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AKRON, Ohio (AP) Nathan Rourke threw for 308 yards and four touchdowns and Ohio routed Akron 52-3 on Tuesday night.
The Bobcats (6-6, 5-3 Mid-American) clinched bowl eligibility for the 11th year in a row and for the 13th time in 15 years under head coach Frank Solich. Ohio also recorded a winning record in the conference for a fifth straight year.
Rourke threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter, two more in the second and accounted for a fifth with a 1-yard run in the fourth. He threw a 53-yarder to DL Knock, 39 and 11 yards to Shane Hooks and 9 yards to Ryan Luehrman. Ja'Vahri Portis ran it in from 3-yards out with 6:41 remaining to end the scoring.
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MAC East champ Miami (Ohio) edges winless Akron 20-17
Vann runs for 4 TDs in EMU's 42-14 win over Zips
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Passing TDs: K. Nelson 11
Rushing Yards: B. Lee 179
Rushing TDs: M. Burton 1
Receiving Yards: N. Stewart 529
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Interceptions: S. Featherstone 1
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Buffalo 0-0 0-0
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Northern Illinois 0-0 0-0
Toledo 0-0 0-0
Western Michigan 0-0 0-0
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Yards per game: 243.2 (130)
Touchdowns: 14 (130)
Field Goals: 7 (123)
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Yards: 4967 (62)
Passing Yards: 2408 (13)
Rushing Yards: 2559 (111)
Yards per game: 413.9 (83)
Field Goals: 14 (63)
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Interesting and useful articles for the discussion of gender in STEM areas
Letter to the Editor STEM: https://easterneronline.com/36007/letters-to-the-editor/letter-to-the-editor-stem/
The CBC article about “bro culture” – featuring Imogen Coe, the Dean of Science at Ryerson.
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/business/fighting-gender-stereotypes-stem-1.4354302
Google Memo written by an employee who has since been fired: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evzjww/here-are-the-citations-for-the-anti-diversity-manifesto-circulating-at-google
Response to the Google Memo by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/evolutionary_psychology_is_the_most_obvious_example_of_how_science_is_flawed.html
Margaret Wente’s response to the firing of the guy who wrote the Google Memo: https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/nerdy-guy-writes-memo-world-has-nervous-breakdown/article35960330/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&reqid=a5d2a8b1-864c-4dbf-973d-08db04b1f03d
Imogen Coe’s response to Margaret Wente: https://medium.com/@RySciDean/equity-excellence-are-mutually-conducive-a-response-to-ms-wente-globe-mail-june-10th-88a8334c3d11
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By Arielle Patterson
So Much to See and Do on the Virginia Beach Boardwalk
Virginia Beach has miles of land and sea that are perfect for a number of exciting activities. The heart of Virginia Beach, however, is the famous boardwalk. The Virginia Beach boardwalk is a hub for countless activities, shops, restaurants, amusements, hotels and so much more. This iconic boardwalk has received a number of accolades and awards, including being named to Travel + Leisure’s list of “America’s Best Beach...
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HomeTenerifeFood & DrinkTapas on Tenerife, the Many Flavours of the Humble Croquette
Tapas on Tenerife, the Many Flavours of the Humble Croquette
April 30, 2015 Jack Food & Drink 8
Just about every time we go out for tapas on Tenerife, you can bet croquetas (croquettes) are going to figure. They’re one of the crowdpleasers of the tapas scene. Just about everyone likes them, they’re tasty without being adventurous.
Croquetas usually consist of onion, garlic (maybe), olive oil, seasoning and the main ingredient mixed in a roux, rolled into oval shapes, brushed with beaten egg, coated in breadcrumbs and fried.
That main ingredient is usually ham, fish or chicken.
When we order croquetas mixta it can become a bit of a game to try to spot the difference between which is chicken, which is ham and which is fish. This is because often too much flour is used and the thick bechamel sauce tends to overpower the star ingredient.
When menus have croquetas caseras (homemade), the croquettes are likely to be better quality, but it’s not always a given. Lots of restaurants claim their food is just like their granny’s. But how do we know for sure granny was a good cook? Mine wasn’t. Croquetas de jamón ibérico are usually a safe bet though.
In recent years the world of croquetas on Tenerife has been given a bit of a shake up. The first I noticed was when spinach croquettes started appearing more and more. They stood out because, apart from their stronger flavours, you could instantly spot the difference in colour.
Then it was the most delicious blue cheese croquettes at El Porrón in the Noria district of Santa Cruz. Yowza, suddenly the humble croqueta wasn’t the boring but nice tapa I picked at when all the interesting ones had been scoffed.
Since then I’ve seen more and more unusual fillings turning up on tapas menus.
At El Maná in Puerto de la Cruz the trio of croquetas we shared were completely different from the norm. It’s a vegetarian restaurant so maybe you’d expect mushroom croquettes to replace the ham, leek to replace chicken. But beetroot ones were quite a shock… and shocking pink inside once you ‘cracked’ them open.
The latest additions to the diverse range of croquettes we’ve now tried on Tenerife were at Tito’s Bodeguita between Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava. Chicken curry croquettes were always going to be a winner but banana flavoured ? Surely they belonged on the postre menu? But no, they were savoury and very, very tasty.
All of these alternative flavours haven’t helped my relationship with the old school croquettes. Now that I know there are some really adventurous croquetas out there, straightforward pollo, jamón and pescado seem even more mundane.
If anyone knows of other interesting croquettes, we’d love to hear about them.
Jack is co-editor, writer and photographer for BuzzTrips and the Real Tenerife series of travel websites as well as a contributor to online travel sites and travel magazines. Follow Jack on Google+
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Sue Sharpe (@suesharpe1)
I adore croquettes/croquettas – except the morcilla one that I tried in Granada last year (#wabas2015)- there are no words to describe the horror!!
A morcilla croquette? Gadzooks. I had some pretty good cherne ones last night.
Oooo Sue I loved those morcilla ones, and all the others for that matter! That restaurant in Granada changed my mind about croquettas, before that they were food that the kids loved but I wouldn’t touch with a barge pole.
I hadn’t realized how popular croquetas were in Tenerife! I’d love to try the chicken curry and even the beetroot varieties for a change from ham.
Great line: “But how do we know for sure granny was a good cook?” Ha! You make a very good point here. Just this week a friend and I were out for tapas, and the only croquetas on the menu were “del abuelo.” We never did get a clear answer as to what the secret ingredient was…
Ah, that elusive secret ingredient 🙂
The chicken curry croquette worked really, really well. Outside of the south Tenerife resort areas just about every Canarian restaurant has croquetas… as well as ensaladilla rusa. I think there must be some sort of law in Spain that says if you open a restaurant you must include ensaladilla on the menu.
Need help love my food where is the best tapas bars in and around Adeje
Hi Steve, with Costa Adeje being purpose built for tourism, it’s not the best area for tapas. There are places that serve tapas, but they’re not quite the same, or as good as the ones in the traditional towns. Saying that, whenever we meet friends or stay in Costa Adeje to review a hotel, we’ll head to La Caleta which is joined on to the western end of the resort and is good for fish and seafood as well. Alternatively, Adeje town itself has good traditional restaurants. Garlic chicken is a tasty local speciality. We particularly like Otelo there, other people also like Oasis.
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Delta Delta Scholarships
Each year Sigma Chi reinforces its commitment to its core values by allocating thousands of dollars to fund scholarships honoring Leadership, Academic excellence, and Brotherhood. Below you will find a list of each of the scholarships that we offer exclusively to the Delta Delta chapter and instructions for how to apply.
Each dollar amount stated is a minimum award for that particular scholarship. There could be higher amounts or multiple scholarships, depending on the worthiness of the application. Decisions to increase the amounts or the number of scholarships will be made at the discretion of the House Corporation.
While eligibility requirements and application tasks differ, the submission process is the same for all of the Delta Delta scholarships. To apply for a Delta Delta Chapter scholarship, please complete the following steps:
Review the Minimum Criteria for the scholarship that you wish to apply for to ensure that you are qualified.
Download the scholarship application listed under the scholarship.
Complete the application as per the instructions in the application.
Submit the application to the House Corporation selection committee by uploading it to the Scholarship Form.
The deadline for all Delta Delta Chapter Scholarships is Sunday, March 15, 2020. For any questions regarding the application and submission process, please reach out to Brian Ballard.
Other Sigma Chi Foundation Scholarships
The Sigma Chi Foundation offers multiple $1,000 scholarships through their General Scholarship Fund to which many of our alumni have made significant contributions. The deadline for those scholarships is Monday, March 30, 2020 and you can apply on the Sigma Chi Foundation scholarship page.
John Puterbaugh Scholarship
Award $5,000
Description The John Puterbaugh Scholarship was created in memory of Brother John Puterbaugh, Delta Delta Class of 1980. The Delta Delta Puterbaugh Service Award is awarded annually, at the discretion of the Scholarship Committee of the Delta Delta House Corporation, to a rising senior member of the Delta Delta Chapter of Sigma Chi who has displayed, throughout his college career, the most exemplary commitment to the ideals of personal and community service for the benefit of others through consistent, imaginative and devoted work on their behalf.
Minimum Criteria The applicant must be a registered student entering his Senior year the following academic year, be in good standing with the Sigma Chi Fraternity, and have a 3.25 or greater GPA.
How to Apply Submit a completed John Puterbaugh Scholarship Application Form to the location mentioned in the “How to Apply” section above.
Delta Delta 2008 Leadership Scholarship
Award $4,000 (over 2 years if received as a Junior), $2,000 (if received as a Senior)
Description The 2008 Leadership Scholarship was created by the Pledge Class of 2008 and inspired by Thomas P. Jeschke, a pledge brother whom was known for his high sense of integrity, academic achievements, dedication to brotherhood, and leadership excellence.
Minimum Criteria The applicant must be a registered student entering his Junior or Senior year the following academic year, have a 3.0 or greater GPA, and have a proven record of leadership in the Sigma Chi Fraternity, University, and/or Community.
How to Apply Submit the completed 2008 Leadership Scholarship Application Form to the location mentioned in the “How to Apply” section above.
Xavier Somerville Scholarship
Description The Xavier Somerville Scholarship was created by the Pledge Class of 2016 in memory of Xavier Somerville, a pledge brother whom exemplified characteristics of compassion, positivity, and brotherhood.
Minimum Criteria The applicant must be a Freshman and embody Xavier’s characteristics of compassion, positivity, and brotherhood.
How to Apply Submit the completed Xavier Scholarship Application Form to the location mentioned in the “How to Apply” section above.
John Eddy Scholarship
Description John was a 1959 graduate, and he served on the board of the House Corporation for 25 years. His family has had a long history with the Sigma Chi Fraternity. In recognition of his commitment to the Fraternity, the House Corporation has made this leadership scholarship available.
Minimum Criteria Must live in the fraternity house in the Fall or Spring semester of the next academic school year. Complete the questions below and demonstrate the qualities of a leader.
How to apply The following questions must be answered:
How is leadership directly linked to your values and character?
How have you incorporated high-minded values into a lifelong practice of leadership?
How can you discover and utilize your full potential?
What leadership roles have you held in your college career, including campus, fraternity, and community?
Submit your answers along with the House Corp. Scholarship Application to the location mentioned in the “How to Apply” section above.
Charles T. Dye III Consul Scholarship
Award $2,000 per Semester
Description Jim Dye, on behalf of the James W. and Betty Dye Foundation have created the Purdue University Delta Delta Chapter of Sigma Chi Consul Scholarship honoring Charles T. Dye III. Charles, Delta Delta ’51, served as Treasurer of the House Corporation for many years. The award is given on a semesterly basis to Consuls that are in good standing with the University. For more information on other James W. and Betty Dye Foundation scholarships, see http://www.dyescholarships.org/
Minimum Criteria
Current Delta Delta chapter Consul
In good standing with Purdue University
How to apply There is no need to apply for this scholarship. Simply submit your Student ID to the current House Corporation Scholarship Chair.
Delta Delta Academic Scholarship
Award $250
Description Each semester one scholarship is awarded to the brother from each pledge class who is deemed to have achieved the highest level of academic excellence. An additional scholarship is awarded to the brother that demonstrates the greatest improvement from the last to the current semester.
How to apply This data is made available to the Delta Delta Chapter by Purdue University. No application is necessary
Delta Delta Brotherhood Scholarship
Award Funding for the scholarship varies depending on the total number of live-in brothers.
Description One of George Ade’s ideals for the Fraternity was that it be affordable for men of all types of financial means. As such, the Delta Delta Brotherhood Scholarship is based on demonstrated financial need.
Minimum Criteria Each candidate must demonstrate financial need.
How to apply Submit the following information to the location mentioned in the “How to Apply” section above:
FASFA
Submit a statement of demonstration of financial need.
List any scholarships for which you applied, and failed to secure.
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about Purple Michael
I've been asked to say a few words about Purple Michael for a newspaper article highlighting his upcoming show. I don't know how to limit a decade of appreciation for someone like him to just a few words. He is, truly, the most magical person I've ever met.
One of my earliest memories of Michael came just after 9-11. My children were performing in a local production of The Nutcracker and he was appearing as Hans Stahlbaum (Clara's father) and Mother Ginger. Right before showtime one night he passed out... low blood sugar. There was a doctor in the audience who provided quick assistance and although Michael didn't perform in the first act, he was sufficiently recovered by the second act to put on the heavy Mother Ginger frame and multitudes of fabric and sauntered out on stage, bringing his usual comedic relief to an otherwise serious art form. That was my first glimpse of his magic.
I soon learned that working with Michael meant keeping an apple and a jar of peanut butter nearby... not because he has fragile health but because he is so passionate about performing that he forgets to eat. It wasn't unusual for me to have a crockpot of pinto beans simmering in his office as he worked with our local summer theatre program... my daddy would bring by homemade pimento cheese (we were in Georgia, you understand)... and we frequently received generous invitations to dinner. Everyone wanted to keep our magician on stage.
It was through that Summer theatre program that I began to witness Michael's amazing creativity. He had been hired to produce two shows that summer, Footloose - with a cast of teenagers - and Fiddler on the Roof - with a group of people of various ages and performing ability. One day during pre-production, he took his script into an empty theatre. I settled myself with a spiral notebook and fountain pen in the middle of the stage. He began pacing from one end of the stage to the other, flipping pages and enthusiastically talking me through the entire show while I took frantic and copious notes. In a matter of less than an hour, he brought that script to life before my eyes. I had limited experience in theatre at that point and was absolutely mesmerized by his ability to see into those words and not only create a vision but to impart that vision on others. His passion is contagious. You can't work with Michael without falling in love with live theatre.
Michael dreams big. He sees beyond the boundaries. He doesn't accept second best. He works tirelessly. Many nights I had to drive him home after rehearsal because he simply did not have the strength to operate a vehicle. He pours every ounce of his being into his productions. He always wants to make it better... brighter... more professional... he does everything he can to make sure his audiences leave knowing that they have seen something special.
Through our work in local theatre, I have watched many performers catch a spark for performing from Michael. Many of those young people have gone on to successful performing careers. I've always said that if you do something you're passionate about, you'll never work a day in your life... and because of Michael's influence, there is a generation of young people from our little neck of the woods south of Atlanta, Georgia, who will live their dreams out on stage, able to make a living without every really working.
Everyone associated with the theatre comes to accept the concept of a "show family"... you become extremely close and bonded to people during the run of a show, but when that show is over, you lose touch with most of them, until you perform together again. Michael doesn't. Michael remains an active part in the lives of the people with whom he's worked. He attends their performances, celebrates their successes and continues to guide them long after the curtain closes. He is passionate about the art, passionate about the performers and passionate about making the written word - and music - come to life.
He refers to me as his muse and it simply baffles me. How could I, small town Southern girl, be a source of inspiration for someone with so much passion and vision? To me, the magic is within him and I have just had the distinct honor of holding up a mirror before him so that he can catch a glimpse of that magic and hopefully, see what others see in him.
I wish I could say a few words about Michael. It's simply impossible to describe what he brings to the world of theatre - to the world in general - with only a few words. I love you, my dear! Break a leg!
Beautifully written! What a tribute!
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louisiana's goofy noose thought crimes law gets its first test
www.thedeadpelican.com
it seems that last week a couple of guys were at work doing some "trash talking" before the georgia at lsu football game. why supposedly grown men were wasting their time trash talking over a silly football game when there are so many other serious problems facing our state and nation is testament to louisiana's bread and circuses culture.
the accused nooser, a mr. reggie parent age 48, who is white, was trash talking in favor of lsu and the noosee, one mr. reggie drummer who is black, was for georgia. mr. parent told mr. drummer that if georgia won the game, mr. parent would have a "surprise" for mr. drummer at work monday.
georgia won the game by a score of 52 - 38 and the rest as they say, is history.
anyway, in the 2008 regular louisiana legislative session, an ignorant, peon of a state representative named ricky hardy, introduced his house bill no. 726. this bill was supposed to be the organized crime gang that calls itself the louisiana legislature response to all of the noose (copy-cat) incidents that had sprung up in the wake of the so called jena 6 noose incident.
but just what has representative hardy and his fellow cretins, boobs, idiots, morons, nutters, freaks, perverts and criminals that is the louisiana legislature accomplished by passing into law his hb726 now act 643? and dont forget that hb 726 was promptly signed into law by that republican fraud and scam piyush "bobby" jindal.
well if you're mr. reggie parent or a member of his family or friend or just someone who happens to learn about this case it could make you come to dislike or perhaps even hate black people. its quite likely that this law has actually placed black people even more into harms way by way of potential crimes of retribution.
by the same token it also could make some black people hate and/or strike back at white people.
and thats just exactly what laws like this are designed by legislators to do. god forbid that black people and white people ever come together and realize how both races are being screwed and used by politicians. thats the last thing that the politicians want -- so they create laws like la. r.s. 14:40.5 to stir up anger and enmity between the races so that blacks and whites will be too busy fighting each other instead of getting a clue and directing their anger towards the criminals in baton rouge - and other places.
not a single louisiana state representative has an ounce of integrity as seen by the house final passage vote. same with the state senate - seven representatives ran and hid when the vote came up and senator kostelka, himself a bumbling, mumbling enemy of state ethics law, was probably trying to find the senate chamber when the vote took place there.
reggie drummer
la r.s. 14:40.5 says in part "It shall be unlawful for any person, with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons, to etch, paint, draw, or otherwise place or display a hangman's noose on the property of another, a highway, or other public place." emphasis ours.
according to an online legal dictionary: INTIMIDATE - means to intentionally say or do something which would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities to be fearful of bodily harm. It is not necessary to prove that the victim was actually frightened, and neither is it necessary to prove that the behavior of the person was so violent that it was likely to cause terror, panic or hysteria. ~ source
what kind of crazy legal definition is this that the cretins in the louisiana legislator used to base a felony law on, in which someone could be sentenced to prison for a year at hard labor and face a $5,000 fine?
mr. drummer told the wafb-tv reporter, tyana williams that "he [reggie parent] could have tied a half-hitch, a bowline knot you know, i mean you could have tied a double knot in your shoe you know, why tie a noose?" does this sound like the words of someone who is "fearful of bodily injury?" oh but wait -- "it is not necessary to prove that the victim was actually frightened."
mr. drummer passed up the opportunity to score a great moral victory by simply sitting mr. parent down and looking him in the eye and explaining to him why nooses are such an offensive symbol. its possible that mr. parent would have regretted what he allegedly did and apologized. they probably would have been friends again by lunch time.
instead, what does mr. drummer do? he gets on television and throws gas on the fire by stating "if it dont do no good, if it dont teach nobody a lesson you know, maybe the person who tied it, could learn something from it you know." thats not smart thinking!
heres an interesting california noose story
piyush "bobby" jindal signs hb726 'noose hate and thought crime' bill into law
judge brady is 'dumbfounded'
nutty jena chops down 'noose tree'
H.R.1955 violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention act of 2007
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Things you never knew about prom...
Apparently 50% of American girls view their prom as equal in importance to their wedding. So you know about the corsages, limos and general hysteria, but here are some facts about our favourite American tradition that you might not have heard...
1) Dream date...
Or not such a dream date...having a date is so essential that the day after is known as the ‘prom graveyard’ because of all the couples that split up as soon as it’s over
Adam Sandler was asked by a teenage fan live on air if he would be her date for the prom...and he accepted and went along! Maybe that would work with Max from The Wanted too??
Kirsten Dunst TURNED DOWN Josh Harnett when he asked her to be his date.
Prom often courts controversy- In 2002 gay teen Marc Hall was forbidden from bringing his male date to his prom. He sued and won.
Madonna didn’t go to prom cos she couldn’t get a date so sat home and eat crisps instead. Maybe that's when she thought of
2) Like a virgin (get it!)
20% of prom goers will lose their virginity on prom night...
3) Let’s not make a song and dance about it...
Christina Aguilera’s jealous classmates left their prom when her hit song 'genie in a bottle' was played. Don’t make it too obvious or anything...
In 2009 teenager Tyler Frost was suspended from school for going to his girlfriend’s prom because he was forbidden to dance by the strict Christian school he attended. And you thought footloose seemed far fetched...
4) It’s all about that crown
Actresses Dakota Fanning, Meg Ryan, Halle Berry were all prom queens as was The Color Purple author Alice Walker.
Drew Barrymore hosted a prom themed birthday party for a friend who missed her senior prom and even crowned her prom queen.
In June 2011 the first ever transgender prom queen was crowned in Florida after entering as a joke. How cool is that?
The prom King and Queen came into being in the 1950’s, alongside corsages and the ‘prom song’. It is common now for their also to be a ‘prom court’ where a Prince, Princess and courtiers are honoured.
5) Risky Business
The average American teen spends $1500 on their prom
Prom season is the most dangerous time of year for teen deaths in America with 33% of all fatalities occurring in the two months when they are held due to drink fuelled post prom road accidents and suicides.
Prom has such a massive build up that afterwards many teens report suffering from post prom depression. Maybe it's not such a bad thing that all your school has is a leavers assembly and board games in PSE.
Does your school have a prom? If it doesn’t do you wish it did? If you have a prom story send it to us at hello@whateverafter.co.uk
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Islamism stands for the residue of the Muslim invasion of India spread over several centuries. Its basic tenets are ultimately derived from the teachings of Islam which has so far succeeded in sealing itself off from every shade of empiricism, rationalism, universalism, humanism and liberalism, the hallmarks of Hindu as well as modern Western culture.
Islamism Defined
Fundamentals of Islamism
The Seven-Fold Strategy
The Nexus of Islamism
In the context of India where Islam failed in its mission of lasting conquest and total conversion, these tenets have acquired a singularly sinister and subversive character.
The reference to Islamism indicates the state of Muslims who takes pride in the purity of its Arab, Persian or Turkish descent and do not refer to Indian Muslims in the general context.1 The vast majority of Indian Muslims were converted to Islam by force or allurements. But the conversion did not help them socially or culturally as their status today in India's Muslim society should amply prove. The Muslims of India, therefore, have to be freed from rather than accused of Islamism.
What we mean by Islamism is a self-righteous psychology and a closed cultural attitude which make it impossible for its converts to coexist peacefully and with dignity with other people. There are many Hindus who share several tenets of Islamism. On the other hand, there are many Muslims who are frightened by Islamism and who would gladly join the mainstream of Indian nationalism if they are freed from the whiphand which a minority of theologians, politicians and hooligans has come to wield in their community.
Those who want to know Islamism first-hand and in full measure are referred to Shaikh Sir Mohammed Iqbal's two long poems which he wrote quite early in his career, and which earned for him the title of Allama among the adherents of this cult. These are the Shikwã and the Jawãb-i-Shikwah which Mr. Khushwant Singh has recently published in an English translation.
The Shikwã ends by summing up that "naghmã hindî hai tau kyä, lai tau hijazi hai mirî", that is, "no matter if my idiom is Indian, my spirit is that of Hijaz". Hijaz is that part of Arabia in which Mecca and Medina are situated.
The Jawãb-i-Shikwah ends on a still more strident note. Allah announces to the Allãmã His supreme message for mankind in the following words: "kî wafã tûne muhammad se tau ham tere hai", that is, "if you are faithful to Muhammad, I shall be faithful to you."
Now, there are many Muslims in India who have never heard the name of Iqbal or listened to his muse. And there are many Hindus whose admiration for Iqbal is immeasurable. No, Islamism does not refer to any particular section of Indian society. It refers to that intellectual-or unintellectual-attitude which awards the monopoly of truth and virtue to a particular prophet, and consigns all knowledge to the pages of a particular book.
Taking our cue from Allãmã Iqbal and his lesser cohorts like Altãf Hussain Hãlî, we can safely summarise the credo of Islamism in the following five fundamentals:
That Indian society before the advent of Islam was living in utter spiritual, moral and cultural darkness (jãhilîya) like pre-Islamic Arabia;
That Islam brought to India the only true religion, the only authentic moral values, the only humane culture, and the only progressive social order;
That this civilizing mission of Islam in India could not be completed, as in many other lands of Asia and Africa, due to the intervention of the wily British who cheated Islam of its empire in India, mostly by means of fraud;
That while the creation of Pakistan has been a triumph and consolidation of the power of Islam, west of the Ravi and east of the Hooghly, the conquest of India by Islam remains an unfinished task;
That Islam has a right to use all means, including force, to convert this Dãrul-harb of an India into a Dãrul-Islam, so that a Hakûmat-i-Ilãhiyah could liquidate all traces of jãhilîya and impose the law and culture of Islam.
There are many Hindus like the late Pandit Sunderlal who fully accept the first two fundamentals of Islamism. It is a different matter that their logic fails them at this stage and they do not proceed to the next three fundamentals which follow irrevocably. And there have been many Muslims like the late Rafi Ahmed Kidwai and Justice M.C. Chagla who rejects these fundamentals as repugnant.
Having thus outlined its version of past Indian history, and the apocalypse towards which future Indian history should be forced to travel, Islamism has evolved a strategy in which the Muslims of India are envisaged as a base and an arsenal. Some salient features of this strategy can be outlined as follows:
The Muslims of India, particularly the Muslim intelligentsia, should be sealed off from every shade of rationalism, universalism, humanism and liberalism, and an army of mullahs and maulvis trained in the tenets of Islam should be let loose to brainwash and keep them along the right track;
Every Muslim who does not accept Islamism or dares criticize it or stands for the mainstream of Indian nationalism, away from and above religious differences, should be denounced as a renegade and a legitimate victim for murderous Muslim mobs;
The Muslims should be encouraged to air as many grievances as can be invented, and try to pass off as a down-trodden minority, oppressed, exploited and treated as second class citizens by the "brute" Hindu majority;
These contrived grievances of the Muslims should be used to convert the Muslim community into a compact vote-bank which can function as a balancing factor in as many electoral constituencies as possible, and which can blackmail all non-Islamist political parties to accommodate Muslim candidates or include the maximum measure of concessions to the Muslim community in their election manifestos;
The Muslims should be made to agitate for India's support to all international Islamic causes, right or wrong, legitimate or illegitimate, so that their attention is kept constantly diverted from demands of their own economic, social and cultural condition;
The Muslims should be progressively persuaded and prepared to stage street riots on the slightest pretext, be it a stray pig, or music before a mosque, or Urdu, or the minority character of the Aligarh Muslim University, or a purely personal fracas between toughs belonging to two communities, or the bombing of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem by an Austrian adventurer, or the hanging of Z.A. Bhutto by President Zia of Pakistan, or the capture of the Ka'ba by some disgruntled faction in Saudi Arabian politics, or some other similar event in the Islamic world at large;
The frequent riots should be used to frighten the Muslims who should then be coaxed to create, consolidate and extend exclusive Muslim enclaves which can be stocked with arms and ammunition, imported or otherwise.
The seven-fold strategy is aimed at the Muslims in India who are to be brainwashed, blackmailed, frightened and forced into the fold of Islamism. Another side of the same strategy has been worked out to neutralise, paralyse and blacken or pamper different sections of Hindu society so that the road is cleared for the forward march of Islamism. Some salient features of this secondary strategy can be outlined as follows:
The concept of Secularism which is enshrined in the Constitution of India and which has become the most sacred slogan for all our political parties should be distorted, misinterpreted and misused to the maximum to block out the least little expression of Hindu culture in the state apparatus and public life of India;
The terms "communal" and "communalism" which have become terms of abuse in India's political parlance, should be carefully cultivated and more and more mystified to malign all those organisations, institutions and parties which do not serve Islamism, directly and/or indirectly;
The accusation of being fascists and anti-secularists should be hurled at all those individuals and organisations who question the exclusive claims of Islam and its culture, who know and tell the truth about Islamic scripture and history, and who see through the Muslim game of grievances;
All praise and support should be extended to those Hindus who go out of their way to champion Islamic causes, national and international, and who see in Islam and its culture those higher values which Islamism claims for them;
All available platforms should be used to defeat and frustrate the emergence of a genuine and positive Indian nationalism by always harping on India's multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-language, multi-national, and multi-cultural character.
Islamism did make some headway among the Muslims in Independent India mostly because the dominant section of Hindu intelligentsia patronized it for various reasons.
The Congress politicians patronized it because they found out very soon that they were in a minority among the Hindus, and that they could survive in power only by combining a solid Muslim vote with whatever Hindu vote they could get.
The Socialists went out of their way to patronize it partly because they harbor an anti-Hindu animus and partly in the hope of securing Muslim vote — a hope which has not as yet come anywhere near fulfillment.
The Gandhians patronized it because they no more remembered that their great Master, Mahatma Gandhi, was a Hindu with a profound faith in Sanãtana Dharma, and because they misunderstood his doctrine of non-violence towards all people, including the Muslims of India, as an endorsement of Islam.
The Communists patronized it because they saw in it a powerful ally in their campaign against Hindu society which they viewed as their main enemy.
The Self-alienated Hindu intellectuals patronized it out of sheer animus towards Hindu society and culture which they were out to damn on any pretext.
Extending patronage to Islamism thus became a pastime for all those who wanted to pass off as large-hearted liberals, progressives and secularists.
But in the absence of local resources and international patronage, the progress of Islamism in India was rather slow. Pakistan, which was its only patron abroad, could not provide much help beyond some hysteria in its mass media and propaganda in international political forums. The several wars which India was forced to fight with Pakistan to the disadvantage of the latter, also inhibited Islamism in India from acquiring the requisite degree of self-confidence.
The use of oil as a political weapon by Islamic countries and the influx of petro-dollars in plenty from several Arab countries, particularly Libya and Saudi Arabia, since the early seventies, has given to Islamism in India a new glow of self-confidence in one sudden sweep. This influx of Arab money is a natural and inevitable phenomenon because, in the last analysis, Islamism is only another name for Arab imperialism which had, at one stage of its history, pillaged and populated with its own progeny many foreign lands and which even today keeps many non-Arab nations spiritually enslaved.
Islamism in India is now busy employing to the maximum advantage the Arab money which is pouring in through many channels and in increasing quantities. Some of these uses are very obvious to the eye. A few salient features of the new scenario can be listed as follows:
The rapid rise of a powerful press, mostly in Indian languages, and many publishing houses to propagate Islamism;
The generous funding of old and the founding of many new maktabs, madrasas and institutes for teaching Islam and training missionaries who are then employed at high salaries for purifying the faith of die Muslim flock and seeking new pastures for converts to Islam;
Buying of land and real estate all around in urban and rural areas by individual Muslims and Islamic institutions and organisations at whatever prices available;
Manufacturing and storing of arms in mosques, Muslim homes and localities and training of Muslim toughs;
Holding of frequent conferences, national and international, and taking out demonstrations in support of every Islamic cause;
Financing Muslim politics and inducing Muslim politicians to infiltrate and ingratiate themselves in every political party, and function from every public platform;
Bribing secularist Hindu intellectuals, scribes public workers and politicians, and buying them up for supporting Islamism, denigrating Hindu culture, and character-assassinating those who oppose Islamism;
Using the lure of money for winning converts to Islam from the weaker sections of Hindu society, particularly the Harijans.
The strategy is nothing new. The self-same strategy had been used by the Muslim League for the carving out of Pakistan. Only the aid and abetment which the British provided at one time have been replaced by the aid and abetment from Arab countries. And in the matter of a mere decade, Islamism in India has assumed the same menacing proportions as it had on the eve of Partition. The parallel should make us pause.
1. K.S. Lal, Indian Muslims: Who Are They, Voice of India, New Delhi, 1990.
1. The Residue of Islamism, Hindu Society Under Siege, Sita Ram Goel, Voice of India
Further reading on the Subject
Muslim Separatism: Causes and Consequences by Sita Ram Goel. All these have been published by Voice of India.
Mohammed and the Rise of Islam by D.S. Margoliouth
Muslim Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab, 1947 by Gurbachan Singh Talib;
Hindu Temples: What happened to Them, 2 Volumes
The Calcutta Quran Petition by Chandmal Chopra;
Jizayah and the Spread of Islam by Harsh Narain;
Macaulayism
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Department » Sustainability » Sustainable Austin Blog » Austin Green Business Leader lights the way for off-grid solar
René Geneva has a long history of entrepreneurship. Back in the late 1990’s, she started an eco-fashion line called René Geneva Design. She sold in several stores, including Whole Foods Market, and won Austin Fashion Week’s First Golden Boot Award for Best Designer.
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Ford XG Falcon
Ford XG Falcon Longreach GLi Van
March 1993 to April 1996
2-door coupe utility
2-door panel van
4.0L 6-cyl
2957mm (116.4 in) Ute
1,860 mm (73.2 in) Ute
1,525 kg (3,362 lb) Ute
Ford XF Falcon
Ford XH Falcon
The Ford XG Falcon is an automobile that was manufactured by Ford Australia from 1993 to 1996.
The Ford XG Falcon was introduced in March 1993 as a facelift of the Ford XF Falcon commercial range, which it replaced. The XG was marketed in coupe utility and panel van body styles and during its three years in production it was sold alongside the EB Falcon, ED Falcon and EF Falconsedan and wagon models.
The XG featured the XF Falcon-style body with a new front similar to that of the EB Falcon. An overhead camshaft engine, anti-lock brakes and a one-tonne option were offered for the first time on Falcon commercial models.
The XG range included 2-door coupe utility and 2-door panel van body styles, marketed as follows.
Ford Falcon Longreach GLi Ute
Ford Falcon Longreach GLi Van
Ford Falcon Longreach S Ute
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A limited edition Longreach GLi Tradesman Ute was offered from December 1995, with 800 examples produced.
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Umpqua for Tongass - Live Online Auction!
What do Mike Mercer, Charlie Craven, Landon Mayer, Pat Dorsey, John Barr, Tim Drummond, Bob Reece, Barry& Cathy Beck, Craig Mathews and Andrew Grillos have in common?
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To celebrate Umpqua’s 45th Birthday in 2017, Umpqua has promised a donation of $45,000 to preservation efforts in the Tongass National Forest. In partnership with Sportsman’s Alliance for Alaska, Trout Unlimited and the American Salmon Forest Coalition, the money will be spent on education and awareness programs as well as spawning and rearing habitat preservation in the Tongass. For their last fundraising push, Umpqua is hosting a month long virtual auction on the HandBid app with the title “Tied for Tongass.” The auction includes Umpqua items, YETI coolers, Scientific Angler gear and the main event: Original hand tied patterns from Umpqua Signature Tyers.
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A Giveaway of Alaska’s Public Lands
Alaska Native Allotment Act (S. 785/S. 1481
On February 7th the Senate Public Lands Subcommittee had a hearing on a series of bills, one of which stands to give away 620,000 acres of public lands. This is the first of a four-part blog series drilling down into the details of the so-called “Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act” S. 1481.
Email Senator Murkowski and Senator Sullivan to let them know you support keeping public lands public.
Can you imagine if 5,600 in-holdings at many of the most prized and beloved locations around Alaska all the sudden became private and off-limits to public access across the state?
Imagine “NO TRESSPASSING” signs within the heart of the world-famous Kenai Wildlife Refuge, on salmon-rich Prince of Wales Island, along famous steelhead rivers like the Situk, or even portions of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
This nightmare could become a reality under a new bill promoted by Senator Murkowski and Senator Sullivan, called the “Alaska Native Veterans Allotments Act” (S. 785/S.1481).
Originally passed in 1906, the Alaska Native Allotment Act allowed qualifying Alaska Native individuals to select and receive 160 acres each from federal lands in Alaska. This program sunset when Congress passed ANCSA in 1971. Congress re-opened the program in 1998 for an 18-month period, and is looking to do so again for the third time.
Read more about why privatizing public lands is bad for fish.
We support Alaska Natives and our veterans. But when you dig down into this bill, it becomes clear that this bill isn’t really about addressing inequity; it’s a land grab. This bill is far too broad in scope, not only expanding the number of people who could qualify, but also expanding the kinds of lands that could be selected. This bill would remove important protections for fish and wildlife, and the land included could be logged, mined, developed or otherwise exploited for short-term gain, without concern for long-term consequences.
Altogether, here’s what the Alaska Native Veterans Allotment Act means for Alaska
Allows an estimated 2,800 individuals, or their heirs, to select and receive two parcels, adding up to 160 acres, each. That’s a patchwork of 5,600 inholdings totaling 448,000 acres in some of Alaska’s most valuable and important public lands.
Allows selections from any vacant federal land in Alaska outside of the TransAlaska Pipeline, National Parks, National Preserves, or National Monuments. Meaning land could be selected from Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and numerous other important areas. Portions of the Kenai River, Prince of Wales Island, and the Situk River, among other places, could become off limits.
Removes the requirement that an individual must have a historical connection to the land they receive as an allotment. Meaning that instead of returning historical, traditional, and culturally-important land, this bill allows individuals to select land based on how resource-rich and valuable the land is – immediately providing incentive to sell the land off or exploit it for profit.
Instead of giving away our public lands and making the places we love off-limits in a broad-brush attempt to liquidate our public lands, we should seek a more focused approach. We can find more creative ways to appropriately compensate individuals unjustly left out of Alaska’s century-old Allotment system, while still honoring and protecting the cultural and traditional ties of Alaska Natives to the land AND keeping our public lands public and important salmon protections in place.
Public lands are owned by all of us and these lands are managed for the benefit of all. History has shown that when public lands are privatized, they're exploited for short-term economic profit at the expense of our fish and wildlife, and our lucrative and sustainable fishing, hunting and tourism industries.
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SF Pride Backlash Continues, Peter Thatchell And Others Respond To Removal of Bradley Manning
Will Kohler April 28, 2013
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The backlash continues against SF Pride as Britain’s best know human rights and LGBT social movement advocate and activist Peter Thatchell among others has responded to San Francisco Pride’s Executive Director Lisa William’s statement released on Friday about the “mistake” of appointing PFC Bradley Manning as Honorary Grand Pride Marshall at its 2013 Pride festivities.
Manning who was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq on suspicion of having passed classified material to the website WikiLeaks which included videos of the July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike which showed an American helicopter firing on a group of men in Baghdad which were a journalist, and two other Reuters employees, the 2009 Granai airstrike in Afghanistan which killed approximately 86 to 147 Afghan civilians and 250,000 United States diplomatic cables which were widely seen as a catalyst for the Arab Spring.
Wrote Thatchell:
San Francisco Pride has revoked the nomination of gay rights advocate & military whistleblower Private Bradley Manning as Grand Marshal of this year’s Pride parade. SF Pride leaders are wrong on facts, ethics & politics. Bradley revealed US war crimes & cover ups.
Manning is a hero – a defender of democracy and human rights, based on the principle that citizens have a right to know what the government is doing in their name. Bradley should not be in prison. The charges should be dropped. Set him free. Instead, put on trial those US soldiers who killed innocent civilians and those who protected the perpetrators.
Bradley Manning is a true patriot, not a traitor. Bradley reveres the founding ideals of the US – the ideal of an open, honest government accountable to the people, that pursues its policies by lawful means and respects human rights.
At great personal risk, Manning sought to expose grave crimes that were perpetrated and then hidden by the US government and military. These are the characteristics of a man of conscience, motivated by altruism. There is no evidence that his leaks harmed anyone. Thanks to Manning, we, the people, know the truth.
Bradley Manning acted in the spirit of the gay liberation pioneers. Make Bradley Grand Marshal of San Francisco Pride.”
Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation
SF Pride’s Executive Director’s Lisa Williams statement on Friday removing Manning as honorary Pride Grand Marshall in reality has caused even a bigger backlash against the organization due to Williams outrageous handling of it in which she not only blamed a lowly SF Pride staffer but also personalised her highly negative feelings while admitting that the committee of former San Francisco Pride grand marshals who makes the decision of who will be Pride Marshall’s did indeed select the 25-year-old Manning, who is openly gay, for the honor, but the Pride Board decided his choice would be a mistake (after grumblings from a handful od politically connected LGBT military advocates, Gay Inc. and corporate sponsors)
Wrote Williams in her statement:
Bradley Manning will not be a grand marshal in this year’s San Francisco Pride celebration…..that was an error and that person has been disciplined…….a mistake and should never have been allowed to happen.….will not be tolerated…..a systemic failure that now has become apparent and will be rectified. SF Pride repudiates this vote. Bradley Manning….will not serve as an official participant in the SF Pride Parade.
Bradley Manning is facing the military justice system of this country. We all await the decision of that system. However, until that time, even the hint of support for actions which placed in harms way the lives of our men and women in uniform — and countless others, military and civilian alike — will not be tolerated by the leadership of San Francisco Pride. It is, and would be, an insult to every one, gay and straight, who has ever served in the military of this country.
As Kevin Gosztola of Fire Dog Lake is quick to point out Williams did not simply go through the motions and make a statement clarifying he would not be honored like military factions of the LGBT community wanted. She herself put forth a robust condemnation of Manning fueled by her own perceptions. Gostola also reveals that the bio for Williams on the SF Pride page shows she works for a “political consulting and community advocacy” group that serves Democratic Party politics and that she “organized satellite offices for the Obama campaign.” She also is the PAC chair of the Bayard Rustin LGBT Coalition.
Scott Long at his blog on sex, rights and the world called “Paper Bird” highlights the irony that a person who chairs a coalition that is supposed to celebrate Rustin is fueling the vilification of Manning.
Rustin, if you remember, was one of the great figures of 20th-century America: a pacifist, a war resister, an icon of civil disobedience, and the key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. (Also a gay man). Rustin spent three years in Lewisburg Penitentiary as a conscientious objector during the Second World War. The quote (slightly tweaked) came from a citizen of West Chester, PA, back in 2002, who objected to naming a school after Bayard Rustin. After all, the traitor broke US law, encouraged others to do likewise, and opposed the military and domestic policies of the United States.
Glenn Greenwald of the UK Guardian whose article titled: “Bradley Manning is off-limits at SF Gay Pride parade, but corporate sleaze is embraced” also points out SF Prides “ethical standards” aren’t really all that ethical after all
Manning will not be tolerated but there is a long roster of large corporations serving as the event’s sponsors who are welcomed with open arms. The list is here. It includes AT&T and Verizon, the telecom giants that enabled the illegal warrantless eavesdropping on US citizens by the Bush administration and its NSA, only to get retroactively immunized from Congress and thus shielded from all criminal and civil liability (including a lawsuit brought in San Francisco against those corporations by their customers who were illegally spied on). Last month, AT&T was fined by OSHA for failing to protect one of its employees who was attacked, was found by the FCC last year to have overcharged customers by secretly switching them to plans they didn’t want, and is now being sued by the US government for “allegedly bill[ing] the government improperly for services designed for the deaf and hard-of-hearing who place calls by typing messages over the web.”
The list of SF Pride sponsors also includes Bank of America, now being sued for $1 billion by the US government for allegedly engaging in a systematic scheme of mortgage fraud which the US Attorney called “spectacularly brazen in scope”.
Another beloved SF Pride sponsor, Wells Fargo, is also being “sued by the US for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over claims the bank made reckless mortgage loans that caused losses for a federal insurance program when they defaulted”. Last year, Wells Fargo was fined $3.1 million by a federal judge for engaging in conduct that court called “highly reprehensible” relating to its persecution of a struggling homeowner.
Also in Good Standing with the SF Pride board: Clear Channel, the media outlet owned by Bain Capital that broadcasts the radio programs of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.
So apparently, the very high-minded ethical standards of Lisa L Williams and the SF Pride Board apply only to young Army Privates who engage in an act of conscience against the US war machine.
Weather Manning was a good choice or a bad choice that is besides the point now. Whats now become the focus now is not only the issue of integrity and double standards on SF Prides part but also on the leaders of the LGBT community whose fear of upsetting the connected few and the political machine is nuetering and silencing community from speaking out freely making statements while they take millions from corporations that have hurt us and the American people.
Is this the price we will have to pay for our equality?
But in the end the better question is if this really the way we want to achieve it.
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Categories: Parashat Vayeshev
Previously we discussed the word "omer", and I mentioned that one of the definitions is "sheaf". Someone wrote to me with the following request:
One suggestion: most English speakers, myself included, do not have a clue what the word "sheaf" really means--in English. A word or two explaining what on earth a "sheaf" is would be helpful!
Fair enough. So according to the American Heritage Dictionary, a sheaf is:
A bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine.
This may actually would be even a better definition for aluma אלומה than for omer עומר. Why? Because as we discussed, the word omer may be related to "handful" or "armful". But the word aluma clearly is related to "bind/bundle", as we see in Yosef's description of his dream (Bereshit 37:7)
וְהִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ מְאַלְּמִים אֲלֻמִּים, בְּתוֹךְ הַשָּׂדֶה
"There we were binding (me'almim) sheaves (alumim) in the field"
Onkelos translates both the noun and the verb with the root אסר, and the Targum Yerushalmi uses the root כרך (see Rashi on Bava Metzia 21a) - both of which mean "to bind".
There are a number of other words that have the root אלמ - and various authorities connect them. Let's look at a few:
אלם - ilem: mute, silent. Klein writes that is usually explained as meaning "bound in one's speech".
אלמוני - almoni: anonymous. It is always found in the Bible as part of the phrase פלוני אלמוני ploni almoni - "an uncertain man". Klein derives it from the root אלם - "to be silent" and says it literally means "one whose name is unknown". (The etymology of ploni is unclear.)
אלים - alim: Originally meant "strong", in Modern Hebrew "violent". Eliahu Netanel, in his column in Shabbat B'Shabbato writes that the root אלם had different, but related, meanings in the various Semitic languages: in Arabic - pain, Aramaic - strength, Syriac - anger. He feels that binding is related to strength. This is also the opinion of both Jastrow and Steinberg, who both connect the root to an earlier two-letter root א-ל, meaning "strength". (We discussed that root in the post about ilan.) However, Klein feels that the Arabic and Syriac roots mentioned are not related to the Hebrew root meaning "to bind". He says the root אלם - "to be strong" is related to the root עלם - "to be mature".
אלמנה - almana: widow. Jastrow says this is connected to our root by the associated meanings "to be tied up, excluded, lonely, mute". Steinberg points out the verse in Shmuel II 20:3 where it describes women who:
וַתִּהְיֶינָה צְרֻרוֹת עַד-יוֹם מֻתָן, אַלְמְנוּת חַיּוּת
"remained in seclusion (tzerurot) until the day they died, in living widowhood (almenut)"
The root צרר also means "to bind". The Ritva on Ketubot 10b writes that the almana is like someone who is mute, for no one defends her. (The gemara there has a drasha to prove a a halachic point.) This is also the opinion of many of the Medieval Hebrew grammarians.
However, many sources say that almana is not related to the root אלם. For example, Klein quotes Barth as saying that the base is רמל, related to the Arabic words murmil, armal, meaning "needy, helpless." He also quotes Noldeke and Ruzicka as connecting the word with the Arabic alima - "he felt pain" (which we've already seen that Klein does not connect to the meaning "to bind".)
אולם - ulam: Jastrow says the word means "in front of, opposite", and from there "entrance, hall". He says it also derives from the root אלם, but doesn't explain how (perhaps he feels there's a connection between "in front of" and "surround / bound". In any case, no one else connects the terms, but I was surprised to see that the two meanings of ulam - "but, however" and "porch, vestibule, hall, parlor" are accepted by most as deriving from the Akkadian ellamu - "in front of, opposite."
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Invitation To Bid | New Geothermal Power Plant
Batzer Construction, Inc. (BCI) Design/Build Contractor for New Geothermal Power Plant located in Klamath Falls, Oregon and being performed for Oregon Institute of Technology requests sub-bid proposals.
The bid package includes Site Work, Concrete, Pre-Engineered Building, Misc. Steel Systems, Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical, and Geothermal Installation Subcontractors must be pre-qualified.
Proposals must utilize the specified PROPOSAL FORM and be delivered, faxed, or emailed to arrive at Batzer Construction, Inc., 190 N. Ross Lane/PO Box 4460, Medford, Oregon 97501, Bid Fax 541-770-5361, Email bids @ bids@batzerinc.com no later than 2:00 p.m., November 09, 2012.
