into one about choice and how many friendships are in fact only one revelation away from ruin.
Why you should watch Coherence
Watch Coherence if you want to watch a movie that combines being a science fiction brainteaser with emotional depth.
Turbo Kid
A post-apocalyptic science fiction movie that is simultaneously an homage to 80s pop culture and a cool low-budget movie in its own right.
The protagonist starts the film as a simple scavenger, trying to find items amongst the ruins of a civilization that he can trade for water. Through the film, he finds a super weapon, comes into conflict with the despotic Zeus, connects with the off-kilter young girl Apple and meets the folk hero Frederic. Like all good low-budget movies, Turbokid was made with heaps of love and a lot of talent. You can read our review of the movie here.
Who should watch Turbo Kid
Anyone who wants to take a joyride through 80s post-apocalyptic movies.
Perhaps more mumblecore than science fiction, this film deserves to be on this list by virtue of its brilliance. Mark Duplass leads a talented cast including Jake Johnson and Aubrey Plaza in a film about time travel, regret and the connection between humans. Safety Not Guaranteed is possibly the most uplifting film I’ve ever seen. The performances from Duplass and Plaza are nuanced and the plot keeps you guessing right to the end. If you’re looking for a movie that will add a slice of magic to your life then Safety Not Guaranteed is the film for you.
Who should watch Safety Not Guaranteed
Anyone who wants to add a little bit of science fiction magic into their lives tonight. You can read our full review here.
Robot & Frank is a near future science fiction movie about a dementing cat burglar and his robot. Frank is bought the eponymous robot by his son, who hopes the robot will help him as his mind slowly gives into dementia.
At first Frank is unimpressed by his new helper but quickly warms to it once he realizes it can help him reignite his career as a cat-burger. Robot & Frank combines sly humor with a heartbreaking theme to create a touching work of science fiction. Frank is played by the excellent Frank Langella, who is ably supported by a cast including Peter Sarsgaard and Susan Sarandon.
Who should watch Robot & Frank
It’s a film for anyone who likes their science fiction clever and emotional.
A film about science geeks for science geeks. Primer is a cult classic that has got audiences thinking since it first made a name for itself. The movie is about a couple of science nerds who accidentally invent a time travel device in their garage. Despite their best efforts to avoid paradoxes, the plot soon becomes a complicated mess of timelines. The challenge of Primer isn’t the plot, however, it’s the dialogue. The way the characters talk is in no way dumbed down for the audience. So, unless you are a physics graduate, some of what they say will go over your head. For many viewers this is actually a positive, as it makes it seem that much more real.
You should watch Primer if
You like your science fiction hard and intelligent.
The film that announced John Boyega to the world. Attack the Block is a south London film both in its location and its attitude.
This movie, directed by Joe Cornish, is a pounding adrenalin rush of a film. Aliens land in a south London estate and are met with nothing but swagger and aggro. It’s a fun movie built around a mesmeric performance from Boyega.
Who should watch Attack the Block
Anyone who wants to watch something that’s fun, exciting and has a touch of grit.
Duncan’s Jones’ movie is a claustrophobic experience. Sam Rockwell alone on a moonbase with nothing but a robot for company. Well, alone until a very unexpected visitor turns up, but that visitor only adds to the tension.
Moon is a tautly directed film, with no wasted words or action. This is as much down to Jones’ talent as it is the lack of budget. What truly holds the attention is Rockwell’s performance, he owns the camera in a way few can.
Who should watch Moon
Someone who wants an intense experience and to witness a great performance by a talented actor.
And now for something completely different. And very immature. John Dies at the End is based on a novel by David Wong and it’s completely mental.
There are alternate dimensions, bizarre aliens and any number of immature jokes. It’s not the most intelligent movie you will ever watch. But it is a lot of fun. It also features a cool cameo from Paul Giamatti.
Who should watch John Dies at the End
Anyone looking for something fun, quirky and memorable.
The type of science fiction movie that will keep you awake at night.
A group of strangers wake up in a giant maze that contains a number of rooms that are designed to kill them. Think of it as a more intelligent version of Saw. That’s also much better.
As the group tries to survive the Cube their true selves are painfully revealed.
Who should watch Cube
You should watch Cube if you like intelligent science fiction movies with a touch of horror.
If you enjoyed this, but are still looking for recommendations, you may want to look at our list of the most underrated sci-fi films ever or our ultimate science fiction movie watch list.
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Wild Hearts by Sharon Sala
Wild Hearts is the 1st book in the Secrets and Lies Trilogy.
This is a series that you have to read all three books in order to know and understand all the back story that happens.
The back story is where 4 teenagers witness a murder and then flee. As they race off in their car, while being chasedby the killer, they loose control and get into an epic car accident.
One of them is dead and three of them are so critically injured that they don't remember the accident at all, nor the party that they were at.
The four teenagers in this accident are the parents to the main characters in the 3 books in this trilogy. This is the background plot that happens in all three books. You don't find out who the killer is until the end of the 3rd book.
Connie Barlett died. Betsy Parr, Dick Phillips, and Paul Jackson grow up with seemingly no memory of the killer nor the accident. They had families and moved on. But the killer hasn't forgotten. He's still waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop.
Book 1, Wild Hearts, is Trey Jakes and Dallas Phillips' story. He's Betsy's son and Dallas is Dick's daughter. Trey and Dallas were also an item before she left town.
This story starts with Dick being killed. His death is ruled a suicide but Dallas doesn't believe that. She knows that her father wouldn't kill himself. Thru clues at the crime scene, Trey comes to the same conclusion.
Trey happens to be the police chief of this small town of Mystic. He and Dallas work together to try to find who could've killed her dad.
And it's during this investigation that they get close again and realize that they are meant to be together.
Of course, lots happens. Like someone is after Dallas, and her father was expecting a huge windfall (Dallas figures this one out). It's pretty cheesy and predictable, but it's an entertaining story.
Sharon Sala is a talented storyteller! I enjoyed this series. It's definitely worth checking out!
You do have to read book 2 and book 3 to understand who is killing their parents. You get more clues thru book 2 but don't find who is really killing them till near the end of book 3!!
Check out the other books in the Secrets and Lies Trilogy:
If you liked Wild Hearts, you might like:
The Rebel Ridge Series by Sharon Sala
The Sinclair Sisters Trilogy by Kat Martin
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OFA merger plan criticized in public hearing
Dozens pack Old County Courthouse to speak out against merger of aging department into public health
by Pete DeMola
Dozens packed the Essex County Board of Supervisors chambers on Monday, Oct. 31 for a public hearing on the merger of the Office for the Aging into the Essex County Department of Public Health.
Photo by Pete DeMola
ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County’s plan to merge a pair of departments was met with stiff resistance on Monday.
Dozens crammed into the Old Courthouse for a public hearing on the plan to merge the Office for the Aging into the Essex County Department of Public Health.
Nearly a dozen speakers, including health care providers, civil servants and teachers, spoke out against the decision, calling for the county lawmakers to rescind their authorization for what has been branded as an efficiency-creating measure.
Combining the departments would lead to a loss of independence at a time when services need to be enhanced, say critics.
Demographic trends show seniors will be make up an increasingly larger slice of the population.
And the projected cost savings, initially tabbed at $100,000 due to the elimination of a cabinet-level director, won’t materialize.
Office for the Aging Advisory Council Chairman Elizabeth Buysse said no other county in the state has embarked on a similar measure, an indication that the OFA needed to be kept as an umbrella agency.
“Elder issues need to be kept at the forefront of the county,” said Buysse, who hoped she could receive assistance with telemedicine and flying cars in 20 years. “We must meet these challenges with a singular focus and independent department.”
With an annual operating budget of $2.6 million, the state-mandated OFA runs 18 programs, including meal delivery, transportation, nutrition programs and caregiver services designed to ensure seniors remain independent.
Under the new arrangement, OFA would cease to be an independent cabinet-level department, and would be folded into one of several units overseen by public health.
Jamie Whidden, executive director of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, said those programs are critical to preventing rehospitalization and keeping seniors independent.
“You may end up stepping over a dime to pay a dollar later,” Whidden said.
Twenty-one percent of Essex County is over 65, a number that is projected to increase to 30 percent by 2030.
That’s significantly higher than the state average of 14.7 percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Kathleen Hague, a retired guidance counselor from Jay, said both she and her husband were against the merger.
“The needs of a continually growing older population will be diluted in a larger department,” she said.
Francis Filshie, the county’s former OFA and public health director, said combining the two departments has been discussed twice before.
“Both proposals were carefully considered and were abandoned for reasons not stated publicly,” Filshie said.
The guest speakers spoke for nearly an hour. At the end of the hearing, OFA Advisory Council Co-Chair William Dolback presented the board with over 500 signatures of opponents collected during this fall’s petition process, which saw advisory council members fan out across the county in an effort to kill the effort.
