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Free Methuen teenager Cameron D’Ambrosio
May 31, 2013 7:25 am , 1 Comment , Garret Kirkland
[Welcome to our new contributor, Garret Kirkland of the Defend the Fourth Coalition! – Ed.]
What the hell is going on in Massachusetts?
Nobody needs to be reminded about the Boston Marathon tragedy, and many of you heard about Cameron D’Ambrosio from Methuen, MA, who was taken into police custody in response to a Facebook post. I’m sure many, like myself, read about his case and assumed that they would “catch and release” him and put it out of mind. After all, it’s not really that shocking for an 18-year-old high school kid who aspires to be a hip hop artist to say stupid things.
This was what he wrote:
All you haters keep my fuckin’ name outcha mouths, got it? what the fuck I gotta do to get some props and shit huh? Ya’ll wanme to fucking kill somebody? What the fuck do these fucking demons want from me? Fucking bastards I ain’t no longer a person, I’m not in reality. So when u see me fucking go insane and make the news, the paper, and the fuckin federal house of horror known as the white house, Don’t fucking cry or be worried because all YOU people fucking caused this shit. Fuck a boston bominb wait till u see the shit I do, I’ma be famous rapping, and beat every murder charge that comes across me!
There is an argument that the reactions of Methuen High School’s associate principal James Weymouth were reasonable when he contacted the school’s police detail. Patrolman James Mellor, who was assigned to the school, picked up Cameron around 1:30pm on May 1. He states that Cameron was “polite and cooperative during and after the arrest.”
Now, I would not be one of those to agree with this reaction by the school, but I’m not inclined to fault them for being hyper-sensitive, either. The fiasco unfolding now in the courts is another story entirely.
On May 9 Cameron stood before Judge Lynn Rooney at Lawrence District Courthouse. The “honorable” Judge Rooney, who has sworn to the Oath, denied bail for Cameron and ordered him held up to 90 days, pending felony charges of “Communicating Terroristic Threats.”
“I believe the behavior here has been escalating,” she said after reviewing a half dozen records of police and probation reports prosecutors submitted at the hearing. “And it’s very troubling.”
The record included a scuffle with his sister the previous year and a fight in 2006 where “CammyDee” bit the other boy. The police did respond to the incident with his sister, and that sister had already dropped those charges prior to May 1 and is more than willing to testify on behalf of her brother. [What do a schoolyard fight seven years ago and a scuffle a year ago do to show “escalation”? – Ed.]
Cameron most recently stood before the Massachusetts Superior Court in Salem on May 23, and was again denied bail based on Judge Rooney’s decision. Cameron will next face a Probable Cause hearing come Monday, June 3, back in the District Court, but CammyDee won’t be alone. Alarm has spread quickly through the hip hop community, but even greater alarm has struck the social and political activist communities. The tech activist group Fight for the Future has mounted an online petition that already has over 80,000 signatures from people worried about the kind of precedent locking Cameron up will set.
At issue here is the First Amendment, and the limitations thereof. The 1969 Supreme Court case Brandenburg v. Ohio set out that merely inflammatory speech could not be criminalized. To be criminal, speech has to present a prospect of “imminent lawless action”, which does not include speech that “amount[s] to nothing more than advocacy of illegal action at some indefinite future time” (Hess v. Indiana, 1973). Given how non-specific Cameron’s rap lyrics are, and that they are not directed against any named person, it’s hard to see how his words could be criminal. Geoffrey DuBosque, the defense attorney assigned to D’Ambrosio, argued in court that vague lyrics did not threaten any specific person, persons, or places, and did not meet the criteria set forth in state statute.
A full search was done of his property, and apparently yielded nothing.
What precedent stands to be set if Cameron actually goes to trial for using (as he recounts) “an absolute terrible choice of words”? Should someone be charged as a terrorist for a lyric like this?
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VIDEO: Listen To “Beauty And The Beast” Performed By Ariana Grande And John Legend
Joe Hogarty
Disney Music Vevo has released the recording of Ariana Grande and John Legend performing the classic Disney song, “Beauty And The Beast”. Just a heads up, this is an audio only video. No new scenes or live performances by Grande and Legend.
Not bad. It’s not the Celine Dion and Pebo Bryson version but both Grande and Legend do a good job.