Bidders must be properly licensed with the Oregon Construction Contractors Board (“CCB”) at the time of bid. Bidders are required to file a $30,000 Public Works Bond with the CCB in accordance with ORS 279C.836 EXCEPT exemptions allowed under paragraphs (7) or (8) will not be permitted. Due to the scheduled start of the work, the $30,000 Public Works Bond must be on file with the CCB at the time of bid. This is a prevailing wage project. Bidders must comply with requirements of the prevailing wage law in ORS Chapter 279C.
Refer to proposal documents for complete proposal requirements and additional information. Proposal documents may be examined at local plan centers including Medford and Klamath Falls, and ISQFT (call Batzer for Access), or obtained for the non-refundable cost of $200 (for reproduction and shipping) from Batzer Construction (541) 773-7553.
Contractor is committed to promoting and stimulating the growth of minority business enterprises, women business enterprises, and emerging small business (M/W/ESB) firms and maximizing the opportunities for State of Oregon certified M/W/ESB firms to participate in the work of this project. Notwithstanding that a specific M/W/ESB contracting goal has not been established for this project, bidders are encouraged to utilize such firms through sub-tier contracting and/or material purchases and shall provide documentation of its good faith efforts and achievements.
Contractor is an equal opportunity employer and requests bids from all qualified firms including disadvantaged, minority, women, disabled veterans, and emerging small business enterprises. CCB License #132902
Now’s the time to join the construction company that’s been here 57 years! We are currently seeking skilled carpenters, concrete form-setters and concrete finishers for commercial construction projects. We offer excellent wages & benefits in a drug-free environment.
Visit our Careers Page, to find out more about working at Batzer Construction and to find the Employment Applications.
Re-starting a Biomass Facility in Anderson, CA
Batzer Construction has been selected as the general contractor to restart a dormant Biomass facility in Anderson, CA. The facility burns plant debris from mills and from agriculture to provide steam heat for the adjacent mills to dry lumber as well as making electricity from steam powered turbines. The renewable energy they will make is then sold back to the local utility company.
Originally built in 1987, the Biomass plant operated for over a decade. As the timber economy the plant owners consolidated and closed the Anderson plant, taking equipment and parts with them to operate other facilities in N. California.
Fifteen years later, Kiara Solar bought the Biomass Plant and has decided to reopen it to produce 6 megawatts of power. They hired Batzer Construction in May.
The plant is being reviewed from top to bottom. Machinery is be re-tooled and replaced, and several structural changes are needed for accomodating newer equipment and systems. Batzer Construction anticipates the Biomass plant will be going through it’s air quality control testing in October, which it must pass in order to re-open in November.
Batzer Construction has extensive experience with heavy industrial facilities and lumber mills. Many of the mills have a Co-Gen or Biomass plant at them. The particular construction expertise needed at these facilities is exceptional skill with technical concrete mixtures and equipment bolting. The machinery must be bolted securely to the facility structure and concrete base and the structure and concrete must be able to endure the vibrations from the machinery and environmental issues of the manufacturing process such as chemical exposure, cleaning and maintenance regimens, dust and soot.
The Batzer Construction team has been building and renovating industrial manufacturing and lumber mills for more than fifty years. We have just recently completed rebuilding the Trinity River Lumber Mill in Weaverville, CA, and now our sitework and concrete team are on location in Anderson working on renovations at the Biomass facility.
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Just Another Day on the Job
January 5, was just another day on the job for our sitework crew.
Heading Back Up to the Top!
And who says construction isn’t exciting and daring?
What a great team! Ralph Hansen, Mike Gamboa, James McCann, Jeff Dwire, Justin Hoyt
What is Concrete Tilt-up?
Here at Batzer Construction, we do all types of construction including a lot of tilt-up buildings. However, most people are unfamiliar with the term or the features of concrete tilt-up, so its worth some explanation so that you can decide if it’s the right type of construction for your project.
The process resembles barn raising specifically and wood platform framing generally. It is cost-effective for low buildings.[1]
In this method modular concrete elements (i.e. walls, columns, structural supports, etc.) are formed on a concrete slab; usually the building floor, but sometimes a temporary concrete casting surface near the building footprint. After the concrete has cured, the elements are tilted from horizontal to vertical with a crane and braced into position until the remaining building structural components (roofs, intermediate floors and walls) are secured.
Concrete Tilt-up is one of the most popular types of commercial construction and it can serve many types of buildings and sizes.
Tilt-Up concrete construction is not new; it has been in use since the turn of the century. Since the mid-1940s it has developed into the preferred method of construction for many types of buildings and structures. Nationwide, over 15% of all industrial buildings are Tilt-Up, ranging in size from 5,000 to over 1.5 million square feet. They are typified by their attractiveness, efficiency and longevity.
From the Concrete Tilt Up Association
Currently we are putting up a concrete tilt-up building in Coquille Oregon for Coos-Curry Electric, and we’re also doing a warehouse distribution facility in Boardman, OR. The team here at Batzer Construction has been doing tilt-up construction for decades and we would be happy to provide you with more project information.
Selected Batzer Construction Concrete Tilt-up Projects
1987 Rogue Valley YMCA Aquatic Center, Medford, OR
1987 Naumes Inc, Cold Storage Faciltiy 1, Medford, OR
1991 Naumes Inc, Cold Storage Faicilty II, Medford, OR
1995 Naumes Inc., Cold Storage Facility, Marysville, CA
1996 Southern Oregon Select Fruit (SOS) Cold Storage Facility Medford, OR
Harry & David Corporate Offices, Medford, OR
NW Mail, Medford, OR
Siskiyou Buckle Manufacturing Facility, Medford, OR
2004 Knife River (LTM) Offices, Medford, OR
2005 Re/Max Ideal Properties Offices, Medford, OR
2010 Coos- Curry Electric Offices, Coquille, OR
2010 Port of Morrow, Transload III warehouse, Boardman, OR
Coos Curry Electric- Project Update
Coquille, OR
Started: July 1, 2010
Anticipated Completion : Mid December
Facility Category: Office/Warehouse
Architect: HGE
Project Manager: Andy McHugh
Superintendent: Vane Jones
Things are moving along on the jobsite. The site finally dried out for us to get started the first week in July. The foundations are poured, and the concrete tilt-up walls are in place as of the end of September!
Photos by Vane Jones
September 2010 Projects in Progress
View Batzer Construction, Inc. September 2010 in a larger map
Trinity River Lumber Mill, Weaverville CA- New
Fairchild Medical Center, Yreka, CA-Expansion
French Kiss, Ashland, OR- Renovation
Macaroni’s Bar & Grill, Ashland, OR- Renovation
Sizzler, Medford, OR- Renovation
The Medford Food Co-Op, Medford, OR – Renovation
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Medford, OR- Renovation
Delta Waters Liquor Store, Medford, OR- Tenant Improvement
Zoo Fitness, Grants Pass, OR- New
AirGas Office Renovation, Grants Pass, OR- Renovation
Certainteed, White City, OR- Office Renovation
Coos-Curry Electric Co-Op, Coquille, OR- New
Medford Food Co-Op Groundbreaking!
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
On Thursday, one of our hottest days of the summer, we held groundbreaking ceremony for the Medford Food Co-op project. This project will help bring 25 jobs to the community. The motto of the co-op is “Local food and local choices.” We’re excited to get this project going.
KDRV Newswatch 12
Mail Tribune “Medford Co-Op Starts Renovations Today”
Fairchild Medical Center- Yreka, Ca
In August we started working on the 22,000 SF expansion of Fairchild Medical Center. The project completion is anticipated by early summer 2011. Overall, this expansion will increase Fairchild’s ability to recruit and retain quality medical providers, while also providing Clinic patients with added convenience of access to several medical and supporting services in one location. Fairchild Medical Plaza will remain open during construction with normal working hours and sufficient parking.
The project manager is Brett Smith.
Mill Rising
Last September the Trinity River Lumber Mill was destroyed by fire, but Trinity River Lumber vowed to rebuild despite the tough economic times. Batzer Construction started construction on the new mill last spring. Now the beams, girders, and trusses are up! The Trinity Journal is doing a great job of covering the story. Visit the links below to see the full story and photos.
August 4, 2010 “Mill Rising”
April 7, 2010 “Mill Begins to Rebuild”
Wow! White City Industrial Projects!
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
View Batzer Construction Inc. Projects in a larger map
Last week we were out in White City to meet a new client at their building site. Pete asked us about our qualifications and in a surprising piece of luck, we were able to turn around on his site and point to a half dozen facilities we have built. The concentration of Batzer Construction projects in White City is pretty amazing.
It’s got us thinking about how it would be cool to create a map of all our projects. We’ll see what happens, it’s tough to take time to make maps, when there are buildings to build.
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North High Renovations Get High Marks
Friday, July 9th, 2010
Batzer Construction recently built a new library and added a student “Commons” to the NMHS campus……
The North Medford High School library has been converted into a commons area and a new library built as an addition.Mail Tribune / Bob Pennell
By Paris Achen
A new 7,485-square-foot library opened in the spring, and the old library was converted into a 5,389-square-foot commons area. The dreary, rotting exterior and roof — once occupied by flocks of birds — have been replaced and painted a pale beige, brightening up the campus.
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Batzer Construction Builds on Green Credentials with Blue Sky
MEDFORD, Ore. – Batzer Construction, Inc. worked on some of the first commercial wind energy projects being built in California in the 1980s. Now the company is further burnishing its renewable reputation by becoming a Pacific Power Blue Sky partner.
Batzer Construction, a national leader in installing prefabricated steel buildings, is known as the “business builder” for having built hundreds of commercial construction projects for all types of businesses in Oregon. That means, besides being a builder, Batzer has its own onsite steel fabrication shop in Medford.
“Fabricating custom steel structures uses a lot of energy,” said Russ Batzer, president. “It’s the responsible thing to try and shift our power sources to more renewable sources. Our electricity usage level allows us a big impact on the ways power is produced, much bigger than the typical office building.”
Batzer is purchasing 20 blocks per month through Blue Sky. The Blue Sky purchase has tangible environmental benefits. Over the course of a year, the commitment avoids putting 29,240 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and has the environmental equivalent of not driving nearly 30,000 miles.
Blue Sky provides Pacific Power customers a way to support wind powered generation and other renewable energy sources such as solar, low-emissions biomass and geothermal. Supporting renewable energy through a voluntary program like Blue Sky helps stimulate even more investment in new renewable generation facilities.
“Leading by example as Batzer Construction does is the best possible way to encourage support for renewable energy,” said Pat Egan, Pacific Power vice president of customer and community affairs. “Blue Sky provides an easy, accessible way for customers to make a difference. We also think Blue Sky is good for business, because customers are starting to request or choose to spend their dollars with businesses that are using sustainable practices, and particularly renewable energy, like Blue Sky.”
Batzer is a sustainability leader in other areas as well. The company focuses strongly on recycling materials at construction sites, which are the major consumer of materials in their business. But, back in the office, Batzer is also working at going green by transitioning from paper to digital record keeping wherever possible.
“Like all Oregonians, we recycle paper, plastic, cans, bottles, cardboard and metals,” said Batzer. “Every now and then when traveling to other parts of the country, we realize just how unique the Northwest is for its daily ethics of recycling. We do those things, but so does everyone else, or at least I hope they do,”
Pacific Power customers can keep adding to Blue Sky’s success by greening their own homes and businesses. Buying just one, 100-kilowatt hour block of Blue Sky power costs only $1.95 per month. Blue Sky is recognized nationally as one of the most affordable renewable energy programs. Customers can buy as many blocks as they wish. Large business customers can buy renewable power in bulk at a discount through the Blue Sky QS program.
Enrollment in Blue Sky is optional and customers can increase their participation or withdraw at any time. Customers can sign up for Blue Sky renewable power by calling Pacific Power at 800-769-3717 or by visiting www.pacificpower.net/bluesky.
About Blue Sky
Strong customer support has enabled the Blue Sky program to be instrumental in the creation of more federally recognized Green Power Communities than any other program in the nation. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has ranked Blue Sky fifth or better in the nation for the seventh consecutive year in the number of customers buying renewable power and for renewable power sales volume. The program is Green-e Energy Certified, which means the renewable energy supported meets the rigorous national environmental and consumer-protection standards established by the nonprofit Center for Resource Solutions. For more information on Green-e Energy, visit www.green-e.org/energy. More than 39,000 customers in the Northwest are part of Blue Sky.
About Pacific Power
In 2010, Pacific Power celebrates 100 years serving customers and communities. From our beginnings — serving 7,000 customers in four Northwest communities — Pacific Power now provides electric service to almost 730,000 customers in Oregon, Washington and California. Our goal is to provide our customers with value for their energy dollar, and safe, reliable electricity, for another 100 years. Pacific Power is part of PacifiCorp, one of the lowest-cost electricity producers in the United States, with 1.7 million customers in six western states. For more information, visit www.pacificpower.net
“Medford Food Co-op looks to old Rudolph’s restaurant”
Click Here to read more of the Mail Tribune article about how Batzer Construction is working with the board of Medford Food Co-0p to find them a home for their grocery store.
“The building sits on 1.2 acres and has about 50 parking spaces. There is room for expansion on the property, both in the square footage of the building and the number of parking places, Batzer said.
The vision of the co-op is to provide a community-owned market offering organic, local and free-trade foods.
“We are just looking forward to it opening,” Batzer said. “How could it not be good for the community?”
For more information, see www.medfordfoodcoop.com.”
The property being leased from Batzer is 945 S. Riverside Ave, Medford Ore. and will be fully renovated in preparation for opening of the new Food Co-Op.
“Medford Co-op reaches lease deal”
“The Medford Food Co-op is poised to sign a lease deal with Batzer Construction….”
Click Here for the Full Article
We’re very excited about this project. This store is an example of choosing local business and local jobs for our community. The Co-op will have employees of its own, and also will be an outlet for local food which will help support other small business and farms in our valley and region.
We’re thinking about business differently, and this project is one of the ways.
“Medford Food Co-op nears deal to lease building”
More Historic Photos
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Once again, we’ve found a few more fun historic photos in our archives.
First Christian Church- Medford, OR
Hedrick Middle School- Medford, OR
IFW Building- Medford, OR
Medford Plywood
Mt. Ashland Ski Lodge
“Mill Begins to Rebuild”
Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Completion expected by late summer
BY SALLY MORRIS THE TRINITY JOURNAL
Trinity River Lumber Company began the rebuilding of its Weaverville sawmill on Monday to replace the structure and equipment destroyed by fire last September.
Though the process of developing plans and timelines for rebuilding began immediately following the Sept. 12, 2009, fire, it has taken longer than expected to reach the point of actually beginning construction, according to a news release issued last week by the mill.
It also noted that an insurance settlement has progressed, but has not been reached yet.
Primary contractors for the rebuilding project will be Batzer Construction Inc. based in Medford, Ore., and West Coast Industrial out of Sweet Home, Ore.
Batzer will be working on the foundations and erection of the new building while West Coast will be replacing the sawmill equipment inside.
Mill Manager Dee Sanders said it is the goal of Trinity River Lumber to have the contractors use as many local subcontractors and employees as possible.
“Trinity County and the Weaverville community should receive a much-needed shot to the economy from the rebuilding efforts,” he said.
He added that Trinity River Lumber Company would like to thank the local and surrounding communities for their support and funds raised for the Golden Rule Club which has provided needed support for the mill employees since the fire.
Funds raised have reached $64,000 with $60,000 distributed to the employees to date.
Completion of the new sawmill construction is anticipated late in the summer and the company foresees returning to a full workforce once the mill is back in full production.
Prior to the Sept. 12 fire, the mill employed about 140 workers. Currently, it employs 25 in Weaverville and another 35 at a formerly closed mill in Anderson where temporary operations commenced shortly after the fire.
KTVL News 10
“Federal Dollars Running Out, Some Construction Companies Worried”
Not all news is good news. While its important to write publish all the great things that are happening, we cannot ignore that this recession is having an impact on the construction industry in general, and on Batzer Construction specifically.
The local News 10, here in Medford, did a great job of covering the topic of the economic impact on publicly funded projects in our region. We wish the news was better, but it’s a tough story.
“Federal stimulus dollars paid for major work in our area, but now the work is done, leaving many contractors looking for new projects…..”
Equipment Operations
Ralph Hansen, Batzer Construction equipment operator, makes it look easy! It’s true, he gets lots of practice on the job, but his skill level is amazing.
Anybody need some sitework done?
Mail Tribune- “People in Business”
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
“People in Business”
“Batzer Construction President Russ Batzer has been elected to the Oregon-Columbia Chapter of the Associated General Contractors 2010 board of directors. Batzer has been involved at AGC since 1998.
AGC provides its members with a forum for exchange of ideas and services designed to enhance the professionalism of the construction industry, including workers’ compensation and health insurance; legislative and governmental representation; safety and loss control consulting; training and apprenticeship programs; and education and pension programs.”
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Batzer Construction now has a Facebook page! Please come visit us and become a Facebook fan of Batzer Construction.
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Press Release- “Small Business Makes a Subtle Shift”
“A Small Business Makes a Subtle Shift”
-Medford, OR (October 13, 2009) – A subtle name change from “Batzer Inc.” to “Batzer Construction Inc.” is all about successful marketing in these tough economic times. To ensure that anyone looking at news articles or doing internet searches can locate their company, the company president Russ Batzer decided it was time to add “construction” to the legal name.
“We had heard that some out of state potential clients hadn’t found us because our name didn’t come up on their searches. It was an easy thing to fix and it just helps clarify our brand, it’s a small business tactic that we hope will have a big payoff for us.”
The name change has been completed with the state corporate records and the state construction contractors’ board. The logo will slightly change and most people won’t even notice the alteration of adding “construction” under their bold black and red BATZER sign.
News from Batzer Construction
Groundbreaking at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport
Invitation to Bid: Phones Plus, Inc.
How to Contact Batzer Construction
Our company is based on the value of integrity and we appreciate Batzer because their team shares this same value. Everyone at Batzer is straight-forward and eager to communicate. They were also accessible and responsive.
— Patty Bons
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David Brent Confirms Performance Dates via Twitter
By Brigid Brown | 6 years ago
David Brent breaks out his guitar in The Office. (BBC)
Ricky Gervais’s alter ego, office middle-manager David Brent, will be performing with his band Foregone Conclusion on October 14 and 23 at London’s Bloomsbury Theater. And how do we know this … the fictional character announced it on Twitter of course:
Foregone Conclusion will be playing London’s Bloomsbury Theatre on the 14th & 23rd of October. Tickets go on sale Tuesday at 10am. Good luck
— David Brent (@DavidBrent) September 29, 2013
While David Brent and the band itself are fictional, we are expecting an actual, real, live event. The tickets go on sale Tuesday, October 1 at 10am here for £15.
Brent is not only a performer but teaches guitar in this YouTube web series:
The Bloomsbury audience will hear songs, performed live for the first time, including “Free Love Freeway”, “Spaceman Came Down”, “Slough”, “Life on The Road” and “Ain’t No Trouble”.
The shows have been described as “warm-up” shows but it’s not clear what Brent is warming up for, more gigs at similar venues or something bigger as Gervais has actually been courted by Wembley Arena to perform as Brent.
Gervais told The Guardian, “Having Wembley on the phone to talk about live gigs is far beyond what Brent could ever have imagined.”
“That’s right, I’m wearing eye makeup. I’m going to play Wembley one day.” (ONTD)
What would young Ricky Gervais, aspiring pop star, think of all this?
Ricky Gervais Planning David Brent Movie?
Electronics Store in Wales Asks for “Dance Off” as Part of Job Interview
Who’s Better Looking … Ricky Gervais vs. Johnny Depp?
Filed Under: David Brent, Foregone Conclusion, Ricky Gervais, The Office
By Brigid Brown
Ricky Gervais Finds David Brent’s Business Card in Cinema
WATCH: Ricky Gervais Returns as David Brent in ‘The Office’ Movie
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SHAMELESS by Cherrie Lynn Blog Tour & Giveaway !!!
Shameless by Cherrie Lynn
Series: N/A, standalone
Genre: Adult, Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Entangled Amara
It’s a vacation Meredith Taylor will never forget. A sunny beach, good friends and good times. But when she overhears a couple having a passionate interlude on the balcony above her one night, she can’t get the man’s sultry voice out of her mind. Especially when she figures out exactly who that man is…
Cameron Moore always had an eye on his best friend’s little sister but considered her strictly off limits, choosing to satisfy his lust elsewhere. Now Meri seems to want to annihilate every wall Cam’s put up against her. The beach is hot, the drinks are cold, Meredith is irresistible, and something has to give. Will it only be the walls between them, or their hearts as well?
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Meredith Taylor was deep into her third beer when the moaning started.
She narrowly avoided choking on the gulp she’d just taken and wondered if she’d really heard what she thought she’d heard. Seven stories below and perhaps fifty yards in front of her, the Gulf of Mexico was a flat black oblivion in the night, but even with the unrelenting white noise of the waves washing ashore, the sounds of pleasure were unmistakable.
Someone on one of the balconies above her was getting it on. Or they were about to.
Meri set her beer down on the table beside her and stared wide-eyed at the ocean with blind concentration, straining her ears. Ordinarily, she would think of herself as a moral person, one who would, under normal circumstances, discreetly excuse herself and allow the couple above to carry on with their carnal activities without worry for a secret audience. It was after two in the morning, after all—they probably hadn’t counted on anyone being awake and watching waves nearby.
But Meri had muted that inner moral person with more than her usual dose of alcohol. So fuck that. She stood, moved to the railing, and silently cursed the incessant wind for its rushing in her ears. Or maybe that was her buzz. Or whatever.
Even with it, though, she could hear clearly enough.
“Oh God,” a feminine voice purred from above.
Yeah, yeah, Meri thought. You gotta do better than that, honey. Give me something to work with here. She smirked to herself, turning and leaning her back against the railing. Hopefully it wouldn’t give with her weight…she could just see the headlines now: Vacationer Falls to Her Death During Voyeuristic Acrobatics. Were you a voyeur if you could only hear the sexual encounter? She made a mental note to Google that later. God, sexual frustration had turned her into a perv.
More moaning. Male and female. He sounded kind of hot, which was good. The last guy she’d been with—she refused to allow herself to think about how long ago that had been—practically sounded like a woman when he came. That was a thing with her now…she loved manly male voices. Rich, deep, dark, shivery male voices. Since that incident, she judged each and every voice she heard from a potential suitor on its likelihood of sounding like a dying cat in the throes of passion. The one above her now…zero percent chance. In fact, she could close her eyes and imagine that murmuring voice in her own ear, hot breath tickling there, hot fingers trailing down her neck, her breast, to tease her nipple into aching attention, and she didn’t even have a face to put with it.
But that was the beauty of the situation, wasn’t it? He could be anyone she wanted him to be.
Cameron’s face floated through her thoughts, never an image to be muted by alcohol. God forbid she have any respite from that one. Even on this trip, Cameron Moore was an ever-present fixture. As her brother Dane’s lifelong best friend, he’d been that fixture further back than her memory could reach.
She didn’t want to think about him.
Except for a murmur here and there, she couldn’t hear much anymore. What were they doing now? Was he inside her yet? Maybe they were only in the foreplay part of their lovemaking session. Meri imagined clothes being pushed aside for teases and kisses and caresses. The woman still mewled her approval of whatever he was doing to her, but her sounds weren’t the staccato moans of fucking. No, they were still playing, by Meri’s guess, not having made it to the good stuff yet.
Long-term couple or onetime hook-up, they were lucky. Meri swigged her beer and stared sightlessly at the patio door leading into her bedroom. They weren’t out here alone in the middle of the night, letting the waves lull them into a melancholy that really had no place on a fun-filled, friend-packed summer vacation at the beach. But insomnia was a familiar if unwelcome companion of hers, no matter the occasion. And she’d figured it would be better to stare at the waves than the ceiling above her bed. And maybe a little self-medication wouldn’t be unheard of, hence the beer. Who knew she’d have some unsuspecting company?
Despite not wanting to think about Cam, he invaded Meredith’s thoughts anyway. It was a vicious cycle. Having been friends with her brother for so long, her brother with whom she was very close, Cam was simply always there. In just about every conversation, at every get-together, and now, this summer at least, on vacation, too. The man was inescapable.
But who’d want to escape that? He was built like a god. A personal trainer, he all but lived at the gym. Tattoos meandered down his shredded arms and torso. Dear God, she kept up her gym membership just to be able to ogle him, and he often stopped by as she huffed it on the elliptical to chat or give advice or convince her to let him train her.
She always turned him down. He would probably kill her.
Okay, so she had a crush on the guy. It wasn’t a big deal. She’d always kept him at arm’s length, but sometimes gave in to temptation and let her darkest fantasies out to play. Fantasies starring Cameron Moore. He was hot, so who could blame her?
And why did her thoughts keep going to him and not to the goings-on above?
“Yes. Oh yes, baby.” That was distinct. The woman again. Then, two long, loud moans harmonized and stole Meri’s breath away. Oh. If he wasn’t in her before, he’s in her now. Sliding in slowly, by the sounds of it, savoring it, making her feel every inch. And judging by the woman’s little cries of “More, more, oh God, more!” there were many thick inches to feel. Jesus. Meri swiped at a trickle of sweat at her temple, then trailed her cold beer bottle down the side of her neck. It left a shivery trail in the sticky summer heat clinging to her body.
Her thighs trembled. Those sounds…the man…his rough, primal groaning, his growling, more groaning, damn, his dirty-sweet sex talk. She couldn’t actually decipher any of his talk, but it had to be dirty and sweet. She would not allow herself to believe otherwise. She caught a few of his guttural curses, though, and her knees grew so weak she dropped into one of the chairs and crushed her thighs together, unsure if she was trying to encourage the building ache between them or fight it. It just seemed so…so wrong, so naughty, to get off on someone else’s pleasure when they didn’t even know she was there.
But she couldn’t leave. Couldn’t stop listening. Had she no damn shame?
Just one time, she thought desperately, be wrong. Be naughty. Her body didn’t need any encouragement, her pussy clenching regardless of her permission. With every sound that guy uttered, it clenched harder.
Hell, it seemed the hottest sex she’d ever had was someone else’s. She didn’t think she’d ever been this responsive, not with the three lovers she’d taken in her life. Not with their flesh-and-blood hands on her. But these hands, these phantom hands she only imagined, that disjointed male voice coming from above…oh God. Her blood felt like thick lava in her veins, and it was pooling, weighing her down in her pussy and her nipples and a few other erogenous zones she hadn’t known she had. Even her mouth felt numb and tingly. She tasted something sweet and forbidden at the back of her throat and swept her tongue across her needy lips.
Her hand trailed down the thin cami she wore, noting how tight and peaked her nipples were, down farther, toward her boxer shorts. Inside, she was so wet.
Should she? No. She shouldn’t.
But she was so wet. So needing to feel what that woman was feeling, even though her hand would be a poor substitute.
She parted her legs.
Would she let someone fuck her out here where anyone could hear? Would she even want that, knowing there were creeps like her around? Listening, invading her and her lover’s privacy, getting hot, getting themselves off to her pleasure…
Would she let Cameron, if he ever decided to show the slightest bit of sexual interest in her?
Meri opened her eyes, not even realizing she’d closed them. Her fingers brushed her thigh and, imagining it was Cam’s fingers, that small contact sent a jolt through her. The waves went on forever out on the beach, oblivious to her moral quagmire. Her sharp arousal. The Gulf was as black as Cameron’s hair. The sky was as dark as his eyes—the sky, yes, because of the stars, because she could swear that his eyes had lights in them…
She’d let him. The more she thought of it, the more certain she was.
The couple fucked on, the woman’s cries sharp and quick. Meri slid her fingers into her drenched panties. Talk to her. Talk to me. Let me hear you.
The rumble of the man’s voice reached her above the cacophony of the waves and her own pleasure, almost as if he had heard her thoughts. “Do you want to come?” A shiver went through Meri. Her pussy clenched helplessly. Yes. I want to come.
“Yes,” the girl pleaded. “Yes, make me come, make me come, make me come…” The chant died out, blown away by the wind. Did he have her against the wall? On the floor?
“The wall,” Meri whispered to herself. That’s how she would want it. Against the wall, because she’d never had it there. Cam was definitely strong enough. Yes, he could put her back to the wall and fuck her silly, that hard, muscular ass pumping into her while she clung helplessly to him. Like a rag doll. Invaded. Overwhelmed. God, she wanted that. With someone who sounded like the man above her, not someone who caterwauled.
Her fingers slipped easily against her slick, swollen clit. Ohhh. Did the guy up there go down on his lady, by any chance? Out here with the wind and the waves and the moon and stars as witnesses, did he spread her open wide and lick and suck her? Was that what Meri had heard earlier? As her finger drew lazy circles on her clit, she dreamed of Cam’s mouth on it. Hot, wet, making her hotter and wetter. She would drip for him before he would take her. Yes.
This was so fucked up. But thinking it only made her burn more brightly. She wanted to bare her skin to the wind. She wanted to taste the salt of the ocean as the dark waters engulfed her naked body. She wanted the moon to cast her skin in silver light and black shadow.
And she wanted someone to share that with, to taste those shadows. It wasn’t so much to ask.
No longer lazy, no longer soft. She worked herself feverishly, building the ache, giving over to it, even allowing a whimper when the woman’s cries were high. Yes, he was getting her there. He was getting Meri there. So close. So close. Her pulse throbbed thickly throughout her entire body. Coming. The wave peaking, cresting, starting to curl deliciously in her belly…
“Cameron, Cameron! Oh yes, yes, yes…”
Meredith Taylor’s eyes shot open. Her orgasm burst inside her, wracking her with cruel, guilty pleasure, but her heart crashed and burned in a fiery death.
Cameron.
She’d been imagining him, but he’d really been there. Only not with her.
To celebrate the release of SHAMELESS by Cherrie Lynn, we’re giving away for a $25 Amazon gift card!
GIVEAWAY TERMS & CONDITIONS: Open internationally. One winner will be chosen to receive a $25 Amazon gift card. This giveaway is administered by Pure Textuality PR on behalf of Entangled Publishing. Giveaway ends 9/16/2018 @ 11:59pm EST. Entangled Publishing will send one winning prize, Pure Textuality PR will deliver the other. Limit one entry per reader and mailing address. Duplicates will be deleted.
About Cherrie Lynn
NY Times and USA Today bestselling author CHERRIE LYNN has been a CPS caseworker and a juvenile probation officer, but now that she has come to her senses, she writes contemporary and paranormal romance on the steamy side. It’s *much* more fun. She’s also an unabashed rock music enthusiast, and loves letting her passion for romance and metal collide on the page.
When she’s not writing, you can find her reading, listening to music or playing with her favorite gadget of the moment. She’s also fond of hitting the road with her husband to catch their favorite bands live.
Cherrie lives in East Texas with said husband and their two kids, all of whom are the source of much merriment, mischief and mayhem.
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Orphic Machine
Vol. 1: The Humanities
Ben Goldberg School
BAG Production :: 2017
The first record by Ben Goldberg School. Six songs by me and one Merle Travis hit.
From The Granary
Ben Goldberg Solo
A solo clarinet record I made while living at Civitella Ranieri, a castle in Umbria, Italy, in the summer of 2017. Available free on Bandcamp.
A Sibling Mystery - Soundtrack by Invisible Guy
Invisible Guy
Dan Erickson and Rachel Wortell asked us to compose and record the soundtrack for their film A Sibling Mystery. We were joined for the recording by our dear friend John Shifflett; we will miss him forever and ever. You can get the soundtrack on Bandcamp.
The first record by Invisible Guy.
Carla Kihlstedt, violin and voice
Greg Cohen, bass
Kenny Wollesen, vibraphone
Ron Miles, trumpet
Ches Smith, drums
Nels Cline, guitar
Rob Sudduth, tenor saxophone
Myra Melford, piano
Ben Goldberg, clarinets
"The Orphic Machine is the poem: a severed head with face turned away that sings."
-- Allen Grossman
In college I was fortunate to enroll in a literature course entitled The Representation of Experience taught by an amazing poet and thinker named Allen Grossman. We read old books -- The Bible, Gilgamesh, Moby-Dick -- and Professor Grossman showed us into a world where reading, thought, meaning, action, and understanding came together. He had a way of reading literature in order to reveal the historical development of human culture; the impact was very strong. I wouldn’t say he taught us – it’s more like he embodied the business of knowing. Years later, finding my way out of a dark period, I developed a thirst for poetry. I got in touch with the poet Susan Stewart, who invited me to a 2004 gathering in honor of Professor Grossman, where he read powerfully from his poems. I began studying a book of his called Summa Lyrica: A Primer of the Commonplaces in Speculative Poetics. The book is constructed as a set of interrelated aphorisms whose purpose is “to bring to mind ‘the poem,’ as an object of thought and as an instrument for thinking.”
I read Summa Lyrica for five years, hoping to eventually arrive at an understanding of the work. In 2010 I received a commission from Chamber Music America / New Jazz Works to compose a piece for large ensemble based upon Summa Lyrica. Originally I intended to write a piece of music that reflected the structure of the book. But as a poem cannot be restated in other words (for then it would be a different poem), the book would not allow me to summarize or map it. I began to see that the aphorisms had been working on me, and I needed to let them work directly on the music, by using them as lyrics for songs. So I found myself writing songs with words like
"The function of poetry is to obtain for everybody one kind of success at the limits of the autonomy of the will."
Our first record of duets.
Live at the Stone: Let's Cool One
Goldberg/Sudduth/Ellman/Cardenas/Dunn/Smith
In February/March 2014 I had a one week residency at The Stone in New York -- 12 sets in 6 days. For the last set of the last night I assembled some of my favorite musicians -- Liberty Ellman, Steve Cardenas, Trevor Dunn, Ches Smith, and Rob Sudduth -- and we performed one of my favorite songs, "Let's Cool One" by Thelonious Monk. Fatigue had set in but the mind was open, and we played at the slowest tempo I could imagine, right around quarter note = 13 seconds. I had a feeling that something would take over sooner or later, and I think I was right. The song lasted 44 minutes. Luckily it was recorded. Now I give it to you and hope you get something from it. This record is free on Bandcamp. Love to all.
Let's Cool One composed by Thelonious Monk
Recorded March 2, 2014 at The Stone by Philip Weinrobe
Mixed by Philip Weinrobe at Way Up Studios, Brooklyn
Mastered by Jon Cohrs at Spleenless Mastering, Brooklyn
Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Steve Cardenas - guitar
Liberty Ellman - guitar
Trevor Dunn - bass
Ches Smith - drums
Rob Sudduth - tenor saxophone
Worry Later
Ben Goldberg / Adam Levy / Smith Dobson
Here is a lovely record of Thelonious Monk compositions, played by Adam Levy on guitar, Smith Dobson on drums, and myself on clarinet. We had a relaxed and surprising time at Jeff Cressman's studio in January 2014, and I think the music reflects the friendliness and weirdness of the session. This is a download-only release!
Short -Sighted Dream Colossus
Ben Goldberg / John Dieterich / Scott Amendola
In August of 2010 Scott Amendola, John Dieterich, and I recorded a short program of amazingly beautiful music. It has taken a while, but I think the wait was worth it -- the cd, Short-Sighted Dream Colossus, is available as of September 16, 2014. I think you will enjoy it.
Unfold Ordinary Mind
I have been developing my abilities on the Eb contra alto clarinet (a weird member of the family, pitched below the bass clarinet) for some years, mostly in my work with the group Tin Hat. Somehow it occurred to me to have a band where I was the bass player, on this instrument.
Of course the group would need two of my tenor saxophone heroes (Ellery Eskelinand Rob Sudduth), a guitar genius (and now certifiable rock star) (Nels Cline), and the deeply tumultuous drummer Ches Smith.
So after finishing up the premier of my latest giant project, Orphic Machine, in March of 2012, I wrote a bunch of songs and assembled this crew at the Bunker studio in Williamsburg one day in May. We learned the tunes, rehearsed, and recorded them all in just a few hours, and the results are extraordinary -- raw, dire, and to the point.
Molly Barker did the cover art and painted a lovely fold-out booklet that is included with the cd.
We are offering an opportunity here to pre-order a copy of the cd, or to pre-order the album on iTunes (and have it delivered February 12).
While you’re waiting for the record to come out, you can listen to the track xcpf here.
Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues
In 2008 I spent a few days with an amazing group of musicians:
Joshua Redman, tenor saxophone
Devin Hoff, bass
Scott Amendola, drums
Joshua Redman and I had gotten to know each other when SF Jazz presented a double bill of my trio Plays Monk and Josh’s trio featuring Joe Lovano. Later I invited Josh to sit in with my quintet, and he suggested that we make a record together. Ron Miles and I are both from Denver and I had always been crazy about his playing so I invited him (this was before we recorded Go Home). Of course anything can happen when the rhythm section is Good For Cows.
We rehearsed for a day and then recorded at the legendary (and lamented) Bay Records in Berkeley, California. The session had a loose, swinging feel, and we tried a wide range of tunes, from the avant-swing of “Evolution” to the exuberant funereal march of “Possible,” and I even made an arrangement of Bob Dylan’s version of “Satisfied Mind."
Like many fine products, this one then took some time to itself in order to age properly before making its way into the world. But here it comes on February 19. We are offering an opportunity here to pre-order a copy of the cd, or to pre-order the album on iTunes (and have it delivered February 12).
Here is a track from the record: Joshua Redman and I playing a duet on my tune Study of the Blues.
The Rain is a Handsome Animal
New Amsterdam :: 2012
Fourteen songs with lyrics taken from the poems of E E Cummings, and three instrumentals.
This is a really pretty record. Everyone in the group wrote songs and we recorded them at just the right time, after a tour while they were still fresh. Beautiful sound by Mark Orton at Dead Aunt Thelma's studio in Portland.
Baal: The Book of Angels Vol. 15
Ben Goldberg Quartet
Tzadik :: 2010
John Zorn invited me to contribute to his series of recordings of his Book of Angels. We made the record in an afternoon with Greg Cohen, Kenny Wollesen, and Jamie Saft.
Great tunes, a happy feeling, and the whole thing expertly recorded by Marc Urselli.
"Modern melancholy, modern jubilation, modern swagger and modern volatility – for the last few years Tin Hat has reminded us that things aren’t exactly as they used to be."
---downbeat
The 2010 edition of Tin Hat: Mark Orton, Carla Kihlstedt, Ara Anderson, Ben Goldberg
I actually played on the very first Tin Hat Trio concert ever! Rob, Mark and Carla had me as a guest at the Hotel Utah in San Francisco. I don’t even want to guess what year it was. From the very first I could hear a beautiful open-minded approach. At the time, a lot of musicians were enjoying playing with people from other musical worlds – “free improvisers” playing with “jazz” musicians, etc. When Tin Hat Trio came along, they had everything in their bag – grooves, beautiful melodies, all kinds of harmonic motion, “free” playing, etc. – and you could hear that for them it was all music. They did not feel the need to identify with a particular camp. So that was very refreshing. When Rob left the group I was very happy to be invited by Mark and Carla to join. It was exactly the right time for me, and it’s been a ball ever since. For a while, Zeena Parkins was the fourth member, then later Ara joined us. I have learned so much about music from playing with these guys, it has completely changed my perspective.
In 2007 we made The Sad Machinery of Spring. We were meticulous in the studio to create just the right sound -- a hallmark of Tin Hat records. But there is another side to the group: unbelievable live performances. When you're on tour things loosen up night after night, anything can happen, and then it's gone forever -- unless you are lucky enough to have recorded it, which brings us to Foreign Legion. We had recordings from gigs all over the place, and when we listened to them we found a couple of gems: the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley and a festival on the island of Mallorca.
Mark did the mix at his studio in Portland so he probably spent the most time with these tapes. Here is what he says:
Foreign Legion includes material from the entire history of Tin Hat, from the title track -- one of the first things we ever played as a group -- to new songs that have never appeared on record. Berkeley’s Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse has always been one of our favorite venues -- we consider it our home town club, and I think you can hear something special in the lovely performances recorded there. The other half of the disc comes from a concert in Mallorca -- a really fun show in a far-flung corner of the world. They put on a great festival there, we had been well fed and provided for, and we were lucky to have it recorded. Even though our other records reflect our interest in sounds you can only get in a studio, listeners know that Tin Hat has always been about live performance -- the kind of group improvisations and chances you take in front of an audience -- so I'd say the live record has been a long time coming, and I couldn't be happier with the results.
The Whole Tree Gone
Myra Melford's Be Bread
Firehouse 12 :: 2010
Here is a fantastic group led by my friend and colleague (and one of my heroes) Myra Melford. Myra is simply one of the great pianists of our time, whose writing and playing are a consistent source of delight and amazement, bringing together vast areas of knowledge, learning, wisdom, and spontaneous bone-chilling musical perfection. We recorded the album in New Haven at the Firehouse 12 studio in December 2008.
The group is: Myra Melford, piano & harmonium; Cuong Vu, trumpet; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Brandon Ross, guitars; Stomu Takeishi, bass; Matt Wilson, drums.
"Myra Melford is at once a dancer, a romantic and a savage suckerpuncher at the bench . . . beating all hell out of the piano and making it beautiful."
Here is the first record on my new label, BAG Production Records (BAG 001)
The band is
Charlie Hunter, seven string guitar
Ron Miles, cornet and G Trumpet
Ben Goldberg, clarinet
Charlie, Scott, and I had been talking for a few years about recording together, and saw an opportunity when Scott and I would be at the Jazz Standard in New York for a week in April, 2008. Ron Miles was in town with Bill Frisell, and he joined us for two days at the Bunker studio in Williamsburg. I provided the tunes and a lovely time was had by all. Later, when I was thinking about it, the name Go Home came to me because the sound of the group is so direct and honest that for me it goes back to when I was little and music hit me so hard. Also, in Get Backon Let It Be, which I listened to a lot back then, I believe Paul says "go home."
This CD combines the studio session with some tracks from a live recording made by Jeff Cressman at the Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, California in the fall of 2008. I think the cd captures the unique spirit of the group, with inspired performances, unstoppable grooves, and a beautiful sound throughout, thanks toMark Orton's mix and mastering by Jon Cohrs of Spleenless Mastering.
Molly Barker took the photograph on the cover and Lynda Nakashima designed the package to create a lovely debut for BAG Production Records.
Ben Goldberg Trio
A trio record with Greg Cohen on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums. Commissioned by John Zorn for the Radical Jewish Culture series on Tzadik. Recorded in Spring of 2009 when Greg and Kenny were in San Francisco for a Masada week at Yoshi's. Great cover painting by Molly Barker.
The sessions were relaxed -- Greg provided his usual good humor as well as the unstoppable force that is his musicianship. A pleasure as always working with Kenny.
The record is dedicated to two departed friends: Ron Stallings (1946 – 2009), and my father Alvin Goldberg (1931 - 2009).
From the liner notes:
Speech Communication is the name of the academic discipline to which my father, Alvin Goldberg, devoted his intellectual and professional life. Other than paying for clarinet lessons, my father’s contribution to my musical education consists of a black Manhasset music stand that he obligingly brought home from the office one day when I was in junior high school and which I still have. As I played etudes and scales I would be reminded of where the music stand came from by the word SPEECH, which someone had painted in white letters across the bottom. Over the years this began to seem less a reminder of petty theft and more an exhortation of what we are called upon to do when making music. SPEECH! And, of course, communication.
For more about New Klezmer Trio, please have a look at my essay "New Klezmer Trio and the Origins of Radical Jewish Culture" in the Media page of this website.
The Sad Machinery of Spring
ryko :: 2009
This is the first record by Tin Hat (Mark Orton, Carla Kihlstedt, Ara Anderson, and myself) since I became a member of the group in 2003. We based the music on our readings and discussions concerning the work of Bruno Schulz. One thing I enjoy about Tin Hat is the opportunity to play a lot of Contra Alto Clarinet -- the group has given me a chance to get better on this unusual instrument and see what it can do. Everyone wrote music for the record and the material is quite strong, plus a gorgeous sound thanks to Mark Orton.
Cry, Want
Clarinet Thing
BC Records :: 2009
Cry, Want is the second record by Clarinet Thing -- our first as a quartet. Clarinet Thing was founded twenty years ago by Beth Custer when she wrote a letter (typewritten -- this was before email!) to several of her fellow clarinetists suggesting that we start a band. The group now consists of Beth, Harvey Wainapel, Sheldon Brown, and myself, playing almost the entire range of clarinets, from Eb sopranino to Eb contra alto.
Cry, Want is named after a piece by Jimmy Giuffre, and features a suite (by Giuffre and Carla Bley) that were part of his trio's repertoire in the 1960's, along with originals by Sheldon, Beth, and myself, a lovely Guadaloupean piece and Sheldon's monstrous arrangement of Herbie Nichols' great 2300 Skidoo, replete with Herbie's piano solo played by four clarinets! Jeff Cressman did the fine natural-sounding recording and mix. You can buy a copy of the record from BC Records, or CD Baby.
the door, the hat, the chair, the fact
Ben Goldberg Quintet
Cryptogramophone :: 2006
This music is for Steve Lacy. It was written in 2004 after I learned that Steve had cancer. I was thinking and thinking about him and I wished there was something I could do so I wrote down all the music I could and I kept thinking of Steve and hoping for the best.
Once Steve Lacy gave me a lesson, I mean I went over to his house for a lesson, I had already been doing my best to draw a lesson from his work. It was 1985, for some reason I had been in Paris a lot and when I was there I would go to the Sunset and listen to Steve and politely beg for a lesson. Finally he relented, maybe so I would stop bothering him and also saying, “I have a soft spot for clarinetists.”
I should say that back then I had a hero and it was Steve Lacy. I mean the kind of hero where you wish you could do what they do. This was mostly based on the evidence of “Evidence,” a record he made in 1961 with Don Cherry. I had to listen to that record about four times a day, and though I was in the dark I memorized Steve Lacy’s solos and tried to figure out what he was doing. The note that lifts all other notes up into the world. Punctuation. The line that’s backwards and forwards and the pop of logic more logical than logic.
At the lesson Steve said he wasn’t really a teacher so maybe we could treat this like a visit to the doctor: play a duet and based on that diagnosis he would prescribe something. Evidently the fundamentals needed vitality. Steve said you had to know the difference between materials and material and suggested two lines of inquiry concerning materials. These were exercises for uncovering the basic elements.
He talked matter of factly about the invisible, and I caught a glimpse of what an artist does. He said, “If you stay in the dark long enough, eventually you’ll see the light.” He gave me a copy of “Hocus Pocus” and a book of rhythm by Kenny Clarke and I was so happy I wrote a poem and worked on those exercises for ten years. The exercises were strong medicine – the first time I played them I got dizzy and almost fainted.
In 1992 I was preparing a concert of Steve’s music and he sent me a fax of “Blinks.” There was a note at the top, and when I started writing this music the note became a song: “Dear Ben, been out of town. Probably too late but here’s Blinks anyway. I am hardly here these days.” Blinks is my favorite Steve Lacy song, it gets the up and down just right, plus the poem was on it so a few of the pieces here are based on “Blinks.”
I had booked the studio for June 7th; Steve passed away June 4th. I was so sad, a lot of people were calling each other up. We had a rehearsal and then went and made the record. It was a sad time. The title comes from a poem by Robert Creeley. Steve Lacy wrote a song called The Door and once he sent me a postcard signed “Chapeau.” Kenny Clarke sat on a chair. In honor of the durability of Steve’s music I once made up an exercise called Pursuit of Facts.
Pursuit of Facts. A fax arrived, with a poem on it. I am hardly here these days.
New Monastery
Nels Cline Group
I used to hear Nels play in Los Angeles when we would go there in the 1980s and I always heard something going on. I knew I wanted to play music with him. We first worked together in 2003 when The Nels Cline Singers (Nels, Scott and Devin) (hey, that’s 2/3 of Plays Monk!) invited me to play a solo set at one of their concerts, and also to sit in with them on some songs. What an honor. I was nervous about the solo set but it went fine. I played some of my own songs plus a lovely song by Steve Lacy that I learned for the occasion called Hallmark, from the record Hocus Pocus. We had a good time playing together and later when Nels got the Andrew Hill project together he asked me to be part of it.
The music of Andrew Hill has been extremely important to so many of us. Graham Connah and I studied and played some of it when we were younger – I think at one point we knew all the songs on Black Fire and most of Point of Departure, as well as the material from the record with John Gilmore. In 1992 I had a grant to put on concerts of music by different composers and when I asked Graham to play in a concert of Andrew’s music he said why don’t I just invite Andrew instead, so I did. Andrew came down from Portland and we rehearsed for a few days and played two concerts, with Donald Bailey and John Wiitala. I think Andrew was pleased that someone wanted to play his older repertoire – he said all the charts had been lost in a fire long ago so in the tricky spots we were recreating it as best we could. The funny thing is that in that concert series another gentleman who joined me in a concert of his own compositions was Bobby Bradford, who I have been absolutely crazy about for as long as I can remember, and who also plays onNew Monastery.
