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Home / Globes / American Globe Guide / Globe, Table, 9-Inch Diameter, Terrestrial and Celestial Pair, Antique, Carey, Philadelphia, early 19th C. (Reserved)
Globe, Table, 9-Inch Diameter, Terrestrial and Celestial Pair, Antique, Carey, Philadelphia, early 19th C. (Reserved)
Mathew Carey (1760-1839) (seller)
Pair of Nine-Inch Terrestrial and Celestial Table Globes
J. & W. Cary, London: 1817 (terrestrial), 1802 (celestial)
14 inches high, 13 inches diameter, overall
A fine pair of 9-inch terrestrial and celestial table globes by J. & W. Cary, who are generally regarded as the greatest British globe makers of the late Georgian period. This pair is particularly unusual insofar as they have the applied overlabel of Mathew Carey, a prominent Philadelphia map and atlas publisher, who imported the globes for sale in the United States. As such, they are among the earliest known British globes with label from an American seller. Various prominent Americans, including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, are known to have owned globes imported from London during the Federal period.
Category: American Globe Guide Tags: 18th century, antique globe, british, cary, celestial, celestial globe, early globe, english, globe, london, table globe
Each globe is surmounted by a brass hour circle, within a calibrated full brass meridian, the horizon band with engraved paper calendar and zodiac, raised on a turned ebonized stand with four legs joined by a cross stretchers, ending in top-form feet. The terrestrial globe shows geographic entities shaded in various tones of blue, pink, olive, green, some with red or green outline against oceans colored cream and olive. The detailed cartography includes the American west shown as Louisiana, New Mexico and New Albion. The celestial globe is cream-colored, with constellations shown by curved boundaries rather than as mythological and other figures. Stars are shown to the sixth magnitude.
The celebrated Cary family of cartographers and globe makers produced some of the greatest late Georgian globes. The firm was started in the late 18th century by John Cary, who often worked in partnership with his brother William Cary, a scientific instrument maker, known as J. & W. Cary. The Cary brothers moved their business to 86 St. James’s Street in about 1820, leaving their former premises at 181 Strand to John Cary’s sons George (c. 1788-1859) and John Jr. (1791 – 1852) who in turn produced a variety of globes under the name G. & J. Cary from 1821 to about 1850. George Frederick Cruchley, a map seller, took over a portion of the Cary business and produced maps and globes from 1850 to about 1876.
Mathew Carey was a key figure in the development of early American cartography and publishing. Carey emigrated to the United States from Ireland and established the first specialized cartographic publishing firm in Philadelphia, employing printers, engravers and colorists. With a combination of up-to-date cartographic information and a high standard of craftsmanship, Carey’s maps are considered among the best American published maps of the era. Carey was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815, which has a significant archive of his business papers and publications in their collection.
Read more about the Cary firm on our Guide to Globe Makers.
Circular Wreath Cartouche: CARY’S/ NEW/ TERRESTRIAL GLOBE/ ON WHICH/ are laid down the various/ discoveries of/ CAPTAIN COOK, VANCOUVER/ DE LA PEROUSE &c./ LONDON/ Sold by M. Carey, Philadelphia, 1817
Rectangular Cartouche: CARY’S/ New CELESTIAL GLOBE, on/ WHICH/ The whole of The Stars to the fifth/ Magnitude inclusive; with part/ of the sixth are correctly laid down/ Calculated to the Year 1800/ London Made & Sold by J &W Cary, Aug 1802/ Sold by M. Carey Philadelphia 18[?]
Condition: Each generally very good, recently professionally restored and revarnished, with the usual remaining expected light toning, wear and restorations to minor scattered cracks and abrasions. Stands generally very good with the usual wear and shrinkage.
Dekker, Elly, et al. Globes at Greenwich: A Catalogue of the Globes and Armillary Spheres in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. London: Oxford University Press and the National Maritime Museum, 1999. p. 293.
Dekker, Elly and Peter van der Krogt. Globes from the Western World. London: Zwemmer, 1993. pp. 118, 122-123.
Fordham, Sir Herbert George. John Cary, Engraver, Map, Chart and Print-Seller and Globe-Maker. Cambridge University Press,1925.
Lamb, Tom and Collins, Jeremy. The World in Your Hands: An Exhibition of Globes and Planetaria. London: Christie’s, 1994. p. 64.
“Mathew Carey.” Wikipedia. 14 November 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Carey (26 November 2019).
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Residents call for historic Gants Hill pub to be saved from demolition
Residents call for the Valentine pub in Gants HIll to be saved
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
The Valentine, in Perth Road, Gants Hill. Photo: Google Maps
A campaign group has called for the council to reconsider plans to bulldoze a historic pub to make way for student accommodation.
But the council says the need for housing outweighs its heritage status.
The Valentine pub in Perth Road, Gants Hill, built in 1930, has been vacant since it was closed in 2017.
Redbridge Council granted planning permission to demolish the building last month; plans to build a 10 storey 321-room student block on the site are awaiting council approval.
Campaign group, Save the Val, has called for the council to save the building so it can be reopened as a public house “for future generations”
Over 200 residents have signed a petition backing the campaign.
Ilford resident, Paul Scott, a supporter of the campaign, called for the council to commit to “actively saving more of our historic, social and cultural venues.”
He said: “There ought to be a policy of keeping them for the general benefit of the many local residents.
“Groups such as Save The Valentine are rightly campaigning to prevent valuable heritage assets being lost to Gants Hill. Even the new London Plan has stated that pubs, clubs as well as music and film venues need more legal protection from demolition.”
Policy HC7 of the London Plan calls for councils to protect public houses where they have a “heritage, economic, social or cultural value to local communities”.
A spokesperson for the council said: “During its decision making process, planning committee members considered a report that looked at the heritage and use made of The Valentine.
“Although the former pub has some local heritage interest, it is not statutorily listed or in a conservation area.
“Given its dilapidated state for over two years, low likelihood of reuse as a pub, and with a proposal for a type of residential use that could help meet the borough’s demand for housing, the benefits of the scheme outweighed its heritage status.
“Redbridge, like many other London boroughs is facing a housing crisis with residents struggling with the impact of austerity, private sector rents and benefit changes.
"The proposal to redevelop The Valentine for affordable student accommodation will help free up current housing stock where students reside, which means those properties can then be used to help with housing targets for the borough that are urgently needing to be met.”
Council documents say “numerous works” have been undertaken to secure the site of the pub from incursions in response to “neighbours requesting a police presence at the site”.
The documents state: “The site makes no contribution to the town centre it forms part of, being boarded up and of some concern to the local police and community safety team as it is attracting criminal behaviour.”
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Glasgow City Council accused of interfering with Rangers fan zone plans
Council leader Susan Aitken, deputy David McDonald and councillor Stephen Dornan are accused of blocking the proposals.
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Political pressure was applied to stop plans for a new Rangers fan zone, emails released by Glasgow City Council have confirmed.
The club was seeking permission to use a community complex for the zone, a request which was denied on August 2 by Glasgow Life, who ruled there was not enough backing from locals.
City chiefs released a huge cache of conversations between councillors, club bosses and Glasgow Life earlier this week in a bid for transparency
We can reveal that on June 25 this year, a city councillor contacted Glasgow Life, claiming to be under “political pressure” to oppose the use of the Ibrox Football Complex for four pilot fan zones.
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The following day, in an email from a councillor named ‘David’ to Glasgow Life, it was claimed that at least three of the four Govan members opposed the fan zone – something which has been denied.
In another email exchange on July 2, a councillor demanded answers from colleagues, insisting that if the fan zone plan went to the licensing committee it would likely be approved.
And in a further note, sent from a Glasgow City Council email address, it was suggested that members of the Ibrox and Cessnock Community Council should give their view on the fan zone in a private meeting or over the phone instead of at their public meeting in August.
Rangers were given an ‘occasional licence’ on June 15 this year, but in an email to Glasgow Life 10 days later, a city councillor said: “I’m getting a lot of political pressure from local members to oppose the use of the Ibrox Complex for these ‘fan zone’ events…”
The following day, in an email from a councillor named ‘David’ to Glasgow Life, it was claimed that at least three of the four Govan members opposed the fan zone.
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But while Stephen Dornan objected, and John Kane supported Rangers’ plans, Ricky Bell and Allan Young have both since denied being in outright opposition.
On July 2, a redacted email was sent by a councillor to a colleague demanding answers and claiming: “If this (fan zone plan) goes to licensing, it will be approved as there would be no legal reason to refuse it.”
An email was then sent by the recipient to an unknown email address asking for a meeting to be set up with two councillors. There are no details as to whether that meeting went ahead.
Between August 14 and 16 an email exchange between a community councillor and Glasgow City Council discussed plans to hold a meeting and vote in private regarding the objection to the fan zone.
On August 14, an email sent by the community councillor said that members had been asked to attend a private hearing ahead of their monthly meeting (on August 15) but that no-one had responded.
On the morning of August 15, a response from the Glasgow City Council address said: “If members can’t make 5.30pm perhaps they can make clear their reflective view via email/phone?
“You may consider it to be potentially beneficial for members to conclude their thoughts and final considerations prior to the start of the scheduled public meeting?”
Community councillors voted in private during a tea break at the meeting that night, with a 4-3 majority in favour of upholding an objection to the proposals.
In response to the emails, a Glasgow City Council spokesman said: “It doesn’t seem unreasonable that someone might describe politicians making representations on behalf of their constituents as political pressure.”
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A source at Rangers said: ‘‘We are surprised at the content of some of the information released through the FOI request. Quite revealing to say the least and worthy of further scrutiny perhaps.
“However, discussions are ongoing at a senior level with council officers which, hopefully, will result in a positive outcome.”
Council leader Susan Aitken, deputy leader David McDonald and councillor Stephen Dornan are all subject of a complaint to the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (CESPLS).
It is understood Glasgow City Council will take no investigatory action before CESPLS make a decision on whether to escalate the complaint.
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The Make It Stop Guide To Not Raping People
By Drew Magary
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It’s a special edition of Make It Stop this week. Off we go.
By now you know about Elliot Rodger, the deranged Santa Barbara City College dropout who killed six people last week in a terrifying display of violence and hatred. Rodger produced a videotaped statement prior to his rampage that demonstrated a virulent loathing of women and a desire to act out a sick form of revenge upon every woman who ever did him wrong. In response to that manifesto (and honestly, no killer deserves to have his incoherent babbling credited as a manifesto), women on Twitter started the #YesAllWomen hashtag to increase awareness of all the horrible shit women have to put up with from men on a daily basis: violence, threats, unwanted advances, and yes, rape. Just as Louis CK says, there’s no greater threat to women than men, and that is impossible to deny.
But it’s never too late to try to get better as a species. A lot of those tweets zeroed in on the fact that plenty of girls get advice on how to not get raped, and very few boys are told to not rape anyone in the first place. And even when they are told to not rape anyone, it’s usually done in a clumsy, easily ignored way (this White House PSA on rape has, oh, 300,000,000 less views than "Blurred Lines"). So here now is my feeble attempt at lecturing all the horny boys of the world on how to not become fucking monsters:
1. It shouldn’t always be the burden of the woman to stop a hookup. Once a hookup commences, the average man never wants to stop until penetration has been achieved. You start kissing and you’re already planning on where and how to place your penis somewhere. And you’ll do pretty much anything to achieve that end: lying, cajoling, begging, asking for sex again three minutes later, proposing ("Have my baby!")... anything. This means it’s constantly on the woman to step back and be like, "Whoa hey, hold the fuck up." This isn’t particularly fair.
So have the courtesy to pause on occasion. A hookup is a delicate, precious thing to a man... a seemingly clear path to sex that he doesn’t want disrupted. You can do a million things to fuck up a hookup—take it from me—but sitting back for a moment and asking, "Everything cool?" is not one of them. "No" should never need to be said out loud by a woman. Anyone with a brain—even a drunk guy—can usually tell when a sexual partner is into the hookup, and when they are not. Once the instinct kicks in that your partner isn’t having much fun, you take a breather. Since men are big and strong and aggressive, they can always present a danger to women. The positive flipside to that is that they can offer safety instead. Err on the side of offering safety, and don’t act like Prince fucking Valiant about it.
2. If the hookup ends abruptly, you can always jack off. That option is always right there for you. Just head to the john and get it over with and then you can resume being a normal human being and not a bull on the loose. Your hand is the REAL slut. It’ll do anything you want, baby. Most of the time, jerking off gets rid of all the sexual angst and allows you to cool off for the night. You can drink some more. You can watch a movie. You can do many fun things that do not include being accused of sexual predation.
3. Do not take rejection personally. Being a man means you are an actor, constantly auditioning around town before one casting director finally gives you a shot. You need to have thick skin. You will not make it in life otherwise. Men who take rejection poorly are digging themselves an even deeper hole with womankind (again, take it from me) because rage, shockingly, is not an attractive quality. Many women are going to reject you and many of them, frankly, won’t be graceful about it. Young men are able to conjure a frightening amount of rage out of sexual desperation, and it’s up to them to sense that rage, look at it objectively, and then reject it. This is hard for teenage boys to do because they’re fucking stupid. As always, open communication solves a lot of these issues: talking with a friend or a therapist or anyone you feel you can safely confide in helps. In private. DO NOT WORK OUT YOUR ISSUES ON REDDIT.
4. Your work on not being a rapist starts well before you actually make contact with the opposite sex. If the rage goes deeper than that or is something you feel like you can’t control, then serious intervention is probably a good idea. The old saw is that rape is about power, and the rapist’s desire to assert power can come from any number of issues: sexual frustration, family discord, addiction, you name it. It’s not enough to tell men, "Hey, don’t rape anyone!" because men are terrible listeners and because rape isn’t the only element of the rape. There’s fear and self-loathing and anger and many other things that need to be addressed here, and those often get neglected because many men hate admitting their weaknesses.
5. Do not fuck an unconscious person or a semi-conscious person. This ought to go without saying, and yet there have been so many instances of men treating unconscious women like some kind of open sexual buffet that it needs to be stated plainly: DO NOT DO THIS. Again, most people have an internal barometer. They know damn well if their partner is drunk past the point of function. Take note of your own instincts and stop.
I have said this before, but it’s worth repeating: a lot of the joy of sex comes from acceptance. Holy shit, someone is willing to have sex with me. This is amazing! It’s a personal validation. You got enough right to attract another person. Drugging someone, or getting them drunk past the point of being able to stand, is not only a felony, it’s an ercise in self-delusion. You didn’t look good enough and you weren’t cool enough to hook up with a lucid person, so you took the easy and malignant way. You cheated. That ain’t shit.
6. Don’t be a conformist to rapey subcultures. Rape culture thrives in places where guys can band together and amp up each other’s aggression: schools, sports teams, the military, etc. It’s very difficult for an impressionable young fellow to not get socialized into that shit. Leaders (Hi, the Pentagon!) have a responsibility to not let this shit turn into something menacing, and they fail as often as not, which is pathetic. But you can still fight against it at the ground level. You never HAVE to conform if, deep down, you don’t want to. You can step away and hang in different social circles. It takes balls, but if you do it with assuredness, you usually get respect. Sometimes, all it takes is one guy to say, "This isn’t cool," to get the rest of the room to snap out of it.
7. You can be a nice guy without people thinking you’re a pussy. A lot of phony "nice guys" rage about assholes always getting the girl, but that’s a fallacy. That guy might be an asshole to you, but maybe he’s a perfect gentleman in the sack. Assholism is not a magic key to sexual liberation, and trying to posit yourself as the non-asshole won’t work either. Too often, guys assume "pathetic" is what passes for "nice," and it does not. You should always feel free to be a guy: raunchy, loud, sloppy, hairy, etc. But you can be all of those things and you can still be inherently good. Louis C.K. is not always a nice man, but he is a good one. And being the latter is more important. Life is more fun that way anyhow.
8. Get a hobby. Seriously. Obsessing over sex leads to ruin. Best to focus elsewhere and let sex come as it may. You can’t rape anyone if you’re too busy collecting Lionel train sets.
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29 Aug 2017Confidence | Family life | Parenting tips | School aged | Success | Wellbeing
Why We Should Focus On Who (Not What) Our Children Become
“I’ve got a question for you”, the cab driver stated expectantly. I was on my way to give a talk about parenting. He had asked where I was going and why, and his eyes lit up when he found out what I do for work.
I had emails to respond to. I had a call or two to make. But I love to talk parenting so I paused, smiled, and said “Shoot. What’s your question?”
“How do I make sure my son becomes a pilot?”
I was surprised by this question. Most of the time I’m asked about discipline, getting kids off screens, and the other day-to-day minutiae of parenting power struggles.
This man was well-meaning. He obviously loved his son and wanted the best for him. But I was uncomfortable with the question. What if his son didn’t want to become a pilot? What if this was just a controlling father setting unfair or unrealistic expectations on his son? What happens if his son fails? These, and other questions raced through my head as I considered how to respond to him politely but clearly.
Through this taxi driver’s eyes, being a pilot was a symbol of success. It would mean that his son was living a successful life, and it would mean that he had been a successful father. We talked about this. But would it really matter what career choices his son made? (Would his son even have a choice?)
Eventually I suggested: “My sense is that who your son becomes will be far more important to his happiness in life that what he becomes.”
As parents, many of us spend far too much time focused on values like ambition, income, and other outward symbols of success. Yet these things do not make us happy. The central lie of our entire society is that income, status, and “success” lead to happiness. But researchers have found that once the rent or mortgage is covered, food is in our fridge, and we have the basics taken care of, money does not make us happier.
I suggested to him that focusing on building values like honesty, compassion, and kindness might serve his son better and help him lead a happier, more fulfilling life. “If your son is a pilot but is not a person of character, will he be successful? Or what about if he becomes a taxi-driver like you, but he is a good man, loves his family, and works hard? What would make him happier? Or you?”
But the driver was sceptical. I shifted perspectives.
“When you look at your dad, do you see him as a professional or as a person?” I asked him. He explained that his father lived in India, and that he had very little money. “And do you value him less because he is poor?”
“No of course not. He is my father”, he replied.
“Do you feel your son is going to think poorly of you because you drive a taxi?”
The driver was thoughtful, and he responded with honest vulnerability. “No. I think I am the one who thinks poorly of me. He will see me as his dad.”
“So what kind of a dad do you want to be?” We talked about whether it was more important to be a father who was rich financially, or a father who possessed a rich character.
“Your job as a father is to help your son become the man he is supposed to be. That may or may not involve him flying planes for a living. It is up to you to help him find that inbuilt potential for excellence that is inside him – that thing that lights him up – and encourage him to pursue it with vigour. And it is up to you to help him to become a person of character.”
In the workshops that I run around the country I often ask parents what they want most for their children. The first responses are almost always, “I want them to be happy. I want them to have a good life.”
While enjoying financial successes and career status may help them to be happy and live good lives (and there are many people for whom this is true), this cannot – this must not – be the measure of our children’s success in life or our success as parents.
Character and financial success are not mutually exclusive. We can have both. But whereas life can be wonderfully fulfilling if we have character without the status and success that society tells us is so important, it almost certainly will not be so fulfilling if we have the success but not the character to accompany it.
What are the character traits that make a person truly successful? Kindness, respect, integrity, service to others, curiosity, compassion, understanding, a desire for excellence. There are attributes like perseverance, creativity, modesty, and gratitude.
As we focus on developing and building these attributes, we will help our children grow into people of character. And these attributes will lead them to lives that are less about status and success, and more about making a difference.
“How will you feel about your son if he doesn’t become a pilot? Will you feel that he is a failure? Will you see him as unsuccessful?”
“How will he feel about himself if you continually push him to be a pilot but he never quite gets there. Or perhaps he decides to do something else?”
The cabbie was thoughtful. “He might feel like he is a failure. Or that he has disappointed me.”
“By the way”, I asked him. “Does your son want to become a pilot?”
“I’m not really sure. I just really want him to be one.”
“Oh. Ok. How old is your son?”
“He’s two months old.”
I’m glad we had this conversation when we did.
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Despite $30M appropriation, little work underway on Ohana Zones
Ohana Zones almost non-existent in the effort to curb homelessness
By Allyson Blair | November 5, 2019 at 5:19 PM HST - Updated November 6 at 10:27 AM
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - It was the most money ever put towards solving Hawaii's homeless crisis.
In 2018, lawmakers put up $30 million for Ohana Zones, leaving it up to the Ige administration to create places for homeless people to come in off the street.
A year and a half later, so-called Ohana Zones are almost non-existent.
So far, there’s been no permanent housing created through the state’s Ohana Zone project.
And only 41 new temporary beds have been added. The majority of those are at a new homeless shelter in Hilo.
Meanwhile, homelessness remains at crisis levels statewide.
John Kaulupali is one of nearly 75 people living on a Kakaako sidewalk near the Gateway Park.
Sitting at a picnic table on a recent day, he said he’d jump at the chance to stay some place permanently.
“We would be more than happy to leave where we’re at today," he said.
Kaulupali said the same thing nearly a year ago, when the encampment he lives in called a news conference. Campers came together to tell government they’d move as long as it was someplace safe where they could stay together.
With so much talk from politicians about building villages for the homeless and affordable housing, Kaulupali questions why more isn’t available.
“If you got that much money to play with, why don’t you get some heads together brainstorm and do something with it?” he said.
Money to start work on Ohana Zones was available immediately after Gov. David Ige signed the bill in July 2018.
Since then, records show, no new housing ― either temporary or permanent ― has been created for adults on Oahu using that money.
A total of 10 new beds were added to a youth shelter in Kailua.
The state announced an Ohana Zone in Maili earlier this year. However, a closer look at the numbers revealed those 80 units are nothing new. The buildings were just re-purposed from a transitional shelter to an emergency shelter. Renovations cost $7.5 million.
Over on Maui, there are just six new beds.
Hawaii Island has made the most progress, launching a brand new men’s shelter in October. Currently there are 25 beds. That number’s expected to grow to 50 by the end of the year.
Scott Morishige, the governor’s homeless coordinator, blamed delays in spending the Ohana Zones money on the way the law was written.
“Because of the broadness of the law it did take time to figure out what types of projects we could allocate the funds for,” he said.
But House Finance Committee Chairwoman Sylvia Luke isn’t buying that. She says the Ige administration never supported the Ohana Zone concept.
“They delayed because they could not understand it. And they didn’t know how to effectively use the money,” Luke said. “Right now as much as we’re trying to do enforcement, there’s no real safe place for homeless individuals to go.”
Back on Ilalo Street, Kaulupali’s time there is running out: Sweeps are moving through the area soon and police have already warned campers this enforcement’s different.
“Anybody left on the streets, if they’re caught sleeping they will be arrested on site,” said Kaulupali.
With pets prohibited at most homeless shelters, he’s uncertain what his next move will be.
Kaulupali said, “If my dog cannot go then I’m not going, too.”
Morishige insists more Ohana Zone projects are expected to come online over the next several months.
He added changes they’ve made to how existing shelters operate have nearly doubled the number of people getting into permanent housing.
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Two-time Emmy & National Edward R. Murrow award winner. Reporter at Hawaii News Now. Virginia Commonwealth University graduate.
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Nelson Kim’s 2019 New York Film Festival Report
by Nelson Kim
The 2019 New York Film Festival began with a bang — the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s feverishly anticipated The Irishman. And The Irishman itself ended with a whimper, or something close to it: This long (three and a half hours), violent, event-filled epic that sweeps through five decades of American history slows down in its final half hour to become a quiet, melancholy study of old age. After playing a part in everything from the Bay of Pigs to the killings of Joey Gallo and Jimmy Hoffa, former Teamster official and mob hitman Frank Sheeran (Robert DeNiro) is confined to his wheelchair in a nursing home, contemplating the wreck he’s made of his life and wondering at the possibility of redemption. These scenes are relentless in their accumulation of everyday horrors: the deaths of friends, the decline of the body and the dulling of the mind, the dreariness of empty days passing combined with the dread of time running out. This is the end we’ll all face (if we’re lucky), but seeing The Irishman makes you realize how few movies are actually willing to go there.
The last section of The Irishman gives shape and meaning to all that comes before, and it’s the best and most original part of the film — despite the grimness of the subject, you can feel Scorsese’s excitement in articulating something he has never previously expressed onscreen. Whereas the three hours that precede it are the work of a skilled artisan practicing his craft. There are excellent things in those three hours, the strongest perhaps being Al Pacino’s grand, soulful performance as Hoffa, and Sheehan/DeNiro’s exquisitely painful betrayal of their friendship. The movie is expertly paced, often funny, at times gripping and moving. It’s also conventional to a fault in form and style, much of it shot and edited with the bland classicism of a very good television series. For all its pleasures, The Irishman shows once again that working on a very large-scale, expensive production (cf. Gangs of New York, The Aviator, and Hugo) tends to inhibit the great man’s inventive genius.
On the other side of the world, and at the other extreme of moviemaking, is the Portugeuse director Pedro Costa, who continues his decades-long project of giving voice to the dispossessed of Lisbon with Vitalina Varela, which is both the title of his new film and the name of its lead actress. The narrative, constructed by Varela and Costa over months of discussion and rehearsal, draws directly from Varela’s own life: She flew to Portugal from her native Cape Verde to bury her dead husband Joaquim, who had deserted her decades earlier. Although Lisbon seems to have nothing to offer her, she stays, moving into Joaquim’s decrepit apartment and stewing in her anger and grief.
There’s little story progression in Costa’s films; they’re elliptical, mysterious, glacially paced snapshots of mood and feeling, memory and dream. Vitalina meets Joaquim’s friends, reminisces about the house they built together in Cape Verde before he left for Portugal, wonders where their love went astray. Apparently this wasn’t enough for the handful of viewers who walked out of the press-and-industry screening I attended, but it was plenty for me. The focus on Vitalina’s yearning and heartache make this the most emotionally direct and accessible film of Costa’s that I’ve seen. And he and his regular cinematographer Leonardo Simões continue to refine an aesthetic that’s one of the marvels of modern movies — to call it a “style” seems insufficient, as their approach involves a wholesale rethinking of everything we associate with traditional narrative filmmaking. They shoot with the tiniest of crews and the most limited of means, in austere environments with minimal lighting; they don’t invent stories and then cast performers to fill them but instead construct the movies around the performers (often Cape Verdean immigrants like Vitalina) and their lives. Costa’s is a cinema of paradoxes: The films are highly formalized, with an unmistakable look and feel, yet in crucial ways the director seems to surrender much of the authorship and control to his subjects. It’s their personal histories that generate the narratives, their bodies and faces that the unblinking, unmoving camera fixates upon, their words and voices that dominate the spare soundscape. One feels the director’s hand in every frame; one also knows the films would be nothing without the dazed and damaged souls who populate them.
Two directors new to me screened their third features at NYFF, and both films made me eager to catch up with their earlier work: Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms, and Justine Triet’s Sybil. Lapid’s film is a character study built around a most unusual character. Yoav (Tom Mercier, extraordinary in his film debut) is a young Israeli who recently completed his mandatory military service and has now fled to Paris, where he attempts to make himself over as a Frenchman. He refuses to speak Hebrew and condemns his homeland as odious, repugnant, fetid, crude, ignorant, and other words he picks up from his obsessive study of the French dictionary. Yoav is a dynamo, a dervish, pinballing through Paris in search of self-transformation and belonging, but the madness he thinks he can escape by running away from Israel is inside him. And of course, the French are all crazy too.
Lapid structures the film episodically, with the only narrative throughline being Yoav’s connection to a bourgeois couple who befriends him. Scene after scene is charged with energy and invention and wit, but Synonyms never really builds toward a meaningful climax that would give the whole a greater resonance than its parts. Yet the movie feels like a triumph regardless. If Yoav is ultimately more interesting than the story that contains him, he’s one of the most inspired film protagonists in years. Maybe not since Mike Leigh’s Naked has a movie made me imagine that the main character might at any moment jump off the screen and escape into the streets.
Sibyl, directed by Justine Triet from a script by Triet and Arthur Harari, is a smart, fast-paced art-house entertainment that mixes genres and tones in novel combinations. The title character, played by Virginie Efira, is a Parisian psychotherapist who gives up her practice to reignite a writing career that stalled years earlier, only to find that she has nothing to write about. She reluctantly agrees to take on a new patient, a movie actress named Margot (Adèle Exarchopoulos), who’s sleeping with her male co-star behind their director’s back. Complicating matters is that the co-star and the director are a longtime couple. The troubled Margot turns out to be the muse Sibyl needs; she begins secretly recording their therapy sessions and turning the material into fiction. Meanwhile, a series of flashbacks (deftly edited by Laurent Sénéchal) reveals that Sibyl is hurtling toward a mental-health crisis of her own.
The movie stays ahead of the viewer, spinning off in surprising directions — it begins as a seemingly straightforward drama and then takes on aspects of an erotic thriller, a Bergmanesque existential freakout, and most unexpectedly and delightfully, a screwball farce during a long sequence in which Sibyl visits Margot on location in Stromboli. (Sandra Hüller of Toni Erdmann fame gives a tour de force comic performance as Mika, the cheated-upon director.) Sibyl, Margot, and Mika form a kind of triptych, giving us contrasting portraits of women in personal and professional crisis. The end of the movie shows Sibyl finding her equilibrium again after a disastrous collapse, but Triet refuses us easy closure, hinting that Sibyl’s demons are only temporarily at bay.
Olivier Assayas’ Wasp Network is a fact-based spy thriller, adapted from the Brazilian writer Fernando Morais’ nonfiction book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War: The Story of the Cuban Five. It begins in 1990, as Cuban pilot and military veteran René Gonzalez (Édgar Ramirez) commandeers a plane and flies to Miami, declaring himself a refugee from Castro’s repressive regime. His wife Olga Salanueva (Penélope Cruz) and their daughter, left behind in Havana, are forced to reckon with the consequences of his betrayal. René is soon joined by another defecting pilot, Juan Pablo Roque (Wagner Moura). Both men are recruited to fly for militant anti-Castro groups, rescuing migrants from boats and dropping propaganda leaflets over Cuban airspace. But there are shadowy forces at work in Miami, from drug smugglers to violent splinter groups to undercover Cuban agents sent to infiltrate the anti-Castro network, and in an inspired mid-film twist, we learn that our protagonists are not who they seem to be.
Assayas gives us a lot of movie here, maybe too much. The storytelling is energetic, the subject matter fascinating, the cast appealing, the locations stimulating to look at (the Cuban government gave the French/Spanish/Brazilian production extraordinary access to the country). But as the narrative complications pile up, and major shifts in the main characters’ lives are dispensed with in expository asides, the movie starts to feel like mere reconstruction, as if Assayas, burdened by the obligation to stay close to the historical record, is speeding through a checklist of events. There’s also a disjunction between the cool-headed, just-the-facts vibe of the more plot-driven scenes, where Assayas seems to be aiming for an approach similar to The Battle of Algiers or Z, and the moments of moist-eyed domestic melodrama as the pilots face the personal consequences of their choices (Cruz and Ana de Armas do what they can with the sketchily written suffering-woman roles). Wasp Network probably needed to be either warmer (developing the characters’ psychological and emotional lives more fully) or colder (committing to the detached docudrama mode), instead of shuttling uneasily between the two temperatures.
If a title can be said to offer a movie’s first impression to the viewer, then Roee Messinger’s American Trial: The Eric Garner Story suggests we might be in for a dutiful, unimaginative documentary treatment of an important subject. In fact, Messinger’s first feature is a revelation: an urgent and compelling film so formally innovative that it feels as if you’re witnessing the birth of a new genre.
Most of us are familiar with the facts of the case: Eric Garner died at the hands of NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in July 2014. After months of deliberation, a Staten Island grand jury voted not to indict Pantaleo; the subsequent protests helped bring the Black Lives Matter movement to national consciousness. (In 2015, the city paid the Garner family a multi-million dollar settlement. In August of this year, after a yearslong federal investigation also failed to result in charges, a disciplinary hearing initiated by the NYPD led to Pantaleo being fired.) American Trial asks what might have happened if the Staten Island grand jury had brought charges against Pantaleo — that imaginary trial is the entire substance of the movie. We see lawyers for both sides gathering evidence, building a case, and pre-interviewing witnesses, and then we spend the bulk of the film in the courthouse as the trial takes place.
Messinger took a bold gamble in creating the movie entirely through structured improvisations by the cast. And who is in the cast? One professional actor (Anthony Altieri), playing Pantaleo. Garner’s widow, Esaw Snipes Garner, playing herself. James Knight, Garner’s friend and a witness to his attempted arrest and death, playing himself. All the others are real-life practitioners of the jobs their “characters” hold in the film: The prosecutors are played by lawyers with prosecutorial experience; the defense attorneys are played by defense attorneys; expert witnesses for both sides are actual doctors, cops, and retired cops who regularly testify in real trials, and so on. Messinger guided and shaped the improvisations, but allowed his cast to decide upon the legal strategies, trial procedures, and testimonies seen in the film.
Norman Mailer, writing about Last Tango in Paris in 1973, proposed a new kind of improvisation-based approach to moviemaking, in terms that come close to what Messinger has delivered decades later:
So the following and imaginary film is offered: Orson Welles to play Churchill while Burton or Olivier does Beaverbrook in the week of Dunkirk. Let us assume we have the great good fortune to find these actors at the height of their powers, and have for auteur a filmmaker who is also a brilliant historian. To these beginnings, he adds a company of intelligent English actors and gives them the same historical material to study in order to provide a common denominator to everyone’s knowledge. At this point the auteur and the company agree upon a few premises of plot. The auteur will offer specific situations….
Then a narrative action can begin to emerge out of the interplay of the characters, in much the way a good party turns out differently from the expectations of the hostess and yet will develop out of her original conception…. Why assume that the wits of this company of intelligent English actors will have less knowledge of manner and history than an overextended scriptwriter trying to work up his remote conception of what Churchill and Beaverbrook might have been like? Why not assume Welles and Burton have a better idea? Are they not more likely to contain instinctive knowledge in their ambulating meat? Isn’t the company, in its steeping as good British actors into their own history, able to reveal to us more of what such a week might have been like than any but the most inspired effort by a screenwriter?
Messinger’s film commits to Mailer’s idea but goes beyond it: His performers/co-writers are not actors spinning ideas out of a few weeks’ intensive research, but people who have spent their lives in the roles depicted in the movie, and bring to the story an intimate knowledge of the American legal system. In granting them the freedom to deploy that knowledge on screen, and in sticking so rigorously to the facts of the real case and to how such a trial would have actually played out, American Trial achieves a kind of — to coin a paradoxical phrase — imaginative authenticity lacking in wilder speculative fictions of the what-if-Hitler-had-never-lived variety. Maybe this never happened, one thinks while watching, but it could have, and if it did, it probably would have happened in a manner much like this. The commitment to verisimilitude is felt in the details of legal procedure, the dialogue and performances (acting coaches could use these scenes as reference guides for several outer-borough NYC accents), and even the look of the film, which so perfectly mimics the style of a conventional documentary that a friend who arrived a few minutes late to the screening and had no knowledge of the movie’s premise didn’t realize the trial was staged until explanatory titles appeared at the end. (This friend directs, produces, and edits documentaries for a living.)
From the opening statements to the witness testimonies and cross-examinations to the closing arguments, the film gives ample time to both prosecution and defense. It puts the viewer in the position of a jury member, sifting the evidence, sniffing out the holes in logic, weighing the conflicting claims to truth. In various large and small ways, the filmmakers have their thumbs on the scale — few will doubt the movie was put together by people who believe Garner’s death was a colossal injustice. But it takes great care to be fair to both sides, and in so doing it engenders fairness in the audience. Only the most narrow-minded ideologue could sit through it and not concede that the opposition might have made some valid points. At a time when the partisan divide in this country feels almost beyond fixing, American Trial might be performing a much-needed public service by forcing us to live with nuance and uncertainty for 100 minutes.
The movie is absorbing from start to finish, but the most powerful moment by far comes during the end credits, as Messinger shows us footage of Esaw Snipes Garner, filmed moments after she shot her fictionalized testimony for the trial scenes, breaking down in tears. She says between sobs that she didn’t realize how painful it would be to testify, since she never had the chance to do so in real life. This is something else American Trial accomplishes: By staging this trial, even in a fictional context, the film enacts a kind of cultural catharsis. Even if we believe justice was denied in the real world, there’s something satisfying about seeing the facts brought out in the open — and seeing Snipes Garner get her day in court.
— Nelson Kim
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Chloroform Wiggins Says:
To write that VITALINA VARELA has a “spare soundscape” is a bit misleading. The soundtrack behind the voices, the sounds of the barrio, is incredibly complex, loud even: next door conversations, arguments, televisions, animals, sewers, music, candles burning, off-screen characters, rain, shouts, birds (“I have always been excited by birds in the evening skies” a man says in Dovzhenko’s POEM OF THE SEA), Ventura’s trembling hands against his clothes, dogs. It is part of the exhilaration of this film and its total resonance.
Linda Johanna Says:
Thank you for the up-front appraisal of the Scorsese (that I’ll see as soon as I can) and for turning me on to some other very interesting ideas of film going on rn.
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Summer Development Camps kick off in Camrose
CAMROSE - Hockey Alberta’s summer provincial development and evaluation camps begin this week in Camrose and run throughout the month of July.
Some of Alberta’s best hockey talent will be on display at these camps, with more than 200 athletes take part in a variety of on-ice and off-ice development opportunities. All camps are open to the public and take place at the Border Paving Arena at the Camrose Recreation Centre.
U16 Female Summer Camp, June 30 - July 3
The U16 Female Provincial Camp is the second stage of development and identification process that feeds into the Team Alberta U18 Female program. The top 60 players participate in on and off-ice training and classroom sessions, and compete in game environments.
U16 Male Provincial Camp, July 5-10
The U16 Male Provincial Camp features the top 80 U16 athletes identified by Hockey Alberta working out in off-ice sessions, as well as on-ice games and practices. From Provincial Camp, a short list will be created, and players scouted with their club teams until the 20-player Team Alberta roster is named for the Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup in Calgary.
Officials Development Camp, July 5-10
The Officials Development Camp runs in conjunction with the U16 Male summer camp, as officials work provincial camp games and receive mentoring and evaluation. This is third stage of development for officials, starting with ATB Alberta Cup zone camps, and progressing to the ATB Alberta Cup competition.
Team Alberta U18 Female Summer Camp, July 12-17
The top 46 U18 female hockey players, selected from a spring camp held in Spruce Grove, take part in a variety of games and practices. After the summer camp, players are shortlisted to continue through a fall training camp and scouting process. From there, the final 20-player Team Alberta roster will be selected for the National Women’s Under 18 Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan November 9-13.
AJHL Development Camp, July 19-24
Selected athletes receive both on and off-ice development directed by AJHL/Hockey Alberta staff, and facilitated by the High Performance I Coaching Seminar delegates. The on-ice program will consist of both practice and game sessions, and the off-ice portion will cover athleticism, mental skills and team building as well as the technical and tactical skills required to play in the Alberta Junior Hockey League.
Sam Steel (left-centre) and Kale Clague (right-centre), seen here celebrating Team Alberta’s 2013 Western Canada U16 Challenge Cup victory, are two of the 16 Albertans selected at this year’s NHL Entry Draft. (Photo by LA Media)
16 Albertans taken at 2016 NHL Entry Draft
When the 2016 NHL Entry Draft wrapped up on Saturday in Buffalo, 16 Albertans had heard their names called by an NHL team.
Calgary’s Jake Bean was the first to take the stage after the Carolina Hurricanes drafted the highly-touted defenceman in the first round, 13th overall.
Sam Steel, a Sherwood Park native, was the second and final Albertan drafted in the first round, taken 30th overall by the Anaheim Ducks.
The second round featured a pair of players drafted by their hometown teams, with Edmonton’s Tyler Benson and Cochrane’s Dillon Dube drafted 32nd and 56th overall by the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames, respectively. Former Team Alberta Captain Kale Clague of Lloydminster was also taken in the second round, going 51st overall to the Los Angeles Kings.
Another Sherwood Park product, Carter Hart, 2016 WHL (Western Conference) and CHL Goaltender of the Year, was the lone netminder drafted from Alberta, as he went 48th overall in the second round to the Philadelphia Flyers. Hart was the first goaltender taken in the NHL draft.