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Joe moved from New York to Florida back in 1997. He currently resides in St. Petersburg and visits the parks frequently. His first visit to the Magic Kingdom was when he was 8 years old back in 1974. Joe originally originally started as a photographer for WDWNT and is now the host of WDWNT: Nerd Alert, our movie reviewer and reports the news for WDWNT. You can contact Joe through email at [email protected]
Awesome Amy
So begrugingly… I have to say this is not as bad as I was expecting. I despise both Ariana and John. Even worse for me to say, I think Ariana is the better of the two… She’s “pop”py, but not too “pop”py. Her harmony game is pretty strong. Maybe a bit breathy/sexy for me, but that’s who she is… Poor John can’t hit the notes with the strength he needs – he goes into his head voice, which is very weak and breathy.
I think I’ll stick with Angela Lansbury, though!
I agree with you Amy. Much better than I was expecting.
Ariana sounds like she is trying to be Mariah Carey and John does good, but not great.
I would have rather had Celine and Pebo come back and do an updated version of the song. But I am sure they chose Ariana for the younger generation.
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The internet and technology have changed how people access images and professional and amateur photographers are responding by employing new methods to reach audiences. These methods include personal websites, social media tools, photo-sharing platforms and communities, and tools such as Creative Commons licenses that enable easy sharing and reuse of creative works.
The internet and technology have changed how people access images, and professional and amateur photographers are responding by employing new methods to reach audiences. These methods include personal websites, social media tools, photo-sharing platforms and communities, and tools such as Creative Commons licenses that enable easy sharing and reuse of creative works.
Creative Commons licenses are a flexible way to share images while building on the strong foundation of traditional copyright law. Simply put, Creative Commons licenses allow the shift from “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved,” enabling you to share your work under terms of your own choosing. This gives you control over distribution, and the non-exclusivity of the licenses means you can retain all commercial rights if desired.
Creative Commons licenses are a flexible way to share images while building on the strong foundation of traditional copyright law. Simply put, Creative Commons licenses allow the shift from “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved,” enabling you to share your images under terms of your own choosing. This gives you control over distribution, and the non-exclusivity of the licenses means you can retain all commercial rights if desired.
Photographers and other creators are using CC licenses to share their images online, gaining new audiences for their work on photo-sharing platforms like [http://flickr.com Flickr] and communities like [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia].
Photographers are using CC licenses to share their images online, gaining new audiences for their work on photo-sharing platforms like [http://flickr.com Flickr] and communities like [http://www.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia].
*Wikipedia is a heavily-trafficked website with over 400 million unique visitors a month. Wikipedia contains 19 million CC-licensed articles in 270 languages (over 3.7 million in English alone), as the default license for Wikipedia is CC Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA).<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About</ref>.
Photographers are using CC licenses to share their images online, gaining new audiences for their work on photo-sharing platforms like Flickr and communities like Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is a heavily-trafficked website with over 400 million unique visitors a month. Wikipedia contains 19 million CC-licensed articles in 270 languages (over 3.7 million in English alone), as the default license for Wikipedia is CC Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA).[1].
Wikimedia Commons, the multimedia storehouse for Wikipedia, is one of the premier repositories of free cultural works on the web, currently hosting approximately 7.5 million media files licensed CC BY-SA or equivalent open content license.[2]
Flickr contains over 200 million CC-licensed photos, establishing it as the Web’s single largest source of CC-licensed content.[3]
News sites across the globe frequently use CC-licensed images in their reporting. Mohamed Nanabhay, Head of Online, Al Jazeera English, says:
“A large part of embracing free culture is accepting the fact that you are forsaking control in exchange for something greater – the empowerment of the creative community. This means that you never quite know where things will lead. When launching our repository, we had thought that it would be a key resource for anyone producing content on the war and that it would primarily be used by other news organisations and documentary filmmakers. What we saw was both surprising and delightful. Soon after posting our first video, Wikipedia editors had extracted images to enhance the encyclopedia entries on the War on Gaza. Soon thereafter educators, filmmakers, video game developers, aid agencies and music video producers all used and built upon our footage.” [4]
In 2008, DigitalPhotoPro published an article on the use of Creative Commons licenses by professional photographers with advice for those thinking of using CC themselves.
1 Photographers using CC licenses
1.1 Jonathan Worth
1.2 Lan Bui
1.3 Monkeyc.net
2 Photo-sharing sites that have enabled CC licenses
2.2 DeviantART
2.3 Fotopedia
2.4 National Library of Australia: 'Click and Flick'
2.5 Newsbank Image
2.6 Culture.si
3 How To Publish photos in an online community
4 Finding CC-licensed photos
Photographers using CC licenses
Jonathan Worth
“Creative Commons enables me to use existing architecture really smoothly and to address the digital natives’ social media habits. The mode of information is the same, but the mode of distribution has changed. We don’t have all the answers, but CC lets me choose my flavor and helps me take advantage of the things working against me.”