Nels loves Andrew’s music so much and he took just the right approach, making something new in reference to the material. When we made the record there was so much love, we had heard Andrew was not doing so well. We had a chance to play at the SF Jazz Festival on a concert with Andrew’s group, and he was warm and kind as always, though quite ill. The music that he played that night was about the most beautiful thing I ever heard. Then in April 2007 Nels’ group had a date at the Jazz Standard in New York and Andrew played what turned out to be his last concert that afternoon. A tremendous loss, and a tremendous gift that he brought us.
Short for Something
New Klezmer Trio
The third record by New Klezmer Trio. We had not been touring at this point, so this was a matter of going into the studio, learning the songs, and hitting. I like the "first take" feel of the record. Although on one song (The Because Of) we didn't achieve that first take feel until the second take!
Almost Never
Goldberg / Schott / Dunn
nuscope :: 2000
John Schott, Trevor Dunn, and myself.
Cookie Marenco worked her usual magic at OTR and we recorded a bunch of my new songs. After the session we stuck around and recorded some more, and I'm trying to track down that material -- Russ gave us permission at the time to release it but now I don't know where it is! If anyone finds it please let me know. (Late update: Russ found the DAT tapes and will send them to me.)
Nuscope Recordings is still in business, and relasing all kinds of interesting music.
Ghost of Electricity
Junk Genius
Songlines :: 1999
This is the second record by Junk Genius (Ben Goldberg, John Schott, Trevor Dunn, Kenny Wollesen). John and I had been studying American folk music -- I think the Harry Smith Anthology of American Folk Music had just been reissued and we were listening to that. We wanted to try something with Junk Genius that would get that homemade feel, but with songs that reflected our harmonic and melodic ideas.
Here By Now
Music and Arts :: 1998
Trevor Dunn on bass and Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums. We had a trio for a few years and tried a lot of different ideas on how to play the melodies I was writing. There was one memorable Knitting Factory tour of the East Coast where we had to keep reminding audiences that we were not New Klezmer Trio, and where I learned what a truly unique and brilliant individual Elliot Kavee is. I think this record captures the essence of what we were doing very well, as does the cover painting by Molly Barker. Recorded at Annie's Hall in Berkeley by Jeff Cressman.
And, here are the original liner notes by John Corbett:
There’s a strange artifact of language, the way it can suddenly come unglued and detached from its meaning. Once a threshold is crossed, the familiar term becomes alien. Take the word “dig” (just to keep things jazzy): look at it a while, jot it down on a piece of paper several times in sequence. At some point the word becomes monstrous. It is transformed from a meaningful, idea-bearing semantic particle into a shell or husk, eviscerated of its referent. DIG. Do I know what it means? Is it English? Have I spelled it correctly? In the process of repeating the term I have lost its identity, forgotten what it means, killed it. Which, in truth, probably won’t keep me from using it again.
In the creative music world, this same mechanism is at play when it comes to the word “improvised”. Along with “freedom,” the term “improvised” is the prime fetish of restructuralist music fans’ lexicon (reminds me of Jean Baudrillard, who pointed out how Marxists of the ‘60s fetishized the word “fetish”.) Of course, this is in part an aspect of the difficulty naming the music; calling it “improvised music” (as we all do) is a needed crutch. But the concept becomes reified in the word. “improvisation” expands beyond reproach. It seems self-evident. Yet the more frequently it crops up the more its meaning slips away. It degenerates. It becomes hollow rhetoric. A totem shaken to protect debaters from having to define their terms. A given. A dead word.
Ben Goldberg: “What we try to do in this group is just play the song. The entire performance is just playing the song. Not head-solos-head, not x number of choruses, and most of all not ‘improvising.’ We used to say: ‘If you find yourself improvising, stop immediately.’ Whatever that word means these days, it seems like adding something unnecessary; let’s rather try to just play what needs to be played.”
This statement has something of a heretic’s flair to it, given the current attitude in new jazz circles. To call the improvisor’s bluff, take away the cover of the term - not a popular move, I s’pose, but a refreshing one. For once the idea of improvising becomes codified and its precepts set, it’s obviously lost. Improvising is a supple art, once full of paradoxicality and logical nuance; it must be prepared to change face. Thus it’s always helpful to interrogate, even dispense with the term, so as not to become fixated on it. Sun Ra used to love to turn the notion of “freedom” on its head, saying that once you joined the Arkestra you were in the “Ra jail” - here, too, we find the necessity of squeezing the term, applying pressure to the concept, wringing out a new kind of idea rather than settling into comfortable linguistic and musical patterns.
If, as Goldberg suggests, improvising now carries the connotation of excess, his trio - formed after the dissolution of his previous ensemble New Klezmer Trio - comes to pare it away, to prune the tree. In his very choice of name the clarinetist returns to something conventional, straightforward. “I wanted my name to be on the group, to step out into the open, plainspoken, no fancy concepts,” he reports. The group has the relaxed feel of a working band, playing Goldberg’s unadorned melodies with next to no embellishment. But the interest comes from those lines, from the depth of each player’s statement of the tune, and from the beautiful sense of unity the threesome relies on.
What you won’t hear are screeching solos, long unaccompanied passages of instrumental exploration, the ping-pong of conversation - in fact, almost nothing strays from the exposition of Goldberg’s pure tunes in all their glory. And they are glorious, memorable tunes indeed. The leader’s cagey approach here is to simplify in order to reveal; what is revealed is the complexity already inherent in the bare act of playing together. When he and bassist Trevor Dunn convene on their frequent unison thematic declamations, the nuances of phrasing and timing make for very exciting listening, as does Elliot Humberto Kavee’s swell drum accompaniment. And while they’re clearly looking to trim the fat, the ensemble does veer from the melodic material, too, albeit in an extremely controlled manner, like an especially terse form of free haiku. But even with all this going for it, Here By Now might seem thin if Goldberg’s compositions themselves weren’t so enticing, so winningly devised to feature his horn.
In fact, Goldberg’s clarinet-specific music arrives at a period of revitalization for the instrument - there are a good number of strong younger clarinetists around the world, including Marty Ehrlich (with whom Goldberg has a wonderful collaboration, documented on the Songlines CD Light At The Crossroads), Don Byron, Michael Moore, Ken Vandermark, Frank Gratkowski, Francois Houle, Vinny Golia, Ab Baars, Louis Sclavis, and Armand Angster. Indeed, if bebop snuffed the fame of clarinet soloists in the public ear of the ‘50s, it was left to West Coaster Jimmy Giuffre, Seattle experimenter William O. Smith, and the los Angelean Eric Dolphy (along with a few other fellas such as John LaPorta, Tony Scott, Putte Wickman, and Hal McKusick) to keep the licorice stick in play. Hence, the clarinet tradition way out west is a healthy one, with a more continuous lineage than on the Eastern seaboard. In the late ‘60s, John Carter continued the line, and now Oakland delivers Goldberg, whose B-flat and bass-clarinet sound is rich, bull and perfectly suited for “just playing the song,” as well as other kinds of musical endeavor.
Nothing extraneous. Cut the fat. Just the songs. No more meaningless blows. No more unnecessary gestures. No more “improvising.” Dig?
Twelve Minor
Avant :: 1998
A lovely sextet with Carla Kihlstedt, Miya Masaoka, Rob Sudduth, Trevor Dunn, and Kenny Wollesen. Cover art by my brother Adam Goldberg.
Released on Avant -- pretty sure that I have the only remaining copies. A collector's item!
What Comes Before
Goldberg / Schott / Sarin
Recorded right after Eight Phrases for Jefferson Rubin, at OTR Studios by Cookie Marenco, who had agreed to reserve several tracks of the 2 inch tape so we could make two records on the same tape.
John Schott introduced me to the post-serialist notion of combinatorial structures containing a specified number of notes. We were getting together every week to develop and work on our ideas relating to four-note groups. We found ways to transform structures and create a kind of spontaneous architecture for an improvisation. I don't know if Mike heard what we were doing, but he sure sounded good!
The timing of this recording was just right -- it captures the actual work, rather than a "performance." We sent a copy to John Zorn, who liked it and wanted it for Tzadik. I am very glad this is still available.
Eight Phrases for Jefferson Rubin
Goldberg / Ochs / Dunn / Ellis / Schott / Sarin
victo :: 1998
Jefferson Rubin and I grew up together in Denver. In preschool we were best friends. Jefferson was a talented sculptor who died all too soon in an accident when he was 36. His family has put together a website devoted to his memory.
Light at the Crossroads
Marty Ehrlich and Ben Goldberg
Marty Ehrlich had the idea for a 2-clarinet quartet and we put it together with Trevor Dunn and Kenny Wollesen. Recorded in the dead of winter -- we needed to light a fire with the music just to keep warm!
Art Lange said "the pair spar and parry with obvious relish."
Knitting Factory :: 1995
Here's that weird bebop record from 1995. John Schott, Trevor Dunn, Kenny Wollesen, and myself.
It’s funny to think that this project originated with John and me wanting to learn some songs to get better at jam sessions! We focused on songs by Bud Powell, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie -- music of the "bebop" era. Of course what happened next wouldn’t have fit into the kind of jam sessions we originally had in mind – like most creative goals it proved to be a kind of inverse confirmation of Yogi Berra’s famous advice: “You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there.”
We went at it with hammer and tongs. And discovered, not for the first or last time, that if you are dealing with material this strong, then your attempts to fuck with it result in you yourself being transformed into a vessel for the further beauty and truth of the original vision. And thus, Junk Genius.
I think Molly Barker captured the state of affairs pretty well with her painting of the enigmatic purple-faced man (menacing? depressed?) for the cover, although Steve Lacy sent a postcard: “I like the music; I do NOT like the title”.
While I enjoyed hearing the music again, I also realized that the sound could be improved. So I handed it to none other than Jon Cohrs of Spleenless Mastering in Brooklyn (Jon mastered the recent records by Tin Hat, and my new releases Unfold Ordinary Mind and Subatomic Particle Homesick Blues). Jon is reluctant to call what he did a "remastering," since who knows where the master tapes are now, but he did an excellent job and I think you will like the result.
I am happy to be offering this record for the first time in many years as a high-quality digital download exclusively through bandcamp, beginning on Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Melt Zonk Rewire
The second record by New Klezmer Trio. This was recorded right after a long European tour where we got all the repertoire together, so it is very much the sound of a working group. Don't miss the "Fender Reverb Clarinet" on Gas Nine (created by engineer Tom Carr by removing the Dolby decoding during the mix), and the famous Feedback Doina (listen closely for bits of old klezmer recordings behind the chaos). The title is an anagram of New Klezmer Trio.
The Relative Value of Things
Ben and Kenny
33 1/4 :: 1993
Kenny and I recorded this in my living room with Jeff Cressman at the controls. I think it at least partly reflects Kenny's beautiful homemade philosophy. Kenny designed the actual packaging as well as the cover images and it was printed at his mother's printshop. The title is from Robert Henri's The Art Spirit, a book introduced to me by my brother Adam that had a deep effect on many of us at the time.
Masks and Faces
The one that started it all.
Andrew Gilbert in the San Francisco Chronicle wrote that New Klezmer Trio "kicked open the door for radical experiments with Ashkenazi roots music." Cadence Magazine called this cd "great free improvisation" and listed it as one of the ten best recordings of 1992. The cd was initially released by Nine Winds.
When John Zorn heard this record he invited us to his 1992 Artprojekt in Munich where he curated three solid days of "Radical Jewish Culture," including the world premiere of his Kristalnacht. Needless to say, my mind was blown. Later, when John founded Tzadik, he made sure to re-issue this record.
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'Delegation That Epitomises The Dark Arts...': India Slams Pak At UN
The diplomat stressed upon Council as 'part of the political toolkit' to address ongoing and future threats to global peace and security.
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India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Syed Akbaruddin, on Thursday (local time) lambasted Pakistan for peddling false narrative on New Delhi and said there are no "takers for your malware here".
"It is increasingly acknowledged that the Council faces crises of identity and legitimacy, as well as relevance and performance. The globalisation of terror networks, the weaponisation of new technologies, the inability to counter those resorting to subversive statecraft are showing up the shortcomings of the Council," Akbaruddin said during an open debate at the UN Security Council.
"One delegation that epitomises the dark arts has, yet again, displayed its wares by peddling falsehoods earlier today. These we dismiss with disdain. My simple response to Pakistan is even though it is late, neighbour, heal thyself of your malaise. There are no takers here for your malware," he added.
The diplomat stressed upon the Council as "part of the political toolkit" to address ongoing and future threats to global peace and security.
He also said that there needs to be a Council which is a "representative" of current global realities.
"The answer to the crises the Council faces, lies in invoking and working through Charter provisions that provide for reform and change. We need a Council that is representative of current global realities, credible, and legitimate, rather than one that rests merely on the claim that it existed at the inception. The Council needs to be fit for purpose for the 21st century," Akbaruddin further said.
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Auto Industry Drives Into 2020 With Hope After A Forgettable 2019
The industry hopes that the economy would finally come out of the slump, drawing people back to the showrooms.
Photo Credit : Reuters
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Battered by an unprecedented slowdown, the Indian auto industry is desperately pinning hopes on the next financial year for a turnaround, banking on a host of new and upgraded models slated to make their way to the market.
The industry's hopes are also in line with expectations that the economy would finally come out of the slump, drawing people back to the showrooms. Yet, the challenges of transition to stricter emission norm BS-VI from BS-IV and compliance to new safety norms thereby making vehicles costlier are lurking around the sector.
With India's flagship motor show the biennial Auto Expo round the corner, the auto sector is treating the show as the launching pad of revival, having been through an unprecedented slump, which began from the last festival season and continuing unabated till date.
From two-wheelers to cars and heavy duty trucks, all segments of the sector were in the red. Such has been the impact of slowdown that the industry is expected to close 2019-20 with a decline of 13-17 per cent in wholesale dispatches as compared with last financial year.
The steep drop in sales caused operational hardships for many companies and production plans had to be re-evaluated through the year. The sector, including dealerships and auto components, witnessed around 3.5 lakh people losing jobs due to the downturn.
Despite hard times, all hope is not lost. Industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) expects things to turnaround in 2020-21.
"2020 will be an interesting year with BS-VI getting implemented and entirely new platforms being available in the market," SIAM President Rajan Wadhera told PTI.
But what gives the industry hope?
"The Indian economy is expected to revive early next year, which along with the low base of last year and availability of newer models should support growth in the auto sector," Wadhera said.
According to him, the sector is expected to start reviving from the second quarter of the next financial year but it will be visible from the third quarter of the fiscal.
"Implementation of BS-VI norms will mean clearing of all old inventory, building up new inventory and making available new BS-VI compliant vehicles in the market, which will give some upside to the production and sale," Wadhera noted.
However, with vehicle cost going up by 8-10 per cent due to technology ramp up, industry fears that it could further lead volume loss.
"To get respite from this additional cost pressure, SIAM has submitted to the government to lower GST rate for vehicles to 18 per cent from 28 per cent and also introduce an incentive-based scrappage policy for vehicles," Wadhera said.
Both these submissions, if implemented, will surely support quicker recovery for the auto sector, he added.
Wadhera's optimism is shared by India's largest carmaker MD & CEO, Maruti Suzuki India Limited MD & CEO, Kenichi Ayukawa, who is also "hopeful that 2020 will be a better year for us and industry and approach it with optimism".
Yet, Ayukawa has a note of caution.
"On way forward, it is really tough to predict the turnaround but the long term story for Indian automobile industry continues to be promising," he said.
Expressing similar views, Hyundai Motor India MD and CEO S S Kim said,"Probably after the BS-VI implementation, for few months the customer will need time to understand new norms and new situations. So, I would say demand will grow gradually from the second half of the next year."
Honda Cars India President and CEO Gaku Nakanishi said that it appeared that the industry has already hit its bottom this year.
"We are not sure of the speed of recovery yet but the situation will improve in next fiscal. After market adjusts in BS-VI regime, we think that industry will gradually start recovering from next festive season," he noted.
With BS-VI transition being the most immediate challenge, auto manufacturers have put their all as they get ready to be fully compliant by April 1, 2020.
"The investments towards the BS-VI transition has been the single largest investment for Tata Motors. We are ready with our BS-VI transition plan and our new BS-VI products will start rolling out from January 2020," Tata Motors CEO and MD Guenter Butschek said.
In order to ensure there is no BS-IV stock left after March 31, 2020 automobile companies have already started aligning their productions accordingly.
As for new products set to hit the market in 2020, the upcoming Auto Expo from February 5-12 will give a glimpse.
"The Auto Expo 2020 will be the launching pad for the revival of the auto industry, we feel," Wadhera said, adding the main attractions of the expo would be clean vehicles, keeping in mind the BS-VI norms besides electric, hybrid and connected vehicles.
Tata Motor's Nexon EV and MG Motor's ZS EV are set to hit the roads soon to follow the footsteps of Hyundai's Kona that has already found takers.
In all, over 60 new launches and unveilings of vehicles are expected at the expo where China's Great Wall Motor Company and First Automotive Works (FAW) will make their debut along with MG Motors India.
Holding the flag up for the industry at the motor show would be the likes of Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, M&M, Tata Motors and Kia along with Skoda and Volkswagen brands, which are making a comeback after skipping the 2018 edition.
However, the slowdown witnessed by the auto sector in the past five successive quarters has had an impact on participation. Notable absentees are Honda, Toyota, Ford, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Volvo and Jaguar Land Rover along two-wheeler majors Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Co.
The industry, during the current fiscal, witnessed successful debut of Kia Motors and MG Motor with their initial models hitting the bulls eye.
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Professor Yeh’s teaching and research interests include 19th and 20th century Chinese literary, media, and visual culture. Her work has focused on the social and political implications of Chinese entertainment culture and literature, and its impact on social change in late imperial and Republican era China. In particular, she has worked and published on the lifestyle of late Qing urban literati and Shanghai courtesans in an effort to explore the role of “marginal” figures in driving modernity; the role of city guides and city maps in the formation of the overall image of a metropolis linking China with the world; the Chinese political novel and its transnational literary context; the new Chinese entertainment press and its impact on the formation of metropolitan culture and the modern star culture in particular; the relationship between fiction and the city; the formation of modern urban sensibilities in fiction and illustration; and illustration and the evolving technologies of image taking and reproducing as factors in shaping urban perception and behavior as well as reshaping stage performance.
Her book publications include the forthcoming The Chinese Political Novel: Migration of a World Genre (Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard University Press, publication date 2014). The Chinese translation of Shanghai Love: Courtesans, Intellectuals and Entertainment Culture, 1850-1910 (2012). Performing the ‘Nation’: Gender Politics in Literature, Theatre and the Visual Arts of China and Japan, 1880-1940 (Co-edited with Doris Croissant and Joshua S. Mostow (2008); Shanghai Love: Courtesans, Intellectuals and Entertainment Culture, 1850-1910 (2006). Articles published during the last five years include: “Helping Our People ‘to Jointly Hurry Along the Path to Civilization.’ The Everyday Cyclopedia, Riyong baike quanshu日用百科全書;” “Guides to a Global Paradise: Shanghai Entertainment Park Newspapers and the Invention of Chinese Urban Leisure;” “Politics, Art and Eroticism: The Female Impersonator as the National Cultural Symbol of Republican China.” “Shanghai Leisure, Print Entertainment, and the Tabloids, Xiaobao.” “China, a Man in the Guise of an Upright Female: Photography, the Art of the Hands, and Mei Lanfang’s 1930 Visit to the United States;” “The Press and the Rise of Peking Opera Singer as National Star: The Case of Theater Illustrated (1912-17).” She is currently completing the project: The Rise of the Chinese Actor to National Stardom: The Female Impersonator and the Cultural Transformation of Modern China (1910s-1930s).
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In 1995, Lee Jeans approached us with a problem that advertising could not solve. How could Lee take advantage of the growing trend of casual Fridays and more casual dress codes in the workplace? A secondary challenge was enhancing the perception of the Lee brand by female consumers.
Crossroads made wearing jeans to work about supporting a cause, not just about making a fashion statement, when we created a cause branding program instead of a traditional marketing campaign. Lee National Denim Day, a one-day event challenging companies nationwide to participate by letting employees wear denim to work in exchange for a $5 donation to the breast cancer cause became known as one of the largest single-day fundraisers for breast cancer. The program also allowed Lee to engage and involve their employees in a cause with which they identify. For 20 years, Crossroads constantly refreshed Lee National Denim Day, continually increasing the campaign’s online presence and media outreach every year.
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Home » News » Business » LG Murmu for linkage of Light Metro stations with Tourist destinations in J&K
LG Murmu For Linkage Of Light Metro Stations With Tourist Destinations In J&K
29 November, 2019, By Cross Town News
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 28: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu took a comprehensive review of the proposed Mass Rapid Transit System (MRTS) and the Light Rail Projects for Jammu and Srinagar cities in a meeting he chaired here today at the Raj Bhavan.
Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Sh. Arun Kumar Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance; Sh. Bipul Pathak, Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor; Sh. Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department; Sh. Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary Planning, Development and Monitoring Department; Sh. Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, CEO , Mass Rapid Transit Corporation, Jammu & Metro Rail Transport Corporation Srinagar; Sh. Vikas Kundal, Addl. CEO, Metropolitan Regulatory Authority, Srinagar ; Ms. Avny Lavasa, CEO, J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency (ERA) and Sh. Pankaj Magotra, Commissioner JMC attended the meeting.
Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, Dheeraj Gupta gave a detailed presentation on Jammu / Srinagar Light Rail Projects. It was informed that the prestigious project costing Rs 9590 cr is expected to commence operations by September 2024.
The meeting was informed that the Light Metro Elevated Corridor in Jammu will connect Bantalab to Bari Brahmana Railway Station (Corridor-1) with a total length of 23 km in Phase-I and Exhibition Ground to Udheywala (Corridor-1) and Exhibition Ground to Satwari Chowk (Corridor-2) in Phase-II.
Similarly, in Srinagar, Indra Nagar to HMT Junction (Corridor-1) and Hazuri Bagh to Osmanabad (Corridor-2) of 12.5 km length each and Indra Nagar to Pampore Bus-stand (Corridor-1) Hazuri Bagh to Airport (Corridor-2) will be taken up in Phase-I & II, respectively.
The Lt. Governor emphasized on the linkage of Light Metro stations with the tourist destinations and places of high footfall. He directed the officers to prepare a wise plan for the clearance of Right of Way (RoW), land acquisition and other such matters.
The Lt. Governor observed that the planning and development of Mass Rapid Transit should be timed with growth in travel demand for successful implementation of the mega project.
On current scenario of Urban Transport, it was informed that the Average Daily Trips in Jammu and Srinagar, catered by Public and Intermediate Public Transport is 12 lakh (68%) and 21 lakh (88 %), respectively.
The meeting also discussed several important issues including major parameters for selection of MRTS corridors, fare structure of various operational metro rail systems and transportation model. A video presentation was also given on the proposed MRTS for Jammu and Srinagar cities.
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The next 50 years – London Business School
Friday 10 Oct, 2014
What if second became the new first in leadership?
Interviews for Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows with more than 100 leaders from business, sports, the arts and politics have shed new light on society’s unhealthy obsession with the limelight, one that devalues the crucial role of the counsellors, coaches and deputies behind some of the world’s greatest leaders.
Management books and organisations have tended to focus solely on the top dogs, the all-singing, all-dancing CEOs. By omission they have perpetuated the dangerous belief that deputies, counsellors, advisers and assistants are positions not worthwhile for aspiring or talented leaders.
Second place need not be a step down, nor a step back. Careers were once ladders to climb. Now new generations of aspiring leaders, for whom rungs and ladders do not exist, see lateral moves as opportunities to progress. Each new job is a chance to test a different leadership muscle, whether as project or team leader or as a contributor to the collective leadership endeavour. Of course, every organisation needs its ultimately accountable leader – its A – to make the final decisions on core elements of strategy and execution, but every A needs a powerful and diverse team of C leaders – Consiglieri who may be deputies, coaches, advisors and fixers – beside them.
Our infatuation with No. 1 in the pecking order masks the vital contribution made by these Cs who lead from the shadows. From Alastair Campbell for Tony Blair, Amit Shah for Narendra Modi, Takeo Fujisawa for Soichiro Honda, Valerie Jarett for President Obama and now Angela Ahrendts for Tim Cook, life as a consigliere comes with large doses of its own accountability and private pleasure. C leaders are driven as much by achievement as by ambition.
We need our charismatic As to make the big decisions in the increasingly punitive glare of the lens, but these leaders should not underestimate the importance of the deputies who counsel, guide and anchor them. Cs have the opportunity to flex their intellectual, creative and operational muscles in C leadership’s diverse and stretching roles.
A leaders need to ensure that the glare of the limelight doesn’t dazzle them into an implicit and inaccurate belief that deputies lack the ambition or talent to make it to the top. Indeed a crack at the A’s job may be the C’s very next move. Conversely, because a career in leadership is not complete without a stint as a consigliere, what if more As were to cede the captain’s armband, even temporarily and try leading without overt power and authority?
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Extra Tickets For Solo Photo Ops With David Tennant At Wales Comic Con On Sale Now
A second wave of tickets for solo photo ops with David Tennant At Wales Comic Con have been released.
Wales Comic Con is taking place at Glyndwr University in Wrexham on April 27th and 28th. David will be appearing on Saturday 27th only.
Billie Piper, Sean Pertwee, Sam Neill, Rupert Grint, Charlie Cox, Jennifer Morrison, Ron Perlman, Hayley Attwell, Michelle Gomez, Lucy Davis and Andrew Scott are amongst other big names attending.
There's also a Cosplay Masquerade and merchandise for lovers of comics, games, fan art and much more.
For more information and to book your tickets visit www.walescomiccon.com
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VIDEO: David Tennant Drama “Des” Featured In ITV’s New Drama Trailer
The first look at David Tennant’s new drama Des is featured in a new ITV drama trailer.
The three part series sees David play one of the UK's most notorious serial killers, Dennis Nilsen and is based on Killing For Company, the biography of Nilsen written by Brian Masters which includes conversations with the killer who would go by the name of 'Des'. Currently nearing the end of filming, the drama will hit screens in the UK later this year.
Told through the prism of three men – Dennis Nilsen played by David Tennant, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay played by Daniel Mays (Line of Duty, Temple) and biographer Brian Masters played by Jason Watkins (The Crown, The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies) – the series will explore the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like Nilsen.
Nilsen murdered boys and young men in his flat from 1978 to 1983. He was undetected for five years, and it was only when DCI Peter Jay was called to 23 Cranley Gar…
UK: Good Omens Premieres On BBC Two Tonight
Good Omens begins its run on terrestrial TV in the UK tonight when Episode One premieres on BBC Two from 9pm.
David Tennant stars as fast-living demon Crowley opposite Michael Sheen as fussy angel Aziraphale in the six-part series which was adapted from the well-loved and internationally bestselling comic fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It was produced by Neil Gaiman and directed by Douglas Mackinnon. The series also stars Jon Hamm, Miranda Richardson, Adria Arjona, Jack Whitehall, Nina Sosanya, Michael McKean and Josie Lawrence.
Episode 1: In The Beginning Aziraphale and Crowley, representatives of Heaven and Hell respectively, are enjoying their cosy, comfortable lives on Earth but their comfortable existence of sushi restaurants and vintage Châteauneuf-du-Pape is disrupted when Crowley is summoned by two demons, Hastur and Ligur, and presented with a newborn baby, the son of Satan, the Antichrist. Following the birth, Armageddon now has a date - the child’s 11th birt…
Good Omens Nominated For Best TV Comedy Drama In The British Comedy Awards
Good Omens has been nominated for Best TV Comedy Drama in the 2019 British Comedy Awards.
David Tennant stars as fast-living demon Crowley opposite Michael Sheen as fussy angel Aziraphale in the six-part series which was adapted from the beloved book by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. It was produced by Neil Gaiman and directed by Douglas Mackinnon. Set in 'a nostalgic present' Good Omens sees the Earth hurtling towards the Apocalypse, with the forces of Heaven and Hell massing for the final battle. However, an angel and a demon who have dwelt among humanity since The Beginning are determined that they won't give up their comfortable existance and form an alliance to stop the world ending. Their plan is to destroy the Antichrist...if only they han't mislaid him. The series also stars Jon Hamm, Miranda Richardson, Adria Arjona, Jack Whitehall, Nina Sonanya, Michael McKean and Josie Lawrence.
The awards are voted for by the public and voting is open now. You need to registe…
USA: Acorn TV Buys Rights To Stream David Tennant’s Deadwater Fell
Acorn TV have bought the rights to stream David Tennant’s Drama Deadwater Fell in North America it was announced at the winter Television Critics Association tour.
The four part series will come to the service from April 2020.
Acorn TV is a US subscription streaming service that offers world-class mysteries, dramas, comedies, and documentaries from the UK, Ireland and Australia and beyond, all commercial-free, as well as Acorn TV Originals. The service is currently available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV (tvOS version), iPhone/iPad, Android mobile and tablets, Chromecast, and on laptops, desktops, and tablets via browser. Visit www.acorn.tv for more information.
When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they know and trust, the small Scottish community they call home becomes riven with doubt and suspicion as those closest to the family begin to question everything they thought they knew about their friends.. Deadwater Fell is written and creat…
David Tennant Weekly News Update: Monday 13th - Sunday 19th January
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David Tennant Features In New Short Film “Heart To Heart”
David Tennant has lent his vocal talents to a brand new short film called Heart To Heart.
After waking up from yet another heart surgery, Liddy (Fern Deacon) starts hearing a voice telling her that she risks dying a virgin, and that's unacceptable...it's her heart Lump (David Tennant) talking. He's planning to help her get with hot nurse Kim (Siena Kelly) and learn to live a little.
The film stars Fern Deacon, Siena Kelly, David Tennant, Felicity Montagu, Jo Martin and is written by IR Bell-Webb and directed by Lilah Vandenburgh.
We will keep you updated on screenings etc. as they are announced.
VIDEO: First Look At Episode 2 Of Deadwater Fell
Deadwater Fell continues in the UK on Channel 4 tomorrow at 9pm.
In tomorrow's episode the residents of Kirkdarroch come out in force for the funerals of the girls and Kate. Jess meets an old friend of Kate's and is deeply shocked by what she discovers. As the village grieves, Jess wrestles with her part in the tragedy. The investigation takes a new turn when a witness comes forward, and the police home in on their prime suspect. Intimate secrets come to light, with devastating results.
Check out a preview clip beow:
Filmed entirely on location in Scotland, Deadwater Fell is set in the small fictional town of Kirkdarroch. When a seemingly perfect and happy family is murdered by someone they know and trust, the small Scottish community they call home becomes riven with mistrust and suspicion as those closest to the family begin to question everything they thought they knew about their friends...
Laying bare the fragility of trust and the corrosive nature of lies, the series demons…
AUDIO & PHOTOS: David Tennant Guests On The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show
David Tennant was a guest onThe Zoe Ball Breakfast Show On BBC Radio 2 this morning.
He was in the studio to chat about his new drama Deadwater Fell and whilst there spoke briefly about the play he mentioned he was doing later this year, whilst he now says it is not 100% confirmed he did let slip that the secret project is “relevant to the times”.
You can listen to his whole interview over on the BBC Sounds app here and check out some photos of his visit below courtesy of Radio 2 and Zoe Ball.
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Boundaries – My Body in Bloom (New Music)
One of my favourite things about music is how quickly a listener can go from complete unfamiliarity with a band to fascination. This is kind of how it went when I casually clicked play on Boundaries‘ music video for “My Body in Bloom”. Knowing nothing about the Connecticut quintet at the time, I very quickly appreciated what I was hearing, and recognised some similarities in the features of hardcore bands that I enjoy such as Caged Existence.
“My Body In Bloom” is the second single for the band that will be part of the album of the same name, with the first single “Blush” released last year. My Body In Bloom releases on 22nd February, and its creation has been taken very seriously by the band. In an interview with The Prelude Press, Boundaries describe how “Blush” was something of a new benchmark for them in terms of their musical capabilities. Despite having written half of My Body in Bloom prior to “Blush”, they decided to scrap it and continue with the new standard that they felt “Blush” had set for them.
“I’m my own disappointment”
This approach of high expectations seems to have paid off for Boundaries, given how impressive “My Body in Bloom” instantly is to my ears. After a darkly pensive spoken introduction, the track shifts into high gear with pulse-quickening drums and fiery savagery.
Tangled up in riffs that feel as good as they do pressuresome, “My Body in Bloom” packs a punch of existential frustration. It’s captivating from end to end, punctuated with distinct sonic sections while the track’s protagonist wrestles with their own expectations and concern for the future.
“My Body in Bloom” grabs me far more firmly than “Blush”, so it’ll be interesting to see what Boundaries have in store when the album releases on the 22nd Feb! Pre-orders are available here: https://ubr.lnk.to/mybodyinbloom
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Education Bills in the New Hampshire Legislature > CACR 12 A Constitutional Amendment on Education Funding >
Perspective: the education advocacy of Fred Upton
posted Apr 14, 2012, 5:26 AM by Bill Duncan
Fred Upton is in his 90's, living at Riverwoods, in Exeter. Here, for some perspective on the education funding debate, is the search results on his byline back to 2004 in the Concord Monitor.
An amendment that's at war with itself
Author: FREDERIC K. UPTON For the Monitor
Publication: Concord Monitor (NH)
Word Count: 388 A schizophrenic thought is often characterized by the co-existence in the mind of opposing or antagonistic elements. The "bipartisan" constitutional amendment under consideration in the House is schizophrenic in the sense that it combines two incompatible and antithetical propositions: the idea that the same money required and earmarked to provide every child of the state with an adequate education is also available for alleviating local disparities in fiscal capacity...
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School funding amendment is attempt to avoid responsibility
Word Count: 706 The state constitutional amendment sponsored by 12 senators and supported by Gov. John Lynch (CACR 34) deserves short shrift. It has unintended consequences, failing to accomplish what its sponsors had in mind, as noted by Eugene Van Loan in the Sunday Monitor. (What they had in mind: watering down the concept of an adequate education and taking away its primacy.) The two principal authors of the amendment proclaimed that their product was couched in such simple terms that any voter could...
Our rich state must do better than half of adequate
Author: FREDERIC K. UPTONFor the Monitor
Page: D01
Word Count: 911 The constitutional amendment proposed by Gov. John Lynch would enshrine a weak and improvident status quo. It would allow the Legislature to reduce the state's financial responsibility for public education to half the annual cost of an adequate education as defined by the Legislature. It would require the Legislature to distribute this money among our 176 school districts by the discredited method called targeting, subject to the proviso that "some state...
Please, Governor, reconsider your plan
Page: B07
Word Count: 771 In his inaugural address, Gov. John Lynch pitched to the Legislature what he called a "narrow" constitutional amendment. His amendment would not, he said, allow the state "to walk away from its responsibility for education." Rather it would affirm the state's responsibility for education and allow the state "to direct educational aid to the children and communities which need it...
Grab-bag school law is ludicrous
Word Count: 997 The new school funding law no longer even pretends to provide statewide per-pupil "adequacy" aid to the children of New Hampshire. It scraps the whole concept of a state-financed adequate education.In its place, the new law delivers an "equitable education" through the medium of "targeted aid" to property-poor communities for the benefit of select groups of children living in those communities. According...
Lynch's plan befits an ostrich
Word Count: 1226 Whatever its educational merits, the purely targeted aid plan that Gov. John Lynch has proposed is unconstitutional on its face and can only lead to divisive litigation, defeated expectations, spinning of wheels and lost time.In the first Claremont decision in 1993, the New Hampshire Supreme Court wrote in unmistakable language that the New Hampshire Constitution imposes on the state, not on the towns,the exclusive obligation to fund an adequate education for every educable...
Lynch school funding plan won't work
Word Count: 878 Martin Gross, Peter Burling, Liz Hager and Arpiar Saunders wrote an "Our Turn" piece for the Aug. 18 Monitor in which they assured the public that gubernatorial candidate John Lynch's educational "compact" was sound and would "work." I much respect these four writers - all dedicated public servants and some personal friends - and so hesitate to take issue with them. But the Lynch plan flies in the face of...
Minimal education isn't enough
Word Count: 2500 After more than 10 years of feckless and irresponsible avoidance, the Legislature's provisions for paying for an adequate education for each child have become so deficient that they are vulnerable to constitutional challenge by any citizen.As many school districts scramble to deal with five-, six- and even seven-figure cuts in what they expected from the state for next school year, it is a good time to review the trail of events that brought us to this sorry...
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POLL: A-Rod Not Yet De-Throned As Top Sox Villain
Early voting in our latest FenwayNation Poll shows that Red Sox fans still view Alex Rodriguez as their chief villain. A new candidate for the role—Baltimore's Manny Machado—is certainly making some headway, but he's still got a long way to go to catch The Fraudulent One. As the chart shows, The Centaur garners the most villain votes (58%), followed by Machado at 42%. You can still vote in the poll HERE.
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Evogene Expands Biofuel Activity in Brazil with SLC Agricola
Expanded Agreement follows Successful Completion of Field Trials
Rehovot, Israel and Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil, (December 12th, 2011) –Evogene Ltd. (TASE: EVGN) and SLC Agricola (Bovespa: SLCE3; ADR’s: SLCJY; Bloomberg: SLCE3:BZ; Reuters: SLCE3.SA), a leading agribusiness company in Brazil, today announced expansion of their agreement for the development of castor bean seeds as a cost competitive feedstock for biofuels. This expansion follows successful completion of field trials for such varieties in northeast Brazil during 2011.
The collaboration between Evogene and SLC Agricola, initiated in 2010, is focused on developing advanced castor seed displaying high oil yield under rain-fed conditions and suitable for sustainable and commercial production in Brazil. In recently completed field trials, proprietary castor varieties developed by Evogene demonstrated improved yield potential and performance compared to existing cultivars. Under the expanded agreement, the companies will continue to collaborate on evaluating Evogene’s castor varieties in SLC’s farm locations in northeast Brazil to determine the best performing varieties and agronomic practices suitable for commercial scale production.
“We are excited with the results achieved and look forward to continuing our joint efforts with SLC Agricola, one of the leading soybean and cotton producers in Brazil. Combining Evogene’s world leading capabilities for crop improvement with SLC’s agricultural production systems is expected to strongly position our castor varieties as a sustainable and economically viable feedstock solution for the growing biodiesel and biojet markets,” stated Assaf Oron, EVP Strategy & Business Development at Evogene. “And, with Brazil’s leadership and long term commitment to biofuel as well as its well established agriculture industry, there is a substantial opportunity for large scale commercial production of castor in Brazil.”
“We are developing a new alternative crop to plant as a second crop after the soybean harvest. Also, it can be another source of oil to maximize the production of biodiesel at the cotton seed oil industry,” stated Aurélio Pavinato, Chief Operator Officer of SLC Agrícola S.A.”
Evogene’s castor varieties are targeted at being highly competitive with currently available feedstock for biodiesel, enabling oil production at a cost equivalent to approximately $50 per barrel, compared to much higher costs based on production from existing food crops, such as soybean and canola oils. Furthermore, biodiesel produced from the Evogene’s castor varieties is expected to substantially reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions – by over 75% compared with conventional diesel, as demonstrated by a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted.
About Evogene
Evogene is a world leading developer of improved plant traits, such as yield and drought tolerance, for a wide diversity of key crops through the use of plant genomics.
The company focuses on utilizing its proprietary computational genomic technologies to provide a complete solution for plant trait improvement through combining state of the art biotechnology and advanced breeding methods. Evogene is collaborating with world leading seed companies to introduce its improved plant traits into key commercial crops under milestone and royalty bearing agreements. Evogene’s headquarters are in Rehovot, Israel, and its stock is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: EVGN). For additional information, please visit Evogene’s website at www.evogene.com.
About SLC Agricola
SLC Agricola SA. is one of the largest land owners and agricultural producers in Brazil, being also the first in its sector (grains and cotton) to list its shares in a stock exchange. It focuses of the production of cotton, soybean and corn, and also on the acquisition and development of farmland in the country for future sale. The Company currently operates 13 production units, in six different states, totaling 250 thousand hectares of planted area at the 2011/12 crop year. The Company’s business model is based on a large-scale, modern production system, with standardized production units, thoroughly up-to-date technology and rigorous cost controls, underpinned by social and environmental responsibility.
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” relating to future events. These statements may be identified by words such as “may”, “expects”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “plans”, “believes”, “scheduled”, “estimates” or words of similar meaning. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions, describe opinions about future events, involve certain risks and uncertainties which are difficult to predict and are not guarantees of future performance. Therefore, actual future results, performance or achievements of Evogene may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, many of which beyond Evogene’s control, including, without limitation, those risk factors contained in Evogene’s reports filed with the Israeli Securities Authority. Evogene disclaims any obligation or commitment to update these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments or changes in expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions.
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Frogs beneath the Clouds – The Biodiversity of Cusuco National Park, Honduras
Posted by - Jaxon
On - November 1, 2019
Somewhere from the Merendon mountains of northwest Honduras, flanked by the clouds, exists in a region noted for its abundance in animal and plant species.
Hidden beneath the leaves and below the trees, but are the unsung heroes of this rainforest. Frogs, regardless of their international supply, tend to be overlooked by many. These happy creatures feed on insects, maintaining the mosquito people in check and preventing mosquito-borne diseases from spreading. Some species also surf on algae, making sure water remains clean and safe for human ingestion.
Not only can they perform critical roles in our wellbeing, but all those frog species out of Cusuco National Park also has its own quirks. Even the Cusuco spike-thumb frog (Plectrohyla Dasypus), as an instance, is an arboreal species which mostly resides up from the trees — but may sometimes free-dive and burrow beneath the ground when threatened. This species is recognizable by its glistening bronze body, with black spots flanked by striking lime-green rings. This species’ coloration ranges from creamy brownish to leafy green, with black students on around, opaque white eyes that seem like tiny glass marbles.
The mossy red-eyed frog (Duellmanohyla soralia), is proven to possess magnificent patches of bright reddish stains, and of course, blood-red eyes. The tadpole of the species has green stains on its own pitch black body and continues to be seen to float upside down for unknown reasons.
Regrettably, not as a high number of amphibian populations around the planet, these frogs are threatened by chytridiomycosis. The contagious disease, first detected in 1998, is brought on by a species of chytrid fungus which interrupts the animals’ skin. This disease hinders your skin’s purpose to give hydration, oxygen, and regulate body temperature. Sometimes, the disorder causes 100% mortality in the affected people.
One set of investigators under the title of Honduras Amphibian Rescue & Conservation Center (HARCC), headed by PhD candidate Jonathan Kolby, efforts to assist the bomb to conquer this fatal threat. By collecting and rearing tadpoles within their secure facility, HARCC hopes to discharge mature frogs back to the wild as soon as they develop stronger resistance. HARCC is also trying to run a captive breeding program, as a security measure if the wild inhabitants be threatened in 1 way or the other.
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Eoghan O'Neill
About Eoghan
A tourist in Wembley: something I wrote a few months ago
I actually wrote this in December last year, never got round to putting it up though...
The idea sprang into my mind as I brushed away the cobwebs of a three-star hangover (in film review speak: there were moments where it asserted itself, but hardly memorable). It being a while since I had the time to do so, I indulged in all the essential pursuits of the lone hungover male (shuffling around in tracksuit bottoms, yesterday’s boxers and Moroccan slippers – check; copious scrotum scratching in front of Saturday Kitchen and Sky Sports News – check; bacon sarnie, cup of tea and, joy of joys, the discovery of a leftover microwaveable choccie pudding – check). Selflessness not being one of Eoghan’s greatest virtues, I was desperate to find something to take the place of Christmas shopping, so I was relieved to remind myself that I’d been meaning to have a poke around Wembley for some months.
The arch of the stadium dominates the skyline for miles around, but upon exiting the tube station one is confronted by the sleek, elegant behemoth of the structure itself. Corporate messages and pseudo-inspirational guff (Bobby Moore this, Beckham that) are everywhere, and the vast swathes of huge glass windows give an uncomfortable feeling that behind each one is a skipload of prawn sandwiches accompanying the signing of contracts with backs turned to the on-pitch action, but it’s an undeniably beautiful monster.
A 20 minute walk takes you into Wembley proper – which at first sight seems like any other north London suburb – all the usual suspects. Wandering down the high street, a human crosswind nearly blew me off my feet; I flailed around, grabbed onto a lamppost and managed to escape the tempest of bodies – which, from a safe distance, I ascertained was the swarm of locust-humans piling into the Woolworths closing down sale.
Death came even closer as I leapt unwisely in front of a bus en route to the haven of an Oxfam. A Jonathan Raban book on his travels in the Mississippi looks brilliant after only a few pages – and contains the phrase “inefficient pornography” which was worth the price alone. This was joined by a small Madhur Jaffrey compendium, a cocktail book and some Shakespeare (Twelfth Night). Then it was time to peruse the records, and with my digger hat on, I wondered what the casual observer would make of my haul which consisted of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto, a High Contrast drum & bass 12” and…Rick Astley. The shopkeeper remarked that there were more through the back and would I like to take a look; I nearly hugged him when I found the very un-chazza Urszula Dudziak’s Magic Lady (with “Samba Ulla”) for 59p, as well as Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
The real reason I was in the area was to visit Indian London. I had a vague idea – from past information gleaned from my friends Sanjiv and Paul and a short googling session – that Ealing Road was the place to go, so I sallied forth in that direction. The High Road meanders along, with pound shops and mobile fascia stores aplenty. I was impressed by the spectacularly vulgar suits sold in a local tailors; a gold tailcoat, I’m sure, would look fantastic on a pair of shoulders originating from the subcontinent, but the thought of one adorning the fragile frame of yours truly is just too horrific to bear. Although, I must say, I’m sorely tempted.
Wembley is, apparently, the most un-English area in London; more than half its residents were born outside the UK. I’m not an expert on the subcontinent, but from what I could glean from shopfronts and restaurants, there are a lot of Gujeratis and Sri Lankans around. It has a very different feel from, say, the Edgware Road. The latter has a romance about it – just by watching the groups of men chatting over shisha until 2am at the outside tables, you could easily imagine yourself drifting off to Beirut, whereas in Wembley one is still undoubtedly in London. In truth, wandering down the Ealing Road, I had expected the stretch of shops and restaurants to be larger, but contented myself to wandering back and forth along the street, taking in the sights, from the stunningly gorgeous girls behind the counters of the jewellery shops to the amusing sign over a shop proudly announcing Fireworks: Buy 1, Get 2 Free!
Food shops, however, were aplenty, and I visited several. Of course, I had to give the impression that I was on a buying mission and not a mere tourist, so I loaded myself up in each one. The first thing that surprised me was that Indian shops are not dominated by spices. In fact, although you can pick up enormous bags of fennel seeds, turmeric and cumin very easily, there were some spices conspicuous by their absence (I didn’t spot and mace or saffron, for example, all day). On the other hand, literally scores of different kinds of flour and ground pulses adorn the shelves of every place; First I entered a butchers. Staying true to my mantra to never pass a lamb’s heart without buying it, I also picked up some stewing mutton, and fennel seeds and garam masala which I later saw identical bags for half the price elsewhere. I drank a carton of a mango drink which slipped down nicely, although I’ve never been a massive fan of mango juice.
There are plenty of small shops and takaway joints selling both savoury and (especially) sweet snacks; when I saw a takeaway offering 3 dal wada for £1, my spirits rose. These were not dissimilar in texture to falafel, but had a delicious sweet, nutty, spiciness and I wolfed them down. Next up was a trip to one of the many cash-and-carries, where I emerged with cumin, whole coriander seeds, fenugreek and mustard seeds. I was thirsty again from the dal wada, and despite having an inherent dislike of coconut milk, was seduced by the thought of “when in Rome” and bought a can of the stuff, which had a little water and sugar thrown in to make a drink.
At the first sip, I was pleasantly surprised: it was pure and refreshing and, injecting myself with stereotypes and easing my imagination into fourth gear, I was able to imagine myself on a Goan beach, pouring the nectar down my throat. This reverie was cut short by the angry snarl of an old woman with numerous shopping bags, whose path I blocked. Sadly, the drink rapidly lost its appeal and the sudden appearance of lumps with the texture of feta almost made me deposit the aforementioned bacon sandwich, pudding and dal wada into the gutter.
Undeterred, I found my way into another shop where I filled up with all kinds of junk with which to clutter up the kitchen (any advice on what the hell to do with tamarind paste gratefully received). I was about to turn for home when on a hunch, I decided to explore a little further down the Ealing Road and, sure enough, the beating heart of Indian Wembley revealed itself past the houses. Vast cash-and-carries with rows of beautifully arranged fresh vegetables, street stalls selling sweet potato curry surrounded by youths consuming the same. There was no sign of either of the restaurants I was looking for as recommended by Paul and Sanjiv, though; any ideas, chaps? I plumped for the undisputed king of supermarkets, VB & Sons – a vast Lidlesque affair with row after row of sauces, pulses and spices. I emerged with some chapatti flour (no, I don’t know why either), cornflour, and dried coconut milk, the latter with an unpromising Nestle logo.