“When aroused, they can be a very valuable voting bloc,” Dolback said.
AWAITING APPROVAL
The Essex County Board of Supervisors approved the decision to merge the departments last fall during their annual budget process.
An OFA coordinator, Krissy Leerkes, was tapped to fill the former director’s slot as acting director. Under the new arrangement, Leerkes will become Director of Aging Services operating under public health.
The arrangement that has informally been in place since Jan. 1.
While the state Department of Health has already approved the consolidation plan, the state Office for the Aging must sign off on an amendment that will unlock the $1.2 million in funding necessary to ensure the continued operation of the department.
The county submitted that report in September and is awaiting approval.
While county officials said they were receptive to the concerns, services will only be enhanced under the arrangement, they said. And there is no evidence to suggest services would be eliminated or reduced.
“I’m sort of holding my reservations at this point to see if there are demonstrable examples right now where we are not serving our senior citizens,” said Noel Merrihew (R-Elizabethtown). “We still have open ears for any demonstrable examples.”
Essex County Manager Dan Palmer said he was “taken aback” at the level of opposition, and surprised that critics have latched onto the cost-savings measure as a main rationale for opposing the shift.
“It’s a proposal to make the aging department a better department than what it was previously,” Palmer said.
Communication between lawmakers and the department will not suffer, he said, because the road through county supervisors runs through his office, and he would not allow that to happen.
“I consider everybody’s request the same, and I make those recommendations to the board based on what we think is appropriate for those departments,” Palmer said.
Palmer also said the county has a long track record of combining departments with no evidence of diminished services.
Lawmakers appeared to be divided on the issue. Of those who spoke at the hearing, Tom Scozzafava (R-Moriah), Gerald Morrow (D-Chesterfield), James Monty (R-Lewis), Mike Marnell (R-Schroon) and Michael “Ike” Tyler (R-Westport) all said they were against the measure.
Essex County Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Randy Preston (I-Wilmington) said he was in favor of the combination.
“I think I speak for this board that there has been no reduction in services, and I don’t believe for a second there will be,” Preston said.
In order for the merger to be rescinded, a lawmaker will now have to offer a resolution to re-establish the now-eliminated OFA director position.
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CMH Galena lodge is about 80 kilometres north of Nakusp.
UPDATE: Jet fuel spill at heli-ski lodge north of Nakusp
The CMH Galena Lodge is situated on major feeder creek to Trout Lake
John Boivin
UPDATE: 6:00 p.m.
A heli-skiing operation is cleaning up after a jet fuel leak at one of its back-country lodges north of Nakusp.
The spill at the CMH Galena Lodge occurred about 10 days ago, says a release from the Ministry of Environment. The lodge is located in the Badshot range of the Selkirk Mountains, about 80 kilometres by highway north of Nakusp.
Environment officials say between 5,000 and 6,500 litres of helicopter jet fuel was released from an underground storage tank. They say the spill has been contained.
The lodge is owned by Canadian Mountain Holidays Heli-skiing and Summer Adventures, based in Alberta.
“Environmental remediation and assessment experts were brought in immediately on discovery to contain the release, evaluate the impact and lead remediation efforts,” says a news release from CMH. “Their efforts are ongoing and will continue until all related impacts are addressed.”
CMH says an environmental response officer from the BC Ministry of Environment has advised them that “he is extremely satisfied with the approach and progress to date”.
“The fuel distribution system has been contained and the outside experts have advised that there are no indications of any downstream impacts in Lardeau Creek or Trout Lake,” CMH says. “Environmental monitoring of the conditions is proceeding on a daily basis.”
Nearby Lardeau Creek drains into Trout Lake, which eventually leads into Kootenay Lake.
But some locals in the community of Trout Lake who contacted Arrow Lakes News about the spill say they’re frustrated.
Wes Heck, who’s lived on Lardeau Creek for the last four years, isn’t impressed with the lack of communication.
“It would be nice to know what’s going on,” he says. “No one really knows around here.”
Heck’s house is about 10 kilometres downstream from the lodge, and they draw some of their drinking water from Lardeau Creek.
“How close was the spill to the water? What are they doing to clean it up?” he asks. “I’ve spilt diesel when I grew up in Alberta, and you don’t know where it could be going under the snow.”
But another Trout Lake resident contacted by Arrow Lakes News says he’s satisfied how the cleanup is proceeding.
“Our family’s been here 30 years, and they’ve always been good neighbours,” says Don Coller about CMH. Coller owns the general store in Trout Lake.
“They’ve never been anything but helpful and cooperative,” he says. “It’s unfortunate, but stuff happens.”
CMH says the incident has not affected Galena Lodge or its guests and it remains in full operation.
A heli-skiing operation is cleaning up after a fuel leak at one of its back-country lodges north of Nakusp.
The spill at the CMH Galena Lodge occurred just over a week ago, says a ministry official. The lodge is located in the Badshot range of the Selkirk Mountains, about 80 kilometres by highway north of Nakusp.
It’s not known what the leaked fuel was, or how much fuel spilled.
“Environmental remediation and assessment experts were brought in immediately on discovery to contain the release, evaluate the impact and lead remediation efforts,” says a news release from CMH, a mountain skiing tourism company based in Alberta. “Their efforts are ongoing and will continue until all related impacts are addressed.”
RELATED: Crews on scene emptying overturned fuel tanker
As of publication time the ministry had not responded to a request for information on the spill.
Heck’s house is about 10 kilometres downstream from the lodge, on Lardeau Creek.
“How close was the spill to the water? What are they doing to clean it up?” he asks. “I’ve spilled diesel when I grew up in Alberta, and you don’t know where it could be going under the snow.”
“Our family’s been here 30 years, and they’ve always been good neighbours,” says Don Coller, who owns the general store in Trout Lake. “They’ve never been anything but helpful and cooperative.”
“It’s unfortunate, but stuff happens.”
CMH says the incident has not affected Galena Lodge or our guests and we remain in full operation.
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‘Long Record of Swazi Police Assaults’
Police in the northern Hhohho district of Swaziland have a long record of allegedly assaulting suspects, a a href=”http:www.observer.org.sznews61086-accused-claims-he-was-suffocated-by-cops.html” target=”_blank”newspaper in the kingdom reporteda.
The latest man to accuse the police appeared at Pigg’s Peak Magistrates Court with ‘fresh facial bruises’, the a href=”http:www.observer.org.sznews61086-accused-claims-he-was-suffocated-by-cops.html” target=”_blank”Swazi Observera said.
The accused man was charged with theft and police from Buhleni brought him to court. He told the court that he had been assaulted by police and named the officers he alleged were involved.
The Observer reported, ‘This was not the first accused to appear at the Pigg’s Peak Magistrate’s Court with bruises claiming to have been assaulted by the men of the law.’
It added, ‘Many accused have claimed they were assaulted by police during questioning for crimes they have allegedly committed.
‘One accused claimed that a water pipe was inserted into his mouth by the police and it was connected to the tap and the water was opened and he almost choked.
‘He claimed that when he had drunk too much water, and was about to pass out the pipe was removed and he was hit in the gut by an officer and vomited all the water.
‘The officers then asked him the same questions and he did not answer and the pipe was inserted again until he had to admit to something he had never done in fear of dying.’
The newspaper said police from northern Hhohho had in the past been accused of hitting suspects in the face, but police from other stations, ‘do not hit their suspects on the face to conceal evidence’ when the suspect makes an appearance before court.
Source : Swazi Media Commentary
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Darjeeling tea planters call meet with unions on Friday
Discussion lined up on wage dues
By Vivek Chhetri in Darjeeling
Published 7.03.19, 1:38 AM
Updated 7.03.19, 1:38 AM
The Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union had threatened to stop the dispatch of tea from Thursday (Shutterstock)
Tea planters in the Darjeeling hills have decided to call a meeting with trade unions here on Friday to discuss wage dues after workers’ bodies announced different modes of agitation for speedy payment of the arrears.
The Darjeeling Tea Association convened the meeting as the agitation is set to take a toll on earnings amidst plucking of first flush leaves — which yield the highest price.
While the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha-affiliated Darjeeling Terai Dooars Plantation Labour Union had threatened to stop the dispatch of made tea from Thursday, the Joint Forum — a conglomeration of 20-odd unions — had announced a halt to plucking of first flush leaves from March 11.
Members of the forum staged a dharna in front of the DTA office in Darjeeling on Wednesday to press for the payment of the dues.
An official of the DTA said: “We have decided to convene a meeting with unions on March 8. Although many issues concerning fringe benefits of workers were raised, the major issue that would be discussed at the meeting would be wage arrears.”