A full list of Albertans drafted can be found below:
13th Jake Bean (Calgary Hitmen) Carolina Hurricanes Defence Calgary
30th Sam Steel (Regina Pats) Anaheim Ducks Forward Sherwood Park
32nd Tyler Benson (Vancouver Giants) Edmonton Oilers Forward Edmonton
48th Carter Hart (Everett Silvertips) Philadelphia Flyers Goalie Sherwood Park
51st Kale Clague (Brandon Wheat Kings) Los Angeles Kings Defence Lloydminster
56th Dillon Dube (Kelowna Rockets) Calgary Flames Forward Cochrane
74th Hudson Elynuik (Spokane Chiefs) Carolina Hurricanes Forward Calgary
82nd Carsen Twarynski (Calgary Hitmen) Philadelphia Flyers Forward Calgary
85th Joshua Mahura (Red Deer Rebels) Anaheim Ducks Defence Edmonton
111th Noah Gregor (Moose Jaw Warriors) San Jose Sharks Forward Beaumont
FIFTH ROUND
133rd Maxime Lajoie (Swift Current Broncos) Ottawa Senators Defence Calgary
144th Conner Bleackley (Red Deer Rebels) St. Louis Blues Forward High River
SIXTH ROUND
159th Brandon Hagel (Red Deer Rebels) Buffalo Sabres Forward Morinville
166th Matthew Phillips (Victoria Royals) Calgary Flames Forward Calgary
SEVENTH ROUND
200th David Quenneville (Medicine Hat Tigers) New York Islanders Defence Edmonton
204th Brayden Chizen (Kelowna Rockets) Minnesota Wild Defence St. Albert
Courtesy of Hockey Canada
Twenty-one Albertans invited to 2016 National Teams’ Summer Showcase
CALGARY - The top 196 players in Canada have been invited to attend Hockey Canada’s men’s camps as part of the National Teams’ Summer Showcase from July 26-Aug. 6, with 21 Albertans on the list.
In its second summer, the National Teams’ Summer Showcase will bring together Canada’s National Men’s Summer Under-18 Team selection camp (44 players) and Canada’s national under-17 development camp (111 players) in Calgary, at the Markin MacPhail Centre from July 26-Aug. 2. Canada’s National Junior Team Sport Chek Summer Development Camp (41 players) will be hosted in Toronto July 30-Aug 2, and will feature a four-game series against the U.S., Sweden, and Finland from Aug. 3-6 in Plymouth, Mich.
Ryan Jankowski, director of player personnel for Hockey Canada, was responsible for all player selections, with assistance from regional scouts Carl Bouchard (Quebec), Barclay Branch (Ontario), Wade Klippenstein (West), Kevin Mitchell (Atlantic), and Darrell Woodley (Ontario) for the under-17 roster along with branch representatives, and with input from coaches and general managers from across the Canadian Hockey League for the under-18 and under-20 rosters.
“This is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase the talent we have across the country, and for our coaches and scouts to evaluate the players in our programs,” said Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s vice-president of hockey operations and national teams. “These camps are key in selecting our international teams for the 2016-17 season, and we are looking forward to hosting 196 players as they work towards their ultimate goal of wearing the maple leaf.”
U20 Camp Participants:
Cart Hart (Sherwood Park)
Zach Sawchenko (Calgary)
Jake Bean (Calgary)
Dillon Dubé (Cochrane)
Nick Merkley (Calgary)
Ian Scott (Calgary)
Brayden Gorda (Edmonton)
Ian Mitchell (Calahoo)
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Calgary)
Carl Stankowski (Calgary)
Sean Comrie (Edmonton)
Jacob Herauf (Sherwood Park)
Jayden Platz (St. Albert)
Ty Smith (Lloydminster)
Jonathan Tychonick (Calgary)
Paycen Bjorklund (Grande Prairie)
Elijah Brown (Edmonton)
Eric Florchuk (Fort Saskatchewan)
Tristen Nielsen (Calgary/Fort St. John, B.C. )
Josh Tarzwell (Red Deer)
Chase Wouters (Lloydminster)
For more information on Hockey Canada and the Program of Excellence, visit HockeyCanada.ca
The Big Play program returns for a second season
CALGARY - Families looking for financial assistance in placing their children in minor hockey can now apply for The Big Play program for the 2016-17 season.
In its second season, The Big Play is an initiative by Hockey Canada and Jumpstart, aimed at bringing 30,000 kids into the game of hockey over three years.
The vision of Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities is: Canada, where all kids have a chance to fulfill their dreams. Jumpstart’s core purpose is to enrich the lives of kids in financial need through sports and physical activity.
Jumpstart is a registered charity that helps kids from financially disadvantaged families participate in organized sports and physical activity. National in scope, but local in its focus, Jumpstart delivers support to children and youth through a Canada-wide network of Chapters and Community Partners.
More Information > | Apply for The Big Play >
Saturday night’s hot stove panel (from left): Kalle Valiaho (Finnish Ice Hockey Association), Kyle Rehman (NHL Official), Justin Fesyk (Hockey Alberta), Brad Lukowich (former NHL player), and moderator Rob Kerr (Sportsney 960 The Fan).
2016 Coaches Conference puts the focus on player development
CALGARY – As the inaugural Hockey Alberta Coaches Conference wrapped up on Sunday in Calgary, coaches departed with one resonating theme: process over outcome.
More than 80 coaches of all levels from across the province took part in the two-day conference, hearing from 17 of the top minds in the game.
The weekend opened with a keynote address from Dr. Stephen Norris, who challenged coaches to take a hard look at what the future looks like, and to focus that future on the children. Norris also talked about the importance of giving the game back to the players, as it is their game.
Following Dr. Norris on Saturday was Corey McNabb, Director Hockey Development, Hockey Canada (linking practice to games); Jeff Truitt, Associate Coach, Red Deer Rebels (special teams); Dr. Matt Brown, Mental Training Consultant (mental preparation and awareness); Barry Medori, High Performance Coach Mentor, Hockey Alberta (creating a team culture); David Marcoux, Goaltending Coach. Carolina Hurricanes (goalie strategies and goal scoring); and Guy Gadowsky, Head Coach Men’s Hockey, Penn State University (teaching habits over systems).
Saturday’s program wrapped up with a hot stove panel, hosted by Sportsnet 960 The Fan’s Rob Kerr, featuring Hockey Alberta’s Senior Manager, Hockey Development Justin Fesyk, Finnish Ice Hockey Association Regional Coach Kalle Valiaho, NHL officiale Kyle Rehman, and former NHL player and two-time Stanley Cup champion Brad Lukowich.
On Sunday, Tyler Dellow, an Analytics Consultant with the Edmonton Oilers, opened with a presentation on analytics, breaking down what they really mean and how they can be employed by minor hockey coaches.
Sunday’s program also included Steve Hamilton, Head Coach, Edmonton Oil Kings (coaching the ‘right way’); Fran Gow, Provincial Coach Mentor, Hockey Alberta, and Vice President, Hockey Operations of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (game and bench management); Bert Gilling, Head Coach Men’s Hockey, Mount Royal University (the transition game), Shaun Clouston, Head Coach, Medicine Hat Tigers (creating a blueprint for success), and Mel Davidson, General Manager, Hockey Canada National Women’s Team Programs (preparing for short-term competition).
To close out the weekend, Valiaho spoke about international excellence, outlining the similarities and differences in the development of coaches and players in Finland, compared to the process in Alberta.
Dr. Stephen Norris ready to challenge coaches at 2016 Coaches Conference
Calgary - A week removed from his keynote address at Hockey Alberta’s 2016 Hockey Conference and Annual General Meeting, Dr. Stephen Norris has been confirmed as the Keynote Speaker for the 2016 Coaches Conference.
Dr. Norris headlines a group of 14 speakers set to present during the two-day conference at Mount Royal University in Calgary June 18-19.
During his presentation on Friday, members of Alberta’s hockey community were challenged by Dr. Norris to take a serious look at what the future looks like, and to remember that the future needs to focus on the children in their organization. A similar challenge will likely be put forth to the coaches in attendance this weekend as Dr. Norris focuses on the roles of coaches and the effects they have on athletes.
Dr. Norris is a Consultant, Performance and Development with Hockey Canada, after previously serving as the Executive Vice-President and Chief Sport Officer at the WinSport Canada in Calgary. He played a key role as consultant to the ‘Own The Podium’ program high performance/technical group in the five years prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. And he was one of the five founding members and contributors to the ‘Canadian Sport For Life’ movement concerning athlete/participant development and the concept of ‘physical literacy’ within Canada.
Along with presentations, coaches will take part in an interactive hot stove, breakout sessions, social and networking opportunities. The full list of confirmed speakers/topics is as follows:
Dr. Stephen Norris (Consultant, Performance and Development, Hockey Canada) - Keynote Address
Kalle Valiaho (Regional Coach, Finnish Ice Hockey Association) - International Excellence
Mel Davidson (General Manager, National Women’s Team Programs) - Preparing for Short Term Competition
Guy Gadowsky (Head Coach, Penn State University Men’s team) - Teaching Habits over Systems
Shaun Clouston (Head Coach/General Manager, Medicine Hat Tigers) - Creating a Blueprint for Success
Steve Hamilton (Head Coach, Edmonton Oil Kings) - Coaching the Right Way
David Marcoux (Goaltending Coach, Carolina Hurricanes) - Goalie Strategies and Goal Scoring
Jeff Truitt (Associate Coach, Red Deer Rebels) - Special Teams
Corey McNabb (Director of Hockey Development, Hockey Canada) - Linking Practice to Games
Bert Gilling (Head Coach, Mount Royal University Cougars Men’s team) - The Transition Game
Tyler Dellow (Analytics Consultant, Edmonton Oilers) - Stats and Analytics
Barry Medori (Team Alberta Coach Mentor, Hockey Alberta) - Creating a Team Culture
Fran Gow (Provincial Coach Mentor, Hockey Alberta/VP Hockey Operations, AJHL) - Game and Bench Management
Matt Brown (Mental Training Consultant) - Mental Preparation and Awareness
The 2016 Hockey Alberta Coaches Conference is open to coaches of all levels. The registration fee is $350, and includes conference presentations and breakout sessions, conference program/speaker materials, a registration gift, two lunches, one breakfast, one supper and a coaches social, and draw prizes.
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Curtis Nichols (left) accepts the 2016 Chair of the Board Award from Board Chair Terry Engen.
Nichols receives Chair’s award at 109th Hockey Alberta AGM
RED DEER - Terry Engen and Fran Zinger will return to their positions as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, of the Board of Directors of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association (Hockey Alberta).
Engen and Zinger were declared elected to their positions for three year terms during the 109th Hockey Alberta Annual General Meeting held at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer.
Along with the election of officers, four notices of motion were passed. Included among the approved motions were changing the title Executive Director to Chief Executive Officer, and amending the date for the annual general meeting to require it to be held within six months of the end of fiscal year.
(From left) back row: Jerrold Lemko (Director at Large), Dave Sevalrud (Director at Large),
Rob Virgil (Past Chair), Rob Litwinski (CEO), Terry Engen (Chair), Len Samletzki (Director of Finance),
Fran Zinger (Vice Chair) and Freb Horbay (Director at Large). Front row: Life Members Bob Clark,
Don Gatto, Marv Bird and Ernie Boruk.
A highlight of the annual general meeting is the presentation, by Terry Engen, of the Chair of the Board Award. The 2016 recipient is Curtis Nichols, who has been a long time on-ice official, supervisor, zone executive member, and is the former chair of the Referee Council.
A number of Operational Committee volunteers were recognized for their years of dedicated service. Sherry Haarstad was recognized for 10 years as a volunteer, while Jamie Salm, Janet Fairless, Sherri Barrett, Connie Anderson and Michelle Malbeuf were recognized for five years of service.
Sherry Haarstad (centre) receives her 10 year service award from Rob Litwinski (left) and Terry Engen (right).
Several long-time volunteers who are not returning for 2016-17 were also recognized, including: Barrett (Zone 5 Minor Administration Coordinator), Craig Decoursey (Referee Committee), Craig Reid (Operations Advisory Committee), and Lil Fulton (Junior/Senior Female Committee).
From left: Tim Leer, Colin Derko (Boyle Minor Hockey), Paul Isaac, Boris Rybalka, Rob Dawson, Kevin Kobelka (Hockey Calgary), and Rod Bischke.
Individuals and MHAs honoured with 2016 Hockey Alberta Awards
RED DEER - Six individuals and two minor hockey associations have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to hockey in Alberta.
The 2016 Hockey Alberta Awards were handed out during an awards luncheon Saturday afternoon, sponsored by BFL Canada, as part of Hockey Alberta’s 2016 Hockey Conference and Annual General Meeting.
Minor Hockey Association Executive of the Year: Rod Bischke (Olds Minor Hockey)
Minor Hockey Association of the Year: Hockey Calgary
Meritorious Awards: Rob Dawson, Gary Snydmiller
Provincial Championships Exception Host Site Award: Boyle Minor Hockey (Peewee D Provincials)
Hockey Development Awards: Wade Borynec, Boris Rybalka, Tim Leer
Recipients of the 2016 Referee Committee Awards were also recognized during the luncheon:
Ernie Boruk Award: Craig Decoursey (Cochrane)
Dave Ganley Award: Paul Isaac (Sundre), Ken Dentzien (Sturgeon County)
Zone award winners:
South Zone: Ken Heggie (Raymond)
Central Zone: Dave Coles, Chris Bruce, and Laurie Rutherford (Calgary)
North Central Zone: Brent Ramsay (Spruce View)
North Zone: Darryl Holt (Leduc County), Shelley Knowlton (St. Albert) and Jim McAuley (Edmonton)
North East Zone: Phil Bexson (Marwayne)
Peace Zone: Al Petersen (Grande Prairie)
Award Winner Bios >
Dr. Stephen Norris, keynote speaker for Hockey Alberta’s Hockey Conference, spoke about growing our game.
Do what’s best for the children in your minor hockey association: Dr. Stephen Norris
RED DEER – Members of Alberta’s hockey community were challenged to take a serious look at what the future looks like, and to remember that the future needs to focus on the children in their organization.
The challenge came from Dr. Stephen Norris, Consultant Performance and Development with Hockey Canada. He was the keynote speaker on Friday to kick off Hockey Alberta’s Hockey Conference and Annual General Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer.
Norris told the approximately 150 people in attendance that it is their job to step beyond the gossip that tends to dominate their time, and to overcome the existing practices and common ways of doing things to help ensure the future success and existence of the sport. He cited the statistic that hockey in Canada sees a 50 per cent drop in player numbers at each age level.
"We need to think even more creatively in how we are going to keep this sport alive in this province," said Norris. "If you add up all the years of experience in hockey in this room, we should be able to solve anything. But we don’t allow ourselves to."
Norris said that the focus must be on what is best for the players, the children who are interested in playing hockey.
"When kids start playing hockey in Initiation, we have no idea where they’re going in their lives," Norris said. "If we do our jobs well, when they graduate from minor hockey, if they say they learned a lot, and had a great time, you will have done your job. The most precious commodity we have in this commodity-rich province is our children."
The focus of the 2016 Hockey Conference is “Building Your Team”. The goal is help those in attendance develop techniques to:
Influence people to embrace change and strive towards being an organization that provides positive experiences for all participants
Educate on the reasons why change is beneficial by considering age/level appropriate programming
Implement a structure that enables the organization to establish and operate successful programs.
"As you soon as you step up and say, ’I want to be involved,’ there is a responsibility," said Norris.
Following the keynote presentation, Norris was joined in a round-table panel discussion by Keith Hansen, retired volleyball coach at Red Deer College and member of the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame; Lyn Radford, Board Chair, 2019 Canada Winter Games; and Rob Litwinski, Executive Director, Hockey Alberta.
During the round-table discussion, the panel talked about some of the key aspects that resonated for them from Norris’ comments in their respective areas of athletics.
Radford talked about the challenges that can exist in putting together a successful administrative team, and the importance of ensuring diversity and a variety of personalities, philosophies and opinions.
Hansen outlined some of the developments that occurred in the world of volleyball at younger age divisions to help overall skill development for all 12 players on a team. He suggested that to reduce the number of players leaving the sport hockey needed to take a new look at how training occurs for athletes at all ages.
And Litwinski reminded everyone that real change has to be inspired locally, it is not something that can be mandated by a provincial body.
Norris previously served as the Executive Vice-President and Chief Sport Officer at Winsport Canada. He played a key role as consultant to the ‘Own The Podium’ program high performance/technical group in the five years prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. And he was one of the five founding members and contributors to the ‘Canadian Sport For Life’ movement concerning athlete/participant development and the concept of ‘physical literacy’ within Canada.
The Hockey Conference runs through Saturday, with morning and afternoon sessions focused on guiding and assisting Hockey Operations and Hockey Development personnel to better provide positive services and experiences to the players, and other hockey stakeholders, in their associations.
Other events on Saturday include the annual Hockey Alberta Awards luncheon, and the Annual General Meeting.
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Olds to host 2017 Alberta Challenge
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta is pleased to announce Olds as the host site of the 2017 Alberta Challenge.
The bid was submitted by Olds College and the Town of Olds, who will partner to plan and execute the tournament, set for May 4-7, 2017.
"Olds College and the Town of Olds are thrilled to be a part of developing future leaders in female hockey and our Host Organizing Committee is committed to providing a unique and memorable experience for all participants and staff of the 2017 Alberta Challenge in Olds," said Host Organizing Committee Chair Trina Radcliffe.
“Hockey Alberta and Team Alberta are looking forward to bringing the 2017 Alberta Challenge to Olds,” said Team Alberta Manager Michael Kraichy. “The community put together an excellent bid package and hosted a great facility tour, and we’re confident the event will be a major success.”
Olds is no stranger to hosting Hockey Alberta events, having most recently held the 2015 Midget Female A Provincial Championships, and the 2015 Peewee Prospects Cup.
The Alberta Challenge is a core Hockey Alberta Female Development program, providing players, coaches, therapists, equipment managers, administrators and referees an equal opportunity to discover the great qualities of competitive hockey.
The Alberta Challenge is held alternating years when the Alberta Winter Games are not held. The province is divided into North and South regions, with three teams selected from each region. The six teams compete in the Alberta Challenge tournament May 4-7.
Alberta Challenge Information >
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2016 Hockey Alberta Referee Committee award and scholarship winners
RED DEER - Hockey Alberta is proud to announce recipients of Referee Committee awards and scholarships for 2016.
The winners were revealed at the 2016 Referee Committee Annual General Meeting, which was held in Red Deer this past weekend.
Craig Decoursey (left) receives his 2016 Ernie Boruk Award.
The Ernie Boruk Award is presented annually to an individual in appreciation of outstanding dedication and contribution to the
Hockey Alberta Referee Committee.
Paul Issac (right) receives the Dave Ganley Award as one of two winners.
The Dave Ganley Award is presented to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to Hockey Officiating in Alberta.
Referee Committee Scholarship Recipients: Cole Feth (Camrose), Matthew Moldenhauer (Calgary) & Matt Wass (Medicine Hat)
2016 Hockey Alberta Coaches Conference adds international flair
CALGARY - The inaugural Hockey Alberta Coaches Conference will have an international feel, as Kalle Valiaho of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association is among the 13 speakers already confirmed for the two-day event.
Along with Valiaho, attendees can look forward to hearing from Mel Davidson, General Manager of the National Women’s Team programs, Penn State University Head Coach Guy Gadowski, and Medicine Hat Tigers Head Coach and General Manager Shaun Clouston, fresh off a stint as Head Coach of Team Canada at the IIHF U18 World Championship.
The 2016 Hockey Alberta Coaches Conference is open to coaches of all levels.The registration fee is $350, and includes conference presentations and breakout sessions, conference program/speaker materials, a registration gift, two lunches, one breakfast, one supper and a coaches social, and draw prizes.
Dr. Stephen Norris confirmed as keynote speaker at Hockey Conference
RED DEER – Dr. Stephen Norris will be the keynote speaker to open Hockey Alberta’s Hockey Conference and Annual General Meeting on Friday, June 10 at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer.
The keynote address by Norris will kick off two days of sessions and discussions for members of the amateur hockey community in Alberta focused on “Building Your Team.”
Norris is a Consultant, Performance and Development with Hockey Canada, after previously serving as the Executive Vice-President and Chief Sport Officer at the WinSport Canada in Calgary. He played a key role as consultant to the ‘Own The Podium’ program high performance/technical group in the five years prior to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. And he was one of the five founding members and contributors to the ‘Canadian Sport For Life’ movement concerning athlete/participant development and the concept of ‘physical literacy’ within Canada.
Hockey Alberta’s Hockey Conference provides the opportunity for member Minor Hockey Associations, Senior and Junior Club teams, Sport Schools, league administrators, and other hockey industry people, coaches, parents and officials to participate in interactive sessions targeted at some of the hottest topics in the game today.
Following the keynote address on Friday, Norris joins a round table panel to continue the discussion about “Building Your Team”. The goal is help those in attendance develop techniques to:
The panelists bring expertise from the financial, sports and volunteer sectors: Lee Deary, Branch Manager, ATB Financial; Lyn Radford, Board Chair, 2019 Canada Winter Games; and Rob Litwinski, Executive Director, Hockey Alberta.
On Saturday, the focus on “Building Your Team” will continue in two streams - one for Hockey Operations personnel, the other Hockey Development staff.
Sessions for Hockey Operations include Strategic Governance and Leadership (led by Scott Robinson, CEO of the 2019 Canada Winter Games), and Efficient Conduct Management (led by Jeremy Haluschak and Ray Boudreau from Hockey Alberta). Sessions for Hockey Development include Affecting the Athlete Experience through Coaching (led by Hockey Alberta’s Fran Gow), and The Athlete Development Matrix (led by Hockey Alberta’s Justin Fesyk). There will also be a joint session on Managing Change Within Your Community, which will feature representatives from several Minor Hockey Associations sharing best practices they have employed to build or restructure their organizations.
Photo Credit: Ron Wassink
Team Alberta releases U18 Female summer camp invites
RED DEER - Forty-six female hockey players are now one step closer to lacing up for Team Alberta at the 2016 National Women’s Under 18 Championship.
Hockey Alberta has extended invitations to 46 athletes born 1999-2001 to compete at Team Alberta’s U18 Female Summer Development Camp, which runs July 12-17 in Camrose. The list includes six goalies, 16 defense, and 24 forwards.
Team Alberta U18 Female Summer Camp Invite List >
“We’re looking forward to seeing how these 46 athletes perform under elevated pressure at the upcoming camp in Camrose. The level of competition will be extremely high, with a chance to represent Alberta at the U18 Championship on the line.” said Mathieu Provencher, Coordinator of Team Alberta, Female.
The 46 athletes were selected from 88 who attended the spring selection camp in Spruce Grove, which included fitness testing, mental skills preparations, on and off- ice skills sessions, and several games.
From the camp in Camrose, a shortlist will be established, with those players invited to another selection camp in the fall. Team Alberta will compete at the 2016 National Women’s Under 18 Championship in Regina, Saskatchewan, November 9-13.
June 30, 2016 Summer Development Camps kick off in Camrose
June 27, 2016 16 Albertans taken at 2016 NHL Entry Draft
June 23, 2016 Twenty-one Albertans invited to 2016 National Teams’ Summer Showcase
June 21, 2016 The Big Play program returns for a second season
June 20, 2016 2016 Coaches Conference puts the focus on player development
June 14, 2016 Dr. Stephen Norris ready to challenge coaches at 2016 Coaches Conference
June 11, 2016 Nichols receives Chair’s award at 109th Hockey Alberta AGM
June 11, 2016 Individuals and MHAs honoured with 2016 Hockey Alberta Awards
June 10, 2016 Do what’s best for the children in your minor hockey association: Dr. Stephen Norris
June 09, 2016 Olds to host 2017 Alberta Challenge
June 07, 2016 2016 Hockey Alberta Referee Committee award and scholarship winners
June 07, 2016 2016 Hockey Alberta Coaches Conference adds international flair
June 04, 2016 Dr. Stephen Norris confirmed as keynote speaker at Hockey Conference
June 03, 2016 Team Alberta releases U18 Female summer camp invites
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Introducing The Omega Constellation Gent's Collection, Now With Updated Designs
Introducing The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater In Sandblasted Rose Gold
First introduced in 1921, this is the first time the classic has gotten the open-worked treatment. It was well worth the wait.
Jack Forster
The Cartier Tank has existed in a truly bewildering range of variations and sub-variations over the years since it was first introduced in 1917, and yet surprisingly enough almost none of those variants make use of skeletonized, or openworked, movements. Cartier certainly has sold an enormous number of openworked pocket and wristwatches over the years, but it was not until the introduction of the Tank Louis Cartier Noctambule (part of the Collection Privée Cartier Paris collection) in 2004 that an openworked Tank appeared. This was followed by the Tank MC Skeleton, in 2013, and then the Tank LC Sapphire Skeleton in 2014, which was widely critically praised and generally regarded as a very successful outing ( it was joined that year by a skeletonized version of the iconic Crash, which likewise became a critic's darling though of course, that model isn't a Tank). For the 100th anniversary of the Tank, quite a few new models have been introduced, and for the occasion we have the very first ever, skeletonized version of the Tank Cintrée, an early variant of the Tank that was first sold by Cartier all the way back in 1921.
The Tank Cintrée Skeleton is only the third Tank ever to have an openworked movement.
The Tank Cintrée has appeared in several different variations over the years, but its very dramatically elongated case ("cintrée" means bent, or curved) has never before held an openworked caliber, and the reason why is probably that in order to get a pleasing effect, you really do need a rectangular movement that fits the case well, and which follows the curvature of the case. In earlier models you would have probably found either a round movement or a standard-issue rectangular or tonneau movement drawn from a movement supplier's existing inventory; such an extreme movement shape would not have been part of any movement supplier's standard catalogue and would have been expensive to produce for a single watch – maybe prohibitively so. However, the new Tank Cintrée Skeleton has a movement specifically intended for the purpose, with much more satisfying results than would have been possible with a supplied caliber.
The word "Cintrée," which means curved, or bent, reflects the shape of the case.
In the original versions of the Cintrée from the 1920s there were several different movement diameters used, which corresponded to relatively longer or shorter models (across the longest case dimensions) with 7, 8, and 9 ligne movements (the ligne is a traditional watchmaking unit of measure; 1 ligne is equal to about 2.2558mm and the unit is still alive in modern watchmaking, as well as in, of all things, button and ribbon-making). The vintage Cintrée models had a very distinctive minutes track.
Vintage Cartier Tank Cintrée, 1921.
The minutes track is basically a modified rectangle and as you can see, the movement created for the openworked Cintrée – caliber 9917 MC – uses that minute track as the structural basis for the hand-wound movement.
Generally speaking Cartier does very nicely design-wise by their custom openworked movements (the skeletonized version of the Crash is one of the most flat-out seductive wristwatches I've ever seen) and the arrangement of the components in the Cintrée Skeleton is both logical and beautiful. Everything is held in place by the minute-track shaped upper bridge (visible through the back; remember that to a watchmaker the part of the movement visible through the back is the top) and lower plate, which also doubles as the dial. The mainspring barrel is the dominant upper element, with the motion works and hands in the center, and the balance held in place at 6:00. It's the same in-line construction you see in such movements as the Corum Golden Bridge and the JLC caliber 101; the integration of a dial element to the architecture of the movement is a trademark of Cartier's openworked modern watches (for instance, in the Tank MC Skeleton, the dial side movement plate is in the shape of four Roman numerals at the 12, 3, 6, and 9:00 positions.
The mainspring barrel and dial.
Foreground, the keyless works for winding and setting.
The balance and balance spring, the lever and escape wheels are under a separate c-shaped bridge to the right of the balance.
The case is quite long across its longest dimensions – it's a 46.30mm x 23mm x 7.96mm watch, but thanks to the curvature of the case and movement it's quite wearable. As we mentioned in our initial coverage, the Cintrée Skeleton is going to be available in three versions – the pink gold model you see here; a platinum model; and a platinum and diamond model (100 of the pink gold and platinum watches, and 25 of the diamond-set model). Price for the pink gold version is $61,000, which is quite expensive but more or less in line with pricing for Cartier's other, more exclusive openworked Tank (the Sapphire Skeleton) and while a lot of factors go into setting a final price, it's probably reasonable to expect a premium for a single-model specific movement which is only going to be used in 250 watches.
As you can see, despite the 46.30mm lug-tip-to-lug-tip distance, it makes a quite elegant presentation on the wrist and of course you get the added interest of wearing one of only four openworked Tanks that have ever been made over the last 100 years (it seems kind of surprising that this is the case but we've confirmed with Cartier). It would be an awful lot of fun to have this guy, the openworked Crash, and the Tank Sapphire Skeleton all in one's watch rotation – expensive, sure, but fun.
For more, visit Cartier online.
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the first skeletonized Tank was the Tank MC Skeleton. Noted Cartier collector and expert George Cramer was kind enough to share with us by email that the first was in fact the Tank Louis Cartier Noctambule, in 2004. The story has been updated. -Ed.
Introducing The Cartier Tank Cintrée Skeleton
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Paul Haggis to Hold Charity Benefit for Artists for Peace and Justice (Cannes 2011)
10:17 AM PDT 5/17/2011 by Rebecca Leffler
Milla Jovovich, Ryan Kavanaugh and Jane Fonda are among the attendees at the shindig, taking place at the Festival de Cannes.
CANNES -- Among the glitz and glam as the fest peaks in its second week, Paul Haggis and his celebrity friends will unite the film biz to raise money for Haggis’ charity Artists for Peace and Justice on Wednesday.
Funds raised will benefit impoverished children in Haiti by providing them with food, water, medical care and education thanks to the Academy for Peace and Justice, the first free secondary school in Port-au-Prince.
Milla Jovovich, Relativity chief Ryan Kavanaugh, supermodel Karolina Kurkova and Jane Fonda will join Haggis to support the cause during a swank benefit at the Hotel Martinez. The charitable Fonda decided to extend her stay in Cannes to attend the 3rd annual event.
So why host the event in the middle of the Festival de Cannes hoopla?
“We are in the film business so we go where the film business is,” Haggis said. “A lot of our board members are celebrities so that draws sponsors which draws people. If we were in the lumber business, we wouldn't be here.”
Haggis founded APJ in 2008 and now serves on the charity’s board of directors alongside Gerard Butler, Ben Stiller and Olivia Wilde plus David Belle and doctors Bob Arnot and Reza Nabavian.
APJ raised $6 million for Haiti in donations and pledges in 2010, 100 percent of which are donated to the cause. APJ continues to treat patients in its recently-opened St Luc adult hospital with more than 500 free operations and provided care during the Cholera epidemic last October, plus works with the WFP to feed 22,000 people every day and distribute 400 tons of food.
The event will be hosted by Chopard, Oscar Generale of Oscar Generale Productions and Israeli actress Moran Atias.
Rebecca Leffler
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HYUNDAI MOTORSPORT TAKES RALLY ARGENTINA VICTORY WITH HAYDEN PADDON FOR ITS NEW GENERATION I20 WRC
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Hyundai Motorsport has secured the first win for its New Generation i20 WRC after a dominant Power Stage for Hayden Paddon and John Kennard Dani Sordo took second in the Power Stage to claim two extra points and take fourth overall, equalling his best result of the season so far Thierry Neuville claimed a top-six finish to allow Hyundai...
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DR. MINSUP LEE NAMED VICE PRESIDENT OF HYUNDAI AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER
SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP, MICH., April 21st, 2016 – Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) has named Dr. Minsup Lee to the newly created position of vice president. In this role, Dr. Lee will assist HATCI President William Freels in leading Hyundai’s design, technology and engineering activities for the North American market....
HYUNDAI MOTOR AND CISCO COLLABORATE FOR GLOBAL CONNECTED CAR PROJECT
April 19, 2016 - Hyundai Motor Company is accelerating developments in connected car technology by collaborating with Cisco, a worldwide leader in IT and networking equipment. The cooperation is part of Hyundai Motor’s wider strategy to establish an industry-leading connected car platform through collaboration with leading technology partners.
KIMBERLY WALKER NAMED GENERAL MANAGER OF HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA’S WESTERN REGION
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 15, 2016 – Hyundai Motor America named Kimberly Walker General Manager of the Western Region, effective March 1, 2016. In her new role, Walker will lead the day-to-day operations of more than 165 Hyundai dealerships across the 12 Western-most states in the United States. She will report to Hyundai’s Vice...
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Erwin Raphaeltitle General Manager, Genesis Brand Erwin Raphael, a 25-year veteran of the automotive industry, is the General Manager for the Genesis brand in the U.S. market. He is responsible for the strategic direction and management of all Genesis operations in the United States.Prior to his current appointment, Raphael was the Western...
Erwin Raphael Named General Manager For the Genesis Brand in the United States
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., February 15, 2016 – Erwin Raphael has been named the new General Manager for the Genesis brand in the United States. He is responsible for the strategic direction and management of Genesis operations in the United States, including sales and marketing. He reports to Dave Zuchowski, President and Chief Executive...
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Genesis Wins 2015 GOOD DESIGN Award For Range-Topping G90 Large Luxury Sedan
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Rabbit with ‘unicorn horn’ ear looking for Christmas home
Wonky the rabbit
A rabbit named Wonky is hoping to charm his way to a new owner this Christmas, and he has one attribute in particular that may work in his favour.
One of Wonky’s ears sits in the middle of his head and occasionally points upwards “just like a unicorn horn”, according to an RSPCA worker at the Milton Keynes & North Bucks branch.
Wonky the rabbit got his name from the ear that stands upright in the middle of his head (RSPCA/PA)
“Wonky came into our care because his previous owners couldn’t keep him any longer,” said Carol Spindler.
“He has such an unusual look and it’s amazing how his ear flips up and stands upright on his head – just like a unicorn horn!”
An affectionate and friendly rabbit, Wonky – who is four years old – is keen on being stroked but is not a fan of being picked up.
The RSPCA added that Wonky would benefit from a female rabbit’s company, and that he would suit a family that has older children.
Wonky is hoping to find a new home before Christmas (RSPCA/PA)
“This lovable boy really deserves a home where he’ll get lots of attention and treats,” said Carol.
“He would suit a family with older children and would make a wonderful addition to the home.”
To find out more about Wonky, visit his online profile at www.rspcamiltonkeynes.co.uk.
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Twitter bans all political advertisements
Rachel Lerman and Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter is banning all political advertising from its service, saying social media companies give advertisers an unfair advantage in proliferating highly targeted, misleading messages.
Facebook has taken fire since it disclosed earlier in October that it will not fact-check ads by politicians or their campaigns, which could allow them to lie freely. CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress last week that politicians have the right to free speech on Facebook.
The issue suddenly arose in September when Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, refused to remove a misleading video ad from President Donald Trump’s campaign that targeted former Vice President Joe Biden, a leading Democratic presidential candidate.
In response, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, another presidential hopeful, ran an ad on Facebook taking aim at its CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The ad falsely claimed that Zuckerberg endorsed President Donald Trump for re-election, acknowledging the deliberate falsehood as necessary to make a point.
Critics have called on Facebook to ban all political ads. This includes CNN chief Jeff Zucker, who recently called the policy of allowing lies ludicrous and advised the social media giant to sit out the 2020 election until it can figure out something better.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted the change Wednesday , saying the company is recognizing that advertising on social media offers an unfair level of targeting compared to other mediums.
The majority of money spent on political advertising in the U.S. goes to television ads.
Twitter’s policy will start on November 22.
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Galway Festival: Bank on Balko Des Flos
THE Galway Festival is a rather special thing. If you haven’t been then you are missing out. Seriously. Racing festivals are usually three or four-day jamborees but Galway lasts for seven days, a relentless week of flat and national hunt competition. The festival is synonymous with Irish legend Dermot Weld. He has been leading trainer a staggering 31 times at the Galway Festival and famously targets it every year. However, this year will be different…
The Weld yard has been struggling due to a virus and will only saddle a handful of runners. Inevitably, this will open the door for Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliott and other Irish trainers to make hay. Both have multiple entries in the highlight of the week, the Galway Plate, which takes place on August 2.
Among the 47 entries for the 2m 6f chase, Mullins has eight possibles and Elliott four. The two trainers occupied the first six places last season with Elliott’s Lord Scoundrel beating Mullins trio Alechi Inois, Ballycasey and Devil’s Bride.
Lord Scoundrel is 11lb higher while the rejuvenated Ballycasey is 15lb higher and is top weight off a mark of 160. That looks a tough ask but the grey is better than ever and is not ground dependent. That could be crucial as there is plenty of rain forecast in the run-up to Galway.
Hopefully the ground won’t be a problem for the in-form Alcala, who has been well backed since winning the Summer Plate at Market Rasen last Saturday. He will go on soft ground but would undoubtedly prefer a decent surface. Still, the 14/1 looks fairly generous each-way for Paul Nicholls’ raider.
A similar price is former Cheltenham Gold Cup third Road To Riches who trainer Noel Meade says is finally showing some of his old zest. He has slipped down the ratings and is looking dangerously well handicapped if recapturing his form. However, soft ground would not suit him.
Jessica Harrington has entered Sandymount Duke and Rock The World, with Slowmotion a possible for Joseph O’Brien.
Other Galway Plate possibles from Britain include Henryville, Ballybolley, Vintage Vinnie and Art Of Payroll.
But at the head of the market is Henry de Bromhead’s unexposed six-year-old BALKO DES FLOS. He fell four out in the JLT at Cheltenham when bang in contention before running well at Punchestown. He is off a mark of 146 and looks nicely weighted to run a huge race. He is only six and looks exactly the right type to win this race at around the 8/1 mark.
Selection: Balko Des Flos 8/1
Prices correct at the time of going to press.
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Home News Breaking News Heather McCrory Named Inaugural Castell Award Winner
Heather McCrory Named Inaugural Castell Award Winner
ATLANTA — Castell Project, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the careers of women professionals in the hospitality industry, has named Heather McCrory, Accor CEO of North & Central America, as the winner of its inaugural Castell Award.
The award honours a woman leader in the hospitality-investment arena and was presented to McCrory at The Lodging Conference 2019 held in Phoenix recently.
A seasoned professional with an extensive hospitality background spanning more than 30 years, McCrory joined Accor’s executive committee upon her appointmentas CEO, North & Central America, in April 2019. In this position, she’s responsible for the strategic direction of the global hospitality group in the region, with oversight of more than 115 hotels, 11 brands in 10 countries, 28,000 employees and more than $3-billion in revenue. She also serves as the executive sponsor for North & Central America for RiiSE, Accor’s international network to promote diversity.
McCrory leads numerous initiatives as part of the RiiSE program, including a research project to understand why women are opting out of leadership roles and a formal mentorship program for women within the organization who have the potential and desire to be a GM within the next three to five years.
“The work the Castell Project is doing to assist women in securing one in every three leadership seats in the hospitality industry is encouraging, but we still have a long way to go,” says McCrory. “Gender inclusivity is a personal and passionate goal of mine, both for Accor and the hospitality industry at large. While women make up more than 50 per cent of the hospitality workforce, we need to have more females in the boardroom. With organizations like the Castell Project in place, I’m confident we’ll one day meet our diversity goals. As numerous studies have proven, this benefits the industry and drives our collective performance.”
“The Castell Project received a wonderful roster of nominations describing deserving leaders and the impact they’re having on coworkers — female and male — and how they’re shifting the culture within their organizations,” says Peggy Berg, president of the Castell Project. “Heather stood out as a powerful female making a difference in the industry. She understands wholeheartedly that, as part of an international hospitality company, a more diverse team is a better performing team. Heather is an inspiration to other women as they find their own paths to success.”
Award nominations were judged based on four key characteristics:
Change-maker: leads strategic improvement programs for their organization
Trailblazer: opens new paths in the industry
Gender-equity champion: creates opportunities for women
Principled professional: demonstrates ethical business conduct within their organization and the industry
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Current: Kaikoura next for Speeding Spur
Kaikoura next for Speeding Spur
9 October 2018 , News
The picturesque South Bay Racecourse in Kaikoura looks like being the next public outing for reigning Trotter of the Year, Speeding Spur.