In VB, I’d say there were about 200 people shopping; I did a quick scout of each aisle and concluded that I was the only white face. London it might be, but this was another world. I was enlightened – the happiest I’d felt for a while. On the face of it, this was a walk around a grotty London suburb; for me, though, it was a micro-holiday, a few hours of forgetting everything else and getting lost in the atmosphere. The bus back to the tube station sailed past McDonalds and screaming police vans and my romantic blinkers were reluctantly ripped off.
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FARGO, ND — After going over a month without losing a series, the RedHawks were handed their first sweep of the year after St. Paul picked up a 10-3 win over Fargo-Moorhead in front of 2,900 fans on Sunday night at Newman Outdoor Field.
The RedHawks got the scoring started early with Devan Ahart grounding out to drive Tim Colwell in from third base after his one out triple. The Saints scored their first runs in the third inning via a Chris Baker two run shot over the right field wall. The Saints tacked on two more unearned runs after an untimely error by Fargo-Moorhead’s T.J. Bennett, putting the Saints on top 4-1.
The very next inning, the Saints put up four more runs on a sacrifice fly and two RBI singles, extending the Saints’ lead to seven runs. The Saints added one run in the fifth inning, and the RedHawks answered in the bottom of the fifth with a run of their own. The Saints added another run in the sixth inning to push the lead back up to eight runs, but Devan Ahart scored on Correlle Prime’s RBI double in the bottom of the inning brought the ‘Hawks back to within 7.
Although the RedHawks bullpen did their best to keep the Saints in check, and the Fargo-Moorhead offense attempted to start a rally late, the Saints bullpen shut the ‘Hawks down, only allowing a single hit in their three innings of work, securing the series sweep and extending their division lead over the RedHawks to two games.
Although the RedHawks lost, there were still some bright spots in today’s game. Brent Jones tossed two innings of solid relief, allowing one hit, and striking out four batters, without issuing a walk. The Fargo-Moorhead bullpen also had a streak in the game where they eleven straight outs recorded were strikeouts.
With the loss tonight, Fargo-Moorhead (38-23) heads into the all-star break with a half game lead over the Chicago Dogs (37-23) for the second playoff spot in the north division for the American Association playoffs. The RedHawks will resume play on Wednesday, July 24 on the road against the Lincoln Saltdogs (25-35).
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Luce Viaduct
(Photos 1, 6 & 7 © Billy McCrorie, photos 2-5 © Rick Garside,
photo 8 © David Baird)
With little opposition, the Portpatrick Railway navigated its Parliamentary passage during the session of 1857, Royal Assent being granted on 10th August. The main line was to be almost 62 miles in length, extending from Castle Douglas to Portpatrick. Two short branches were also authorised, connecting it to the west quay at Stranraer and north pier at Portpatrick.
Traversing bleak and difficult terrain, the route presented great challenges, not least the need to build 620 yards of viaduct. Benjamin & Edward Blyth took charge of the engineering, with William Dyce Cay assisting; the latter had particular responsibility for the railway’s harbour works at Portpatrick.
Financial woes slowed progress with the construction but these were overcome after the Lancaster & Carlisle and Glasgow & South Western railways agreed - somewhat reluctantly - to make additional contributions. Early in 1861, Captain Tyler spent three days inspecting the line for the Board of Trade. It was single throughout and worked by telegraph order. Services were inaugurated on 12th March, but - with works at Portpatrick not yet complete - it was 28th August 1862 before trains ran the railway’s full length.
Construction was split into seven sections of around nine miles each, with the Glenluce and Stranraer contracts - encompassing a distance of 17 miles - being awarded to Messrs Brassey & Falshaw of Edinburgh, the combined value amounting to £70,762. A major feature of the former contract was Luce Viaduct, comprising eight segmental arches of 42 feet each. The Old Military Road follows a sweeping curve on its north side to pass beneath spans 2 and 7; a lane climbs under the westernmost arch whilst the Water of Luce is crossed by spans 3, 4 and 5. The arches reach a height of 47 feet 6 inches above the road.
The structure was originally built in whinstone rubble but extensive red-brick remedial work has been carried out to both the spandrels and pier quoins. The arch barrels remain predominantly dressed stone. In 1892, it was reported that the piles had split and “thorough repairs” were needed.
On Monday 2nd December 1861, an Up train was travelling over the viaduct when a large piece of wood was observed lying across the track. Despite its slow speed, the locomotive hit the timber - sending it spinning - and was fortunate to remain on the rails. The local paper condemned what it saw as a “diabolical attempt” to occasion a derailment, asserting that the passengers had been put in “serious jeopardy”. As the police made active enquiries, the railway offered a £20 reward for detection of the culprit.
The line from Castle Douglas to Challoch Junction - incorporating the viaduct - lost its operational status on 14th June 1965. Since then Luce Viaduct, structure CJD/203, has been subject to a regime of annual examinations by British Railways Board (Residuary) and, since its demise, the Historical Railways Estate.
(Billy McCrorie and David Baird's photos are sourced from Geograph and used under this Creative Commons licence.)
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What is Boomerang Air Hockey and How Do You Play?
By Fun Crew USASeptember 18, 2019Resources
Boomerang Air Hockey is a new kind of air hockey table that allows players to play standing side-by-side. The table is much smaller than a traditional air hockey table and is designed for the puck to “boomerang” back around to the opposing player once it is struck.
The game provides a cool new twist on the always popular air hockey game. People rent Boomerang Air Hockey games because it is designed to save space, with most tables taking up about only about five square feet.
How You Play Boomerang Air Hockey
The goal of Boomerang Air Hockey is the same as that for traditional air hockey. Players use a paddle to hit a round plastic puck that floats on a cushion of air that runs up through a perforated surface. It makes for smooth, fast action.
The difference with Boomerang Air Hockey is that players must use their paddle to hit the puck past a V-shaped plastic piece in the middle of the table. This requires angling your shot just right to get past the obstacle and to fly toward your opponent’s goal.
Speaking of the goals, they are bigger in Boomerang Air Hockey than they are in traditional air hockey. This means that players have a wider goal to guard, making the game more challenging both on offense and defense.
Why Rent Boomerang Air Hockey For Your Party?
So, why rent a Boomerang Air Hockey table rather than a regular table? Size and portability. With the boomerang table, you can fit an exciting game into a very compact space. It’s not so big that it dominates your party.
The game also provides a brand-new challenge. Air hockey has been around since 1969. Most kids (and all adults) have had a chance to play the game. But with Boomerang Air Hockey, there are new challenges to overcome and a new game to master.
They also get everyone involved. Scoring 10 goals wins a game, so it doesn’t take too long to play. People waiting to get into line don’t have to wait too long. However, they are there long enough to serve as a scorekeeper for the current game, keeping them involved and building up anticipation for when they play.
It’s perfectly designed for corporate parties, fundraisers and other big events, but because of its size can also be used for smaller parties.
Air hockey was invented in 1969 by workers at Brunswick Bowling and Billiards, a division of the Brunswick Corporation of Illinois. They called the invention an “air cushion table game.”
The game became so big, so fast that by the late 1970s there were air hockey tournaments that continue to this day.
The Boomerang Air Hockey game is a fun extension of that original invention. For those looking for an easy to use and challenging game for parties, it’s a great choice.
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Mary Lois Hadley
#16807, b. 11 April 1913, d. 22 March 1981
Mary Lois Lazell née Hadley
Mary Lois Hadley was born on 11 April 1913.1 She married Henry Walter J Lazell, son of Walter Joseph Lazell and Rose Anna Hearn, on 28 February 1938 in St Felix, Gainsborough Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, this was a Catholic Church.2,3,4 Her husband Henry died on 10 April 1975 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, aged 70.2,5 Mary died on 22 March 1981 in Reade House, Queens Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England, aged 67.2,6,4
Children of Mary Lois Hadley and Henry Walter J Lazell
Teresa Ann Lazell+ b. 3 Oct 1943
Anthony J Lazell b. 1947
[S5] Jan's thoughts based on information from GRO or Parish record entries.
[S18223] Emails between Ruth Kaspick née Dorling and Jan Cooper 17 March 2006.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1938/Q1 Deben Volume 4a Page 1708.
[S26309] E-mails between John Sales and Jan Cooper from 20 March 2011.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1975/Q2 Ipswich Volume 10 Page 2605.
Cecil William Dorling1
#16808, b. 28 September 1905, d. 3 December 1986
Last Edited=30 May 2013
Cecil William Dorling was born on 28 September 1905 in Suffolk, England.1,2 He married Lucy Elizabeth M Lazell, daughter of Walter Joseph Lazell and Rose Anna Hearn, on 11 October 1934 in Woodbridge, Suffolk, England.1,3 Cecil died on 3 December 1986 in Brighton, Sussex, England, aged 81.1,4
Children of Cecil William Dorling and Lucy Elizabeth M Lazell
Angela M Dorling5 b. 1936
Ruth E Dorling b. 1945
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1905/Q4 Plomesgate Volume 4a Page 1054.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1934/Q4 Woodbridge Volume 4a Page 2784.
[S3] GRO Indexes - December 1986 Brighton Volume 18 Page 332 age 81.
Samuel Lazell1
#16809, d. before 1904
Samuel died before 1904.1
Child of Samuel Lazell
Walter Joseph Lazell+1 b. a 1882, d. 19 Jan 1916
[S46002] General Register Office, Information taken from Marriage certificate of son.
Alice Hearn1
#16811, b. 1871
Alice Hearn was born in 1871 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 She was the daughter of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 5 April 1891 in Cottage nr Church, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, she was listed as the daughter of George Hearn.3
[S4] Jan's thoughts based on information from census enumeration sheets.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1871/Q4 Plomesgate Volume 4a Page 615.
[S41891] UK Census 1891 (RG12) - 5 April 1891 RG12 Piece 1479 Folio 43 Page 12.
Emily Jane Hearn1
Emily Jane Hearn was born in 1869 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 She was the daughter of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, she was listed as the daughter of George Hearn.3
George Hearn1
George Hearn was born in 1855 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 He was the son of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, he was listed as the son of George Hearn George was an agricultural worker.3
Hannah Hearn1
Hannah Hearn was born in 1862 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 She was the daughter of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, she was listed as the daughter of George Hearn She was a scholar.3
John Hearn1
John Hearn was born in 1867 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 He was the son of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, he was listed as the son of George Hearn He was a scholar.3
Louisa Hearn1
Louisa Hearn was born in 1861 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 She was the daughter of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, she was listed as the daughter of George Hearn She was a scholar.3
Rosanna Hearn1
Rosanna Hearn was born in 1865 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 She was the daughter of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, she was listed as the daughter of George Hearn She was a scholar.3
Samuel Hearn1
Samuel Hearn was born in 1853 in Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England.1,2 He was the son of George Hearn and Elizabeth Snell.1 In the census of 2 April 1871 in Cottage Church Gate, Kettleburgh, Suffolk, England, he was listed as the son of George Hearn Samuel was an agricultural worker.3
Elizabeth Shelmerdine1
#16819, b. about 1832
Elizabeth Shelmerdine was born about 1832 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.1 She was the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.1 In the census of 6 June 1841 in 6 Rae Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.2 In the census of 30 March 1851 at 6 Rae Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine Elizabeth was a calico weaver.3
[S41841] UK Census 1841 (HO107) - 7 June 1841 HO107 Piece 583/4 Folio 20 Page 31.
[S41851] UK Census 1851 (HO107) - 30 March 1851 HO107 Piece 2221 Folio 200 Page 28.
Ellen Shelmerdine1
Ellen Shelmerdine was born in 1841 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.1 She was the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.1 In the census of 6 June 1841 in 6 Rae Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.2 In the census of 30 March 1851 at 6 Rae Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.3
Emma Shelmerdine1
Emma Shelmerdine was born about 1829 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.1 She was the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.1 In the census of 6 June 1841 in 6 Rae Street, Manchester, Lancashire, England, she was listed as the daughter of William Critchley Shelmerdine.2
William Shelmerdine1
William Shelmerdine was described as a hatter on the marriage certificate of his son William's third marriage in 1841.2
Child of William Shelmerdine
William Critchley Shelmerdine+1 b. a 1797
Albert Greathead
#16823, b. 23 May 1906, d. 1907
1st cousin 2 times removed of Janet Susan Greathead
3rd cousin 3 times removed of George Greathead
Albert Greathead was born on 23 May 1906 in 18 Gray Street, Castle Eden Colliery, Wingate, Durham, England.1 He was the son of William Greathead and Catherine Hawley. Albert died in 1907 in Wingate, Durham, England.2
[S45000] General Records Office, I hold a copy of birth certificate 1906/Q3 Easington Volume 10a Page 484.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1970/Q1 Easington Volume 10a Page 288.
Dorothy L Caine
8th great-granddaughter of Thomas Greathead
Dorothy L Caine was born in 1936 in East End Maternity Hospital, Stepney, London, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Albert Edward Caine and Louisa Emma Greathead.1 She married Sidney Bender in 1959 in Poplar, London, England.2,3
Children of Dorothy L Caine and Sidney Bender
Dawn L Bender4
Stephen K Bender5
Lance Bender6
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1936/Q1 Stepney Volume 1c Page 319.
[S13562] Emails between Renée Ponsford née Bore and Jan Cooper from 1 April 2005.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1959/Q1 Poplar Volume 5d Page 584.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1959/Q4 Lewisham Volume 5d Page 97.
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1969/Q4 Camberwell Volume 5a Page 2554.
Joyce M Caine
Joyce M Westfallen née Caine
Joyce M Caine was born in 1936 in Romford, Essex, England.1,2 She was the daughter of Albert Edward Caine and Louisa Emma Greathead. She married Derek Westfallen in 1959 in Poplar, London, England.2,3 A lovely picture taken of Albert, Louisa, their daughter Joyce and grandaughter Justine.4
Child of Joyce M Caine and Derek Westfallen
Justine Louise Westfallen
[S3] GRO Indexes - 1938/Q1 Romford Volume 4a Page 838.
[S1] Jan's knowledge,Kindly sent by Justine.
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AJ Robinson
The Thinker (1902) by Auguste Rodin.
I saw an article in the Orlando Sentinel, our local newspaper, the other day. It got my blood pressure up. Once again, the news story invoked the false equivalency that taking down Confederate statues meant we should also remove ones of Lincoln, Grant and other notable figures of American history.
Okay, let's play that game, shall we?
Yes, Lincoln and Grant, not to mention Andrew Jackson, engaged in terrible acts against the natives of our country. The Trail of Tears remains as a truly dark stain on our history. Grant also had one of the most corrupt presidential administrations in history. As I recall, many other famous men of our nation were less than stellar in their actions.
Washington not only owned slaves, he also fought for the British prior to the Revolutionary War. Jefferson had slaves, but not need to end with him. Edison was a terrible husband and father, a tough businessperson and forced his employees to work under dangerous and unhealthy conditions. Oh, and forget about full benefits at his company; they didn’t even get dental, let alone health insurance, which would have been a real plus considering the chemicals and dangerous devices they worked with on a daily basis.
Walt Disney had his faults and Lewis Carroll liked to take pictures of naked little girls! There were never any charges of improper behavior regarding Carroll; still, would we approve of that today. Shall we pull all his books from the shelves, stop watching Disney films and boycott the theme parks?
While we're at it, what can we conclude of Euclid, Aristotle and other ancient Greek thinkers? They were pagans! So what if they laid the foundations of math, science and democracy? Babe Ruth was quite the heavy drinker and Ray Charles did drugs and had illegitimate children.
I could go on, but I think I've made my point. If you're looking for heroes who are one hundred percent pure, I can think of only two: Jesus and Superman. Even then, Superman wore tights.
Benedict Arnold was not always a traitor.
On the other hand, why don't we have statues of Benedict Arnold? Sure, he was a traitor, but prior to his treason, he did many good things during the Revolutionary War. He captured Fort Ticonderoga and was instrumental at the Battles of Saratoga, to name only two heroic acts. What did someone like Jefferson do? Well, let's see, here are just three acts of Jefferson worth mentioning: writing the Declaration of Independence, writing the statute of Virginia for religious freedom and founding the University of Virginia.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson and all the Founding Fathers were well-to-do men, successful and leaders in their respective colonies. They didn’t try to destroy the British Empire. They wanted to break free of it to found a new nation, and doing so meant risking all that they possessed.
The Confederacy, however romantically we like to look back on it or view the warriors as noble, there is still that simple fact that they sought to shatter our nation to preserve the institution of slavery. No matter how you dress that up, it will always leave a sour taste in the mouth.
To be fair to every historical figure, we have to judge their lives in their totality. Now, I'm not saying we should erase people like Lee and other notable individuals from our collective memory, merely put them in the proper perspective. Let them be part of our history, let private individuals and groups honor them as they wish, but when it comes to our public places, let us reserve them for those individuals who distinguished themselves by doing the most good for the greater good.
The founding fathers of the USA were not demigods.
Oh, and let's remember what Benjamin Franklin said of our founders. They were not demigods. They were men, no more no less, which meant they were full of all the virtues and vices of mere mortals.
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Haiti leader paves way for new elections
` December 30, 2011
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly fired members of a nine-person electoral council to make way for legislative and local elections planned for next year, a government official said Friday.
Presidential adviser Damian Merlo said the leader removed the council members through a decree that will allow him to begin the process of naming new members to the provisional electoral council who will then pick a date for the vote.
“This is the first step to ensure free and fair elections,” Merlo said by telephone.
According to precedent, the new body will likely be composed of allies.
The earlier provisional electoral council, whose members were appointed by former President Rene Preval, oversaw an election that was marred with fraud and irregularities and almost cost Martelly the presidency.
The former pop star was initially barred from a runoff election, a decision that sparked nearly three days of rioting that shut down the capital.
The Organization of American States determined those results were flawed, and the electoral council dropped a government-backed candidate from the runoff to make room for Martelly.
The upcoming elections will prove critical to the Martelly administration as it tries to jump start reconstruction efforts following a massive earthquake two years ago. Martelly’s Farmers’ Response Party holds no seats in the 30-member Senate and only three in the 99-member Chamber of Deputies.
One third of the Senate will be up for grabs in the planned elections along with mayoral posts for cities nationwide.
The decree came the same day that Martelly’s press office issued a statement saying the “former” members were “invited to submit” to election officials “state assets” still in their possession.
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HK protesters’ apology rejected as hypocritical farce to save reputation
By Chen Qingqing, Wang Wenwen in Shenzhen and Li Ruohan in Beijing Source:Global Times Published: 2019/8/15 21:08:41
Move blasted as hypocritical, showing no signs of remorse
"Shame On You!" Residents in Fortress Hill strongly post sticky notes to condemn the brutal attack on Global Times website reporter at Hong Kong airport on Tuesday night by a group of rioters. Photo: Chen Qingqing/GT
The so-called apology from Hong Kong protesters for brutally injuring a reporter and tourist from the mainland at Hong Kong airport was rejected fiercely by politicians, scholars and mainlanders as a hypocritical move that showed no signs of remorse.
The illegal and violent behavior at Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday night sparked wide condemnation and criticism from authorities and the public.
Fu Guohao, a reporter from the Global Times website, who was brutally attacked by rioters while performing reporting tasks, is being treated at hospital.
Facing the strong backlash, some protesters began posting statements on overseas social media, saying they were sorry and the move was made as they were "too scared."
Protesters wearing masks held banners at the airport on Wednesday which read "We are desperate and we made imperfect decisions. Please accept our apology," according to media reports.
The statement was slammed as a hypocritical action to win support from Hong Kong society, which saw an increasing number of people standing up to denounce the violence of radical protesters.
"You mean you are 'too scared' so that you confined, hit and insulted the reporter in groups? And now you want to play the victim after you told government officials to die, attacked police with lethal weapons and paralyzed the operation of social organizations," posted one user of China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo platform, calling the statement a "masterpiece" of hypocrisy.
"I don't understand the point of their so-called apology. What they should do is to end the farce and stop spreading conflicts," a student from the University of Hong Kong told the Global Times.
The Hong Kong police said Wednesday that they had arrested five people involved in unlawful assembly at the airport Tuesday night, during which two residents from the mainland were assaulted and unlawfully detained. The arrested include two suspected of assaulting police and possessing offensive weapons.
Shen Yi, a professor at the school of international relations and public affairs in Fudan University, Shanghai, said the statement is "more of a hypocritical move to redeem the image of the egoist than an apology."
Why are the attackers not apologizing and why are the so-called apologies written in English and posted on overseas social media, instead of in Chinese, if they are really sorry about the two mainlanders they attacked and insulted, Shen said.
The statement only shows their hypocrisy, dishonest and craftiness, said Shen, calling them the "stupid generation."
"If they are really sorry for their behaviors, they should turn themselves in to the police and take legal responsibility," said Victor Chan, 33, vice chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Young Commentators.
Their damage to travelers, the airport and Hong Kong's international image could not be recovered by only a simple apology, said Chan.
Hong Kong is the victim of the rioters' self-defeating behaviors and it's time for the Hong Kong government and police to take actions, in addition to pledges, to defend the future of the city, said Shen.
Analysts noted that the apology could not whitewash the fact that the protesters' extremely violent moves at the airport were criminal actions, nor should it earn any leniency from judicial authorities as the motivation for the apology is being questioned by many.
Radical protesters are being blamed by other anti-government protesters not for injuries to normal people but for their damage to the reputation of the so-called peaceful and rational demonstrations.
Frontline radical protesters are now jeopardizing the overall image of Hong Kong protesters due to the escalated violence, some protesters posted on LIHKG and Telegram social networks.
More Hongkongers are unlikely to support them if the violence continues spreading, they said.
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Health & Beauty – Shame Engine/Blood Pleasure (Wichita Recordings)
By Nick James · On November 21, 2019
Since before I was buying albums myself, I was always interested in the artwork. From picking up the “album covers artwork” book in the school library and leafing through the pages, I was hooked. Whether it was Jefferson Airplane‘s Surrealistic Pillow or Jimi Hendrix‘s Are You Experienced and many more besides, it was the magical quality provided by the band’s graphic artist that held as much majesty as the music held in the grooves. Of course, I have discovered what was held in those grooves now, bought the albums and rediscovered the majesty for a second time, when my paper round money would allow of course. But I start at this point because Chicagoans Health & Beauty have produced an album complete with striking sleeve-work, as well as similarly striking content in ‘them there grooves’. As Motown founder Berry Gordy once said, “because it’s what’s in the groove that counts.”
Shame Engine/Blood Pleasure is a work that was completed after a quartet version of the band featuring; frontman Brian J Sulpizio, guitarist Jake Acosta, drummer Seth Vanek, and bassist Bill Satek had finished an intensive three-week tour in late 2017, and their exhaustion is projected by rumbling bass and howling guitar on ‘Saturday Night‘, as Sulpizio repeats the title over and over, almost to infinity, as the few lyrics are absorbed by an exhaustion only experienced from a round-the-clock jam, preceded by those heavy tour commitments. All that exhaustion, I can only gather, has made this album a finer work, as the stories told possess a fatigue that only serves to add to what is on offer.
“Yr Wives“, features a thundering bass line, accompanied by a weary lead guitar, which says more than any lyric ever could, until Sulpizio chimes in with a wonderful vocal reminiscent of Neil Young. It has been said that this likeness waits until the album’s penultimate track ‘Racecourse‘, which sure enough features a country weary Young, but it’s the ‘Free World” Young to whom I refer. ‘Rat Shack‘ is a jazz café number, featuring a tremolo laden undercurrent and horns on the front line, as the vocal sings a lament. On ‘Clown‘, the listener is allowed access to the end of a romance, where the perpetrator tries to reason exactly where he has gone wrong, “…after all this time, you think I know my mistakes?” This continues to the best lyric I have heard in quite some time, “We framed ourselves in this boxing match between genitals” and as this number continues, to a slumbering tune, the thought crosses my mind that my English, perhaps, is failing to translate Sulpizio’s Chicago drawl as adequately as I would like, but here I feel that I have done all I can, and the picture painted is wonderful.
‘Lack‘ is another sleepy number, from the chaos apparent on the introduction to ‘Bottom Leaves, which turns into slumber along the way, as the vocalist goes back and forth between these states, until he escapes, breathless from such proceedings. This album is their 7th studio work, although only one other is easily located, 2016’s No Scare, featuring the track ‘No Beyoncé‘, which I have to say is in itself worth the cover fee! But back to Shame Engine/Blood Pleasure, which I would describe as like drinking a smoky cappuccino, in a coffee aroma filled café, while reading a favourite magazine, and this whilst having all the time in the world at your fingertips. Perhaps an unachievable aim, but the album’s so good that, even if I have to cope with the former, without the latter, I’ll be happy.
Shame Engine/Blood Pleasure is out on 22nd November through Wichita Recordings.
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Emma Diab is a native New Yorker bent on documenting her ever-changing and multifaceted city. She received her Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU in 2012. Emma hopes to be accepted into an MFA program in Creative Writing for fall 2014 and is currently working on her applications. She spent the last year interning with the editorial team of Huffington magazine, where she contributed original writing and reporting. In her free time, Emma can be found doodling when she should be writing, making her friends uncomfortable during karaoke, and waiting impatiently for the 7 train.
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IHE’s response to Government announcement on prevention and life expectancy Institute of Health Equity
Responding to Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s announcement today, 5 November 2018, for a green paper entitled “Prevention is better than cure’ outlining the new vision for the ‘new 21st century focus on prevention’, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Director, UCL Institute of Health Equity said:
‘Matt Hancock’s focus on prevention and the life expectancy crisis is very welcome. The public health community has been drawing attention to the fact that life expectancy has stopped improving in England and is falling in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and health inequalities are widening.
However, all the work that has been done on life expectancy suggests this will not be solved within the healthcare system alone, or simply putting emphasis on health behaviours. There’s a great deal the NHS can do on prevention and addressing the root causes of ill health (social determinants of health) as our recent report ‘Reducing health inequalities through new models of care’ highlights.
If we are to increase life expectancy action needs to be taken on the SDH such as comprehensive early years education; adequate warm housing for everyone; access to quality primary and secondary education for all children; fair and decent work; and dignity as we age.”
Inequalities Update - Marmot Indicators Analysis 2017 Read more
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Doc’in Nicod 2011
Institut Jean Nicod, salle de réunion, Pavillon Jardin, 29, rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris
ANNULATION DE LA SEANCE DU 23 JUIN
23 June, 11AM-1PM: Felipe Carvalho (Phd student with François Récanati)
Title: Are there olfactory objects?
What do we directly smell? Odors suggest themselves as the most plausible candidates for the direct objects of olfactory experience, but it is far from clear what is the nature of these odors in olfaction; are they olfactory objects, represented in experience as such, or are they mere sensational features, detected by the olfactory system and modifying consciousness in a non-representational way?
Many philosophers argue for the latter view; although we may talk and refer to odors as if they were objects, this is to be seen either as a manner of speaking or a cognitive achievement, over and above the purely sensational features of olfaction. Two types of arguments are usually presented in favor of this view:
1. Phenomenological arguments: from a phenomenological point of view, odors do not have distinguished spatial locations, but simply fill the air around us. The qualities we perceive through smell do not afford object differentiation, but are experienced as diffused in some undifferentiated space around us. Hence, we should rather talk of olfactory features rather than objects given to us in olfactory experience.
2. Psychological-theoretical arguments: there are some constitutive conditions something must fulfill in order to count as a perceptual representation, and odors fail to satisfy these conditions. In particular, for something to be a representation as of a distal entity in the environment, over and above mere sensory registration, it is argued that perceptual constancies must be applied to it, which discount idiosyncratic perspectival sensory registration in order to focus on perspective-independent features of the distal object itself. But nothing of the sort seems to be found in olfaction, where there is no room for the notion of an “olfactory perspective”.
Despite these arguments, some philosophers have proposed perceptual-representational accounts of olfactory experience, but there is reason to be unsatisfied with these accounts. By giving too much weight to type-1 arguments, these philosophers construe representational contents as constituted by simple olfactory features like ‘fruity’ or ‘smoky’, attributed to an undifferentiated space “around the subject”. This proposal leaves no role for olfactory objects, as all smelled qualities, even if caused by different odors, would simply blend and be attributed to this undifferentiated space. In addition, these accounts do not seriously address type-2 arguments, and it is unclear what role representations are playing in the theory, over and above sensory registration of olfactory features.
In this talk I will move beyond these views and propose a perceptual account of olfaction, defining an empirically respectable and phenomenologically adequate notion of an olfactory object – an odor – that is represented in olfactory experience and play the role of a direct object of olfactory experience. This account has resources to deal with both types of arguments seen above in a satisfactory way.
The phenomenological argument that there cannot be olfactory objects because olfaction does not spatially distinguish them simply begs the question against a non-spatial modality like olfaction. Representations of olfactory objects should be posited not because odors are perceived as occupying distinguished spatial positions, but to account for how an odor is identified and perceived as the same despite enormous variations in stimuli. Type-1 arguments usually focus on experiences where we bracket external sources and come to attend to qualities of the odor itself, like smelling a particular red wine and becoming aware of features like ‘fruity’, ‘flowery’, and so on, which type-1 arguments take as adequate phenomenological descriptions of olfaction. No doubt this is something we can do, but for this experience to occur, it is required that the system has already identified and represented an olfactory object – a ‘red wine’ odor – that is available as a unit of olfactory attention, and that remains constant as we notice its different qualities. Hence, this sort of phenomenology is compatible with the existence of olfactory objects, and in fact seems to presuppose it.
In response to type-2 arguments, I will draw on current empirical research on olfaction and show that odors do fulfill conditions for perceptual representations. Type-2 arguments have mostly focused on odor detection at the olfactory bulb, a level that can be plausibly taken to sensorily register features rather than perceptually represent them, but nowadays psychologists look beyond the olfactory bulb to the piriform cortex as the locus of odor representation, where genuinely perceptual processes like figure-ground segregation and perceptual constancies occur.
These considerations give support the claim that olfaction may be seen as a proper perceptual modality. Through smell, the olfactory system identifies, classifies, and construes a perceptual representation of an olfactory object – an odor – that is perceived as the same across variations in stimuli, plays the role of a direct object of olfaction, and function as a unit of olfactory attention.
Past sessions
October, 29 11 am- 1 pm: Grace Helton (visiting student from NYU)
Title: Two Kinds of Cognitive Penetrability
In the face of increasing evidence that perception is cognitively penetrable, philosophers have taken an interest in working out the implications of penetrability for a number of debates, including the modularity debate, the theory-theory vs. simulation theory debate, and—most recently—the age-old debate over the epistemic status of perception. In this presentation, I make a distinction between two kinds of penetrability, corresponding to two ways in which beliefs can, at least in principle, influence perceptual states: on the one hand, a belief might ‘bequeath’ at least some of its content to an ‘inheriting’ perceptual state. In these sorts of cases, the kind of influence the belief exerts over the perceptual state is one of *inheritance*, where a given perceptual state inherits the content of a given belief only if that belief’s influence on the perceptual state could persist even if the belief itself should ‘perish.’ Alternatively, a belief might merely ‘lend’ its content to some perceptual state, in which case, the mechanism of influence would be one of *non-inheritance*. A given belief influences a given perceptual state via non-inheritance only if the belief’s influence on the perceptual would notpersist should the belief itself cease to exist.
After characterizing the inheritance/non-inheritance distinction in greater detail, I will give two reasons for thinking that the distinction is an important one for discussions of cognitive penetrability. First, I will argue that cases of non-inherited cognitive penetrability are much more
difficult to establish than cases of inherited cognitive penetrability. Second, I will suggest that perceptual states that have inherited some belief’s traits play a different role in epistemology than perceptual states that have been penetrated by, but have not inherited the traits of, some belief.
November, 12, 11 am - 1 pm: Michele Palmira (visiting student from University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia)
Title: Faultless Disagreement in Wolf's Clothing
One of the attractive features of relativism is the possibility of making room for the intuition that, in some areas of discourse, the disagreement is faultless. Relativism contends that this intuition is possible only in so-called subjective disputes, e.g. aesthetics, ethics. In the paper I challenge these two claims by making sense of a faultless disagreement situation concerning set theory. I discuss the case of two people supporting two different axiomatizations of set theory proving the same theorems about sets. In primis, I describe in which sense the two disputants are not merely proposing two alternatives but really are in disagreement. I secondly explain why the antagonists can keep on sustaining their respective views by showing that the relevant reasons in favour of one party concern set theory in its use instead of set theory per se. I thirdly provide a non-relativist answer to Crispin Wright’s semi-formal proof (Simple Deduction) that given any dispute, either it is not faultless or it is not a disagreement: I argue that the notion of being at fault has not to be taken in an absolute sense and I then account for a difference between an epistemic sense and a pragmatic sense of being at fault. On this distinction hinges the possibility of accepting the upshot of the Simple Deduction, recognizing who is at fault and, at the same time, rescuing a sense in which there is faultless disagreement.
Monday November 15 3-5PM
Sam Wilkinson (visiting student from University of Edinburgh)
Title: “Egocentric judgements, encyclopaedic beliefs, and delusional assertions”
Capgras delusion is often, rather ambiguously as we shall see, described as the delusion that “a loved one has been replaced by an impostor”. Patients suffering from this (in cases caused by brain-damage, which do not occur in the context of schizophrenia) don’t necessarily exhibit any overall reasoning deficit, and when kept away from the so-called impostor, have been known to lead ordinary lives. Any theory of belief has to explain how this delusion, which is highly tenacious, can be maintained among a set of conflicting beliefs within the mind of a seemingly rational subject. Some have held that such delusions exhibit a functional role that is so different from that exhibited by beliefs that it forces us to claim that they are not really beliefs (Currie 2000, Currie and Jureidini 2001, Currie and Ravenscroft 2002, Egan 2009). I think this is too quick. Here I present an overlooked distinction between encyclopaedic beliefs and egocentric judgements. Such a distinction contributes to a better understanding of Capgras delusion, and one on the basis of which it is genuinely doxastic. While encyclopaedic beliefs are reportable and context independent, egocentric judgements have context-dependent singular content involving perceived elements of one’s surroundings.
November, 26, 11 am - 1 pm: Chiara Brozzo (Phd student from University of Milan)
Title: Action in (the content of) perception
My talk will aim to present some conceptual challenges that the activation of mirror neurons raises under the philosophical viewpoint. Such neurons appear to be sensitive to the goal-directedness of behaviour, that is, they encode motor actions as opposed to mere movements (Rizzolatti et al., 1996a; Rizzolatti et al., 1996b; Rizzolatti & Sinigaglia, 2008; Rizzolatti & Sinigaglia, 2010). This has been suggested by a series of experiments that I will illustrate (Umiltà et al., 2008; Fogassi et al., 2005). As for the philosophical challenges, first of all the sensitivity to goals displayed by mirror neurons in perception leads us to wonder to what extent perception is cognitive, and, more generally, to reconsider what should count as a perceptual process versus a cognitive process (see, e.g., Pylyshyn, 1999). Secondly, it is to be emphasized how action constitutively shapes perception, not at the level of the perceptual process per se, but primarily as regards the content of perception (cf. Noë, 2004). Lastly, it is to be noted that mirror neuron activation belongs to the sub-personal level of explanation, whereas the ascription of aims can be more naturally characterized as belonging to the personal level (see, Dennett, 1969; Hornsby, 2000). A question therefore arises as to what the relation is between the two levels of explanation with regard to the content of perception.
Thursday December, 9, 4:30PM-6:30PM (NB: change in day and in time)
Marius Dumitru (PhD student with Pierre Jacob)
Title: Arguments For the Phenomenology of Thought
In this talk, I shall review and analyze three classes of arguments
for the phenomenology of thought: 1) epistemological arguments, 2) phenomenal contrast arguments, and 3) new phenomenal contrast arguments. I shall argue that epistemological arguments and phenomenal contrast arguments do not satisfactorily prove the existence of a sui generis phenomenology of thought, but only that of an associated phenomenology of thought. I shall argue that new phenomenal contrast arguments, relying on the principle of cognitive-phenomenological infiltration, do prove the existence of a sui generis phenomenology of thought, even if that phenomenology is not always manifest in experience and clear-cut examples of it cannot always be adduced. I shall end by evaluating how the three classes of arguments fare with respect to the issue of the order of priority between understanding/producing and phenomenology, which, if inserted into the logical space of Phenomenology of Thought theses, leads to at least four positions on the phenomenology of thought: sui generis
phenomenology of thought first, associated phenomenology of thought first, sui generis phenomenology of thought second, associated phenomenology of thought second.
28 January: Chiara Chelini (Postdoc with Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde and Tiziana Zalla)
Title:Economic coordination games with Autism Spectrum Disorder: reasoning about focal points, expressing individual preferences and guessing average ones.
We submitted to a population of Autism Spectrum Disorder adult subjects an economic behavioural game, namely a pure coordination game of the Schelling’s type. This is a two-persons symmetric and simultaneous game in which players are paired and need to converge on the same choice. Game
theory has not elaborated a viable normative model for explaining their solution, and several descriptive theories have been proposed, one of which is the selection of a salient feature, defined as a focal point. Moreover, game theory has not been considering the cognitive mechanism triggered in finding solutions of coordination games. This paper aims at filling in this gap, making some variations on traditional coordination games and analyzing three different treatments which, in our opinion, trigger three different reasoning mechanisms: reasoning about a common salient item, reasoning about one own preferences, reasoning about other people’s preferences.
We expected individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder to manifest some impairment in coordinating on a common item (i.e. reaching a lower relative coordination index), while showing to be more concentrated on their own preferences as a criterion to coordinate than a control group of typically developed subjects.
10 February: Nat Hansen (Postdoc with François Récanati)
Title: On an Alleged Truth/Falsity Asymmetry in Context Shifting Thought Experiments
Abstract: Keith DeRose has argued that contextualist context shifting thought experiments should be designed in a specific way in order to accommodate what he calls a “truth/falsity asymmetry”. I explain and critique DeRose’s reasons for proposing this modification to contextualist methodology, drawing on experimental findings about the verification of affirmative and negative statements. While DeRose’s argument for his particular modification to contextualist methodology fails, I argue that the upshot of his proposal is that there is good reason to pay close attention to several neglected aspects of the design of context shifting thought experiments. I conclude by proposing specific improvements to the standard design of context shifting thought experiments
24 February: Valentine Reynaud (Phd student with Denis Forest from University of Lyon)
Titre: Comment établir la spécificité (domain-specificity) d’une capacité cognitive ?
Possédons-nous une disposition spécifique au langage ou une capacité dédiée à la reconnaissance des visages? La notion de spécificité peut-elle échapper à la trivialité qui semble pourtant la caractériser (il est trivialement vrai que toute capacité cognitive s’exerce sur un objet particulier) ? Certains arguments majeurs (issus de la psychologie du développement et de la psychologie évolutionniste) en faveur de la spécificité de la capacité à reconnaître les visages seront examinés. Je montre que ces arguments sont problématiques surtout parce qu’ils restent tributaires de nos distinctions phénoménales. Je pense néanmoins que la notion de spécificité peut échapper à la trivialité, à la condition d’être conçue comme une spécificité non pas des types d’objets ou des domaines mais de certaines propriétés. Ainsi au lieu d’une capacité cognitive dédiée spécialement à l’objet « visage », nous posséderions une aptitude à distinguer spécifiquement les différents exemplaires au sein d’un type, qui s’appuierait sur la finesse de l’analyse de certaines propriétés récurrentes dans la nature.
How can we argue for the domain-specificity of cognitive capacity?
I explore the notion of domain-specificity of a cognitive capacity: do we possess a language-specific faculty or a capacity dedicated to face recognition? Can the notion of specificity avoid triviality that characterizes it (it is trivially true that any cognitive capacity applies to a particular object)? Major arguments, from developmental psychology and evolutionary psychology, in favor of the specificity of face recognition are reviewed. I show that these arguments are problematic especially because they rely on phenomenal distinctions. I think however that specificity can keep a substantive meaning when conceived not as an object or domain-specificity, but as a specificity of some properties. Thus, instead of a “face-specific” capacity we would possess an ability to distinguish specifically between different exemplars among a type, relying on a fine-grained analysis of certain recurrent properties in nature.
17 March: Andrea Onofri (St Andrews)
Title: How (not) to be an atomist about concepts
*One of the main contemporary debates about the nature of concepts concerns their *structure*. According to Inferential Role Semantics (IRS), a concept is a semantically structured entity partially individuated by its relations to other concepts. "Atomistic" theories, on the contrary, claim that a concept has no semantic structure and is not individuated by its relations to any other concept.
The most developed atomistic theory on the market, Fodor's "Informational Atomism" (IA), combines conceptual atomism with Fodor's informational theory of content. On this view, concept possession does not require a subject to have any specific inferential dispositions, but simply to stand in the right counterfactual causal relations with the property expressed by the concept.
This seems to make IA a genuine alternative to IRS, but I will argue that the dichotomy between the two views is in fact illusory. There are several aspects of IA which make it a "disguised" version of IRS, but I will focus on one of them. As a recent paper by Jussi Jylkka (Jylkka 2009) points out, the counterfactual relations required for concept possession on IA can only hold for a subject who has certain specific inferential dispositions and beliefs. In particular, a subject could not stand in the relations required for natural kind concepts if he did not have "essentialist" dispositions with respect to the relevant kinds. If that's true, then IA is not an atomistic theory after all. I will consider a possible response by Fodor, show how Jylkka's reply to it does not work and then offer my own reply. This will help make clear not only that Fodor is indeed committed to IRS, but also *why *he is: in particular, I will argue that the trouble for IA is determined by its being an individualist theory of intentionality at the core.
Finally, I will point at some reasons why we should be atomists about concepts. In particular, I will argue (vs Jylkka) that IRS does not offer an adequate treatment of subjects with "deviant" inferential dispositions and cannot make sense of the homogeneity in behavior between such subjects and less deviant ones. IRS' shortcomings make it all the more urgent to develop a viable atomistic alternative to IA; I will conclude by offering a sketch of what such an atomistic theory should look like.
23 March: Francesca Ervas (Postdoc with Tiziana Zalla)
Lying by Telling the Truth.
Irony Comprehension in Autism Spectrum Disorders
In this study, I address the problem of irony and lie comprehension in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), in particular, with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and High-functioning autism (HFA), which are widely acknowledged to be variants of the spectrum, characterized by the absence of mental retardation. On the one hand, both irony comprehension and lie detection involve the ability to assess communicated information as true or false (an epistemic component) and the ability to recognize an utterance as intentionally false (a mind-reading component). On the other hand, irony is different from lie because the intentionally false utterance is used to communicate something the speaker considers as true. Moreover, irony comprehension requires the ability to understand that the intentionally false utterance is pronounced by the speaker to display her epistemic status, while lie detection requires the ability to understand that the intentionally false utterance is pronounced by the speaker to conceal her epistemic status (Wilson 2009). Previous studies investigated irony/lie distinction in normal subjects (Leekam 1988; Winner and Leekam 1991), but not much research has been done on irony/lie distinction in adult individuals with ASD.
It has been argued that a fully-fledged capacity to be vigilant towards lying should have three aspects: 1) a moral/affective aspect involved in attending to malevolence, 2) an epistemic aspect involved in attending to falsity; 3) a mindreading aspect involved in attending to the liar‘s intention to deceive (Mascaro-Sperber 2009). The present study investigate how these aspects interact in irony/lie distinction in a group of adults with AS/HFA and a group of control subjects by using a series of verbally presented stories containing either a lie or an ironic remark. Participants are asked to judge whether the speaker is lying or ironising and to provide a justification for their answers. Preliminary data show that individuals with AS/HFA perform as well as normal subjects in the epistemic and their mind-reading aspect of the task, but their justification of responses shows subtle differences in their judgments of irony and lie as regard to speakers’ moral/affective reasons.
14 April: Florian Cova (PhD student with Pierre Jacob) and Nicolas Pain (PhD student with Roberto Casati)
Title: Can Folk Aesthetics ground Aesthetic Realism?
In this paper, we discuss an argument that supports Aesthetic Realism by claiming, first, that common sense is realist about aesthetic judgments, because it considers that aesthetic judgments can be right or wrong, and second, that because Aesthetic Realism comes from and accounts for “folk aesthetics”, it is the best aesthetic theory available. We empirically evaluate this argument by probing whether ordinary people with no training whatsoever in the subtle debates of aesthetic philosophy consider their aesthetic judgments as right or wrong. Having shown that the results do not support the main premise of the argument, we discuss the consequences for Aesthetic Realism and address possible objections to our study.
28 April: Jonas Akerman (Postdoc with François Récanati) from 12AM to 2PM
Vagueness and Context
In this paper, I present the central ideas of what may be called “mainstream” contextualism about vagueness, and discuss some of the arguments for it. I will argue that many of the standard contextualist arguments are problematic in that they rely on certain questionable assumptions about the connections between psychological or pragmatic factors and truth. I will also consider a recent argument given by Scott Soames, according to which contextualism gains support from its being able to give a better account of the value of vagueness in the law than the epistemicist view. Although this argument does not share the defects of the standard ones, it is based on an uncharitable characterisation of the relevant kind of epistemicist view, and thus it does not seem to work as intended.
19 May: Iris Oved (visiting from University of Arizona)
Title: Baptizing Meanings for Concepts: Meeting Fodor's Challenge
Abstract: I propose and defend a theory of concept acquisition that is motivated by two puzzles. One puzzle is revealed by tensions in the debate between Lexical Concept Empiricism and Lexical Concept Nativism. The second puzzle is the justification of conceptual beliefs on the basis of perceptual appearances. My theory, Baptizing Meanings for Concepts (BMC), is a computational process in which concepts are acquired by positing a latent, underlying kind to explain observed similarities in properties among a group of objects. The agent uses representations already in possession to formulate a mental description that picks out the kind, and then assigns a new simple mental name to the underlying kind. This process, I propose, allows for the acquisition of many lexical concepts via perception and inference, while yielding the concepts simple, in the sense that they are not themselves composed by any other concepts. The BMC is closely connected to the Kripke/Putnam/Burge/Soames process for assigning meanings to linguistic terms.1 The idea of mental baptism is not a novel one; many discussions of the linguistic process gesture at a mental version, either as a direct mental analogue of the linguistic version, or else as a prerequisite part of the linguistic process. It is only by developing a detailed model, however, that we are forced to face challenges that arise for carrying out such baptisms. Working out a model, moreover, is what reveals this overlooked solution to the on-going concepts debate. This model also allows for the justification of inferences from appearances to conceptual beliefs.
9 June: Reinaldo Bernal (PhD student with Max Kistler)
SUPERVENIENCE, EMERGENCE, AND ONTOLOGICAL NOVELTY
Abstract: I argue for an emergentist view of the physical world. First, I present two rival ontologies. For “microphysicalism”, every property of a complex physical entity E is entailed by the properties of the fundamental physical entities that compose E and the fundamental laws with metaphysical necessity. In this sense, all the higher-level properties supervene over fundamental-level properties. For “e-physicalism”, some properties of a complex physical entity E are entailed by the properties of the fundamental physical entities that compose E and the fundamental laws with nomological necessity. In this sense, some higher-order properties emerge from fundamental-level properties. Secondly, I argue for emergentism and reject microphysicalism. I proceed by discussing three examples from physics: the kinetic theory of gases; the Schrödinger's cat paradox; and EPR systems. Finally, I claim that e-physicalism gives a basis for the rejection of the argument by Kim (2005) against the causal powers of the mental, the “zombie argument” by Chalmers (2006), and panpsychists views of consciousness.
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Scaling Up HIV Stigma Reduction In Health Facilities: Outcomes of a Health Policy Project Expert Consultation
Author(s): Rebecca Mbuya-Brown and Laura Nyblade
Over the past five years, the USAID- and PEPFAR-funded Health Policy Project (HPP) has worked in collaboration with global and country-level institutions to advance understanding and approaches to measuring and addressing HIV-related stigma. At the global level, HPP led efforts to review, prioritize, adapt, test, and synthesize existing measures and programmatic tools for stigma reduction in health facilities. This resulted in the development of a comprehensive package for “stigma free” health facilities (HPP, 2015). The package was piloted in several Caribbean countries,2 and offers a complete response to S&D in health facilities—from research to action. Its total facility approach targets all health facility staff, from doctors to cleaning staff.
In an effort to facilitate further scale-up and refinement of these successful approaches, HPP convened an expert meeting in Washington, DC on June 3, 2015 to discuss and strategize a way forward to scale up S&D reduction efforts in health facilities. These discussions yielded valuable insights and recommendations, which are presented in this brief.