The unions seemed to have mellowed a bit after the DTA’s decision to hold the meeting.
“We will go ahead with the embargo on the dispatch of made tea from tomorrow (March 7). We are, however, hopeful that the discussion on March 8 will be fruitful. The next course of action will depend on the outcome of the meeting,” said Balam Tamang, the president of the Morcha’s union’s Darjeeling subdivisional committee.
Suraj Pathak, a former CPM Rajya Sabha member and a member of the forum, said: “We organised a dharna in front of the DTA’s office today (Wednesday). We have been told that a meeting will be convened on Friday. We will plan our agitation depending on the outcome of the meeting but we will not do anything that is detrimental to the tea industry.”
Despite the threat to stop the plucking, Pathak’s comment is an indication that the forum will not go for such a harsh measure. The forum, however, said it would hold gate meetings in the gardens on Thursday as per the plan.
The dues have accumulated after the gardens expressed their inability to pay revised pay with effect from January 1, 2018, saying they were still reeling from the statehood agitation of 2017.
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Martha Alene Hopkins-Hayes
Martha Alene Hopkins-Hayes, 90, of Riverwood Drive, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, at the Hinkle Hospice House after a year of declining health.
A funeral will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel Baptist Church by the Revs. Gerald Ward and Johnny Gobble. Burial will follow in Mountain View Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Briggs Funeral Home in Denton.
She was born on Feb. 22, 1924, in Eldorado and raised in the New Hope area to Riley A. and Minnie Jane Taylor Hopkins. She was a retired machine operator from PPG Fiberglass Division. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Parks Hayes; and daughter Aweilda Kay Hogan Little-Williams.
Surviving are daughter, Melody Meachum, of Lexington; special daughter Judy Morris of Richfield; brother James Riley Hopkins of Denton; sister Jenna Mae Kirk of Thomasville; five grandchildren, Lori Ann Owen of Seagrove, Larry Little of Farmer, Amy Little-Faria of Thomasville and Stephanie Scoggins and Spencer Meachum, both of Lexington; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Online condolences can be made at www.briggsfuneralhome.com.
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T-Mobile Full Monty plan unveiled with unlimited data
Unlimited calls, texts and data allowances introduced with Full Monty plan
T-Mobile takes mobile connectivity to the next level with unlimited calls, texts and data through the Full Monty plan available on four different monthly tariffs
Smartphone retailer come network provider T-Mobile has announced the first all inclusive mobile tariffs with the company's new 'Full Monty' plan seeing consumers offered unlimited calls, texts and data limits.
Available on a selection of price plans the new Full Monty offering has been introduced to counteract the current trend of highly priced data allowances and call packages, recognising the increased mobile internet usage brought on by the recent rise of smartphones.
“Over the past two years, we've seen a rise in mobile internet use of over 250 per cent, which reflects the consumer trend of being 'always on' wherever they are,” said Ben Fritsch, Head of Propositions with T-Mobile UK. He added that “consumers also still want to retain a more personal level of communication by calling or sending a text.
“The Full Monty has been designed for customers who want the peace of mind that there are absolutely no limits placed on their allowances, whilst also knowing they're getting market leading value for money. We believe our Pay Monthly portfolio offers plans to suit anyone's needs, all at accessible prices – and we're really proud to be the first to offer a plan like The Full Monty in the UK”.
T-Mobile Full Monty Price Plans
Kicking off with a £36 per month tariff that will be available with a free Samsung Galaxy S II or HTC Sensation XE wannabe users of the Full Monty plan offered unlimited text, unlimited data allowances with no fair use limits, unlimited T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls and unlimited texts. Still with some limitations, however, the £36 Full Monty plan comes with just 2,000 cross network minutes.
Adding unlimited cross network calls, the Full Monty plan is also available on £41, £46 and £61 per month deals with the difference being the range of handsets available free of charge.
Does the Full Monty plan have you tempted into plumping for an unlimited array of connectivity or are you satisfied with your current usage limits? Let us know via the comments box below.
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Sonic Youth announce new release of old live album Sonic Youth announce new release of old live album
By Jeremy Klein https://www.tinymixtapes.com//writer/jeremy+klein · May 23, 2019 2019-05-23T10:57:55-04:00
I don't get why they're standing around washing machines. So random. Pisses me off, actually!
If you’re the kind of person who reads music blogs, you don’t need to be told who Sonic Youth is. You love and respect Sonic Youth, you played the hell out of the copy of Evol you pirated off MediaFire, you considered buying Fender’s Lee Ranaldo Signature Jazzmaster guitar until you realized owning it wouldn’t automatically make you one of Rolling Stone’s 100 greatest guitarists of all-time. That’s why we’ve selected you — yes you — to receive this special news bulletin.
We’ll tell you right now: this isn’t some random series of Sonic Youth album reviews being posted for reasons no one will ever be able to figure out. No, baby, this here is the real deal. On June 7, Sonic Youth will be releasing Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008 — a new live album — via Matador Records.
Previously only available as a bonus companion piece to the band’s final album The Eternal , this release marks the first time the live effort will be available for standalone purchase and — for all you physical media doomsayers — on streaming services.
Featuring a set that both “spans the band’s 30-year career” but is also 45% made up of songs from Daydream Nation , the live show captured on Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008 comes from — and this may utterly shock you — the band’s show at the River To River Festival in New York City’s Battery Park on July 4, 2008. God bless America.
Upon the live album’s release, Matador will also be putting The Eternal on sale for 25% off, in honor of that album’s 10th anniversary. Who’s the bonus companion piece now? That sale, as well as the release of Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008 , will be on June 7.
Take a listen to a live version of “Bull in the Heather” and check out the album’s artwork and full tracklisting down below. You can pre-order Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008 here.
Battery Park, NYC: July 4, 2008 tracklist:
01. She Is Not Alone
02. The Sprawl
03. World Looks Red
04. Jams Run Free
05. Hey Joni
06. Silver Rocket
07. The Wonder
08. Hyperstation
09. Bull in the Heather
10. 100%
11. Making the Nature Scene
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Songs about saying goodbye
PREMIERE: Oh Sees -
“Snickersnee”
“What’s this? You’re wearing the shirt of the band you’re going to see? Don’t be that guy.” - PCU
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VGG 16- An Advanced Approach Towards Accurate Large Scale Image Recognition
Sept. 6, 2017, 11:14 a.m. By: Prakarsh Saxena Edit
There are numerous image recognition algorithms in the Computer Science world and regular efforts are put in to make the machines more intelligent which could identify objects with an accuracy close to, or even greater (Superhuman Accuracy) than what humans have. One such approach is the VGG Network which is based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), which was a significant milestone in achieving the objective.
VGG 16- A Highly Accurate Image Recognition Algorithm
The VGG Network architecture was introduced by Simonyan and Zisserman in their 2014 paper, Very Deep Convolutional Networks for Large Scale Image Recognition. The network is characterized by the fact that it uses a simple 3x3 convolutional layer stack, on top of each other in increasing depth. The number ‘16’ represents the number of weight layers of the Neural Network. The Keras model of the network was used by the VGG Team in the ILSVRC 2014 competition, and at that time, a 16 – layered neural network was considered very deep.
During training, the input to the CNN is a fixed size 224 x 224RGB image. The mean RGB value is subtracted from each pixel of the images computed on the training set. The image is then passed through a collection of convolutional layers, where filters with a very small receptive field- typically 3 x 3- are used. In the VGG 16 Model, the convolution stride was fixed to 1 pixel; the spatial padding of convolutional layer input was such that the spatial resolution was preserved after convolution, i.e. the padding was 1 pixel for 3 × 3 conv. layers. Spatial pooling was carried out by five max-pooling layers, which follow some of the convolutional layers, where not all the convolutional layers were followed by max-pooling. Max-pooling was performed over a 2 × 2 pixel window, with stride of 2. A stack of convolutional layers was followed by three Fully-Connected (FC) layers: the first two had 4096 channels each, the third performed 1000- way ILSVRC classification and thus contained 1000 channels (one for each class). The final layer was the soft-max layer. The configuration of the fully connected layers was the same in all networks. All hidden layers were equipped with the rectification non-linearity.
The training is carried out by optimising the multinomial logistic regression objective using mini-batch gradient descent with momentum (or the acceleration constant). The batch size was set to 256, momentum to 0.9. The training was regularised by weight decay and dropout regularisation for the first two fully-connected layers (dropout ratio set to 0.5). The learning rate was initially set to 10−2 and then decreased by a factor of 10 when the validation set accuracy stopped improving. In total, the learning rate was decreased 3 times, and the learning was stopped after 370K iterations (74 epochs). To obtain the fixed-size 224×224 ConvNet input images, they were randomly cropped from rescaled training images (one crop per image per SGD iteration).