British photographer Jonathan Worth’s work hangs in the National Portrait Gallery in London. He teaches photography at Coventry University in the U.K. He has photographed actors Colin Firth, Rachel Hunter, Jude Law and Heath Ledger. He is also one of an emerging group of photographers experimenting with sustainable working practices for professional image makers in the digital age. Jonathan Worth has been featured in:
The Telegraph - How the Power of Open can benefit photographers
BBC News - "Photographer Jonathan Worth explained that Creative Commons allowed him to sell his work for commercial use while still giving it free to individuals who wanted it for other reasons."
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Lan Bui
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Lan Bui "makes media." From photography of tech celebrities (Veronica Belmont, Zadi Diaz, Casey McKinnon) and The Ninja to videos for professionals and events (Comic Con and Pixelodeon), Lan (with help from his brother Vu) makes them all from start to finish. Lan echoes the thoughts of other artists using Creative Commons; the idea that your work is, in a way, an advertisement for yourself and future work. Lan expresses this in this way: "I think that people pay me for my time and talent, not for the actual images I deliver."
Monkeyc.net
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Monkeyc.net is the moniker of John Harvey, a Brisbane-based former photojournalist who licenses his Flickr photo stream under Creative Commons. John is an active member of the Flickr community, having first uploaded a photo on 26 September 2004 and now sporting a collection of close to 1,000 images, and encourages others to engage likewise. Several of John’s photographs have been featured on Flickr’s ‘Explore’ page, as an indication of their popularity in the Flickr community.
Photo-sharing sites that have enabled CC licenses
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Flickr was one of the first major online communities to incorporate Creative Commons licensing options into its user interface, giving photographers around the world the easy ability to share photos on terms of their choosing. As the Flickr community grew, so did the number of CC-licensed images — currently there are well over 200 million on the site — establishing Flickr as the Web’s single largest source of CC-licensed content.
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deviantART is an online community dedicated to showcasing art as prints, videos and literature. CC license options are built into deviantArt's UI, allowing users to set the permissions they want their works to carry. Naturally, different users choose different options for their works, including All Rights Reserved.
Fotopedia
Fotopedia is a breathtaking application for the iPhone and iPad. The app builds on the concept of a coffee table book, updating and enhancing the browsing experience for the web. This project is possible thanks to Creative Commons, as over 18,000 of the pictures in Fotopedia Heritage book are under one of the CC licenses. The pictures come from all around the world; as individual photographers and organizations license their high quality photos under Creative Commons, the book will only grow as a community contributed and shareable resource.
National Library of Australia: 'Click and Flick'
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'Click and Flick' is a National Library of Australia (NLA) initiative to open their online pictorial gateway, PictureAustralia, to contributions from the Australian public. PictureAustralia encourages people to make their material available on the archive under the CC licenses, as part of two dedicated Flickr image pools: ‘PictureAustralia: Ourtown’ and ‘PictureAustralia: People, Places and Events’.
Newsbank Image
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Newsbank Image is one of South Korea's largest and most comprehensive photo-archives. The photograph archive website provides images produced by Media companies, photographers as well as web-friendly versions containing watermarks, original images, all which maintain the marking of original creators. Users can choose to upload their photos under CC licenses.
Culture.si
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A comprehensive online guide to Slovene culture, Culture.si covers contemporary art, culture, and heritage in Slovenia. Over 2,300 articles in English and the fastest growing independent free image bank (currently over 1,500 images) are offered for reuse under Creative Commons licenses.
How To Publish photos in an online community
One way to increase visibility and access to your photos is to share it with an existing community that has enabled CC licensing, making it easy for you to indicate the license along with other information, such as who to attribute. In addition, search engines like Google and Yahoo! will index your work as CC licensed if the metadata is properly attached. See Publish/Images for more info.
Finding CC-licensed photos
Thanks to the machine-readability of CC licenses, CC-licensed images can be found via:
Google Advanced Image Search by specifying options under "Usage Rights"
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Science Friday: Space, time, and maximizing habitat capacity
In Science Friday by Nick Chambers January 27, 2018 2 Comments
All steelhead, all the time, here at Wild Steelheaders United.