He will tackle the $30,000 South Bay Trotters Cup on October 29, 15 days before his Group 1 assignments at Addington during Cup Week.
“I’ve never been to the Kaikoura meeting, and neither has Dad,” said the horse’s regular driver Josh Dickie, who also trains him in partnership with father, John.
“That’s probably another reason we chose Kaikoura over Labour Weekend at Ashburton.
“It’s six of one, half a dozen the other.
“We just thought Kaikoura worked out a bit better from a timing perspective heading in to the two big races at Addington.”
The uncambered Kaikoura track isn’t suited to all horses, but Dickie is confident Speeding Spur will take to it like a duck to water.
“We aren’t worried about the track; he gets around our track at home pretty good.”
Speeding Spur ran third on mile night at Alexandra Park ten days ago, taking rapid ground off Temporale and Lemond late in the piece.
With two runs under the belt, the Dickies are happy to keep him ticking over before Kaikoura.
“I thought it was a great run last time. We were wrapped with our fella, really.
“He still needed the run and it wasn’t a genuinely run mile, but he was really pleasing that last 100 metres.
“Going forward we’re really happy and I dare say our fella is the best he’s been for quite some time.”
Temporale and Lemond go around again this week at Alexandra Park off 40 metres but that wasn’t an option for Speeding Spur, according to Dickie.
“We weren’t keen on this week. Being off a big handicap over 2200 metres wasn’t going to be ideal so we flagged that as an option.
“We’re pretty keen to give him a good workout at home next week and then he will fly south on Labour Day (October 22).”
Speeding Spur is currently an $8.50 third favourite behind Monbet and Harriet Of Mot for the $300,000 Dominion Handicap on November 16, three days after he will contest the $100,000 NZ Trotting FFA on New Zealand Cup Day.
“Our plan is to race him in both,” said Dickie.
“He’s the sort of horse that isn’t worried by the short back-up.”
After that, the returning Trotters Inter Dominion Series in Melbourne from December 1-15 is firmly on the cards.
“Only bad luck will stop him from going. We are very keen to get there.
“It’s a prestige race and we’d love to win it with him even though the stakes are a little but small.”
Beyond that, a summer campaign in Victoria was an unconfirmed possibility, but seemingly more likely than a return to New Zealand for Christmas-New Year features, Dickie said.
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New York State on the Water
OVER 70,000 MILES OF WATERWAYS FOR WHITEWATER RAFTING, SAILING, KAYAKING, CRUISING AND RIVER OR DEEP SEA FISHING
Albany, New York – Where can you enjoy challenging whitewater river rafting, wilderness kayaking, deep-sea fishing adventures and some of the world’s best fly-fishing waters all in one state? If you said New York State, you’d be right.
Visitors may be surprised to learn that New York has more state-designated wilderness land than any state except Alaska. Adirondack Park alone is roughly the size of the state of Vermont, bigger than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks combined. New York’s water-related stats are equally astounding:
70,000 miles of rivers and streams
Nearly 7,000 lakes and ponds
Over 400 miles of Great Lakes coastline
400 miles of Erie Canal waterways
Almost 2000 islands dotting the St. Lawrence Seaway
120 miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline
Below is just a sampling of the awesome experiences that beckon visitors on the lakes, rivers and coastal waters of New York State:
Boating on water so clean that you can drink it. For the second year in a row, boaters can experience the most unspoiled boating waters in the Catskills. For the most pristine boating experience in the world, head for one of the region’s five crystal clear reservoirs - the Ashokan, Cannonsville, Neversink, Pepacton and Schoharie. The reservoirs now allow kayaking, canoeing, sculling and sailing in small sunfish. Visit www.visitthecatskills.com/
Check this out:Go eagle-spotting! Rafting, kayaking or canoeing down the Delaware, a designated National Scenic and Recreational River, alert observers can spot a variety of wildlife, including otters, beavers, ospreys, red-tailed hawks and a rebounding population of bald eagles. Visit www.nps.gov/upde/
Paddle along an ancient highway. The Hudson River was a highway for Native Americans as well as early European explorers and settlers. Today, day cruises are a relaxing way to take in the quaint villages, palatial 19th century homes and majestic scenery of the Hudson Valley region. For those who prefer to navigate on their own, the Hudson River Greenway Water Trail has organized a 256-mile stretch of river. The Trail runs from the bucolic Champlain Canal and turbulent white waters of the upper Hudson River to Manhattan’s Battery Park and the Hudson River Estuary. Open to kayaks, canoes and all types of water craft, the trail has entry points roughly every ten miles with access to wildlife marshes, campsites and inns, historic river towns and hiking trails. Visit www.hudsongreenway.ny.gov/, www.travelhudsonvalley.org/ or call 1- 800-232-4782.
Check this out: The Hudson Valley Outdoor Expo, June 1-3 in Poughkeepsie, will celebrate the region’s wild side with kayak, running, urban mountain biking, swimming and bouldering competitions and interactive exhibits by adventure specialists. Media can visit http://www.wildcatepicevents.com/outdoor-adventure-expo-hv/ or call Nancy at 1-845-463- 5446.
Catch the wind. Both expert sailors and newbies can hone their skills and earn American Sailing Association certification at Sail Long Island in Greenport. Perfectly situated to catch the great winds at the eastern end of Long Island, the sailing school is in the heart of some of the world’s best sailing destinations. Experience sailing on a two-hour cruises or charter, sign up for group or private lessons, or join one of the multi-day learning trips that visit historic whaling ports such as Mystic as well as sailing meccas like Block Island, Cuttyhunk and Newport, home to the America's Cup races. Visit www.discoverlongisland.com/ or www.saillongisland.com/or call 1- 917-912-6342.
Check this out: Set sail on a National Historic Landmark, the restored 60-foot Priscilla. The 19th century sloop departs from the 14-acre Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville, where historic buildings, ships, artifacts and exhibits paint a picture of the island’s past. Visit limaritime.org/ or call 1-631-HISTORY.
Raft through “The Grand Canyon of the East.” At Letchworth State Park, 500-foot tall sheer vertical rock walls frame the Genesee River as it carves its way through the dramatic gorge. The state park, located in the Finger Lakes and Greater Niagara regions, is a great place to raft this spectacular river and enjoy thrilling scenery spiced with occasional spurts of novice-friendly class I and II rapids. Additional whitewater rafting options beckon in the Adirondacks and Capital-Saratoga regions, where the Sacandaga River offers exciting Class III rapids thanks to scheduled water releases that extend the rafting season through the summer. The Adirondacks also offer relaxing summer floats through Ausable Chasm as well as challenging class IV and V rapids such as the seven-mile run at Black River Gorge and the Hudson River Gorge, ranked among the top ten runs in the U.S.
Check this out: For the ultimate (Class V-plus) challenge, whitewater rafters head for the whirlpool rapids of the Niagara River in the Greater Niagara region. Visit www.greaterniagara.com/ or call 1-800-622-2686.
Island hopping by boat. A top yachting destination, the 1,864 islands of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River in the Thousand Islands-Seaway region invite sailors and power boaters to set their own pace to stop at whim at lovely secluded beaches along the warm water inlet of Lake of the Isles and Sandy Island Beach. Those who don’t bring their own launches can rent pontoons, kayaks, fishing boats and runabouts and then navigate to charming waterside restaurants, campgrounds, and even golf courses and resorts, many accessible only by boat. Along the way, it’s easy to reel in dinner, from lake trout, king salmon and walleye in eastern Lake Ontario to muskie, northern pike, bass and Lancaster perch on the St. Lawrence River. Visit www.visit1000islands.com or call 1-800-847-5263.
Check this out: Either independently or with an organized boat tour, visitors can stop to tour the Boldt and Singer castles, both built with fantastical underground tunnels and towers by turn-of-the-century power barons. Visit www.visit1000islands.com.
“Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.” Don’t be misled by the popular song lyrics; boaters can actually travel more than 400 miles along the New York Canal System, passing through 57 locks and 20 lift bridges. This picturesque inland waterway, today dominated by pleasure boaters, connects the 338-mile Erie Canal to the Champlain, Oswego and Cayuga-Seneca Canals, linking the Hudson River with five major lakes and connecting Buffalo to Albany and beyond. Independent travelers can rent water craft from kayaks and canoes to self-skippered English narrowboats and houseboats. Along the way there are plenty of opportunities to fish, bask on inviting beaches and explore wildlife and nature preserves and historic sites. Canal-side colonial villages, eateries and designated moorings also cater to the boating crowd. Crewed charters are also available, and several sightseeing and overnight cruise ships ply these waters. Visit www.canals.ny.gov/
Check this out: Guided nature and history walks, special exhibits, rowing regattas, musical performances and more will be on tap in many canal-side towns during the 8th annual Canal Splash! on August 9-11. www.canals.ny.gov/or call 1-518-436-3034.
Glide through the wild country. The sound of birds and rustling leaves is broken only by the gentle splash of paddles as canoes and kayaks glide through New York State’s wilderness areas. One of the most popular routes is the classic “Adirondack Seven Carries” in the St. Regis Wilderness Canoe Area of the Adirondacks. Here, a nine-mile loop traversing 10 lakes and ponds is connected by short portage trails. The route can be done in a day, but most people camp for a night or two along the way. For the more fit and adventurous, an extended “Nine Carries” route goes even further into the wilderness. Local outfitters can provide “glamping” services, setting up camp, cooking and handling the porterage. Other scenic paddling and boating routes crisscross the state including the Saranac Chain of Lakes and the Fulton Chain of Lakes, near Old Forge. Visit visitadirondacks.com/.
Check this out: Competitive kayakers can compete in the General Clinton Canoe Regatta, May 24-27, part of the North American Triple Crown of Canoeing; and the 56th Hudson River Whitewater Derby, May 3-4.
Cruise into history: In the Chautauqua-Allegheny region, step back in time on the Chautauqua Belle which offers sightseeing and dinner cruises on Lake Chautauqua, or the Minnie-Ha-Ha, which offers narrated cruises on Lake George. These are among the few remaining authentic steam-powered paddle wheelers still operating. It’s also fascinating to experience what it’s like to be raised and lowered 20 feet through a canal lock as you depart from Herkimer in Central New York, cruise the Erie Canal on the Lil’ Diamond II, or sail out of Lockport in Greater Niagarato experience the Erie Canal’s only double set of locks, which enable a 49-foot elevation change that connects the Hudson and Niagara rivers. Mid-Lakes Navigation in the Finger Lakes also offers Erie Canal cruises as well as champagne dinner sails that cruise past the stately homes of Skaneateles Lake, and a mail cruise which delivers mail, as it has for 76 years, to homes along the lake.
Check this out: Take a Dutch Apple Cruise on the scenic and historic Hudson River, the ideal way to see the sights. Adults and kids alike can enjoy site narrated scenic trips down the Hudson and special events on the water. Visit capital-saratoga.com.
About New York State
New York State features 11 beautiful vacation regions. New York’s attractions span from landmarks such as Niagara Falls to the wine trails of Hudson Valley and treasures like the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Whether it’s wide-ranging outdoor activities for the whole family like ice-fishing, snowmobiling, skiing and snowboarding, culinary wonders and farm-to-table fresh foods, or the rich history and culture of one of the 13 original colonies, New York State offers big excitement and tons activities for all travelers. For more information, visit http://www.iloveny.com. Media can find press releases and more at thebeat.iloveny.com. Follow the I LOVE NY social media channels for news on tourism in New York State. From NYC to Niagara Falls and all points in between, there's so much to love to LOVE in NY! Check out I LOVE NEW YORK on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for great ideas for your next getaway.
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PG-13 | 2h 11min | Action, Drama, Thriller | 28 June 2013 (USA)
While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.
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Disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
Stars: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman
In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
Director: Babak Najafi
Taken 2 (2012)
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Director: Olivier Megaton
Stars: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace
Accused of a ruthless murder he never committed or witnessed, Bryan Mills goes on the run and brings out his particular set of skills to find the true killer and clear his name.
Stars: Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Maggie Grace
Taken I (2008)
A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.
Director: Pierre Morel
Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Non-Stop (2014)
Action | Mystery | Thriller
An air marshal springs into action during a transatlantic flight after receiving a series of text messages demanding $150 million into an off-shore account, or someone will die every 20 minutes.
Stars: Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops Agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Director: Robert Schwentke
Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman
Retired C.I.A. Agent Frank Moses (Bruce Willis) reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Director: Dean Parisot
Stars: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich
Unknown I (2011)
A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
Stars: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones
The A-Team (2010)
Action | Adventure | Thriller
A group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.
Director: Joe Carnahan
Stars: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley
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A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li
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Action | Crime | Thriller
Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise.
Directors: Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen
Stars: Jason Statham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze
Channing Tatum ... Cale
Jamie Foxx ... President Sawyer
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Capitol Policeman John Cale has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation's government falling into chaos and time running out, it's up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country. Written by ahmetkozan
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7 July 2013 | by shane-may – See all my reviews
This is the first review I've ever written ever. I don't subscribe to movie reviews--at all. I actually enjoy movies. It seems to me that by in large reviewers just don't like movies. Not the intelligent reviewers anyway. They seem to be more concerned with how they look to their readers, pretending they know something about film. Reviewers are writers who want to be something else, filmmakers perhaps, and find it incredibly trendy and smart to disassemble and deconstruct the hard work of others; and to hate entertainment. They all seem to have this idea that they know better and I have little time for their self righteous, self important, pretentious bullshit thinly disguised as some sort of public service. Heads up: it does no one a service to be condescending or insulting.
With that said I will now step off of MY self righteous soap box and say that White House Down is a damned good time time with excellent shots of DC (making it look like an attractive, interesting place to be as opposed to the hot and smelly dumpster it actually is...seriously, the place smells like a dumpster), in your face action, fine performances-- Jamie Foxx is pretty cool as the leader of the free world--a bad guy who you just can't wait to watch die (there are several bad guys in this movie, so I'm not counting that as a spoiler), and pretty awesome hero in John Kale.
Now the movie gets a little long which is only an issue if you're a smoker like me, by the middle of the third act I was craving pretty hard, and there's some dumb lines of dialogue during one of the action sequences that didn't seem to fit the characters, but whatever.
White House Down is a fun and intense action movie that I would gladly see again. 8 out of 10!
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FX Fixing: RBS Suspends Bonuses for 50 Staff After UK and US Fines
By Lianna Brinded
Updated November 12, 2014 09:51 GMT
The Royal Bank of Scotland's chairman Philip Hampton revealed the bank has suspended bonuses for 50 of its staff after the lender was fined $344m by the UK's regulator and $290m by US authorities for currency market manipulation.
Hampton said in a statement to reporters: "I think it's regrettable. Two clients did express some concerns and, with hindsight, I don't think we followed them up terribly fully."
He added that RBS has already spent "well into tens of millions of pounds on its own FX probe".
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have fined five banks over $3.4bn collectively for manipulation of the foreign exchange market.
The FCA announced that it has fined Citibank $359m (£225.6m, €288m), HSBC $343m, JPMorgan $352m, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) $344m and UBS $371m.
Meanwhile, the CFTC collectively fined the following banks in civil monetary penalties, specifically: $310m each for Citibank and JPMorgan, $290m each for RBS and UBS, and $275m for HSBC.
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ICIRR Urges Congress to Reject Dream Act Provisions That Further Criminalize Immigrants
Mon Jun 03 2019
Cara Yi
Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Urges Congress to Reject Dream Act Provisions That Further Criminalize Immigrants
CHICAGO (June 3, 2019)—The Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) calls on members of Congress to remove damaging provisions in the 2019 Dream Act (H.R. 6/H.R. 2820), which can further harm immigrant communities. These provisions--which can deny protection for individuals on the basis of juvenile adjudications or allegations of gang affiliation--dangerously reinforce racial profiling and broaden the discretionary power of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Under the current administration, law enforcement has increasingly targeted immigrant youth for alleged gang involvement. The Erase the Database Coalition, which includes ICIRR members and partners, has helped expose how the extremely damaging use of gang databases at the county and city levels contribute to this type of targeting. Although the Dream Act provisions claim to bar DHS from using gang database information, they ultimately fail to recognize how DHS and local police can circumvent this intent. For example, according to the Office of the Inspector General, Chicago’s database is not a “unified, standalone system, as publicly perceived,” but “a patchwork of data systems, visualization tools, and computer applications” where the primary purpose is not the tracking of gang information.
The new Dream Act provisions also exclude applicants with juvenile adjudications and those who are vaguely considered “public safety” threats. DHS’s vast architecture and data network pose real threats to both young people and families in our communities, and is part and parcel of its increasingly aggressive raids and tactics. All of these issues set a dangerous precedent for future bills, and any new language that further criminalizes our communities should not be considered.
This is a critical moment for the immigrant community. The American Dream and Promise Act would offer permanent protections for those currently in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) programs. This bill demonstrates that we can make progress toward a more humane immigration system. It increases to 18 the maximum age at which an applicant must have entered the US to qualify for the Dream Act, allows previously deported immigrants to apply, and provides a pathway to citizenship for immigrants with TPS, among other items.
This progress demonstrates how important it is to support all of the grassroots community organizations who are on the front lines every day fighting for our families. Advocates and allies in the immigration reform movement are the reason why a Dream Act is possible today. That’s why we cannot let the current political climate compromise our commitment to our communities as a whole. It is time to stand together and stand strong against criminalization.
We stand with members of the Erase the Database Coalition, who are spearheading the fight against these harmful provisions, and invite ICIRR members and allies to participate in the ACTION ALERT developed by PASO - West Suburban Organizing Project: Demand that Your Congress Member Oppose the Addition of More Youth Criminalization Provisions to the American Promise and Dream Act!
Together, let’s make sure that any immigration bill now or in the future takes two steps forward without any steps back.
Additional Background:
Statement for the Record: Submitted to the House Judiciary Committee Markup on the Dream Act, HR 2820; the American Promise Act, HR 2821; and the Venezuela TPS Act of 2019, HR 549 (May 22, 2019)
Letter from Youth Justice Organizations to House Judiciary Committee opposing H.R. 2820, the Dream Act of 2019 based on the added criminalization provisions (May 21, 2019)
ILRC Resources on HR 6
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Conformity Assessment
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Issue 03/2015
Lazy? Hungry? Too heavy or far to carry?
Conveyor belts for all purposes
By Antoinette Price
From sushi, to luggage, to ore, more than ever, large, small, light, heavy, regular or irregular shaped objects are moved by conveyor belts. They may be simple in appearance, but conveyor belts are complex and do more than one imagines.
Today conveyor belts are also used to move large numbers of people in airports or malls
Moving more things than ever before
The conveyor belt began life in the late 1800s, essentially for transporting coal and ore. In the 1900s its scope broadened from mining to assembly lines in the car and aerospace industries. Some companies developed particular types of conveyor belts to suit their specific requirements.
Today the uses are numerous, including for moving large numbers of people along escalators and moving walkways in malls, and as a means for handling baggage in airports. The longest such system is 63 km and can be found in Dubai International Airport.
In the Maghreb, the world's longest conveyor belt system, which, at 98 km, can even be seen from space, transports phosphate from the Bou Craa mine all the way to the port city of Laayoune, from where it is then shipped around the world. It is a handy way of hauling continuous streams of ore in a region without roads and can move 2 000 metric tonnes of rock per hour.
Used in many other industries, such as food, electronic, pharmaceutical, chemical, bottling and canning and packaging, they’ve also made their way into the gym in some fitness machines, pull your shopping items from the basket to the check-out, and give restaurant goers the fun conveyor belt sushi experience.
Conveyor belt technology offers a cost-effective, energy-efficient and eco-friendly way of moving people, products, raw materials from one place to another. In the latter case in particular, such systems produce less carbon dioxide than road or rail transport.
Technology that delivers the goods
Simply speaking, conveyor belt systems comprise two or more pulleys and the carrier belt that rotates them about. One or both pulleys are powered by motors and control systems. There are different types of conveyor belt systems depending on what items are being transported, i.e. boxed materials in factories or raw materials, such as grain, salt or ore.
They can run horizontally or up inclines at mines or in commercial buildings or curve around corners. The belt itself can be made of woven fabric, rubber, metal or rollers, depending on the items being moved and the path the belt follows.
Several IEC Technical Committees (TCs) prepare International Standards which cover specifications, design, manufacture, use, test methods, efficiency and reliability of these components.
Some of the motors which drive the conveyor belts are covered by the work of IEC TC 2: Rotating machinery, which deals with the specifications for motors (and generators) of all sizes.
There are instances when conveyor belts need to change speed, for example if an escalator is not being used, to save energy, wear and cost, or if an item gets jammed along the belt. This is achieved by varying the frequency and voltage supplied to the motor, via a frequency converter. IEC TC 22: Power electronic systems and equipment, prepares International Standards for power drive systems (PDS), equipment and their components for electronic power conversion and electronic power switching. This means the control, protection, monitoring and measurement of systems using frequency converters, which allow speed to fluctuate.
Arriving safe and sound
Industrial conveyors are often equipped with trip cords that run the length of the system and allow workers to immediately shut it down if there is a problem. Warning alarms or recordings alert users on moving walkways as they enter or exit.
Sensors detect objects or people blocking conveyor belts or moving walkways, and send a signal for the system to slow down or completely stop. The work of IEC TC 47: Semiconductor devices, for sensors and other systems, ensures sensors are dependable and function safely.
Quieter, cleaner, more efficient
Increasingly, laws and regulations call for electrical motors of high efficiency, as well as with a greater percentage of variable speed applications. IEC TC 2 continues to improve energy efficiency through its IEC 60034 series of International Standards, defining efficiency classes for all alternating current (AC) motors, which can be powered directly from the mains.
These classes are a simple way to see whether or not a motor has reasonable, good or excellent efficiency. They make it easy for customers to specify what type of motor they want and allow legal authorities to set minimum efficiency requirements for complete markets. In addition, TC 2 is currently developing a new Standard of efficiency classes for variable speed motors that are specifically designed for converter supply.
Other advances for transporting raw materials over great distances include addressing noise pollution by using much quieter rollers and enclosing conveyor belts entirely.
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ABC confirms David Anderson as new MD
03 May, 2019 by Don Groves
David Anderson and Ita Buttrose.
The ABC board today confirmed David Anderson will lead the organisation as MD for the next five years, assuring stability and continuity after the recent turbulence.
Formerly director, entertainment and specialist, Anderson has been acting in the post since last September when Michelle Guthrie was sacked by the board then headed by Justine Milne.
Ita Buttrose, who replaced Milne as ABC chair, said today: “Mr Anderson is an exceptional media professional with strong content, digital and strategic experience.
“The ABC board resolved unanimously to appoint David Anderson following a national and international search that produced many impressive candidates.
“With almost 30 years of service, David’s knowledge of the ABC is unsurpassed. He has a deep understanding of audience needs and the board is confident he has the skills and ability to respond to the challenges of a changing media environment.
“We believe he is the right person to lead the corporation at this time. David already enjoys the trust and confidence of the ABC leadership team and staff and he is ideally placed to continue to provide strong leadership and direction.”
Initial responses to the appointment were highly positive. Shaun Micallef said on Twitter: “David came down from his office to hang off one of the ropes that helped tilt the set for (a wine cellar) sketch some 20 years ago. True story.”
Former ABC drama development manager Greg Waters said: “He was a great supporter of creatives and original content. I am delighted he will lead the ABC.”
Steve Bibb, former head of ABC factual, said: “A very good move for the ABC.”
ITV Studios Australia MD David Mott: “First smart move by the board . A very smart TV exec.”
Arguably top of the agenda for the new MD will be making the “tough decisions” on staffing and services which he flagged last month as the ABC absorbs the impact of the three-year funding freeze of $83.7 million.
Anderson commented: “It is a privilege to be appointed to the role, overseeing one of Australia’s most loved and respected cultural institutions.
“I look forward to continuing to lead the ABC and allowing our talented teams to get on with what the ABC does best: serving the Australian people, delivering Australia’s finest agenda-setting news and current affairs, hosting conversations and telling stories that look and sound like Australia.”
In his previous role he was responsible for TV networks ABC TV, ABC Kids, ABC Comedy and ABC ME as well as catch-up platform iview and the radio music networks.
Earlier he served as director of TV, director of digital networks and director of strategy and planning.
Former head of children’s Michael Carrington has been acting director, entertainment and specialist. That post is now expected to be advertised.
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DJ Hero De-Make Goes for Retro Looks and Sounds
Posted by Evan Narcisse on December 1st
Activision’s latest mash-up music game didn’t exactly light the world on fire. While it was generally well-reviewed, “DJ Hero 2” only moved 59,000 units in its debut month. The weak response probably signals fatigue with the music game genre and not this game in particular. Still, the “DJH2” soundtrack leaned heavily on modern, glossy dance pop, which might have made the whole thing look too middle-of-the-road for potential buyers.
Pixel Force’s “DJ Hero” de-make won’t have that problem. Made by garage developer Eric Ruth, the retro game approximates what the beat-matching gameplay of the “DJ Hero” games would look like the days of the NES and SNES systems. Ruth also got lots of internet love for de-makes of co-op zombie shooter “Left4Dead,” too. But, this new game diverges from the one that inspired it, mostly by way of its spot-on 1980s soundtrack. Fair warning before watching the trailer below: That chiptune mash-up of “We Will Rock You” and “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” will stay in your head all day.
“Pixel Force: DJ Hero” is a free download and is available now at ericruthgames.com. [http://www.ericruthgames.com/]
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Flores Says Interaction With Joe Biden Was An Invasion Of Personal Space, Not Sexual Harassment
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Kristine Lofgren
Nevada politician Lucy Flores clarified her encounter with Joe Biden on Sunday while speaking with Kasie Hunt on MSNBC. Rather than sexual harassment, as some people have characterized the incident, Flores says that his behavior was an invasion of her personal space.
“It is an invasion of my personal space. It is a clear invasion of my bodily autonomy to not be touched, unless I give you permission to touch it,” she said.
The story emerged when Flores initially wrote an op-ed on Friday for The Cut titled “An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden.” In it, she describes an encounter that she had with the former vice president in 2014 in which he placed his hands on her shoulders, inhaled the scent of her hair and planted a kiss on her head.
She says that she was shocked, embarrassed, and confused by the encounter, and called it an abuse of his position of power.
Biden faced an immediate backlash from people like Senator Elizabeth Warren, Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro, and Senator Amy Klobuchar, all individuals running for president in 2020.
Biden responded to the allegations on Sunday, according to CNN.
“In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort,” Biden said. “And not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention.”
He also reiterated that he was a staunch advocate for women’s rights and said that his record shows that he has fought to help women.
Biden’s spokespeople echoed this statement, saying that Biden believes Flores has the right to share her story, but that the former vice president doesn’t recall the incident like that and that no one at the time realized that Flores was uncomfortable.
Also grateful to @ewarren for taking this head on and mincing no words. We will no longer tolerate inappropriate behavior by Biden and other powerful men. #EnoughIsEnough https://t.co/2khd0Nkqpn
— Lucy Flores (@LucyFlores) March 30, 2019
It isn’t the first time that Biden has made women uncomfortable. Critics call Biden “Creepy Uncle Joe,” and Kellyanne Conway suggested on Sunday that people Google the numerous videos of the politician behaving badly, as The Inquisitr previously reported.
Henry Muñoz, co-founder of Latino Victory Project, said that he didn’t recall Flores and Biden ever being alone. In response, Flores said that she never claimed they were alone when the incident took place. She also called for Biden to admit that his behavior was wrong.
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15 moments from the 'Rogue One' trailers that aren't in the movie
David Reddish,
Disney/Lucasfilm
As Rogue One explodes into theaters as the first of the so-called Star Wars anthology films, fans have every reason to rejoice. In short, the movie makes a worthy addition to the Star Wars canon, providing the same kind of fun and thrills that makes the series so wonderful, while still telling an original story of its own. Viewers can also breathe a sigh of relief over the fact that the much-discussed reshoots have not hurt the film. Indeed, it remains a spectacular piece of entertainment.
So just what exactly did Disney add in reshoots, not to mention the extensive extra editing by Tony Gilroy? At this point, viewers can only guess, though the many trailers and TV spots for Rogue One can offer a few clues. A number of prominent scenes and lines of dialogue do not appear in the final cut in the movie. We here at Screen Rant have already begun our dissection and speculation of the trailers, and identified a number of key differences. Have a look, and draw some conclusions of your own.
1. Director Krennic's line about "immeasurable power."
Director Krennic makes for a different kind of Star Wars villain than has yet graced the screen. In fact, in the grand scheme, he has more in common with the Rebels than with his fellow Imperials—a fact actor Ben Mendelsohn uses to his advantage. Despite all his dastardly scheming, Krennic comes off less like a malevolent Darth Vader or cruel Grand Moff Tarkin than a man hired to do a job. Power and greed don’t motivate him. Buying groceries does!
Krennic has some great scenes in the film, and a particularly good one in the trailer that didn’t make it to the final cut. In this deleted scene, Krennic confronts Vader, talking about the immeasurable power handed to the Empire by the Death Star. How the rest of the scene played, or why it ended up excised is anyone’s guess. The scene could have run too long, or Gilroy’s tinkering might have tightened the scene to make Vader come off more intimidating. For a character like Krennic to speak in such a way to Darth Vader…no wonder he ended up getting Force choked! Krennic’s insubordinate attitude, though, only adds to the character’s pathos and intrigue.
2. Director Krennic's beach scene.
One of the most iconic moments of the trailer (if, indeed a trailer can have iconic moments), found the villainous Director Krennic striding through the shallow beach waters of Scarif, his cape billowing in the breeze. Another shot, which looked like part of the same sequence, had Krennic firing his sidearm at Rebel troops. This shot would also appear to coincide with ancillary tie-ins like action figures which note Krennic as a great shot.
Given that, in the final film, Krennic never even makes it to the beaches, staying instead inside the Imperial communications tower to try and thwart Jyn and Cassian, this likely came from an earlier plot sequence that had most of the characters running about on the sand. This probably came from the earlier rough cut of the film which led to a different ending, and to the demise of several main characters. Tony Gilroy’s editing work, along with the extensive reshoots, probably reworked the end to maintain the general plot, but add a note of hope and satisfaction. We’ll dive further into that original ending in a bit.
3. Jyn goes up against a TIE fighter.
Much as Krennic never made it to the beach, Jyn’s struggle to transmit the plans via the Imperial dish tower featured a particularly breathtaking shot in the trailer. In it, Jyn hobbles out to adjust the dish at the control station, only to see a TIE fighter rise up to her level. The shot ends there, so there’s no telling if the spacecraft fired on Jyn. Either way, the TIE never made it into the final cut of the movie, though our heroine’s determined stumble managed to (thankfully).
If we had to guess, this shot also probably appeared in the original ending, which supposedly had a bleaker tone. Our theory posits that the TIE fighter fired on Jyn, wounding her. She probably survived (that would be a brutal way to kill off your main character) long enough to crawl to the main controls and transmit the plans. She also would have died there, alone. In terms of plotting, that doesn’t change much in the broad strokes. It would have created a more depressing end, though, as opposed to the final version that has Jyn confront Krennic, and run off with Cassian.
4. Saw Gerrera's war speech
Fans squealed with giddiness when Lucasfilm announced that Oscar-winner Forest Whitakerwould step into the role of Saw Gerrera, a minor character from the Clone Wars television series. The casting marked the first time that a character that originated in animation would appear in a live-action Star Wars production.
Whitaker gives one of the best performances in the film, making the aging Saw into a half-mad, ruthless fanatic in his quest to take down the Empire. The trailers had Saw delivering a delicious speech: “What will you do when they catch you? What will you do if they break you? If you continue to fight, what will you become?” Unfortunately, said speech appears nowhere in the final film. Given the choppiness in some of the first act, and given Saw’s abbreviated role, we tend to think that the character had greater prominence in earlier edits of the film. His scenes might have ended up cut for pacing issues, or most likely, cut due to their dark and mature themes.
5. K-2SO's line about not killing Jyn.
The wonderfully snarky droid K-2SO became one of the most memorable characters to emerge out of Rogue One, something of an achievement given the dearth of character moments in the film. As a security/enforcer droid, diehard fans will no doubt note that K2 would have spent his career prior to his Rebel days killing Imperial prisoners. A line in the trailer hints at his former duties, when he tells Jyn Erso, “I will not kill you.”
Again, given all the hullaballoo about reshoots and last minute editing, persistent chatter in Hollywood holds that the initial cut of the movie played a bit darker than Disney wanted. For one thing, having a confessed killer — even a droid one — on the Rogue team might have painted them a bit too dark. For another, given the amount of levity K2 adds to the proceedings (he provides the vast majority of the laughs in this film), he will likely emerge as a favorite character of younger viewers. Knowing him as a killer could have hampered merchandise sales!
6. K-2SO never says they have a 96% chance of failure
Much like his “I will not kill you” line, K2 also has a line in trailers about having a 96% chance of failure on the Rogue team’s final mission. He has similar lines throughout the finished movie, though his specific line about failure appears to have ended up on the cutting room floor, or, at the very least, it was redubbed.
We have to guess that the “failure” line ended up cut for most of the same reasons his line about killing did. Rogue One doesn’t waste time on cute ball droids, fuzzy Ewoks, or adorable aliens. In other words, the film aims for a more mature, focused tone.
Changing some of K2’s lines, or at least dropping some of his darker dialogue, helps from letting the film get too dark for a general audience used to the fun adventures of Star Wars. It also, as previously mentioned, let’s K2 become the closest thing to a cute character—one that younger kids can latch onto as a favorite. With Christmas just weeks away, there’s little doubt that fans young and old will want to take home K2 action figures. The ever profit-conscious Disney wouldn’t want to spoil Christmas toy sales, now would it?
7. One of Cassian's speeches about recruiting
Like Saw Gerrera’s speech, Cassian Andor has an intriguing voice-over in one of the trailers. In it, he discusses his work as an assassin for the Rebellion, and how he’s acted as a recruiter “for a long time.” The quote indicates that Cassian might have had a scene where he discusses more of his backstory, and just who he’s killed in the name of galactic freedom.
The line could have ended up deleted either because it delved a bit too deep into the darker elements in Cassian’s past, or because it slowed down the pace of the film. At well over two hours, Rogue One has a substantial runtime, even if it manages to maintain a breakneck pace through most of the movie. Talker scenes might have disrupted that. Again though, introducing an assassinas a vital character in the Rebellion is pretty dark stuff, far darker than any way the films have ever portrayed the Rebels before. Disney might have ordered the line deleted so as not to confuse the good guys from the bad.
8. Young Saw in his hideout
Along with Saw Gerrera’s speech, the trailers have several shots of young Saw (still played by Whitaker, though in different make-up) pacing through some hideout, and another of him sitting in a chair aboard what appears to be a ship. Neither appear in the finished film, raising questions as to what those sequences held.
Rogue One goes a long way toward establishing Saw as a fanatical character—he may have noble goals, but he’s basically a terrorist. As Mon Mothma makes clear, even if the Rebellion has the same endgame as Gerrera, the Alliance finds his tactics too brutal and dangerous. These deleted scenes might have further elaborated on his character, and on his history. Given that the film still shows Gerrera torturing Bodhi with some kind of land-octopus creature, lord only knows what he might have done in scenes that Disney considered too brutal to show the public. Perhaps a forthcoming Blu-Ray release will uncover some of the deleted character bits.
9. Jyn never says "I rebel."
Jyn Erso delivers one of her most character defining lines in the trailer, telling Mon Mothma, “I rebel.” For whatever reason, the line, which looks to take place during Jyn’s first meeting with the Rebel leaders, does not appear in the final cut of the film. It’s a bit strange that something so defining and prominent would not make it into the final cut.
Jyn’s declaration might have slowed down the scene, or appeared as part of a larger dialogue that also foiled the momentum of the movie’s pace. We also can speculate that perhaps Jyn came off a bit too unlikable or morally gray in an earlier version of the film. Star Wars has always had clear-cut heroes and villains, and while adding ambiguous characters to the mix improves the richness of the story, it makes the film a harder sell to a wide audience. Even without the scene — or many of the others listed here — Rogue One also transcends the label of disposable popcorn flick, instead becoming a thoughtful and provocative sci-fi piece.
10. The rebels don't have a hologram of the Death Star
Later trailers show the Rebel leadership, along with Jyn and Cassian, meeting around a large holographic table, with a flickering hologram of the Death Star rotating before their eyes. While the scene itself appears in the film, the hologram of the Death Star has mysteriously vanished from the final cut.
Since the scene still pops up in the film, an educated guess might posit that the scene ran much longer in early edits, and that the portion with the holographic Death Star ended up cut. On the other hand, given some of the other obvious deletions from the film’s climax, perhaps Jyn & co. had to accomplish some other task on Scarif in a longer or darker version of the film. With the last act restructured, the scene with the holographic Death Star might have needed excision. In any case, this is a minor trailer tidbit that likely had little bearing on the film as a whole.
11. Jyn and Cassian are never seen running towards AT-ACTs on the beach.
Trailer footage shows Jyn & Cassian running around the beaches of Scarif quite a bit, including one notable shot where the two run towards the advancing AT-ACTs. Just what would the two have tried to accomplish in said sequence?
Several deleted scenes that appear in trailers hint that perhaps Jyn, Cassian, and K2 might have entered the Imperial tower another way, later during the battle. In the movie, they don Imperial uniforms to sneak in. That could also have happened in an earlier cut, though not before the team had to rush into the heat of battle to get to the tower. It’s also possible that the group returned to the beach before trying to get up to the satellite dish. In any case, either sequence would have prolonged the last act of the film, and could have hurt the pacing. The final act of Rogue Onefeatures one of the most intense, taut, battle sequences ever to feature in Star Wars. Maybe cutting this bit was for the best!
12. Jyn and Cassian are never seen running through the Imperial facility in the movie's final act.
Earlier trailers showed Jyn, Cassian and K2 running through an Imperial facility, where they were surrounded by stormtroopers. The final film reveals this location as Canary Warf station. How curious then, that this shot appears nowhere in the final movie!
Viewers of the trailers should note that Cassian and Jyn both wear their Rebel costumes, not the Imperial garb they steal at the beginning of the film’s final act from an unsuspecting inspection crew. This would seem to indicate that the two either escaped the tower at one point, tried to escape, or found another way to enter the building in earlier edits of the film. Like the scenes on the beach, editor Gilroy could have deleted this shot for pacing reasons, or as a larger reworking of the film’s last act. What the three might have tried to accomplish in this scene remains an open question, at least until an early shooting script or deleted scenes show up on the internet.
13. We never see Jyn with the Death Star plans on the beach.
One brief shot in a later trailer shows Jyn and Cassian running across the beaches of Scarif during the attack. The scene didn’t end up in the final cut, but it stands out for another reason: Jyn has the Death Star memory tape in her hand.
Viewers of the final cut will obviously note that Jyn & Cassian don’t make it back to the beach until after the fighting has stopped, and that Jyn only takes the data tape from the security vault to the transmission tower.
We speculate that perhaps the pair had tried to return to their shuttle in an earlier version of the film, only to see it destroyed. The two would have then realized that they had no means of escape, and returned to the tower to transmit the plans and face their doom. If that were the case, the movie would have a much bleaker tone which could have distracted from the main action. Subconsciously knowing that Jyn will probably die in the final battle is one thing, but being assured she will die (???) would cast an elegiac and depressing tone over the rest of the proceedings.
14. Chirrut and Baze were supposed to run from the AT-ACTs.
One of the more arresting shots in the trailers shows Chirrut and Baze running from AT-ACTs in the tropics of Scarif. The two appear to dodge the footsteps of one mechanical beast, as they try to escape into the foliage. A portion of this shot does appear in the final cut of the movie, though at a seemingly shorter length than the trailer version.
Like a number of other shots discussed here, this scene of Chirrut & Baze could have disappeared because of pacing reasons, or because it was part of a much larger sequence that ended up being taken out.
It’s even possible that one or both of the men could have died there, crushed beneath the AT-ACT foot. That wouldn’t have provided the characters with the most heroic of deaths, so the reshoot period might have entailed reworking their role in the battle, and to give them more fitting send-offs. The friendship between the two characters gifts the film with one of its most interesting relationships, and regardless of how they would have died in an earlier version, the final film gives the two the moving finale they deserved.