This model is available for both the Theano and TensorFlow backend, and can be built both with "channels_first" data format (channels, height, width) or "channels_last" data format (height, width, channels).
During the testing, it was observed that VGG 16 was extremely challenging to train, especially on a large data where the convergence of the deeper networks come into question. They then had to train smaller versions of VGG with less weight layers in order to make the training easier. The smaller networks, when converged, were then used as initializations for the larger deeper networks- a process which is termed as pre-training.
The VGG 16 model works extremely well in terms of accuracy. The network achieves an astounding accuracy of 92.7% accuracy in the top- 5 test accuracy in ImageNet, which is a huge dataset of over 14 Million images classified into 1000 categories.
Although it is quite obvious, pre- training is a time taking process and creates a redundancy of training the pieces of networks first before it can be served wholly for the purpose after being used as the deeper network. This concludes to major drawbacks of the VGG16 Network:
It is extremely slow to train and consumes a lot of time and resources of the machine.
The network architecture’s weights themselves are quite large (in terms of the disk space/ bandwidth covered)
This makes the VGG16 Network of a size of around 533MB. It’s quite clear- deploying VGG is a tedious task. Yet, VGG is still used in many deep learning image classification problems because of its high accuracy.
VGG 16 model paved way for more advanced neural networks like ResNet architecture, which has been successfully trained at depths of around 50-200 for ImageNet, and over 1000 layers for CIFAR-10 dataset. To learn more about the network and how the research on it was done, you can read the paper here.
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Extracts of ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) leaf are widely available worldwide in herbal medicinal products, dietary supplements, botanicals and complementary medicines, and several pharmacopoeias contain monographs for ginkgo leaf, leaf extract and finished products. Being a high-value botanical commodity, ginkgo extracts may be the subject of economically motivated adulteration. We analysed eight ginkgo leaf retail products purchased in Australia and Denmark and found compelling evidence of adulteration with flavonol aglycones in three of these. The same three products also contained genistein, an isoflavone that does not occur in ginkgo leaf.
Although the United States Pharmacopeia--National Formulary (USP-NF) and the British and European Pharmacopoeias stipulate a required range for flavonol glycosides in ginkgo extract, the prescribed assays quantify flavonol aglycones. This means that these pharmacopoeial methods are not capable of detecting adulteration of ginkgo extract with free flavonol aglycones.
We propose a simple modification of the USP-NF method that addresses this problem: by assaying for flavonol aglycones pre and post hydrolysis the content of flavonol glycosides can be accurately estimated via a simple calculation. We also recommend a maximum limit be set for free flavonol aglycones in ginkgo extract.
Ginkgo extract
Ginkgo flavonol glycosides
Genistein
Extracts of ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba L.) leaf are sold worldwide as the active ingredient of numerous dietary supplements, botanicals, herbal medicinal products and complementary medicines. Indeed, ginkgo is currently one of the most widely sold medicinal plants, and the global market for ginkgo has been estimated at more than US$700 million (Euromonitor International Ltd., 2009). In the United States, the most recent (2012) data show the retail market for ginkgo products to be worth US$30 million (Lindstrom et al., 2013).
Ginkgo is also one of the most intensely studied medicinal plants, with more than 3000 scientific papers published on the topic between 2001 and 2009 alone (van Beek and Montoro, 2009). Ginkgo leaf extracts are recommended for a range of conditions, including cerebral insufficiency, vertigo and tinnitus of vascular origin, and peripheral arterial disease (Blumenthal, 2003; Bone and Mills. 2013).
The pharmacologically active compounds in ginkgo leaf are considered to be flavonol glycosides (quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin being the principal aglycones) and terpene lactones (bilobalide and ginkgolides). Most ginkgo leaf extracts on the market are produced by selective, multi-step extraction processes involving organic solvents and carry quantitative claims concerning their content of flavonol glycosides and terpene lactones. Accordingly, most ginkgo leaf extracts are more high-tech and high-cost than typical botanical extracts.
Botanical raw materials including extracts present special challenges in terms of quality control and assurance due to their chemical complexity and inherent natural variability. The most fundamental aspects of quality assurance for such materials are to ensure the correct morphological part(s) from the right botanical taxon is used, and that the material is not adulterated with other botanical or extraneous material. Adulteration, either accidental or intentional and economically motivated, is a well-known issue for botanicals, and one that potentially can jeopardise not only the quality but also the safety of the finished product (Khan, 2006; Walker and Applequist, 2012). The potential safety issues associated with adulterated or sub-standard ginkgo extracts have been highlighted by recent toxicology and carcinogenicity studies using such inferior materials, while other studies using pharmaceutical quality ginkgo extract have found it to be safe (Koch et al., 2013; Krenn et al., 2013).
Pharmacopoeial monographs play an important role in the quality assurance of botanicals and herbal medicinal products (Vlietinck et al., 2009). Monographs for ginkgo raw materials (leaf and extract) can be found in various pharmacopoeias, including the United States Pharmacopoeia-National Formulary (USP-NF) (United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 2013), the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) and the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) (British Pharmacopoeia Commission, 2012). The USP-NF monograph for Powdered Ginkgo Extract and the BP/EP monograph for Refined and Quantified Ginkgo Dry Extract specify a flavonoid content of 22-27%, calculated as flavonol/flavone glycosides and a maximum content of 5 ppm for ginkgolic acids (putative allergens). In addition, specifications are provided for the terpene lactones, bilobalide and ginkgolide A, B and C, but the ranges for these differ between the USP-NF and the BP/EP. The USP-NF also provides monographs for Ginkgo Tablets and Ginkgo Capsules.
Here we report on ginkgo retail products found to be adulterated with free flavonol aglycones and also containing the isoflavone genistein, which is not native to ginkgo. We demonstrate that current pharmacopoeial methods are inadequate for the detection of this type of adulteration, and we propose a simple modification of the USP-NF method that addresses this problem.
Plant materials and botanicals
Five samples of dried Ginkgo biloba leaf were obtained from commercial suppliers. These leaf samples came from ginkgo cultivated in China (3), New Zealand (1) and Australia (1). They were authenticated by an experienced pharmacognosist (FEW.), and voucher materials were deposited in the Medicinal Plant Herbarium (PHARM) at Southern Cross University.
Eight retail products containing Ginkgo biloba as the sole active ingredient were purchased in Australia (6) and Denmark (2). Four of these were tablets and four were capsules.
Chemicals and reagents
Water was obtained from an in-house Milli-Q system (Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). Methanol (HPLC grade) was obtained from Merck (Kilsyth, VIC, Australia), ethanol (AR grade) from Chem-Supply (Gillman, SA, Australia), acetonitrile from Scharlau (Sentmenat, Spain), phosphoric acid from Ajax Finechem (Sydney, Australia), and hydrochloric acid (AR grade), trifluoroacetic acid, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), kaempferol (97.8%) and genistein (>98%) from Sigma-Aldrich (Sydney, Australia). Quercetin dihydrate (98.5%) was obtained from Chromadex (Irvine, CA, USA) and isorhamnetin (>98%) from Chengdu Biopurify Phytochemicals (Chengdu, Sichuan, China).
Standard preparation
Reference standards (quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin) were dissolved in DMSO at a concentration of 2.0 mg/mL, then serially diluted in methanol using a Hamilton Microlab 500 Diluter (Reno, NV, USA). Genistein was dissolved in methanol.
Ginkgo leaf samples were ground to a fine powder in a Retsch MM301 Mixer Mill (Haan, Germany). Approximately 5.5 g of powdered leaf material was placed in a 250-ml round bottom flask with 50 ml ethanol and 20 ml Milli-Q water and sonicated for 15 min (Soniclean Ultrasonic bath, Thebarton, SA, Australia). To achieve hydrolysis of flavonol glycosides, 8 ml of 37% hydrochloric acid was added (with boiling chips) and the mixture refluxed at moderate temperature in a fume-hood for 2 h 15 min. Once cooled, the solution was transferred quantitatively to a 100-ml volumetric flask and diluted to volume with Milli-Q water. Samples not hydrolysed were treated identically, except for the addition of hydrochloric acid.
Tablets were extracted by combining a quantity of 20 and grinding them to a fine powder in a Retsch MM301 Mixer Mill. Depending on the label claim for flavonol glycoside content, between 300 and 1000 mg of the powder was extracted by sonication, as detailed for the leaf samples. Capsules were opened and their content extracted in the same way as the tablets. All samples were extracted in triplicate.