Over the past few weeks we have examined the scientific concepts and tools used to evaluate how productive a given stream can be for wild steelhead. Such assessments are an important component of managing a steelhead fishery — especially if the run in that watershed is ESA-listed (in the Lower 48, most are).
We looked at the concept of carrying capacity, how it is estimated using habitat factors, and at research indicating that carrying capacity is about more than just habitat; it is also about the fish and how they are distributed across a watershed in space and time.
This week we will highlight ways in which these studies have been or could be applied to steelhead management.
There is no dispute that high quality habitat — and connectivity among habitats — is the foundation of healthy steelhead populations. However, there is a limit to the amount of steelhead any given habitat can support before they reach density dependence, at which point fish start to decline in growth and survival.
When a watershed has reached its capacity in this regard, boosting a fish population largely depends on improving habitat conditions and/or expanding the amount of accessible habitat. Consequently, there has been much investment in restoring habitat and, more recently, dam removal. A key component of those projects is estimating, based on habitat conditions, how many fish newly restored or re-opened habitat can support.
The Elwha River on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula provides a good real-world example. In a landmark effort, two dams were removed, restoring access for native salmon, char and steelhead to over 70 miles of spawning habitat. Because the dams had been in place for nearly 100 years there was no way to pinpoint how many fish the river historically supported — scientists and resource managers had to estimate how many steelhead the river could potentially support now. Wild winter steelhead runs in the Elwha numbered between 150-250 fish prior to dam removal, and the restoration plan estimated the river would support approximately 6,000 winter runs within 25 years of the dams being removed. That estimate was largely based on the “intrinsic potential” of the habitat in the Elwha.
While habitat is crucial for healthy populations of salmon and steelhead, just because we see density dependence does not mean the habitat is being fully used to its capacity. We reviewed three studies that highlighted this issue, one on steelhead and two on Chinook salmon. Each found strong density dependence despite declines in population sizes and very little to no change in freshwater habitat conditions. In all studies the spatial distribution of spawners contracted as population sizes decreased, which is important because a patchy spawning distribution can result in high levels of density dependence early in life when small fish have a difficult time moving very far from the redd.
The implication is that if we don’t account for the distribution of spawners we may underestimate how many fish the habitat can actually support, because we may see density dependence even when populations are small and more habitat is available.
Untangling these issues is not easy, but it can be addressed through a combination of experiments, such as increasing escapement of spawners, statistical analyses, and evaluating the effects of distribution on density dependence and habitat capacity. To help with the issue Wild Steelheaders United is working in collaboration with agency and other scientists to address the effect of spatial distribution in a series of models that will evaluate the steelhead capacity of several watersheds.
We also reviewed a paper on pink salmon that illustrated how slight differences in spawn timing can allow a population of fish to pack more spawners into limited habitat. In this analysis, differences in spawn timing led to differences in emergence of fry. Earlier emerging fry vacated the areas around the redd, leaving behind a void for the later emerging fry to use.
Steelhead potentially 5-8 month time period depending on the population — meaning some fish can spawn in the same habitats, just months apart, because they stagger the use of habitats for their juveniles.
There is very little research on this topic in steelhead. We know, however, that in places like western Washington the early-timed component of winter steelhead has been greatly depleted. In this region traditional winter steelhead fisheries started in November and ended in March. It is now rare to catch a wild steelhead in November or December, even in January in some watersheds. If the pink salmon work applies to steelhead, then rebuilding the early component of the run could effectively increase the capacity of the watershed due to the differences in spawn timing.
Sometimes it’s not just about time or space, but it is about both working in concert. For example, spring and fall Chinook enter and spawn in different times and places. This allows the river to support more Chinook than it would if all the fish entered and spawned simultaneously. Use of habitat is spatially different and juvenile competition is staggered over time. Steelhead do the same with summer and winter runs, and there is some evidence that the same type of structure exists even within a population of winter runs.
However, it seems likely that the effects of space are greater in larger rivers where there is more habitat overall, and therefore more room for adults and juveniles. On the other hand, the effects of time may be more important in smaller watersheds where there is less room.
Regardless of the specific effects, the most current science suggests that estimates of carrying capacity are not always straightforward because fish have evolved ways to partition use of a watershed in space and time. Each of those sub-components of a run is important to the overall productivity, and thus, sustaining steelhead populations – and the fisheries they provide – will depend on ensuring that the populations are as diverse and productive as possible.
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These events are powerful ways to build trust, belonging and connection between people and break through cultural, social and other barriers, as we share food and stories.