Best Practices Brief Health Systems Strengthening HIV Men having Sex with Men (MSM) People Living With HIV (PLHIV) Stigma and Discrimination Transgender Global
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MainAll NewsForeign AffairsRussian Airlines Resume Flights to Israel
Russian Airlines Resume Flights to Israel
Following FAA measure, Russian airlines begin to lift their own ban on flights to Ben-Gurion.
AFP and Arutz Sheva Staff, 24/07/14 11:38
Aeroflot plane
Russia's second-largest airline Transaero said Thursday it was resuming flights to Israel, two days after suspending traffic along with other major airlines over security concerns.
"As of today, Transaero will operate all services between Russia and Israel according to schedule," the company said in statement.
Transaero turned around one of its flights to Tel Aviv in mid-air on Tuesday after European aviation authorities cautioned against flying to Ben
Gurion International Airport, following a Hamas rocket strike on a neighborhood to the north of the airport.
In the United States, the FAA on Thursday lifted its two-day ban on US airlines flying into or out of Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel's only international hub.
Israel had warned of the economic impact of the ban by many world airlines and said that it would be a win for Hamas, who hailed the suspension as a "great victory."
Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, also said late Wednesday it was resuming flights to Israel.
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3-letter fairy queen described by Mercutio as a bringer of dreams
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Show #7336 - Monday, July 4, 2016
Justin Lucas, a video production specialist from Reston, Virginia
Liz Hedreen, a stay-at-home mom from Kirkland, Washington
Zach Klitzman, a public historian from Washington, D.C. (1-day champion whose cash winnings total $37,601)
Jeopardy! Round
SHOW YOUR COLLEGE COLORS
ANIMAL YOUNG
A SHAKESPEARE"M" CATEGORY
(Alex: Each correct response beginning with that letter of the alphabet.)
NASCAR TECHNOLOGY
(Jimmy: From the Daytona International Speedway. The evolution of a combination of speed and safety.)
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It was officially designated as Harvard's color in 1910
One who chooses the alcohol
$200 1
This capital's Big Dam Bridge, almost a mile long, spans a dam on the Arkansas River
A panda baby & a hyena baby are each called this
Title adjective describing the wives of Windsor
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) The tires used in NASCAR have another tire within them for safety reasons, & are filled with this gas, symbol N, because it contains less moisture than air, & the tire pressure doesn't change as much in a race
This nickname for Stanford refers to one of the school's official colors (not a bird) & is therefore singular
A liberated Stockholm native
Although designated Delaware's state capital in 1777, it wasn't incorporated as a city until 1929
A shoat is a young one of these & as such might cry "wee wee wee" all the way home
A ghost tells Hamlet it is "most foul"
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) The window net used to prevent injuries by keeping a driver's arms inside the car during a crash became mandatory after this NASCAR legend, known as "King Richard", almost died in a 1970 wreck at Darlington
This "royal" color represents the teams of the College of the Holy Cross
A highly politically biased & highly skilled craft maker
This capital's name is derived from a Hebrew word meaning "peace"
It's the largest animal whose baby is called a calf
Romeo is Mr. this to you
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Engines with carburetors ruled NASCAR for decades, but since 2012, all cars have been equipped with EFI, electronic this, because it's more efficient & produces a better air-gas mixture
If "we are" this university, home of the Thundering Herd, our colors are green & white
One who instructs a spreader of the gospel
While traveling Route 66 through this capital, you'll pass by the Will Rogers Theatre & its striking Art Deco sign
An armadillo baby is called this palindromic name
"If" it "be the food of love, play on"
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Banking is the degree of incline of a racetrack's surface, which allows the cars to go faster in the turns with minimal lateral slippage; while Daytona has a 31% bank, Will Ferrell could tell you that this Alabama speedway is even steeper, at 33%
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The name of this Alabama school is also a reddish-brown color, but its official colors are orange & blue
A gold-covered sword handle
The state museum here is often called the William Penn Memorial Museum due to the statue of Penn in the central hall
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It's the only animal native to the U.S. that has a baby called a joey
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports reports from the Daytona Int'l Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL.) Also known as the blade, this strip of metal on the rear deck lid is designed to create down force on the rear of the car to increase traction, but it has to be angled just right so it doesn't hinder speed on the straightaways
Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
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Double Jeopardy! Round
RENO 411
MORE POWER TO THEM
TITLE PAIRS
THE "I-T" DEPARTMENT
(Alex: Each correct response will begin with those two letters.)
Catherine urged her subjects to plant this veggie but she was ignored; maybe she should have said you can make vodka from it
His contemporaries called this painter of presidents the "Father of American Portraiture"
Beavis & Butt-Head first found success on this channel
The "ize" have this verb meaning to make a detailed list of things
To honor this predecessor & founder of the city from which she ruled, Catherine built a statue, the Bronze Horseman
Terra cotta whiz Clodion was a major sculptor in this elegant post-Baroque style
The Juno spacecraft has set a record by traveling 413 million miles on this type of power--note the jumbo panels
2016 marks 25 years since these 2 actresses hit the road as "Thelma & Louise"
Adjective meaning roaming from place to place, never staying put for long
DD: $2,400 4
2 wars with the Turks gave Cathy control of the north coast of this sea from the Kerch Strait to the Dniester River
The city's international airport is officially named Reno-this nearby Sierra Nevada lake & ski area
In his self-portrait with his wife & daughter, this Brit gave them blue dresses; we guess he liked the color
It's the source of power for the submarine U.S.S. Jimmy Carter
"I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs" is a line in their "Happy Happy Joy Joy" song
Hyphented adjective meaning extremely small, like some spiders & bikinis
Catherine carried on a correspondence with this "Candide" author, saying she had "never stopped reading" his works
Filmed in Reno, the movie "The Misfits" was the last picture for this "Gone with the Wind" star
An illness that left him deaf in the early 1790s was followed by the disturbing series of etchings "Los Caprichos"
Researchers at Georgia Tech have actually powered a nanogenerator using this furry wheel runner
This TV show was subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
Even without a "re", this verb means to say something again & again & again &...
Catherine's lover, he reportedly created fake villages for her tour of Ukraine
The car that won the 1908 New York to Paris auto race is at the museum housing this late casino owner's auto collection
Piranesi depicted torture instruments in his series of prints called "Carceri", these places
In 1871 Zenobe Theophile Gramme, a real one himself, developed one of these that was the first industrial generator
In short order, ex-con Al Pacino falls for waitress Michelle Pfeiffer in this 1991 film
This lake in Minnesota is the main source of the Mississippi River
Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
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This attraction was originally built for the New York World's Fair in 1964, with proceeds going to UNICEF
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Tesis defensades
Tesis en curs
Tesis proposades
Finalized PhD theses
Fluid models of accelerating Universe, Doctor of Science thesis which is superior of PHD
Estat: defended (08/11/2018)
Estudiant: A V Timoshkin
Supervisat per: Sergei D Odintsov
Universitat: Tomsk State Pedagogical University
This DS thesis which is superior of PHD is devoted to description of DE and inflationary universe via fluid models.
Physico-chemical properties of chondritic meteorites: clues on the origin and evolution of their parent bodies
Estudiant: Moyano Cambero, C.E.
Supervisat per: Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez
Universitat: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Durant aquesta tesi es pretén aprofundir en les propietats físiques, mineralògiques i reflectives de petits asteroides no diferenciats, així com en el seu procés de formació, a través de mostres de meteorits, particularment de les anomenades condrites carbonàcies. Primer de tot es dedicarà part de la tesi a adquirir el bagatge necessari, que inclou els següents punts: - El disc protoplanetary: zones de formació d’asteroides - Descripció de les classes d’asteroides: classes espectrals - Asteroides diferenciats contra no diferenciats: mineralogia distintiva - Grups de meteorits i la seva relació amb asteroides: comparació espectral entre espectres remots i de laboratori. Diferències principals - Processos físics en funcionament sobre les superfícies d’asteroides: alteració espacial (excavació de cràters, bretxació, implantació elemental, rastres de rajos còsmics...) - Evolució col·lisional: propietats de les superfícies cobertes de regòlit (inèrcia tèrmica, conductivitat, etc.) - Comparació d’asteroides i meteorits: mineralogia i química principal D’altra banda les mostres s’analitzaran mitjançant tècniques molt variades d’anàlisi i processat de dades. Objectius: - Obtenir noves pistes sobre els processos de formació d’asteroides i l’origen dels meteorits per mitjà de la comparació dels espectres de reflexió d’ambdós tipus d’objectes. - Obtenir informació de la història evolutiva dels asteroides a través dels anàlisis mineralògics i de la química principal. - Estudiar els processos físics que tenen lloc a les superfícies d’asteroides i els mecanismes que envien els meteorits fins la Terra.
Undifferentiated meteorites are the building blocks of undifferentiated bodies, comprising most of the Solar System objects. They are characterized by bearing refractory particles and igneous glassy spherules, the last ones being called chondrules. These rocks, so-called chondrites from the omnipresent…
Undifferentiated meteorites are the building blocks of undifferentiated bodies, comprising most of the Solar System objects. They are characterized by bearing refractory particles and igneous glassy spherules, the last ones being called chondrules. These rocks, so-called chondrites from the omnipresent chondrules that they contain, are often called accretionary or primordial materials. Such components were preserved in bodies of few hundred kilometers in diameter, being represented by small asteroids or comets. Those bodies never experienced chemical segregation and consequently are the legacy of the materials that formed the protoplanetary disk around the Sun about 4.6 Gyrs ago. By studying undifferentiated meteorites arrived from different parent bodies we can get clues on the physico-chemical processes at work in our planetary system over the eons. This thesis starts from the study of these free-delivered samples to gain insight into the properties of small bodies, their volatile content and evolution over time. The chondrites contain clues exhibiting complex accretionary histories in asteroids and comets. We have selected some of these chondrites to discuss the main physical processes affecting chondritic bodies since their consolidation: thermal metamorphism and aqueous alteration. Finally, as an application, we discuss aqueous alteration processes in one of the most primitive Martian meteorites: Allan Hills 84001 orthopyroxenite. By studying different meteorites, is expected to accomplish another goal of this Ph.D. thesis: understanding the pathways and influence of water contained in chondritic meteorites to increase the volatile content of terrestrial planets. Understanding the pathways of water in the enrichment in volatiles of planetary bodies is a first step to understand how materials from the outer protoplanetary disk reached planetary embryos, consolidated from dry planetesimals available in the inner disk, into water bearing planetary bodies like Mars or Earth.
Resonance dynamics in hot and dense nuclear matter
Estudiant: Ilner, A.
Supervisat per: Laura Tolos ; Bratkovskaya, E.
Analysis of the strange hadrons in heavy-ion collisions
High energy emission from classical and recurrent novae
Estudiant: Laura Delgado
Supervisat per: Margarita Hernanz Carbó
In recent years, several nova explosions - eight classical novae and two symbiotic recurrent novae - have been detected by Fermi/LAT at E>100 MeV. In most cases, this emission has been observed early after the explosion, around the optical maximum, and for a short period of time. The high-energy gamma-ray…
In recent years, several nova explosions - eight classical novae and two symbiotic recurrent novae - have been detected by Fermi/LAT at E>100 MeV. In most cases, this emission has been observed early after the explosion, around the optical maximum, and for a short period of time. The high-energy gamma-ray emission is a consequence of neutral pion decay and/or Inverse Compton, which are related to particle (p and e-) acceleration in the strong shock between the nova ejecta and the circumstellar matter. RS Ophiuchi (2006) was the first nova for which particle acceleration was predicted. This prediction showed that the blast wave decelerated faster than expected as a consequence of the acceleration of particles in the shock and their escape. The aim of this thesis is to study the evolution of the symbiotic recurrent novae the first days after the outburst through a multiwavelength study, mainly X-ray emission, and its relation with the acceleration of particles. In particular, we present a comprehensive multiwavelength study of the last outburst of RS Oph and V745 Sco.
RS Oph is a recurrent nova in a symbiotic system composed of a white dwarf and a red giant with a recurrence period of ~21 years. In this work, we present a new analysis of XMM-Newton's observations of RS Oph early after its 2006 outburst both with RGS and EPIC-MOS. We compare these results with those obtained for RXTE, Swift and Chandra observations, and previous studies of RGS observations. The evolution of the radio and IR emissions during the first days after the outburst was studied. The multiwavelength studies allow us to get a global picture of the shocked plasma and its relationship with the particle acceleration.
V745 Sco is also a symbiotic recurrent nova with a recurrence period of ~25 years. We present the analysis of the Swift/XRT observations of V745 Sco early after its 2014 outburst simultaneous to Fermi detection. We combine our results with Chandra and NuStar observations to get a global picture of the evolution of the nova ejecta. As in RS Oph we compiled all the radio and IR information about V745 Sco the first days after the explosion. Finally, particle acceleration in V745 Sco can be explained by a diffusive shock model at the blast wave and the subsequent escape of the very high-energy particles as in RS Oph.
With the study of these two novae, and its comparison, we demonstrate common features in the early evolution of a nova remnant and their relationship with particle acceleration in the symbiotic recurrent novae. Multiwavelength results provide new insights into the evolution of the shocked plasma and the interaction with the circumstellar material, being a powerful tool to understand the gamma-ray emission.
The accretion flow onto white dwarfs and its X-ray emission properties
Estudiant: Nataly Ospina
Explosive burning of hydrogen on top of accreting white dwarfs causes nova outbursts.
The binary system where classical novae occur is a cataclysmic variable whereas, some,
recurrent novae occur in symbiotic binaries. The analysis of the X-ray emission from
novae in their post outburst stages provides important information about the nova explosion
mechanism and the reestablishment of accretion. In some cases, like V2487 Oph
1998, observations with XMM-Newton a few years after outburst indicate that accretion
has been re-established and its X-ray spectra look like those of magnetic cataclysmic variables,
of the intermediate polar class.
In this work a numerical model of accretion flow onto magnetic white dwarfs and their
corresponding X-ray emission has been developed to be compared with observations
of post outburst novae where accretion is active again. Distributions of the different
physical quantities that describe the emission region have been obtained for different
masses of white dwarf and different accretion rates. The associated X-ray spectrum has
been also obtained with the main objective of studying accretion in the emission region.
These results have been applied to the nova V2487 Oph 1998 with the aim to obtain the
mass of the white dwarf since this nova has been identified as a recurrent nova, with
a previous eruption in 1900, and therefore as a good candidate for a type Ia Supernova
progenitor.
Explosive burning of hydrogen on top of accreting white dwarfs causes nova outbursts. The binary system where classical novae occur is a cataclysmic variable whereas, some, recurrent novae occur in symbiotic binaries. The analysis of the X-ray emission from novae in their post outburst stages provides…
Numerical Relativity studies in Anti-de Sitter spacetimes: Gravitational Collapse and the AdS/CFT correspondence
Estudiant: Santos-Oliván, Daniel
Supervisat per: Carlos Sopuerta
Universitat: Universitat de Barcelona
Numerical Relativity is a necessary tool to explore the non-linear strong-field dynamics involved in the coalescence and merger of compact binaries (like in black hole (BH) binaries, double neutron star (NS) binaries, or BH-NS binaries). On the other hard, there is high energy phenomena, like ultra-relativistic collisions at particle accelerators or the gauge-gravity duality, where numerical relativity can be a crucial tool for making progress. The main goal of this thesis is to develop new tools in Numerical Relativity to be applied to these areas of research.
In this thesis we study three different problems using Numerical Relativity on asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes. The first is our research on the gravitational collapse of massless scalar fields on asymptotically AdS spacetimes. We have developed a new method that combines two different…
In this thesis we study three different problems using Numerical Relativity on asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes. The first is our research on the gravitational collapse of massless scalar fields on asymptotically AdS spacetimes. We have developed a new method that combines two different formulations of the Einstein Field Equations to get closer and with more accuracy to the collapse. We have numerical evidence that in the separation of the branches there is a universal power law in the mass of the formed apparent horizons for subcritical configurations in addition to the one for supercritical ones. This new power law confirms that there is a gap in the mass of the apparent horizon. In the second part, we introduce a shock waves model in AdS to study the far-from-equilibrium regime in the heavy-ion collisions through the holographic correspondence in a non-conformal theory. In the models used until now, the shock waves correspond to conformal gauge theories while QCD is not conformal. In order to get closer to a description of the actual physical collisions we present the first shock waves collision in a nonconformal theory. With this, we show how the non-conformality increases the hydrodynamisation time and also that this can happen before the equation of state is fulfilled. In the last part, we propose the use of spectral methods for high precision computations. The exponential convergence of spectral methods can approximate functions with very high accuracy with few hundred terms in our spectral expansion while in other numerical methods it would be a few orders of magnitude larger. This makes spectral methods very attractive because they facilitate the accessibility to very small error simulations, removes the bottleneck of the memory demand and also help in the computational speed because fewer points are needed for the computation. We have tested this idea with the ANETO library for simulations in AdS spacetimes and the gravitational collapse in an asymptotically flat spacetime with very promising results. This library has been developed as a direct result of this thesis and that can be downloaded as Free Software.
Estudiant: Daniel Santos Olivan
Supervisat per: Carlos Fernandez Sopuerta
In this thesis, we study three different problems using Numerical Relativity on asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes. The first is our research on the gravitational collapse of massless scalar fields on asymptotically AdS spacetimes. We have developed a new method that combines two different…
In this thesis, we study three different problems using Numerical Relativity on asymptotically Anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes.
The first is our research on the gravitational collapse of massless scalar fields on asymptotically AdS spacetimes. We have developed a new method that combines two different formulations of the Einstein Field Equations to get closer and with more accuracy to the collapse. We have numerical evidence that in the separation of the branches there is a universal power law in the mass of the formed apparent horizons for subcritical configurations in addition to the one for supercritical ones. This new power law confirms that there is a gap in the mass of the apparent horizon.
In the second part, we introduce a shock waves model in AdS to study the far-from-equilibrium regime in the heavy ion collisions through the holographic correspondence in a non-conformal theory. In the models used until now, the shock waves correspond to conformal gauge theories while QCD is not conformal. In order to get closer to a description of the actual physical collisions, we present the first shock waves collision in a non-conformal theory. With this, we show how the non-conformality increases the hydrodynamisation time and also that this can happen before the equation of state is fulfilled.
In the last part, we propose the use of spectral methods for high precision computations. The exponential convergence of spectral methods can approximate functions with very high accuracy with few hundred terms in our spectral expansion while in other numerical methods it would be a few orders of magnitude larger. This makes spectral methods very attractive because they facilitate the accessibility to very small error simulations, removes the bottleneck of the memory demand and also help in the computational speed because fewer points are needed for the computation. We have tested this idea with the ANETO library for simulations in AdS spacetimes and the gravitational collapse in an asymptotically flat spacetime with very promising results. This library has been developed as a direct result of this thesis and that can be downloaded as Free Software.
Estudiant: Carles Eduard Moyano Cambero
Supervisat per: Josep Maria Trigo Rodríguez
In the first million years of the solar nebula, aggregation and melting of dust and presolar grains triggered the formation of the first solid materials of the Solar System. Among them, a variety of igneous glassy spherules known as chondrules can be found. These materials progressively aggregated…
In the first million years of the solar nebula, aggregation and melting of dust and presolar grains triggered the formation of the first solid materials of the Solar System. Among them, a variety of igneous glassy spherules known as chondrules can be found. These materials progressively aggregated together to form larger bodies, such as asteroids, planetesimals, and finally planets. Those that did not experience chemical segregation due to heating and melting of their materials, called undifferentiated bodies, still conserve some very primordial materials of the Solar System. The meteorites coming from these objects, known as chondrites from the chondrules that they contain, are studied in this thesis with a multidisciplinary approach, using several instrumental techniques to analyze their physico-chemical properties. Since retrieving samples directly from asteroids is a very complex concept, the terrestrial collections of meteorites become an available source of samples from these bodies. The information obtained from chondrites can be extrapolated to better understand the composition, structure, and physical properties of asteroids. Thus, the study of chondrites can be very helpful to practical applications such as the deflection through solid projectiles of asteroids that suppose a potential thread to life on Earth.
Collapse scenarios in magnetized star-forming regions
Estudiant: Juárez-Rodríguez, Carmen
Supervisat per: Josep Miquel Girart Medina; Palau, A.
Star-forming regions are located at the densest parts of molecular clouds. To be able to observe the embedded dense cores, long-wavelength high-angular resolution observations are needed. In this work we have used observational data from the Plateau de Bure (PdBI) and the Submillimeter Array (SMA) radio-interferometers.…
Star-forming regions are located at the densest parts of molecular clouds. To be able to observe the embedded dense cores, long-wavelength high-angular resolution observations are needed. In this work we have used observational data from the Plateau de Bure (PdBI) and the Submillimeter Array (SMA) radio-interferometers. In addition, we have used the single-dish IRAM 30m telescope which recovers extended emission. From the obtained data we have studied the thermal dust continuum emission and the molecular line emission from their rotational electronic transitions. The dust continuum emission allows us to study the structure and physical properties of the cores such as mass, column density, etc. As the dust continuum emission is polarized, it also provides magnetic field information. On the other hand, the molecular line emission provides the kinematic information of the gas; we can also derive the column density, mass and other properties associated to the gas.
To carry out the goal of this thesis we have studied three regions in different physical and chemical conditions: an isolated pre-stellar core in a quiescent magnetized environment in the Pipe nebula, a high-mass star-forming region in a more evolved evolutionary state called NGC 6334 V, and a highly-fragmented lower-mass region called L1287.
Estudiant: Carmen Juárez Rodríguez
Supervisat per: Josep M. Girart; Aina Palau
Turbulence, magnetic fields and gravity driven flows are important for the formation of new stars. Although magnetic fields have been proven to be important in the formation of stars, only a few works have been done combining magnetic field and kinematic information. Such studies are important to analyze…
Turbulence, magnetic fields and gravity driven flows are important for the formation of new stars. Although magnetic fields have been proven to be important in the formation of stars, only a few works have been done combining magnetic field and kinematic information. Such studies are important to analyze both gravity and gas dynamics and be able to compare them with the magnetic field. In this thesis we will combine dust polarization studies with kinematic analysis towards different star-forming regions. The aim of this thesis has been to study the physical properties of dense cores (at scales < 0.1 pc) from molecular line and dust emission, and to study the role of the magnetic field in their dynamic evolution. For this, we have used millimeter and submillimeter observational data.
The studies have been performed towards 3 different star-forming regions. The pre-stellar core FeSt 1-457, located in an isolated and magnetized environment in the Pipe nebula. The high-mass star-forming region NGC6334V, in a more advanced evolutionary state and in an environment surrounded by other massive star-forming regions. And L1287, a lower-mass region but with similar characteristics to NGC6334V, with presence of high-velocity gas and several centimeter and infrared sources.
The studies of the pre-stellar core FeSt1-457 and the massive region NGC6334V, show how the magnetic field has been overcome by gravity and is not enough to avoid the gravitational collapse. In addition, NGC6334V and the lower-mass region L1287 present very similar scenarios with the material converging from large scales (~0.1 pc) to the potential wells of both regions at smaller scales (~0.02 pc) through two dense gas flows separated by 2-3 km/s. In a similar scenario, FeSt1-457 is located just in the region where two dense gas structures, separated by 3 km/s, appear to converge.
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AE: Dubai Silicon Oasis and Intel launch new phase of the Innovation Center to pioneer Middle East’s Digital Transformation
Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO), the integrated free zone technology park, and Intel, the Silicon Valley-headquartered tech giant, today announced the launch of the new phase of “Intel Innovation Center” that is directly aligned with the “Project Mustakbal”, an initiative that was revealed by Intel during the event and seeks to further accelerate the Middle East’s game-changing digital transformation.
Hosted at Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Campus (Dtec), DSOA’s wholly owned tech incubation center, Intel Innovation Center is set to become a hub for future technological development in the region that will feature artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Video analytics and Autonomous Driving. The center’s offerings will span three categories: Market-ready Solutions, Intel Select Solutions and Intel Technology Showcase Demos.
D. Juma Al Matrooshi, Deputy CEO of DSOA, officially inaugurated the Intel Innovation Center along with Taha Khalifa, Client Computing Sales Director and EMEA Territory GCC Country lead at Intel Corporation, in the presence of Eng. Muammar Al Katheeri, Executive Vice President of Engineering and Smart City at DSOA, Steven Long, Vice President Sales and Marketing Group & GM of CCG Sales at Intel, and senior officials from the two entities as well as Intel’s business partners.
Engineer Muammar Al Katheeri said: “Four years ago, we launched with Intel the region’s first Internet of Things (IoT) ignition lab that has already added significant value to tech start-ups and entrepreneurs in the UAE. Today we celebrate our partnership with Intel as we step forward together into a new milestone through the inauguration of the Intel Innovation Center that has found an ideal home at DSO. With its dynamic mix of business partners and boasting an environment that fosters the entrepreneurial spirit, DSO continues to push the boundaries of technological innovation.”.
He added: “As digital transformation continues to disrupt our business environment; we support the UAE leadership’s vision to realize a knowledge economy. We firmly believe that this center will serve as a creativity and innovation simulator for tech startups and entrepreneurs to develop new disruptive ideas in the digital field that will continue shaping a tech-enabled future.”
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), there is a 12% Year over Year growth in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) spending to enable digital transformation. Intel is moving through a transformation to a data-centric company with the new phase focused on innovation.
“The UAE is one of the leading countries in innovation and we are very proud to contribute with Dtec to accelerate digital transformation in the Middle East and launch “Project Mustakbal” our digital transformation initiative in the region” said Taha Khalifa.
He added: “The innovation center underlines Intel’s continuous efforts to support the innovation community by facilitating access to the latest Intel technologies and hereby support the Dubai 2021 vision. It has already been popular with more than 1,000 visitors in the last four years. In that time, we have welcomed over 50 government delegations from around the world. We have received more than 100 high profile executives and CEO’s from local and multinational companies.
“In addition, we have supported Dtec with all their events such as Dtec forums, Dtec Emirati Boot Camp and Startup Boot Camps. The center has hosted sessions for Emirati Bootcamp and 10X DSOA Innovation academy cohorts while conducting more than 25 workshops in the Lab for school and university students on IoT and Blockchain technologies. We have also carried out over 50 educational tours for university students from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT– Dubai), Manipal University, Herriot Watt and HCT and supported Dtec with multiple hackathons to continue promoting programming, innovation and creativity amongst Dubai Students.”
The potential advantages of region-wide digital transformation are immense. An analysis by American worldwide management consulting firm McKinsey & Company indicates that a unified digital market across the region could see 160 million potential digital users by 2025 and contribute up to 3.8 percent – approximately US$95 billion – to the gross domestic product (GDP) annually. The shift can also have a positive effect on inclusion and poverty reduction, improve access to and quality of healthcare and education, and cut down on CO2 emissions.
Quelle/Source: Dubai Media Office, 02.11.2019
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Lely To Captain Team Europe
Alex Lely has been appointed as the new captain of Team Europe at the partypoker Mosconi Cup, with Karl Boyes as his vice-captain.
Europe will be looking to regain the Cup at Alexandra Palace, London this December 1st-4th after suffering back-to-back defeats against USA.
Dutchman Lely returns to the helm having been European captain in 2008 and 2009. In his first Cup as captain he led Europe to an 11-5 victory in Malta before losing 11-7 to USA the following year.
“It is very exciting,” said Lely of his appointment. “It has been ten years since I was last the captain and that is a long time in the context of the Mosconi Cup. It has grown to be so big in that time and it is getting better every year. With USA winning it the last two years, the Mosconi Cup has sparks once again.
“We have a big pool of talent in Europe. We have two wildcards so together with Karl Boyes we will need to make the right choices to compliment the three players who qualify through the rankings. There will be a list of usual suspects and new contenders we have to consider. One new contender to consider would have to be Fedor Gorst, who came really close to making the team last year and is now World Champion.
“We need to get our act together. It is not just about making the balls, it is about acting as a team and it will be very important for the team to gel. Communication will be very important between the coaches and the players, and amongst players themselves. Playing at home, we want to bring it home.
“The past ten years, I have been coaching a lot, working with top players, and commentating a lot. So I have been very close to the Mosconi Cup and elite pool and I have learned a lot. I think ten years ago I was pretty green, a bit of a rookie. I wasn’t as experienced as a coach as I am now.
“Karl and I can complement each other very well. Boyes is boy-ish and can bring something to the team that I probably couldn’t. But he is very insightful; it isn’t just banter. He is very experienced in the Mosconi Cup and I am very happy to have him in my corner.”
Boyes is a four-time partypoker Mosconi Cup winner with Europe and since putting down his cue has become one of pool’s leading pundits.
“The campaign paid off,” said Boyes, who had been using social media to gather support for his bid for a role in the European setup. “It will be great to work alongside Alex, who has experience of the captaincy role and is a top coach and commentator. Alex is a very knowledgeable guy and I think we will gel very well together.
“The last couple of years I’ve seen a few things which we can improve on. I think the doubles needs to be worked on more where certain points have been lost because maybe the pairings haven’t been quite right. Certainly, last year Johan worked the schedule well and Shane van Boening and Skyler Woodward played more times than say, Joshua Filler and Jayson Shaw.”
Lely takes the reigns as European captain from Marcus Chamat, who led the team from 2015 until 2019, lifting the cup three times. Matchroom Pool would like to thank Marcus for his hard work during his time as European captain.
A full list of the 2020 Team Europe qualifying events will be published later this month.
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Home BREAKING NEWS South Asian-origin cabbie charged with unlawful imprisonment of woman
South Asian-origin cabbie charged with unlawful imprisonment of woman
By a Staff Writer
Police tracked down and charged a South Asian-origin cabbie in New York City, and charged him May 11, with unlawful imprisonment of a woman from the his own community in April.
The 27-year old woman told police she was on her way home to Bronx on April 6, but was instead forcibly driven to Connecticut by the cab driver, identified by police as Mohammad Khalek, 47, New York Daily News reported May 12.
The cabbie reportedly drove the woman to Connecticut saying he would not let her go unless they had sex. The Daily News identified Khalek as a “member of her tight-knit Bengali community.”
The woman thought she was heading to Bronx April 6, but when she could not recognize the road signs, the cabbie told her he was taking a short cut and since she was new to the neighborhood she could not recognize the place.
After he drove her to Norwalk, Connecticut, the cabbie demanded sex but as he opened her door, the woman said she escaped and sought help from a passing motorist and called 911, the news report said.
When she told her husband about her experience, he remembered an earlier story about a cabbie that a city judge reprimanded last year named Khalek, who had shown a porn video to another woman. The husband alerted the police to the other complaints against Khalek and the police have now charged him.
According to the news report, last year, the judge detailed other complaints against Khalek, including a June judgement by an administrative judge in New York City fining Khalek $1,000 and recommending to the Taxi and Limousine Commission that his license be revoked.
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Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean
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Remuneration: GDP Educator scale, GP03 (36,952pa) or Consultant salary scale. Tenure: Permanent post. The successful applicant will join a team of enthusiastic senior clinical educators and work in a leadership position across Northern Ireland. The Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Foundation Training and Continuing Education is part of the NIMDTA’s Postgraduate Dental team. As Associate Dean he/she will assist the Postgraduate Dental Dean in developing, reviewing, quality managing and leading Dental Foundation Training and Continuing Education across Northern Ireland. The Foundation Training role is focused firmly upon improving patient and trainee safety and experience, and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future. For further information and to apply online please visit: https://Jobs.hscni.net/ Please note NIMDTA accept online applications only. Completed applications must be submitted by 4pm on Friday 29 November 2019. Interviews: It is anticipated that interviews for this post will take place on Thursday 16 January 2020. We are an equal opportunities employer; therefore all appointments are based on merit.
Dental Foundation Training 2020-2021
Please note that DFT recruitment is a National Recruitment process. All applications should be made via the national recruitment portal https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Account/LandingPage For further information in relation to 2020-21 DFT recruitment please visit the COPDEND website, https://www.copdend.org/postgraduate-training/dft-recruitment-2019/.
Dental Core Training Recruitment 2020-21
Applications are now open for the role of Training Programme Director in Dental Core Training. Applications close at 12 noon on Friday 20 December 2019. Please note that DCT recruitment is a National Recruitment process. All applications should be made via the national recruitment portal, https://www.oriel.nhs.uk/Web/Account/LandingPage. For further information in relation to 2020-21 DCT recruitment please visit the COPDEND website, https://www.copdend.org/postgraduate-training/dental-core-training/.
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Applications are now open for the role of Training Programme Director in Dental Core Training. Applications close at 12 noon on Friday 20 December 2019.
EDUCATIONAL SUPERVISOR (TRAINER) RECRUITMENT
“Applications for the post of Educational Supervisor in the Northern Ireland Dental Foundation Training (DFT) Scheme are now open. Applications can be made via https://Jobs.hscni.net/. This is a three stage process:
Stage One is the completion and return of the online Application form along with the associated Practice Profile & Practice Assessment Information forms.
Stage Two involves the assessment of your practice as a suitable physical environment for a Foundation Dentist. Assessments are carried out by a member of the NIMDTA dental team and an independent Dental Assessor. A Lay Representative may also be present to quality assure the process. Please see the Practice Assessment Document for further information.
Stage Three of the process is a formal interview.
The closing date for applications is Monday 10 February 2020, 12:00. The Practice Profile and Practice Assessment Information forms should also be completed and returned to DentalFoundation.nimdta@hscni.net by the closing date.
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Please also find the Applicant’s Guide and information leaflet below, which contain further information in relation to the application process.
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Please find below the recruitment timeline for your information:
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If you have any further enquiries in relation to this recruitment please contact Katie Symington, Katie.symington@hscni.net or telephone 028 95360070. .
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Information for applicants from the EU You will be aware that the UK is in the process of leaving the European Union. This means freedom of movement will be affected. However, the HSC will continue to welcome and value staff and trainees from Europe as it does the whole world. From 30 March 2019 the UK will have left the European Union. If an agreement is reached with the EU, then EU citizens and their family members will be able to move to the UK until 2021 on the same basis as you could do today, with the same rights to work and study freely, as you currently do. For EU citizens who already live in the UK, you are eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. All EU citizens who have lived in the UK for more than five years continuously will be eligible for ‘settled status’ (equivalent to indefinite leave to remain). If you have lived in the UK for less than five years you will be eligible for ‘pre-settled status’ and can upgrade this to ‘settled status’ when you have been here for five years. As the Prime Minister announced on 21 January, this process will be free to all from 30 March 2019. Any payment made for an application before this date will be refunded. More information on the settlement scheme can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/settled-status-eu-citizens-families In the event that an agreement is not reached, there will be a transition period once free movement ends and before the UK’s new immigration system begins in 2021. During this transition period, newly arriving EU citizens will still be able to enter the UK as they do now for an initial stay of up to three months and will be able to visit, work or study without applying for a visa, but they will not be eligible to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. If you want to stay in the UK for longer than three months, you can apply from within the UK for ‘European Temporary Leave to Remain’, which will be granted for a further 36 months, subject to identity, criminality and security checks. More information will be available soon on the process to register and how the UK’s Future Immigration System will work. To keep up to date, please regularly visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-immigration-after-free-movement-ends-if-theres-no-deal.
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Start on Latrobe Valley hydrogen supply
December 3, 2019 Keith Platt Latest News
WORK is well underway on the hydrogen gas to liquid plant in Bayview Road, Hastings, a key link in the year-long trial to produce hydrogen from brown coal. Picture: Gary Sissons
WORK has officially started on a plant in the Latrobe Valley to extract hydrogen gas from brown coal which will be tuned into liquid at Hastings for export to Japan.
The liquification plant now being built in Bayview Road, Hastings is scheduled to be completed by June 2020.
Construction of a ship to transport the liquefied hydrogen is underway in Kobe, Japan.
The plant to extract hydrogen gas from brown coal is being built at the AGL Loy Yang mine
The state and federal governments have each contributed $50 million towards the $400m Japan–Australia Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Pilot Project being undertaken by a consortium of Japanese companies.
The consortium partners include Kawasaki Heavy Industries, J-Power, Iwatani Corporation, Marubeni Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation and AGL, which is already being opposed for its plans to import liquified natural gas (LNG) through a floating terminal at Crib Point.
In its first stages, the hydrogen-from-brown coal trial is expected to involve the gas being delivered by road to the Hastings plant about once a month in high pressure tube trailers.
“As the amount of hydrogen being produced for the pilot is very small – one to three tonnes – the amount of CO2 is expected to be 100 tonnes. This is equivalent to the annual output of approximately 20 cars,” senior consultant – engagement, communication and communities, Victoria Louisa McPhee told The News.
“All of these waste materials will be contained on-site as part of the plant design, treated on-site or disposed of via accredited disposal pathways.”
The project has been criticised over the amount of CO2 released when extracting hydrogen from brown coal which, if given the go ahead for full production, would require the carbon to be captured and stored underground.
The Australia Institute late last month said the federal government was basing its predictions for the export of hydrogen on flawed data. A report published by the think tank said official figures produced for Japan and South Korea “vastly exceeded” the figures being used by the Australian government.
The hydrogen produced in the Latrobe Valley is destined to be used in Japan to fuel cell electric vehicles and power generation.
The one-year trial is designed to demonstrate “brown coal gasification and gas-refining, hydrogen liquefaction, shipbuilding and operation of a specialised liquefied hydrogen carrier, and identification of a future commercialisation pathway for the commercial phase of a hydrogen supply chain”.
In November 2018 the consortium said described extracting hydrogen for fuel from brown coal as “an exciting opportunity for Victoria and Japan to partner for mutual benefit and to work towards creating an environmentally sustainable solution which will put Australia on the frontline of the changing face of clean energy provision here and around the world” (“Hydrogen plant to get all clear” The News 7/11/18).
However, Mornington Peninsula Shire was not so complimentary, with the then mayor Cr Bryan Payne saying the government’s takeover of planning powers for the hydrogen project “sadly reflects on the state of planning in Victoria and raises issues of where public health and safety responsibility fits with government at both the federal and state level”.
In July this year, Cr Payne’s successor as mayor, Cr David Gill, boycotted a turning of the sod ceremony at the Hastings gas to liquid plant (“Digging in for hydrogen at Hastings” The News 22/7/19).
“What benefit does the public in Australia get from Japanese motorists having clean energy while we keep the carbon that’s left behind,” Cr Gill said.
First published in the Western Port Times – 4 December 2019
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Shale Basics
Lessons from the Gas Patch
State Report Card on Shale Gas Policies
The Shale Tipping Point
Shale Case Studies
Impacts of Drilling
Community Impacts
Local Government Spending
Future Fund
Shale Resources
Headwaters Economics
Shale Training and Education Center (ShaleTEC)
Citizens Marcellus Shale Commission
Governmental Resources
Other Reports and Resources
Below you will find a wide array of resources from colleges and universities, think tanks and research organizations, academic journals, and state government to help you learn more about shale development.
Sort Reports and Resources: Universities | Headwaters Economics | ShaleTEC | Citizens Marcellus Shale Commission | Governmental Resources | Other Reports
University Shale Energy Resources
Shale Training and Education Center (ShaleTEC), Collaboration of Pennsylvania College of Technology and Penn State Extension
Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, Penn State University
The Marcellus Shale Initiative, Bucknell University
Marcellus Shale Resources, Center for Healthy Environments and Communities, University of Pittsburgh
Natural Gas Resource Center, Cornell University
Marcellus Shale Resources, West Virginia University Extension
Great Lakes Energy Institute, Case Western Reserve University
Subsurface Energy Resource Center, The Ohio State University
Energy Policy Center, Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Ohio Energy Resources, Ohio University
Resources from Headwaters Economics
Headwaters Economics is an independent, nonprofit research group that blends innovative research techniques and extensive on-the-ground experience working with a range of partners across the West for more than 20 years. Their mission is to improve community development and land management decisions in the West.
Fiscal Lessons for State and Local Governments: Oil and Natural Gas Fiscal Best Practices, September 2013
Unconventional Oil and North Dakota Communities: State Fiscal Policy Unprepared for Impacts of Energy Development, April 2012
Energy Revenue in the Intermountain West, October 2008
Resources from Shale Training and Education Center (ShaleTEC)
Economic and Socioeconomic Issues Related to Shale Drilling
State Tax Implications of Marcellus Shale: What the Pennsylvania Data Say in 2010
Impacts of Marcellus Shale Development on Municipal Governments in Susquehanna and Washington Counties, 2010
Economic
Impacts of Marcellus
Shale
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Employment
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Income
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Marcellus Shale Workforce Needs Assessment, Summer 2009
The Citizens Marcellus Shale Commission was formed in August 2011 by a group of eight civic, environmental, and good government groups in Pennsylvania. The Commission was tasked with assessing the impacts, both positive and negative, of drilling in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale and identifying the steps that need to be taken to ensure that drilling is done in a responsible manner. After hearing from 116 testifiers at hearing in five cities, the Commission concluded Pennsylvanians believe gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale has moved too quickly and that public officials need to do a better job protecting their communities and the environment.
Overview of the Commission: Membership, Mission, and Resources, 2011
Final Report of the Commission, October 2011
Recommendations of the Commission, October 2011
A Public Health Review of High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas Development, New York State Department of Health, December 2014
Marcellus Shale Resource Page, New York State Department of Environmental Protection
Marcellus and Utica Shale Regulation, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Final Report of Governor Tom Corbett's Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission, Office of the Governor, July 22, 2011
Marcellus Shale Resources in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Resources on Act 13 (Pennsylvania Gas Drilling Impact Fee), Public Utility Commission
Marcellus Shale Fast Facts: Employment Data, Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry
Marcellus Shale Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce
Other Reports, Research, and Resources
The Marcellus Shale, Explained, StateImpactPA, WHYY-FM and WITF-FM
Hydraulic Fracturing Information, Stark County Education Network for Environmental Sustainability
Resources on West Virginia Homeowners' Rights, West Virginia Surface Owners' Right Organization
Paying it forward: A Future Fund for West Virginia, The West Virginia Future Fund
Conference Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing and the Law in New York State, Albany Law School, September 2013
Poll: 45 Percent of New York Voters Oppose Fracking and 37 Percent Support It, Siena College Poll, September 2013
Rental Housing Assessment: Oil and Gas Exploration Impact on Housing, Carroll, Columbiana, Tuscarawas and Stark Counties, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO), January 30, 2013
The Economic Value of Shale Natural Gas in Ohio, The Ohio State University, C. William Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy, December 2011
The Economic Consequences of Marcellus Shale Gas Extraction: Key Issues, Susan Christopherson, Community & Regional Development Institute, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, September 2011
The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Extraction: A Review of Existing Studies, Thomas C. Kinnaman, Bucknell University, Ecological Economics, April 2011
The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Development on State and Local Economies: Benefits, Costs, and Uncertainties, Jannette M. Barth, New Solutions, 2011
Oil and Gas Tax Subsidies: Current Status and Analysis, Congressional Research Service, February 27, 2007
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Much is made about gateway beers, though what about punk as a gateway music to a world of different sounds, movies, authors, and even clothes styles? That’s what Adrian Tierney-Jones reckons anyway
I have of late come to the conclusion that punk is what Blue Moon is to beer.
It’s a gateway music, whose noise and fury and DIY ethos opened up my mind and many others’ to different sounds, aspects of culture, movies, authors, clothes styles and just a way of living your life. It was not a full-point but the opening of a book, a chapter, an essay, a song cycle. And then I went exploring.
When I now listen to the music I worshipped after ditching flares and long hair for Levi’s drainpipes and a spiky, short-haired barnet, I just hear nostalgia and music that set me on the way. Yes, there’s a certain frisson in hearing the tinny dramatics of the Clash’s first LP or the drone of the Buzzcocks’ Boredom, but it’s my youth and I’m not young.
More positively, I also hear music that brought me to Joy Division, Franz Kafka, semiotics and Elizabeth David (I was already with the Stooges, MC5 and Motown). Heaven knows I might have been miserable without punk’s clearing of the way and still be listening to prog rock (gulp).
All this is why I have never felt that destroyed or bothered when a certain Scottish band, sorry I mean brewery, does something its fans declare to be un-punk (talking of which Punk IPA seems to have become a gateway beer). Was it John Lydon who yelled at the final Pistols’ concert: ‘ever got the feeling you’ve been had!’ Mind you, PIL’s Metal Box was fantastic. I digress.
What do we mean by gateway beers? For some, they are beers that are not explosively flavoured and certainly not on-trend opportunities for Instagram or Twitter, though some contrary souls might like the idea of letting the world know how down with the people they are as they pose next to a man-sized can of Blue Moon (surely there must be one).
So that means gateway beers are mass-marketed beers, produced by a large brewing operation? Anheuser-Busch as EMI, Heineken (think Maltsmiths) as CBS. That’s easy and worth a punk-like sneer. However they can also be part of a smaller brewery’s portfolio, a seductive outreach to the beer-drinker who always plumps for a pint or glass of the same.
They can be beers as different as the aforementioned Blue Moon’s Belgian witbier, a pleasant and inoffensive thirst-quencher, or instead Thornbridge’s Tart, an ideal starter sour beer for anyone who pulls a sour face at the very idea.
Without punk, though, would we have had Burning Sky, for instance (there might be no Original Gravity either or dirty burgers). For founder and owner Mark Tranter, punk ‘was about doing it for yourself, about being able to take control and operate independently, to make what you want to make, regardless of outside influences. I also liked the sort of misfit nature of it, the ideas, the music, aesthetics and the fact that although the first wave of punk quickly became a commercial operation, what happened afterwards was more of a network of friends, going DIY, fans doing fanzines.’
Which was presumably why he left Dark Star and set up Burning Sky, whose beers are some of the most creative and boldly flavoured in the country. Could the likes of Coolship #1 and Saison à la Provision be called gateway beers? Possibly, but only In the same way Cantillon Gueuze was my gateway to that most enigmatic and envious of beer styles, Gueuze.
On the other hand, I would like to think that Tranter’s custodianship of Hop Head down through the years made it into a gateway beer. Punk as what Hop Head is to beer? That’s more like it.
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PHUTHALICHABA IS A NAME OF A NEW FINANCIAL COOPORATIVE TO BE INCUBATED UNDER THE NUL INNOVATION HUB.
Highly excited prospective members of the new financial cooperative to be incubated under the NUL INNOVATION HUB voted on the name.
The name chosen was PHUTHALICHABA.
Prospective members, who are about 300 at the moment (the number is growing fast), were given a chance to vote in WhatsApp groups. In just 30 minutes, they came up with different names and then voted on the best name.
PHUTHALICHABA won the race and no other name even came close.
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The name could have won the race for obvious reasons.
PHUTHALICHABA is likely to be a game changer. It is meant to be Lesotho's first financial system truly owned by the masses (ke Phuthalichaba).
To be bred under the NUL INNOVATION HUB, it will strive to be "innovative" in the business of financial cooperatives. "We hope to harness the best minds to make it a truly transformational financial institution for Lesotho," proponents say.
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The top Chinese social media apps for SMEs
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The 846 million active users on WeChat are hard to ignore, but the costs required to stand out are making the platform less attractive, particularly to smaller brands.
While large multinational brands, such as Coca-Cola or Adidas, can afford to invest significant budget on Chinese social media strategies, the same cannot be said for small and medium sized business – like many of the New Zealand brands marketing their products in China.
Rather than trying to compete with big international players for a share of voice on WeChat and Weibo, these brands could benefit from creating strategic partnerships with a handful of popular niche Chinese apps and platforms.
“Working with popular, more niche, apps could really help SME brands make more noise in the Chinese market,” says Jessica Miao, General Manager of UMS.
“When you compare the marketing spend of the big players from the US, UK or Europe, New Zealand brands have smaller budgets, so it’s much harder for them to make a big impact.
“These apps and platforms may not have the huge audiences or attract the big budget brands. However, they are big players in their niche areas, and they have engaged and loyal consumers.
“Working with these medium-sized apps and platforms could be a huge benefit for brands, instead of making a little noise on the big platforms like WeChat and Weibo, brands can make a much larger noise on these smaller more engaged platforms,” says Miao.
Here are Jessica’s picks of the Top Marketing Partners for SME Brands:
小红书 – Little Red Book
Weibo Fans: 1.3million
WeChat Official account average readership: 100,000+
E-commerce start-up “Little Red Book” or Xiaohongshu, is an online shopping site which connects overseas merchants with local buyers. The site has 24 million registered users who post pictures of their favourite products and the app then connects the users with the international merchants selling the products. The site’s users are predominantly young women – 90% of users are women, and 80% are under 30 years. Little Red Book’s products are mostly beauty and make-up related, although they aim to provide everything and anything that the sites users are interested in.
The opportunity for brands:
The Little Red Book community of mostly young women is very active, with users regularly sharing their opinions and experiences of products. These peer recommendations can help elevate products and brands. This app is excellent for marketers with products in the fashion, cosmetics, homewares and healthy food sectors – also if your brand is smart or trendy, these savvy women will be all over it.