Reverse-phase HPLC analysis was performed on an Agilent (Palo Alto, CA, USA) 1100 HPLC system fitted with a Phenomenex (Torrance, CA, USA) Synergi C18 4 [micro]M (250 mm x 4.6 mm i.d.) column, using an in-house validated method based on the USP34-NF29. Mobile phase A consisted of 0.5% aqueous phosphoric acid; mobile phase B consisted of methanol. The gradient eluting mobile phase was A/B (60:40, v/v) to A/B (50:50, v/v) over 40 min. This was followed by a 5 min column wash with A/B (5:95) and a 5 min equilibration period with A/B (60:40) prior to the next injection. Mobile phase was pumped at 1.2m!/min, the column temperature 40[degrees]C, and the injection volume was 10 [micro]l. Data were collected using a UV/visible light diode array detector collecting absorption spectra from 200 to 400 nm with quantification performed at 270 nm. System control and data evaluation were achieved using ChemStation for HPLC software. Limits of detection for quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin were 0.625[micro]g/ml, 0.25 [micro]g/ml and 0.07 [micro]g/ml, respectively. The range for precision, accuracy and linearity was 0.0025-0.5 mg/ml for quercetin, 0.000625-0.5 mg/ml for kaempferol and 0.00028-0.14 mg/ml for isorhamnetin.
LC-MS analysis was performed on an Agilent (Palo Alto, CA, USA) 1100 LC/MSD system equipped with an atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation (APC1) source and fitted with a Phenomenex (Torrance, CA, USA) Luna C18 3 [micro]M (100 mm x 4.6 mm i.d.) column. Mobile phase A consisted of water and mobile phase B of acetonitrile, both with 0.005% trifluoroacetic acid added. The gradient eluting mobile phase was A/B (90:10, v/v) to A/B (5:95, v/v) over 18 min followed by a 3 min column wash with A/B (5:95), to A/B (90:10) over 3 min and a 5 min equilibration period with A/B (90:10). Rate of mobile phase flow was 0.750 ml/min, the column temperature was 40[degrees]C, and the injection volume was 5 [micro]l
MS parameters in the positive ionisation mode were: Vcap 3000 V, nebuliser 60psig, drying gas flow rate 5.01/min, gas temperature 350[degrees]C, corona 4.0[micro]A, vaporiser 350[degrees]C, scan range 100-1500m/z, step size 0.15m/z, peak width 0.1 min, time filter enabled, fragmenter 150 V. System control and data evaluation were performed with ChemStation for LC/MS software.
Calculation offlavonol glycoside content
Flavonol glycoside content was calculated according to the method provided in the Ginkgo Tablet and Ginkgo Capsule monographs in USP36-NF31. Briefly, this method involves the acid hydrolysis of an extract of the sample, quantification of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin by HPLC against reference standards, and calculation of the quantity (in mg) of each flavonol glycoside in the sample using the formula:
[Glycoside.sub.quantity] = ([r.sub.u/r.sub.s] x [C.sub.s] x F x 50
where [r.sub.u] is the peak area of the relevant aglycone in the sample solution, [r.sub.s] is the peak area of the aglycone in the corresponding standard solution, [C.sub.s] is the concentration (mg/mL) of the aglycone in the standard solution, and F is the factor used to convert each aglycone into a flavonol glycoside with a mean molecular mass of 756.7 (2.504 for quercetin, 2.588 for kaempferol, and 2.437 for isorhamnetin). The total quantity of flavonol glycosides in the sample is calculated by summing the values for quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin glycosides.
The content of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin in unhydrolysed and hydrolysed extracts of five ginkgo leaf samples, four tablet samples and four capsule samples is shown in Table 1. None of the unhydrolysed leaf samples contained detectable levels of any of these flavonol aglycones. The quercetin content in the hydrolysed leaf samples varied almost five-fold (range 0.87-4.30 [per thousand] w/w), the kaempferol content more than three-fold (range 1.35-4.29 [per thousand]) and the isorhamnetin content 1.6-fold (range 0.36-0.59 [per thousand]). The hydrolysed extract of the Australian grown leaf sample LI-AU had the highest content of all three flavonols (total 9.17 [per thousand]), followed by the New Zealand sample (6.97 [per thousand]) and the three leaf samples from China (2.59-2.76 [per thousand]).
Three of the tablets and two of the capsules contained no or very low levels of free flavonols when not subjected to acid hydrolysis. However, unhydrolysed samples of one tablet (T3-AU) and two capsules (C2-AU and C3-AU) contained high levels of quercetin (range 2.48-7.42 [per thousand]) and kaempferol (range 1.84-7.50 [per thousand]), whereas the same samples contained only very low concentrations (0.01 [per thousand]) of isorhamnetin. As shown in Table 2, the concentration of free flavonol aglycones in these three samples comprised up to 51% (quercetin) and 41% (kaempferol) of the concentration measured in the same products post hydrolysis. Whether or not high levels of quercetin and kaempferol were present pre hydrolysis was obvious by visual inspection of HPLC chromatograms (Fig. 1).
The flavonol glycoside content of the retail products, calculated both pre and post hydrolysis using the formula provided for Content of Flavonol Glycosides in the USP-NF monographs, is shown in Table 3. As is evident from this table, the presence of significant amounts of flavonol aglycones in three of the products resulted in the flavonol glycoside content being overestimated between 29.0 and 40.9% when applying the pharmacopoeial method.
As is also shown in Table 3, 75% of the products analysed contained within [+ or -] 10% of their label claim for flavonol glycosides, when the pharmacopoeial method was used. One product contained 14% less and another 34% more than the label claim by this method.
Fig. 2 shows the ratios between kaempferol and quercetin and between isorhamnetin and quercetin in the hydrolysed samples of retail product. The minimum ratios stipulated in the monographs are shown as horizontal bars (kaempferol to quercetin NLT 0.7; isorhamnetin to quercetin NLT 0.1). All products conformed to the relevant USP-NF monographs with respect to flavonol ratios after acid hydrolysis.
All samples were examined for the presence of genistein by LC-DAD and LC-MS using positive selective ion monitoring (Fig. 3). Genistein was identified only in the three samples (T3-AU, C2-AU and C3-AU) shown to contain high levels of free quercetin and kaempferol (Table 2). The presence of genistein was confirmed by re-analysis by LC-DAD and LC-MS after spiking with a genistein reference standard. Genistein was also readily observable in the HPLC chromatogram as a peak located between the peaks for quercetin and kaempferol (Fig. 1).
Ginkgo extract is used in numerous dietary supplements, botanicals, herbal medicinal products and complementary medicines around the world. Being a high-value botanical commodity, ginkgo extract is a target for economically motivated adulteration, and suspected adulteration with the flavonols quercetin and kaempferol, the flavonol glycoside rutin (quercetin 3-rutinoside) or with other plant extracts containing flavonols has been reported (Chandra et al., 2011; Harnly et al., 2012; He and Roller, 2011; Liu et al., 2005; Sloley et al., 2003; Tawab, 2010; van Beek and Montoro, 2009).
The pharmacopoeial methods for determining the content of flavonol glycosides in ginkgo extract and products differ somewhat between the USP-NF and BP/EP monographs, but in both cases the glycoside content is calculated from the content of free flavonol aglycones, quantified by HPLC following acid hydrolysis. The fact that flavonol glycosides are not quantified directly, but instead calculated based on the aglycone content after hydrolysis, means that adulteration with flavonol aglycones may not be detectable using the current pharmacopoeial methods. In fact, the inadequacy of calculating the flavonol glycoside content in ginkgo solely on the basis of the aglycone content determined post hydrolysis has previously been identified by other workers (Liu et al., 2005; Sloley et al., 2003).
As an aid to detecting adulteration of ginkgo extracts, the USP-NF monographs for Powdered Ginkgo Extract (but not the equivalent EP/BP monograph), Ginkgo Tablets and Ginkgo Capsules include specifications for the relative abundance of quercetin, kaempferol and isorhamnetin after acid hydrolysis. These criteria are provided in Identification test B in the monograph for Powdered Ginkgo Extract but form part of Identification test A in the monographs for Ginkgo Tablets and Ginkgo Capsules. Since November 2011, the USP-NF monographs have stipulated a kaempferol to quercetin HPLC peak ratio of not less than 0.7 and an isorhamnetin to quercetin peak ratio of not less than 0.1 (United States Pharmacopeial Convention, 2013). However, while this test may assist in the detection of some types of adulteration, it cannot effectively detect adulteration with free flavonol aglycones.
Adulteration of ginkgo products
In the present study, we have shown that five ginkgo leaf samples, sourced from three different countries, contained levels of quercetin-, kaempferol- and isorhamnetin glycosides that varied up to five-fold between samples. However, none of these leaf samples contained detectable levels of free quercetin, kaempferol or isorhamnetin aglycones. Consistent with the virtual absence of free flavonols in the crude raw material, five retail products with ginkgo extract as the sole active ingredient contained no or negligible amounts of free flavonols. One of these products (Tl-AU) was Tebonin[R] (Schwabe Pharmaceuticals), which as its active ingredient contains EGb761[R], arguably the classic gold standard ginkgo leaf extract (for which Schwabe holds a worldwide patent). These results indicate that neither crude ginkgo leaf nor quality ginkgo leaf extracts would be expected to contain free flavonols, except in very low concentrations in some cases.