The project was founded by Penny Elsley in 2013 as part of a broader organisation called joiningthedots. On 28 June 2018, the Welcome Dinner Project became its own non profit Company which you can read more about here. You can also read more about joiningthedots at www.joiningthedots.org
Since WDP was founded in 2013, we have trained over 400 facilitators, run 500 Welcome Dinners in people’s homes and trusted community spaces around Australia, reaching 10,000+ people. We also have been supporting organisations in Rome and London to run Welcome Dinners.
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Classical music: Music professor John Schaffer is retiring from UW-Madison. A benefit jazz concert on Saturday, June 1, will celebrate his career as a teacher and former director of the Mead Witter School of Music
Professor John Schaffer (below), who served as the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music for 15 years from 1997 to 2012, is retiring this summer.
A jazz concert at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 1, at Full Compass Systems, located at 9770 Silicon Prairie Parkway in Verona, will celebrate his retirement. Details and ticket information are below.
Here is a summary of his major achievements, as compiled by a colleague:
During his tenure as director, John Schaffer:
• Raised more than $10 million for music scholarships, including the Paul Collins graduate fellowships and the Steenbock undergraduate scholarships, more than doubling all student support.
• Secured funding for three endowed professorships: Pro Arte Quartet first violinist David Perry; piano virtuoso and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition bronze medal winner Christopher Taylor; and acclaimed jazz pianist Johannes Wallmann.
• With then-chancellor John Wiley, he launched plans for the new performance facility – the Hamel Music Center — that will open this fall, and raised more than $20 million in private funds for its construction.
• Established the School of Music’s inaugural Board of Visitors, which actively connects the school with a broad community worldwide as it continues to serve in an advisory and support capacity.
• Built strong relations with community organizations including the Madison Symphony Orchestra by establishing the joint residency of the Hunt Quartet – creating further student funding opportunities – and the Independent String Teachers’ Association.
• Established the Perlman Piano Trio (below), an undergraduate scholarship opportunity funded by Kato Perlman.
• Recruited faculty professors/performers with national and international reputations.
• Collaborated with the UW Foundation and Alumni Associations to present UW student performers throughout the country and world.
• Expanded student musician performances across campus, and established the twice-annual Chancellor’s Concert Series.
• Oversaw the planning for the 100th anniversary of the Pro Arte Quartet, the school’s flagship ensemble-in-residence since 1938.
• Established the School of Music recording label, which during its active run released close to 50 albums of faculty artists.
• Created the Wisconsin Center for Music Technology, and was the founding editor of the journal Computers in Music Research.
• Revitalized the Jazz Studies program at UW-Madison that has expanded with additional faculty, new student jazz ensembles and the establishment of a major in jazz performance.
• Was actively involved in music administration on the national level by serving multiple terms on the board of directors of the National Association of Schools of Music, the national accrediting organization. He spent more than a decade training accreditation teams, and performing accreditation reviews of music schools and conservatories throughout the country.
• Served on numerous local boards including those of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Country Day School, the Isthmus Jazz Festival, and the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival.
Schaffer’s own academic work in music theory focused initially on analysis of contemporary and non-tonal music, and in artificial intelligence applications in music theory. When he returned to the faculty from being director, he re-focused his teaching on the history, theory and performance of jazz and developed new courses in the discipline and regularly coached student jazz ensembles.
After a 40-year career in academia, Schaffer is retiring to pursue other interests. For the time being, he plans to remain in the Madison area. Initially trained as a classical guitarist, his performance emphasis long ago evolved to playing jazz bass, and he’ll still be heard gigging around town, playing frequently at venues and series such as Otto’s, Capital Brewery’s beer garden, Delaney’s Steak House, Coda Cafe and the North Street Cabaret.
“The biggest reward over all my years as an educator and administrator is the impact I’ve had on the thousands of students I’ve been privileged to teach and encounter,” says Schaffer. “It’s been immensely gratifying.”
Schaffer’s contributions to music in the greater Madison area will be recognized at a benefit concert, sponsored by the Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, on Saturday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. at Full Compass Systems, 9770 Silicon Prairie Parkway in Verona. UW-Madison Chancellor Emeritus John Wiley will offer commentary and perspective. Light refreshments will be served.
Tickets for the benefit concert are $30 at the door, $25 in advance online. A limited number of student tickets are available at $15. VIP tickets are $150 and include reserved, best-in-house seating, a private pre-concert reception at 6 p.m. and other benefits.