Weibo Fans: 2.94million
WeChat Official account average readership: 40,000
Keep is a health and fitness app that has attracted 60 million users and 8.3 million daily active user base. The app enables Chinese users to upload and share videos and photos from their exercise workouts, along with eating tips and training information. The app has fast become one of the most downloaded health and fitness app in China. Keep targets young people with women making up 55% of its users. However, what’s most significant is the time people spend on the app, which averaged 13.58 minutes. Keep’s popularity is a sign of the popularity of health and fitness in China.
Keep has built a social community of millions of active people who care about fitness and living healthy. The app is open to co-branding and creative campaigns, so marketers with products that are relevant and targeted at active, healthy people would benefit from this targeted approach.
荔枝fm – Litchi FM
Weibo Fans: 870,000
Litchi FM is an app that enables users to set up personal radio stations and record radio shows on their smartphones. Litchi FM has been called China’s answer to Sound Cloud. The app has 80 million registered users, of this audience 75% are women, 86% are aged under 30 years, and 50% are students.
Live audio FM is becoming a huge trend in China, partnering with Litchi FM provides marketers with a unique approach to the market. Instead of creating a brand channel on WeChat, brands can create a live weekly audio show sharing brand stories and updates.
有道 – Youdao
Youdao is a Chinese-to-multi language dictionary based in a search engine, which released by NetEase in 2007. Youdao reach 500 million users, back to April 2015 and according to research it holds more than 70% market share in the dictionary app industry. Most of the Youdao users (74%) have a bachelor degree or higher and are aged between 18-35-years-old. Youdao’s audience is well-educated, high earners, who are loyal to brands and likely to share content.
Youdao offers marketers a highly desirable audience of well-educated high earners. This app presents a huge opportunity to brands that wish to engage with this community, who are using the social dictionary daily. Brands could engage this active user base to create a Chinese product slogan or run competitions.
大姨吗 – Dayima
Dayima began life as a women’s health app, enabling users to track their monthly cycle and monitor their menstruation and ovulation. The app has evolved and expanded to promote and sell health related products and snacks to its 80 million registered users and 4.2 million daily active users. The apps personal and family health focus makes it appealing to health-related brands.
Dayima offers marketers a captive audience of pregnant women, new mothers and women hoping to get pregnant. Marketers with products aimed at this audience will love this app, as well as brands with health-related products.
黄油 – Butter Camera
Butter Camera is a photo-editing app that allows users to put Chinese words onto photos as well as providing photo editing tools and backgrounds. Butter Camera is often called the Chinese version of Instagram, and much like that app, it has evolved beyond photo editing to create a community of users who share their images. Last year the app reached 7 million users, 530,000 of these were daily active users.
Much like Instagram, Butter Camera provides a great opportunity for marketers to share images and brand values while creating a community of followers. Butter Camera’s audience skews heavily towards young women, the “Butter Girlfriends” who represent an attractive and captive community.
蘑菇街 – Mushroom Street
Mogujie.com or “Mushroom Street” is one of China’s biggest fashion-focused e-commerce services. Mogujie.com first launched in 2011 and was similiar to Pinterest, however, it has evolved into a women’s fashion e-commerce site where merchants pay commissions to be featured. Last year, Mogujie.com merged with rival Meilishuo.com to expand the site further. Mogujie creates popular content using celebrity images to share clothing advice and promote products.
Mushroom Street has a strong female audience who love fashion, if your brand has accessories, bags, homewares, clothing – or really anything that women want to buy this app will turbocharge your sales.
Key opinion leaders (KOLs)
While this is not a standalone app, China’s key opinion leaders, or KOLs, are a powerful force when it comes to social media. Some of China’s leading KOL’s have collected social media followings that are larger than the population of some countries. They also have a huge influence over trends and products and should not be ignored. KOLs can be found across all the apps listed above, particularly “Little Red Book “and “Keep”.
Marketers that can harness the power of influence of KOLs will reap the benefits. Obviously, it is important to identify the most relevant KOL for your brand and product, however, when done right this offers a huge opportunity, particularly for brands hoping to raise awareness in China.
By Jessica Miao
Jessica Miao is General Manager of UMS. This article was first published in the Exporter Magazine.
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On 21 August the 200th produced BOXER vehicle was delivered by the manufacturer ARTEC. The BOXER programme is a major bi-national co-operation between Germany and the Netherlands.
A400M First Aircraft Delivery
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Posted by Gary Hayes | December 30, 2011 | Augmented Reality, Cross Reality, Extended Reality, Layered Virtual Worlds, Locative, Mixed Reality, Participatory Media, Privacy, Social Media, Transmedia | 18 |
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The alarm rings. Get out of bed, have a shower, dress, breakfast, grab your briefcase, and bus ticket and out the door. Now start RUNNING! Zombies are chasing you. Or is it pirates? Or the Mafia? Games and stories have grown legs and Facebook MafiaWars and Playstation console games have jumped into the physical world. Welcome to the most exciting and entertaining commute of your life.
For the first time in technological history portable devices that are able to send and receive game/video media, are now location aware. This means big changes in where we experience our stories. They will be always on. Around the next corner. We will be living inside the story world.
To get a glimpse of future services in the locative, pervasive space we simply need to look at the now and extrapolate.
As kids we all loved playground games: Hide and seek, capture the flag, cowboys and Indians captivated our imaginations and it was an important part of our social development. Today adults use technology to recreate those experiences for real using our own imaginary, place-based Holodecks. Fulfilling some of our adult needs in this space, The Go Game for example advertises itself as “the future of corporate play,” team-building, and self discovery.
Beyond mapping, check-in utility, or GPS functionality, what kinds of story game and locative services will get millions off their behinds and out into the real world? It takes a lot to commit to wandering around, scavenger hunting for morsels of story. How in the future may locative gamesevolve into being mass media? Or are they really just for niche groups?
This is and has moved way out of niche already. Early locative entertainment, such as orienteering and geocaching (user-created capsules hunt) are still played regularly by five million globally. More story-driven, first-generation Alternate Reality Games with locative elements such as Gentrificationor I Love Bees, attracted several million players. LBS, or locative-based services, have radicallyaltered the social gaming landscape already in Asia for hundreds of millions. A recent Pew mobile report noted that more than half of all smartphones are used for social and utility locative services and by 2015 it will be a $21 billion industry.
What makes and will make these so compelling, to so many?
The stories and games contextually fit their surroundings. The origins of this genre have often been based on architecture, audio tours, and urban map layouts, using early wearable computers or earphones. For example, back in 2004 PacManhattan re-created the 1980s game around Central Park’s grid-like streets and had hundreds of players running around collecting virtual dots. The creators wanted to:
“explore what happens when games are removed from their ‘little world’ of tabletops, televisions and computers and placed in the larger ‘real world’ of street corners, and cities.”
This element can put you and your friends at the center of the action. For example, “Spy Am I” a massive multiplayer locative game, lets players be the secret agent, or live the life of a criminal. There are many story based pervasive game apps being launched on GPS enabled smartphones that let you explore your darker side such as Crime is Life or Crime Plays.
For those who want to make their real world a little bit more terrifying than it already is we have social locative games such as Zombie Apocalypse, where you have to really run, to outrun the attacking man eaters.
Speaking of running, marketers are not far behind in this race with viral examples such as Nike Grid or Mini’s Getaway (“this game has united us, it is so social”) that combined the best formula of story, game, and exercise with lots of social locative strategy.
Our locative experience tools are powerful social organizers. Everything in our future lives will be geo-tagged.
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Set in the physical world means the same tools available to storytellers and marketers are available to everybody, including activists. So the recent Occupy Wall Street meet-ups themselves begin to look like locative fiction. Hundreds of thousands of geo-tagged narratives create probably the world’s most connected locative story yet. In a similar story-world, but oddly similar in focus, Tourality and Shadow Cities get you and your friends to battle, find treasure, and lay claim to areas of the city.
Flash mobs are a form of locative storytelling, a sort of organized social Holodeck. The social unification that comes from the best of these choreographed events, beginning with Frozen Grand Central, spread around the world. They become memes copied and extended through global imitation.
The story future of this specialized entertainment format is likely to come from expert traditional cinematic and marketing storytellers. They will be experimenting and extending fictional narratives into geo space. Pandemic 1.0 by Lance Weiler & Seize the Media is an infected world extending plot lines and challenges from cinematic games three years earlier. A present day example of future locative story, this played at the Sundance Film Festival and involved the best aspects of team play, discovery, and clever use of multi-device and place.
The popularity of locative stories and games will be proportional to marketers and writers making it worth our while to ask for our stories-to-go. As the technology matures and location lock-on is instantaneous, it will truly take off. The technology already fits in with our existing out of home routines, particularly when it comes to commenting, working, eating, and entertainment.
But back home, watching a forensic cop show on the TV. At the end, you’re told to go out of the house and help track down the killer on the street, mobile locative device in hand!
What are the security implications of this? In one evening, 200,000 viewers turn into 200,000 private eyes on the streets of London?! Would you take part in these types of services?
But think, at the end of the day, as the sun sets in a dark backstreet in your hometown, your heart starts pounding again. Will you make it back home alive?
Consider yourself, entertained.
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Tri-DENT narcotics team agents arrest two on cocaine charges
LASALLE — On Sept. 17 at about 3:15 p.m., the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team (Tri-DENT), assisted by the LaSalle Police Department and Peru Special Investigations, conducted a controlled purchase of less than 1 gram of purported cocaine from Tyler W. Dennis, 24, of Wenona and Maceo M. Johnston, 22, of DeKalb in the 900 block of Third Street in LaSalle.
Following further investigation, both Dennis and Johnston were charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance — cocaine (a Class 2 felony). Dennis and Johnston were later transported to the LaSalle County Jail to await a felony bond hearing.
A Tri-DENT news release notes that all subjects are innocent until proved guilty by a court of law.
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Book Review: 'Less Is More' by Jason Jennings
Less Is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity
Jason Jennings
Portfolio/Penguin (2002)
This is the second of two books by Jennings that I have recently read, the other being It’s Not the Big That Eat the Small…It’s the Fast That Eat the Slow. His focus in this volume is on eight companies that “use productivity as a competitive tool in business.” He set out to learn how they got that way and which lessons can be learned from them that “any company could follow.” He and his research associates examined more than 4,000 companies, settled on a short list of 100, and then reduced it to the top eight outstanding performers. The criteria for evaluation and selection included revenue per employee, return on equity, return on assets, and operating income per employee. Next, questions were posed such as “Has the company been overexposed?” and “Might this company pull an Enron?”
Prior to the final selection, several pit bulls (cleverly disguised as CPAs) sank their teeth into the companies’ public data with the admonition to “take it apart, put it back together again, and provide as much assurance as possible that each of the companies was strong and likely to endure.” Here are the eight: IKEA, Lantech, Nucor, Ryanair, SRC Holdings, World Savings, Yellow Freight, and The Warehouse. When discussing them, Jennings focuses with meticulous on issues such as these:
• Tactics which are most effective when selling “the BIG idea” (vision, strategy) to an organization (pages 23-35)
• Action steps that will “drive a stake through the heart of bureaucracy” (pages 66-68)
• The undesirable consequences of balancing the books by resorting to layoffs (pages 84-86)
• The meaning of WTGBRFDT and why effective use of it is essential to the success of any organization (pages 106-113)
• The proper role of the accounting and financial reporting functions (pages 115-121)
• How to “systematize everything” (pages 127-132
• Principles which highly productive companies employ to achieve continuous improvement (pages 147-153)
• “Ruthless and strict” criteria by which to evaluate technological initiatives (pages 182-184)
• Sequential initiatives which to permanently motivate a workforce (pages 200-204)
• Traits required for a leader of a highly productive enterprise (pages 215-227)
• “Twelve Rules for Doing More with Less” (pages 234-235)
These are not checklists. On the contrary, each of these passages consists of a probing and eloquent analysis. By this process Jennings reveals the “lessons” to which I referred earlier. All of these lessons are directly relevant to all organizations (regardless of size and nature) and can effectively applied IF (huge “if”) those who read this book select an appropriate course of action from among the four options Jennings identifies on page 232. If nothing else, each reader can model herself or himself after the principles and traits of the most productive companies and their leaders.
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Navi Announced In June, Launches July | More Powerful Navi Launching Next Year
CrimsonRayne 16th January 2019 0 Comments
It’s no secret that AMD are working hard to get their Navi architecture ready for launch, with the GPU appearing on roadmaps since Raja Koduri first announced Polaris back in 2016. There have been a number of leaks concerning Navi, not least of all that it is partly funded by Sony, and will be the GPU at the heart of their next-generation console, the PlayStation 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBs-9KXnBmI
AMD’s CES 2019 conference was certainly memorable, with several Ryzen 3000 and Zen 2 juicy details, plus of course the official announcement of the Radeon VII graphics card, a GPU based on the 7nm vega 2 architecture. The announcements at this event also happened to be exactly what we’d been told by a few sources in the industry, who’d predicted both Radeon VII and some of the details announced of the Ryzen 3000 series (and many yet to be announced).
We were also right about the announcements concerning CES and Ryzen 3000 / Zen, as another of our sources confirmed we’d be seeing PCIE 4 on X570, plus many other details.
But in the here and now, while Radeon VII is certainly exciting, there’s the question of what happened with Navi. Well, according to a source Navi will not be announced until around E3 2019 (which takes place in June). The card(s) will then launch about a month later (I don’t have an exact date). According to the source, AMD said that the GPU is looking good (at least the general feeling of the company is confident).
For the performance targets – I can’t give specifics, as I don’t have exact numbers (I wish I did). But I can tell you that according to the source, the company is targeting the “low to mid-range” which, as you can imagine is a pretty wide net. It does match what Lisa Su and others in the company have said, and also other rumors that AMD is basically going to replace Polaris with Navi.
We can, therefore, assume (and this is NOT my source talking, I am simply giving my own two cents here) that the GPU will fall roughly at the level of performance of let’s say an RTX 2060 – RTX 2070. But who knows, maybe it might be a little more, depending on how confident AMD are with yields if they push the clocks up.
We’re pretty confident in the source (as they were one of the sources who confirmed other leaks which proved to be true) BUT keep in mind things can change, and it’s possible that AMD might move up the launch plans if they feel too threatened by Nvidia’s GTX 11 series.
The roadmap we first heard about Navi.
I can also reveal that the lower end Navi’s of July will then be followed by a higher end Navi part that is supposedly arriving in 2020 (though no time window was given). This is puzzling because of Arcturus, but if I had to guess, Navi will launch first in the earlier part of the year, with Arcturus (the so-called ‘next-gen’ GPU) launching in the later part of 2020.
Arcturus is also using 7nm+, which is a refined version of the 7nm process from TSMC… a route AMD is also taking with Zen 3 from what the company has murmured via roadmaps and official statements.
This leaves a few possibilities for big Navi. The first is that it will be still on the vanilla 7nm process, but with a larger die (either MCM or monolithic… AMD’s own roadmaps did call Navi ‘scalable’).
The second possibility is that big Navi will be used as a ‘tester’ for 7nm+ in preparation for Arcturus. Generally speaking, it’s riskier to move to both a new architecture and a new process node than just one of them, as you’re adding more variables. This is pure speculation on my part though, and my source didn’t give me information into this.
AMD clearly has a good plan in place… get people into the Radeon ecosystem. Not only is this great to boost cash (as the likes of the GTX 1060 is way more popular than say the 1080 ti), but also it serves to gain AMD mindshare and fans… all meaning that developers feel more compelled to push the Radeon ecosystem.
In a nutshell, AMD is embracing opensource, so by them having as many gamers as possible at their side, it puts additional pressure on Nvidia. With AMD also ‘owning’ the console GPU space too, it means the next few years will be fascinating. Nvidia clearly isn’t going to give up their market position willingly, and have the engineering resources and architecture to put up one hell of a fight.
Next year will be even weirder because we’ll be talking about GPUs from Intel too, and with Raja Koduri now at the helm of the creating discrete GPUs over at Intel, it’ll be interesting how this shapes up. Navi will have to be very impressive indeed, but I get the feeling that either way – it’ll be great for us as end users.
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Shapes: Looking at Tessellation
By: Suzanne Elvidge BSc (hons), MSc - Updated: 24 Aug 2012 |
Tessellation is the covering of a surface with repeating patterns of regular or irregular shapes that fit together exactly (interlock), with no gaps or overlaps. The earliest tessellations discovered date from the Sumerian civilisation, in about 4000 BC, where tessellations of clay tiles were used as decoration on walls and floors.
Making Tessellations
Carefully and accurately, cut out some regular shapes (shapes where all the sides are the same length) from paper or cardboard (it might make it clearer if different shapes are in different colours):
equilateral triangles (three sides the same length)
pentagons (five sides the same length)
hexagons (six sides the same length)
octagons (eight sides the same length)
dodecahedrons (12 sides the same length).
Also, cut out some other shapes:
trapeziums (four sided shapes with one pair of parallel sides)
rhombuses (a diamond or a four-sided shape with four equal sides).
Try fitting these together, first using only one kind of shape, and then using repeating patterns of two or three different shapes. Are there any that won’t create patterns of one kind of shape? Are there any that won’t create patterns of two or three kinds of shape?
Patterns using only one regular shape are called regular tessellations. These can only be made using three shapes – equilateral triangles, squares, or hexagons.
Patterns that repeat but use more than one kind of regular shape are called semi-regular tessellations. These can use equilateral triangles, squares, hexagons, octagons and dodecahedrons.
tessellations don’t always have to use regular shapes. They can also be made using other shapes, including trapeziums and rhombuses.
Were there any shapes that would not fit at all? Work out what kind of extra shapes would be needed to make these tessellate – are these regular shapes?
M C Escher, an artist, made tessellations using identical irregular shapes, often of living things – there are pictures using fish, dogs, frogs, flying horses and many others. Try creating a repeating tessellation using an irregular shape.
A tangram is a Chinese puzzle made up of a square sliced into a seven shapes (or tans) that fit together – a smaller square, five triangles and a rhombus. Tangrams can be mixed up to make many different shapes, or reassembled into a square. While it’s not a tessellation, because its not a repeating pattern, a tangram is a fun way to look at shapes, and how they fit together.
Examples of Tessellation
Tessellation is used in decoration, and patchwork quilts and tiled floors and walls are examples of tessellation. Mosaics are complex forms of tessellation.
Islamic art does not allow the use of images of living things, but many Islamic buildings (for example the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain) use complex patterns of tessellated tiles as decoration.
Rock created from ancient flows of lava (molten rock) can crack into hexagonal columns, such as the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland. An area of rock in Tasmania called the Tessellated Pavement is made up of rectangular blocks created from sedimentary rock.
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Prescott Daily Courier 3/2/2013
ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURS: Prescott marketing executive garners Sam's Club award
Matt Hinshaw/The Daily Courier
Ginni Trask of the Wizards of the Web business cooperative chats Thursday with associate and fellow small business owner Dean Koressel in her Prescott home office. Trask was one of two small-business owners in Arizona – and 102 nationwide – to benefit from a grant that Sam’s Club provided to the Service Corps of Retired Executives, or SCORE.
Ken Hedler
The Daily Courier
PRESCOTT - Ginni Trask, a graphic artist and writer, said she started in the marketing field in the 1980s before computers replaced typewriters.
Like other business owners, Trask has entered the Internet age. She operates Logos & Letters out of her manufactured home, and collaborates with web developer/designer Dean Koressel and photographer/writer Annie Rothrock in a business cooperative titled Wizards of the Web.
Trask and Koressel met through the Prescott Power Partners networking group in April 2011.
Two years earlier, Trask consulted volunteers of the Service Corps of Retired Executives, or SCORE, in Prescott to seek help in preparing a business plan.
Trask attended two SCORE workshops, said Joe Van Bourgondien, vice president of SCORE Northern Arizona.
That interaction blossomed into a business relationship in which Trask became a supplier to SCORE and writes a column that appears in The Daily Courier and two other newspapers, according to Van Bourgondien.
He successfully nominated Trask to benefit from the Sam's Club Giving Program grant to SCORE. He said he did so because "she has done such a good job growing a business in a short time.
"She is able to grow her business without hiring a lot of people," Van Bourgondien said.
Trask was one of 102 small-business owners to garner the honor - and two from each state - according to Carrie Foster of Sam's Club public relations in Bentonville, Ark.
Sam's Club collaborated with SCORE to provide more than $500,000 in supplies and training to the 102 small businesses, Foster stated in an email. The grant paid for the recipients to attend a two-day conference in January in Dallas.
The conference included speeches by nationally known marketing experts, Trask said.
"I got a better direction for us to market and promote our business," Trask said. She added she learned that businesses must write blogs at least three times a week.
Trask said she will use the $1,000 gift card from Sam's Club to buy a new computer.
Trask, a native of Utica, N.Y., who moved to Prescott from Phoenix in 1993, said she needs to reach prospective clients before they launch businesses.
She drew praise from client Melanie Moser, owner of Pawsitive Balance Massage, which serves people and pets.
Moser said she met Trask through a SCORE business class, adding Trask has helped her with branding, web design and writing for brochures.
"She has set up my own image," Moser said. "And I keep going back for her for things that I need.
"I am not a good writer.
She puts a nice professional spin on it."
Trask's affiliation with Wizards of the Web offers clients branding, web design, web development, photography, promotional items, content writing and advertising, according to a brochure.
"Branding is more than just a logo," Trask said. "It involves putting research into our client's individual target. It involves writing content so that writing is geared to attract a target market."
Another service is web hosting, said Koressel, who formerly owned a skating rink in Prescott and before that worked as a satellite communications engineer for Motorola in the Valley.
"It's like you are renting part of a hard drive on a computer," he said.
For more information, log onto www.WOWoftheWeb.com.
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November Opening Planned for Imperial Beach Hotel, Restaurant
A November opening is planned for Pier South, a $34 million boutique hotel in Imperial Beach being built by San Diego-based Pacifica Cos., and its on-site full-service restaurant to be operated by locally headquartered Cohn Restaurant Group.
Operators said the new restaurant, called Sea 180, will be located on the ground level of the hotel. The 16th San Diego County restaurant for Cohn Restaurant Group will have an upscale “coastal tavern” style and is named for its seafood menu and sweeping 180-degree views of the surrounding waterfront.
The San Diego-based company, led by David and Lesley Cohn, is operating its first Imperial Beach restaurant in partnership with Ken Irvine, principal of Irvine Hospitality Group and a former commercial fisherman. The 10,000-square-foot restaurant will have indoor and outdoor dining spaces, a banquet room and rooftop deck.
The 78-room Pier South is nearing completion on the waterfront site that previously housed Seacoast Inn for several decades. The new four-story hotel, located off Seacoast Drive, includes a 113-space underground parking lot, rooftop patio and pool, with meeting and event rooms.
Pier South will be operated by Pacifica Cos.’ hospitality management division, Pacifica Host Hotels, under a licensing agreement with Marriott International Inc.’s Autograph Collection luxury brand.
— SDBJ Staff Report
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Why Superman/Batman is the Right Move for DC
Written by Griffin Banks
It’s happening.
It’s finally happening.
No Colin Farrell. No James Franco.
Just the World’s Greatest Detective vs. the Last Son of Krypton in slow motion, grey filtered glory.
It’s been rumored since Myspace was a thing and we dreamt about it during the days of Reeves and Keaton, but in 2015 we’re finally going to see the two most iconic figures in graphic novels on the big screen together at last. This is hands down the most hopeful I’ve been about a/the DC Cinematic Universe since the Batman rolled out on the Bat-Pod at the end of Dark Knight. You thought that Wayne Tech satellite in MOS was a homage, huh? No sir, it’s the freakin Bat, and he’s gunning for the Kryptonian who was up to no good. Why am I imagining more Supes vs. Bats, but not a cut and dry team-up World’s Finest-style? WB laid down the gauntlet with the infamous Dark Knight Returns quote, Read by Harry Lennix (The General Lane stand in from Man of Steel).
"I want you to remember, Clark, in all the years to come, in all your most private moments, I want you to remember my hand at your throat, I want you to remember the one man who beat you." – Batman
Among what happens to be my favorite Batman tale, there’s one of the most memorable Superman-Batman smack downs in print within the story (and those dudes were in their 50’s in that alternate future). Batman better be a few years shy of geriatric this time around though, especially because in this “kryptonite-less” universe his trump card is off the table right off the bat. Chances are he’ll be channeling his inner Tony Stark and don a mech suit, but it certainly isn’t going to end there, for when you’re dealing with Batman he’s always got a plan A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z. His back ups have back ups, who would of thought a man who lost his parents and almost everyone else he cares for senselessly, would be distrusting? He’s got a veritable “Tower of Babel” of profiles categorizing the strengths and weaknesses of even his best of pals. Could any of us really blame him either? Superman leveled a small town, demolished the City of Tomorrow, and snapped an equally powerful being’s neck in front of small children. That guy has to be on some most wanted lists, and with a strict “no killing” policy Batman already has a reason to hate Kal’s alien guts. But tackling Supes is going to be the least of this Batman’s problems. He’s stepping into five men’s Bat-boots and they’re plenty big.
Personally, WB has tons of options if they play their cards right. You could cast Karl Urban to recapture that Dredd lightning in a Bat-bottle, Richard Armitage gave a brooding yet intimidating performance as Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit, or how ‘bout go balls to the wall and give Chadwick Boseman of 42 the cape and cowl. As long as you get an actor of pedigree, and not one of those dreaded CW pretty boys you’ll be well off. Hell previously starving actors pretty much comprised the entire Avengers cast. You know who else has a bone to pick with Superman? The owner of those tankers he smashed, Mr. Lex Luthor himself. Maybe make him a business competitor of Bruce Wayne and you’ve got yourself a handy plot-bridge, and for god sake can we ditch the whole real estate shark shtick and give this guy the Dr. No smarts, the despicable Bernie Madoff swagger, and his badass purple-green battle suit. (Far out casting suggestion: Matthew Rhys of The Americans?) Word to the wise Mr. Snyder, for as long as you’re pulling out DKR comparisons, how about you throw in Carrie Kelly female Robin? Imagine Hit-Girl with the hair of Johnny Bravo, and some snazzy lime-green shades to boot. Hmm looks like Chloë Grace Moretz doesn’t have anything lined up for 2015…
What this announcement signals to me is two things. 1. They’re finally jump-starting the DC Cinematic Universe they’ve been sculpting and scrapping since the ‘70’s. 2. With a 630 + million cash haul they’ve decided upon Zack Snyder to spearhead that universe (a la Joss Whedon). I have mixed feelings on this, while he’s not even in the same ballpark as Whedon, I contend that I really, really liked Watchmen. I mean did you see Nite-Owl in that movie? If Snyder does Batman half as cool, he’ll steal the show. The one announcement that really makes my brow furrow is the inclusion of David S. Goyer in their immediate plans. While I loved Batman Begins, let’s not pretend that the man’s best work isn’t behind him, and Nolan didn’t take him off scripting duty on Dark Knight for shits and gigs. The man hasn’t exactly cracked the super-hero formula, at least not single handedly that is. I’m baffled that a studio with franchises ranging from Lord of the Rings, Sherlock Holmes, to the former Harry Potter, and hell even Pacific Rim had some good ideas; that they’d rest the brunt of DC Comics on this scribe’s shoulders. I mean did you see Blade: Trinity? While Marvel Studios has had it’s fair share of bumps in the road, you have to admit their properties are varied. You have a James Bondian playboy in Tony Stark, a Viking-god fantasy with Thor, a starry eyed war movie with Cap, and a modern day Frankenstein with Hulk. The diverse cast of characters is reflected in the diversity behind the camera. You can’t just have Jon Favreau and Joss Whedon director every film you pump out. Let me put it this way, you can’t have stake forever, one day you’re going to want some oatmeal.
This humble fanboy’s pitch for the film? Show us why this Batman isn’t just a dollar store knock off Bale. Open the film with him putting the hurt on one of his more fantastical villains, like Mr. Freeze or Clayface heisting a bank. Really show us that this a world where space invaders dwell, and men can fly. Have him running dabs on Superman on the side, and participating in some board meetings with good ole Lex as slick Bruce Wayne. Throw in an Alfred cameo, maybe even a little Robin. On the flipside, show us a more classic Superman reporting for the Planet (possibly on Lex), trying to win back the hearts and minds of antsy Metropolisians. Have the two big guns fight, then put their differences aside to stop Lex. There, that’s it; you can even have the morality of killing as the film’s “message” if you’re going for the trademark cerebral, Nolan charm.
This, like the Star Wars VII break before it, makes me excited about iced franchises once more. Maybe before I’m old and grey I’ll sit down to a Justice League movie? Or you know an Aquaman movie, a Wonder Woman movie, a Flash movie, a good Green Lantern movie…the list goes on and on; ideally my optimism will too.
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From the YMCA to Milan Fashion Week: Interview with Aaron Miller
July 2, 2018 Ruthlessmag01 0 Comments fashion, menwear, model
Societal conformity is one thing that is constantly being challenged. It’s strange, isn’t it? We can be progressive as a collective when it comes to technology but not when it comes to an individual’s social behaviour and beliefs. Go on, you can admit it that there are some things you choose to do in life because it’s the ‘norm’, because everyone else is doing it, because being different isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Aaron Miller is signed to modelling agency AMCK and is changing the fashion game, not least by being one of the first models with dreadlocks paid to run the catwalk in Europe. His distinctive look and personality have caught the attention of some of fashion’s biggest names like Vivienne Westwood. During his modelling journey, Aaron made a life changing commitment to Buddhism and one of the ways he wanted to spread his message and positivity is through his music. Ruthless Magazine was able to catch up with the young influencer and ask him about his journey so far, how it began and what he plans for the future.
How did it all start?
I started modelling when I was 18. At that time I was homeless and living in the YMCA, it was a difficult time in my life and I wasn’t doing anything, refusing to work. My aunty said to me ‘Aaron, what are you doing with your life?’ and encouraged me to try modelling because she thought I could go far with it. So I tried it, approached every agency in London – but I was refused because I didn’t fit their standard image. I had dreads and because of that they didn’t want to take me. If you’re mixed race you have to kind of have smooth hair and all that, that’s what their models look like.
Patrick at AMCK believed in me and said I could be one of the first dreadlock models to make money – and I was, I was the first ever dreadlock model to walk in Milan. I proved to the industry that you can be alternative
I’ve been modelling for five years now, and I turned Buddhist during that time and slowly I just started to feel mad bored with modelling. My ex-girlfriend’s dad was a producer and he was connected right to the top. I was interested in music, and he told me that it’s not about what you rap about – people like 21 Savage just go ‘nanananaana uh’, it doesn’t matter what you’re saying it’s all about the energy you’re making and you can make it if you market it correctly. I had a big Buddhist message and I wanted to show that through my rap. The next thing I know, I’m out in LA and Def Jam’s watching me – and this is all after just a couple of voice notes.
I believe my life is going so far right now because of my belief and my faith. You heard of law and attraction? That works, but you have to completely change the way you think because you’ve been taught by Babylon to think a certain way. They don’t want 7 billion powerful people achieving their dreams. My mission and my dream is to spread nam-myoho-renge-kyo (it’s a chant) but fundamentally I want to show people you can be young, my age, look cool but be highly spiritual at the same time and use the universe to achieve your dreams and let nothing stop you. That’s kind of me in a nutshell.
How do you divide your time between two demanding industries?
Time-wise I have all the time in the world because I don’t work. I wake up every morning and think ‘what do I wanna do today?’ It’s an amazing feeling. I don’t have to pay rent right now, I live with my mum, so that’s also part of the reason. I’m very realistic and mindful – if you need to work in Urban Outfitters then you got to do that but don’t ever stop chasing that dream. Plan B is to chase plan A, everything should always only be to achieve your dream.
What’s the biggest fashion show/campaign you’ve ever done?
Right now on Oxford street my face is on JD sports, that’s no doubt my biggest thing. It’s for supply and demand I’ve been the face for it seven seasons straight, globally which is pretty wavy. I did Julien Macdonald a couple of weeks ago which was huge for me and I was with the top supermodels which was just crazy. Another catwalk I got to do was Philip Plein in Milan and I was walking behind rapper Tyga as he was rapping and I was fucking drunk as fuck as he was walking, it was the live-est situation! Those are the three I am the proudest of, and I don’t even want to be a model no more, I want to achieve big things like Calvin Klein or Tommy Hilfiger and I wanna do ASOS even.
You’re all about positive energy and stuff but does the modelling industry sometimes contradict that?
I think two years ago that would’ve been that case but now I don’t think it matters no more. People like Ian Connor for walking for Kanye West, dirty mother’s bruv dirt, disrespectful. People like Winnie Harlow is peng! Madness, she had the vitiligo and she has proven you can be alternative. People like me, just a guy from YMCA with dreads walking on top catwalks. It’s time now innit, there is a lot of models with dreadlocks who are only getting signed because they have dreads – people are bored of clone white models from select. Everyone values still, we’ve got albinos, people with one arm and dwarfs. I will NEVER tell someone they can’t model because what kind of ego is that for someone? Every single person can model, anyone it’s just about what the client wants. And I think people now see that the boundaries are changing and it’s about ordinary people. Life is about being ordinary, when I’m around these super model people they are so normal actually it is a joke how normal they are.
Get ready to be rejected enough, you have to have a heart of stone and people saying you’re not good enough – but if you know you are that’s all that matters.
How would you describe your style, fashion-wise or music-wise?
Music-wise I am spoken word, no doubt about that. I don’t like the word rap I think too many people have ruined what that is.
In terms of style, I just wear whatever the f I want. I just bought these massive tailored long trousers, they were baggy as anything and I just said I’m going to wear them and she said no they are like that so you can tailor them to your size and I said screw that I am just going to wear them like that.
There are certain things I like – military style, I like to wear green things, things that are ripped. I just like to look ordinary. A Gucci sweatshirt and a regular one is the SAME thing why are you gassing yourself? And I love two brands: Ordinary, they really push that message that everyone is the same; and another brand called Headless which I’ve done campaigns for. Other than that, most of my clothes are from thrift shops, I don’t really buy clothes because most of the stuff I wear is just what brands wanted to give me, so I kind of feel a little manipulated with what I can wear because it’s just what I have. I’ve only just started to get some serious money recently where I can go out and buy shit. I want to start dressing smarter because being the face of JD I don’t want people to think I am a road youth.
Any brands you wouldn’t want to wear?
Burberry I wouldn’t want to wear. Timberland, I gave mine away to a charity shop – they are a highly racist brand. The tree was specifically designed as the tree they used to lynch black people on and you can go back to history and discover this. I would never buy fur but I’m just a simple brother, it’s just whatever I like I’ll wear.
Are you more passionate about modelling or music?
Music 100%, I don’t even think I’m that good but I just know that’s where my energy is supposed to be. The world will change because of voice, as a decipher of the Buddha we are told to use our voice to carry on talking for the Buddha, it’s the only way. In this industry they try to shut me up, man I am big conspiracy theorist, I believe that the world is run by one family and I believe in illuminati and all this. So they try to slow you down and stop you from talking but I just say whatever I want. The worst thing is they are hiring me even more now it’s madness.
Have you gotten in trouble?
My agent has told me to be careful, I’ve never gotten into trouble but I’ve lost friends and lost clients like suppose someone can love me all day and then I can go you know Jesus was black right? And they just look at me a certain way and the next thing you know I’m not hired again, so I know in my heart the issue.
You’re part of SGI, tell us about journey?
I’ve always been quite spiritual, I’ve called myself the indigo child for the last 7 years, which is an ordinary person who is becoming enlightened. I am not saying I am enlightened but I am becoming, we are all becoming enlightened.
So about two and a half years ago I was breaking up with my girlfriend at the time and I met this woman who told me there is a chant you can do it’s called nam-myoho-renge-kyo. Long story short, the second I started chanting I knew I had done it in many lifetimes, suddenly I realized that I had many life times it’s energy never dies. It’s like I had mushroom or something, I started sweating and I knew that this was something powerful and ever since that day I’ve never stopped chanting.
By the way chanting is an external prayer, so I am praying in my head whilst doing sound vibration. Most people don’t understand it but they believe that wifi will come through this phone and go somewhere else, but we can do this more powerful than a phone. My body is a million times more powerful than a phone, people don’t understand. It’s like ‘ommmmm’ – so om is the primordial sound of the universe, and NASA discovered that. So when we chant that it changes us on a vibrational level but when we chant nam-myoho-renge-kyo it’s a million times more powerful.
I am a Nichiren Diashonin Buddhist. People don’t realize that there is different schools of Buddhism just like Christianity. We wear normal clothes, we are completely aware that it’s all about humans and not about priests. Why does a priest get to talk to god before me? It’s all about power and I don’t understand that. Nichiren Diashonin was a monk from 700 years ago that took Shakyamuni and finished all of his teachings and spread it. I don’t want to be a religious rapper, don’t get me wrong, I want people to just listen to my music however they want – Intoxicated, not intoxicated, whatever – but have you heard that song “smack my bitch up?” Imagine it just said “change your life cuz”. It’s the same vibe but the message is not demeaning to women and it’s not violent.
I was the first Buddhist in my family, my mom is a clairvoyant and she just doesn’t want to label herself as anything and my brother just lives in the streets with his hood up but I love him and he is going to be very strong. And now my mom chants everyday with me. I got famous people chanting and I tell them to just try it, I am trying to create a tidal wave of spiritual people in this media industry and give the power back to the people.
Did you think social media helped you?
I think it’s very relevant, I have got a tiny number of followers, not even 10K, but even if 100 people listen to me when I do something on Instagram that’s fine. I really hate social media, my girl as soon as her alarm goes off she looks at her notifications and I hate that shit it destroys your mind, you don’t know what you’re doing. Instagram has algorithms and shit that are controlling what you see and I don’t like it. But people remember from Instagram I used to go on rants just being like f the system and I want to do that again but I need to do it smarter. I hate the word social media, but I just feel like I need to go on and talk more and even if one person is listening to me talking about Buddhism that to me is amazing. The Buddha said one to one dialogue will change the world, you have to change your neighbour’s life or your best friend’s life, and that’s what the grass movement is all about.
On veganism.
“If slaughter houses had glass walls then no one would ever eat in them”- Paul McCartney.
anyone that says you can love animals and eat them, I understand where they are coming from because Ethiopians love animals but they kill that cow, and it’s a slow beautiful procedure where they chant over it and that make everything from that cow to the skin. It’s a lifecycle but bruv not one person in the UK has had meat that has not come from a factory, it might say organic and all this shit but it is a disrespectful lie. You go and sit on an organic farm with a chain around your neck and tell me if it’s blissful and especially because the world is about to explode on itself and it’s all because of factory farming; it’s two things: methane gas and factory farming and these two things are destroying the planet. So when you become spiritual you start to realize how much of a responsibility it is, that’s why we are born not be selfish but to change this energy but you slowly start to step away from that.
I’m a pescatarian it’s because of how slow I want to take it, don’t ever get gassed. But I will be a vegan one day, I’ll be a raw vegan, won’t even cook anything. We are old souls the older generation it’s so difficult to teach this to. But I’m not going to lie I love cheese so much, I love halloumi it’s so hard man!
Nowadays everything is becoming more vegan-friendly and people are learning more about it but do you think that’s genuine?
There is a fad going on right now, which is spirituality and veganism. There are a lot of girls who go to topshop and go and buy a Hamsa hand and think they know everything about eastern philosophy. I think it’s good and it’s necessary for awareness but it’s for the people who want to take it deep and want to change for the right reasons. Now there are like huge vegan and vegetarian adverts for McDonalds now which is mad but they are not doing it because they care about us, they are doing it because they want to sell us and we should take advantage of that wave. I know so many girls that have the Buddha on them and I go what’s his name? and they don’t know the name but they got it tattooed on them? And I think for that reason if so many people are getting tattooed then I am going to take advantage of that and teach people whilst it’s relevant.
What are your top 5 future aims and goals by the time you’re 30?
I represent a new style of music where I am king of that shit fully UK or London based at least and before I go on stage all my crew and family can chant together
To have a son or daughter, someone who by birth can be a vegan and I can teach them
Prove to the world that you can start from the bottom not from luck but from faith and become a leader
I’d like to see a major change in the power system in the world and I think that will come from ordinary people stepping up into the light and that happened after Grenfell
To see my mum through the faith I have found to become healthy through spirituality and not through western Babylon force medicine and all that stuff.
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“Speed Elixir” is an open world racing game that coming to PC in December 2016.We also plan to bring it to consoles at the same time but release date may be different.
“Speed Elixir” is an Arcade game about driving fast and Drifting at corners. This game inspired by best games in this genre like “Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit” and “Need for Speed Rivals” but it added new gameplay elements to this formula. The result is an engaging gameplay for hardcore players and an enjoyable experience for casual gamers as well. Right now it has more than 15 types of game play but this may change after QA testing and we may remove some of them if we feel they are not as fun as we think.
“Speed Elixir” is under development since 2013 by “Electro Phantom Games” studio and it powered by “Alpha Beast” engine.
“Alpha Beast” engine is designed from scratch by “Electro Phantom Games” to address the challenges of this project. It’s a modern engine designed by Multi-threading in mind as an essential requirement for next gen gaming. The modern design of “Alpha Beast” engine allowed us to use the true power of current hardware and using the latest technologies like HDR Lighting, Physical Based Rendering, Day and Night cycle, Dynamic Weather and etc. to enhance the gameplay experience by high quality graphics.
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Proposed group name unreasonably fishy for city pioneers
A year after Martinez’s fantasies about handling a lasting star baseball crew were broken by FBI attacks and stunning disclosures, pioneers of the city where acclaimed Yankees slugger Joe DiMaggio grew up are giving it another go.
On Dec. 18, the Martinez City Council collectively endorsed an authorizing consent to handle another baseball crew in the multi-state Pecos League. The group is probably called the Martinez Mackerel, yet don’t get excessively connected — a greater part of gathering individuals said they’re not large fanatics of the name and showed it likely will be changed before the New Year.
“Of all the towns in California that should have baseball, it should be Joe DiMaggio’s town,” resident Donna Beth Weilenman said during the public comment portion of the meeting. “I really hope that there’s a way that we can get this figured out, because we really missed the baseball last year.”
In what city authorities called a “one-year experiment,” the committee affirmed an agreement with Pecos that requires the group to play 32 home games at a similar midtown field in the past involved by the now-ancient Martinez Clippers.
The Pecos League has a few California groups — remembering for Bakersfield and Monterey — just as groups in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Kansas, as indicated by its site. It has an age necessity of 22-25.
The arrangement likewise implies the city is separating from itself from the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball clubs, a four-group alliance situated in Northern California that remembered the Clippers for its 2018 season. Idealism about the Clippers and their debut season were immediately dominated when the group’s proprietors, Jim and Paulette Carpoff, were assaulted by the FBI for supposedly running a billion-dollar Ponzi conspire.
The Clippers likewise left the city with an unpaid $30,000 obligation for utilization of the field, Mayor Rob Schroder said.
In any case, with this new arrangement comes new dramatization: The Pacific Association’s chief, Jonathan Stone, told the gathering that until as of late they was under the impression the Martinez group would play for their class, not Pecos. Stone said they got some answers concerning the change through an article posted on the web.
Pecos League Commissioner Andrew Dunn communicated worries about the Pacific Association’s practicality.
“I didn’t think the Pacific Association was a good idea due to the instability of the teams in the league,” Dunn said in a meeting. They included that it was their plan to join the Pacific Association however they didn’t figure it would be a solid match with Stone as the chief.
Stone reacted at the City Council meeting’s open remark divide, contradicting the idea that “by one way or another we’re an insecure alliance.” They told the gathering their class had “uprightness” and was “proficient,” inferring that the Pecos League was neither of those things.
“In nine years, there have been 11 groups in the Pecos League that have fizzled. We don’t have anyplace close to a reputation like that,” Stone told the gathering. “We’re offering you a long haul opportunity. We’ve been your companion, we’ve been your accomplice, we need to keep on being your accomplice.”
The Pacific Association has experienced a few changes in past years: The San Rafael Pacifics as of late reported their takeoff, and the Pittsburg Diamonds give off an impression of being old too. The Clippers collapsed after their debut season, and another Fairfield group is set to join one year from now.
The Pacific Association likewise sports the Sonoma Stompers, the Napa Silverados (shaped in 2018), and the Vallejo Admirals. The Admirals’ proprietor, Kevin Reilly, freely uncovered at the gathering that they’re been in converses with very rich person financial specialist Dave Phinney about building another waterfront arena in Vallejo, close to Mare Island.
Prior to endorsing the measure, a few board individuals communicated alarm over another of Stone’s allegations — that the Pecos League doesn’t pay its players. A 2017 article on the association by the Denver Post says players are paid a normal of $50 every week. Councilman Mark Ross said that concerned their, yet the city expected to act now on the off chance that it needed a baseball crew one year from now.
“On the off chance that the choice is this or no baseball, I’m going with this. While it’s not the best circumstance, it gets us back in the game,” Councilwoman Lara DeLaney said.
Schroder said they also would favor the Pacific Association to the Pecos League on account of the chance to play other neighborhood groups and assemble contentions.
“I really would have liked to play in the Pacific Association. But we’re not in the driver’s seat right now,” Schroder said.
Something else everybody can concur upon: The name “Mackerel” needs to get hurled once more into the water. A few Pecos group groups have fish names, however to go with a sea fish in a locale with a centuries-old convention of sturgeon angling appears to be an arbitrary decision.
DeLaney concocted a few other options: the Joltin’ Joes, the Martinis or the Muirs, however a two-man board advisory group is relied upon to investigate the subject further.
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You are here: Home » Events » Barcelona, Spain will open the 2015 Stand Up World Series for what will be a dramatic year of Racing
Barcelona, Spain will open the 2015 Stand Up World Series for what will be a dramatic year of Racing
April 5th, 2015 by davi
Barcelona, Spain to host dramatic World Series Opener from June 26th – 28th to kick off an action packed year for the World Series
We are proud to announce that the beautiful City of Barcelona will open the 2015 Stand Up World Series in dramatic style from June 26th – 28th at Barceloneta Beach, downtown. This prestigious opening stop will set the scene for what will be an exciting year of racing, as the World’s best compete across 6 global stops in their quest for a World Championship Crown.
It will also form part of the European Cup, that starts the week before in France and continues on to Finland the week after, then to Italy late July before finishing in Germany in August.
In addition to the World Class Sprint and Long Distance Racing that will take place on the 27th and 28th June, there will be Open Racing for everyone, featuring a 14′ division, a 12′ and under division, and both 10km and 6km distance courses to choose from, as well as a 3km short course.
The Sprint Racing format will provide the standard heat format sprints for the World Series athletes, but also offer a fun racing format for all levels.
We also continue with the widely acclaimed Na Kama Kai Youth Racing divisions for aspiring U16 Racers, as the future of the sport is celebrated here in Barcelona, but also across all World Series Stops.
Schedule, initial logistic and race entry information will be released by April 15th at www.watermanleague.com and in the meantime, check out the trailer for the 2015 Stand Up World Series by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_A5qRVrNMw
Stop 2: The World Series returns to Fehmarn, Germany for Stop 2 of the Stand Up World Series and the Final of the European Cup
After an epic first year in Fehmarn last year, the German Stop on the 2015 Stand Up World Series will return to this beautiful corner of Northern Germany for stop number 2 of the World Series and the Final stop of the 2015 European Cup from the 7th – 9th August.
With music, entertainment and a world class venue on offer for both athletes and spectators, this unique stop on the Series provides the ultimate showcase for the sport in what is one of the fastest growing European markets.
Featuring not only World Series and European Cup Racing, the Fehmarn World Cup of SUP will also host the German Championships, Na Kama Kai Youth Racing, Open Racing and Clinics not to mention Celebrity Team Racing that always draws in the crowds.
Check the local site for initial travel info: www.supworldcup.com, with more detailed info to follow at www.watermanleague.com by April 15th.
It will certainly be an event not to be missed as one of the flagship stops of the Stand Up World Series. Watch the trailer for the 2015 season by CLICKING HERE
Stop 3: Sao Paolo will host the 2015 Brazilian US Open of Stand Up Paddling with Racing on the first weekend (14 – 16th August)
Despite the inconvenience of the move in date, excitement is mounting surrounding the Brazilian Open of Stand Up Paddling that will embrace both the Racing World Series and Surfing World Tour for one of the most complete and exciting global showcases for the sport.
Taking place in the bustling region of Sao Paolo, the World Series component of the Brazilian Open of Stand Up Paddling will run on the weekend of the 15 – 16th August, running straight after stop #2 in Germany, with the Opening Day on the 14th, welcoming the World’s Best in true Brazilian fashion to this hotspot for Stand Up Paddling in Brazil.
The World Tour component will then follow on from the 18th – 23rd August, also serving as Stop number 3 for the World Tour, with the Grand Slam Title for the event also at stake.