In contrast, three other retail products (T3-AU, C2-AU and C3-AU) contained significant levels of free quercetin (2.5-7.4[per thousand] w/w) and kaempferol (1.8-7.5 [per thousand]). The levels of isorhamnetin in these products were considerably lower, ranging from 0.01 to 0.11[per thousand]. The same three products were shown to contain the isoflavone genistein (4',5,7-trihydroxyisoflavone). Isoflavones occur predominantly in leguminous plants (family Fabaceae), but have been reported from 60 other, mostly angiosperm families (Lapcik, 2007). In addition to the Fabaceae, genistein has been reported from the monocotyledonous family Iridaceae and the dicotyledonous families Moraceae, Rosaceae, Myristicaceae and Rutaceae (Reynaud et al., 2005). Isoflavones including genistein have never been reported from Ginkgo biloba plant material, but there is one published report of genistein isolated from a Chinese ginkgo leaf extract (Wang et al., 2007). The chemistry of ginkgo leaf and leaf extracts is exceedingly well known (van Beek, 2002; van Beek and Montoro, 2009), and we believe there can be little doubt that this report concerns an adulterated ginkgo extract.
The presence of genistein combined with significant levels of free quercetin and kaempferol in three of the retail products analysed provides compelling evidence of adulteration of these products (all of which listed Ginkgo biloba leaf extract as the sole active ingredient). While we have not been able to identify the adulterant, an extract containing both quercetin and kaempferol (but not isorhamnetin) as well as genistein (or their glycosides) would appear most likely. One such candidate is Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott, (syn. Sophora japonica L), a well-known Chinese medicinal plant known as Japanese pagoda or Chinese scholar tree. Two botanical drugs derived from this plant are listed in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China: huaihua, comprising the dried flower and flower bud, and huaijiao, which consists of the dried fruit (Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, 2005). The pericarp of this species contains a number of genistein, quercetin and kaempferol glycosides (Qi et al., 2007), and it has previously been identified as a likely adulterant of ginkgo extracts (Chandra et al., 2011; He and Roller, 2011; Tawab, 2010). The adulterated ginkgo products analysed by us contained genistein, quercetin and kaempferol in free aglycone form, so if Styphnolobium japonicum were indeed the adulterant, the extract would likely have undergone processing leading to the hydrolysis of the flavonoid glycosides.
Thus, we have identified three adulterated ginkgo retail products, all of which conformed to the relevant USP-NF monographs (Ginkgo Tablets or Ginkgo Capsules) in terms of ratios of HLPC peak areas between kaempferol and quercetin and between isorhamnetin and quercetin in hydrolysed samples (Fig. 2).
Improved quality control for ginkgo
According to the respective USP-NF monographs, ginkgo tablets and capsules must be prepared from Powdered Ginkgo Extract that contains between 22.0 and 27.0% flavonol glycosides. The adulterated products analysed by us contained significant levels of free quercetin and kaempferol. Because the pharmacopoeial method for calculating flavonol glycoside content is based on the quantity of flavonol aglycones measured after acid hydrolysis, the actual flavonol glycoside content in these products was overestimated by between 29% and 41% (Table 3). In other words, these products did not meet the pharmacopoeial standard for flavonol glycoside content, but this could not be detected by the prescribed pharmacopoeial method. Whether flavonoids are present in aglycone or glycoside form can have profound impact on their pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics (Murato and Terao, 2003; Walle, 2004), with obvious potential implications for the safety and efficacy of the product.
In order to address this problem, we propose a simple modification of the pharmacopoeial test for flavonol glycosides. This involves assaying for flavonol aglycone content (as per the pharmacopoeial monograph) before and after acid hydrolysis and basing the calculation of flavonol glycoside content on the difference between pre and post hydrolysis aglycone content:
[A.sub.(glycosides)] = [A.sub.(post-hydrolysis)] - [A.sub.(pre-hydrolysis)]
where [A.sub.(glycosides)] is the amount of flavonol aglycones derived from glycosides in the extract or product (and the value the pharmacopoeial test aims to determine), [A.sub.(post-hydroiysis)] is the total amount of flavonol aglycones after acid hydrolysis (representing the sum of free aglycones plus aglycones from glycosides) and [A.sub.(pre-hydrolysis]) is the amount of free flavonol aglycones in the unhydrolysed extract or product.
Applying this modified test ensures that only the amount of flavonol aglycones that exist in glycoside form in the extract or product is used in the calculation of flavonol glycoside content. Any free aglycones present in the extract or product are not included in this calculation. This approach prevents the overestimation of flavonol glycoside content that will result by applying the current pharmacopoeial method to gingko extracts or products that have been adulterated with free flavonol aglycones (illustrated by three of the products we analysed). The proposed change to the pharmacopoeial method, while adding an additional step, is both cheap and simple and provides for an accurate determination of the flavonol glycoside content. Accordingly, we believe this change to the method would represent a significant improvement to the USP-NF monographs for Powdered Ginkgo Extract, Ginkgo Tablets and Ginkgo Tablets, and to equivalent monographs in other pharmacopoeias, including the EP and the BP.
Our analysis of five commercial samples of ginkgo leaf grown in three different countries found no evidence (within the limits of detection) of quercetin, kaempferol or isorhamnetin in aglycone form. Free aglycones have been reported from unhydrolysed ginkgo leaf, but only in low concentrations (Song et al., 2010; van Beek and Montoro, 2009). These aglycones were absent from the five unadulterated products tested with the exception of quercetin, which was detected in three of the products at very low levels (0.013-0.036[per thousand] w/w). In unadulterated material, an increase in aglycone levels (with accompanying decrease in flavonol glycoside levels) is indicative of degradation during extraction, formulation or storage and thus undesirable (Sticher et al., 2000). On this basis we also suggest that a suitable maximum level for free flavonol aglycones be set for ginkgo leaf extract, e.g. 0.5% w/w. Such a limit would further contribute to the quality assurance of ginkgo extracts, including limiting adulteration with flavonol aglycones from extraneous sources.
The presence of the isoflavone genistein, a compound not occurring naturally in Ginkgo biloba, in the three products that were adulterated with flavonol aglycones suggests that the adulterant was a plant extract that contains flavonols as well as genistein. We therefore also recommend that manufacturers further improve the rigour of their quality control processes for ginkgo raw materials (especially extracts) by assaying for the presence of genistein and rejecting as adulterated ginkgo materials found to contain this extraneous compound.
The need for ongoing vigilance in relation to the quality of herbal medicinal products and botanicals has been highlighted by our finding that three out of eight ginkgo retail products tested showed clear evidence of adulteration. Pharmacopoeial monographs for botanical raw materials and dose forms, such as those in the USPNF, EP and BP, play an essential role in assuring the quality of such products. Here we have demonstrated that the tests currently prescribed in these monographs do not provide for the detection of adulteration of ginkgo extracts and products with free flavonol aglycones.
As a solution to this specific problem, we have proposed a simple modification of the USP-NF test for Content of Flavonol Glycosides that allows for the accurate estimation of these compounds, thus avoiding the overestimation that will result from the presence of free flavonol aglycones (likely of extraneous origin) when applying the current test.
We believe that the proposed test, along with the setting of a maximum acceptable level for free flavonol aglycones and testing for the presence of genistein (an extraneous compound) would make a significant contribution to the quality assurance of gingko leaf extracts and products.
Article history:
Received in revised form
Accepted 26 January 2014
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Hans Wohlmuth (a, b), *, Kate Savage (c), Ashley Dowell (c), Peter Mouatt (a, c)
(a) Medicinal Plant Herbarium, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
(b) Integria Healthcare, Callans Road, Ballina, NSW 2478, Australia
(c) Southern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
* Corresponding author at: Integria Healthcare, Gallans Road, Ballina. NSW 2478, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 6620 5180; fax: +61 2 6622 3459.
E-mail addresses: hans.wohlmuth@scu.edu.au, hans.wohlmuth@integria.com (H. Wohlmuth).
Content ([per thousand] w-w) of flavonol aglycones quercetin,
kaempferol and isorhamnetin in unhydrolysed and hydrolysed samples of
ginkgo leaf and retail products (calculated as quercetin, as per
USP36-NF31).