15. There may have been more of Vader!
Where is this awesome scene of Vader?
Darth Vader’s appearance in Rogue One proved, unsurprisingly, to be one of the film’s most memorable highlights. No doubt it also made Star Wars die-hard fans swoon to hear the magnificent rumble of James Earl Jones’ voice coming from the polished darkness of Vader’s suit. Early trailers teased Vader’s role by showing his reflection in the polished floor of some space station, while others showed him against a red computer display that looked like that of the Death Star. That shot does not appear in the film!
Several reviews of the film have speculated that the Darth Vader epilogue to the movie, in which he mowes down a squad of Rebel soldiers in an attempt to recover the Death Star plans, might have been added late in shooting, or during reshoots, to give the movie a heart-pounding afterthought. That could also explain some of the questions that having the Tantive IV — along with Princess Leia— at the battle of Scarif raises. Either way, the final code provides the film with one of its best moments, and having Vader chase after the blockade runner provides a good deal more excitement than having him watch a computer screen!
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National Storage, an Australian self-storage operator with 61 facilities throughout country, has announced that it will co-sponsor Australian Football League team the Brisbane Lions for the next three years, starting Feb. 1.
National Storage, an Australian self-storage operator with 61 facilities throughout country, has announced that it will co-sponsor Australian Football League (AFL) team the Brisbane Lions for the next three years, starting Feb. 1.
The partnership was unveiled this week at The Gabba, a major sports stadium in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, by Andrew Catsoulis, director of National Storage, and Malcolm Holmes, CEO of the Lions. Also present at the announcement were Lions Senior Coach Michael Voss, Lions Captain Jonathan Brown and the AFL's first-year players.
The deal will expose the National Storage brand to millions of households, as the company's logo will be featured on the team's guernseys and training gear as well as its media backdrop, stadium signage, and other club media, marketing and online collateral.
This partnership represents a tremendous opportunity to provide National Storage with national public exposure through an association with an iconic brand within the most popular and fastest-growing sport in Australia," Catsoulis said. This is a very exciting opportunity for us. We are hugely impressed with the drive, determination and the underlying ethos at the Brisbane Lions.
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As giants like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Salesforce and Samsung continue to apply their tech finesse to the healthcare realm, many questions surface about the changing relationship of pharma and tech. Is tech’s interest in healthcare here to stay, or a passing fad? How will pharma and technology companies work together to drive success? How will these partnerships overcome the challenges presented by the different natures of each industry?
In an effort to answer these questions and more, FirstWord created a report, titled “Google’s Ambitions in Health,” featuring insights from pharmaceutical and tech leaders, including Intouch’s Wendy Blackburn, executive vice president, and Andrew Rangel, iOS developer.
At Intouch Solutions, we understand technology and how it can apply to healthcare. We see the possibilities that lie at the intersection of tech and healthcare and know how to maneuver within the industry’s regulations to provide effective, innovative marketing solutions. We also understand that the investments technology companies such as Google are making in our industry have the potential to reshape the way we manage health.
“It’s no accident that so many tech companies are interested in health right now because they see the possibilities, not just for profit as a company, but also for the greater good,” explains Blackburn in the report. “They see the opportunity to marry technology with healthcare to make people’s lives better. I would like to think we’re just getting started.”
Although tech’s involvement in healthcare is favorable, there are many complexities still to be worked through in order for pharma and tech companies to work side-by-side in partnership. Blackburn says basic cultural differences can be difficult to overcome, as tech companies are accustomed to fast-paced innovation and pharma companies are slower to adapt to trends.
Additionally, FDA regulations and patient privacy are important considerations. And tech and pharma companies must reach a mutual understanding regarding individual and shared goals, abilities and desired outcomes.
“Some tech startups will think they can go at it on their own. They’re never going to have the information and expertise that pharma does with [a] disease state. The disease state changes, medications change and FDA regulations change. They’re not going to be able to stay on top of it as much as pharma,” Rangel said.
Despite these foreseeable difficulties, healthcare leaders agree that, in order to drive change and create the most innovative, forward-thinking pharma industry possible, the customer must always be top-of-mind.
“The health/tech combo model is better for the pharma company because they’re able to provide a more comprehensive service,” said Blackburn. “It’s better for the patient because they stay healthier, and it’s better for the physician because they are charged with providing better outcomes.”
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In his new role, Wafik has already started liaising with national oil and gas industry associations, current and prospective IOGP members, regulators and other regional stakeholders – usually in their own language. He speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and French – as well as Arabic.
“I’m excited about my work at IOGP because it involves increasing the Association’s value to members by re-thinking collaboration and advocacy strategies in the Americas. While this might put me beyond my comfort zone, that’s a good thing,” Wafik says.
He is also enthusiastic about his new, full-time working arrangements: co-location in the American Petroleum Institute’s Center for Offshore Safety in Houston. “This will enable IOGP to work more closely than ever before with the Americas’ largest oil and gas association. This is bound to result in opportunities and synergies.”
Wafik succeeds Albert Skiba, who has retired after 2.5 years as IOGP’s first Regional Director – Americas. “Albert leaves with the Association’s gratitude for all of his hard work and achievements,” says Executive Director Gordon Ballard. “Now, with Wafik’s experience, skills and enthusiasm, we are continuing to strengthen the Association’s presence in the Americas.”
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Today the European Commission announced the European Agenda on Migration in response to the escalating humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean. An emergency relocation quota system – a controversial part of the package to which both Ireland and the UK can choose to opt-in – was unveiled as a major part of the intended action plan. The Commission also proposes tripling the capacities and assets of the Frontex joint operations, Triton and Poseidon, and initiating an operation in the Mediterranean to dismantle the networks used to smuggle people.
Under the quota resettlement scheme Ireland would be expected to take in a paltry 272 refugees of the 20,000 people the Commission propose to resettle as a ‘burden-sharing’ act of solidarity between EU member states.
Sue Conlon, CEO of the Irish Refugee Council stated, “The United Kingdom and Ireland have an ‘opt-in’ right under the Treaties. The UK has come out firmly against any form of quota system. The Irish Government has an opportunity to show its independence and leadership on this matter. If Ireland still stands by the founding objectives of the European Union, now is the time to demonstrate it. Turning our back on people in distress shouldn’t even be considered as an option.”
Director of the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland, Edel McGinley said, “Ireland has a long history of mass emigration, and what we are witnessing in the Mediterranean today is an echo of what so many of our ancestors endured on coffin ships as they left Ireland out of desperation during the Famine years. Right now, we have the opportunity, the ability and the responsibility to save lives. To fail to do so would be shameful.”
Sue Conlon concluded, “We have a moral duty and legal obligation to offer international protection to people who are in need of it. Today Ireland is asked to take in a small percentage and should not shrink from this responsibility. We must also remember the people already here and ensure that the same recognition and principles of protection apply to them.”
The quota system is a step in the right direction, but the reality persists, vast numbers of people are being displaced and fleeing their homelands for a multitude of reasons. Europe can and should do more to end the mounting death toll in the Mediterranean.
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Rassie Erasmus’s side have been penalised more than rivals Scarlets by Nigel Owens
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Nigel Owens: generally recognised as one of the best referees of his or indeed any other generation.
What do Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Michelangelo and Claude Monet have in common with modern rugby players, and specifically those who populate the front row?
They all liked or like to ‘paint good pictures,’ the great artists on canvas while the rugby players are more concerned with the visual image they portray to referees when it comes to scrum time.
It’s a difficult and contentious area to officiate, deciding who did what to whom, and the interpretation can vary from referee to referee. It’s not just the scrum as the breakdown contains so many variables and, for the most part, multiple offences.
The one thing players look for in a referee is a consistency of interpretation. Munster take on the Scarlets in the Guinness Pro12 final at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday and it’s fair to suggest both teams will enjoy the fact that Nigel Owens will preside over the match.
It’s not merely ascribing sentiment but backed up by statistics. Owens is one of the best referees of his or any other generation. He communicates clearly, with authority and possesses a genuine commitment to establishing a natural flow to a game. His officiating style is well known to both teams, whom he has previously refereed on four occasions each this season.
The Welshman has taken charges of more Munster matches this season in the Pro12 than any other referee.
The Irish province has had 10 different officials during the 22 Rounds of the tournament – not including the semi-final – and the breakdown is as follows: Nigel Owens (4), Marius Mitrea (3), Mike Adamson (3), Ian Davies (2), Dudley Phillips (2), Ben Whitehouse (2), Daniel Jones (2), David Wilkinson (2) , Sean Gallagher (1) and Lloyd Linton (1).
In contrast the Scarlets have had 12 referees with Owens joint top on four matches alongside Ireland’s Andy Brace. They have also been officiated by Ben Whitehouse (2), George Clancy (2), Gary Conway (2), Lloyd Linton (2), Sean Gallagher (1), David Wilkinson (1), Marius Mitrea (1), Daniel Jones (1), John Lacey (1) and Mike Adamson (1).
Munster have a 100 per cent record when the Welshman has been in charge during the league part of the current campaign, two of which were one-point victories over Ulster (Kingspan Stadium) and the Glasgow Warriors (Scotstoun), a comprehensive win over Leinster at Thomond Park and a three-point success against Glasgow in Cork.
The Scarlets have won three of their four matches when Owens has been refereeing, against Cardiff and the Ospreys in Parc y Scarlets and the Dragons in the Principality Stadium. The match they lost was a 45-9 thumping by Leinster at the RDS, a reverse they avenged in great style during last weekend’s semi-final win at the same venue.
So far, so superficial but drilling down a little reveals some interesting statistics, that may be more germane to the outcome on Saturday. In three of Munster’s four wins under Owens, they have been penalised more often than the opposition as the graphic illustrates.
They conceded seven to Ulster’s five, seven to Glasgow’s three and nine to Warriors’ seven in the second match between the teams. Only in the Leinster game did Rassie Erasmus’s side give away fewer penalties than the opposition; five against Leinster’s seven. Thus Munster have conceded 28 penalties this season, at an average of seven per game, when Owens has had the whistle.
Scarlets in contrast, despite losing one of the four games, have always conceded fewer penalties than the opposition, four against six for Cardiff, three against seven for Leinster, seven against 12 for the Dragons and six against 10 for the Ospreys.
Wayne Pivac’s team have given up 20 penalties in those matches refereed by Owens, at an average of five a game, two less than Munster. What’s also interesting is that the Scarlets have forced the opposition to concede a whopping 35 penalties, 15 less than their cumulative figure (20), while Munster have given away six more (28) than their opponents (22).
So will Munster maintain their unblemished victory record under Owens in the league this season?
Will the Scarlets continue to concede fewer penalties than the opposition and will it be good enough to ensure victory as hasn’t always been the case?
Saturday will reveal all.
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Continuing our collaborative partnerships, this issue is honoured to feature the newly-elected Chairwoman of EuroCham Indonesia and President Director of Danone Aqua Indonesia, Corine Tap. In our interview, Corine shares her vision on working with the pioneer of bottled water in Indonesia and her role in the business advocacy association EuroCham who represent and strengthen the voice of European business interests in Indonesia. Here is what she had to say.
AQUA have been the pioneers of the bottled water industry in Indonesia for over 45 years, offering healthy hydration to millions of Indonesians through a wide range of products. AQUA was also the first to introduce drinking water in reusable and recyclable jug/gallon packaging in 1983 and today is still Indonesia’s most preferred brand of bottled water.
The history of AQUA dates back to 1973 when Tirto Utomo established a company producing bottled water with AQUA as its first brand before going on to establish PT Golden Mississippi (GM) in 1973. In 1989, the name 'Golden Mississippi' became 'Aqua Golden Mississippi (AGM) and the first factory, located in Pondok Ungu, Bekasi, was built.
In 1998, the company established a partnership with the Danone Group, a multinational business entity based in Paris, France. This partnership was based on a shared vision and values between Danone’s founder, Antoine Riboud, and Tirto Utomo. They believed in the so-called “Dual Commitment”, finding a balance between business and social success. They believed that businesses must make social contributions and have a positive impact within the society in which it operates.
AQUA has continually striven to bring goodness to the community by innovating the way the company promotes water consumption while, at the same time, conserving nature and the planet, especially in this modern industrial era. To preserve that legacy, AQUA believes that business should be used as a force for good. Therefore, last year, Danone-AQUA became the first FMCG company in Indonesia to achieve a B Corp certification. With this certification, Danone-AQUA has also agreed to undertake various initiatives to meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance. This aligns with the Danone corporate vision “One Planet One Health”, which includes promoting sustainability of the planet and an aim to implement circularity in water, energy and packaging. Among the successful sustainability initiatives are water resource protection and conservation programs that includes planting more than 2.5 million trees. AQUA has developed a carbon footprint reduction program and uses renewable energy and pioneered the first recycling program called “AQUA Peduli” in 1993 as an initial step towards a more circular packaging model. The company are consistently growing and just last year launched the #BijakBerplastik movement for a cleaner Indonesia, supporting the Indonesian government goal to reduce marine debris.
“This is very personal for us and myself, there is no planet B, and if we want our children and their children to live healthy lives we must step up and use business as a force for good” Corine was at pains to stress. Therefore, it is essential to have strategies and a breakthrough, to encourage people towards a better lifestyle and choice, as consumers are searching for options that are healthier for them and their families. People are reinventing how to eat, drink and socialize. They want to know where the product they consumed comes from, how it was grown, how it arrived and how it impacts health and the health of the planet. The health of people and the health of the planet are interconnected. “Gen Z is not accepting marketing stories so easily anymore, they trust companies and brands based on what they do, not what they say.” In this context the company is committed to ensure the highest quality in food safety standards. “We also stand for sustainable source and operations. Supported by strong innovation capabilities, we believe these are key fundamentals to create superior food experiences for people, as this will remain the first driver of healthier and more sustainable choices.”
The #BijakBerplastik movement, and AQUALIFE - the first water bottle in Indonesia made of 100 percent recycled plastic are just two of the innovative breakthroughs shown by the company who, at the same time, are trying to align and be relevant with daily consumers’ lifestyles through collaboration, for example, in the AQUA Reflections ‘Reflections of You’ campaign. This campaign hopes to build a collaboration as part of an appreciation for inspirational figures in fashion and lifestyle such as Eko Nugroho, Tex Saverio, and Sebastian Gunawan. “We also always strive to expand our product portfolio, for example by developing AQUA on the go for people with active daily lives, AQUA kids, and other products.”
Corine was recently elected Chair of EuroCham Indonesia and Danone is a long time member of this group. In this role, Corine is aiming for better cooperation and collaboration among stakeholders from Europe and Indonesia. “We hope that we could further pave the way for better investment climate that creates a positive and sustainable impact on the Indonesian economic condition while creating values to our shareholders.”
Based on her professional experience and the various initiatives that have been carried out by Danone and AQUA so far, Corine sees opportunities to contribute and share best practices by developing joint cooperation programs on three main issues; plastic waste management; WASH (water access, sanitation, and conservation); and health and nutrition. “Together with EuroCham Indonesia, we hope we could expand the program coverage and bring a greater positive impact. We are consistently encouraging other members of EuroCham Indonesia to contribute more on sustainability programs because we understand that many corporate members have the know-how and technology that Indonesia needs which can bring mutual benefits to both parties. We launched last year the sustainable development working group and will soon launch the first EuroCham sustainable business report for Indonesia.”
These actions will hopefully inspire and motivate members and non-members to support global policies as well as the Indonesian government SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Recently, Danone-AQUA along with companies incorporated in EuroCham Indonesia began developing a working group related to the achievement of these SDGs. This will give further opportunities for EuroCham to foster relationships with Indonesia, particularly in the trade and investment sectors.
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Description Super quality Maison Charles “lune” lamp designed by Jacques Charles in the 1960’s
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Provenance: Maison Charles, Paris
Founded by Ernest Charles in 1908 under the name E.A. Charles, Charles Paris specializes in the reproduction of antique lighting. Over many years, the company has built a strong reputation among the bronze casting profession.
The ’60s were marked by the huge success of the “Collection Inox” created by Jacques Charles. The collection has become an aesthetic reference for that period. The “Lune” lamp is one of the most iconic pieces from that period.
In 2001, Maison Charles was taken over by Michael Wagner who became chairman of the company. The workshops were relocated to Saint-Denis (a northern suburb of Paris), in the premises of the former workshops of the famous silversmithing brand, Christofle.
At the workshop, a handful of devoted craftsmen carry on a hundred years of exceptional know-how. A tradition of excellence that has become duty. Dictated by the passion of men concerned about dedicating their talent and expertise to design a unique lamp: a home jewel that sculpts light.
Each piece is the work of a true master craftsman. Imagined, designed, poured, engraved, filed, polished, glazed, processed, degreased, varnished by talented craftsmen. A brilliant feat of craftsmanship carried out with the utmost care.
Beyond time and style, quality and excellence constitutes Charles’ main value.
Styles / Movements Contemporary, Mid Century, Modern
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MCL closes Washington Square restaurant
Patrons eating at the MCL Restaurant & Bakery at Washington Square Mall on Tuesday learned some hard news: After four...
MCL closes Washington Square restaurant Patrons eating at the MCL Restaurant & Bakery at Washington Square Mall on Tuesday learned some hard news: After four... Check out this story on IndyStar.com: http://indy.st/1bliYtQ
bill.mccleery@indystar.com Published 8:48 a.m. ET Feb. 19, 2014
A customer pays for her meal at an MCL cafeteria in 2005. (Photo: James Yee)
Patrons eating at the MCL Restaurant & Bakery at Washington Square Mall on Tuesday learned some hard news: After four decades, the restaurant is pulling out of the mall.
Tuesday, in fact, was the last day of operation for the restaurant’s Far-Eastside location.
Ron and Gloria Phillips have eaten here once or twice weekly for during the 40 years they have lived in Warren Township, Ron Phillips said. The departure of MCL is just another blow for the struggling mall, he said.
“The closing is understandable but sad to see,” Phillips said. “They have good home-style food and the best iced tea in town. The staff was an added plus. Good people.”
At MCL’s web site, the notation for the Washington Square location carries this message: “Thank you for 40 great years! MCL Washington Square's last day of service will be February 18, 2014.”
MCL continues to operate at another Eastside location — at the corner of 10th Street and Arlington Avenue.
MCL plans to open a new cafeteria in Avon this spring.
Call Star reporter Bill McCleery at (317) 444-6083. Follow him on Twitter: @BillMcCleery01.
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Mashery: The E-Commerce Force Is With Them
Accurately documenting APIs and helping mobile developers use them is a new force in e-commerce. Mashery's service fits right in.
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Mashery, a specialist in managing traffic seeking a company's mobile services, has produced a documentation service that eases several problems that developers often encounter in building mobile applications.
Ease of access to services through a company's APIs is likely to become an issue for many enterprises as they plan their next phase of e-commerce. Gartner predicts 75% of the Fortune 1000 will offer a public API by 2014, according to a June 28 report. An API is a set of programming instructions, protocols, and code that serves as an automatic door opener to customers, once an application for a mobile device has been interfaced to it.
Google Maps appear in many iPhone and other mobile applications because Google produced a public API that grants access to Maps services.
But it's not enough to merely establish an API. Getting independent developers to produce applications that use it is the next challenge. Attracting outside developers may soon prove a key competitive front for companies seeking to expand their business through e-commerce.
Mashery's I/O Docs is intended to help on that front. Companies that document their APIs in Mashery's free online service will be making them available to developers with several built-in features. A developer for HP's TouchPad, for example, might go to I/O Docs to find out how a target company's API works. Once there, he would find the system had captured the key he was given to use by HP and that's required each time his application invokes the API. I/O Docs re-enters the key each time it is required as his app calls the API. That's a time-saver and avoids typing errors frequently encountered when developers have to enter the keys themselves, assistance that developers prize. The keys are tied to a digital fingerprint and security certificate, which assures HP systems that the application call was produced by a known developer.
In addition, Mashery has designed I/O Docs to be an execution environment as well as a frequently updated text environment. The developer, learning about a company's API, could also test code that invokes it from within the documentation site. This move brings the information about an API and its early use closer together, explained Neal Mansilla, Mashery's director of product management, in an interview.
Developers can produce and debug code on the I/O Docs site as they figure out how to use the API, he said. Mansilla is giving a talk on I/O Docs and the problems of API use July 29 at the OSCON, the open source code conference in Portland, Ore.
Althougth I/O Docs is a free service, developers must register with Mashery to use it. If thousands of developers do so, companies seeking to attract developer traffic may be more likely to use Mashery's API management services as well. APIs often result in hundreds of thousands or millions of calls to a company's API a day, with unpredictable traffic peaks. Mashery manages the New York Times APIs, for example, so that the company's IT staff can focus on other issues.
"We found documentation is the one of the first places developers go, even more so than code samples, community forums, or software development kits," Mansilla said. I/O Docs was designed to capture that initial inquiry and hold developers there as they learn about the API.
On the Web, API documentation is notoriously weak, with the changes made to APIs frequently outstripping the updates made to their documentation. Following outdated documentation costs developers time and effort when their applications don't work as expected. I/O Docs in part automates the updates to the documentation when changes to an API are made within it, he said.
Other sites, such as developer social networking site Klout, can make use of the I/O Docs system under their own brand, if they prominently display a Mashery label. Klout does so and manages two billion API calls a month for its services. Mashery "makes our API documentation both interactive and inviting," said Matt Thomson, VP of platform at Klout, in the announcement of the service. The Klout version can be found at here.
Mashery I/O Docs is also used to document APIs at the book marketplace Alibris and the real-time sports media service Fanfeedr.
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Greenplum Out, Teradata In at eBay
I chatted with Oliver Ratzesberger of eBay around a Stanford picnic table yesterday (the XLDB 4 conference is being held at Jacek Becla's home base of SLAC, which used to stand for "Stanford Linear Accelerator Center"). Things I learned included that eBay's 6.5-petabyte Greenplum database has turned into a >10-petabyte Teradata database, which will grow 2.5 x further in size...
I chatted with Oliver Ratzesberger of eBay around a Stanford picnic table yesterday (the XLDB 4 conference is being held at Jacek Becla's home base of SLAC, which used to stand for "Stanford Linear Accelerator Center"). Todd Walter of Teradata also sat in on the latter part of the conversation. Things I learned included:
eBay has thrown out Greenplum. (Edit: Oliver Ratzesberger responds that the "thrown out" part "could not be further from the truth. The answer to a casual question over lunch was: Do you still use vendor XYZ? And my response was a simple 'No.' ... we have simply selected a different vendor for V2 or our Singularity project... " See comments here for more detail.) eBay's 6.5 petabyte Greenplum database has turned into a >10 petabyte Teradata database, which will grow 2.5 x further in size soon.
Specifically, Oliver told me there are 8 petabytes of spinning disk, with 80% compression. So that's 40 petabytes before you multiply by a reducing factor to cover mirroring, temp space, and so on. My low end for that factor would be 25-28%; my high end would be 35-40%; either way, we're talking about >10 petabytes of true user data.
The 8 petabytes of spinning disk are headed to 20 petabytes next year.
Oliver gave the impression that Greenplum got thrown out more for reliability reasons than performance. (While eBay saw a major performance difference between Teradata and Greenplum, Oliver previously indicated he was inclined to attribute this more to specific Sun Thumper hardware/storage choices than to software.)
That database, called "Singularity," has some interesting aspects -- notably, a character field that's a string of name-value pairs -- on which you can do views and so on for virtual tables -- in a table that otherwise has dozens of conventional relational columns.
The system ingests log data in the form of lots and lots of name-value pairs.
The most commonly found ones go into columns in the usual way.
The rest are strung together into, well, a character string.
Teradata has developed some features for eBay that make it easier to index, query, etc. on that character string of name-value pairs.
eBay's more EDW-like (Enterprise Data Warehouse) multi-petabyte Teradata database continues to grow, with the main system apparently up to 4.5 petabytes from the previous 2.5.
I took the opportunity to ask what kinds of data marts (virtual or otherwise) were spun out in practice.
In Oliver's ranking,
#1 was derived data based on other data already in the data warehouse.
#2 was other data within eBay that had never been put into the data warehouse in the first place.
#3 was data truly from outside data.
Todd Walter chimed in to point out that at other Teradata customers, who perhaps didn't have as fully fleshed out an EDW, #1 and #2 could be reversed.
eBay sees Hadoop as an interesting tool for certain special purposes.
eBay likes Hadoop for certain tasks such as image analysis. (Edit: And analysis of search results.)
eBay doesn't like Hadoop for anything that requires data movement, such as a join.
Similarly, eBay doesn't like HBase.
eBay is enamored of the idea to do "social networking around analytics."
This is something that has been built but not rolled out yet.
It seems more focused on actual business intelligence than on the underlying data, unlike Greenplum Chorus, which seems more focused on the databases themselves.
Since it hasn't been rolled out yet, we don't know which (if any) of activity streams, forums, or whatever will actually get significant adoption.
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Worker Classification Challenges Will Continue For California Businesses
Businesses seeking clarity on the issues of proper classification of workers as independent contractors or employees will get little satisfaction by the end of this year. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided to withdraw its May 2, 2019 opinion that the Dynamex ABC worker classification test should be applied retroactively, referring the case to the California Supreme Court to decide. In the meantime, businesses will have to wait to see how this issue is ultimately decided.
The current California legislative term will end on September 13, 2019 and AB 5 “Worker Status: employees and independent contractors”, also drafted with the intent to codify the Dynamex case, will probably do little to bring clarity to the issue.
AB 5 will codify the Dynamex decision which ruled that a worker will be classified as an employee unless the company engaging the worker can show:
That the worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact; and
That the worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; and
That the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as the work performed for the hiring entity.
Many industries have pushed to have the proposed law exempt them from the ABC standard. The current legislation as drafted will exempt industries that have historically been considered independent contractors, including, doctors, lawyers, securities brokers, and hairstylists. Many other industries are seeking exemption as well.
Industries exempt from the ABC test would be subject to the less strict Borello test, where an independent contractor classification is more likely. Borello applies a combination of common law, the economic realities test and the six-factor test to determine whether the worker should be classified as an independent contractor or an employee. Borello focuses more on the employer’s actual or right to control the worker, with regard to both the work done and the manner and means in which it is performed. Borello also considers factors such as an in-depth analysis of a worker’s business structure, occupation and professional skills, as well as the nature of the parties’ relationship including its length and payment scheme. An independent contractor classification is also possible if the employer retains pervasive control over the engagement and if the worker’s duties are integral to the company’s business.
Working through which rule applies to which industry has been challenging for the legislature. As recently as August 12, the California Senate Appropriations Committee suspended discussion on the bill due to its potential financial impact based in part on what industries will be exempt. The suspension temporarily puts the bill on. However, the legislature has indicated the suspension in this case should be brief, and the AB 5 will become law.
These current challenges illustrate the complexity of the worker classification issue. The biggest unresolved question relates to whether the bill will address the gig economy and workers whose services for companies are facilitated by tech platforms. California’s Senate president pro tem Tony Atkins indicated this question may not be resolved until 2020. If that is the case, the question of whether the ABC test will be applied retroactively will still have to be answered.
New ways of organizing work and creating new jobs continue to develop, meaning worker classification questions will continue to get more complicated. Recent proposals by major gig companies to extend benefits to independent contractors without impacting classification status is only the latest example. Clarity for issues like these remains elusive, and this year’s rulings, bills, postponements, and proposals only illustrate how challenging it is becoming for businesses to address them.
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Quorum sensing and biofilm formation in Streptococcal infections
Dennis G. Cvitkovitch, Yung-Hua Li, and Richard P. Ellen
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Members of the bacterial genus Streptococcus are responsible for causing a wide variety of infections in humans. Many Streptococci use quorum-sensing systems to regulate several physiological properties, including the ability to incorporate foreign DNA, tolerate acid, form biofilms, and become virulent. These quorum-sensing systems are primarily made of small soluble signal peptides that are detected by neighboring cells via a histidine kinase/response regulator pair.
Members of the genus Streptococcus (i.e., streptococci) are ubiquitous parasites of humans. Some are part of the indigenous microflora that are involved in opportunistic infections such as dental caries and others are exogenous pathogens that cause infections ranging from mild respiratory or skin diseases to life-threatening conditions such as pneumonia, septic shock, and necrotizing fasciitis. Contemporary research has found that many species of streptococci and other Gram positive bacteria have evolved similar peptide pheromone quorum-sensing systems that probably help them adapt to and survive host-imposed fluctuations in their local environment and coincidently regulate the expression of virulence factors that promote their pathogenicity. This review focuses on streptococcal peptide signaling pathways that are population density–dependent and that impact on vital survival and virulence traits.
Biofilms are dense aggregates of surface-adherent microorganisms embedded in an exopolysaccharide matrix. The study of bacteria residing in biofilms as an interactive community rather than free-living planktonic cells has recently gained a great deal of attention. This has arisen, in part, because of the estimate by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that 65% of human bacterial infections involve biofilms. Many species of streptococci are known to form biofilms; however, the relationship between the pathogenic state and the biofilm mode of growth has been most clearly established with the oral streptococci, which are known to initiate dental caries when the bacteria are living in the biofilm environment of dental plaque.
The human oral cavity is a complex ecosystem that supports an extremely diverse microflora consisting of about 500 species of microorganisms (1). Numerous physical and nutritional interactions between oral bacteria contribute to a complex biofilm community (Figure 1) (2). Streptococci, including Streptococcus mutans, are ubiquitous in the oral microbiota of humans. S. mutans is considered to be a principal etiological agent of dental caries, where it can cause dissolution of tooth enamel by acid end-products resulting from carbohydrate metabolism. The tooth surface is an indispensable natural habitat for S. mutans (3). S. mutans’ dental biofilm tropism most likely reflects its evolution of glucan synthesis and binding functions as well as its relative aciduricity. Its competitiveness for this ecological niche may also relate to cell density–dependent regulation of its acid tolerance response (ATR), natural genetic competence, and bacteriocin activity. Since S. mutans has evolved to depend on a biofilm lifestyle for survival and persistence in the oral cavity combined with its role as an opportunistic pathogen, it has become the best-studied example of a biofilm-forming, disease-causing Streptococcus (4). Biofilm-like populations of pathogenic streptococci may also reach higher densities in confined areas like heart valves, prosthetic devices, sinuses, tonsillar crypts, terminal respiratory passages, and in infectious skin lesions.
Eight-hour-old dental plaque was visualized using confocal scanning laser microscopy. Antibodies against Streptococcus gordonii DL1 and anti-receptor polysaccharides (RPS), commonly found on Streptococcus oralis, were used for indirect immunofluorescence along with the stain Syto 59. At least two staining types are seen within the aggregates: antibody-reactive (anti-DL1 [green], anti-RPS [purple]) cells found in direct association with antibody-unreactive (blue Syto 59–stained) cells. Single colonies containing all three staining types (anti-DL1, anti-RPS, and antibody unreactive) were frequently seen. Reproduced with permission from The Journal of Bacteriology (2).
Many bacteria, including streptococci, are known to regulate diverse physiological processes through a mechanism called quorum sensing. In Gram positive bacteria, quorum-sensing systems generally consist of three components, a signal peptide and a two-component regulatory system (also called two-component signal transduction system or TCSTS) that has a membrane-bound histidine kinase sensor and an intracellular response regulator (5). Quorum sensing in Gram positive bacteria has been found to regulate a number of physiological activities, including competence development in Streptococccus gordonii, S. pneumoniae, and S. mutans (6), sporulation in Bacillus subtilus (7), antibiotic biosynthesis in Lactococcus lactis (8), and induction of virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus (8).
Many of the genes involved in competence induction and the transformation process of streptococci, which is very similar to that described for the mitis group of Streptococcus (including S. pneumoniae), have been identified. Induction of genetic competence in these streptococci is mediated by quorum sensing, which depends on a competence stimulating peptide (CSP) signaling system illustrated in Figure 2.
In Streptococcus pneumoniae, the induction of genetic competence (and potentially virulence) is regulated by a CSP–mediated quorum-sensing system (5, 9). Quorum sensing involves the expression of early gene products encoded by two genetic loci, comAB and comCDE. Genes in the operon, comAB, encode an ATP-binding cassette transporter (ComA) and an accessory protein to ComA (ComB). These secretory proteins are involved in the processing and export of the CSP. The loci, comCDE, respectively encode the precursor to the CSP, a histidine kinase that acts as a CSP receptor, and a response regulator that activates both comAB and comCDE operons. A second two-component regulatory system, CiaH-CiaR, affects the development of competence by negatively regulating comCDE expression. Quorum-sensing signals initiate competence through activity of ComX, a global transcription modulator, which was shown to act as an alternate sigma factor (40). This sigma factor initiates the transcription of competence-specific operons involved in DNA uptake and recombination by recognizing a com-box (also referred to as cin-box) consensus sequence (TACGAATA) in their promoter regions (9, 41, 42). Several of these late competence-specific operons include cilA (ssb2), cilB (dal, like dprA in Haemophilus influenzae), cilC (like comC in Bacillus subtilis), cilD (or cglABCDE), cilE (or celAB), coi, cinA-recA, cfl (like comF in B. subtilis), and dpnA of the DpnII restriction system. pol, polymerase; P, phosphate.
It has been recently recognized that the quorum-sensing signal in S. pneumoniae initiates competence through the activity of a global transcription modulator, ComX, which acts as an alternate sigma factor during the development of genetic competence (9). Transcription of the comX gene is regulated by ComE, the response regulator of the quorum-sensing system (10). The ComX sigma factor then initiates the transcription of competence-specific operons involved in DNA uptake and recombination by recognizing a com-box (also referred to as cin-box) consensus sequence (TACGAATA) in their promoter regions (9). S. mutans and S. pyogenes also have comX genes present in their genomes (9, 11), and inactivation of one copy of the S. mutans comX renders the cell transformation deficient (12). The presence of the conserved com-box consensus sequence in the promoter region of S. mutans late-competence genes such as comFA, celA, and cglA supports the hypothesis that transcriptional regulation of these genes is also mediated by the ComX sigma factor (13). There is much accumulating evidence that many genes not involved in competence are under the control of the CSP-ComX system. This includes the observations that many “other” S. pneumoniae genes contain the com-box sequence and are activated by CSP (14, 15). These genes likely encode products that aid in the cell’s adaptation to a high cell density, and it is likely that they (or their homologs in other streptococci) contribute to the biofilm phenotype.
Recently, the luxS gene has been identified in streptococci (16, 17). The LuxS protein is required for the biosynthesis of the type 2 autoinducer, AI-2, which is involved in quorum sensing in a wide range of bacterial species. Mutation of luxS in S. mutans caused a defect in biofilm formation, while disruption of this gene in S. pneumoniae resulted in reduced virulence in mouse infections. It has been suggested that the AI-2 pathway is a very good target for chemotherapeutic control of bacterial virulence.
Horizontal gene transfer through genetic transformation has been observed in many natural ecosystems, and recent studies suggest that growth of bacteria in biofilms may facilitate horizontal gene transfer among bacterial species via either transformation or conjugation (18, 19). Natural genetic transformation has been extensively studied in streptococci, but these studies relied exclusively on bacteria grown in fluid cultures, where they would become transiently competent after reaching a critical cell density. Since biofilms are more representative of bacterial growth in natural environments and S. mutans is an organism that relies on a biofilm lifestyle, we set forth to investigate the ability of this bacterium to transport and integrate exogenous DNA when living in its biofilm state. To facilitate assays for genetic transformation of biofilm-grown cells, we utilized a chemostat-based continuous flow biofilm system, which allows observation of physiological activities of a bacterial population under controlled growth conditions (20). Using this system, we have demonstrated that growth rates, culture pH, and biofilm age are several important factors that influence competence development of S. mutans growing in biofilms.
The most fascinating finding using this system was that S. mutans cells growing in biofilms were able to incorporate foreign DNA much more efficiently than their free-living counterparts. The transformation frequencies of biofilm-grown cells of S. mutans strains tested were about 10- to 600-fold higher than those of the planktonic cells (20). To our best knowledge, this is the first report to provide direct evidence that biofilm-grown bacteria can be efficiently induced to become genetically competent for transformation. In addition, S. mutans grown in a biofilm appeared to maintain a subpopulation of cells that were constantly competent for taking up DNA from the environment. This static state of competence is in contrast to that observed in fluid where most streptococci, including S. mutans, enter a transient physiological state that usually lasts for only 15–30 minutes during their growth cycle. The evidence from our study and another recent study that demonstrated genetic exchange in S. pneumoniae biofilms (21) clearly suggests that biofilm-growth mode in transformable streptococci appears to favor the induction and maintenance of genetic competence. It also appears that the biofilm environment provides conditions for optimal function of streptococcal cell-cell peptide signaling systems to activate genetic competence and facilitate genetic exchange.
The discovery that the S. mutans quorum-sensing system functions optimally in growing biofilms led us to investigate other roles of this system in biofilm formation and biofilm physiology. Dental plaque is a complex biofilm community that harbors the most diverse resident microflora associated with humans. Bacteria in dental biofilms, including S. mutans, are frequently exposed to various stresses, such as extreme nutrient shortage or excess, low pH, high osmolarity, oxidation, and consumption of antimicrobial agents or antibiotics by the host. Formation of a biofilm is considered an important mechanism used by a bacterium for adaptation to this environment (22). Although adaptation to environmental stress by genetic transformation is believed to occur very infrequently, such a rare event can be highly significant if the transforming DNA, such as an antibiotic resistance gene or a virulence factor, provides a selective advantage to the recipient cells (23). In addition to providing the community with an abundant extracellular gene pool, the biofilm environment facilitates the bacteria with a localized neighborhood where cell-cell signaling mechanisms likely abound.
Recent studies using genetic dissection of biofilm development have revealed that the formation of biofilms involves multiple, convergent signaling pathways and a genetic program for the transition from planktonic growth state to the biofilm mode of growth (24). In Gram negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, cell-cell signaling through quorum sensing has been found to play an important role in biofilm differentiation (25). The first evidence to suggest that quorum-sensing systems might influence the structure of Gram positive biofilms came from a recent study of S. gordonii where a biofilm-defective mutant was found to have a transposon insertion in the comD gene encoding the histidine kinase sensor protein of the TCSTS required for genetic competence (26). This implied that biofilm formation by S. gordonii involved cell-cell communication through quorum sensing. To test if the S. mutans ComCDE quorum-sensing system was involved in biofilm formation, we examined the ability of S. mutans mutants defective in various components of the system to form biofilms. We found that inactivation of any one of the genes encoding the components of the quorum-sensing signaling system results in the formation of an abnormal biofilm (Figure 3) (12). Particularly, the comC mutant (unable to produce or secrete the signal peptide) formed a biofilm that lacked the wild-type architecture, whereas the comD and comE mutants defective in sensing and responding to the signal peptide formed biofilms with a reduced biomass. The architectural change in the comC mutant biofilms may be associated with a defect in cell separation with mutations in this gene resulting in the formation of large aggregates or “weblike” biofilms that were easily removed from the surface. The observation that the mutants unable to produce or secrete the CSP formed biofilms that differed from those formed by the mutant defective in the comD or comE genes suggested that S. mutans has multiple CSP receptors. Although we have clearly demonstrated that the ComCDE quorum-sensing system is directly connected to the ability of S. mutans to form biofilms, the molecular and biochemical mechanisms involved in expression of the “wild-type biofilm phenotype” remain to be investigated.
Scanning confocal laser microscope images of 16 h S. mutans biofilms. Panels a–c show the X-Y planes (top view), while the panels d–f show the X-Z planes (side view). The panels illustrate (a, d) a normal biofilm formed by the parent strain NG8 and (b, e) an aberrant biofilm formed by the comC– mutant defective in making a CSP. The wild-type appearance of the biofilm is restored by addition of synthetic CSP (c, f). Reproduced with permission from The Journal of Bacteriology (12).