Join us for more build up, previews and detailed entry and logistic information for the Brazilian Open of Stand Up Paddling at www.watermanleague.com
Stop 4: The Hayama Pro Japan will bring the 2015 World Series to Asia from the 4th – 6th September, as Japan steps up to be counted
In 2014, the Waterman League took its first steps into Asia for the Chigasaki Pro Japan, a Challenger Series event that opened the doors to International competition in the region. We are excited to now return to Japan in 2015 for a full status World Series event that will take place in the Kanagawa Prefecture at Hayama, an incredible venue for what will be an incredible event.
The Hayama Pro Japan will bring the World’s best to Asia to celebrate the growth of the sport in the region and allow the Japanese athletes to step up and be counted on the global stage.
The new venue in Hayama will provide an unparalleled viewing platform and dynamic courses for the World’s best and all open paddlers, as this unique event will set a new standard for Racing at every level in Asia.
Stay tuned for more on the 2015 Hayama Pro, as well as our lifestyle pod Series that is bringing you stories from last year’s event in Japan, and the World Series as a whole with weekly releases now online at www.watermanleague.com
Stop 5: US Open of Stand Up Paddling will host World Series Racing from 2nd – 4th October (World Tour Surfing: 26th Sept – 1st)
Last year’s Huntington Beach Pro Grand Slam once again showcased Surf City USA as one of the most exciting race courses of the season, as both Sprint and long distance courses provided some of the most competitive racing of the year.
This year, the newly branded US Open of Stand Up Paddling (that more aptly illustrating its embrace of both World Tour Surfing and World Series Racing) will provide one of the most comprehensive sporting showcases of the year, as World Tour Surfing meets World Series Racing right at the heart of California Surf Culture in Huntington Beach.
This year’s edition of the US Open of Stand Up Paddling will run from the 26th September thru to the 4th October, with the racing to take place on the final weekend (2nd – 4th October). Make sure to check out some of the action from last year at this Trailer for the 2015 season: CLICK HERE
Stop 6: Stand Up World Series Finals will return home to Turtle Bay from 16th – 18th October for the climactic finish to the 2015 season
Turtle Bay on Oahu’s Fabled North Shore has established itself as the ultimate arena for World Class racing action, with 3 years worth of dramatic finishes for the World Series now logged.
The infamous Turtle Bay Pool Bar Surf break turns into an unmistakable race track that hosts the most exhilarating racing of the year and a fitting finale to the World Championship Series.
This year’s World Series Finals will take place from the 16th – 18th October and will once again pit the World’s best racers against the World’s ultimate race course.
Make your resevation now at Turtle Bay Resort for the weeekend of the 16th – 18th October and stay tuned for entry and initial logistic / travel information to go LIVE at www.watermanleague.com by April 15th. You can also watch the trailer for intense World Series action by CLICKING HERE
The Final Schedule & details for the 2015 Stand Up World Series
Final 2015 World Series Schedule
Barcelona SUP World Series, Spain: 26th – 28th June
Fehmarn World Cup of SUP, Germany: 7th – 9th August
Brazilian Open of Stand Up Paddling, Sao Paolo, Brazil: 14th – 16th August (World Tour Surfing to run: 18th – 23rd August)
Hayama Pro, Japan: 4th – 6th September
US Open of Stand Up Paddling, Huntington Beach, USA: 2nd – 4th October (World Tour Surfing to run from: 26th September – 1st October)
World Series Finals @ Turtle Bay, Hawaii: 16th – 18th October
Prize-money: US$25,000 per event
Prize-money split: 60:40 Men / Women
Divisions: World Series Class: 12′6 / Open Class 14′ / Open Class 12′ and under
Na Kama Kai U16 Youth Divisions & Clinics across all events
Entry and more detailed event info for all events to go live April 15th at www.watermanleague.com
The European Cup to feature events in France, Spain, Finland, Italy and Germany with both Cup and European Titles at stake
After the success of the 2014 European Cup, we are building out this year’s edition to solidify on the existing territories, introduce an exciting new venue and increase the prestige and impact of the 2015 European Cup in all respects. Info on all events to go live April 15th, together with online entries and much more at www.watermanleague.com
Final Schedule: European Cup
Oleron, France: 19th – 21st June (Europe’s premier downwinder)
Barcelona, Spain: 26th – 28th June (World Series)
Sieravuori, Finland: 2nd – 4th July (Fri / Sat racing)
Rome, Italy: 24th – 26th July (Italia Surf Expo)
Fehmarn, Germany: 7th – 9th August (World Series)
Sapinus Pro Tahiti Entries now open & Barcelona to open World Series in style
News from the Stand Up World Tour & Series: Hawaii Opener & Finals, EU Cup update, Brazil, Japan and US news
Kai Lenny & Candice Appleby win the World Series Finals and secure the 2015 World Racing Titles
Champions are crowned at the European Cup, Brazil withdrawn, while Japan and US Open are set to make waves
2015 schedules, 2014 Highlights & milestones and Holiday Greetings from the Waterman League
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Where are we on reform?
Associated Press-Yahoo Poll
Interview dates: December 14 - 20, 2007
14. Which comes closest to your view?
34% - The United States should continue the current health insurance system in which most people get their health insurance from private employers, but some people have no insurance
65% - The United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers
2% - Refused / Not Answered
15. Do you consider yourself a supporter of a single-payer health care system, that is a national health plan financed by taxpayers in which all Americans would get their insurance from a single government plan, or not?
54% - Yes
44% - No
Full poll results available through link at:
http://news.yahoo.com/page/election-2008-political-pulse-voter-worries
Candidates split along party lines on health
By Tony Leys
State Sen. Jack Hatch, a Des Moines Democrat, said his party’s health reformers used to talk more about implementing a “single-payer” system, in which the government would directly insure everyone. But the only presidential candidate still backing that idea is Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, whose campaign is gaining little traction. “The candidates are moving away from that, which shows they’re being realistic,” he said.
Hatch, who is leading a health reform effort in the Legislature, describes himself as one of the most liberal legislators at the Statehouse. But he said that even many lefties like him have decided to back off single-payer proposals and to look for more pragmatic approaches.
Top Democratic presidential candidates all are talking about ways to improve and expand the country’s current mixed system of public and private insurance plans, Hatch said. Their more moderate stances demonstrate their belief that major health care changes can pass if they’re not too extreme.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/NEWS09/712290325/1012/NEWS11
By Don McCanne, MD
We have a disconnect on reform.
From a policy perspective, the nation now believes that “the United States should adopt a universal health insurance program in which everyone is covered under a program like Medicare that is run by the government and financed by taxpayers.” The majority also supports the concept framed as “single payer,” though the Medicare framing elicits stronger support.
From a political perspective, both the elected and self-anointed elites of the progressive community have chosen to ignore the input of the public at large, and, instead, reframe reform as a model that they believe is a political winner. The words of Iowa State Sen. Jack Hatch (above) express the prevailing framing.
And what is their political goal? They want to create a critical mass of support by including conservatives who believe that everyone should have health care. The problem is that these conservatives still insist that we use the private markets to bring everyone under the umbrella. These are the same people who insist that Social Security is bankrupt and that it can be saved only by privatizing it. These self-appointed progressive elites have to understand that no amount of smooth talking will ever change the DNA of the conservative ideologues.
Although these progressive elites agree that we should establish an optional Medicare-like public program that anyone can purchase, they have narrowly focused their politics by crafting their policies around one single phenomenon that they believe they have discovered. That is that most of us want to keep the coverage we now have.
In all honesty, there are still some private plans that do provide good coverage - good enough that many individuals may not want to deal with the hassles and uncertainties of change. But they also don’t want to even think about potential future insecurities that they might face by hanging on to their current coverage.
Well, they do need to start thinking about it. They need to think about the fact that rules regarding coverage for retirees have just been relaxed, exposing them in the future to the potential of underinsurance or uninsurance. They need to think about the fact that their employer-sponsored coverage is only as secure as their employment, in this age of frequent job changes. They need to think about the fact that the rising costs of health care are impacting their employers causing many to convert to underinsurance, and some to drop coverage altogether. They need to think about the fact that the lack of control over rising health care costs is making coverage unaffordable - a serious challenge should they be thrust into the individual insurance market. They need to think about the fact that the insurance industry continues to expand the market of innovative products - code language for a tradeoff of making premiums affordable by paring down benefits to a level that financial hardships are created for individuals who actually need health care.
OK. So you say go ahead and cover everyone with government programs and subsidies, but still just leave my coverage alone. I’m happy with it, and I don’t want the government messing with it (and I refuse to think about the potential insecurity of the future should any of those frequent events listed take place). Cover everyone? But the costs of adequate coverage now exceed the capability of median-income households to pay for that coverage. Who is going to make up the difference? Doesn’t “government programs and subsidies” mean the taxpayers will? Aren’t you a taxpayer? Do you really want to pay the high costs of your current coverage (even if indirectly through salary reduction) plus pay the taxes to support coverage for the majority of us? Wouldn’t it be far better to have a transparent, equitable process for funding health care for all of us?
The Democrats are placing a bet that politics designed to meet the let-me-keep-my-health-care framing is the key to finally achieving success in reform. It is a bet that will leave us with a choice between unaffordable private plans with inadequate benefits, or a bankrupt public program that is a victim of the death spiral of adverse selection. If we don’t want to place that bet, then we have to tell the self-anointed elite to get out of the way so we can fix our health care system ourselves - in 2008 - by electing politicians who really do represent our views.
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6 Spots In Europe Perfect For Your Family Summer Holiday
Is it too early to be thinking about where to take the family this summer? Not the way we see it as there's really nothing to help you get through the cold and gloom of the winter quite like the thought of a summer break on the horizon.
Getting to the continent has never been easier, opening up a world of exploration and adventure opportunities to families of all shapes and sizes. But in terms which European hot-spots are shaping up to be the hottest for 2015, where are those in the know taking their kids this summer?
Lanzarote - Canary Islands
Well, an ever-faithful entry to the list remains as faithful as ever this year - Lanzarote is the place to be for guaranteed good weather and good times. The island's appeal for families has never been greater as it's becoming increasingly difficult to find a package deal where kids don't travel and stay for free, while those booking sans-agent will find literally dozens of low-cost daily flights from across the UK.
Brittany - France
What makes Brittany a pure haven for families? Let's just say the fact that it is home to the largest stretch of beach in all of France doesn't hurt! The charms of Brittany range from idyllic countryside to bustling beaches to five-star resorts to ramshackle camping - it's pretty much all bases covered for a great family holiday. What's more, it couldn't be easier to reach from the UK with a ferry crossing which for families with kids often ends up being one of the most enjoyable highlights of the trip!
For reasons that are probably best not brought up too often while over there, Greece is still one of the cheapest, most accessible and most affordable family holiday country in the whole of Europe. The weather is stunning, the history is out of this world and as far as the Greek Islands are concerned, it's a tale of wall-to-wall sun, sea, sand and smiles!
An up-and-coming coastal paradise that's only just making it onto mainstream tourism maps, Poland's Gdansk brings together the best of modern beach living and rich history. Take the kids on an exciting boat ride to the wonderfully titled Hel peninsula where chances are you'll find your own private plot on a gloriously un-crowded beach surrounded by lush forests and nature reserves. Best of all - living costs in and around the area are almost jaw-droppingly low.
Sicily - Italy
Though often overlooked by those on the hunt for the real Italian experience, Sicily basically takes everything you think you know about Italy and concentrates it ten-fold. The food is glorious, the weather beautiful, the beaches flawless and the general way of life is almost painfully far removed from that of back home. In short, it's the kind of place memories are made of.
Newquay - Cornwall
Last but not least, if you're really intent on staying in the UK this year, then really nothing does the job for the family quite like Newquay. As a base for an adventure around Devon and Cornwall, Newquay really does hit the nail on the head with its pristine beaches, round-the-clock entertainment and the guarantee of plenty of other kids around to keep your own litter content all day long!
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A brand new book is now available for fans of the Triumph Herald.
UK £24.95 GBPUSA/Canada £32.95 GBPAustralia/New Zealand £32.95 GBPMainland Europe £30.95 GBPOther £34.95 GBP
A beautifully presented brand new book available for 2016 documenting the development, launch and production of ZOBO – the Triumph Herald.
Featuring over 150 rare period photographs, articles and memorabilia this Limited Edition 48 page book takes a look into the incredible journey of the Triumph Herald – against all the problems of suppliers, cashflow, management and disruption – the popular Triumph Herald came out on top!
The book follows a month-by-month timeline from the initial concept through the first years of production and up to the takeover by Leyland Motors in 1961. Featuring key dates and cars this is a fantastic resource and must for fans of Triumph and the Triumph Herald.
Limited to just 948 copies worldwide. In stock and available NOW!
Once sold out it will NEVER be available again.
“Got mine today and I have to say, WOW, it is a fantastic publication and a lot of work gone in to produce. Thanks for doing this. I am delighted with the book and I cannot recommend it enough, all Herald owners should get a copy. Well done to all concerned.” Ken Nolan, Dublin
“Brilliant bit of work. Love this book.” Angus Hart, Somerset #86
“If you are interested in the history of our cars then I thoroughly recommend this book” Phil Willson, TSSC (Triumph Sports Six Club) Courier Magazine. #123
Update: The first book have been shipped – and sent out all over the world including: Australia, New Zealand, USA, Ireland, Finland, France, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Sri Lanka and Italy.
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HawthoRNe in, Saving Grace Out
I would say TNT has made a very odd decision regarding which of these female-led shows to keep, but it appears FOX made the decision for them. The Hollywood Reporter notes that FOX Studios decided that the Holly Hunter drama Saving Grace was just too expensive to make, so after this season ends in Summer 2010, it's canceled.
Saving Grace was never really my cup of tea, and I always found it a bit ludicrous to have the 75-lb. Hunter punching out suspects that were three or four times her size. Aside from that, I did think it was over all a quality-made show with good acting and an interesting premise.
Not so with HawthoRNe. I really tried to like the new Jada Pinkett Smith nursing drama, with its cast of likable quirky characters, but it's just too too much. Smith's Nurse Hawthorne is Miss Perfect, running from crisis to crisis, saving the day wherever she goes. All the doctors are evil, idiots, or evil idiots, but the nurses are sensible yet cynical saints who know the Truth.
I also hate to harp on small points, but it's gotten to be funny watching the previews for HawthoRNe, in which every week she has three new hairstyles. Yes, not only is Hawthorne a tireless nurse who works around the clock to save lives, but she uses what little time she has to herself to get her hair just right.
HawthoRNe has potential if it could reduce some of the nurses' smug superiority. I don't mind having an admirable nurse to watch each week, but I'd prefer it if she worked more in concert with the rest of the staff. Sure, maybe there're a few idiots or jerks to deal with, but there should be more than one decent doctor in the whole hospital.
While HawthoRNe has gotten largely negative reviews, TNT is pleased enough with its performance to order up ten new episodes for next summer. So while HawthoRNe will be celebrating its second season, Saving Grace will be running out their last.
You can catch HawthoRNe and Saving Grace on TNT, Tuesday nights beginning at 9/8c.
PHOTO: Holly Hunter as Grace Hanadarko, Saving Grace screencap, c2009 Fox Television Studios, TNT.
Posted by Valerie David at 12:12 AM
Mystery Man August 15, 2009 at 10:00 AM
i'm with you on HawthoRNe. Seems like a good enough show that it deserves a chance to really get its niche and all. Think about all of the most succefful shows in TV hisory and how different they are from their first seasons. I think that will be the case here if it becomes a true success
Saving Grace, on the other hand, I never bothered ot watch, but from what I saw and heard, there was no reason it should have been cancelled. Of course, you could say the same thing a couple years ago when 4400 was cancelled. all the other networks were cancelling shows that didnt deserve it, guiess TNT had to follow suit
Valerie David August 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM
You're right, there are a lot of good series that had dismal first season. I wanted to like HawthoRNe, so it would be nice if they could fix the flaws and get it on track.
TNT actually wanted to keep Saving Grace--Fox Studios, who makes the show, decided it was too expensive to continue. I guess Oscar winning actresses don't come cheap!
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Home Synchronicity
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1 x LP 180grs 33⅓rpm + bonus download
2019 EU repressing on 180g LP=including "Every Breath You Take" , "King of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", and "Synchronicity II". A final masterpiece born out of tears and break-ups.
Label: Universal= A&M
Release date: 11-11-2019(Original released in 1983)
2019 EU repressing on 180g LP = including "Every Breath You Take" , "King of Pain", "Wrapped Around Your Finger", and "Synchronicity II". A final masterpiece born out of tears and break-ups.
A1 Synchronicity I
A2 Walking In Your Footsteps
A3 O My God
A4 Mother (Lyrics By, Music By – Andy Summers)
A5 Miss Gradenko (Lyrics By, Music By – Stewart Copeland)
A6 Synchronicity II
B1 Every Breath You Take
B2 King Of Pain
B3 Wrapped Around Your Finger
B4 Tea In The Sahara
BBC Review
This band were never better than as a punchy reggae-lite trio and this was about as...
Chris Jones 2007
By 1983 Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland were trapped in a loveless marriage. Sure, the guys still cared about each other, but 4 years of teenage adulation and non-stop touring had highlighted the difficulties of having three such large egos within one tight-knit trio. Previous album, Ghosts In The Machine had ended up with a bland red on black cover because the members couldn't even agree on a design, such was the festering rancour. So it was that Synchronicity was to be their Abbey Road. A final masterpiece born out of tears and break-ups.
Following a lengthy gestation, the album came with all the hype and trappings due to such an event in the early 80s. With 36 different sleeves featuring pictures taken by the band themselves (well, it saved on those disagreements), attendant Godley and Creme directed videos and state of the art sonics co-produced by Hugh Padgham, it's a wonder that Synchronicity didn't sink bebeath the weight of its own publicity. But quality wins every time, and luckily Sting and co were still capable of delivering the goods.
Alongside the so-classic-you-don't-even-hear-it-anymore track; creepy, stalker-related "Every Breath You Take", Synchronicity does the usual Police trick of balancing pretention with pop. While its predecessor had name-checked Arthur Koestler, this one referenced the same AND Carl Jung. "Walking In Your Footsteps" made some kind of analogy between mankind's folly and the extinction of the dinosaurs (but hold on...dinosaurs didn't produce pollution and war did they? Oh well.); "Synchronicity II" took its inspiration from Yeats' The Second Coming; "Tea In The Sahara" was based on Paul Bowles' novel, The Sheltering Sky. never let it be said that Sting's work wasn't educuational. A whole generation read Lolita due to him as well.
Drummer Copeland's contribution, "Miss Gradenko" displayed his family's legacy of political globalism matched with Russian stereotypes while Andy Summers' "Mother", which seemed mere silly filler at the time, now sounds wildly funny and honest all at once. It certainly keeps the listener awake.
Of course Sting's major works here revolve around his own private life taking a downturn. "Every Breath You Take" and "Wrapped Around Your Finger" paint a desperate portrait of a marriage in shreds, while "Murder By Numbers" is taken from the point of view of a serial killer.
If the album suffers at all, it's from over-production. This band were never better than as a punchy reggae-lite trio and this was about as far as they could ever come without sounding pompous. It still has at its heart, however, a nugget of purest pop, and that makes it timeless enough.
Bonus(cd,single,download): bonus download
Originally released: 1983
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Agency needs new plan after Yucca decision
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
The agency will need to determine what environmental and safety issues might come into play if thousands of tons of radioactive spent fuel needs to be kept in steel and concrete containers at reactor sites across the country for extended periods, NRC official Jack Davis said at an agency conference.
Speaking with reporters earlier this week, NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko said nuclear fuel can be stored safely for long periods, and the NRC will "work to see what that time frame is really like -- 100 years, 200 years, 400," according to the New York Times.
NRC staff has indicated that waste-containing canisters can remain robust for another 50-60 years. On Wednesday, Davis, who heads a high-level waste technical review team, said the prospect of keeping highly radioactive material contained for longer periods raises a new set of issues the agency will need to tackle.
By webEditor at Wed, 04/14/2010 - 16:38
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FBI, nuclear agency investigate terrorism suspect
From CNN:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is working with the FBI to determine whether a New Jersey man suspected of being an al Qaeda member had access to any sensitive areas of the nuclear plants where he once worked, a commission spokeswoman said Friday.
The FBI is investigating Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old from Buena, New Jersey, said Rich Wolf, a spokesman at the agency's Baltimore, Maryland, office. He wouldn't comment further.
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Security - Worker Background Checks
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Event Number: 45761
PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING A FORMER PLANT EMPLOYEE
"This notification is being made pursuant to 10CFR50.72(b)(2)(xi) due to the issuance of a press release concerning an individual that previously performed work at Hope Creek Generating Station.
'PSEG Nuclear provided the following statement to Channel 6 News, the ABC-TV affiliate out of Philadelphia, which read as follows:
'Sharif Mobley previously worked as a laborer at PSEG Nuclear for a variety of contractors from 2002 to 2008 mainly during refueling outages for several weeks at a time. This individual satisfied federal security background checks required to work in the US nuclear industry as recently as 2008. While working here, he did routine labor work carrying supplies and assisting maintenance activities. He also worked at other nuclear plants in the region. We are cooperating with law enforcement as part of their investigation as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other nuclear plant operators.'
"Sharif Mobley has been the focus of recent news stories due to his activities in the country of Yemen."
"Hope Creek Generating Station is currently operating at 100%. There is no indication that the individual compromised the security of the station."
The licensee will inform the State of Delaware and New Jersey, the Lower Alloways Creek Township and the NRC Resident Inspector.
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Al Qaeda Suspect Worked at 5 U.S. Nuclear Plants
Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Authorities are investigating whether he might have had any access to sensitive information that would have been useful to terrorists.
Edwin Lyman, a senior staff scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog of the nuclear power industry, said the case raises questions about security at the nation's nuclear power plants — even though Mobley has not been linked to any wrongdoing at any of them.
Some of the information used to give temporary workers like Mobley clearance comes from other nuclear power companies and is sometimes incomplete, Lyman said.
"The real question is: Was there information that the NRC or utilities could have seen that would have led to his disqualification?" Lyman asked.
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House Democrat asks GAO to investigate nuclear licensing process
From The Hill:
Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is asking the Government Accountability Office to review the permitting process for nuclear plants as others in his party appear poised to offer lucrative incentives to revive the industry. Among his questions is whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has adequately weighed the risks earthquakes and severe weather may pose to nuclear power plants.
Markey, who co-sponsored climate change legislation that passed the House last June, notes that nuclear power generation, “has been offered by some as one answer to the escalating crisis of global warming as the operation of nuclear power plants results in lower carbon dioxide output than burring carbon-based fossil fuels.”
Markey has a number of concerns about nuclear power, despite its low emissions. A “catastrophic accident” poses a greater safety risk than “many orders of magnitude more severe than any other type of power plant,” the letter states.
Read more about House Democrat asks GAO to investigate nuclear licensing process
Don't buy Obama's greenwashing of nuclear power
On February 16, while President Obama was in Maryland announcing an $8.3bn taxpayer-backed loan guarantee for Southern Company to build two new nuclear reactors in Georgia, inspectors at the Vermont Yankee reactor were finding dangerously high levels of tritium, a radioactive cancer-causing chemical, in the groundwater near the plant.
The next week, the Vermont state Senate voted overwhelmingly to shut down Vermont Yankee when its current license expires in 2012.
Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas (R) called the timing of the nuclear loan guarantee announcement and the Vermont Senate's decision "ironic." More than just some coincidence, though, the Vermont Yankee situation demonstrates that from the mining of uranium ore to the storage of radioactive waste, nuclear reactors remain as dirty, risky, and as costly as they ever were. If President Obama's recent enthusiasm for nuclear reactors has led you to believe otherwise, you've bought in to the administration's greenwashing of nuclear.
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Leaky Nuclear Plants Versus States Rights
From the Epoch Times:
The people of Georgia may soon be neighbors to the first two new U.S. nuclear plants approved in decades, thanks to billions in loan guarantees just proposed by the Obama administration. But discontent in state legislatures is signaling that those new nuclear plants may not be warmly welcomed in every neighborhood.
Around the country, a problem-plagued nuclear industry is being met by public mistrust. Just last month, the Vermont senate voted 26–4 to block a license extension for Vermont Yankee, the state’s only nuclear power plant, when it reaches the end of its original 40-year license in 2012.
Also in February, West Virginia defeated a bill to repeal that state’s ban on new nuclear construction. And in Arizona, a bill to classify nuclear power as renewable energy was withdrawn.
The source of distrust is a fleet of 104 nuclear plants that isn’t aging well. Vermont Yankee and its owner Entergy Corporation, for example, seemed a shoe-in for a 20-year license renewal in 2012 until one of the plant’s cooling towers collapsed. Then radioactive tritium was discovered leaking into local groundwater from buried pipes that cannot be inspected (after Entergy claimed under oath that no such pipes existed).
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DPS: Yankee statements on piping are ‘flawed and indefensible'
From the Brattleboro Reformer:
In a letter to the Vermont Public Service Board, the Department of Public Service has alleged that Entergy is still not being totally forthcoming about the extent of underground and buried piping at Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vernon.
A filing submitted by Entergy on Jan. 24 has not been "sufficiently responsive" to clear up "inaccurate representations" made last year to the DPS, the PSB, Nuclear Safety Associates, which conducted a reliability assessment of the plant, and the Public Oversight Panel, which was tasked with reviewing NSA's report, wrote Sarah Hofmann, DPS' director of public advocacy in the letter, which was co-signed by John Cotter, DPS' special counsel.
The Entergy filing "is based on a flawed and indefensible reading of (Act 189) and appears to be part of an effort on the part of (Entergy) to minimize the significance of the original inaccurate disclosures ..." she wrote.
The reliability assessment was mandated by Act 189, which was approved by the Vermont State Legislature.
After learning about the "inaccurate representations" made last year, the DPS demanded that Entergy supply details about all underground pipes and systems at the plant.
The problem with Entergy's response to the demand, wrote Hofmann and Cotter, is that it relied on Entergy's definition of underground pipes -- only those that are "in direct contact with soil or concrete."
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Yankee focuses on leaky pipe elbow
From the Rutland Herald:
Workers at Vermont Yankee looking for a source of a radioactive tritium leak continued to use a robot to investigate a dime-sized hole in a drainpipe in the reactor's advanced off-gas system.
Larry Smith, spokesman for Entergy Nuclear, said Monday that the hole was located in an elbow in a 1-1/2-inch pipe, and he said the company was investigating what caused the hole and whether to replace the elbow or patch it.
Smith also noted that preliminary planning was under way for groundwater and soil remediation.
The water coming from the hole is not reaching the environment, since it is in an underground pipe tunnel and the water goes into a drain, where it is eventually treated, Smith said.
Meanwhile, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave Entergy Nuclear a 5-1/2-month extension to finish work on required improvements to its security systems, which were supposed to be completed by March 31.
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Summary of annual review: Peach Bottom, PPL & TMI
NRC staff completed its performance review on Feb. 12, 2010, covering the fourth quarter and all of 2009. In a letter dated March 3, 2010, the NRC said Unit 1 “operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives.”
NRC staff completed its performance review on Feb. 16, 2010, for the most recent quarter and all of 2009. In a letter dated March 3, 2010, the NRC said Units 2 and 3 “operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives.”
The letter reviewed the confirmatory order of Dec. 1, 2009, to plant owner Exelon regarding two workers, one a licensed reactor operator who failed to report a driving under the influence arrest and the other a maintenance supervisor who provided inaccurate and incomplete information when applying for the job. Details are mentioned in previous reports.
The letter also mentioned the previously reported $65,000 civil penalty issued on Jan. 6, 2009, relating to inattentive security officers discovered in September 2007. The NRC noted that its 2009 mid-cycle performance assessment letter indicated that extensive inspections have “adequately addressed this issue.”
The NRC staff completed its performance review on Feb. 16, 2010, for the fourth quarter and all of 2009. In a letter dated March 3, 2010, the NRC said that Susquehanna Units 1 and 2 “operated in a manner that preserved public health and safety and fully met all cornerstone objectives.”
The letter discussed the previously reported matter when a potential chilling effect letter was issued in January 2009 over safety work environment issues. The letter noted that plant owner PPL has taken reasonable actions to improve the safety conscious work environment (SCWE) at the site. “Specifically,” the NRC letter said, “the staff determined that you recognized the issue impacted multiple areas across the site; took appropriate and timely actions to address it; and completed a range of corrective actions which have been implemented and are judged, at this time, to have been effective in addressing the underlying issues.” The NRC said that cross cutting issues do not exist at this time.
Nonetheless, the NRC said it would continue to monitor PPL’s activities over the issue. It added that it is continuing to review some events that occurred during 2008, and PPL would be notified of the outcome in separate correspondence.
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One afternoon Benjamin told us that he wanted fifteen volunteers. The attack on the Fascist redoubt which had been called off on the previous occasion was to be carried out tonight. I oiled my ten Mexican cartridges, dirtied my bayonet (the things give your position away if they flash too much), and packed up a hunk of bread, three inches of red sausage, and a cigar which my wife had sent from Barcelona and which I had been hoarding for a long time. Bombs were served out, three to a man. The Spanish Government had at last succeeded in producing a decent bomb. It was on the principle of a Mills bomb, but with two pins instead of one. After you had pulled the pins out there was an interval of seven seconds before the bomb exploded. Its chief disadvantage was that one pin was very stiff and the other very loose, so that you had the choice of leaving both pins in place and being unable to pull the stiff one out in a moment of emergency, or pulling out the stiff one beforehand and being in a constant stew lest the thing should explode in your pocket. But it was a handy little bomb to throw.
A little before midnight Benjamin led the fifteen of us down to Torre Fabián. Ever since evening the rain had been pelting down. The irrigation ditches were brimming over, and every time you stumbled into one you were in water up to your waist. In the pitch darkness and sheeting rain in the farm-yard a dim mass of men was waiting. Kopp addressed us, first in Spanish, then in English, and explained the plan of attack. The Fascist line here made an L-bend and the parapet we were to attack lay on rising ground at the corner of the L. About thirty of us, half English and half Spanish, under the command of Jorge Roca, our battalion commander (a battalion in the militia was about four hundred men), and Benjamin, were to creep up and cut the Fascist wire. Jorge would fling the first bomb as a signal, then the rest of us were to send in a rain of bombs, drive the Fascists out of the parapet and seize it before they could rally. Simultaneously seventy Shock Troopers were to assault the next Fascist ‘position’, which lay two hundred yards to the right of the other, joined to it by a communication-trench. To prevent us from shooting each other in the darkness white armlets would be worn. At this moment a messenger arrived to say that there were no white armlets. Out of the darkness a plaintive voice suggested: ‘Couldn’t we arrange for the Fascists to wear white armlets instead?’
There was an hour or two to put in. The barn over the mule stable was so wrecked by shell-fire that you could not move about in it without a light. Half the floor had been torn away by a plunging shell and there was a twenty-foot drop onto the stones beneath. Someone found a pick and levered a burst plank out of the floor, and in a few minutes we had got a fire alight and our drenched clothes were steaming. Someone else produced a pack of cards. A rumour – one of those mysterious rumours that are endemic in war – flew round that hot coffee with brandy in it was about to be served out. We filed eagerly down the almost-collapsing staircase and wandered round the dark yard, enquiring where the coffee was to be found. Alas! there was no coffee. Instead, they called us together, ranged us into single file, and then Jorge and Benjamin set off rapidly into the darkness, the rest of us following.
It was still raining and intensely dark, but the wind had dropped. The mud was unspeakable. The paths through the beet-fields were simply a succession of lumps, as slippery as a greasy pole, with huge pools everywhere. Long before we got to the place where we were to leave our own parapet everyone had fallen several times and our rifles were coated with mud. At the parapet a small knot of men, our reserves, were waiting, and the doctor and a row of stretchers. We filed through the gap in the parapet and waded through another irrigation ditch. Splash – gurgle! Once again in water up to your waist, with the filthy, slimy mud oozing over your boot-tops. On the grass outside Jorge waited till we were all through. Then, bent almost double, he began creeping slowly forward. The Fascist parapet was about a hundred and fifty yards away. Our one chance of getting there was to move without noise.
I was in front with Jorge and Benjamin. Bent double, but with faces raised, we crept into the almost utter darkness at a pace that grew slower at every step. The rain beat lightly in our faces. When I glanced back I could see the men who were nearest to me, a bunch of humped shapes like huge black mushrooms gliding slowly forward. But every time I raised my head Benjamin, close beside me, whispered fiercely in my ear: ‘To keep ze head down! To keep ze head down!’ I could have told him that he needn’t worry. I knew by experiment that on a dark night you can never see a man at twenty paces. It was far more important to go quietly. If they once heard us we were done for. They had only to spray the darkness with their machine-gun and there was nothing for it but to run or be massacred.
But on the sodden ground it was almost impossible to move quietly. Do what you would your feet stuck to the mud, and every step you took was slop – slop, slop – slop. And the devil of it was that the wind had dropped, and in spite of the rain it was a very quiet night. Sounds would carry a long way. There was a dreadful moment when I kicked against a tin and thought every Fascist within miles must have heard it. But no, not a sound, no answering shot, no movement in the Fascist lines. We crept onwards, always more slowly. I cannot convey to you the depth of my desire to get there. Just to get within bombing distance before they heard us! At such a time you have not even any fear, only a tremendous hopeless longing to get over the intervening ground. I have felt exactly the same thing when stalking a wild animal; the same agonized desire to get within range, the same dreamlike certainty that it is impossible. And how the distance stretched out! I knew the ground well, it was barely a hundred and fifty yards, and yet it seemed more like a mile. When you are creeping at that pace you are aware as an ant might be of the enormous variations in the ground; the splendid patch of smooth grass here, the evil patch of sticky mud there, the tall rustling reeds that have got to be avoided, the heap of stones that almost makes you give up hope because it seems impossible to get over it without noise.
We had been creeping forward for such an age that I began to think we had gone the wrong way. Then in the darkness thin parallel lines of something blacker were faintly visible. It was the outer wire (the Fascists had two lines of wire). Jorge knelt down, fumbled in his pocket. He had our only pair of wire-cutters. Snip, snip. The trailing stuff was lifted delicately aside. We waited for the men at the back to close up. They seemed to be making a frightful noise. It might be fifty yards to the Fascist parapet now. Still onwards, bent double. A stealthy step, lowering your foot as gently as a cat approaching a mousehole; then a pause to listen; then another step. Once I raised my head; in silence Benjamin put his hand behind my neck and pulled it violently down. I knew that the inner wire was barely twenty yards from the parapet. It seemed to me inconceivable that thirty men could get there unheard. Our breathing was enough to give us away. Yet somehow we did get there. The Fascist parapet was visible now, a dim black mound, looming high above us. Once again Jorge knelt and fumbled. Snip, snip. There was no way of cutting the stuff silently.
So that was the inner wire. We crawled through it on all fours and rather more rapidly. If we had time to deploy now all was well. Jorge and Benjamin crawled across to the right. But the men behind, who were spread out, had to form into single file to get through the narrow gap in the wire, and just at this moment there was a flash and a bang from the Fascist parapet. The sentry had heard us at last. Jorge poised himself on one knee and swung his arm like a bowler. Crash! His bomb burst somewhere over the parapet. At once, far more promptly than one would have thought possible, a roar of fire, ten or twenty rifles, burst out from the Fascist parapet. They had been waiting for us after all. Momentarily you could see every sandbag in the lurid light. Men too far back were flinging their bombs and some of them were falling short of the parapet. Every loophole seemed to be spouting jets of flame. It is always hateful to be shot at in the dark – every rifle-flash seems to be pointed straight at yourself – but it was the bombs that were the worst. You cannot conceive the horror of these things till you have seen one burst close to you and in darkness; in the daytime there is only the crash of the explosion, in the darkness there is the blinding red glare as well. I had flung myself down at the first volley. All this while I was lying on my side in the greasy mud, wrestling savagely with the pin of a bomb. The damned thing would not come out. Finally I realized that I was twisting it in the wrong direction. I got the pin out, rose to my knees, hurled the bomb, and threw myself down again. The bomb burst over to the right, outside the parapet; fright had spoiled my aim. Just at this moment another bomb burst right in front of me, so close that I could feel the heat of the explosion. I flattened myself out and dug my face into the mud so hard that I hurt my neck and thought that I was wounded. Through the din I heard an English voice behind me say quietly: ‘I’m hit.’ The bomb had, in fact, wounded several people round about me without touching myself. I rose to my knees and flung my second bomb. I forget where that one went.
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Car keys disappear ... Apple, Samsung announce 'Digital Key 1.0'
Apple, Samsung, BMW, Qualcomm and other automotive and IT companies will replace the keys of the car 'Digital Key' standard solution was released.
UK Telegraph and US information technology media The NextWeb is a car connectivity consortium consisting of about 70 automotive and IT companies around the world including LG, Samsung, Hyundai, Apple, Panasonic, Qualcomm, Audi, Volkswagen, The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), has unveiled the first 'digital key 1.0' standard that can securely lock and unlock cars using mobile smart devices.
Key functions include: △ Unlocking the car (close range) △ Locking the vehicle △ Starting the engine △ User authentication △ Digital key provisioning △ Digital key release △ Vehicle sales △ Digital key sharing: Remote and peer-to- △ Digital key ownership: Key usage (sharing) restriction is supported.
The Automotive Connectivity Consortium's 'Digital Key Release 1.0' is an app that can be downloaded and used on mobile devices such as smartphones and smart watch bands, and will be available to all consortium member brands.
The industry expects not only the automobile for sale but also the rental and shared companies to release the digital key and to withdraw the digital key, and to expand the general life such as the front door and the safe.
Based technology uses a non-contact wireless communication NFC capable of exchanging data within a distance of about 10 cm using a frequency of 13.56 MHz band. Although short communication distance is considered as a disadvantage, it is more secure than RFID dongle method. Most NFC systems are used for mobile payment services because of the high security. It is similar to Bluetooth but it is convenient because it does not pair between devices.
"The digital key 1.0 is a universal way for the automotive industry to leverage the Trusted Service Manager (TSM) infrastructure to securely transmit digital keys to smart devices, ensuring the highest level of security "He said.
The consortium is also planning to release 'Digital Key 2.0' in the first quarter of 2019, with enhanced security between the automobile and the smart device, and standardized authentication protocol with extensive scalability. The consortium's companies account for 70% of the global automotive market and 60% of the global smartphone market.
Security will be further strengthened by incorporating biometric technologies such as fingerprint recognition and face recognition for user authentication.
"We are already launching a product that leverages 'Digital Key 1.0,' and the forthcoming 'Digital Key 2.0' will have a significant impact on the industry with its extensive scalability," said Maffizer Rahman, CCC chairman. "We are looking forward to this exciting journey with our CCC members to change the way we approach our devices and add the key features we need in our lives to smart devices."
The automotive connectivity consortium is a global alliance formed to jointly develop global standards and solutions for smartphone-to-car connectivity, with more than 70 automotive and IT companies around the world participating. Automotive parts and appliances, sensors, chipsets and software companies.
MirrorLink is a standard established by the CCC as it mirrors the screen implements on smart devices such as smart phones.
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Opening and starting wi… Busy commuting, driver A does not take his car keys when he leaves the house. When you put your smartphone on the handle of the vehicle, the door opens with the sound of 'pivic'. Putting your smartphone on the driver's seat wireless charger pad and pressing the 'Start' button will start the car. It is not a story of the future. Hyundai Mobis plans to develop 'NFC Smart Key' using proximity wireless communication (NFC) technology and mass-produce it in 2019. Proximity wireless communication is a technology capable of bi-directional data transmission / reception between terminals within a distance of 10 cm. Hyundai Mobis has developed an NFC smart key that can be used as a smart key for a car by installing an app on a smart phone that supports proximity wireless communication technology. Hyundai Mobis is the only company in Korea to complete the development of this technology. Only a handful of companies have acquired relevant technology worldwide. In the IT field, it is widely used for electronic payment and financial transactions such as traffic card, credit card, membership card, etc. However, there are few cases of application of technology in the field of automobiles. Proximity wireless communication is a technology capable of bi-directional data transmission / reception between terminals within a distance of 10 cm. Hyundai Mobis has developed an NFC smart key that can be used as a smart key for a car by installing an app on a smart phone that supports proximity wireless communication technology. Hyundai Mobis is the only company in Korea to complete the development of this technology. Only a handful of companies have acquired relevant technology worldwide. In the IT field, it is widely used for electronic payment and financial transactions such as traffic card, credit card, membership card, etc. However, there are few cases of application of technology in the field of automobiles. What should I do when I need to use my car with someone else? An NFC smart key can give a vehicle owner a key authorization to a third party, such as a spouse. If you need permission, you can install the app on your smartphone and go through the verification process. At this time, the owner may give up only a part of the authority and prevent the risk of accident caused by unreasonable use of the vehicle. For example, a third party could have the car write at a certain time, or the door might open but not start. Hyundai Mobis developed a 'certified controller' that uses data encryption technology and authentication technology in preparation for the risk that the smart key will be hacked and the car stolen. Highly encrypted car and smartphone information prevents hacking programs from reading information and accurately verifies whether the car and smartphone owner match up. For more complete security, MOBIS plans to verify security threats even after product launches. http://biz.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201803281642001&code=920508#csidx2b3b3337f0ad73bae4e0d2b58e82346
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A car that can be used to open and open the car door without a key using a phone is being developed, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday. The rugged keychain or electronic key needed to open the car door and start it is now in the same position as the cassette to enter the list of antiques to be found in car history books. Several major auto parts suppliers have developed a system that can connect to a smart phone and open the door without a key. Car manufacturers also offer mobile apps that allow drivers to open or start the car remotely, but now the electronic key must be in the car before the car can move. However, if you lose your electronic key, it will be cumbersome and expensive to replace. Denso Corp., a Japanese auto parts company, announced today that it has acquired InfiniteKey Inc., a US-based software startup with patented technology that allows smartphones to open doors without a key. This key-free technology can quickly spread through Denso's extensive supply network. "Vehicles with Denso's new technology will be available to dealers in 2019," said Bill Foy, senior vice president of Denso's US operations. Hotels and other businesses are also researching smartphone apps that replace traditional keys. Keyless cars are the latest in a series of innovations that make old standard car parts obsolete, from wire antennas to dangling fuel tank caps. Manufacturers of these components also need to keep pace with this new technology. Vehicle antennas with sophisticated wireless connectivity do not appear hidden in roof mounted 'shark fins', and in newer models cars do not have caps on fuel tanks. Parts maker Martinrea International Inc., who contributed to the market with a cap-less fuel filler 10 years ago, says that 30 percent of cars sold in North America are equipped with screw cap tanks. In addition, cigarette lighters, compact disc players and spare tires are just some of the things that will remain in the foreseeable future. The keys to the car made of metal gave way to a thick electronic key or push-button, and now it's time for them to disappear. http://www.econovill.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=328505
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The biggest rival in the smartphone market Samsung and Apple are expected to use the same kind of 'digital key'. Two companies are participating in a technology development consortium that can use smart phones like car keys. According to industry sources, the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) group, which Samsung and Apple are part of, will launch a 'Digital Key 1.0' system that can use smartphones as a car key, (Local time). According to CCC, digital key 1.0 allows you to open, lock and start your car through the smartphone app. Because it uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, it can be used even a few steps away from the car. In addition, other settings allow you to have access to your car even with someone else's smartphone. This technology is expected to be used in emergencies, ballet parking and car sharing industry. "The digital key we provide is very popular with a lot of people," said Maffir Rahman, CCC group president. Leading global innovation for smartphone-based automotive connectivity solutions, the CCC Group is an organization in Oregon, USA that focuses on developing systems such as 'digital keys' using smartphones to help people get more comfortable with their cars. . CCC is also known as MirrorLink ™, a solution that links bi-directional links between smartphones and in-car displays. Rahman said he has "the best security system" for Digital Key 1.0, and showed strong confidence in the security issues people might be worried about. "We used the same NFC chips used in our existing Android and iOS smartphones and based on TSM (Trusted Service Manager), so we have thorough security from start to finish even when connected to mobile apps," he said. The digital key service can be used for all vehicles belonging to the CCC group such as Hyundai Motor, Audi and BMW. Volvo cars have also been applied for, but have not been commercialized yet. The CCC group has already begun developing the next step, 'Digital Key 2.0'. The market launch date is scheduled for the first quarter of 2019. Rahman said, "Digital Key 1.0 already boasts a strong influence in the market." Digital Key 2.0 is expected to have even greater impact. " http://www.newsis.com/view/?id=NISX20180622_0000343723&cID=13001&pID=13000
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When the driver puts the smartphone on the handle of the car door, the near-field wireless communication (NFC) receiver mounted inside the door recognizes the signal of the smartphone and opens the door. After sitting on the driver's seat, put the smart phone on the car stand, press the start button, the wireless charging starts and the car and the smartphone are connected with Bluetooth. As NFC technology is applied to car keys, driving habits are changing rapidly. According to the industry on November 11, NFC technology, which was developed in 2002 and used mainly for transportation cards and credit card payments, has been expanded to car keys, and smart phones are turning into car keys. NFC is a kind of electronic tag (RFID) that transmits and receives bidirectional data by bringing two or more terminals close to each other. In the second half of last year, Mercedes-Benz E-Class was the first to adopt the first type of digital key using NFC. Hyundai Mobis participated in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) held in Las Vegas in January and introduced the NFC-enabled digital key system. When NFC technology is applied to a car key, the driver automatically adjusts the seat according to the driver's body type, and the smartphone screen cooperates with the display of the car to reproduce the usual favorite music according to the driver's voice command. When you turn off the car, you can see the status of the car, the driving record, and the parking position, etc. The proliferation of car digital keys has a side to prepare for the expansion of 'car sharing' service, which will be coming soon. If autonomous vehicles become commonplace, autonomous vehicles can be obtained in a short time through smartphone applications, and it is more convenient to share the car than to own it. It is an analysis that digital key using smart phone will be utilized for such car sharing. In some cases, there is a concern that smartphones can become targets of hackers if they replace their car keys. However, it is safe to apply advanced encryption techniques used in financial settlement to automobile digital keys http://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201809101443388972
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HomeTheatre ReviewsREVIEW: Like Smoke in Here and Norma Strong (The Basement)
REVIEW: Like Smoke in Here and Norma Strong (The Basement)
November 7, 2012 James Wenley Theatre Reviews
Two plays for the price of one. Absurd!
Absurd Choices [by James Wenley]
The Basement’s upstairs Studio space has really proven itself this year as an accessible venue where curious audiences can seek out work from left field. This week two new works Like Smoke in Here by Ben Anderson, and Norma Strong by Elyse Brock, are featured together as an ‘absurdist double bill’.
Absurdism was one of the major theatre movements of the 20th Century, but as Anderson remarks in his program, these days you “Don’t get much of it ‘round here”, instead the conventions have been absorbed into the wider theatre vocabulary. Norma Strong is only loosely absurdist, a positioning perhaps more to do with the programming than the form: an otherwise conventional and familiar drama about a writer having an affair with one Norma Strong, except Norma just happens to be a fictional character in a novel he is writing. Strong is an invisible figure on the stage, imbued by writer Clint (Mathew Norton) in a similar vein to James Stewart’s giant rabbit Harvey. An absurd idea for sure, but otherwise totally normal.
Like Smoke in Here plays more clearly within an absurdist world. Flora is apparently trapped in a house which is burning down – not quickly, but very, very slowly (which unfortunately the insurance doesn’t cover you see). The actors are frozen in situ as we enter the Studio –there’s a woman holding a gun, a child, a man in a hospital bed, and another woman under a table. I don’t actually see this woman until she pops up in the maelstrom of action – the gun goes off, knocking down a blank painting, the son is told to keep licking sugar off his hands. Strangely, the gun is treated rather innocuously by the two women Flora (Jo Clark) and Margo (Jessie Graham). Margo hints in asides that she wishes her friend was dead. Flora feverishly scrubs the table legs with lemons and exclaims “Why is everybody in my life completely crazy?”
What, exactly, is going on? Anderson doesn’t leave us in the dark for very long. By the end of the first scene, the ‘logic’ of the world has been established: the house is slowly burning, the water has been turned off, thus lemon juice is the answer, and the man in the hospital bed is her husband Jimmy (Anthony Towler), who has caught the ‘disease’ of slow burning fire. Which all makes total sense, in a way, maybe the play won’t be as strange as first thought?
The play is hampered by the performances of the two leads Clark and Graham. They play their relationship with a detachment – a ‘slap’ is half-hearted, unconvincing. This may have been a directorial and thematic choice, creating a lethargic atmosphere, but it doesn’t do anything for our engagement. Crucically, it doesn’t feel like Clark and Graham have invested and believe in the world they are acting in, and therefore, neither do we.