Sample (a,b) Quercetin
Unhydrolysed Hydrolysed
L1-AU 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 4.292 [+ or -] 0.046
L2-NZ 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 3.715 [+ or -] 0.026
L3-CH 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 0.961 [+ or -] 0.010
T1-AU 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 13.643 [+ or -] 0.099
T2-AU 0.036 [+ or -] 0.006 3.718 [+ or -] 0.014
T4-DK 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 13.062 [+ or -] 0.132
C1-AU 0.013 [+ or -] 0.000 12.635 [+ or -] 0.064
C4-DK 0.027 [+ or -] 0.000 17.317 [+ or -] 0.102
Sample (a,b) Kaempferol
L1-AU 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 4.291 [+ or -] 0.061
Sample (a,b) Isorhamnetin
L1-AU 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 0.592 [+ or -] 0.008
L2-NZ 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 0.422 [+ or -] 0.025
L3-CH 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 0.416 [+ or -] 0.006
T1-AU 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 3.449 [+ or -] 0.036
T4-DK 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 2.832 [+ or -] 0.022
C1-AU 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 4.229 [+ or -] 0.051
C4-DK 0.000 [+ or -] 0.000 4.765 [+ or -] 0.069
(a) L, leaf; T, tablet; C, capsule.
(b) Country of origin (leaf) or purchase (retail products): AU,
Australia; NZ, New Zealand; CH, China; DK, Denmark.
Free flavonol aglycones and genistein in unhydrolysed ginkgo products.
Concentration of free flavonols in unhydrolysed samples is shown as
percentage of the concentration in hydrolysed samples. Presence (+) or
absence (-) of genistein in unhydrolysed samples is shown.
Sample Type Quercetin Kaempferol Isorhamnetin Genistein
L1-AU Leaf 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
L2-NZ Leaf 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
L3-CH Leaf 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
T1-AU Tablet 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
T3-AU Tablet 44.3 30.6 0.9 +
T4-DK Tablet 0.0 0.0 0.0 -
C1-AU Capsule 0.1 0.0 0.0 -
C2-AU Capsule 47.2 41.4 4.0 +
C4-DK Capsule 0.2 0.0 0.0 -
Flavonol glycoside content and percentage of label claims for ginkgo
retail products, based on USP-NF formula for Content of Flavonol
Glycosides, calculated pre and post acid hydrolysis.
Product Calculated flavonol glycoside
content using USP-NF formula
(mg/dose unit)
Pre hydrolysis Post hydrolysis
T1-AU 0.00 29.29
T4-DK 0.00 26.24
C1-AU 0.02 37.95
C2-AU 15.85 38.71
C4-DK 0.01 20.65
Product Calculated flavonol glycoside Overestimation of
content as percentage of label flavonol glycoside
claim (%) content using USP-NF
post hydrolysis
USP-NF method Due to free method (%)
(post hydrolysis) aglycones
(pre hydrolysis)
T1-AU 101.7 0.0 0.0
T3-AU 96.5 32.9 34.0
T4-DK 109.3 0.0 0.0
C1-AU 94.6 0.0 0.0
C2-AU 134.4 55.0 40.9
C4-DK 86.0 0.1 0.1
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Pioneer Linens, located in West Palm Beach, Florida, is fourth generation family owned for over 100 years since 1912. The Glam Pad loves companies with a rich history and family traditions, and today I am delighted to welcome Penny Murphy, president of Pioneer Linens, and her daughters Marissa, internet director and Camille Kubicek, store buyer. But first let’s start with the fascinating history of Pioneer Linens…
Pioneer Linens
Pioneers Linens: Purveyors of Propriety
The story of Pioneer Linens is an example of The American Dream at its finest. The company was founded by Max Greenberg, who had entered the U.S. through Ellis Island alone and still a teenager. He moved to Lake Worth, which at the time was a frontier town without electricity or running water, with many inhabitants still living in tents. He opened Pioneer selling things such as dynamite to blow up tree stumps, saws, hammers, nails, doorknobs, washtubs, clothesline, Kerosene, and eventually furniture as more and more houses were built. By 1924, Pioneer Hardware and Furniture was the biggest retailer in the area.
Max Greenberg, founder of Pioneer Linens. Image via Palm Beach County History Online
In 1928, a category 5 hurricane struck the east Florida coast killing 2,500 people and causing $100 million in damage. Max Greenberg was wiped out. In the midst of the Great Depression, he and his family regrouped and moved a few miles north toward the burgeoning Palm Beach area. Instead of furniture, Pioneer would focus on more basic home needs such as towels, blankets, and rugs. Despite the difficult times, Max pursued his credo of high standards in quality, instilling the same business ethics in his son George.
George Greenberg began working for the family business at age eight. He graduated from college at the onset of WWII and enlisted in the U.S. Army. When he returned from war, he took the helm of Pioneer Linens, leading the company to become the luxury brand it is today. George died in 2007 at 92 years of age, passing the reins to his daughter Penny Murphy who had served as vice president since 1995. Penny made a crucial business move and took the company online, expanding Pioneer Linens’ reach from the Palm Beaches to a global customer base. Her son, Alan Murphy, Jr., great-grandson of Max Greenberg, worked with the company in 2005 until 2017, developing the white-glove service Yacht Linen division and pushing new growth opportunities forward in the 21st century. Penny’s two daughters also work for the family business with Marissa overseeing the e-commerce division, and Camille in-store buyer.
Pioneer Linens in the 1960s
Pioneer Linens continues to offer the largest selection of current fashion in high-end linens, serving as a repository of factual information about lifelong quality in luxury goods. For example, generations of Palm Beach brides have relied upon Pioneer Linens to learn how a proper lady handles proper linens. “You get the diamond ring, then you get the Pioneer lesson,” reports the Palm Beach Post. While Pioneer Linens has changed with the times, one thing has remained the same… “There will always be people who want civility,” said Penny Murphy. Pioneer is not just a store. It is a purveyor of a genteel way of life.
Welcome Penny, Camille, and Marissa!
Camille, Penny, and Marissa Murphy of Pioneer Linens
Q: Please tell me about the history of Pioneer Linens and how the company has evolved since its founding in 1912.
A: Pioneer Linens was founded by Austrian immigrant, Max Greenberg. The store started out as a hardware store as there was a land boom going on, and the settlers needed supplies to build their businesses and their homes.
As the towns grew, Pioneer began selling goods to help their customers’ homes become more comfortable by selling items such as ice boxes, furniture and kerosene lamps.
Pioneer Linens table accessories, design by Stephen Mooney
Pioneer Linens via Nick Mele Photography
Pioneer Linens napkins via Palm Beach Lately
Q: Now in its fourth generation of leadership, how do you preserve the traditions and values of Pioneer Linens, but still evolve to meet modern needs?
A: From the basic home goods that Max sold, Pioneer Linens has now evolved into one of the leading fine linen stores in the nation. Max taught his son George to sell the best products, to respect his customers and that smart businesses had to change to meet the ever-changing needs of the community. George passed that advice on to his daughter, Penny Murphy. Penny is credited with starting the Pioneer Linens website: www.pioneerlinens.com. Penny passed that on to her two daughters, Marissa and Camille, who have also joined the family business.
Pioneer has also become a leading provider to the yachting industry as well as a favorite resource for interior designers.
Pioneer Linens guest towels via Lisa Erdmann & Associates
Monogrammed pillows for days!
Lobster bake via @pioneerlinens
Q: How did second-generation leader George Greenberg help transform Pioneer Linens into what it is today?
A: George Greenberg originated the company’s stellar reputation for selling the finest home furnishings and gifts. He was an innovator rooted in the basics: service and quality. He came up with the idea of the colorful towel display wall which is the standard in all linen stores today. George also changed the old term dust ruffle into a bed skirt! With his expertise, Pioneer’s product mix changed from basic linens to the modern luxury linen boutique that Pioneer Linens is known for today. George Greenberg set the bar high. Penny, Marissa, and Camille have the same commitment and are continuing to strive for excellence.
Dogs are always welcome at Pioneer Linens
Placemats, clamshell compote dish, and napkin from Pioneer Linens. Image via Luxe Report Designs
A huge selection of Matouk is available via Pioneer Linens.
Q: What are some key lessons you have learned from your predecessors?
A: The customer is always right! Clients come to us to help them find something special that they will enjoy over the years. Our customers are educated consumers. We respect that. We have a large selection of fine products so the customer can have instant gratification. When a client is having guests come and they need 10 new king size high-quality goose down pillows, Pioneer Linens has them in stock. Just recently, a client needed 26 glitzy napkin rings for her table setting. We had them overnighted for her party the next evening. We can pull that rabbit out of the hat!
Q: As a family run business, how does Pioneer Linens stand apart from other linen stores?
A: One might presume it’s the vast selection of bedding and 75 different styles of bath accessories that keep customers coming back. However, Penny believes the generational aspect of the business is really the underlying source that makes Pioneer Linens so successful. “In some cases, customers first visited our store with their parents and grandparents,” she says. “Because of these lasting relationships, it’s not like we are assisting customers; we’re just visiting with friends.”