The pH levels in dental biofilms are highly variable and frequently shift from above pH 7.0 in the resting pH state to as low as pH 3.0 during the ingestion of dietary carbohydrates by the host. Thus, pH exerts a significant ecological pressure on S. mutans, and its ability to tolerate and grow in low pH environments is crucial to its survival and eventual dominance in dental plaque, leading to caries (27). Considerable evidence has shown that S. mutans has evolved a number of sophisticated mechanisms to survive these pH changes including induction of an ATR in which exposure of S. mutans cells to a mild or moderately acidic pH (5.0–6.0) results in enhanced survival of a significant proportion of the cell population in a lower pH of 3.0–3.5 (28). This ATR involves a number of de novo proteins that appear to be important for adaptation to an acidic environment (29). Although many of the molecular mechanisms of the ATR in S. mutans remain unclear, this “signal pH” that results in synthesis of protective proteins appears to be important for induction of the ATR.
It is widely accepted that bacteria living in biofilms are more resistant to mechanical, physical, and chemical stresses. Since S. mutans normally resides in high cell density biofilms, the ability to withstand acid in this physiological state is likely an important adaptive response. We therefore addressed the question of whether acid adaptation involved cell density–dependent events or cell-cell signaling in biofilms. Changes in external pH can significantly influence many physiological parameters, such as energy coupling, ion transport, proton movement, and export of metabolic products, thereby triggering numerous secondary signals. During growth at pH 5.0, Escherichia coli can signal stress tolerance to other unadapted cells by secreting a proteinlike molecule, termed extracellular induction component (EIC) (30). Although the signal molecule remains unidentified, induction of stress (including acid) adaptation in E. coli presumably involves cell-cell communication. Since S. mutans normally encounters acid while living in dense biofilm communities, we proposed that quorum sensing at high cell densities of S. mutans might facilitate its survival against low pH challenges. Testing this hypothesis has led us to find that the ATR interfaces with the density-dependent signaling pathway that also initiates genetic competence. We have demonstrated that mutants defective in the comC, D, or E genes have a diminished log-phase ATR and the neutralized culture filtrates prepared from acid-adapted wild-type cells also induce a partial log-phase ATR in cells that have never encountered the signal pH (31). S. mutans grown at high cell density established adaptation to the signal pH more rapidly than cells grown at low density. Similarly, S. mutans cells grown in a high cell-density biofilm were more resistant to the killing pH than planktonic-phase cells. In fact, S. mutans cells grown in biofilms not only survived better than the planktonic cells but also were capable of growth at the lower pH following a glucose pulse. Based on the evidence obtained from this work, we propose that S. mutans, upon exposure to low pH in a growing culture, releases extracellular signal molecules, one of which is the CSP, to enhance induction of acid adaptation in the population. It is likely that optimal induction of acid adaptation in a population of S. mutans requires a coordinated activity through mechanisms involving both low pH induction and cell density–dependent intercellular signals.
Biofilms likely provide bacterial cells with a unique environment to fully express their adaptive survival mechanisms. Because of three-dimensional structures, high cell density, and diffusion barriers, bacterial cells at different locations within a biofilm may not sense the same degree of extracellular stress simultaneously. The cells that first sense a pH stress may rapidly process the information and pass their “secondary signal” to the other members of the population through cell-cell signaling systems to initiate a coordinated protective response against potentially lethal forces, like acid. Unlike some planktonic cells that need to reach a critical concentration of signal molecules and cell density, biofilms can allow signal molecules to accumulate rapidly in the local environment to initiate coordinated activities far more quickly (25). In addition, physiological states of bacterial cells living in a biofilm, in terms of growth rate, growth phase, or metabolic activities, are heterogeneous; this allows the cells to respond to stress in different ways. Apparently, biofilm populations have several advantages over their free-living counterparts since the cells have more time, a sufficient concentration of signal molecules, and high population density to adapt to stress relative to planktonic cells. The high cell density biofilms may provide a unique environment for induction of acid adaptation via quorum sensing in S. mutans. It is likely that the S. mutans quorum-sensing signaling pathway is significant for the ATR to intersect with the regulatory networks initiating genetic competence as well as a switch to the “biofilm phenotype.”
Our previous study revealed that an S. mutans comC mutant unable to produce CSP formed a biofilm that differed from that formed by the mutant defective in the comD or comE genes suggested that there might be a second receptor that also responded to the CSP but activated a different pathway in order to invoke the phenotype (12, 20). Based on the available information, we have proposed a “two-receptor” cell-cell signaling model to illustrate how the quorum-sensing system in S. mutans functions to regulate genetic competence, biofilm formation, and the ATR (12). The principle of this model is that the signal peptide (CSP) encoded by comC can simultaneously interact with two cognate receptors, one encoded by comD and another encoded by an unknown gene. These receptors likely transfer the input signal through two different pathways. Although the genes encoding the components involved in the second transduction pathway remain unknown, the work in our lab has recently characterized another TCSTS, named HK/RR11, which is also demonstrated to involve biofilm formation and acid resistance in S. mutans (32).
One of the defects observed in HK/RR11 mutant biofilms was the development of a spongelike architecture composed of cells in very long chains, a feature that we previously observed with the biofilm formed by the comC mutant unable to produce CSP. Since there is no putative substrate, signal or function assigned for the HK/RR11 transduction system, we suspected that the TCSTS encoded by hk/rr11 may activate a second pathway to respond to the CSP. To test this hypothesis, we added CSP to the HK/RR11 mutant cultures to assess the effect on chain formation by the hk11 and rr11 mutant biofilm cells. The results revealed that addition of CSP to the mutant cultures had no observable impact on the length of cell chains comprising the mutant biofilms. This result was consistent with HK11 acting as a CSP receptor but provided no direct evidence to conclusively assign a role to HK11 as a CSP receptor. A study for characterizing the relationship between the comC-encoded signal peptide and the HK/RR11 signal transduction pathway is now underway.
Analogs of quorum-sensing peptides can competitively inhibit the activity of the peptide-mediated phenotype. It has been demonstrated that analogous signal peptides from Staphylococcus epidermidis can inhibit the agr signaling system of Staphylococcus aureus, thereby modulating S. aureus virulence (33). Since peptide signaling–sensing systems are very similar among Gram positive bacteria (including the S. mutans CSP system) analogs of the S. mutans CSP may be able to interfere with the quorum-sensing process, leading to inhibition of induction of the “biofilm phenotype.”
Quorum sensing among mucosal pathogens may not require high cell density. In contrast to the very dense dental plaques colonized by S. mutans and several other oral streptococci, pathogenic streptococci that infect mucosal tissues colonize environments where bacterial microcolonies are usually less dense due to bathing effects of secretions and desquamation of epithelium. Yet, several of these streptococcal and other Gram positive species have evolved peptide pheromone signaling pathways that have autoregulating functions analogous to the quorum-sensing systems that we described above for S. mutans. The finding that initiation of genetic competence in S. pneumoniae is sensitive to relatively low levels of CSP at about 107 bacteria/ml (34) suggests that pathogenic streptococci of mucosal surfaces may respond to gradients of cell densities that occur frequently during natural infections, raising the question of whether quorum sensing affects pathways by which pathogenic streptococci grow to predominance over normally protective indigenous species. It has been recently established that mutants of S. pneumoniae defective in the quorum-sensing competence induction pathway have diminished virulence in a murine model relative to the parent strain (35). Differential fluorescence induction also showed that several Com genes were induced during infection in mice (36). Clearly, the role of quorum sensing during infection by S. pneumoniae warrants further examination.
Bacteriocins are antimicrobial peptides that are generated by some bacteria and target others that are sensitive. The signaling networks that regulate bacteriocin production and transport as well as immunity to bacteriocins involve peptide pheromone sensing pathways that are very similar to those involved in genetic competence (8). Operons encoding bacteriocin peptide precursors, cognate peptide processing transporters, and two-component regulatory sensors and response regulators are known to be under the control of cell density. For example, the virulence-related blp and com regulons of S. pneumoniae have many analogous features including highly similar signal peptides and peptide secretion systems (15). Moreover, activation of the competence and bacteriocin peptide pheromone response regulators may, in turn, activate downstream pathways that intersect in a common regulatory gene. One such example is the previously mentioned comX, a transcriptional regulator of so-called “late” competence genes (9). The genome of M1 S. pyogenes strain SF370 contains comX and a complete bacteriocin salA1 locus; yet, it lacks the genes comABC that encode the CSP and its secretion apparatus (11). This implies that S. pyogenes comX (and downstream pathways) may be activated in response to environmental signals other than CSPs. S. pyogenes is a pathogen with a host range limited to humans and a unique set of virulence properties not shared by other streptococci. It is possible that it has evolved a sophisticated bacteriocin peptide regulatory system to help its population competitively emerge on mucosal surfaces, yet protect its genome from contamination with foreign DNA by deleting (or never evolving) genes for the cell density–dependent CSP. Recently, Jenkinson’s lab reported that the sensory and immunity pathways for the pheromone antibiotics SalA1 of S. pyogenes and SalA of the indigenous oral species Streptococcus salivarius are conserved, closely related, and cross-sensitive (37). Such novel findings suggest that determinants of population dynamics on bathed mucosal surfaces probably encompass subtle combinations of complex environmental sensing systems that are not limited to cell density, bacteriocin production, and competence stimulation. It is also possible that S. pyogenes utilizes a bacteriocin-like hemolysin as a quorum-sensing molecule. Recently, Enterococcus faecalis was shown to regulate gene expression by such a mechanism involving its cytolysin, a molecule with both antimicrobial and hemolytic activity (38). S. pyogenes has a hemolysin that is genetically very similar to quorum-sensing autoinduction operons found in streptococci (39).
Fluctuations in total bacterial burden and population density also determine the pathogenicity of bacterial microcolonies and biofilms. For example, the ability to suppress competing streptococci through bacteriocin activity may be considered a virulence property if it allows the pathogenic species to emerge sufficiently to damage the host. Evidence is growing that cell density–dependent gene regulation also affects the expression of many other virulence-related proteins of pathogenic streptococci. For example, virulence factor expression and regulation are, in part, determined by growth phase and activation of two-component regulatory sensors of environmental signals, which are characteristics of quorum sensing in Gram positive bacteria (38). Thus, the extracellular concentration of autoregulating peptides appears to serve as one of several environmental conditions that regulate virulence genes through signal transduction pathways that are initiated via two-component regulatory systems. In S. pyogenes, in addition to sagA, there appear to be several coordinated regulatory loci such as mga, csrRS, fasBCA, and rgg that affect the expression of genes for its numerous and diverse virulence factors.
Such a pattern of global regulation is reminiscent of the induction of virulence genes via quorum-sensing pathways in biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Therefore, it is likely that the genomes of streptococci have evolved density-dependent regulons to control expression of downstream genes that affect bacterial survival in response to changing environmental conditions on mucosal and tooth surfaces, and the selective survival of the pathogenic streptococcal species leads to clinical infection. Although the key molecules of the quorum-sensing pathways of pathogenic streptococci such as S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes, and S. mutans are distinct from those first reported for Gram negative bacteria, they seem to serve an analogous function, to modulate physiologic homeostasis and adaptation to environmental conditions in response to fluctuations in population density. The use of this information to exploit these pathways to control streptococcal infections is now being implemented and in the near future we may see a more selective and targeted approach to controlling persistent biofilm-dwelling bacteria.
Special thanks to Paul Kolenbrander and Rob Palmer from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) for providing Figure 1. Work conducted by the authors was generously funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the NIDCR, and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.
Conflict of interest: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists.
Nonstandard abbreviations used: acid tolerance response (ATR); two-component signal transduction system (TCSTS); competence-stimulating peptide (CSP); extracellular induction component (EIC).
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Buhari marks 400th anniversary of slave trade abolition with article in Washington Post
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President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the abolition of slavery in all modern forms in a opinion article he published in The Washington Post to mark the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
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Four centuries ago, the first 20 documented African slaves arrived on the shores of Virginia. In the years that followed, millions more were shipped in dehumanizing conditions across the ocean and enslaved. Slavery had, of course, existed before. But this indicated the beginning of a mechanized trade that saw human beings reduced to property on an unprecedented scale.
Despite the fact that descendants of African slaves have made valuable contributions across society, they are still dealing with the effects of this poisonous legacy. They still have to navigate its everyday manifestations, such as discrimination, racism or lack of access to resources and opportunities. This must not be overlooked or forgotten.
Yet, as we reflect on this day, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, it is clear slavery did not only thrive then. It still thrives today. Across the world it is estimated there are as many as 40 million men, women and children living in forced servitude. They are the industrial victims of a business many believe was abolished hundreds of years ago. They are the modern enslaved.
Their exploitation appears in many guises, though usually unrecognized as slavery. Many victims are unseen, hidden beneath opaque supply chains. Others are hidden in plain sight, entrapped by circumstances that rob them of autonomy. In any case, their labor, often dangerous, is no product of choice, and its conditions are self-perpetuating.
In Africa, its modern forms include debt bondage, the enslavement of war captives, commercial sexual exploitation and forced domestic servitude. Holding people held against their will, controlling their movements and forcing them to work for the sole profit of others — wherever they are — is slavery today and always.
The abolitionists of the 19th century succeeded more than any before: By working to extinguish the transatlantic slave trade that had claimed 15 million victims, they laid the groundwork to ensure it did not manufacture millions more. But their work is not done. We must take up their examples as we forge a path forward to eliminate modern-day slavery in all its forms.
Slavery, once again, has become entwined in the global economy — and it is largely unseen. For instance, most of us might know in principle that the mining of cobalt crucial to our smartphones might have used forced labor. But what do we know of those that experience it? Just as personal testimony and resulting public pressure led to the passing of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade in Britain in 1807, these stories must be told and used to inform policy. Once heard, they can elevate visceral reactions, driving the public pressure needed to ensure the application of anti-slavery laws.
One distinction from then and now is important: the costs. From records, adjusted for today’s prices, the cost of a human-being-as-property was valued on average at $40,000. Today, it is just $90, sometimes even lower. We must remember that slavery is not simply a campaign of hatred; it is the pursuit of profit. One way to extinguish it in its current forms, therefore, is to make it economically unfeasible. This means making sure that any anti-slavery laws have bite, come with strong penalties and are enforced.
It is also vital to have a robust tip-off and reporting system. Where this once meant detecting ships, today the signs are less conspicuous. The public must be shown how to see what is hidden in plain sight, particularly signs of suspicious behavior. This might seem broad. But vagueness should not give rise to reluctance to report anything that could be smuggling or forced servitude. If something doesn’t look right, report it, for you could be securing another human’s freedom.
In Nigeria, our anti-trafficking agency has rolled out the “Not for Sale” campaign to protect against the deceptions of human smugglers, helping those who might be vulnerable to false promises see through the ruse and say no. These prevention programs are crucial.
The appearance of slavery today might have changed. The institution has not. There are no radical solutions to conjure, only political will. But on this, we can learn from the past, the shadows in which modern slavery proliferates today.
It is not enough to mark this 400th anniversary. We must use it as a platform to eliminate slavery in all its present-day forms. We should reflect in memory to find a better future, one that should ensure freedom for all.
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Holy Martyr Theodore of Perge in Pamphylia, with his mother Philippa, the two soldiers Socrates and Dionysios, and Dioscorus
Sts. Theodore of Perge, Pamphilla, Socrates, Dionysios and Dioscorus (Feast Day - April 19)
To Theodore.
You were seen to be a communicant of the passion, Theodore,
Having suffered beyond the passion.
To Philippa.
I kiss Philippa, as the mother of an athlete,
I kiss Philippa, as having contested by the sword.
To Socrates and Dionysios.
Of old a spear pierced the Highest when dead,
And now the two Martyrs were pierced while alive.
During the reign of the emperor Antoninus Pius (138-161), when they were conscripting robust and healthy young men for military service in Perge of Pamphylia, then they led the handsome and young Theodore with other young men to the governor Theodotus.
The governor ordered the youth to offer sacrifice to idols, but Theodore submitted neither to persuasion nor threats. Then the governor had him placed on a red-hot plate and poured liquid tar on him. Suddenly, there was an earthquake, and a torrent of water gushed forth from the ground and extinguished the fire.
The martyr Theodore remained unharmed, and gave praise to God. The governor ascribed his deliverance to sorcery, so Saint Theodore suggested to the governor that he test the power of his gods by putting the pagan priest Dioscorus through the same trials.
The governor told Dioscorus to lie upon the red-hot plate, and call on the help of Zeus. Dioscorus replied that no Christian is a sorcerer, and now he believed in Christ, and he was prepared to throw the idol of Zeus into the fire to see if Zeus can preserve himself. Again the governor commanded him to get on the heated plate. Dioscorus fell at the knees of Saint Theodore, asking that he pray for him. Then he got onto the plate, crying out: “I thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, that You have numbered me among Your servants. Accept my soul in peace.” Then he died, having been delivered from terrible torment, and Christians came and buried his body.
They continued to torture Saint Theodore. They tied him to wild horses, which began to run and dragged his body along the ground. But at the city walls the horses fell down and collapsed, and the martyr Theodore remained unharmed. Two soldiers, Socrates and Dionysios, then saw how a fiery chariot came down from the heavens to Saint Theodore, on which the martyr was carried off and deposited before the governor's judgment seat.
The astonished soldiers shouted: “Great is the God of the Christians!” They seized them and on the next day threw them into a fiery furnace with the martyr Theodore. But a heavenly dew cooled the furnace, and the Saints remained alive, singing hymns to God in the furnace.
In the morning, the governor ordered soldiers to look upon the burned bodies of the martyrs. The soldiers returned and reported that the three youths were unharmed. Saint Theodore’s mother, Philippa, came and encouraged the martyrs in their act.
The governor told Philippa to save her son, by urging him to offer sacrifice to the idols. Saint Philippa said that when her son was born it was revealed to her that he would be crucified for Christ. Hearing this, the governor commanded them to take Theodore out of the furnace and crucify him, and to leave Socrates and Dionysios in the furnace and have them pierced with spears. Saint Theodore hung on the cross for three days, offering prayers to God until he finally died, saying: "Abba, Father, receive my spirit." The mother of Theodore, Philippa, was beheaded by the sword.
HYMN OF PRAISE:
SAINT THEODORE THE MARTYR
By St. Nikolai Velimirovich
I serve one King and another I cannot,
I serve the Living Christ, Lord and God!
Thus said Theodore to the Roman governor,
The governor looked upon him as upon a beautiful picture,
And, at first, began to dissuade him quietly
But all dissuasions remained to no avail
In a fiery furnace, with companions two,
Theodore's mouth, all filled with Psalms.
God, with a cold dew, over the terrible fire, poured
In the midst of the fire, Theodore, to his Lord prays,
That, before his death, his mother once more to see.
According to Your mercy O God, do this for me!
And the mother [Philippa] in the furnace, appeared to her son,
To one another said what had to be said.
Philippa, the aged mother the governor summons,
The aged one obediently responded to him
I called you, said he, to counsel your son
To openly deny the Nazarene,
And to acknowledge the gods of the Roman Empire
If you wish that your son not die.
And Philippa said: before I gave birth to him
I prayed to God: Lord, have mercy!
And a reply I received, that I will live
To see my son crucified for Christ.
And now, that is why toward death I am indifferent
For the death of the both of us, to God I am grateful.
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Kirklees Stadium Development Limited have joined forces as Charity Partners with Greenstreams,
involving Community Environmental Projects in the Kirklees area.
Members of KSDL staff led by Gareth Davies, the Managing Director left their desks to undertake some outdoor volunteering around an area by the rivers edge. This involved clearing debris i.e. plastic bottles, glass bottles, various assortment of rubbish, cutting down tree branches etc! Bluebells were planted, and bird and bat boxes put up, all in the name of conservation!
GD said “We are delighted to be supporting Greenstreams by helping tidy up the riverbank which runs through our site. Myself and the team thoroughly enjoyed the day and have signed up for more volunteering later in the year.”
The water quality in the river Colne has improved considerably and this has led to an increase in wildlife. Higher oxygen levels in the water mean that aquatic insects and other invertebrates can repopulate the river providing food for native fish species such as brown trout and grayling. Kingfishers, dippers and goosanders are among the birds to benefit, and it is not impossible that otters might return; they have been seen on the Calder as close as Dewsbury!
Greenstreams other corporations who have participated in similar events are Cummins Turbo Technologies, Barclays Bank, McDonalds and the Halifax. Yorkshire Water have also contributed a significant amount of time and money to the project, as have FMG Support. Syngenta have also been supportive of the project.
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Man sentenced to nine years on dragster theft conviction
John Thompson • Jul 10, 2019 at 11:28 PM
ELIZABETHTON — One of the two men charged in the theft of a drag racing car, parts and tools pleaded guilty in Carter County Criminal Court this week and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Robert Michael Wolfenbarker, 34, pleaded guilty on Monday to seven counts, including theft over $60,000; two counts of theft over $2,500; auto burglary; theft under $1,000; attempted auto burglary; and vandalism under $1,000.
Another defendant in the case, G.C. Lingerfelt, faces the identical charges. Lingerfelt’s next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 9.
Judge Lisa Rice denied probation and sentenced Wolfenbarker to nine years in prison on the theft over $60,000 conviction. He is categorized as a standard offender, which means he must serve 30 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Wolfenbarker was given pretrial jail credit for approximately seven months.
According to victims loss statements, Wolfenbarker was accused of stealing a 1989 Ford hatchback Foxbody Mustang X275 custom drag car, valued at $60,000 and a trailer stocked with tools and car parts.
One victim wrote in the loss statement that the theft “created enormous amounts of emotional stress, antiety, depression … this outrageous act of greed, laziness and selfishness has not only affected us but also our close family. It was much more than just a car. It was our family time, our vacation time and time spent with other racing families like us.”
Assistant District Attorney Dennis Brooks prosecuted Wolfenbarker. Wesley Taylor was the defense attorney.
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Educators Rising teaches high school students about all ranges of education
Posted: Nov 5, 2019 / 06:52 AM CST / Updated: Nov 5, 2019 / 06:52 AM CST
MITCHELL, S.D. (KELO) – If you’re interested in a job in the field of education, one group is ‘rising’ to the challenge to help you be informed.
Educators Rising recently hosted a conference in Mitchell to inform and inspire students and mentors about the teaching profession.
Over 80 high schoolers gathered at Dakota Wesleyan University to learn what it’s like being an educator.
“They will be coming on campus and they will be learning about all the different aspects of teaching, and it’s a great opportunity for us; we have an education program, so we can introduce them to what we do as well,” Assistant Professor of Education at Dakota Wesleyan University Melissa Weber said.
But that lesson goes far beyond just teaching a class.
“From teaching and learning in the classroom, to our bus drivers who are the first and last person to see our kids, to the groundskeeper to the custodial staff that keep our schools clean,” Educators Rising State Director Travis Lape said.
This is the second learning expo in South Dakota for students hosted by Educators Rising.
“It’s evident by what is out in the media now of declining enrollment on our campuses around the state as well as – we know as district leaders is the teaching pipeline is not there right now,” Lape said
By encouraging students like Zoe Mortrude, they’re looking to change that.
She comes from Dell Rapids and is one of the E-R state officers.
“Me and the other state officers get together and we make this program better and we think of ideas to make it more fun and get kids involved throughout our schools and the whole state of South Dakota,” Mortrude said.
She’s currently a senior looking to major in Special and Elementary Education. The expo presents opportunities for her and fellow students for hands-on experience and one on one interactions with professionals.
“Usually there are DWU students that we can talk to that are going to the college right now for the major of any type of education, which is really nice; especially for seniors that are trying to decide what college to do we can get a good understanding about the program there. Also, there’s usually teachers that talk about what they do from class to class and its really good to listen to that and hear the experiences and understand what teaching is really about,” Mortrude said.
And one day, she hopes to return the favor to future students in need.
“You do it because you want to make a difference in a student’s life and other people’s lives,” Mortrude said.
The next event Educators Rising event is their State Conference at Dakota State University on February 21st. To learn more about how can get involved you can visit the Educators Rising website.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) - Boundaries for the Sioux Falls School District will soon be changing. Monday night was the first meeting for the community task force to help make those changes.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Several Lincoln High School students are starting their own "Best Buddies" chapter.
Best Buddies is an international organization that encourages students to partner up with kids in special education. According to its website, the goal is to end the isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here in Sioux Falls, senior Mitch Eichacker says the program means a lot to him and his buddies.
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PREVIEW: ‘Duct Tape Killer’
by: Don Jorgensen
Posted: Jan 6, 2020 / 06:59 AM CST / Updated: Jan 6, 2020 / 06:59 AM CST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Many of you may remember the chilling story of serial killer Robert Leroy Anderson. Well now there’s a new book that’s set to be released in a little over a week, titled ‘Duct Tape Killer.’
KELOLAND’s Don Jorgensen previews Monday’s Eye on KELOLAND.
Robert Leroy Anderson, who was convicted in the late 90’s of kidnapping and killing Larissa Dumansky and Piper Streyle, was sentenced to die by lethal injection at the South Dakota State Penitentiary.
But before the state could carry out his execution, Anderson hanged himself in his prison cell in 2003 while appealing his case. I recently sat down with the co-authors of ‘Duct Tape Killer’ who told me their book has details about how Anderson stalked his victims.
“The planning that went into these crimes he planned out every detail, he took weeks and months it was already thought about it, he was obsessed with it which is common with serial killers, and he just spent almost every minute of every day, planning out how he would carry out his crimes,” author Sandy Hamman said.
“Robert Lee Roy Anderson was pure evil. Sheriff Gene Taylor said Anderson was as close to Satan as you could encounter,” Phil Hamman said.
Monday we’ll have more on the book ‘Duct Tape Killer’ and what viewers can expect to find in the chilling chapters of the crimes, the capture and conviction of Robert Leroy Anderson on Monday’s Eye on KELOLAND at 10.
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It's only January, but there are already early signs another wet spring could be on the horizon, creating widespread flooding once again.
That's not the kind of news farmers want to hear.
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Inaugural Flight - November 15, 2008. Recorded by Perry McLeod, a history teacher at Richland Northeast High School in Columbia, S.C.
Generations of Heroes was a project that offered South Carolina educators and students a chance to document the living memories of heroes and civilians who have served the United States from World War II to today’s soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2011 - Social Studies [Elementary (3-5)]
Standard 5-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of American economic challenges in the 1920s and 1930s and world conflict in the 1940s.
5-4.0 Along with the rest of the world, the United States experienced a boom-and-bust period during the 1920s and 1930s. In the United States, this situation led to significant government intervention to stimulate the economy. Other countries did not follow the same course of action, however, and the resulting political instability and subsequent worldwide response consumed the world in the 1940s. To understand the role of the United States in the world during this period, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indicators:
5-4.4 Explain the principal events related to the involvement of the United States in World War II, including campaigns in North Africa and the Mediterranean; major battles of the European theater such as the Battle of Britain, the invasion of the Soviet Union, and the Normandy invasion; and events in the Pacific theater such as Pearl Harbor, the strategy of island-hopping, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
5-4.5 Analyze the role of key figures during World War II, including Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini, and Adolph Hitler.
5-4.6 Summarize key developments in technology, aviation, weaponry, and communication and their effects on World War II and the United States economy.
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Standard 7-4 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and effects of world conflicts in the first half of the twentieth century.
7-4.0 The influence of both world wars and the worldwide Great Depression are still evident. To understand the effects these events had on the modern world, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the following indicators:
7-4.5 Summarize the causes and course of World War II, including drives for empire, appeasement and isolationism, the invasion of Poland, the Battle of Britain, the invasion of the Soviet Union, the Final Solution, the Lend-Lease program, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad, the campaigns in North Africa and the Mediterranean, the D-Day invasion, the island-hopping campaigns, and the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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911 dispatchers deserve better pay, recognition | Opinion
The job of a dispatcher is difficult and emotionally taxing, yet they are underpaid compared to the first responders they direct to the scene.
911 dispatchers deserve better pay, recognition | Opinion The job of a dispatcher is difficult and emotionally taxing, yet they are underpaid compared to the first responders they direct to the scene. Check out this story on knoxnews.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2019/11/29/911-saves-act-would-bring-emergency-dispatchers-more-pay-recognition/4321765002/
Katherine Rowe, Guest columnist Published 3:18 p.m. ET Nov. 29, 2019
Katherine Rowe is a Middle Tennessee State University graduate student who works as a 911 dispatcher.
Jim Shade, a 911 operator at the Williamson County Emergency Communications Center, responds to a call. Talks are underway to bridge communication gaps that exist between emergency centers throughout the county. (Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean )
“9-1-1, what is your emergency?” is the first question asked with every 911 phone call.
This question prepares the police officers, firefighters and/or emergency medical services for the scene. This question virtually puts 911 dispatchers first on the scene.
A dispatcher, telecommunicator or call-taker is someone who works in an emergency communications center. They are often responsible for answering emergency and non-emergency phone calls, entering data into national and local crime databases and sending police, fire response, and/or emergency medical response to the scene of each call that comes in.
High turnover, low appreciation
Dispatching is a high turnover job. In most PSAPs, or public safety answering points, the communications teams are usually understaffed. Dispatchers are often left working extremely long hours, sometimes without breaks, because of the high call volume to low staff ratio in their communication centers.
This career path does not lack its challenges. In fact, dispatching can have many negative effects on the employees. Dispatch is a field that is saturated in emotional labor.
Sociologist Arlie Hoschild defines emotional labor as the act of expressing emotion during service transactions. In other words, emotional labor is when an individual shows certain emotions that are required by their employers, even if those emotions do not match what the individual is actually feeling.
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Many calls that come into PSAPs can be traumatic for the dispatcher who answers the call. Unfortunately, dispatchers rarely know the outcome of their call and are left with the emotions of stress and anxiety from not knowing if their caller ended up okay. This often leads to dispatchers having negative feelings and emotions such as depression, anxiety and sometimes suicidal thoughts.
Not only do dispatchers experience negative emotions from their calls, but they often experience negative emotions simply from having to document each call perfectly. Every call, a dispatcher must get accurate information for the safety of the first responders. If they forget to even ask one safety related question on the call and a first responder ends up injured, the dispatcher is liable.
In most places across the United States, dispatchers are classified as clerical and/or administrative staff. This classification gives dispatchers a much lower pay than first responders. In 2017, the average salary for dispatchers across the states was approximately $41,154, according to Data USA, while police and detectives were making a median of $63,380 annually, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Legislation could bring recognition to dispatchers
On March 7, 2019, a bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to reclassify dispatchers from clerical to public safety. H.R. 1629, the 911 Saves Act, is sponsored by U.S. Rep. Norma Torres of California. The main intention of this bill and reclassification is to give well-earned recognition to dispatchers across the United States.
Katherine Luann Rowe (Photo: Submitted)
This bill could have a positive impact on dispatchers across the country. For instance, reclassifying dispatchers to public safety would automatically bump their salaries while also giving dispatchers more recognition, ultimately resulting in less turnover across the board.
It is important for local and state agencies to learn more about the 911 Saves Act and how it can benefit their emergency communications department. The more agencies that are educated on the bill, the more likely the bill is to be introduced and passed through each state’s legislature. The 911 Saves Act will help save the lives of those who are saving lives.
Katherine Rowe is a second year master's student at Middle Tennessee State University studying Sociology and Criminology. She has worked as a 911 dispatcher for nearly a year and wants to continue her career in law enforcement post graduation.
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Markman Peat
Markman Peat Corp.
MASTERING EFFICIENCY LEADS TO REMARKABLE GROWTH FOR THIS LECLAIRE, IOWA, COMPANY
“The PC360 has excellent power”
Using a Komatsu D65PX dozer, a Markman Peat operator maintains a stockpile of harvested peat moss that stretches the length of a football field.
A Markman Peat operator uses a Komatsu PC360LC excavator to load peat moss that was harvested from the adjacent bog. “The PC360 has excellent power, which is great because we are usually pulling loads of wet dirt from the ground at full extension,” explained President Jeff Widdop.
For 25 years, Jeff Widdop worked in commercial banking. During that time, he developed a diverse group of clients. One, however, piqued his interest for years: Rob Markman, President of Markman Peat Corp. in LeClaire, Iowa.
“I always used to tell Rob that if he was ready to get out of the business, I would happily take it over,” recalled Jeff. “It was always a serious offer. I thought the business was interesting and that there was opportunity there. It seemed a lot more fun than banking.”
Jeff’s friend, Brian Sherrick, who worked in banking for 15 years, was also looking for something different, and Markman Peat fit the bill. The two formed a partnership and approached Rob with an offer in 2010. He accepted, and Jeff and Brian began their adventure on January 1, 2011.
“We both had a relationship with Rob. I was his banker for 20 years and Brian’s dad was Rob’s accountant for 30 years,” explained Jeff. “I liked my time in banking, but this is a lot more enjoyable. It was a challenge at first, just like we expected, but it’s been rewarding. I like interacting with long-term customers and developing those relationships.”
Jeff also appreciates the more subtle differences between banking and his new venture, most notably the dress code. “Now, I only have to wear a suit and tie when I go to funerals and weddings! It’s been a real lifestyle change.”
Today, Jeff and Brian are equal partners in the company that has 85 employees and four facilities across the Midwest.
The company harvests reed sedge peat moss from bogs created by abandoned riverbeds; mixes and grinds it with other soil amendments to create different variations of soil products; and then bags the goods at its facilities. It purchases and bags rock and sand as well. The company’s New Plant Life and All-American products are available throughout the Upper Midwest at wholesale retailers ranging from big-box stores to independent shops.
Mastering efficiency
It should come as no surprise that two people with extensive backgrounds in banking focused on numbers when they purchased the business, and that’s exactly what Jeff and Brian have done. Since the duo acquired the firm seven years ago, the company has increased production by nearly 400 percent.
To accomplish that impressive gain, Jeff and Brian had to solve a chicken-or-the-egg scenario.
“We knew we wanted to ramp up production significantly in the first five years,” stated Jeff. “We had the material, we just needed customers to buy it, so we put an emphasis on acquiring sales. Once we did that, we had to make sure we could meet those sales. If a store doesn’t have the material, they can’t sell it. And, if you can’t get it there in time for the weekend traffic in the spring, they are going to call someone else. Everything had to grow together.”
To increase production as sales bloomed, Markman Peat installed automated bagging lines at its facilities.
“When we took over, there was very little automation,” recalled Jeff. “Throughout the last five years, we have invested in the automated lines. At all of our facilities, we’ve really had a focus on efficiency – from equipment to management. It has paid off.”
Road Machinery & Supplies Co., Territory Sales Manager Bryan Stolee (left) checks in on Markman Peat President Jeff Widdop. “RMS and Bryan have been great to work with,” said Jeff. “They have really delivered.”
Komatsu WA320 wheel loaders are critical for keeping Markman Peat operating at maximum efficiency. “They run all day, every day, constantly hauling up to three yards of heavy soil in each load,” said President Jeff Widdop.
RMS comes through
A significant part of the company’s overhaul included its equipment.
“When we came in, a lot of the older machines needed constant repairs,” recalled Jeff. “We looked to increase our productivity and also stabilize costs. Upgrading our material-handling fleet was the best way to do that.”
With this in mind, Markman Peat met with several equipment distributors to find a package that best suited the company. They found it with Komatsu excavators, dozers and wheel loaders from Road Machinery & Supplies Co.’s East Moline Branch and Territory Sales Manager Bryan Stolee.
“We knew we wanted new machines, on lease, with warranties,” explained Jeff. “Cost was our most important factor, but not necessarily purchase price. We dug into the efficiency of the equipment – longevity, repair costs and fuel economy. With everything in front of us, the package from Komatsu and RMS was the most attractive.”
Jeff worked with RMS and Stolee to develop a staggered, three-year cycle in which the company would lease and replace machines on a rotating basis. Markman Peat purchased extended warranties on its most-used equipment. It also takes advantage of Komatsu CARE, which provides complimentary service on equipment for the first three years or 2,000 hours, on its new Tier 4 pieces.
“This arrangement works the best for us,” said Jeff. “The machines are new, they are under warranty and the price is fixed through leases. We have a clear picture of what our costs are going to be each month, and we know the machines will work every day.
“Service was another important part of our decision, and RMS has really delivered,” he added. “If we’ve had any issues, they’ve always been on top of it. RMS and Bryan (Stolee) have been great to work with.”
Top-notch equipment
With its fleet-building strategy in place, automated lines in its warehouse and sales on the books, the only thing left to do was put the new Komatsu machines to work. They passed with flying colors. Markman Peat recently added a pair of WA320 wheel loaders, a D65 dozer and a PC360LC excavator.
“The wheel loaders are the most critical pieces of equipment for us,” detailed Jeff. “They dig the dirt out of the piles and load our bagging machines. If one of them goes down, we start losing money fast. Fortunately, the WA320s have been amazing. They run all day, every day, constantly hauling up to three yards of heavy soil in each load. We don’t have a lot of space on our yard, so their tight handling and excellent vision from the cab are major benefits.”
The addition of the PC360LC excavator was a new twist for Markman Peat, which had previously hired out excavator work.
“The PC360 has excellent power, which is great because we are usually pulling loads of wet dirt from the ground at full extension,” explained Jeff. “RMS helped us customize a JRB bucket by drilling holes in it to let the excess water run out during excavation.”
Markman Peat uses a D65PX dozer to keep its massive stockpile of material in order. One of its facilities currently sports a mountain of soil that stretches the length of a football field.
“The D65 has been great for us,” stated Jeff. “It has a comfortable ride and is easy to operate. It also has a good view from the cab, which is important for our operator, who is constantly climbing and shaping the stockpile.”
In addition to improved uptime and productivity, Jeff reports that the new fleet has saved the company nearly 20 percent on fuel costs compared to previous machines.
Continued growth
With a successful five-year plan in place, Jeff and Brian hope the growth trend continues during its next phase.
“We are continually looking for new opportunities,” stated Jeff. “However, our growth now will be more tied to acquisitions instead of efficiency and production. We have built a solid reputation through excellent service and a quality product. If we can continue to deliver on those, we should be able to continue expanding.”
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Disney+ warns that some of its older movies may include racist stereotypes
Advisory warnings prelude some of the movies on Disney+, explaining that the film may contain outdated cultural depictions.
Author: Alicia Summers (Reporter)
Published: 7:02 PM PST November 13, 2019
Updated: 7:02 PM PST November 13, 2019
When you think of Disney, it probably brings back innocent childhood memories, but now, its new streaming platform has added warnings to some of its movies. The concern is that younger generations may find some of the classics racist. Advisory warnings prelude some of the movies on Disney+, explaining that the film may contain outdated cultural depictions or that its characters may be smoking.
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Looking back, there are some cringeworthy racist moments.
“Dumbo” contains racist stereotypes of African Americans in the form of black crows who use jive slang. “Jim Crow” - the lead crow - was also a term used to describe racial segregation laws in the U.S. “The Jungle Book” also contains African American stereotypes.
“Sunflower” in the movie “Fantasia” is an offensive black centaur seen waiting on her white brethren.
“Lady and the Tramp” contains stereotypes of Asians. The characters are animated with exaggerated accents and slanted eyes. The same goes for “The Aristocats.”
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“Peter Pan” features scenes depicting an indigenous tribe with embarrassing Native stereotypes including the musical number "What Made the Red Man Red."
Overall, reactions on social media have been mixed.
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There’s one movie you won’t find on there at all. Disney+ opted to exclude the 1946 movie “Song of the South” due to its portrayal of Post-Civil War African Americans.
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KTI-Plersch Kältetechnik » Company » Our Partner
Various Ice Products (VIP)
VIP was established as a free Zone company in the emirate of Dubai in the year 2000. This operation was to initially support KTI in marketing its products in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia region.
Subsequently VIP was also contracted by KTI to manufacture the mobile ice storages, delivery sytems and other steel works under license. Most of the components for assembling these is supplied by KTI, only some steel works was sourced locally in UAE.
VIP is critical to KTI operations and costs, as most of the components assembled in these facilities reduces the shipping costs of complete equipment from Germany and in turn saving customers a lot of costs. Most of these assembled structures will be difficult to ship from Germany or very expensive to ship because of out size dimensions .
VIP’s 12,000 sq. m facilities are quite equipped with over head cranes and other material handling equipment’s to handle all products necessary to be assembled in UAE.
VIP has a team of Engineers and technicians who do the assembly according to instruction and quality standards of KTI. Most of these engineers and technicians have been with VIP since the start of the company.