Clark’s Flora is a problematic character – stubbornly refusing to do anything to help her situation, she is complaining and whining from the start. Much of the dialogue repeats her criticism and anguish about what is happening around her: “Why was I dropped into this awful existence just to feel this?”. Again, I grant a thematic choice, but the one-note character has nowhere to go and turns me off her situation.
The spread of the fire is conveyed through the clever device of actors ripping large sheets of paper on the walls during each scene transition. It is visual flairs like this that I have enjoyed in previous Anderson plays (This Kitchen is not imaginary), but in this play Anderson seems to have unnecessarily restricted what makes his style exciting. Like Smoke is an effective exercise in the absurdist form with a black comedy streak, and the conclusion is bleak. For me, it seems to be a parable of inertia and exploring the psyche of victim-hood, but the play fundamentally does not balance its thematic concerns with a sustained dramatic interest.
The actors in Norma Strong absolutely believe in the world of their play and the fictional character of Strong, a stark contrast in tone and energy after interval. Strong is Elyse Brock’s first play, an amusing sketch on the impact of the ‘other woman’ on the marriage between Clint and Mary (Gina Timberlake).
Strong too begins with a cliché filled argument about Clint’s infidelity (as a writer, Mary hoped he’d be “more original”), but Mary’s tirade is stopped in her tracks as Clint introduces thin air as Norma. Has her husband gone mad?
Norton delivers a sensitive performance, hinting at more under the surface to have turned to this character. Timberlake carries our sympathies and the character’s full range extremely well, including the comic possibilities of acknowledging Norma on the suggestion of a Psychiatrist (Maxine Cunliffe). The actors and Director Jacinta Scadden maintain a psychological truth to their character which keeps the play grounded, important amongst the design choice to use stacks of chairs as different set pieces. This feature was practical but odd, seemingly an attempt at creating an ‘absurd’ playing space, but without apparent justification.
Both plays struggle to sustain their plots over their respective hours. In pairing these works together in one evening, there was a missed opportunity to present shorter, punchier one acts. Strong in particular contained extra characters that barely featured: their son Lukas, and two groan-worthy writer colleagues who added little to the proceedings, instead, a tighter focus on the central trio, with the input of the psychiatrist would have been dramatically desirable.
Both plays feel like stops in the road for these two playwrights as they continue to experiment and evolve.
Like Smoke in Here and Norma Strong are presented as a Double Bill at The Basement Studio until 10th November. More details see The Basement.
SEE ALSO: Theatreview.org.nz review by Reynald Castaneda
Elyse Brock
Jacinta Scadden
Like Smoke in Here
Norma Strong
The Basement Studio
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Comedy, Drag, Music & More Announced for THE #SAFESPACE PRIDE SHOW!
Random Acts has announced several additional artists joining comedian Bill Bullock at The #SafeSpace Pride Show! on Thursday, June 21st at 8pm. The fundraiser, which will be held at Mrs. Murphy and Son's Irish Bistro (3905 N. Lincoln) is Pay-What-You-Can, with proceeds benefiting Project Fierce Chicago.
The evening will feature drag by Angelica Grace, comedy by Le Aboav, Brittani Ferguson, Elyse Nylin & Megan Stalter, vocals by Karissa Kosman & Yasir Muhammad, plus a preview of Pride Films and Plays' PINK ORCHIDS and performances from Via Haman, Juan Munoz & Kirsten Yvette!
For each $5 donated, patrons will be entered into a raffle for a prize basket. Food and drinks can be purchased from Mrs. Murphy's throughout the event.
ABOUT BILL BULLOCK
Bill Bullock has been performing all over Chicago and beyond for over 6 years. He has headlined the Drop Comedy Club in South Bend, IN, and has opened for Myq Kaplan, Stewart Huff, and hosted the recording Shane Mauss' latest special. Bill was named "Best Comedian in Logan Square" by LoganSquarist.com. Bill made his television debut on WCIU's "Chicago's One Night Stand-up." He is a co-creator and co-host of Congrats on Your Success, and also one of the minds behind the episodic variety show Cole's Chicago Cabaret. He is the creator, host, and comedy curator of Links Hall Presents: It's Happening! It's Happening!, a monthly experimental variety show.
ABOUT #SAFESPACE
Since March 2018, #SafeSpace has featured the work of 41 artists while raising funds for Planned Parenthood, Trans Lifeline, and The Night Ministry.
ABOUT PROJECT FIERCE
Project Fierce Chicago seeks to create affirming transitional housing for LGTBQIA+ youth in Chicago that is responsive to the needs of young people. By mobilizing our communities, we provide pathways to independence.
PFC launched publicly in April of 2013 and received an overwhelmingly supportive response from queer & allied communities. Since then, the organization has expanded exponentially, hosted myriad community events, collaborated with radical organizations, and raised thousands of dollars. Dozens of volunteers have dedicated time and energy to organizing events, house-hunting, promoting the project through tabling, social media, and our monthly newsletter, and collaborating on fundraising efforts."
PFC has spent the last four years building a sustainable foundation, including cultivating community, small businesses, foundation and donor support. Through this work, we have also created a base of committed volunteers and board members and established the infrastructure to provide community-based, youth-centered, transitional housing. Due to your support and belief in our mission, in 2015 we were able to purchase a four flat apartment building in North Lawndale, on Chicago's West Side.
ABOUT RANDOM ACTS
Random Acts is dedicated to presenting unpredictable and diverse genres of theatre. we strive to create approachable art with no expectations. Since March 2015, Random Acts has presented 11 productions (including four world premieres, one US premiere and one Chicago premiere) through which the company featured the work of 101 actors, 13 writers, 7 directors and 17 designers while performing at 9 venues including 4 theatres, 2 bars, an empty storefront, a cafe, and a gymnasium. Artistic associates include Bridget Adams-King, Alexandra Alontaga, Ali Bailey, Lucy Chmielewski, Colleen DeRosa, Mariah Furlow, Rasell Holt, Ben. F. Locke, Ayssette Muñoz, Tommy Rivera-Vega, Bryan Renaud, Becca Russo, Nora Lise Ulrey, and Shannon Leigh Webber. More information: www.RandomActsChicago.com
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The Real Key West
There are two Key Wests. They occupy the same island but are worlds apart. The sham Key West is a show for tourists; the Real Key West belongs to those of us who live here. Come with us now ... to the Real Key West.
The title phrase is a reference to a book by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935. From the Wikipedia page:
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical political novel by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935 . It features newspaperman Doremus Jessup struggling against the fascist regime of President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who resembles (to some extent) the flamboyantly dictatorial Huey Long of Louisiana and Gerald B. Winrod, the Kansas evangelist whose far-right views earned him the nickname "The Jayhawk Nazi". It serves as a warning that political movements akin to Nazism can come to power in countries such as the United States when people blindly support their leaders.
The phrase came to mind in an entirely different context this morning. I was reading an e-mail from George Crosby, who is now in Provincetown after a dismal two weeks in NYC doing some street painting and selling his paintings. Other than a commission to paint a house ... that is, to make a painting of a house -- he hasn't descended to house painting to earn money yet -- he says that New Yorkers and tourists there aren't spending any more freely than Key Westers and tourists here.
Crosby sent me a link to a NY Times article on housing, which led me to another article on Florida condominium woes. Cayo Dave covers this aspect of The Real Key West well, and Sally O'Boyle has had some interesting things to say in response to Rock Trueblood about it too. Some say "it can't happen here", that Key West is unique and relatively immune from the problems being seen on the mainland, but that seems to be exactly what did happen at one of the condominium conversions recently completed, the Santa Maria. There are a couple of thousand more units of the same kind, or larger, still in their development cycle. To the extent that developers are counting on pre-construction sales to fund their plans, we may also experience a glut of unsold units coming on-line or projects being delayed. That could have a salutory effect on rents. It could also lead to another wave of foreclosures against properties purchased with highly-leveraged mortgages.
'Twas ever thus, ebbs and flows in the marketplace. We were bit twice that way. That's why we've been unwlling to own real property for the past 10 years. Works for us.
Posted by Robert Kelly at 5/27/2007 12:29:00 PM
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Yesterday evening, Sony Mobile Germany invited to its NEXT Showroom in Munich where the former Sony Ericsson division showed its current line-up of 2012 Xperia Android smartphones. Beside showing the Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U, which Sony announced back in February at the Mobile World Congress, the most interesting new device was the the Xperia sola, which wasn't on display in Barcelona but was announced a little bit after. The Xperia sola's highlight, which makes it yet very unique, is Sony's new "Floating Touch" display technology, which allows to navigate the web by hovering the thumb above the screen so it acts like a moving curser, without actually having to touch the screen.
Other than that, the Xperia sola is pretty much a mid-range Android phone, which features Android 2.3 and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core CPU. The sola supports quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as quadband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth and even NFC. The 3.7" Reality Display touchscreen is powered by Sony's Mobile BRAVIA Engine while xLOUD and 3D surround sound audio technology delivering crisp and loud sound. Furthermore it comes with fast capture to take the 5 megapixel 720p HD camera from sleep to snap in a little over a second with a single key press.
As demonstrated above, floating touch allows to navigate the web by hovering the thumb above the screen. Floating touch enables the phone to register a finger up to 20 mm above the screen. This makes it possible to detect not only the screen coordinates that the finger is pointing at, but also the finger's distance from the screen. This works quite well but it needs some training first to get used to not touch the display. Nevertheless, this is very handy feature for full size web pages where it can be hard to touch the right link but floating touch allows to select the link prior touching it. Another handy feature of floating touch is that it can be also used with gloves. There's no further need for special gloves in the winter.
At the moment, floating touch is only supported with Sony's original web browser, all other apps, including the home screen navigation, are not yet supported by floating touch. However, as Sony told me, the SDK is out an available for third party developers which might want to enhance their apps with floating touch technology.
Nevertheless, it's not yet known if floating touch will become a Xperia-wide standard for future Xperia phones or if is yet just a technology showcase.
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The PH Telco Cartel: Telstra’s story from conception to miscarriage [2/2]
The dagger to heart – the final straw – was finally planted when Globe and Smart, through the NTC, urged the newly-formed Philippine Competition Commission [PCC] to probe SMC’s control over the 700 MHz spectrum, citing this practice as “anti-competitive” [MS].
(This article is the continuation of The PH Telco Cartel: Telstra’s story from conception to miscarriage [1/2])
In response, PCC founding chairman Arsenio Balisacan said one of the sectors the PCC would focus on is the telecommunications industry, which includes a study of the 700 MHz issue and how San Miguel was able to obtain and maintain control of the scarce frequency in spite of calls for a public bidding [MS].
The PCC derives its mandate from Philippine Competition Act, penned by Senator Bam Aquino and signed on 21 July 2015 by his uncle, President Noynoy Aquino [RA 10667].
Now let’s ask the question, why?
Telstra’s Dire Dilemma
To recall, Balisacan said PCC “would focus” on telco, and ThinkingPinoy believes the verb choice was not an accident, as the implementing rules and regulations of RA 10667 was approved only on 31 May 2016 [GovPH].
Now, let me, ThinkingPinoy, put myself in Telstra’s shoes.
First, the Philippines’ main attraction for a telco player like me is the exquisite profit margins currently enjoyed by incumbents Globe and Smart.
However, if their introduction of super-cheap plans that rival 1st world ISPs serves as an indicator, it seems that they are willing to “underprice” their services to sufficiently prevent me from delivering a ROI that my Australian investors can stomach.
Second, my competitive advantage is the possession of the 700 MHz spectrum, which is undoubtedly the best frequency for mobile internet, period.
However, the fate of that asset has been put into question after the Globe-Smart Telco Cartel raised ownership issues at the NTC. Okay, assuming that it will turn out to be a full-blown legal battle, SMC will still retain 700 MHz usage rights pending a final Supreme Court decision. But then, am I willing to risk US$ 1 billion in a long-term venture that may only operate in the medium-term?
Third, SMC-backed Grace Poe is key.
Globe and Smart took the telco wars to the next level by including the newly-formed PCC into the fray. While PCC is still a new commission whose powers are yet to be tested, the fact that its chairman categorically focused on SMC’s 700 MHz holdings is a bad omen in itself. But SMC is historically known for its ability to sway the PH justice system to its favor [TP: Coco Levy], so maybe all will eventually turn out well for us?
But then, SMC’s influence on the justice system rests on the presence of SMC-friendly SC Justices.
Now, the next president will get to appoint 10 SC justices [TP: SC Math]. SMC-backed Grace Poe, whose husband works for SMC’s Liberty Telecom, will be the ideal winner from my point of view, as her choices would most likely be influenced by her spouse’s interests [TP: Poejuangco] and SMC’s support for her candidacy.
But will Grace Poe win in May?
Fourth: Poe falls, Duterte rises, Roxas and Binay stagnate
Poe still leads the presidential race. However, this foul-mouthed Mindanaoan Duterte is on a roll. Duterte overtook Binay in second place on March 7th, while still-the-frontrunner Poe lost 3 percentage points. Meanwhile, outlook on Roxas’ and Binay’s respective voter supports are both neutral to negative [Inq].
I want Poe to win, but judging from the presidential surveys over the past couple of months, there’s a good chance that Duterte may snatch the top spot come May. That’s a problem.
The pro-poor, pro-people Duterte is not the kind of president that telcos like me would find easy to “befriend”. In a CNN interview, Duterte said, “I summon the telcos and ask them, ‘What’s your problem? ’”.
Fifth: A President Duterte may be “too fair”.
In all likelihood, Duterte’s pro-poor, pro-people reputation will embolden the PCC to exercise its oversight powers to the limits, and it will also imply a 2019 Supreme Court composed of pro-poor, pro-people 10-man supermajority [TP: Inside Info]. This implies two things:
a: Globe and Smart may get hit and if we enter the fray, we will get hit too. Via the PCC, we may actually be the first casualty. That’s not good for business.
b: If the 700 MHz battle drags on for years (possibly further than 2019) , we are, at best, on equal footing with the plaintiffs, i.e. SMC may bid goodbye to its historical influence over the Supreme Court.
So what shall I, Telstra do?
2Q 2016: Telstra withdraws, SMC looks for alternatives
Telstra and San Miguel announced the termination of joint venture talks mid-March 2016, citing disagreements on commercial arrangements [BW].
Of course, given the previous section, we all know that that isn’t the only reason.
Regardless, Unicapital Securities Research Head Lexter L. Azurin said the canceled deal could delay the entry of a third player and limit competition in the market, benefiting both PLDT (Smart) and Globe [BW].
All the effort that Smart and Globe did to stifle competition has borne fruit.San Miguel tried to save face as it announced in mid-May that it was in serious talks with four Asian telecom companies [BM]
“We are in talks with Asian telecom companies, which are fast to talk to, much easier to deal with and much faster to decide,” SMC COO Ramon Ang said.
Ang added, “I think we will be on a make or break very, very soon. If something happens, hopefully, we can decide by May or June, whichever way to go.”
Apparently, the four Asian telcos were really “fast to talk to”, as San Miguel implicitly admitted that negotiations broke down when it sold Vega Telecoms to the Smart-Globe duopoly two weeks later [Inq].
Smart-Globe snags 700 MHz, with a catch
PLDT-Smart and Globe shared the spoils of war evenly between themselves, with each buying half of Vega Telecom [Rap]. NTC made this deal possible, on the premise that it will bring “exponentially better internet service in the country [GMA].”
Vega Telecom owns Liberty Holdings and Hi-Frequency Telecom. Liberty and Hi-Frequency, in turn, owns 80 MHz and 10 MHz of the 700 MHz spectrum, respectively.
Through NTC’s letter of approval dated 27 May 2016 [NTC], the Vega’s 700 MHz holdings were distributed so that:
· Globe gets 703 to 720.5 and 758 to 775.5 MHz (total of 35 MHz)
· PLDT-Smart gets 720.5 to 738 and 775.5 to 793 MHz (total of 35 MHz)
NTC also reallocated higher frequencies to Globe and Smart. Please refer to NTC’s letter of approval for more details.
Combining the two reallocations yield 70 MHz. Now, Vega owns 90 MHz in the 700 MHz spectrum, and it is still unclear to ThinkingPinoy where the other 20 Mhz went. However, it is clear that the Globe-Smart duopoly has effectively wrested control of the vast majority of 700 MHz spectrum.
Alright, it sounds like a good deal, but ThinkingPinoy is not a believer of corporate selflessness, so he read the NTC’s letter of approval in its entirety.
Checking the “fine print”, ThinkingPinoy saw in the letter that NTC approved the reallocation on several conditions, with the poignant being the requirement for both Smart and Globe to:
“Increase capacity, i.e. broadband and internet access speed, within one (1) year.”
NTC should know better than this.
NTC: exquisitely idiotic or entirely complicit?
NTC’s approval – signed by Commissioners Cordoba, Deles, and Cabarios – is concomitant with Smart-Globe’s compliance with six conditions, namely:
1: immediately use the frequencies
2: Increase internet speed
3: cover 90% of cities and municipalities within three years
4: pay spectrum user’s fee and the like
5: secure NTC permits and licenses
6: allow NTC oversight
Obviously, conditions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 are already part of the Smart’s and Globe’s respective business plans, i.e. they have been doing, or already planning to do, these five things with or without the 700 MHz spectrum.
Hence, the only “difficult” condition is “2: increase internet speed”.
But is it, really?
What the NTC failed to specify in this condition is by how much internet speeds should increase.
Suppose today’s typical 3G/4G connection clocks 200 kbps on the average (and that’s being generous), wouldn’t a negligible 50 kbps increase qualify as “increased capacity”?
NTC commissioners should be mobile internet users themselves, which leads ThinkingPinoy to ask the following:
Is NTC so naïve and clueless about wireless internet that it expects such an ambiguously worded statement to translate into meaningful benefits for the public?
Or did they deliberately wrote the condition in this manner to provide the already formidable Telco Cartel even more loopholes to prevent the introduction of real competition in the telecommunication industry?
Did NTC personnel just collude with the Telco Giants?
PCC speaks
Just a few days ago, the PCC finally spoke about the issue.
PCC rejected the initial notice filed by PLDT-Smart and Globe, noting it was "deficient and defective in form and substance..." effectively making the Vega Telecom sale not "deemed approved" by the commission [GMA].
PLDT-Smart and Globe were adamant about the validity of the transaction and denied PCC's claim.
PCC said, "It is now up to the parties whether or not to comply. We emphasize that the transactions have not been deemed approved."
We have now reached a fork in the road. That is, there are two possibilities:
First, the Telco Cartel ignores PCC and proceeds to utilize the spectrum assets.
Second, the Telco Cartel yields and applies for PCC approval.
As to what will happen next, ThinkingPinoy has no idea. However, the fact remains that the status quo, where the Telco Cartel reinforced its tight grip on PH internet with virtually no strings attached, is simply, outrightly, straightforwardly contrary to public interest.
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NDP biggest gainer in newest Harris-Decima poll
The latest poll from Harris-Decima shows Conservative gains and Liberal losses within the margin of error at the national level, but also a New Democratic surge of three points, outside of the poll's 2.2 MOE. Compared to Harris-Decima's last poll in mid-October, the Conservatives have gained one point and lead with 33%. The Liberals are down two to 28%, while the New Democrats are now at 17%.
The Greens are unchanged at 10% and the Bloc Québécois is down one to 9%.
The data from this telephone poll does not include the number of undecided Canadians.
The three-point gain for the NDP puts them back into a good position. Their gains came primarily in Ontario, but also in British Columbia and Quebec.
In Ontario, the NDP gained five points and now stand at 17%. The Liberals lead with 36%, down two, while the Conservatives have dropped four to 35%. The Greens are up one to 11%. This would result in 48 Liberal seats, 43 Conservative seats, and 15 seats for the NDP. That's a loss of seven seats for the Tories compared to Harris-Decima's last poll, and a gain of eight for the NDP.
In Quebec, the Bloc is down four points but still leads with 39%. The Liberals are down two to 21% while the Conservatives are steady at a woeful 13%. The NDP is up one to 11%. The Bloc would win 55 seats, unchanged from the last poll, while the Liberals would win 15, the Conservative four, and the NDP one. These projections are also unchanged.
The Conservatives have gained six points in British Columbia and lead with 33%, followed closely by the NDP at 28% (up two) and the Liberals at 26% (up one). The Greens lost five points, and now stand at 12%. The Conservatives have picked up three seats, and are now projected to win 17. The Liberals are down two seats to nine while the NDP is down one to 10.
In Atlantic Canada, the Conservatives are up 11 big points to 45%, pushing the Liberals down nine points to 31%. I think it is safe to say that this is due to the small sample size. The Liberals would win 17 seats (down four), the Conservatives 12 (up three), and the NDP three (up one).
The Conservatives are up eight points in Alberta to 61%, and are projected to win all 28 seats. That removes the one NDP and one Liberal seat here from the last poll.
And in the Prairies, the Conservatives lead with 39%, followed by the NDP at 26%. This would result in 19 Conservative seats (down two), five Liberal seats (up one), and four NDP seats (also up one).
In total, the Conservatives would win 124 seats, down one from Harris-Decima's last poll. The Liberals would elect 96 MPs, down seven, while the NDP would elect 33, up eight. The Bloc is unchanged at 55 seats.
Troublesome for the Tories is that the Liberals and NDP could combine for 129 seats, five more than the Conservatives are projected to win in this poll.
Though at first glance it would seem that the good news is for the Conservatives, who have widened the gap between themselves and the Liberals to five points, the reality is that this would change very little for Stephen Harper in terms of seats. He actually loses one from the last poll and 18 from his current caucus, with the New Democrats taking full advantage. At 33 seats, this is still a net loss for the NDP compared to the 36 they have now, but in terms of trends this poll is good for Jack Layton.
Labels: Harris-Decima
Chris 03 November, 2010 13:00
I appreciate that you're trying to make polling data exciting, but don't you think calling changes from poll-to-poll 'surges' and 'trends' slightly disingenuous?
When I look at the Canadian polling numbers from the past year, the only trend I see is a flat line for all the parties.
Bertrand Lemire 03 November, 2010 13:31
Ne trouvez-vous pas étrange que la taille de l'échantillon soit de 1000 et que la marge d'erreur ne soit que de 2,2%? C'est ce que le communiqué d'Harris-Decima indique. Il y a certainement une erreur.
Échantillon de 1000 et marge d'erreur de 2.2% selon le communiqué d'HD... Certainement une erreur, non?
Éric 03 November, 2010 14:07
Bertrand, c'est 1000 par semaine, donc 2000 pour les deux semaines.
Jonny Quest 03 November, 2010 14:37
BC Premier Gordon Campbell just resigned!!!!
@ Éric
Merci! Je n'avais pas vu, effectivement le «each week».
John 03 November, 2010 19:48
Éric: The latest poll from Harris-Decima shows... a New Democratic surge of three points, outside of the poll's 2.2 MOE.
Yes, but... HD had the Dippers low two weeks ago compared to their general trend. This week they're above the trend line. Add the two margins of error and it's not clear there's been any change.
They ain't that good and they ain't that bad.
Shadow 03 November, 2010 20:37
" Add the two margins of error "
Yeah statistics doesn't work like that ...
Carl 03 November, 2010 22:13
Yeah statistics doesn't work like that .."
Well, yes and no. You're right that when the margin of error (19 times out of 20) is 2.2 a 3 percent gain is statistically significant.
But that wasn't John's point. His theory is that the "real" level of support in the population has not changed significantly over the past few weeks (or at least has changed by less than 3%, which is probably right) and that all we're seeing is statistical fluctuations from different samples. And we can't rule out that possibility, because the 95 confidence intervals of both polls overlap (by a fair margin). Both this poll and the last poll would, for example be consistent with a true level of NDP support at 15.5 percent. I'll grant you that it isn't a terribly likely possibility that there has been NO change to the "true" population level of support for the NDP, but I doubt there has been a "surge".
eric rw 03 November, 2010 22:38
"Despite widening the gap to 5 points the tories win less seats" ITS ALL ABOUT ONTARIO. The libs gained back the lead over the tories and the NDP made big gains there so the spread means nothing.
Shadow: " Add the two margins of error "
Ummmm... I haven't taken a Stats course since my undergrad days, but I fail to see the problem. Both polls were within the MOE of the trend line. Neither casts doubt on the hypothesis that the NDP is on that trend line.
Would you care to expand?
John if you actually go back and look at previous HD surveys from the end of August to their first survey in september the NDP dropped 2% to 14 points.
They stayed there for another 2 weeks.
And now have increased outside the margin of error.
So the suggestion that a movement that held for an entire month, and coincided directly with the gun registry debate, was all an illusion is highly problematic.
John, support for a party CAN and DOES change on a weekly basis.
Artificially sketching a line between all polling and assuming that any deviation was just MOE is incredibly unlikely.
The number with the highest probability of being right in a confidence interval is always the EXACT number given.
Real movement in public opinion is a far, far more likely scenario than a perfectly flat trend line from which all deviation is just MOE.
BC Voice of Reason 04 November, 2010 15:11
One thing the recent seem to be telling me is that the cpc core voter is 30%. There is 30% of Canadians that would vote for Harper if he ran on an NDP platform to nationalize the banks and drive big business out of Canada.
The Liberal core is steadfast as well. For a decade there were 35-40% of Canadians who would vote Liberal no matter what and no matter who was the Leader or what they ran on or what they did when they got elected. Not even almost managing the separation of Quebec from Canada could break the Liberal ‘s hold on their core.
Then Adscam came along and knocked loose 10% leaving the Liberal Core at 25-30%.
1) the failure to address the corruption of adscam, and adequately apologize and fix the party so it won't happen the minute they are back in power
2) not having a real leadership convention after the Dion convention was hijacked by special interest minorities in the Liberal membership.
3) and playing gotcha politics rather than developing grassroots policy
has knocked loose another 5-10%.
This is shown that only 20% who think Ignatieff would be the best PM. The 28% of people who say they will vote Liberal might not if Ignatieff is leader. They are breaking away from the core.
Now there are 30% of Canadian that will vote CPC no matter what and 20% who will vote Liberal no matter what ... and 10% voting for the BLOC. Give the NDP 15 core support and the Green 5%.
That leaves 30% of Canadians open to vote on issues and policies. If Harper and the CPC election machine can win 1/3 of the non- committed, undecided 30% he will get his majority government.
Shadow: Real movement in public opinion is a far, far more likely scenario than a perfectly flat trend line from which all deviation is just MOE.
Marvellous claims can be made if an inconvenient original statement is replaced by a fairy-tale concoction of choice.
What was that original statement? Why, it's Add the two margins of error and it's not clear there's been any change.
"Not clear" has somehow been transmogrified to a "perfectly flat trend line". Which any reasonable person would discount, meaning that the only other offered alternative, however silly, must be the correct explanation.
Applying the law of the excluded middle to a non-boolean situation is a tired old device, but it may well convince the hard-of-thinking. Less credible readers will understand that NDP support has obviously moved over time, and most likely in the last two weeks in particular. However, there's no evidence that any significant movement has happened.
Don't expect the NDP to skyrocket based on the last two polls. It is nice, however, to see Shadow arguing that the Dippers are on the roll.
John public opinion takes the shape of a wave, not a line.
And this statement is simply indefensible:
"However, there's no evidence that any significant movement has happened."
Its called a Harris-Decma poll. You're on the thread discussing it. Statistically significant (outside MOE.) movement occurred.
BTW you would be easier to understand if you'd get your terminology right.
Adding two MOE's together ?
Everyone knows that compounds error and if using subsamples taken weeks apart introduces longitudinal bias into your results.
(Not what you actually meant to say but non-regular readers will be forgiven if they can't follow you.)
Shadow: Everyone knows that compounds error and if using subsamples taken weeks apart introduces longitudinal bias into your results.
"Longitudinal bias"... what a lovely term. It's a pity that it's not one known to any statistician. As Wolfgang Pauli said, this isn't right; it isn't even wrong.
Feel free to submit the last comment on a posting. However, it would appear more authoritative if it had at least a grain of truth.
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3rd team v Broadbottom and Hadfield
posted 28 Jun 2011, 05:01 by Mike Madden
My thanks to Elliott Simmonds for the following reports, and whilst Elliott does not yet warrant his own "Are You Shaw?" type page, there is certainly lots of promise. Incidentally, if Elliott was to be given his own page, what would it be called? "Elliott you into a secret" perhaps?
The last week has arguably seen two of the closest cricket matches Whaley Bridge have played in for a good while. Whaley Third team is a little known, and in all fairness little known about entity. Somehow, over the last week, we have managed to retain our ‘undefeated’ title. This is the story – not really a match report per se (I can’t remember what happened for the majority of the game) – of the most recent games.
Last week, against Broadbottom on the 19th, Elliot (Captain for the day due to Peter Crowley’s long standing and well-documented injury) announced that we would win the match on our fielding. In the event, we fielded atrociously and actually only managed to tie the game due to a quick-fire 70-odd from Slacky, and what can only be described as a heroic stand by John Hitchen. I say again, John Hitchen, a man who hadn’t actually played cricket for three seasons and who’s position as number 11 in any cricket team, regardless of recent experience, was infact decreed in the little known 11th Commandment. Facing the Broadbottom pace attack, John blocked out 6 overs and scored a much needed six runs – all of which came through third man. Slacky, having smashed the ball to all corners of the ground, chose the time when the scores were level to get the lightest of tickles and was duly caught behind. We had managed, against considerable odds, to tie a game we should probably have won.
So, with this memory close at hand, we arrived at the Jodrell Arms and prepared to make our way to Hadfield. - a ground which, despite having played there only 8 days prior, Elliot could not remember the way. Scholesy was just letting the team know what he thought of this when he was interrupted by the arrival of John Hitchen, who lives in Hyde. Having been informed that we were not, in fact, playing at ‘Buggy or somewhere like that’, and following a few ‘shi*ts’, a couple of ‘I could have f**cking walkeds’ and the arrival of the now fully healed Captain, we set off. Caddy and Scholesy leading a convoy that not only included Jake Drayson’s moss-green Corsa, but now contained John’s lime green Vauxhall Tigra.
Our arrival at the pitch was preceded only by the arrival in the Captain’s mind that not only did we lack a wicket-keeper, we also lacked pads. Elliot volunteered to do it and was provided with pads the size of shin pads by the opposition; which were by the end of the first innings covered with blood. We won the toss and, on one of the hottest days of the year so far, elected to field. Caddy was wearing a jumper.
We started well, with the ball finding the edges often but falling short of fielders and the make-shift wicket keeper. Matt Slack seemed determined to vary his pace with each ball, varying between gentle medium and his full first-team run up. In all honesty, the heat was clearly making some of us delirious – Sam Slack managed to bowl one of the opposition round his legs, and then Peter decide the time was right to bring on Dec.
It was an inauspicious start, with the ball gently looping and turning perhaps a couple of degrees at most off the course it was taking prior to pitching. However, in the second over a well disguised googly dipped and, most unlike every other ball of the day, bounced considerably. The batsman was out of his ground and looked for all the world like he would be on his way back to the pavilion – and most likely would have had the wicket keeper been prepared. Caddy picked up the ball, which had hit the Vice-Captain’s shoulder, and apologies were made. Dec, much like a dog with his head out of a car window, just looked happy to be bowling.
The two Johns (Stanway and Hitchen) both bowled well, and the VC remains convinced to this day that he should have had a victim from the bowling of John Stanway. It was a loud, lonely and rather laughable appeal as far as the majority of both teams were concerned. Jake Drayson guffawed at mid-wicket. Somewhat amazingly, having only bowled 24 balls John Hitchen was at one point down the score book as having finished his allotted overs. Scholesy bowled fantastically - so well in fact that Peter Crowley wanted to have him change ends. This was luckily not the course taken and, still bowling from the same end, Andrew bowled a short, wide delivery that sat up and was slapped straight into the waiting claws of Mr Crabs – Dec for those of you who don’t know his nickname. Dec came back on and got two in two with two straight balls, and then decided to veer from this tactic with his hat-trick ball, which gave the batsman little trouble from three feet outside leg stump. John Stanway finished the innings with two in two, and so will be on a hat-trick for his first ball at Tintwistle on July 17th.
Eventually the Hadfield innings ended on 116 – a fantastic effort by the Whaley bowlers that had given us more than a chance of finally getting one in this year’s win column.
Caddy and John Stanway opened, and were greeted by a 13-year-old wicket keeper who talked so often and so loudly as to have conceivably been closely related to a certain EX-member of the Selection Committee (or so I’m told). The majority contributed in some way with the bat, although both Elliot and Matt Slack found fielders. Jake Drayson, batting at number three, played well and kept the runs ticking – recognising the fact that we needed a mere three an over and didn’t need to do it in a quarter of the time. He eventually fell for what was apparently 20, though it seemed (and could well have been) a few more given the earlier incident with John Hitchen’s bowling figures.
Sam Slack tried to continue where he left off for the Second team, but when he couldn’t produce the same heroics, we were left with Dec at the crease and an apparently unflustered John Hitchen strolling to the wicket. Working on the solid basis of ‘Block if it’s on the wicket, smash if it’s off’ John got his bat – or at least some part of his body in the way of his first 4 balls. The end of the over saw us needing 8 to tie, 9 to win. Dec hit a six with the first ball of the next over, and then proceeded to take a single with the third, leaving John requiring 1 to tie, two to win. The first ball was apparently off the stumps, as John took an almighty swing and even managed to make contact – the ball landing agonisingly close to a diving fielder in mid-wicket. It should be noted that on later questioning, John admits the ball pitched ‘a foot or so outside off stump’. Luckily, the young bowler over-stepped on the next delivery allowing Scholesy to call a no-ball and ensure us a tie and whatever points are associated with that at third team level. John blocked out the rest of the over, leaving Dec requiring one to win with 12 overs to go. The first ball was up in the block hole and, though it sounds rich coming from the present author, logic would dictate that with 71 balls to follow it (and thus 71 more opportunities for Scholesy to find a no-ball) a batsman should have taken a leaf out of the Peter Crowley Cricketing Handbook – page 2, the page after ‘Leaving’ – and played a forward defence. In all fairness, it could be said that Dec thought the necessary pause afterwards would have consumed all of the remaining overs, and that is perhaps why he attempted to hit the ball in to the Nursing Home just over the fence.
That said, there were some positives. Scholesy actually thought we’d lost so it must have felt like a victory to him in some way, and John H remains without an average after his first two games. This must mean that he at least has been reading the Peter Crowley Cricketing Handbook, which brings sales of that volume up to two including the one which Neil Shaw bought and burned following his recent article.
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Unique Essex County grapes (con't)
Hans Peter Pfeifer, originally from Germany and a trained viticulturalist, has been behind the research and is a partner at Oxley Estate Winery.
He said these grapes have been rigorously tested over the years after the seedlings came to Canada to “let nature throw” whatever it’s got at them.
Through “Darwinian” selection, the strongest survived, and good wine has now been made from them, he said.
In fact Pfeifer has won Ontario innovation awards for his research.
The beauty of the new varietals is that they have been adapted to southern Ontario’s unique climate.
This means they are hardier than traditional grapes.
For example, they can withstand severe weather conditions and disease.
They all produce red wines.
At Viewpointe Estate Winery they are sold under the Colchester Cuvee label.
Oxley co-owner Ann Neydon Wilson says she’s “delighted” with the home grown grapes.
“Peter has been committed to growing sustainable grapes which are something that the European wine growers have been interested in far longer than the Canadian wine growers,” she said.
They can also provide a more solid business foundation for a winery.
"They sustain a business, the business has an income year after year after year that it can rely on, we don’t have to replant,” she said.
Developing exact names for the grapes is still in the works and must be approved by regulatory officials, a complex process.
The Essex County wine industry, known as the viticultural region of Lake Erie North Shore, is the first in Ontario to develop such grapes.
Other regions “haven’t done anything like this,” Pfeiffer said.
“We call them local grapes.”
He said similar grapes in Germany have been so tolerant that pesticide spraying has been reduced significantly and in some vineyards eliminated.
“We have a lot of growing data and we can say now pretty safely we can reduce under our conditions in Ontario the pesticide inputs by 50 per cent."
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Boels Ladies Tour
News, Races 02.09.2019
CANYON//SRAM Racing will start the UCI Women’s WorldTour, Boels Ladies Tour tomorrow, Tuesday 3rd September. The 3.8km evening prologue in Sittard will be followed by five road stages.
The team’s roster for the six-day stage race will be Alena Amialiusik, Alice Barnes, Hannah Barnes, Rotem Gafinovitz, Lisa Klein, and Kasia Niewiadoma.
Read some of the rider’s thoughts before the Boels Ladies Tour, which will be their final race before world championships.
Hannah Barnes
“I have done this race every year because it’s been good preparation for the TTT and even though that is no longer an event at the Road World Championships it’s still a vital race for the Worlds. I want to be aggressive and get stuck in. The tour is giving you the zip and speed that you need at the end of the season.”
“With wind, rain, sunshine, you can have it all during six days of racing in Holland so it’s hard to pick just one stage as the one I’m looking forward to. I’m wanting to enjoy the aggressive racing each day.”
Alice Barnes
“My personal goal for this tour is I would like to have an opportunity in some of the sprints in Holland. I have learnt a lot from racing in Norway and would be nice to build on these results. The field here is always really strong and the racing is exciting. I have had a lot of good races in Holland this year and have some good recent form.”
“Boels Ladies Tour is an important step for worlds preparation to keep racing speed topped up and also getting a lot of kilometres in as the worlds course is long too.”
Lisa Klein
“I am looking forward to the prologue. It is the last ITT before world championships and it is great to get back into TT mode. I’d like to compete for the win in this short, painful ITT!”
“I enjoy racing in Holland as it suits me well. This year’s edition doesn’t have the hills so maybe that means I can be one of the main GC riders for the team. I want to continue with the good teamwork we had in Norway and do it even better. Ideally I can try to win a stage out of a reduced bunch after a demanding stage.”
Alena Amialiusik
“I had a nice race in GP Plouay on Saturday and I’d like to continue the form through this tour. It’s always hard racing and with less hills this year, maybe it will be more unpredictable. Everyone is in good shape with the world championships really close so it makes every day a hard battle! We have a nice group racing together and I am confident we will have some success.”
Rotem Gafinovitz
“I’m really looking forward to this one. I can’t really believe it’s already the end of the season soon! Holland Ladies Tour is one of my favourite races, it’s really well organised and normally brings tough racing and a good atmosphere. I want to make a good race, and to show myself a bit, putting all of my cards for the team’s plan and success. We come with a really strong team to play the game and take the lead in this stage race.”
“In my opinion, it’s the best way to continue my preparation for the worlds and to put some race miles in the legs, as I feel I really miss it after my performance in GP Plouay on the weekend and the altitude training camp.”
Details of how to follow the race can be found here.
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SAKS FIFTH AVENUE DEBUTS THE VAULT AT NEW YORK CITY FLAGSHIP
Exclusive private jewelry shopping experience creates destination for high fine jewelry and watches
Preeminent assortment with 20 new brands, limited edition pieces and the largest selection of men’s watches Saks has ever offered
NEW YORK, NY [September 4, 2019] – Saks Fifth Avenue today opens The Vault, a new floor dedicated to high fine jewelry and watches, furthering the Grand Renovation of its iconic Flagship store and Saks’s position as the quintessential luxury destination for jewelry and watches in Manhattan. Located on the lower level, the new environment offers customers an exclusive, private jewelry shopping experience. The Vault houses a preeminent assortment of more than 25 brands, 20 of which are new to Saks New York, including one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces, as well as the largest selection of men’s watches Saks has ever offered.
“As New York City’s newest destination for high fine jewelry and timepieces, The Vault takes the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship experience to the next level,” said Marc Metrick, President, Saks Fifth Avenue. “Our significant investment in creating this new space supports our commitment to further Saks’s position as the preeminent New York City luxury destination. With a unique atmosphere and impressive merchandise selection, Saks is delivering one-of-a-kind experiences, creating personal connections with our customers and transforming the way they shop for these valuable and lifelong pieces. The Vault is another dominant category presentation and the epitome of our New Luxury strategy focused on individuality, personalization and ease.”
“We have created the ultimate luxury destination for high fine jewelry and watches in New York City,” said Tracy Margolies, Saks Fifth Avenue, Chief Merchant. “With an enhanced and elevated collection of brands, The Vault features a stunning selection of pieces – from diamond engagement rings and collectible men’s timepieces, to limited edition and one-of-a-kind styles only available at Saks. We look forward to welcoming clients to this new floor where they will be treated to a high-touch experience from our team of associates, who are expertly trained to work with customers making these special, significant and timeless purchases.”
The Vault is accessed by a Rem Koolhaas-designed escalator, creating seamless access between the recently completed main floor, as well as Beauty and Jewelry on 2. The department features six high fine jewelry shop-in-shops, eight vendor-designed watch shops, and two additional private VIP rooms. The Vault also includes the International Lounge, which offers a multilingual concierge service for global visitors, daily store tours and jewelry and watch repair services. A centrally located Exhibition Space will serve as an area to feature brand partners, guest curators, special collaborations and more.
BRAND HIGHLIGHTS
The 12,000 square foot department more than doubles the space dedicated to fine jewelry and watches. The floor features a curated mix of over 25 high fine jewelry and watch brands from around the world, combining over 2,000 years of rich heritage and incredible craftsmanship.
Baume & Mercier’s first vendor-designed shop in a retailer in North America.
Boucheron’s first shop-in-shop in the United States.
Repossi’s first shop-in-shop in the United States.
Saks is the exclusive retailer in New York for four brands: Assael, Dena Kemp, Nini Jewels and Tabbah.
Tiffany & Co. will be present in the Exhibition Space for the opening weeks of The Vault. For a limited time, Tiffany will offer an impressive collection of white and colored diamonds as well as rare colored gemstones. Highlights include 16+ carat diamond earrings, a 6 carat fancy vivid yellow diamond ring and a 14+ carat sapphire necklace set in diamonds.
THE INTERNATIONAL LOUNGE
Lounge and concierge service for clients visiting from abroad.
Multi-lingual concierge to assist with service needs including luggage and coat storage, package pick-up and more.
Daily store tours offering an overview of the historic flagship begin at the International Lounge.
Jewelry and watch repair services.
The Saks Store Planning & Design team collaborated with global architecture, design, and planning firm, Gensler, to design The Vault.
Design highlights include:
Saks converted the cellar storage area to retail space for the first time in the history of the building.
The Vault completes the new entry experience by seamlessly connecting the main floor, lower level and second floor for the first time ever through a Rem Koolhaas escalator.
Inspired by a bank, the space includes vault doors, safety deposit box-inspired sculptures, metal textures and rich leather accents
DIGITAL AND BEYOND
Key aspects of The Vault will link to Saks.com to offer an integrated real and virtual world of high fine jewelry and watches.
Digital initiatives include:
Monthly online trunk shows featuring high fine jewelry and timepiece brands.
Exclusive private digital events for top clients.
Adam Foster Fine Jewelry, Assael, Baume & Mercier, Boucheron, Bulgari, CHANEL, Chopard, Dena Kemp, Franck Muller, Graff, Hermès, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lorraine Schwartz, Martin Katz, Montblanc, NINI Jewels, Oscar Heyman, Piaget, Piranesi, Repossi, Robert Procop, Roger Dubuis, Tabbah, TAG Heuer and Vacheron Constantin.
GRAND RENOVATION OVERVIEW
All aspects of Saks’s New York flagship Grand Renovation are integral pieces of its new business model, creating the ultimate luxury shopping destination in New York City with unparalleled service and merchandise. The opening of The Vault is the latest step in the $250 million Grand Renovation, and follows:
Select shops in 10022-SHOE on 8, Saks’s famed shoe salon is so big it needed its own zip code (July 2019)
Men’s Shoes on 6, one of the largest luxury men’s shoe destinations in the country (July 2019)
Main Floor, one of the largest luxury handbag destinations in New York City (February 2019)
L’Avenue at Saks, an upscale Parisian dining experience; the destination, designed by Philippe Starck, marks the first venture for L’Avenue outside Paris (February 2019)
Beauty on 2, an experiential makeup, skincare, fragrance and wellness destination (May 2018)
Jewelry on 2, the jewelry lover’s ultimate destination featuring a mix of established and emerging jewelry designers (May 2018)
Designer on 3, a one-of-a-kind destination for extraordinary fashion from around the world (September 2017)
The Collective and The Advance on 5, a destination for fresh contemporary fashion (Summer 2017)
Designer on 4, Home to designer and lifestyle collections (August 2016)
The Saks New York City flagship is located at 611 Fifth Avenue at 50th Street, and is open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For additional information on the new location and upcoming experiences, visit the Saks New York store and events page on Saks.com.
ABOUT SAKS FIFTH AVENUE (@saks)
As a leading shopping destination for the all-channel luxury experience, Saks Fifth Avenue is renowned for its coveted edit of American and international designer collections as well as its storied history of creating breakthrough, experiential environments. Its exemplary client service has made Saks a global authority in the category, a focus since the brand’s inception in 1924. As part of the HBC brand portfolio, Saks operates in 43 cities across the globe, its online experience―saks.com, and its mobile experience ― Saks App.
For more information, kindly visit saks.com, Instagram.com/saks, Facebook.com/saks, Snapchat.com/saks_official, and Twitter.com/saks.
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TN Bank sets platform for “bull” market
Home » HEADLINES » TN Bank sets platform for “bull” market
Farmers can “deposit” their cattle to access cash loans
ZIMBABWE’S first “Cattle Bank” has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans.
For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it’s the first bank account they’ve ever had.
“Cattle banking is the only way owners can get monetary value for their animals without having to sell them,” bank executive Charles Chakoma told The Associated Press amongst fields and small farming plots near Marondera, east of Harare, the capital.
Owners accrue interest and have the option to get back their cattle after an initial two years or leave them with the bank for longer. Depositors can get loans of an equal value of the cattle they have put in the bank.
In the event the owner fails to repay the loan, the bank keeps the animals. When an owner dies, a close member of the family can take over payment of the loan and ultimately get the cattle back.
The bank, which owns several fast food outlets across the country, says it also will slaughter aging cattle for beef and replace them with more productive cattle of the same value.
William Mukurazita, 69, and his wife, Elizabeth, 66, kept about 70 head of cattle at Masomere village, 140 kilometres from Harare. But poor health stopped them from looking after their herd and at least 20 animals died or were stolen, Elizabeth Mukurazita said.
Now they have “deposited” 24 cattle at the TN Bank, named after its founder, financier and social innovator Tawanda Nyambirai. The couple now has $10,000 worth of cows in the bank.
“If we only knew about this cattle banking before, we could have saved all of our herd,” Elizabeth Mukurazita said.
A veterinarian checks the animals and the bank pays to transport them to paddocks it has bought across the country for fattening and cross-breeding programs. Owners are issued with the bank’s ‘Certificate of Cattle Deposit’ as proof of a transaction.
As bank officials log in their cattle, the Mukurazitas look worriedly at a scrawny calf whose mother has died days before. Two other calves nurse from their mothers. The envious, starving orphan makes an attempt to reach for the cow’s udder but is kicked aside and wanders off to graze awkwardly on a small patch of grass.
Untended, it will die within days, said Chakoma, the banker. The state veterinary official passes the calf and values it at $49.
He said the bank wasn’t supposed to accept unhealthy animals, but that this particular calf might survive because it was able to graze on its own. He requested anonymity saying he needed his superiors’ permission to speak to reporters.
Only 20 per cent of Zimbabwean cattle are in commercial ranches. The rest – some 3.5 million village animals – are valued at more than $1 billion, Chakoma said. The TN Bank wants to reassure Zimbabweans that despite years of world record inflation their bovine savings are safe, he added.
In traditional rural society, cattle symbolise wealth and play a role not just in farming but as marriage dowries, funeral sacrifices and appeasers of ancestral spirits. Many cattle owners are reluctant to give up such a valued status symbol, but Chakoma said cattle banking eases the burden on the elderly, left behind as young people head for the cities.
“Farmers may not want to part with their animals but we try and persuade them to keep a few for tilling and milking as the rest will just be a burden to them,” he said.
During the dry season, there is less pasture and cattle roaming in search of grass often get lost or stolen. In winter, the cold can kill them.
Interest can be paid in cash or cows. The Mukurazitas say they’d prefer it in cows so that their son can take over managing a new herd and get more land later.
“We don’t necessarily want the cash; we want to improve our herd, ” said William Mukurazita.
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Guest Blogger: Ad'm Martin Pianist and vocalist Michele Thredgold spoke with Ad’m Martin about loving music, confronting mental health challenges, feelings of social isolation and her yearning for chocolate. Michele’s parents would serenade her to sleep as an infant and that is where her love of music began. Her voice...
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Guest Blogger: Katie Keys I get a lot of raised eyebrows when I tell people that I’m a Twitter poet. It would seem that Twitter doesn’t have the best reputation. People think it’s full of ‘twits’ describing their every move or meal, and I can’t deny there’s a bit of that...
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