A seashell towel from Pioneer Linens framed as art by Luxe Report Designs Luxe Report Designs.
Custom waste basket and tissue sets
Q: In addition to being the premier linen resource for Palm Beach County, Pioneer Linens is available to shop online. How do you work with long distance clients?
A: We have dedicated sales staff who listen to what the customers want. Our associates know the right questions to ask so they can recommend the right merchandise. With all the digital devices available, the customer can take photos of their beds or a bathroom. We can email photos back to them. We also can send them product such as washcloths for color or a sham so they can feel the quality of the fabric. We work very hard to make sure our customers have the true Pioneer Linens experience we have strived to offer for the last 107 years.
Monogrammed towels by Pioneer Linens via Palm Beach Lately
Q: Please tell me about your monogramming services and what unique options you provide.
A: Pioneer Linens offers basic monogramming of three letter monogram. However, Pioneer Linens offers digitized monogramming as well. We can recreate a wedding monogram or yacht logo on any of our décor. We create a design monogram mock for approval before proceeding with the monogram. Plus, we can do thread matching as well so we can embroidery our décor in the same colors as a wallpaper color or any exact match. If you live in the area we can match the colors with you in-store. If you live out of the West Palm Beach area, we can send you thread colors to match or you can send us your sample to match colors for you.
Pioneer Linens cocktail napkins
Mouth-blown crystal vanity sets
Q: Do you have any collections that are exclusive to Pioneer Linens?
A: In the last two years Pioneer Linens has developed a private label line. We currently manufacture embroidered bed linens, bath towels, table linens and vanity décor exclusive to Pioneer Linens, which can be found on our website.
The beautiful Ibiza collection, exclusive to Pioneer Linens
Designer William Bainbridge Steele used the Ibiza collection for the 2015 Palm Beach Designers Showhouse
An exquisite embroidered pillow via Pioneer Linens
Q: What are some of your best sellers?
A: Our most popular items are our coverlets. It’s hard to find a large selection of blanket covers and coverlets available. Plus we can customize our coverlets in numerous colors and custom sizes.
Q: What does the future hold for Pioneer Linens?
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Such lovely linens, and such a lovely family! I wish there were more companies left that adhered to these values, and I am so happy to support their business. Thank you, Penny, Camille, and Marissa for your time! To learn more about Pioneer Linens, please visit www.pioneerlinens.com and follow @pioneerlinens on Instagram for ongoing updates.
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John Henry Sherman says
Has always been on my must stop while shopping the PB area.
Slept very well on Signoria sheets bought from them last night here in Atlanta.
Wishing you many successful years to come.
Cynthia Lambert says
Such beautiful things. What a nice business.
Candis says
I enjoyed this so much, such a beautiful store. Thank you!
Dean Farris says
Very beautiful post!
Nancy Doyle says
Lovely story. Have been to the store many times when I have visited Palm Beach. The beautiful home, the art of entertaining and civility live on in Pioneer Linens. Continued success!
Karmann says
Right after we married, I went to Pioneer and got some pretty guest towels for our bathroom. It was all we could afford at the time. 33+years later, they still look lovely. We no longer live in the Palm Beach area, so I was very excited when they established their web site. They treated that young newlywed with not much money to spend like a queen and made me a customer for life.
The ultimate Company in everyway. Very impressive business! Beautiful selection. Congratulations!!
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Rock in a box with Arkitema Architects' shipping container housing project
Sustainability made stylish
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Using shipping containers for housing near a Danish rock music museum makes sense, sort of.
Denmark is a logical place to build with shipping containers; the world's largest shipping line, Maersk, is Danish and probably owns more containers than anyone else. Musicon, in Roskilde, is a logical place to build with them too. It is a "new neighborhood with a creative atmosphere" and has a rock museum called Ragnarock, and you know how musicians trash apartments. It's hard to trash a shipping container.
© Arkitema Architects/ facade closeup
The logic kind of ends there. Shipping containers are designed to stack up to nine high loaded, sixteen high empty, corner casting on top of corner casting, but here they are plugged into a steel frame. "The steel frames also allow the architects to work in a more flexible way, despite the restriction that the containers hold." They are able to jog them in and out to make a more interesting façade and possibly be able to pull them out to move somewhere else, although that looks like a challenge. It also means that they have a lot of superfluous structure. From the architect's press release:
“Beat Box is a fun and challenging project. We are working within the very specific and set shapes of the container but are still able to transform them into something different and new. By preserving every container's exterior appearance, and placing them on the concrete base and the significant steel structures, we are providing Musicon with a whole new and authentic residential building. These apartments will match the simple and rough appearance of the area perfectly,” says Rolf Kjær, Head of Business Area at Arkitema Architects.
The containers are "preserved to fit the atmosphere of the neighborhood, which means that all isolation will be internal." This means that every single shipping container has to be individually insulated on all floors, walls and ceilings, whereas in a conventional building, one would only insulate on the exterior of the entire project. A quick count finds that this will require 3.6 times as much insulation as a normal building or if they were insulated on the outside. But hey, "the solution offers a quick construction period which in unison with the material selection contributes to making sustainable housing in the containers."
“The apartment blocks will offer the residents anything they would expect of their apartment – thus a container is no different than regular housing. As architects, we are challenged by the fixed measurements of the containers but it also offers a lot of advantages, when we are building with them. The establishment of the buildings will happen much faster, which is why it will be a great alternative to conventional housing in the future. I am sure we will see a lot more container houses, both in Denmark and internationally, in years to come,” Rolf Kjær predicts
People keep saying that, but I suspect that one could order up a typical Scandinavian prefab more quickly, that it would be cheaper, and certainly more energy efficient. But it wouldn't look so cool.
Found on ArchDaily.
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Tinder users are having no more casual sex than other horny people
There’s a general assumption that ‘hook-up’ apps like Tinder and Bumble are the gateway to no-strings sexual encounters because they bypass some of the dating dance. The clue to that resides within the unofficial name.
However, millennials on dating apps not partaking in casual sex more often than counterparts going about it in a more conventional manner, researchers have claimed.
A study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) found no disparity between the number of sexual partners of users and non-users of picture-based dating apps.
The researchers interviewed 641 students aged between 19-29 and quizzed them about their sociosexual orientation, exploring their willingness to engage in short-term encounters.
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Although dating app users tended to express a greater willingness to engage in casual sex, they weren’t necessarily acting upon it.
“Dating app users don’t have more casual sexual partners than others with the same short-term preference,” said Mons Bendixen, associate professor at NTNU’s Department of Psychology (via Gizmodo).
Professor Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair at NTNU’s Department of Psychology added: “Apps have become the new public arena for dating. But to a large extent, the people using them are the same ones you find dating other ways.”
Men are eager, women are discerning
The researchers also offered some insight into how men and women use dating apps differently.
According to the study, women spent more time use on dating apps than men. The researchers theorise this is because women are more discerning than men when making their choices.
“Men more often start conversations and contact matches, and they’re more willing to meet partners through dating apps in private settings,” says Bendixen.
“Women are more discerning. Men are more eager. This has clear evolutionary reasons. Women have more to lose by engaging with low-quality sexual partners than men do. That’s why men swipe right more often than women do,” says Kennair.
“Women use dating apps to feel better about themselves more than men do,” Bendixen added.
Despite the impression, these apps are rarely used by people perusing hook-ups outside their relationships.
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As of Saturday night, 272 election officers were dead and another 1,878 were sick after helping to administer the election, reported CNN Indonesia, citing data provided by the country’s election commission (KPU).
Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman for the KPU, said the election officials had mostly died from “overwork-related illnesses,” according to CNN-affiliate SBS.
CNN has not been able to independently verify the claims made by the KPU.
General Elections Commission chief Arief Budiman appeared to acknowledge that elections officers had been overworked during the election process.
According to CNN Indonesia, Budiman attributed the officials’ fatigue to the decision to hold the presidential and legislative elections simultaneously, as well as the tight deadline required to process the results.
CNN has made attempts to contact the KPU and has reached out to the Indonesian government for comment.
Sandiaga Uno, the running mate of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, said fundamental mistakes had been made in how the election was implemented.
“If the victims continue to fall, there is something fundamentally very wrong,” he said, according to CNN Indonesia.
Early results indicated that incumbent Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had secured a second term, winning the presidency for a second time against longtime rival Prabowo. Prabowo initially claimed that alternative polls by his own team put him in the lead.
Early “quick counts” of the ballots put Jokowi around 55% of the vote, with Prabowo winning around 44%. “Quick counts” are conducted by a variety of credible polling agencies and have proved reliable in the past. Final official results will be announced by May 22.
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