Products manufactured by VIP
Mobile Ice Storage in standard and special executions
Steel Frame Water Tank
Stairs, Platforms and Ladders
Ice weighers
Blowing systems
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XALET REFUGI PERE CARNÉ
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Our goal is to make you feel at home... The Xalet-Refugi Pere Carné is one of the first enclaves built in the valley of La Molina. Since its beginnings, the building has been designed to offer hikers and nature lovers a wide range of possibilities to practice sports and enjoy culture.
Located at 1,490 meters above sea level, next to the access road to the ski resort, just 3 kilometers away from La Molina.
It has an excellent connection from Barcelona thanks to the train line (Line 3, Hospitalet-La Tour de Carol) that facilitates access to the Eastern Catalan Pyrenees.
The views and the surroundings in the Saltaguet Valley are an attraction for those who enjoy the diversity of the landscape, since, from here descend the innumerable torrents that feed the Segre River that runs east to west the Valley of the Cerdanya. The main sports are: mountain climbing, mountain biking, climbing and skiing.
Visitors come to this idyllic spot, where you can enjoy the colors of nature in its different seasons of the year, its flora, its fauna, taste the region's own gastronomy, balloon flights, relax in their bathrooms. thermal, picnics in the middle of bucolic places, and to cross infinite routes on foot or in bicycle that extend throughout the region.
The aim of the Refugi-Xalet is that clients feel at home, taking care of every detail and provide them a familiar and close treatment, a good selection of music, wines and food made with typical products of the area and a personalized touch.
The accommodation has 6 double rooms, 3 triples, 2 quadruples and 1 room for 8 people.
Food and breakfast services. Cafeteria bar, garden with views.
c/ Font Gatell nº 15, CP 17537 - La Molina (Girona)
Tel. 972 89 20 80 – 629 72 99 62
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Curious for a Living
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Fitter, Happier, More Productive: How Tech Can Help Us Be & Do Better
1 May 2013 | Technology, Values
Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking to the Vancouver User Experience group (AKA VanUE). The theme was “Inspiration,” so I decided to focus on something that’s preoccupied me for my entire career in tech, which is how we can bring our best selves to technology, and use technology in ways that help us grow and evolve in meaningful ways.
I titled my talk “Fitter, Happier, More Productive: How Tech Can Help Us Be & Do Better.” I talk about:
Why motivation matters less than you think.
The 3 factors you must have in place in order to shift your behaviour, according to Stanford professor BJ Fogg’s amazing research on behaviour design.
My rebuttal to venture capitalist Tim Chang’s “7 Deadly Sins” framework for assessing how successful an app is going to be.
Three apps that have made me a better, happier, more thoughtful person.
I’ve uploaded my slides to Slideshare with an audio track. (Warning: the slides make very little sense without the audio, because I’m a firm believer in using slides for illustration and counterpoint only.)
How do you think technology can help people be and do better? I welcome your thoughts in the comments.
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Kara on 1 May 2013 at 9:45 pm
Yay Lauren!
Loved this! I was just celebrating the positive influence of an app in my own life, today. I was just reflecting on how the app I’ve been using for the last two weeks (My Fitness Pal), has been helping me track my exercise, water intake, and track calories, and daily keep me on a path I really want to be on.
Using this app really has made me fitter and happier already. I’m trying to get fitter and lose some weight. The biggest difficulty in the past for me, has been tracking my food intake. With this app, I eat anything I like, instead of feeling limited on a specific type of diet, but it helps remind me to consciously control my portions. The amazing thing is that it is also teaching more about the food I eat, what is in it, and how I can eat more healthily. It has motivated me to exercise too. It has definitely changed my life for the better, and I hope it continues to do so.
I know I sound like an evangelist, but I’m pretty happy that it seems to be effective in helping me do some things I’ve had limited success with for a long time.
Love your articles.
Mark V. McDonnell on 2 May 2013 at 7:25 am
“I kinda wanna die” too! Beautifully put.
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Firm Profile > Pinsent Masons LLP > Birmingham , West Midlands
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Pinsent Masons LLP fields a large team, whose expertise spans the energy, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and university sectors, among others. Birmingham team head Jonathan Coley is recommended for his knowledge of the enforcement of restrictive covenants. The national head of the employment and reward team is Linda Jones. Another name to note is Helen Corden, who is active in the education and TMT sectors. Senior associate Rebecca Stephen is recommended for her work with clients in the higher education and financial sectors.
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Pinsent Masons LLP's Birmingham team has a particularly international focus, with a notable skillset in private equity, M&A and capital market transactions. In terms of sector focus, prominent industries for the team include energy, technology, healthcare and manufacturing. Nicole Livesey heads up the corporate department and is highly involved in the advanced manufacturing sector. Public sector specialist Clare Francis leads the commercial side and is notably skilled in advising on Brexit-related issues. Andrew Hornigold is another name of note, and is heavily involved in corporate issues surrounding the technology sector.
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Pinsent Masons LLP's practice has a strong focus on the manufacturing sector, working with both international and national clients in the technology and retail fields. Andrew Hornigold co-heads the practice while also handling major M&A work for key technology clients, working alongside Birmingham commercial head Clare Francis, who acts for both private and public sector clients.
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Pinsent Masons LLP has expertise in handling work relating to PPPs in the waste sector, contracting arrangements in the rail market, alternative funding sources and development projects. Practice head Didar Dhillon, who specialises in PPP projects across the energy and waste sectors, works alongside Nigel Blundell, who leads much of the practice's most important work, as well as senior associates Gemma Glasspole and Oliver Mangiapane.
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Pinsent Masons LLP's diverse client base includes investment funds, local authorities, energy providers, waste operators, universities and housing associations, and the practice is well-regarded for its expertise in the telecoms, energy and waste sectors. The team also provides comprehensive advice on landlord and tenant issues such as break clauses, rent reviews and land ownership, as well as on development, regeneration and transactional disputes. The highly regarded Alicia Foo has broad expertise in all types of property disputes, while the 'outstanding' senior associate Craig Downhill is frequently involved in development and insolvency cases.
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Pinsent Masons is an international law firm that likes to do things differently. The business is built around the needs of its clients across five global sectors: energy, infrastructure, financial services, real estate, and advanced manufacturing and technology. Because the firm knows those sectors inside out, it is able to innovate with, and for, its clients to deliver modern solutions to complex challenges. In recent years, Pinsent Masons has achieved more Tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK than any other firm, been named the most innovative law firm in Europe by The Financial Times and simultaneously held the âLaw Firm of the Year’ award from Legal Business and Legal Week. The firm has more PLC clients than almost any other law firm in the UK.
The firm: With over 1,500 lawyers operating from 23 locations throughout the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, Pinsent Masons is well-placed to advise on complex multi-jurisdictional matters across a full range of legal disciplines.
Type of work undertaken: The firm has significant international credentials in the global energy, infrastructure, financial services and advanced manufacturing and technology sectors. In the UK, it also conducts market-leading work in sectors including real estate, government, retail, universities and higher education.
Services provided across these sectors include corporate and M&A, commercial, competition, litigation and arbitration, banking, restructuring, insurance, regulatory, construction, projects, pensions, property, planning and environmental, procurement, outsourcing, employment, share plans, technology and tax advice.
Pinsent Masons stands out in particular for its innovative approach to service delivery. For example, the firm operates a hub of freelance lawyers, called Vario, and has also developed Cerico, a cloud-based regulatory compliance solution. It has developed long-term service agreements, often referred to as âsole adviserâ relationships, with a number of blue-chip organisations.
Other offices: Aberdeen, Beijing, Belfast, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Madrid, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Qatar, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney.
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Between 2003 and 2015, the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) participated in a series of regulatory proceedings before the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission and Manitoba Public Utilities Board (PUB), which led the Manitoba government to halt development of the $10.5-billion Conawapa hydro-electric generating station.
PILC had argued that in light of the high-risk business case presented by Manitoba Hydro and its ability to defer construction through cost-effective energy efficiency programming, the development was not required. The hearings also led to recommendations for:
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PILC opposed the decision on behalf of a local residents’ association. While PILC eventually lost the case at the Supreme Court, the court challenges delayed the start of the project for a considerable period of time, creating financing issues for the developer who eventually resold the land in question back to the City of Winnipeg.
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In the mid-1980s, a development corporation sought to build a 16-storey apartment complex over Omand’s Creek just north of Portage Avenue in Winnipeg. The creek bed would be filled in for nearly 200 metres and its flow diverted through two culverts.
Winnipeg’s Rivers and Stream Committee approved the project, arguing that its responsibility was simply to make sure development did not impede stream flow or impair bank stability.
PILC took the case on behalf of the Manitoba Naturalists Society, arguing that the project violated The Rivers and Streams Act. Following PILC’s intervention, a resolution emerged that saved the creek while allowing the developer to go ahead with the project in a different location. In the wake of the controversy, the provincial government provided funding for the creation of what is now Bluestem Park.
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SC To Appoint An Amicus Curiae To Argue On Behalf Of Mehul Choksi If He Does Not Show Up In Cheating Case
[ By Bobby Anthony ]
The Supreme Court has stated that it will appoint an amicus curiae to argue on behalf of fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, if he does not show up in an case of alleged cheating against him.
A bench headed by Deepak Gupta has asked the petitioner, a Gujarat-based jeweller, to paste a notice on Choksi's last-known residence and publish it in a newspaper sent to the promoter of Gitanjali Gems.
According to advocate Shubhranshu Padhi, appearing for jeweler Digvijaysinh Himmatsinh, on the last day of hearing, the notice was sent to Choksi and his wife seeking their response on the plea filed against the Gujarat High Court's May 2017 order quashing the FIR against Choksi in the case.
The court observed that if Choksi fails to show up, then the amicus appointed on his behalf will be considered his representation in the court, and if required, the court will proceed against Choksi.
Padhi told the Supreme Court that the notice couldn't be served to the accused as he has already left the country.
Justice Gupta replied that he had read in the newspapers that Choksi was in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua.
Allegedly, Himmatsinh had invested more than 105 kg gold in a firm on Choksi's promise for high returns under an investment scheme.
According to the petition, 105.853 kg of gold bars were deposited with Choksi's company under agreements entered into between the parties with the knowledge of all the officials of the company, including the accused.
As per agreements entered into between the parties, it was stipulated that in the event of termination of agreements, the gold bars deposited were to be returned to the petitioner's firm. “However, this was not done and the accused (Mehul Choksi) misappropriated the gold bars,” Padhi contended.
The petition said, “The High Court ought not to have quashed the criminal proceedings at the stage of investigation, by considering the defense and the material produced by the accused, which ought to have been raised and considered at the stage of trial”.
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Prison time for Loughborough man who hit neighbour in face with rusty metal pole
A neighbour had asked him to be quiet as they wanted to watch the football
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A Loughborough man with history of previous convictions for violence has been sentenced at Leicester Crown Court for hitting a neighbour across the face with a metal bar.
Daniel Foubister, of Tuckers Close, left his neighbour with a five centimetre wound in his face, which required hospital treatment.
The 33-year-old was charged with one count of wounding with intent, one count of affray and two counts of possession of an offensive weapon.
Wanted to watch the football
The attack happened on the night of World Cup semi-final in July 2018, in which England lost to Croatia.
During the game, Foubister was having an loud argument with another neighbour outside his flat.
The victim came out of his flat and asked them to be quiet, because he was trying to watch the game.
Foubister and the other neighbour stopped arguing, and return to their homes, only to come out of their flats again later to continue arguing.
The victim came out again to ask them to stop, it was at this point Foubister began using abusive language towards the victim before threatening him with a rusty metal pole, that looked similar to a cosh.
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In a victim statement read out in court, the neighbour recalled that Foubister said: "Your family will get to know me, especially your mum."
The victim explained how the comments about his mum were the 'worst thing he could have said to me'.
The victim's statement continued: "I then made my way upstairs and I could see Daniel standing at the top holding a rusty metal pole with a plastic handle.
"He was very agitated and he was clutching the bar and was clearly very angry. He then waved it towards me and told me f*** off.
"He then swung the bar at my head and I fell over."
Foubister then left and the victim then tried to chase after him, but he was bleeding a lot and 'felt dizzy and nauseous'.
The defendant then sought refuge in his flat. The police were called shortly afterwards and Foubister was arrested.
Incident on a night out
Foubister was charged and released on bail, but was arrested again in September of that year after brandishing another metal pole at two people while out at night in Loughborough.
Gary Short, prosecuting, said: "Two victims were walking through Loughborough when a van pulled up beside them.
"Foubister got out the van and ran up to the victim and removed his rucksack from his shoulder.
"The victim then demanded that Foubister give him his rucksack back, but Foubister produced a metal bar.
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"The victims feared attack and ran away."
The owner of the rucksack and the other man recognised the man as Foubister and another man who was in the van at the time.
As the pair drove away, they threw the rucksack out the window at the victims.
Foubister and the other man were arrested and was remanded to custody. They were both originally charged with robbery, but this was reduced to affray for Foubister.
The other man was charged with robbery, but prosecution offered no evidence and the charge will lie on file.
What the defence said in mitigation
Isobel Wilson, defending, said: "Foubister has already spent five months in custody and it is clear that the time has served him well.
"In March 2018, he was given a community order and at that time he was struggling his temper because of his alcohol use.
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"He has physically improved a lot and has gained weight. He has also been attending educational classes and has been going to the gym.
"He has also been assaulted while in prison and has managed to not react at all."
In defence of Foubister, it was also said that his 'behaviour deteriorated after 2017' following the breakdown of a relationship.
Ms Wilson said: "He accepts this was an overreaction and an unprovoked attack.
"Both offences show compulsive behaviour but he has made significant progress since being in custody."
The judge's verdict
Judge Martin Hurst, presiding, said: "You decided to take the law into your own hands and assaulted people with who you disagreed.
"You hurled vile abuse and threatened the first victim's family and in this case it was completely inappropriate for you to assault the complainant.
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"I accept that you believed you were going to be under attack and used excessive self defence.
"You seem to put yourself in these situations.
"It is perfectly clear your life was out of control."
The sentence
For the first charge, Foubister was sentenced to 15 months in prison for wounding with intent, to run concurrently with six months for possession of an offensive weapon.
For the second charge, he was sentenced to three months in prison for possession of an offensive weapon to be served consecutively.
He will serve 18 months in total behind bars.
The judge also ordered the destruction of the metal bars.
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Granny settles defamation action against Limerick priest
The case against Fr John Mockler was settled before the trial
A LIMERICK grandmother has settled her defamation case against a priest who allegedly ordered her off a bus which was carrying local people who were going hunting the wren.
Eda Hession of Loughill East, Knockaderry had sued Fr John Mockler of Gortboy, Newcastle West following the incident which happened in Newcastle West on December 26, 2017.
Speaking to the Limerick Leader at the time, the grandmother, whose aged in her 60s, said she was “disappointed” and felt “very traumatised and threatened by his reaction” to her presence.
Fr John Mockler told this newspaper that he asked Ms Hession to leave the bus because she was not one of his ‘chosen’ musicians for the event, which was organised to raise funds for his pilgrimage to Medjugorje with local teenagers.
It was also reported at the time that Fr Mockler had changed the collection point for those travelling on the bus, after he heard Ms Hession intended to travel.
The defamation case was listed for hearing before Judge Patrick Quinn at Limerick Circuit Court this Wednesday and when it was initially called the judge was told the case was going on and was likely to last more than an hour.
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However, following discussions between the parties and their lawyers, a settlement was agreed.
After confirming the case had been settled, Barrister Clare O’Driscoll, instructed by solicitor Gerard Meehan, requested an adjournment of the matter for a number of months to facilitate implementation of the settlement.
She asked that it be noted on the court file that the terms of the settlement are confidential and should not be disclosed to anybody.
Leonard Parker BL, instructed by solicitor John Cussen, agreed saying his client – Fr Mockler – is aware that the terms of the settlement are “completely and totally confidential” and that he hoped there will be compliance on all sides.
Welcoming the settlement, Judge Quinn noted that the terms are to remain confidential.
“I expect people to be true to their word,” he commented.
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Welcome! I’m Dana Gambardella, writer, life-long learner, love-to-laugh Italian-American and President of Literacy Chef Publishing, LLC, a self-publishing company that merges my educator passion for childhood literacy with a vital mission for young readers to embrace their own process as the essential ingredient to fostering a love of story and a lifetime of literacy.
I write to create stories that grab hold of every reader's heart in a way that's personal to them. I believe that a love of reading and learning can be fostered in a child starting with the first book. The moment a youngster locks his gaze on an illustration in a picture book, while responding to a familiar voice reading the story, is a pivotal opportunity to kindle the flame of learning.
As an author, I use my imagination and creative thinking to bring my sometimes personal stories and memories to life in engaging, realistic, and entertaining ways for all readers. I value using story as the one constant innovative practice that remains powerfully instrumental for children, adults, and learners of all ages.
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From early childhood, my attraction to literacy was nurtured by my parents, who were educators. I have worked for 20 years with elementary and high school students as a Reading Specialist and Consultant, having graduated from Providence College with a master’s degree in Literacy and an undergraduate degree in Special and Elementary Education.
An avid young reader, born and raised in North Providence, Rhode Island, which I refer to as the Italian culinary hub of the east coast. I became a reflective writer and thinker in my teens, processing and savoring cherished memories, feelings, and experiences.
Time spent with my paternal grandmother jump-started my other passion—cooking. How do Italians communicate? With food, of course! Food and literacy thus became intertwined early on, and reading was not just an independent activity, but also a social act that connected me with people and ignited the communication of ideas and interests. When not vetting young adult books for students, writing, working, or walking my boxer, Bruno, I can usually be found in the kitchen, preparing a delicious meal for family and friends.
I remain equally connected to my passion for education and the culinary arts. Hence my company’s name: Literacy Chef Publishing. I tell my students and colleagues that being an enthusiastic chef and a reading specialist are not so different. Experts in both areas need to combine the right ingredients and practices to create a successful recipe—one that reaches and resonates with many individual palettes and learners.
I strive to embrace best practices in literacy education, using the 21st century literacy skills that have cultivated my own growth and expanding upon them. Recognizing how personal a children’s story can be for the developing or struggling reader, I conduct read-alouds for youngsters and use children’s books as mentoring texts when working with adolescent readers.
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On August 30, 2019 Facebook notified Live Action, a leading national nonprofit with the largest online following in the pro-life movement, that two videos affirming the widely-held view that “abortion is never medically necessary” were marked as “false.” This was part of a “fact-check” by two abortionists, Daniel Grossman and Robyn Schickler, who both commit and profit from the procedure. Facebook informed Live Action that the page of Live Action President, Lila Rose, and any links to liveaction.org would now have “reduced distribution and other restrictions because of repeated sharing of false news.” Users who shared the video received a notification that they had shared “false news.” Live Action and Lila Rose’s Facebook pages have over 3 million combined followers. Since Facebook’s decision to censor Live Action and Lila Rose, the American Association of Pro-Life OB-GYNS, an association of over 2,500 board-certified OB-GYNS, have condemned Facebook’s actions. Now, a group of U.S. Senators have also condemned Facebook’s actions and come out in support of Live Action.
Statement from Live Action Founder and President, Lila Rose:
“Thank you to Sens. Hawley, Cramer, Cruz, and Braun for their leadership in condemning Facebook’s decision to make two abortionists the arbiters of the national debate on abortion. Thousands of medical professionals hold the position that abortion – the intentional and direct killing of a child in the womb – is never medically necessary and that the medical community should see both mother and child as patients. Facebook’s attack on Live Action and me is an attack on the entire pro-life community. The platform should be a place for the free exchange of ideas, not one where only pro-abortion arguments are allowed. Live Action has asked Facebook to rectify this situation by rescinding their fact-check, sending a new notification to all users about the change, and apologizing, as well as reforming their “fact-check” process.”
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How Ancient Trade Changed the World
By Heather Whipps 2008-02-18T00:00:00Z
Each Monday, this column turns a page in history to explore the discoveries, events and people that continue to affect the history being made today.
You've got the gold I need for my necklace and I've got the silk you need for your robe.
Nowadays, if you need something, you go to the closest mall, shell out a few bucks and head home. Thousands of years ago, the process wasn't nearly as simple. If you or someone in your town didn't grow it, herd it or make it, you needed to abandon that desire or else travel for it, sometimes over great distances. For many towns, the effort of trade was too much. Those ancient towns make only rare appearances in our history books.
When the first civilizations did begin trading with each other about five thousand years ago, however, many of them got rich…and fast.
Trade was also a boon for human interaction, bringing cross-cultural contact to a whole new level.
When people first settled down into larger towns in Mesopotamia and Egypt, self-sufficiency – the idea that you had to produce absolutely everything that you wanted or needed – started to fade. A farmer could now trade grain for meat, or milk for a pot, at the local market, which was seldom too far away.
Cities started to work the same way, realizing that they could acquire goods they didn't have at hand from other cities far away, where the climate and natural resources produced different things. This longer-distance trade was slow and often dangerous, but was lucrative for the middlemen willing to make the journey.
The first long-distance trade occurred between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley in Pakistan around 3000 BC, historians believe. Long-distance trade in these early times was limited almost exclusively to luxury goods like spices, textiles and precious metals. Cities that were rich in these commodities became financially rich, too, satiating the appetites of other surrounding regions for jewelry, fancy robes and imported delicacies.
It wasn't long after that trade networks crisscrossed the entire Eurasian continent, inextricably linking cultures for the first time in history.
By the second millennium BC, former backwater island Cyprus had become a major Mediterranean player by ferrying its vast copper resources to the Near East and Egypt, regions wealthy due to their own natural resources such as papyrus and wool. Phoenicia, famous for its seafaring expertise, hawked its valuable cedar wood and linens dyes all over the Mediterranean. China prospered by trading jade, spices and later, silk. Britain shared its abundance of tin.
In the absence of proper roads, the most efficient way to transport goods from one place to another was by sea.
The first and most extensive trade networks were actually waterways like the Nile, the Tigris and the Euphrates in present-day Iraq and the Yellow River in China. Cities grew up in the fertile basins on the borders of those rivers and then expanded by using their watery highways to import and export goods.
The domestication of camels around 1000 BC helped encourage trade routes over land, called caravans, and linked India with the Mediterranean. Like an ancient version of the Wild West frontier, towns began sprouting up like never before anywhere that a pit-stop or caravan-to-ship port was necessary. Many of the better-known satellite towns of Rome and Greece were founded this way, stretching those fabled empires further afield until their influences crossed continents.
And in each of these places, foreign traders drank in port towns and shared stories and customs from back home, leaving more than just their parcels behind.
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Daily Detail
After your arrival at Maun International Airport you will be met by Mack Air for your charter flight at approximately 14h00
to the Xakanaxa (Moremi) or Khwai airstrip (dependent on direction of travel) where you will be met by your guide.
If you are staying in Maun prior to the safari, please request an airport transfer, Mack Air will liaise with your accommodation the day before to confirm the flight departure time.
Alternatively, if you are coming from one of the many safari lodges, you can organize to fly directly into Xakanaxa Airstrip with the lodges preferred charter company although we do request that these flights land only after 12h00 in order for our guide to be there to meet you.
Spending our first three nights camping in the Xakanaxa region, we explore the surrounding wilderness on game drives during the day.
Wildlife: From the air only the larger animals are seen easily. These
include large breeding herds of African elephant that live in the mopane scrub. On the open plains large herds of buffalo and lechwe can be seen and in the waterways rafts of hippopotami are a common sight. Once you land in Xakanaxa the smaller game can be found.
Birding: A good day for raptors with African Hawk-Eagle, Gabar Goshawk, Shikra, Little Sparrowhawk, Dark Chanting
Goshawk, Tawny Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle* and Steppe Eagle* all inhabiting the mopane and adjacent woodlands.
Other birds common along this route includes most of Botswana’s hornbills including Red-billed, Southern Yellow-billed,
African Grey, Bradfield’s and the Southern Ground Hornbills. A large number of brood-parasites may also be seen. Diederick Cuckoo*, Levaillant’s Cuckoo*, Jacobin Cuckoo*, Great-spotted Cuckoo*, African Cuckoo*, Common Cuckoo*, Shaft-tailed Whydah, Pin-tailed Whydah, Eastern Paradise Whydah, Greater Honeyguide, and Lesser Honeyguide.
Day 2- 3
Habitat: Moremi lies on the eastern extremity of the Okavango Delta. Habitats here range from wide-open floodplains,
marshes, lagoons, papyrus fringed channels, vast stands of Miscanthus and Phragmites, woodland and savannah. As a result of the extremely variable habitat the diversity of both wildlife and birdlife is excellent.
Wildlife: Moremi is amongst the best game reserves in Africa for viewing the endangered African wild dog. Xakanaxa is home to a resident herd of several hundred buffalo whose range covers the territories of at least 4 prides of lion which may often be seen flanking the ever moving herd. Breeding herds of elephant move between their browsing areas in the mopane forests and the fresh water of the Okavango. Red lechwe are one of the more unusual antelope species and commonly found here.
Birding: The swampy areas of Xakanaxa are home to African Rail,
Coppery-tailed Coucal, Black Coucal*, Red-chested Flufftail, African Crake*, Black Crake, Chirping Cisticola, Luapula Cisticola, Purple Swamphen, Allen’s Gallinule to name but a few. The open waters attract African Skimmer, Saddle-billed Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, Intermediate Egret, Goliath Heron, African Fish Eagle as well as the globally threatened Slaty Egret and Wattled Crane.
Moremi to Khwai Travel Day
Following and early morning breakfast you take a slow drive through Moremi Game Reserve north-east towards the Khwai Community Area.
Habitat: The Manuchira Channel is known as the Khwai River at its eastern most extremity. The day’s journey follows this water course, with the track weaving from the riverside and floodplains into the mopane veld and the woodlands that make Khwai one of the most scenic areas of the Okavango. We pass the magnificent Dombo Hippo Pools in the morning stopping to enjoy the scenery and the antics of the resident hippo.
Wildlife: The western mopane veld is home to mostly breeding herds of elephant whilst the eastern reaches of Khwai is home to some impressive old bulls. The mature bulls revel in the cool waters of the Khwai and are far more approachable while drinking and bathing than the breeding herds. The river has an unusually high density of hippo as well as some huge crocodile. Leopard, cheetah, serval and lion are common predators along this route and both Xakanaxa as well as Khwai are included in the home ranges of 2 different packs of wild dog. General game includes
southern giraffe, Burchell’s zebra, tessebe and red lechwe with roan and sable antelope being less common residents.
Birding: In the mopane woodlands African Hawk-Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Gabar Goshawk, Little Sparrowhawk, African Harrier Hawk and Shikra are common raptors. Mixed bird parties move through the canopy and include Red-headed Weaver, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Neddicky, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Chin-spot Batis, Diederik Cuckoo* to name but a few. The verges of the swamp form breeding grounds for the Rosy Longclaw, Black Coucal*, Long-legged Bustard and the African Crake*.
Day 5 - 6
Khwai
Mokoro Excursions
Habitat: We spend our time between the dry-land habitats of the lead-wood and camel-thorn woodlands and savannahs and the riverside and marshy back-waters of the Khwai. Time permiting we may visit the lagoons and waterways of Xakanaxa where the largest heronry in southern Africa exists.
Wildlife: The Khwai region boasts excellent populations of both bull elephant as well as breeding herds. Lion, leopard, serval and African wildcat are common predators of the region with wild dog and cheetah being less common. Buffalo use this area seasonally with large herds moving in during the summer rains. The swampy areas in the west are home to red lechwe. Other ungulates include tsesebe, blue wildebeest, giraffe, kudu, sable antelope, roan antelope and impala.
Birding: Truly one of Botswana birding Mecca’s. The western
reaches are prime habitat for the uncommon Rosy-throated
Longclaw. The entire length of the river is hunting domain for the BatHawk. Other interesting raptors here are Cuckoo Hawk (rare), Longcrested Eagle and Black Sparrowhawk. More commonly Tawny Eagle, Steppe Eagle*, Lesser-spotted Eagle*, Martial Eagle, Bateleur and African Hawk-Eagle. The waterways host Africa Rail, African Crake*, Greater Painted Snipe, Allen’s Gallinule*, Lesser Jacana and Lesser Moorhen*.
Khwai - Maun
After breakfast we take a game-drive to the airstrip where you will be met by your charter flight back to Maun.
Should you be flying on to a safari lodge, you can fly directly out from Khwai Airstrip to avoid returning to Maun. Please request that the lodge’s preferred air charter company collects from Khwai Airstrip prior to 14h00.
This marks the end of your Safari.
*Denotes migratory species.
NOTE: Although we make every effort to adhere to schedules and itineraries, these are subject to change subject to weather, roads, and animal movements and availability. You will be notified of any changes.
Abeduico "Shaka" Masuku
Abeduico “Shaka” Masuku was born in a small village called Mosojane close to Francistown in 1969. After completing high school he joined the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) where he worked for 10 years – it was this time spent with DWNP that instilled Shaka’s love of the bush and he decided that he wanted to fully immerse himself in the bush and proceeded to study to become a guide.
He spent 3 years in the mobile sector and then moved to the lodge sector where he soon became head guide for Wilderness Safaris at Vumbura Camp. After a few years here he moved to Orient Express as a lodge manager and spent a year in South Africa having extensive management training. On returning to Botswana he continued in the lodges as a camp manager and realised that his passion was guiding and sharing his love and knowledge of the bush directly with clients so he returned to guiding and the mobile sector, where he has been working again for the last 6 years.
His favourite animal is a Vervet monkey because it is cheeky and clean. Shaka is married with 4 children – 3 daughters and 1 son who he is proud to say is following in his footstep’s with his love of all aspects of the bush.
Gaeboelwe "Gee" Mange
Gee was born on Chinxom Island, a small island in the southern Okavango Delta near the village of Shorobe. As a youngster Gee accompanied his older siblings, father and uncles on many hunting trips which were undertaken on foot and in dug-out canoes (mokoro). These often long excursions taught Gee field craft that would become indispensable in his later career as a professional guide. By the age of 7 he was an adept tracker and quite capable of surviving in the bush on his own!
With the rapid growth of tourism in the region Gee found a way to turn his passion into his work and he began his career as a professional guide in 2002. He has been guiding safaris in Botswana ever since.
Gee’s favourite animal is a tie between red lechwe and leopard, his favourite bird is the elusive Rosy-throated Longclaw. He lives in Maun with his wife Totang and his 5 children.
Lucus Tshupo
Lucas was born in the northern border town of Kasane on the banks of the Chobe River in 1989. Back then Kasane was a pretty wild place as it bordered on the Chobe National Park as it still does today but in those days there was a lot more human / wildlife interaction as Kasane was still a dusty little village with little development.
From a young age Lucas developed a fascination for the creatures that surrounded him even though he and his family had to deal with lions eating their livestock and elephants raiding their crops on an almost daily basis.
Lucas first qualified as a guide in 2010 and has been guiding safaris in Botswana ever since. His favourite animal remains the pesky elephants that used to raid his corn fields and his favourite bird is the Lilac-breasted Roller.
Matambo Mokoya
Matambo was born and raised in the panhandle in the north-western part of Botswana , near Shakawe, in a small village called Sekondomboro. He grew up with his family in this remote area, where he spent most of his time in the amongst the islands fishing.
At a young age, he had many encounters with a lot of potentially dangerous animals such as hippos, elephants and lions. Due to growing up in an area like this, Matambo began to love these animals even though they were destroying their crops and lions were eating their livestock.
He completed his schooling in Maun, and then went on to get his Mokoro polers license in 2002.
He worked as a tracker and poler in the Okavango Delta for many years before joining Abu Camp in 2008 as a ‘mahout’ (elephant handler).
His passion for guiding spurred him on to successfully obtain his guides license in 2010. Matambo has guided in several lodges and came to Letaka Safaris in January 2017 where he has quickly established a great following from repeat guests.
Matambo has a love for big cats in general as well as elephants. His favourite big cat is the leopard because of their camouflage and he revels in the challenge of finding them!
He lives in Maun with his partner and their 3 children, and his favourite areas to guide are Khwai and Savuti due to the incredible landscapes.
Shadreck "Shadow" Tshegane
Shadreck was born in Maun but grew up in the small village of Kachikau in the northern Chobe region about 100km west of Kasane. He completed his schooling in Kachikau before going on to complete his guides license with the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in 1996. After a few years of guiding up in the Chobe Shadreck decided it was time to return to the Okavango and in 1998 he moved to Maun where he worked with Brent in another safari company for several years. Shadreck became a well-known fixture in our parks and is know to his fellow guides as ‘Shadow’.
Shadow joined Letaka Safaris in 2012 and has a growing list of past guests who return to travel with him again and again. He lives in Maun with his wife Keloreng and his three children, Ikageng, Mighty and Tefo.
Safari Accommodation
The tents are 4 x 3m Sahara style tents with high roof with a 2 x 3m en-suite bathroom and a 2 x 3m covered area in front of the tent. The tents are fitted with solid base camp beds made up with mattresses, sheets, duvets and pillows. The tents have en-suite long drop toilet facilities and a bucket shower at the rear of the tent. Showers can be ordered as hot, cold or warm and the water is heated in a bucket on the fire. Showers may be taken at any time but on Kalahari safaris the guide withholds the right to limit water use and showering depending upon the availability of water. Both hand towels and bath towels are supplied for the guests’ convenience but please note that guests should bring their own personal items and toiletries.
Each tent has an oil/paraffin lamp on the veranda and in the bathroom and within the tent itself, a LED rechargeable camp light is supplied along with a side table in the sleeping area and in the bathroom. Although each tent has lighting and there are lamps strategically around the camp for navigation, an essential tool for your safari is a headlamp which lets you read a book at night in your tent or catch up with your safari journal as you listen to the sounds of the wild outside! If you don’t buy it from us make sure you buy it from someone and take our advice – don’t pack the free headlamp you got at the supermarket with your battery purchase. Spending a little bit of money will save you a lot of frustration. If you are travelling as a couple then pack one per person.
For families travelling with younger children on private trips, Letaka Safaris have designed a family safari tent, ensuring the children’s safety and their parent’s peace of mind. A family tent is a two-bedroom unit with an adjoining bathroom and lockable exit/entrance with each tent taking 2 people in each.
Extend Your Safari
or fixed-wing scenic flight over the Okavango
Multi-day extension
to a lodge in the Okavango Delta
to a lodge in the Chobe region
Multi-day extention
to a lodge in Central Kalahari Game Reserve or Nxai Pan National Park
4 night Zimbabwe extension
(1 night Ilala Lodge in Victoria Falls, 3 nights Camp Hwange in Hwange National Park)
(3 nights Zambezi Crescent in Victoria Falls)
Included in Your Safari
Spacious and comfortable tented accommodation, including beds and bed linen, with a private bathroom en-suite.
Services of a professional guide, safari chef and camp assistants, complete with a supply vehicle
Game drives and local transfers in customised safari vehicles.
Exclusive camping in private campsites within the national parks and reserves.
All entrance and camping fees within the national parks and reserves.
All meals and drinks (mineral water, soft drinks, beer, wine and G&T) whilst in Letaka Tented Camps.
All activities as specified in the itinerary.
12% Value Added Tax.
Excluded In This Safari
All flights unless otherwise indicated.
Items of personal nature.
Staff gratuities.
Optional safari extensions.
Any drinks at lodges or accommodation other than Letaka Tented Camps.
20% Deposit to confirm booking. Balance due 6 weeks prior to departure. Payment by bank transfer or credit card (card payments carry 3.5% service charge).
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Police Officers Vincent Falcone, Denise Cronin, Robert McLaughlin, William Ryttenberg, Andrew Lane, Joseph Nagle, Philip Collins, Jillian Odierno, Michael Marello, James Pellegrino and Detective Kyle Gardner were promoted to sergeant.
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Apple itself has much to celebrate, of course, as the App Store now counts some 850 thousand apps—almost half of which work natively on the iPad—and has paid out some $9 billion in royalties to developers.
And, if 50 billion downloads doesn’t sound impressive enough, consider this: That’s the number of first-time downloads only, which doesn’t include updates or re-downloads.
For context, Apple celebrated 40 billion App Store downloads in January of this year, noting that half of those had come in 2012. Adding another 10 billion in the next four or so months puts the company on target to exceed last year's download number by a significant margin.
Marco Tabini is based in Toronto, Canada, where he focuses on software development for mobile devices and for the Web.
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Martyn Williams covers technology news in text and video for PC World, Macworld and TechHive and is based in San Francisco. He previously worked for IDG News Service as a correspondent in San Francisco and Tokyo and has reported on technology news from across Asia and Europe.
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Apple tops Chinese smartphone market for the first time
The popularity of the iPhone 6 helped Apple beat out Xiaomi to become number one in China, according to a market researcher
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Google, Facebook, Apple spent record amounts on lobbying in 2014
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Its like every other job: a consideration of forensic specialists professional identities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Andrea M. Szkil
The subject of forensic specialist‘s work with human remains in the aftermath of conflict has remained largely unexplored within the existing literature. Drawing upon anthropological fieldwork conducted from 2009–10 in three mortuary facilities overseen by the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), this article analyses observations of and interviews with ICMP forensic specialists as a means of gaining insight into their experiences with the remains of people who went missing during the 1992–95 war in BiH. The article specifically focuses on how forensic specialists construct and maintain their professional identities within an emotionally charged situation. Through analysing forensic specialists encounters with human remains, it is argued that maintaining a professional identity requires ICMP forensic specialists to navigate between emotional attachment and engagement according to each situation.
Human Remains and Violence: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Anthropology, Archaeology and Heritage, History, Law, Sociology
Rescue and Resistance in the Med
An Interview with Caroline Abu Sa’Da, General Director of SOS MEDITERRANEE Suisse
Juliano Fiori
’t necessarily join NGOs like MSF because they don’t have professional experience in humanitarian work. They specifically want to do something in Europe rather than going to Bangladesh or Syria or Iraq. It is really this idea of dealing with a European issue, in Europe, in a way that might bring about political change, without being embedded in a political party. This is a new type of political engagement and politics – different to that which inspired previous generations of humanitarian workers. SOS acknowledges the fact that dealing with migration today in
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Post-Humanitarianism
Governing Precarity through Adaptive Design
Mark Duffield
, a new and optimistic, less direct but technologically updated humanitarianism has confidently stepped forth. More de-risked and requiring less professional expertise than the labour-intensive direct engagement of the past, it is a cheaper Western humanitarianism designed for connectivity rather than circulation. Often called humanitarian innovation ( ALNAP, 2009 ; Betts and Bloom, 2014 ), a feature of this new humanitarianism is its enthusiastic embrace of adaptive design ( Ramalingam et al ., 2014 ; HPG, 2018 ). Moreover, unlike autonomous
The Duties of an NGO Security Advisor
Emmanuelle Strub
one- to two-hour awareness-raising session on security for all volunteers leaving on mission during their departure preparation; and, most importantly, a kidnapping risk-management policy. That policy was designed and put in place after two expatriates were abducted in Somalia in the fall of 2008. It required identifying the kidnapping risk in each intervention zone; a specific briefing for people heading to high- and very high-risk areas about the risk and the means being used to reduce it; and confidentially obtaining and managing proof of identity. The idea was
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When the Music Stops
Humanitarianism in a Post-Liberal World Order
Stephen Hopgood
practicality prevents it). This is the same foundational commitment that animates human rights work. The humanist core to both of these forms of social practice is a similar kind of belief in the ultimate priority of moral claims made by human beings as human beings rather than as possessors of any markers of identity or citizenship. What differences exist between humanitarianism and human rights are largely sociological – the contextual specifics of the evolution of two different forms of social activism. I have argued elsewhere, for example, that the
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BlueScope launches workplace safety app
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BlueScope Steel has partnered with TOLL, K&S Transport and Buzinga App Development to improve health and safety methods for their employees and contractors through the safety app, ‘SteelDrive’.
The app, launched in June, 2016 and now available to Android users, allows truck drivers to document the restraining and transportation of steel, through photo-taking, GPS-tracking, and cloud-based storage. The new digitally efficient method of documentation provides critical transparency in the unlikely case of an incident investigation, providing a point of reference for all stakeholders; including the manufacturer, transporter and importantly the driver themselves.
“Safety is everyone’s responsibility”, said Ben Scollary, IT Innovation Business Analyst at BlueScope. “We have an obligation to our employees, our partners and our communities to work safely each and every day. SteelDrive represents the first steps in enabling a collaborative, mobile approach to safety for our logistics operations, and BlueScope are proud to be leaders in this change.”
BlueScope’s mobility journey in ANZ began under the new IT leadership of CIO, Larry Howard, in 2012. Larry’s focus on digital innovation became instrumental in the collaboration between BlueScope’s IT and Logistics Safety teams. Together, they formulated the idea of creating a product that was accessible 24/7 on major smartphone devices, and would ensure the safety of their employees, BlueScope’s partners and the products they transport.
SteelDrive is claimed to be the first of its kind worldwide. It incorporates steel restraint guidelines into a secure process to capture the visibility of the restraint, making it transparent to the parties involved in the shipment.
“The app – the first ever to be published by BlueScope in public app stores – gives us peace of mind because it reflects the safety mindset and culture that we have here at BlueScope”, Scollary continued.
‘SteelDrive’ allows the driver to document their restraints in the form of real-time photographs, which can then be stored in a shared cloud-based repository. Digital versions of load restraint guidelines and a repository of despatch site location details are also accessible via the app.
Challenging the perception of rigid traditional industries, BlueScope have embraced digital technology as a way of enabling their business to become more adaptable to the changing engagement expectations, as set by both their employees and partners.
“We needed a partner that understood our goals as well as how our industry worked. This product capability shows the safety mindset and culture at BlueScope, further enhancing and supporting our ability to not only keep protecting our products, but also our people, contractors and the community”, concluded Scollary.
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This Viral Danish Ad Sends a Powerful Message About Diversity
"Maybe there's more that brings us together than we think."
Last Friday, on Holocaust Memorial Day, Trump made the decision to suspend travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days, to suspend all refugee admissions for 120 days, and to deny admission to Syrian refugees indefinitely. This dramatic move, coupled with the bad taste that Brexit left in everyone's mouths, makes it seem like the world is forgetting the lessons of history and inching dangerously closer to a global mentality of Us vs. Them.
Which is why commercials like this one by Danish television station TV 2 are so important. Named "All That We Share," the viral video gathers together people who seem to have nothing in common and puts them into separate boxes. Then a moderator asks questions like, "Who was the class clown?" "Who are stepparents?" "Who has been madly in love?" "Who has felt lonely?" and people step out of their boxes and come together. Because once you start to ask questions, you realize we're all a lot more alike than we seem.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Swiss Reinsurance Co. [ZZ:001233237] said it plans to cut staff by 10% to 15%, likely in areas such as London, Germany and France, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The company is reducing its head count to 11,500, as part of the Zurich reinsurer's integrating General Electric Co.'s GE, -0.25% reinsurance operations, the report said. Swiss Reinsurance, which aims to save $300 million annually with the cuts, agreed to acquire the GE business last year, and the transaction still requires approval by shareholders, according to the Journal.
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Federal programs for tech firms
Canada, like a growing number of nations world-wide, has implemented policies designed to boost the success of technology companies.
These programs target elements of the business system where barriers impede the growth of tech firms. A commitment to build the innovation ecosystem has led to extensive investments in basic and applied research in universities and colleges, tax credits for business spending on research and development, funding academic commercialization and establishing government-backed venture capital and business lending programs.
More recently, federal programs have been directed at facilitating customer acquisition through public procurement, improving access to capital from private and public investors, creating channels for international business development and increasing the technical capacity of firms to compete.
Notable programs
Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program
The Canadian Innovation Commercialization Program (CICP) is a new initiative that enables entrepreneurs with pre-commercial innovations to sell to the government and use it as a reference customer. Priority is placed on companies with an ability to win supplier bids in areas of innovation related to the environment, safety and security, health and enabling technologies.
Investing in Business Innovation Program
If you’re a start-up company with a term sheet from a recognized angel investor, the Investing in Business Innovation supports eligible businesses with product research, engineering design, technology development, product testing, intellectual property commercialization and other market adjacent activities. FedDev Ontario launched this program to stimulate investment by angel networks in early stage companies. It’s also intended to encourage growth in private sector investment funds.
Going Global Innovation Program
The Going Global Innovation Program was designed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to support international innovation and attract direct foreign investment to Canadian companies through financing R&D collaborations.
The NRC Industrial Research Program
The NRC Industrial Research Program is a technical and advisory service for small and medium enterprises. Through a national network of Industrial Technology Advisors companies are mentored through the commercialization process and receive financing for research and technology development that enhances product quality and business competitiveness.
Taken together, these federal programs represent opportunities for tech start-ups to tap into financing, relevant expertise and business opportunities in foreign markets.
For more information and a chance to hear from the agencies responsible for these initiatives, follow this web link to the Innovation Information Forum.
Discover more grants and programs with our Funding Directory.
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Messaging Apps & Brands: LINE
By Madeleine Steup
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In the series Messaging Apps & Brands we take a look at the different business opportunities that a variety of messaging apps offer companies. Today we’ve chosen to focus on LINE, Japan’s favorite green messaging app!
World of Messenger: Overview of the most important Messaging Apps!
LINE : Important Points at a Glance
LINE was launched in 2011. The LINE Corporation is a subsidiary of the South Korean company “Naver Corporation.” The messaging app is avilable on mobile and desktop, and offers essentially the same range of features as the “Big Three” messaging apps – WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger und WeChat.
LINE has over 600 million registered users (as of 2015) and 217 million monthly active users (as of 2016). These numbers earn the green Japanese messaging app place 8 out of 9 in the Top Messaging Apps / Chat Apps globally (not including Apple’s iMessage) by monthly active users (as of 2018). In comparison: WhatsApp alone has over 1.5 billion monthly active users globally.
What’s especially interesting about the LINE universe are all the incorporated activities. The messaging app makes its money with stickers, various mobile apps, games, LINE friends (characters on different stickers), LINE Taxi, LINE Pay, and LINE Wow – a food delivery service.
According to the latest statistics, the LINE messenger has become profitable over the past years, and is now the most popular Japanese messaging app. LINE is also extremely popular in three countries that begin with T: Taiwanm Tailand, and Turkmenistan. The app is available in seventeen languages.
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Chat App LINE: Business Opportunities and Features
LINE Partner offers partnership opportunities for companies, which can choose what category this partnership should belong in. For example, one type of partnership is the Official Account, which is similar to a Facebook page or a Twitter account. These Official Accounts are branded and include the company’s logo.
The range of functions for Official Accounts includes Messaging (Broadcasting), a 1:1 chat, a Timeline feature (Brands can post directly on their fans’ Timelines, if the fans have registered for their page), a Rich Message function (text and picture), a PR page, where they can post longer texts, a home page (both via the app and online) and a market research page (for surveys, etc.).
[email protected] is the business area – however, only the Official Accounts are promoted here. Businesses can also book a Premium Packet for 24 dollars per year. The key feature is that brands can set a Premium ID, which allows them to be found faster.
Chat App LINE: Global Conclusion
On a global scale, LINE isn’t able to really compete with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger – and it’s even quite difficult to find up-to-date statistics about their user numbers in different countries. Some experts suggest that the this messaging app’s lesser popularity in the Western market is cultural: the stickers don’t seem to appeal to European youth in the same way.
At the end of the day, it’s hard to compete with WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, which dominate a wide variety of countries. However, the global messaging app market is still fragmented by these “Local Heroes” like LINE, which are the leading providers in single countries.
To learn more about the messaging app market, we recommend our article about the Top 10 Android & iPhone Apps Worldwide, which provides insights into how messaging apps are dominating the digital scene.
Find out which other messaging apps we have already discussed Messaging Apps and Business: Overview of the most important Messaging Apps worldwide!
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The Mississippi Manufacturers Association has been dedicated to serving Mississippi's Industry since 1951. Today, MMA serves more than 2,400 manufacturers as a central source of information and assistance in industrial management. For more than 65 years, MMA has been the clear and united voice of industry in Mississippi. Manufacturing is the engine that powers Mississippi’s economy, and MMA is an unrelenting advocate in support of measures benefiting manufacturers.
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100Plus beta launch pairs little actions with big data
By Jonah Comstock
After a year of development and "app experiments," 100Plus, a startup backed by, among others, PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel's Founder Fund and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman, is debuting in public beta. The app combines little actions with big data to motivate users to lead generally healthier, more active lifestyles.
"There's quite a lot of literature that just being more active in your daily life is as good or even better than exercising a lot," CEO Chris Hogg told MobiHealthNews, citing this 1999 JAMA study and recent coverage in the New York Times Well blog.
In addition, Hogg said, getting people to be active in little ways -- like taking the stairs rather than an elevator -- is easier than getting them to make a big life change, like adding the gym into their weekly routine.
"Everybody wants to be healthier, but most people don't know what to do," he said. "They know in the abstract, but giving people very concrete suggestions is very motivating for them. They want this little nudge."
The 100Plus app presents users with a series of health opportunities or "Hopps", which are tailored specifically to their neighborhood. Initially these will be created by the developer, but as people adopt the app they'll be able to create their own Hopps, which can then be served to others. The app will launch with nearly 18,000 Hopps in 7,000 different locations.
"So not just 'eat a salad,' but 'eat a salad at this restaurant that's close to you,' " Hogg said.
Users check in as having completed their Hopp by taking a picture, and the app rewards them with a fact about that activity and why it's good for you, and with an update to their "LifeScore." The LifeScore is the other big component of 100plus: Using data from the CDC and EHR provider Practice Fusion, the app adds and subtracts years, months, weeks or days to the user's life expectancy. It mostly adds.
"We plan to get more and more data from people over time," Hogg said. "Without data, we assume you're average. And then [based on] everything we learn about you, your score changes."
The app will calculate a basic score based on age, gender, city of residence, and whatever other information the user chooses to provide during an introductory survey. Each Hopp completed will adjust the score a little bit in an upward direction. Hogg said that people instantly understand adding weeks or months to one's life, as opposed to using an abstract or artificial scale.
Rather than launching a lengthy private beta, Hogg and his team tested the waters with two smaller "app experiments" over the course of the year. The first, 100proof, was localized to film and music festival South by Southwest. Seven thousand attendees downloaded the app and took an interactive survey about their drinking habits at the festival. In turn, the app displayed data about how they compared to others at the festival and to national averages and told them how the habit would affect their lifespan.
"There's a myth that people don't want to give you information," said Hogg. "From 100Proof, we learned that people are very interested in giving you this type of data, especially when they get something cool in return. It kind of proved that data can be used to engage people, to make a fun experience."
More recently, the company developed an app called Outside, which is how the team derived the idea of using photographs to help engage people in their achievements, Hogg said.
The company plans to submit the app to the iOS App Store within a month or so, Hogg said, and the Android version is expected by the end of February. In the meantime, customers can sign up for the public beta at 100plus.com.
In addition to going direct to consumer, the company has signed a deal with a major employer to include 100plus as part of their health plan, with some others in the works.
The company also signed a new deal with Practice Fusion to get access to another 1 million de-identified health records from the company, information Hogg said will be invaluable in refining their LifeScore algorithm.
In the future, 100Plus is looking to integrate with self-tracking apps and gadgets. Hogg said that integrating with RunKeeper, so that users' LifeScores go up when they run, is at the top of his list. He said they're also in conversation with Jawbone UP and Sonny Vu of Misfit Wearables.
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2019 Indie of the Year Awards
Back for the 10th time, welcome to the 2019 Indie of the Year Awards. The biggest celebration of indie games for developers and players, with the years finest chosen by you and us.
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The 2019 Indie of the Year Awards moves into its next phase: voting for the Top 100!
Posted by Seamus.Editor on Dec 10th, 2019
After 10 days of nominations in which more than 1,335 indie games were competing to enter the Top 100, just over 9,000 votes have been tallied and the nominees for the Top 100 Indie Games of 2019 have been revealed! The next phase of the 2019 Indie of the Year awards is now underway, in which votes are being tallied for the Top 100 nominees to determine the ultimate winner for this year. Voting will remain open until December 21, so begin casting your votes here:
Presenting the Top 100 Indies Of 2019
Many incredible indie games from a huge variety of genres made it into the Top 100 this year, including WRATH: Aeon of Ruin, Disco Elysium, Noita, DARQ and Daymare: 1998. We've also seen a number of early access titles make the cut, such as Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, Levelhead and Foundation. As the definition of what constitutes indie, and what constitutes a released and worthwhile playable game, continue to change, the sheer variety of experiences available to indie gamers continues to change with them.
You can vote for more than one game, so be sure to vote for all the games you think are deserving of a win!
To the indie developers whose games made it into the Top 100 this year, now is the time to continue spreading the word about your nomination and to rally the support of your most vocal community members to support you with votes and word-of-mouth discovery! Continue posting informative updates and articles about your game, and showcase new screenshots and trailers when they're ready for viewing.
Congratulations to all the indies that made it into the Top 100 nominations, and all those who participated in voting this year. Good luck!
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Hey everyone, thank you for taking part in the nominations stage and helping decide the Top 100! Now it's up to you to decide the top 10 and the indie game of the year, so don't wait get voting 😄
If your favorite game didn't make it to the Top 100 this year, feel free to share them here in the comments for others to find and enjoy!
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Hello mate. I am happy because my first game already got into the top 100 list (thanks for all those who voted): Indiedb.com
When we will know the top 10 indie games of 2019?
The player's choice for most anticipated upcoming indie games will be revealed on the 27th, while the Top 10 and overall player's choice winner with be revealed on the 28th!
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Discussion in 'Clans' started by MelonHead15, Dec 3, 2018.
MelonHead15
Hello, my Idea is that the end of each season of clans the top 3 clans would get rewards for each server or top clan if it is a smaller server the top clans will be measured by the following variables territory, members and amount of gold. I would include legendaries but from what I know they're impossible to track to a certain clan.
The top 3 clans would get gems the rewards would be something like
* Please know the gem rates will be determined of the number of players in the clan *
I was thinking 5k gems per person and they only receive the gems if they have been in the clan for at least one month.
AbsentAccount
Hello MelonHead15,
Myself being a fan of clans and playing it often, I wanted to give some feedback and my opinion. I would have to disagree with rewarding the top three clans of a server for a couple of reasons.
MelonHead15 said: ↑
measured by the following variables territory, members and amount of gold. I would include legendaries but from what I know they're impossible to track to a certain clan.
To start off, there would be several more variables to take into account, other than the ones that you stated. I would not include territory, since base size does not really matter in determining wealth, instead I would suggest measuring the gear of a clan. By this I mean the amount of sets, ores, rares, etc. that a clan has. I also have an issue with including clan members into the equation, since the problem with this would be that, for example, there may be a clan with twelve players in it, but they may not be the greatest PVPers, whereas another clan may have three members, and all of them are very good at PVP. That is why it would be difficult to base clan ranking off of the amount of clan members in a clan. Also, I am not sure how you would measure a clans amount of gold?
The message that I am trying to get across is that it can be very difficult to measure a clans wealth on anything really. That brings an idea to mind to simply measure a clans amount of gear that they have in their claims, but it would be easy to bypass this. Nearing the end of a season, clans could come together and combine gear in order to be one of the top clans. Finally, this brings me to my last question. I am not sure how the server would be able to calculate the amount of gear in a claim, since it would not be a smart decision to read every chest to determine how much gear is in it, because this may create a lot of lag.
I did like the idea here, that if this would be implemented, that only long-time members would be rewarded for their skill and clan wealth to prevent adding players last minute so they receive a free reward. However, I would maybe also vary rewards from clan member to clan member based on how many kills they got and how active they are on clans.
Thank you for sharing your ideas with the community. Have a great day!
Lionatthezoo
I do like the basics of your idea. However, there is some concerns with the idea and these are as followed -
1 - The items you have given are not the only things that define if a clan is good or not, we would need to implement a better system that would allow us to know which clan would win.
2 - It would be quite hard to determine the winners
Other than those I do really like your idea, I feel that it would reward players for doing well. I think the rewards could range from gems, chests or shards. It could depend on how well the clan does.
AbsentAccount said: ↑
Going on your idea of how many kills we oculd add thing like how many ores are mined in the mining area also if I think it's better to rate the kills on a K/D ratio since people could have like 20 kills but then died like 100.
Lionatthezoo said: ↑
Yeah, I could see that as said above we could remove the land and members and maybe thinks like pvp mining and how many rares legendaries you get.
OP OP
OP OP Posted Dec 9, 2018
Thanks for replying MelonHead15!
I would definitely agree with basing the system off players' K/D ratios. A problem with using players' kills or K/D ratio would be that players could just farm kill other players, and this would be unfair and drastically change results. As for your other idea to base top clans off how many ores they mined at fields I feel would be unfair. Usually, players go to fields at SOTW to craft sets out of that, but as we get into the season, clans are so rich that they do not need to go to fields to mine, but mainly to PVP. Whereas the smaller clans with 1-2 players go to fields in order to craft a set out of what they mined. Also, some clans just don't want to "waste their time" mining at fields and instead PVP, and if mining at fields would differ a clan from being first or second, then it sort of forces players to grind fields, in other words mining nonstop to be first on the leaderboard! Let me know what you think.
Veans
Ok so I responded to this in the MPD so I'll just copy & paste that, sorry for my errors in advance...
There have been several variations of the "Top Clans" idea over the months, there are also many different opinions on the matter but I'll just say right now I personally don't really like the concept in general. However I'll try to comment on this one specifically
- Having the variables of amount of players in your clan or territory you have don't really show any skill, achievement, effort, etc that would normally make a clan a "Top Clan". It really just shows you have a lot of people which isn't too much of a feat or thing to compete with. Alts can also be a factor here which can cause players to get an unfair lead
- Just a thing w/ most of these ideas in general, you can easily win top clan by grinding or doing the goals needed for top clan on dead servers, at a lower standard too due to decreased or no competition. However ig you could get this with scaling rewards based on players or something?? I dunno because clans server popularity can fluctuate over the season and that can get complicated
- Also a thing w/ most of these ideas. In your example you included "Gold" as a factor which is an item worked for, obtained doing raids, events, fighting players in general, etc, etc. Other similar ideas have legendaries, rares, gold tokens, warpoints, stuff like that too which really emphasize competition. At this point my biggest concern comes in...
Cheaters & the Community
Having competitions like this and giving rewards to top players only would create unhealthy competition in the clans community. People are already toxic enough, many abusing any glitch or using any client they can get their hands on to make their clan richer or more powerful by unfair means. This happens quite frequently WITHOUT incentive right now, and that cheating issue would only get amplified when an incentive like rewards based on wealth is factored in. Cheating clans also frequently closet cheat and use alts so it can be a long process to get rid of them too. W/ cheating clans dominating any type of leaderboard system like this, competition and morale is decreased among the actual legit players since they're at such a disadvantage
While it is true many cheaters have rather temporary clans, there is also a chunk of them who run surviving clans for months because of closet cheating and use of alts, as mentioned these clans can stick around due to the tougher punishment nature of those methods. Also even legit clans often don't stay on the same server forever too, people move to the popular server all the time which switches around from time to time. However a 1 month rule is still better than nothing, a good addition to these types of ideas
- Last but not least the reward is just too low imo. 5k gems is barely anything for playing a Clans season for a couple to several months, let alone winning a "Top Clan" competition. You will burn much more gems in that time period by just converting dailies, and you can easily get 5k gems from playing a few other games on the network
Sorry if I have a pessimistic view on this
Although I've always liked the idea of rewards for people at the top of Clans, I don't think it would work well in practice. As numerous people have stated on this and other similar threads in the past, it changes the environment into a more competitive and potentially more toxic environment. It also gives greater incentives to abuse bugs and cheat, which are not exactly desirable things.
That said, a small gems reward just for playing a certain amount isn't a terrible idea in my opinion, as last I checked you don't actually earn anything for playing clans and so getting a few gems at the end of each season would be cool.
Posted Dec 10, 2018
Fall said: ↑
I definitely agree with you on this part.
I feel differently about this suggestion. First of all, clans players do not play Clans in order to get rewards outside of clans, but rather to see how many legends they can gain, how many dubs they can fill, and just to have fun. When you say "getting a few gems" I would not agree to add this, at least not unless you get these after completing achievements, which have been in discussion about adding these to clans. I'm not sure on how that stands right now though. I feel like only giving a few gems wouldn't be worth adding this reward to clans as well. It would take some developer time to add this, as well as some planning on how many gems to give. Also, I surely would not agree on rewarding them after a certain amount of time played because players can easily go afk for a couple of minutes and have that go towards their count. As well as, in SOTW many players have to sit in queues for hours while others are already online, which wouldn't really be fair to those waiting. However, if this would be added, I would like to see a feature similar to the "clock-out" one in NANO Games where you can collect them when you wish. This way, if players only need a few more gems to buy their daily's is shops, then they can.
Have a great day, and let me know what you think of my responses!
I feel differently about this suggestion. First of all, clans players do not play Clans in order to get rewards outside of clans, but rather to see how many legends they can gain, how many dubs they can fill, and just to have fun.
It's mostly so they can invest more gems back into the game. While I'm all for encouraging people who play Clans to play other games, perhaps them not needing to play other games quite so much to get those 1000 gems to convert to gold would be wise, as Champions and Clans are games that are extremely beginner unfriendly.
When you say "getting a few gems" I would not agree to add this, at least not unless you get these after completing achievements, which have been in discussion about adding these to clans. I'm not sure on how that stands right now though. I feel like only giving a few gems wouldn't be worth adding this reward to clans as well. It would take some developer time to add this, as well as some planning on how many gems to give. Also, I surely would not agree on rewarding them after a certain amount of time played because players can easily go afk for a couple of minutes and have that go towards their count. As well as, in SOTW many players have to sit in queues for hours while others are already online, which wouldn't really be fair to those waiting. However, if this would be added, I would like to see a feature similar to the "clock-out" one in NANO Games where you can collect them when you wish. This way, if players only need a few more gems to buy their daily's is shops, then they can.
Achievements idea I like. I was thinking it would just be a flat rate, but if you get a few gems (and I mean really just a few) for some rather simple achievements such as claiming some land, crafting a set, getting Legends (only being the original owner, as otherwise you could just swap them back and forth), and getting sieges on other Clans that would be pretty cool.
perhaps them not needing to play other games quite so much to get those 1000 gems to convert to gold would be wise, as Champions and Clans are games that are extremely beginner unfriendly.
I agree with this, it seems fair! :)
get a few gems (and I mean really just a few) for some rather simple achievements such as claiming some land, crafting a set, getting Legends (only being the original owner, as otherwise you could just swap them back and forth), and getting sieges on other Clans that would be pretty cool.
I really like this idea, it is a great alternative to giving gems for In-game time on Clans. It will also encourage players to go beyond their "comfort zone" and explore the map, get gems for completing different tasks, and it will teach new players how to play clans. That is because when a new player sees the achievements, they will know how to do something, or try to in order to learn. For example, if an achievement is something like, "Buy 1 lapiz Lazuli block in shops." This way they will be familiar on how to purchase different items in shops. However, in order to keep achievements from becoming a waste of time, you wouldn't have to purchase every single item from shops.
Let me know if you have any other ideas!
xUmbreon
Late, but I've moved this thread to the Clans section of the forums as per request of an Ideas Team member.
Now, I don't play Clans so I won't really be able to help you out much with this one, but I kind of like the idea. It would be a good system to put in place for those who are very skilled at Clans, and I just think it would be a good way to reward them for all the work they put in. Unfortunately, there are some flaws that I can see happening. As said by one of the players above, it would be pretty hard to determine the winners. I think it would just put extra strain on the Clans Management team (if, I presume, they would be the ones dealing with this). Maybe there would be a system put in place to help determine the winners, although I'm not sure how that would work out.
I look forward to seeing further discussion here, and apologies that I couldn't provide much insight as I'm not a Clans person.
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By Peter Schmidt on June 7, 2011 Exchange
As usual Microsoft has put all the sessions from this years TechEd online at www.msteched.com.
I have compiled a list of interesting UC sessions within:
All session links include a webcast of the session along with the powerpoint.
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Tips and Tricks
Best Practices for Successfully Transitioning to Microsoft Exchange 2010
Best Practices for Virtualization of Microsoft Exchange 2010
Load Balancing with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Designing Microsoft Exchange 2010 Mailbox High Availability for Failure Domains
Archiving and Discovery in Microsoft Exchange 2010 SP1 and Exchange Online
Exchange Server 2010 High Availability Management and Operations
Real-World Site Resilience Design in Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Microsoft Lync 2010: In the Cloud
Microsoft Lync 2010: Winning in Voice and Video
Microsoft Lync 2010: Setup,Deployment,Upgrade and Coexistence Scenarios
Four Ways to Leverage the Microsoft Lync 2010 Client APIs in Your Applications
Monitoring Microsoft Lync 2010 Deployments
Microsoft Lync 2010: High Availability and Resiliency
Setting Up and Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Edge Servers
Troubleshooting Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Microsoft Lync Server Unified Communications Managed API: Writing Advanced SIP Applications
Microsoft Lync 2010: Audio, Video and Web Conferencing Architecture and Experience
Microsoft Lync 2010 and the Enterprise Network
Microsoft Lync 2010: Core Voice Planning and Deployment
Microsoft Lync 2010: Interoperability, Integration with Competition or Legacy
Microsoft Lync Server 2010: Administering Lync Server Deployment
Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365: Migration Case Study
Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Office 365: How to Set Up a Hybrid Deployment
Microsoft Exchange Online in Microsoft Office 365: Simple Migration Live!
Microsoft Exchange Online: Unified Messaging in Microsoft Office 365
Top 10 Insights on Development of Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 against Microsoft Office 365
Windows Phone Productivity Scenarios with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Office 365
Exchange Lync Office 365 TechEd
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MUCH Grandtheft Talks Working With Diplo And Performs ‘All The Way Up’
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Grandtheft Talks Working With Diplo And Performs ‘All The Way Up’
Toronto-based EDM musician Grandtheft may have named his new EP Quit This City, but it’s not because he’s fallen out of love with T Dot. Rather, the title is a metaphor for detaching from the hustle of city living.
“There’s a lot of organic elements,” says Grandtheft during a recent interview with Much. “Unplugging from the city, unplugging from the club, you know, so it’s not just about quitting this specific city, but just getting into nature and thinking about organic over electronic.”
The new EP is an evolution from Grandtheft’s previous releases, but that doesn’t mean longtime fans will be disappointed. “I describe it as a driving record or something you can listen to front to back. There are still songs you can DJ or play in a club, but it’s not trying to be DJ music.”
Grandtheft is not only well known for his original tracks, but also for his famous remixes. Many of those songs have come from studio time with Diplo, who Grandtheft describes as a friend and mentor. “He (Diplo) has been super supportive. He’s really talented to work with in the studio. He just moves very fast and I like to work like that too.”
In addition to chatting with Much’s Gaby Henderson, Grandtheft also performed his new song All The Way Up. Check out the full interview and performance below!
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Calming The Waters
The week after its high-profile CEO announced his resignation, Charter Communications Inc. executives hit the road to reassure investors that the company remains on track.
Charter's three top executives — chief operating officer David Barford, chief financial officer Kent Kalkwarf and chief technology officer Steve Silva — appeared at the Goldman Sachs & Co. Communacopia conference last week, touting Charter's leading position in the industry and reaffirming that the company's management remains strong.
Charter stock was rocked the week after CEO Jerry Kent announced he would not renew his employment contract: It dropped 25 percent, from $16 per share to $12.01 each. Kent cited differences with Charter chairman Paul Allen as his motivation for leaving. Kent's last day at Charter was Sept. 28.
Allen moved swiftly to make sure that Kalkwarf and Barford — who will jointly assume Kent's duties in the interim — stayed put, signing both executives to four-year management contracts last week. He's expected to do the same for other key executives.
The efforts may have paid off. Charter's stock rebounded, climbing to $14.32 per share on Oct. 4.
Though neither executive would say who else may end up signing long-term agreements, UBS Warburg LLC cable analyst Tom Eagan said in a research note that Silva and vice president of marketing Mary Pat Blake were the next likely candidates to sign long-term deals.
While terms of the agreements were not disclosed, both Barford and Kalkwarf are expected to receive modest increases in their annual salaries ($255,000 and $225,000, respectively, in 2000) and substantial stock options in the range of $11.25 per share.
Kalkwarf assured investors at the conference that he and Barford do not have the same issues with Allen and their former CEO.
"I would not have signed a long-term contract if that was an issue," Kalkwarf said. "Paul Allen has made Charter a better company."
Kent's departure is expected to cost Allen personally, because the former CEO holds put rights to private stock in Charter Investments. According to published reports, Allen is required to repurchase Kent's Charter Investment holdings for as much as $80 million.
Though Kalkwarf would not confirm those figures, he confirmed that Kent does have put rights and added that Allen also must purchase put options from the former CEOs of two other MSOs: Falcon Communications Inc.'s Marc Nathanson and Bresnan Communications Inc.'s Bill Bresnan.
When Charter bought those MSOs, Kalkwarf said, their CEOs were given the right to put back shares to Allen at a price between $26 and $27 per share, plus interest. The Falcon puts can be exercised over two years; the Bresnan puts are exercisable in a two-year period from Feb. 14, 2000, to April 14, 2002. The Bresnan puts are worth about $1 billion.
"The key thing is that the puts are to Allen individually and not Charter," Kalkwarf said. "Mr. Allen has the funding to take care of the puts."
Allen, whom Forbes
magazine ranks as the third-richest man in America, is worth an estimated $28.2 billion.
Neither executive would speculate on when a replacement for Kent would be named. Nor would they comment on speculation that Liberty Media Corp. senior vice president Carl Vogel is the front runner.
Later at the same conference, Liberty Media president Robert "Dob" Bennett — Vogel's current boss — joked that Liberty was like General Electric Co. in that other firms were raiding its management.
Bennett later declined to talk about Vogel's plans. "That's something you have to ask Carl or Charter," he said. "Carl is a great guy. If this works out to be an opportunity for him, we wish him well."
One of the biggest questions on investors' minds was what would happen to Charter now that Kent — the man given most of the credit for the company's success — is gone.
"One man doesn't make a company," Barford said. "We have the best management team in the industry. We're wide and deep with industry-leading operating results. Paul Allen and the board are firmly committed to locking up management."
Charter is also committed to continuing the growth that characterized Kent's tenure. Kalkwarf said the company should exceed its guidance of 2 million digital subscribers by the end of the year, and added that it should "comfortably exceed" the 630,000 subscriber estimates for its high-speed data service.
He said that weekly digital installations have risen to nearly 20,000 per week in the third quarter, putting the company on a pace to end the period with 1.8 million digital subscribers. High-speed data installs in the period increased from 6,000 per week to 7,500, indicating that the company should end the period with about 640,000 subscribers.
One target where the company said it would fall short — basic subscriber growth of 2 percent — is actually a plus, Kalkwarf said.
Charter, which had led the industry in basic-subscriber growth for the past several years running, noticed this year that it was spending too much money on marketing and subscriber-acquisition costs to maintain that growth level, he added.
While basic-subscriber growth for the year should fall in the 1-percent-plus range, Barford said, "our closest competitor will be lucky to get to 1 percent."
Said Kalwkarf: "We believe focusing on high-end digital and data customers is a better use of our marketing dollars. While we still believe that basic-customer growth is the best way to grow value, in going for the target we were spending too much on advertising and too much on subscriber acquisition. We still believe we will lead the industry in basic-customer growth."
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What is Vocal Range?
How to Find Your Voice Type
How to Differentiate the Vocal Registers
How to Find Your Lowest Vocal Notes
How to Find Your Highest Notes
Final Step: Identify and Classify Your Vocal Range
If you want to learn how to sing better, you need to broaden your vocal range. Logically, first of all, you have to find your vocal range and own it!
So the question of the day is: How to find your vocal range?
You need to employ a number of techniques that have been developed by experts in this field. These techniques have a primary goal to help you identify your voice type as well as the scope between both the highest note you can sing and the lowest pitch you can perform.
Once you find your vocal range, you can work on broadening it with incremental practice. But, first things first, let us initially define how to find your vocal range.
Its most common application is in distinguishing singing voices and classifying them into groups recognized as voice types. Therefore, the FIRST STEP in finding your vocal range is to define your voice type.
Your range is in line with your voice. It is important to know your voice type so that you can know which notes you can reach when singing. This can help you choose the type of music or a certain song that will secure you a shining performance.
Vocal ranges are classified into six major general voice types:
Note: You need to know the numbering system on a keyboard and how to supplement note names with the appropriate octave number on a keyboard.
The three male voice types:
the lowest singing range (usually lies between D2 to E4, although some basses can go from C2 to G4)
the second lowest range and the most common one among male singers (usually set between A2 to A4 but can sometimes extend up to C5 and down to F2, some charts even place it between G2 and G4)
the highest singing range of male singers (usually from C3 to B4). Tenors can sometimes reach notes from the female register, and such voices are known as “countertenors” (from G3 to C6)
The three female voice types:
the lowest female singing range (usually ranges between F3 to F5). Contraltos can sing BELOW the usual alto range and resemble tenors (as low as E3). Generally, altos are rich and full in the lower register.
the middle-range female voice type (usually lies between A3 and A5). It can overlap both the soprano and alto range (go as low as G3).
the highest female singing voice (typically set between C4 and C6, but can range from B3-G6)
Note: Vocal ranges of solo singers and choruses can differ, and that explains the different ranges found in various other sources such as the New Harvard Dictionary of Music, the Wikipedia, or the Catherine Schmidt-Jones’ chart. You can find more on that subject here.
Most people with singing experience are probably already acquainted with these types, but if you have not discovered which voice “type” fits you, you can follow the provided instructions and try to find it.
When you determine your voice type, you can practice to broaden it. You can do this in half steps at first and, in time, that will lead to the full-step increases in range. Start the practice with short scales and then move on to forcing your voice to higher or lower levels. It would be best for you to work with a vocal coach.
However, before you start your quest to find your vocal type, you should be aware that it is not SOLELY defined by your vocal range and the notes you can produce, but also numerous other characteristics such as:
Tessitura - defines what part of the range you are more comfortable singing (higher or lower notes)
Timbre - provides your voice with distinctive texture and quality
Weight - makes a distinction between light & bright voices, and heavy & darker ones
Transition points - the points of transition from the chest, to the middle, and head register
Vocal registers - how much each of your registers can be extended
Speech level - also defined as speaking range
These characteristics play a HUGE role in cases where vocal range cannot be clearly defined, or better to say, borders two voice types. You can then use these vocal variables to define your voice and range more precisely.
The vocal range can be further distinguished by the help of vocal registers. Every vocal register is set APART by a distinct timbre. Each register requires different actions of the vocal cords as well.
The types of vocal ranges are:
It is the lowest vocal register which is most evident in low-voiced male singers. The sound is formed when the air passes through a loose glottal closure, and the vocal folds vibrate. It has a very low frequency and is rarely used.
(or chest voice) - It is the most natural register you use for singing or speaking and thus mostly utilized too. If you raise the pitch in this register, you will lengthen your vocal folds and increase tension.
Head Voice
It is a high vocal register (at the high end of your register) that makes you feel the sounds you produce in your head rather than your chest. The vocal folds elongate and the ringing sounds resonate in your head.
Falsetto
It is the voice included in the head voice register and both male and female singers can produce it. It is thinner than the head sound and extends beyond modal by about one octave. In order to master the falsetto, try to maintain an evenly flowing tone throughout your vocal range.
It is the highest register of your voice. These super-high notes are mostly produced by female singers. The sound resembles that of a whistle: It has a distinctive shrill timbre.
Note: You have to know scientific pitch notation numbers as they are necessary to determine your vocal range. They will mark the lowest note you can produce as well as the highest notes in modal and head voice. If you can reach whistle or vocal fry register, you may note down pitch notation numbers for them too. The range should always be defined from the lowest notes to the highest ones. For more info watch this video.
Take the following steps:
Use a tuned instrument
It would be best to use a piano (or at least a piano-like instrument such as a keyboard) so that you can play and sing the notes. If you cannot obtain the real thing, there are numerous piano apps available for download. These apps usually display the correct scientific pitch notation for every key you play and thus make the job even easier.
Start from a higher note and gradually work your way down
Sing vowel sounds as higher notes (C4 for females, or C3 for men) and then try to match all the keys all the way down to your lowest register. The last note you can produce comfortably (without making it sound breathy or cracky) is your lowest normal-voice note.
Continue singing by going even lower
Once you leave your comfort zone the notes you produce will sound breathy, but at this point it is normal. Key by key, move down the keyboard until the last breathy notes you can sustain- that is your breathy lowest note. (Croaky notes do not count!)
Record both your lowest notes
Note down both your normal-voiced lowest note and your breathy one (they can be the same too!). In order to do that, look at the key that note corresponds to and determine its appropriate scientific pitch notation.
The first step is to use the piano or other appropriate tuned instrument (or an app of course) and then:
Start by singing a higher note that you are most comfortable with and work your way up
Sing a high note you do not have difficulty reaching in your modal (normal) voice. Go up the scale, key by key. The females should start at C5 and ascend from there, while male singers should first play and match G3. You MUST not allow slipping into falsetto! Once you reach the highest note you can produce naturally- without putting too much strain on your vocal cords, you have found your normal highest note.
Be careful not to include the notes that cause breathiness or a break in your voice as that will signal your departure from the modal register. If you feel your vocal cords have to alter the way they work, stop- you are out of the comfort zone for sure!
Continue singing in falsetto
The GOAL is to find the highest note you can sing in falsetto. Most singers can do falsetto and go higher than their modal register. The falsetto notes REQUIRE your vocal cords to stay open and relaxed, as well as vibrate less. So, relax your vocal cords and try to go higher than your normal voice. It will take some effort and the notes will come out breathy. Continue until you find the highest flute-like falsetto note you can produce without cracking.
Perhaps you can go even further, and produce notes that will sound like squeals or whistles-
If you can you have a whistling voice as well and your highest note belongs to that register.
Note down your highest notes
once you locate the highest notes, you should record them by using the scientific pitch notation. Note down the highest normal-voiced note and the one that you can reach without straining be it in a falsetto or whistle range. As long as you can produce the note comfortably, it does not matter if it does not sound 100% perfect- practice will make it perfect in time!
Identify your range and tessitura
If you followed all the instructions to the letter, you should have recorded four notes: two low ones and two high ones. They must be arranged from the lowest to the highest and expressed in scientific pitch notation.
All that remains for you to do is to:
Put parentheses around the lowest and highest pitches
Put a dash in between the middle notes
Your full vocal range is noted in front of you! Congratulations!
The inner notes (two middle pitches connected with a dash) T stand for your “tessitura,” your normal vocal range. You can produce these notes most comfortably.
The remaining two notes (the ones in parentheses) denote your full range. These are the notes you are capable to produce with some effort.
You should now count the notes between your lowest and highest note by using your keyboard, and you are almost done!
Calculate the octaves in your range
Once you count the exact number of notes in between your lowest and highest pitch, you can move on to calculate the octaves in your vocal range.
One octave comprises of eight notes, but the last note in one octave counts as the start of the following one as well. Therefore, count the total number of notes in your range in the sets of seven and you will have the correct number of octaves.
For example, if your lowest note is A2, and the highest note you can produce is A4, you are a baritone with a range of two octaves.
If you happen to have partial octaves (you cannot comfortably sing all the notes in the last octave), count them in as well. Those are partial octaves and they are rather common.
Translate your vocal range into a voice type
You could already notice in the example given in the previous section, that it is now rather easy to determine your voice type. Simply look at the vocal range you have recorded using scientific pitch notation and find your vocal classification in the section How To Find Your Voice Type (or use any other trusted or recommended source).
Your full range should fit in one of the voice type predefined range. If you cannot find a perfect fit for your range, do not worry- just go for the closest match!
At that point, you might also use your tessitura to understand which type you most closely line up with. The voice type that you choose must be the one that you feel most comfortable in when singing, or you have done something wrong. Click here to learn how to sing online.
If you have any questions or would like to share your reviews on how to find your vocal range, then comment down below. I would love to hear what you have to think.
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What Exactly Are the Benefits of Collagen Pills? Two Experts Weigh In
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"Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, making up about a quarter of our weight," Jennifer Herrmann, a Beverly Hills dermatologist at MFC Dermatology, says. "It's considered the key structural component of bone, blood vessels, cartilage, tendons, and skin."
Considering how pervasive—and vital—collagen is to our overall health, it's not something that usually garners much interest. Instead, it's easier to notice what happens when collagen production lessens. We complain about the lines circling our eyes and lips, the small folds that appear above our eyebrows and below our necks, and the brittleness of our hair and nails. This transformation can start as early as our 20s, so it's especially important to get a handle on this protein's longevity as soon as possible.
While the most straightforward solution for boosting collagen in the body can be found in a diet that contains adequate protein, it's also not uncommon to take collagen pills to help, too. "Ingestible collagen bolsters the body's natural production by being absorbed through the bloodstream and reaching the underlying layers first, offering a longer-term solution," says Fern Olivia, founder of Thyroid Yoga.
Herrmann and Olivia agree that if you're eating enough protein, then you probably won't see any other results by also taking collagen pills. But if you are curious about how collagen pills work, we asked both women to describe their benefits and potential issues when taken regularly. Olivia also recommended her favorites, in case you're looking to give this trend a try.
What role does collagen play in the body?
"Collagen is a large, complex protein that goes through an elaborate synthesis process," Herrmann says. "When we consume collagen in the form of food, its long-chain proteins are digested and broken down into smaller building blocks called amino acids."
"These are absorbed into the bloodstream and then are delivered to parts of the body where they become available for new collagen synthesis," she continues. "Some of these make it to the skin, hair, and nails to provide healthy, stronger tissues. But the reality is that your body doesn't care if you eat a collagen pill, chicken, quinoa, or chickpeas. They are all sources of protein, and they all reach your bloodstream as amino acid building blocks."
How do collagen pills work?
"When you ingest collagen in a supplement form, you increase the pool of special amino acids available to the cells in your body that make collagen," Olivia says. "Flooding the body with collagen can stimulate or optimize your own collagen formation, especially in cases where the supply is declining due to age or diet."
"I often suggest plant-based collagen supplements to my clients," she continues. "They notice their skin becoming brighter, nails becoming stronger, hair becoming more luminous, and they often experience less joint pain. And while reduced joint pain may seem like a strange benefit, it's because collagen is found in connective tissue all over the body. In addition to obvious skin benefits, collagen is remarkable for its ability to improve bone health and promote a healthy gut."
What are some things to be careful of as someone introduces collagen pills into their diet?
"Too much supplementation could lead to high levels of calcium," Herrmann notes. "Collagen tablets that come from marine sources, such as shark cartilage and shellfish, contain high amounts of calcium that can contribute to this. Allergic reactions are also possible, especially in people who have shellfish allergies, if pills are derived from shellfish. Again, because of the marine derivation of many of these products, they can have an unpleasant taste in the mouth. I'd try to get those derived from sources other than marine because of the potential side effects."
"I personally choose high-quality vegan sources for supplements," Olivia adds. "Other collagen supplements that come from eggs and their derivatives can also cause food sensitivities, especially in children. As with all other vitamins and supplements, the FDA does not regulate the safety or usage of any collagen powders, drinks, or pills. Be sure to look for a brand that uses cruelty-free, non-animal, third-party testing and that has been branded clear of any potential contaminations, like heavy metal toxicity. And always make sure that you're buying from a high-quality and reputable source."
Is there anything else to keep in mind?
"There is nothing wrong with taking collagen pills or supplements," Herrmann says. "But because collagen is derived from animals, these supplements aren't vegetarian or vegan. Vegans can support collagen production by eating fruits and veggies with nutrients that boost collagen synthesis, like vitamin C."
What are some of your recommendations?
Anima Mundi Herbals Plant Collagen Booster $30
"This is my all-time favorite collagen source because it was created by my amazing herbalist in Costa Rica," Olivia says. "It supports metabolism and helps restore balance to the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems. And in addition to naturally boosting collagen in the skin and body, this blend of medicinal herbs also benefits the thyroid, liver, cardiovascular system, kidneys, and pancreas."
My Kind Organics Plant Collagen Builder $30
"Developed with vegan superstar Alicia Silverstone, this is a special combination of plant ingredients featuring antioxidants, biotin, and a bunch of other good-for-you vitamins," Olivia says. "Plus, the brand supports certified USDA organic and non-GMO farms."
Algenist Genius Liquid Collagen $115
"I love this product," Olivia says. "It's a bit pricey, but it has lasted me a long time—a little goes a long way. Most people see results within 10 days."
Reserveage Plant-Based Collagen Builder $32
"This is also a great supplement that's packed with vitamin C to help stimulate natural collagen production," Olivia adds.
Moon Juice Beauty Shroom Vegan Collagen Protection $60
"Moon Juice just released a collagen-boosting, skin-protecting superfood blend to help preserve your natural collagen while hydrating skin from the inside out," Olivia notes. "Nourishing and detoxifying, this supplement helps minimize the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while helping to protect skin from free radical damage."
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Napalm Records New Album New Music News Signed Signing Unleashed
UNLEASHED GETS SIGNED AND NEW ALBUM UNDERWAY!
If it comes to Swedish Death Metal in its traditional Stockholm-Style and Death Metal in general, there is one band you HAVE TO MENTION: UNLEASHED!
Formed back in 1989 by Johnny Hedlund, UNLEASHED have been delivering supreme death metal from day one!
After recording two demos the band released their legendary debut album "Where No Life Dwells" and toured Europe and the US with Morbid Angel. From this point UNLEASHED has become one of the biggest names in death metal worldwide. Dealing with Viking traditions and values they stepped up their game and became extreme metal trendsetters, musically and lyrically. UNLEASHED have toured the world with bands like Grave, Dismember, Entombed, Krisiun or Belphegor and became true masters of Death.
Now UNLEASHED rage on with their crucial crusade by signing with Napalm Records!
Johnny Hedlund on the signing: "Warriors! Unleashed are proud to announce that we have signed a new recording deal with Napalm Records! Our 13th album is scheduled for recording in Chrome studios, in May 2018. We are very much looking forward to this new cooperation on our journey into the bands 30th anniversary (in 2019). Hail Odin!"
Be on the lookout for a brand new studio album in late 2018!
Labels: Napalm Records New Album New Music News Signed Signing Unleashed
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Reflections: Art, Life and Love | Artistic Partnerships
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This episode examines three famous partnerships between artists, looking into the ways these creative figures influenced each others’ artistic endeavours.
Siddal and Rosseti
We begin with the artist Elisabeth Eleanor Siddal, who was also the poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s wife and muse. We hear from two experts on Siddal – Frances Fowle, Professor of Nineteenth Century Art at Edinburgh College of Art and Lucinda Hawksley, author of the biography, Lizzie Siddal: The Tragedy of a Pre-Raphaelite Supermodel. Siddal died from an overdose of laudanum in 1862, aged 32. Hawskley believes the death was a suicide, which was covered up at the time for fear of bringing shame on both the Rossetti and Siddal families. As someone who posed regularly for her husband and other artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Siddal is often described as a muse, which discredits her own autonomy as an artist in her own right; defining her instead by the male gaze.
Miller and Picasso
The long running friendship between the photographer Lee Miller and Pablo Picasso is also discussed by Kirstie Meehan, an Archivist at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. Looking through various intimate, playful photos from the 1930s when they first met, up to the 1960s, we see for example Picasso smoking a cigarette and having fun on a beach holiday with friends in France, or Picasso at work in his studio. Meehan finds two artistic equals who became fond friends that trusted and respected one another. The relationship began initially as one where Miller modelled for several portraits by Picasso and evolved into one where he respected her for her own artistic practice, allowing her to capture him on film while he was working.
Lee Miller Portrait of Picasso, Cannes 1958 © Lee Miller Archives, England 2016. All rights reserved. www.leemiller.co.uk
Pablo Picasso Lee Miller 1937 © Succession Picasso/DACS, London 2018.
Van Gogh and Gauguin
Finally Julian Bell, author of Van Gogh: A Power Seething, describes what he calls the “tortuous dynamic” between Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh and his friend, the French artist Paul Gauguin. Their complicated friendship unravelled in dramatic fashion, partly due to financial matters (Van Gogh’s brother Theo was an art dealer who sold Gauguin’s paintings) and also over disagreements on a portrait that Gauguin made of Van Gogh. The painting shows Van Gogh painting his famous sunflowers but Van Gogh considered the work a betrayal, believing Gauguin had made him look crazy in it. After flinging a glass of Absinthe over his friend, Van Gogh later mutilated himself by cutting his ear off. Despite their fraught relationship, they continued a civil correspondence through letters afterwards.
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Cartoons for sex education
UNICEF and LINE WEBTOON, a popular online cartoon platform, are broadcasting three special episodes of the popular cartoon “Teenage Mom”. The programmes aim to provide adolescents with critical information about sexuality and sexual rights, with a focus on preventing unwanted pregnancy.
“Teenage Mom” portrays the lives of adolescent characters as they encounter new emotions and sexual experiences.
The special episodes, launched on August 20, aim to educate adolescents on how to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy, HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. They also provide information on how and where youngsters can access professional advice and youth-friendly services.
“While adolescents enjoy reading online cartoons like ‘Teenage Mom’, we need to give them access to the information they need to make informed decisions and enable them to lead safe and healthy sexual lives,” said Valerie Taton, Deputy Representative for UNICEF Thailand.
“We are thrilled to be working with LINE WEBTOON and with the author of this series to bring this critical information to adolescents in a way that captures their attention.”
Hana Cha, General Manager of Southeast Asia LINE WEBTOON, said: “We are delighted to be part of this great opportunity to help distribute education on sexuality to teenagers through the ‘Roo Sak Nid Korn Kid Ja Rak’ series from LINE WEBTOON. It is a story that uses the main characters from ‘Teenage Mom”, an online cartoon that is the most viewed by LINE WEBTOON users. We are sure that the ‘Roo Sak Nid Korn Kid Ja Rak’ series will provide very useful information for viewers.”
The adolescent birth rate in Thailand is a major concern. For every 1,000 female adolescents aged 15–19 years, 51 give birth, according to the 2016 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, conducted by the National Statistical Office with support from UNICEF. Earlier this year, another UNICEF-supported study showed that sexuality education in Thai schools fails to equip students with the skills they need to adequately manage their sexuality and sexual rights.
The first episode of ‘Teenage Mom’ was launched last year and became the most popular online cartoon on the LINE WEBTOON platform with more than 1.6 million followers, primarily adolescents and young people. The newest episode can be found on www.webtoons.com/th or the LINE WEBTOON application. The cartoon was also made into a TV series that airs on LINE TV at 7pm every Saturday.
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Jay Cutler Has Concerns About the O-Line, too
Published at 7:14 pm on May 15, 2012
It turns out that Jay Cutler shares an opinion with most Chicago Bears fans: Though most of the Bears' offense has been upgraded dramatically, the offensive line was barely touched in the off-season.
The man who feels the brunt of their failures said he's still concerned about what will happen when the line is tested this season.
"The offensive line is definitely going to be a concern,'' Cutler said Monday, "and seeing where those guys fit in and seeing what five we go with. You know, if Gabe (Carimi) comes back, if J'Marcus (Webb) pans out (and) Chris Williams, where we're going to put him … there are some question marks there. Until we really get that resolved, get our front five settled, we've got some work to do on the offense.''
It's not a pan of his line; instead, Cutler just said what every Chicagoan was thinking. The line can be good with work, but they're not perfect yet. The good news is that unlike last season, the offensive line will have a full off-season program to improve.
One thing the team will try to do to improve the line is try moving Chris Williams back to tackle. He's played both guard and tackle, and with Gabe Carimi still rehabbing his knee, they may have no choice during off-season workouts. At this point, the Bears need to continue to trying new solutions until they find one that works.
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J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2002 Oct 1;31(2):171-7.
HIV-related neuropathology, 1985 to 1999: rising prevalence of HIV encephalopathy in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy.
Neuenburg JK1, Brodt HR, Herndier BG, Bickel M, Bacchetti P, Price RW, Grant RM, Schlote W.
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, USA. jneuenburg@gladstone.ucsf.edu
Postmortem neuropathologic reports for a consecutive series of 436 HIV-seropositive patients who died between 1985 and 1999 were matched with clinical data for 371 of them. Cases were divided into four groups depending on the date of death. The chosen time periods reflected the type of antiretroviral therapy available: before 1987 (before zidovudine); 1987-1992, the period of monotherapy (nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors [NRTIs]); 1993-1995, the era of the use of dual NRTI combinations; and 1996-1999, the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) containing protease inhibitors. Fifty-seven percent of our cases in this group had been prescribed HAART. In our study population, accessibility to the latest antiretroviral therapy was widespread. The total number of HIV autopsies declined after the advent of combination therapy. The prevalence of opportunistic infections-cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and central nervous system lymphoma-decreased over time. Cerebral tuberculosis, aspergillosis, herpes, and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy showed a downward trend, but the numbers were too low for statistical analyses. The incidence of HIV encephalopathy increased over time (p =.014). The rising prevalence of HIV encephalopathy at time of death may reflect a longer survival time after initial HIV infection in the HAART era. Although combination therapies decrease overall mortality and prevalence of CNS opportunistic infections, these therapies may be less active in preventing direct HIV-1 effects on the brain.
AIDS Dementia Complex/drug therapy
AIDS Dementia Complex/epidemiology*
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/epidemiology
Anti-HIV Agents/therapeutic use*
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active*
Brain Neoplasms/epidemiology
Cryptococcosis/epidemiology
Cytomegalovirus Infections/epidemiology
Germany/epidemiology
Lymphoma/epidemiology
Lymphoma, AIDS-Related/epidemiology
Toxoplasmosis/epidemiology
Anti-HIV Agents
MH59037/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
R01 NS37660/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States
HIV - Genetic Alliance
Aspergillosis and HIV - HIV InSite
HIV/AIDS Medicines - MedlinePlus Health Information
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FASEB J. 2017 Jul;31(7):3084-3097. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700013R. Epub 2017 Mar 30.
Epithelial chemokine CXCL14 synergizes with CXCL12 via allosteric modulation of CXCR4.
Collins PJ1, McCully ML1, Martínez-Muñoz L2, Santiago C2, Wheeldon J1, Caucheteux S1, Thelen S3, Cecchinato V3, Laufer JM4,5, Purvanov V4,5, Monneau YR6, Lortat-Jacob H6, Legler DF4,5, Uguccioni M3,7, Thelen M3, Piguet V1, Mellado M2, Moser B8.
Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
Department Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain.
Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Biotechnology Institute Thurgau at the University of Konstanz, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland.
Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
Institute de Biologie Structurale, Unité Mixtes de Recherche 5075, University Grenoble Alpes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Grenoble, France.
Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Cardiff, United Kingdom; moserb@cardiff.ac.uk.
The chemokine receptor, CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4), is selective for CXC chemokine ligand 12 (CXCL12), is broadly expressed in blood and tissue cells, and is essential during embryogenesis and hematopoiesis. CXCL14 is a homeostatic chemokine with unknown receptor selectivity and preferential expression in peripheral tissues. Here, we demonstrate that CXCL14 synergized with CXCL12 in the induction of chemokine responses in primary human lymphoid cells and cell lines that express CXCR4. Combining subactive concentrations of CXCL12 with 100-300 nM CXCL14 resulted in chemotaxis responses that exceeded maximal responses that were obtained with CXCL12 alone. CXCL14 did not activate CXCR4-expressing cells (i.e., failed to trigger chemotaxis and Ca2+ mobilization, as well as signaling via ERK1/2 and the small GTPase Rac1); however, CXCL14 bound to CXCR4 with high affinity, induced redistribution of cell-surface CXCR4, and enhanced HIV-1 infection by >3-fold. We postulate that CXCL14 is a positive allosteric modulator of CXCR4 that enhances the potency of CXCR4 ligands. Our findings provide new insights that will inform the development of novel therapeutics that target CXCR4 in a range of diseases, including cancer, autoimmunity, and HIV.-Collins, P. J., McCully, M. L., Martínez-Muñoz, L., Santiago, C., Wheeldon, J., Caucheteux, S., Thelen, S., Cecchinato, V., Laufer, J. M., Purvanov, V., Monneau, Y. R., Lortat-Jacob, H., Legler, D. F., Uguccioni, M., Thelen, M., Piguet, V., Mellado, M., Moser, B. Epithelial chemokine CXCL14 synergizes with CXCL12 via allosteric modulation of CXCR4.
© The Author(s).
CXCR4; allosteric receptor modulation; signal transduction; synergism
10.1096/fj.201700013R
CXCL14 synergizes with CXCL12 in the induction of chemotactic migration of CXCR4-expressing cells. A) Chemotactic migration of 300.19 CXCR4+ cells toward CXCL14 (black bars), CXCL12 (white bars), or CXCL14 (100–1000 nM) in combination with a fixed concentration (1 nM) of CXCL12 (red bars). Migration is expressed as chemotactic index and means + sem of 2–8 independent experiments. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001 compared with migration in the absence of chemokine (0 nM; 1-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni posttest). B) Migration of 300.19 CXCR4+ cells toward CXCL12 alone (filled circles) or CXCL12 plus a fixed concentration (300 nM) of CXCL14 (open squares); mean ± sem of 3 independent experiments is shown. *P < 0.05 (100 nM CXCL12 vs. 100 nM CXCL12 + 300 nM CXCL14); 2-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni posttest.
Epithelial chemokine CXCL14 synergizes with CXCL12 via allosteric modulation of CXCR4
FASEB J. 2017 Jul;31(7):3084-3097.
CXCL14 synergizes with CXCL12 in chemotaxis of primary blood lymphocytes and NK cells. Chemotactic responses of freshly isolated human PBMCs toward CXCL14 (black bars), CXCL12 (white bars), or CXCL14 (100–1000 nM) plus a fixed concentration (1 or 10 nM) of CXCL12 (red bars). Input and migrated cells were counted by flow cytometry, with gating on surface markers CD3, CD19, and CD56 to distinguish T cells (top row), B cells (middle row), and NK cells (bottom row), respectively. Migration is expressed as a percentage of input of each cell type and means + sem of 3 independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 compared with all other groups (1-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni posttest).
Synergy between CXCL14 and CXCL12 is completely abolished by blockade of CXCR4. PBMCs were pretreated with 0–10 μM AMD3100 before use in chemotaxis assays, as described above. A) Migration of T, B, and NK cells in response to the combination of 1 nM CXCL12 plus 300 nM CXCL14 is shown. Migration of each cell type in the absence of AMD3100 treatment (0 µM) is given as 100%. Data are means + sem of 4 blood donors across 2 independent experiments. ***P < 0.001 compared with no AMD3100 treatment, using a 1-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni posttest. B) Migration of monocytes toward 1 µM CXCL14 following either no treatment (−) or pretreatment with 10 µM AMD3100 (+). Migration is given as percent of total input monocytes.
CXCL14 synergized with CXCL12 in Ca2+ mobilization and Rac1 activation responses but not in ERK1/2 phosphorylation responses. A) Real-time changes in [Ca2+]i concentrations in CXCR4-transfected cells in response to indicated chemokines. All experiments were performed at least twice. B) Polarization of primary T cells was visualized by staining of F-actin and Rac1-GTP followed by confocal microscopy. C) Rac1 activation was measured in flow cytometry by determining mean fluorescent intensity of Rac1-GTP staining in primary T cells by using an Ab that recognizes active GTP-bound Rac1. For each analysis, 10,000 cells were measured. Data are means + sem of 5 experiments derived from individual donors. D) CXCR4-transfected cells were treated with chemokines as shown and then processed for Western blot analysis. ERK1/2 phosphorylation was determined with a phospho-ERK1/2–specific Ab. pERK, phosphorylated ERK1/2; tERK, total ERK1/2 protein. Data are representative of 4 experiments with similar results. ***P < 0.001.
Primary and tertiary structure comparison between CXCL14 and CXCL12. A) Ribbon diagrams of CXCL12 alone (left; UniProt P48061) and in combination with CXCL14 (right; UniProt O95715). Step 1 and step 2 indicate regions that are shown to be involved in binding to CXCR4 (step 1) and induction of signal transduction (step 2). Diagrams were computed by using PyMOL. B) Single amino acid sequence alignment of mature human CXCL12 and CXCL14. Position of conserved Cys residues are shown by vertical bars; yellow box highlights the extended 40s-loop region in CXCL14.
CXCL14 induces redistribution and conformational changes of cell surface CXCR4. A) Internalization of CXCR4 after incubation of 300.19 CXCR4+ cells with chemokines was determined by flow cytometry. Data from 2 independent experiments are shown; 100% CXCR4 expression refers to staining of untreated 300.19 CXCR4+ cells with anti-CXCR4 [mean fluorescence intensity (MFI), 9977 ± 1235), whereas 0% CXCR4 expression refers to staining of parental (untransfected) 300.19 cells (MFI, 148 ± 17). B) HEK293T cells were transiently cotransfected at fixed ratio with CXCR4-CFP and CXCR4-YFP to determine the effect of CXCL12 (1 or 100 nM), 300 nM CXCL14, and 1 nM CXCL12 + 300 nM CXCL14. Cells were treated with chemokines (or PBS as negative control) for 30 min at 37°C. C) HEK293T cells were transiently cotransfected with CCR2-CFP and CCR2-YFP at a fixed ratio. Cells were treated with CCL2 (0.1 or 100 nM), 300 nM CXCL14, or 0.1 nM CCL2 + 300 nM CXCL14 for 30 min at 37°C, and FRET efficiency was determined as in panel B. For data in panels B and C, statistics were calculated by using a 1-way ANOVA plus nonparametric Kruskall-Wallis test and Dunn’s multiple comparison test. N.s., not significant. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
Synergistic effect of CXCL14 on HIV-1 infection. A) Entry of CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 particles pNL4.3 into TZM-bl cells that coexpressed CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5 in the presence of increasing concentrations of CXCL12. Viral infection is represented by expression of a luciferase reporter and is normalized to infection in the absence of CXCL12 (medium only = 100% infection). Data are means + sem of 3 independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 compared with 0 nM CXCL12 (1-way ANOVA plus Bonferroni posttest). B) Entry of pNL4.3 into TZM-bl cells in the presence of 0–1000 nM CXCL14 alone (black bars) or CXCL14 in combination with 0.1 nM CXCL12 (open bars); 100% luminescence corresponds to luciferase reporter activity in the absence of chemokines. Data are means + sem of 3 independent experiments. C) Entry of CCR5-tropic HIV-1 particles pR8Bal into TZM-bl cells in the presence of 0–100 nM CXCL12 or 0–1000 nM CXCL14 as indicated. Data are means + sem of 3 independent experiments. D) Entry of pR8Bal into GHOST cells that coexpress CD4 and CCR5 (but not CXCR4) as well as green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of viral long terminal repeat promoter; 100% GFP+ cells refers to fluorescence signals obtained after viral infection of GHOST cells in the absence of chemokines. Ns, not significant. Data are means + sem of 3 independent experiments.
CXCL14 is a PAM of CXCR4. The model explains how CXCL14 is able to synergize with CXCL12 in the induction of CXCR4-mediated chemokine responses. The pool of cell-surface CXCR4 consists of a combination of individual CXCR4 conformation states, some of which are empty receptors in monomeric, dimeric, or oligomeric arrangements, whereas other conformational states are influenced by ligand binding (shown here by shift from black to yellow conformation upon CXCL14 binding). Binding of CXCL14 to CXCR4 by itself does not generate chemokine responses. Instead, CXCL14 binding induces allosteric changes in partner molecules that are present in CXCR4 homodimers or oligomers, thereby lowering the threshold of receptor activation by the functional ligand CXCL12 (shown here by shift from black to blue conformation in the partner molecule). As a result, subactive concentrations of CXCL12 become active, which leads to G-protein signaling and cellular responses.
Publication type, MeSH terms, Substances, Grant support
Chemokine CXCL12/genetics
Chemokine CXCL12/metabolism*
Chemokines, CXC/genetics
Chemokines, CXC/metabolism*
Gene Expression Regulation/physiology*
HIV-1/physiology
Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism*
RNA, Messenger
Receptors, CXCR4/genetics
Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism*
CXCL12 protein, human
CXCR4 protein, human
Chemokine CXCL12
Chemokines, CXC
Receptors, CXCR4
169936/Swiss National Science Foundation/Switzerland
MR/L018284/1/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
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NCCE engages political parties on militias
Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | Zaina Adamu | Twitter: @ZainaAdamu
Josephine Nkrumah is the chairperson of the National Commission for Civic Education.
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has advocated for the disbandment of militia groups alinged to political parties, as Ghana heads into the 2020 presidential elections.
At a press conference at its headquarters in Accra Monday, the Assistant Director of the Programmes Department at NCCE, Imurana Mohammed, recommended for an initiative to be established to retrieve illegal arms within militia groups.
“We also want constitutional reforms on the security of all agencies and we want the courts to impose maximum sentences for groups who engage in political violence,” Mohammed told a pool of reporters.
In the long term, he added, the Commission is imploring the government to develop robust employment strategies to eliminate people from forming and/or joining such groups.
“Kingpins of political parties who sponsor vigilante [militia] groups should withdraw their sponsorship of these groups and instead channel that funding into sustainable employment avenues for the youth in these groups,” he continued.
He recommended that the NCCE be adequately resourced to perform its mandate effectively, adding that the Electoral Commission should reconsider the revival of the Political Parties Code of Conduct with an emphasis on fighting the formation of militias. An increased interest in the Ghana Police Service’s resource allocation would further alleviate the canker.
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In a report released on NCCE’s website Monday, militialism “has been an aberration in Ghana’s politics and a retrogression in her democratic journey.”
“Over the years, the level of violence that has become the hallmark of the activities of party vigilante groups during each phase of the electoral cycle, has increased since Ghana’s transition to constitutional rule in 1992,” the statement continues.
The report further stated that the NCCE seeks to collate stakeholders on their perspectives on factors that trigger political violence and solicit support for a coalition that would mount pressure on political parties to disband these groups.
Militialism has become an erosion of Ghana’s democratic gains, the NCCE warned and solving the problem will require efficient armistice means to ensure a sustainable democracy.
“Efforts at sustainable peacebuilding should be intrinsically linked with broader citizens’ participation in the political space,” the statement concludes. “Women’s and youth representation and participation in political decision making, for instance, are critical to stemming the tide of violence in the political activities of the country.”
The NCCE consulted with the following groups: the New Patriotic Party, the National Democratic Congress, the Ghana Police Service, the Peace Council, the Trades Union Congress, Office of the National Chief Imam, the Speaker of Parliament's Office, The Ministry of National Security, the Christian Council, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice and the Judicial Service of Ghana.
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UK PM Boris Johnson’s Cabinet: Infosys founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak among 3 Indian-origin faces
By PTI News
London, First Published 25, Jul 2019, 1:45 PM IST
Boris Johnson has been elected as the Conservative party leader and Britain's new Prime Minister, his party announced on Tuesday
London: Britain's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has at least three Indian origins in his key Cabinet posts. Apart from the country's first Indian-origin home secretary Priti Patel, the Cabinet features Johnson's fellow Brexiteer Rishi Sunak, and Alok Sharma.
Johnson has been elected as the Conservative party leader and Britain's new Prime Minister, his party announced on Tuesday (July 23).
Also read: Boris Johnson becomes next UK Prime Minister; promises to ‘deliver Brexit, energise country’
Johnson, the former foreign secretary, secured 92,153 votes against 46,656 of his rival Jeremy Hunt in the battle for 10 Downing Street, which was triggered last month when a Brexit-battered Theresa May announced her resignation amid a mounting rebellion from within the party.
With British Indian Conservative Party parliamentarians Priti Patel, Sunak and Sharma all tipped for frontline jobs in the new Cabinet, Lord Jitesh Gadhia said it signals the incoming prime minister's very different approach to politics and critical issues such as immigration.
"Boris Johnson will appoint the most ethnically diverse Cabinet in British history. This is a big moment and a bold statement by the incoming prime minister. It proves that in modern Britain you can reach the highest office regardless of your background or origins," Gadhia said.
"It also signals the different approach which Boris Johnson is expected to take towards immigration welcoming the best and brightest talent to the UK based on the needs of the economy rather than setting arbitrary targets," he said.
The 55-year-old ardent Brexiteer Johnson is set to take formal charge at the 10 Downing Street when Theresa May's term as a caretaker prime minister will come to an end with her final Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons and then a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II to tender her resignation.
The 93-year-old monarch will then invite Johnson to form the new government, following which he will make his first speech on the steps of Downing Street before heading indoors to finalise his team of Cabinet ministers.
Patel, a fellow Brexiteer alongside Sunak, the son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, have both been prominent members of the "Back Boris" campaign and are widely expected to be in the top team.
Sharma, a junior minister in the May Cabinet, is expected to be promoted by being given charge of his own ministry.
Pakistani-origin home secretary Sajid Javid, who was among the final six candidates to go head to head in the Tory leadership race and threw his weight behind Johnson after being knocked out, is expected to win one of the top ministerial jobs as well.
The PM-elect's confidants have also indicated that he is keen to redress the gender balance in Cabinet by appointing a large number of female lawmakers.
Gadhia believes Johnson will send out a strong unifying message with the new appointments, expected to be finalised this week before Parliament breaks for its summer recess from Friday.
The peer, who hosted the first India Day in the Parliament last month, also expects that Johnson would be "pro-India" and establish a close rapport for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"During his leadership campaign, he expressed his strong desire for India to be one of the most important partners for UK on the global stage. Boris was among the first global leaders to congratulate Prime Minister Modi following his recent election victory and welcomed his optimistic vision of New India and looked forward to an even closer partnership between UK and India in the years ahead," he said.
"As Mayor of London, Boris Johnson travelled extensively across India in 2012 and received a warm reception wherever he went. I am confident that Prime Minister Modi and Boris Johnson will establish a close rapport as they have similar optimistic visions for their countries," he added.
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Girlfriend gets life in prison for death of San Antonio man in 2017
By Elizabeth Zavala
Updated 7:30 am CDT, Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Laura Flores Messick, who was convicted of murdering her boyfriend, Chason Montez DeOca, wipes away tears as she listens to DeOca's mother Rachel Montez DeOca. Messick was sentenced to life in prison, in the 175th state District Court in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, by Judge Catherine Torres-Stahl on Monday, May 13, 2019.
Laura Flores Messick, who was convicted of murdering her boyfriend, Chason Montez DeOca, wipes away tears as she listens to DeOca's mother Rachel Montez DeOca. Messick was sentenced to life in prison, in the
Photo: Bob Owen, Staff Photographer / Staff Photographer
A San Antonio woman convicted last month of fatally shooting her Army veteran boyfriend and slashing his neck to make sure he was dead was sentenced Monday to life in prison.
Bexar County jurors found Laura Flores Messick, 32, guilty in April of the June 2017 killing of Chason Montez DeOca, 40.
Testimony at the trial established that the pair had been arguing.
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Messick told police in a videotaped interview that DeOca brought out the gun, but when he put it down, she grabbed it and shot him through the palm of one of his hands. She told authorities she then went into the kitchen to get a knife, and sliced his neck twice to make sure he was dead.
DeOca’s mother, Rachel Montez DeOca, went to her son’s house when he didn’t answer her phone calls and she found him in a pool of his own blood June 10, 2017. Police body camera footage captured the woman’s wails and cries when police arrived at the scene.
In a police interview shown to the jury, Messick told how she left DeOca in the house and repeatedly walked over his dead body while she packed clothing and other items to take from the home hours before his body was found.
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Before Messick was led away to begin her sentence, the victim’s mother addressed Messick and said she forgave her for taking her son’s life, which made Messick cry.
“I forgive you, mija,” Rachel Montez DeOca told Messick as both women cried. “That morning, he told me he wanted to spend the rest of his life with you.”
The victim’s cousin, Anita Montez DeOca, angrily told Messick she killed someone who was very special to the family and someone who would have loved her.
“I hope you rot in that jail cell the rest of your life,” Anita Montez DeOca said through tears.
Messick faced five to 99 years or life in prison.
Earlier Monday, prosecutors Talia Triesch and Thom Nisbet had urged state District Judge Catherine Torres-Stahl to hand down the maximum sentence, citing Messick’s pending cases of driving while intoxicated with a child under 15 in May 2015. At that time, she also was charged with cocaine possession, and was found to have a gun in her purse.
Following DeOca’s death, Messick picked up another DWI charge while she was out on bond, prosecutors said.
Defense attorney Edward Garza called only one witness, Messick’s mother, Rosa Maria Almaguer, who through an interpreter told the court her daughter was a good mother who suffered through abusive relationships in the past. She asked the judge to show mercy and compassion for her daughter.
Under cross-examination by Nisbet, Almaguer was shown a picture of DeOca and asked if “a good mom” does what her daughter did. He then asked if she raised Messick to “hurt people.” To both questions, Almaguer quietly responded, “No.”
When Nisbet asked Almaguer if she would want someone to show mercy to anyone who killed one of her children, Almaguer paused for a few seconds, then said, “No.”
Messick will have to serve at least 30 years before she is eligible for parole.
Elizabeth Zavala covers county and state courts in San Antonio. Read her on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. | ezavala@express-news.net | Twitter: @elizabeth2863
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Fariyaad - (A plea to the creator), 2009 - Connecting Cultures Records
Produced by Serge Glanzberg and recorded in Paris, this is Najma’s 7th album solo album. Musicians from very diverse cultures and backgrounds were used adding even more multiculturalism to the flavour of Najma’s past works. Paris was selected to record the project because Najma felt that, at that time, Paris was the cultural hybrid melting pot of World Music. She says, “Its charisma and aura”, the availability of musicians and a general good vibe made it the right choice. In this album Najma's soulful, semi-classical Indian voice is the centrepiece, enveloped by music that continues to cross over to the jazz world but this time incorporating semi-acoustic Mediterranean influences and instruments. The songs remain earthy, grounded and consistent with her past recordings. For Najma, it was extremely important to keep the same integrity of her previous recordings. Najma surrounds herself with some remarkable musicians, including Steve Coleman (saxophone), Olivier Louvel (guitarist and Saaz player) and Felix Sabaleco (drums). Najma, easily, switches back and forth between the slightly western vocal ideas for example, the short Staccato breathier phrases to the long dreamy notes of Raags, she has managed to go full circle.
The result is a recording that Najma says, "Is a bit more daring, in terms of opening the doors to a more modern, semi- acoustic, experimental and adventurous journey into Indian World Music.
‘’This time we had the opportunity as well as the maturity in our collaboration to be able to go all the way in our common and respective eclecticisms, to rediscover ourselves in a reincarnation on several different levels. With ‘Fariyaad’, Najma wanted to be surprised by a music that emanated from the confrontation of her origins with her desires. Daring confluence, newness, doubt, liberty, she wanted to take the road already walked with and for others, but this time to inverse the relationship of exoticism. To consider jazz, rock, drum ‘n’ bass, etc., as exotic elements from the point of view of her tradition and to be the one who invites.
Thus it was necessary to weave around Najma’s compositions, a new language where several musical universes could find their place and reveal the richness of her influences without them being diluted.
In this album the predominance of Mediterranean instruments distil an impression of India, liberating interpretation from the constraints of tradition. It was, as if, with each respiration, a new breath caused Indian music to vibrate anew. By integrating Ghazal and elements of Indian semi-classical vocals with harmony lines that are more or less contemporary, we have also sought to reincarnate the psychedelic spirit and aesthetic as near as possible to the personality and aspirations of Najma. ‘Fariyaad’, therefore stands as another unique and ground-breaking album from Najma Akhtar’’.
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Lee County deputy dies in custody after birthday bar celebration
A Lee County sheriff's deputy died in custody after being kicked out of the Fort Myers bar where he was celebrating his 32nd birthday.
Lee County deputy dies in custody after birthday bar celebration A Lee County sheriff's deputy died in custody after being kicked out of the Fort Myers bar where he was celebrating his 32nd birthday. Check out this story on naplesnews.com: https://newspr.es/270GB4o
BEN BRASCH, BBRASCH@NEWS-PRESS.COM Published 2:39 p.m. ET May 6, 2016 | Updated 7:08 p.m. ET May 6, 2016
Deputy Willard Truckenmiller died May 4, 2016. He was a Lee County Sheriff's deputy, volunteer football coach and father to two children. Photo provided by our partners at WINK News.(Photo: WINK News)
Willard "Truck" Truckenmiller died from an unknown medical episode after being cut off and kicked out of Shores Bar and Grill early Tuesday morning where he was enjoying his birthday with friends.
“At some point around 1:30 a.m. his demeanor changed. They cut him off. He becomes upset because they'd no longer service him, and he becomes unruly," said Scott Moorey, attorney for the bar. "For safety concerns, they locked the door."
The staff called a Lee County nonemergency line instead of 911. When asked why, Moorey said: "No one was trying to get him in trouble. They were concerned for him, but because of his actions, they felt one of his fellow deputies should come and calm him down."
Even after deputies talked to Truckenmiller about five minutes, "he continued to be unruly and disorderly," so they took him into custody and handcuffed the off-duty deputy, Moorey said.
Deputies called for Lee County EMS about 2 a.m. and medics loaded a conscious Truckenmiller into an ambulance and drove away.
"I can only speculate that the deputies thought he was having some medical event," Moorey said.
He said that Truckenmiller was a regular at the bar.
"The management and patrons are all upset. He was a good guy. I think everybody would like to know what happened whether it was a heart attack or what sort of medical event it was," Moorey said. "Everyone is waiting on answers on cause of death."
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott released the following statement: “I had just communicated with him that afternoon as it was his birthday. I am very saddened by this tragic turn of events.”
A sheriff's office spokeswoman Friday declined to comment on the situation to The News-Press and said the incident report is not yet ready.
Aside from being a deputy, Truckenmiller was a volunteer football coach at his alma mater, Riverdale High School, and a father of two.
A fellow football coach has started a Gofundme page to raise money for his children. "We tragically lost a member of our Raider family and community," the post begins.
About a day in, more than 55 people have raised about $3,000 of the $20,000 goal, and the page has been shared 1,000 times.
Willard "Truck" Truckenmiller with his two children. Photo provided by Gofundme.com (Photo: Gofundme)
"This account is solely to help send his children to college and help them in the days to come. Anyone who knew Truck knew how much he truly loved his children," part of the post reads. "Their father was a remarkable human being and will be missed by so many."
Riverdale Principal Gerald Demming said that the school had a moment of silence during Friday's morning announcements.
"He was well-respected by the kids here and faculty, he did a great job helping with the football team and he will be missed," Deming said.
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Head Coach Tom Roszell said the team has taken it all in stride.
"It’s been pretty tough," he said.
A spiritual leader is available to the students, he said. "We’re trying to keep them busy."
Truckenmiller played as a linebacker when he was at Riverdale and was the linebacker coach for the last year or so.
A file photo of Willard Truckenmiller from December 2002 when he was a linebacker at Riverdale High School. He went on to become a Marine and a Lee County sheriff's deputy before he died. (Photo: File photo from The News-Press)
"He was a Raider and he brought that pride with him and obviously through his job he shows a lot of leadership for the kids as a good mentor," Roszell said.
As for details surrounding his death: "We’re trying to tell the kids to not worry about things like that … I’m sure the answers will be coming shortly. Right now we’re just trying to honor him."
According to a sheriff's office Facebook post, the agency honored Truckenmiller in November as the East District deputy of the month for handling a tense situation in the field.
A Marine sniper was having Vietnam flashbacks inside his Lehigh Acres home with numerous guns. Truckenmiller, a Marine who served overseas himself, connected with the fellow serviceman and remembered him from another encounter. Truckenmiller calmed the man down and eventually got him comfortable enough to have medics take the man to Gulf Coast Hospital.
A few weeks later, Truckenmiller was called to the home again on a reported theft and the Marine told him something unexpected, according to the Facebook post: "The veteran explained that during treatment at Gulf Coast Hospital, doctors discovered a very large, life-threatening brain tumor. A local neurosurgeon removed the tumor within days of its discovery and said that without its removal, the veteran would have died."
File photo from October 2006: Lance Corporal Willard Truckenmiller presents Fire Chief Clifford Paxson with a Marine Corps flag and a picture of Truckenmiller's platoon in Iraq. (Photo: Jonathan Namath/The News-Press)
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