For more information, go to: http://www.jazzinmadison.org/event/jazz-junction-benefit-concert-for-the-jazz-consortium-full-compass/
For tickets, go to:https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4236134
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Classical music: Concerts by UW cellist Parry Karp and the chamber music group Con Vivo take place this Saturday night
ALERT: The Rhapsodie Quartet, featuring members of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, will perform a FREE public concert (suggested donation is $5) at the Capitol Lakes Retirement Community, 333 West Main Street, two blocks off the Capitol Square, this Friday night, Oct. 12, at 7 p.m.
The program is the String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, by Franz Joseph Haydn and the “Razumovsky” String Quartet in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, by Ludwig van Beethoven. For more information and background, go to: https://madisonsymphony.org/event/rhapsodie-quartet-recital/
It is a busy week for classical music in Madison, and all the listings have still not been included here.
On Saturday night, Oct. 13, two more noteworthy events will take place.
PARRY KARP
A Faculty Concert Series recital by UW-Madison cello professor Parry Karp (below), who is also the longtime cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet, will take place on Saturday night in Mills Hall at 8 p.m.
Karp will be joined by two pianists: his mother Frances Karp, a longtime Madison piano teacher; and Thomas Kasdorf (below), who is pursuing his doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music.
The program is an interesting and unusual one.
It features “Hamabdil” (1919), or Hebrew Rhapsody, by Granville Bantock (below), who, Karp says “was a wonderful British composer, a favorite of Elgar.” (You can hear “Hamabdil” in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
“Phantasma for Solo Cello” (2006) is by Jesse Benjamin Jones (below), who is on the faculty of the Oberlin College Conservatory.
The Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 (1801-02), by Ludwig van Beethoven, continues the exploration of Beethoven’s violin sonatas transcribed for the cello by Karp himself.
The Cello Concerto (1956) by William Walton (below), says Karp, who performed it this summer with the English Symphony Orchestra, “is one of the great cello concertos of the 20th century. This version features a piano reduction of the orchestral score.
CON VIVO
Con Vivo (below), the critically acclaimed Madison-based chamber music group, will also give a concert to open its 17th season on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. in the First Congregational United Church of Christ, at 1609 University Avenue, near Camp Randall Stadium.
Free parking is two blocks away, at the nearby UW Foundation, 1848 University Avenue.
The eclectic program, called “Members Choice,”will include the “Kegelstatt” Trio for piano, clarinet and viola by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; and the Suite for Organ, Violin and Cello by Josef Rheinberger (below).
The night will be rounded out by solo works from the group’s talented and veteran performers many of whom also play with other major groups including the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.
Tickets are available at the door, and cost $18 for general admission; $15 for seniors and students.
For information, go to www.convivomusicwithlife.org
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Pentraxins CRP-I and CRP-II are post-translationally deiminated and differ in tissue specificity in cod (Gadus morhua L.) ontogeny
Magnadóttir, B., Hayes, P.M., Gisladottir, B., Bragason, B., Hristova, M., Nicholas, A.P., Gudmundsdottir, S. and Lange, S. 2018. Pentraxins CRP-I and CRP-II are post-translationally deiminated and differ in tissue specificity in cod (Gadus morhua L.) ontogeny. Developmental and Comparative Immunology. 87, pp. 1-11. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2018.05.014
Magnadóttir, B., Hayes, P.M., Gisladottir, B., Bragason, B., Hristova, M., Nicholas, A.P., Gudmundsdottir, S. and Lange, S.
Pentraxins are fluid phase pattern recognition molecules that form an important part of the innate immune defence and are conserved between fish and human. In Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.), two pentraxin-like proteins have been described, CRP-I and CRP-II. Here we show for the first time that these two CRP forms are post-translationally deiminated (an irreversible conversion of arginine to citrulline) and differ with respect to tissue specific localisation in cod ontogeny from 3 to 84 days post hatching. While both forms are expressed in liver, albeit at temporally differing levels, CRP-I shows a strong association with nervous tissue while CRP-II is strongly associated to mucosal tissues of gut and skin. This indicates differing roles for the two pentraxin types in immune responses and tissue remodelling, also elucidating novel roles for CRP-I in the nervous system. The presence of deimination positive bands for cod CRPs varied somewhat between mucus and serum, possibly facilitating CRP protein moonlighting, allowing the same protein to exhibit a range of biological functions and thus meeting different functional requirements in different tissues. The presented findings may further current understanding of the diverse roles of pentraxins in teleost immune defences and tissue remodelling, as well as in various human pathologies, including autoimmune diseases, amyloidosis and cancer.
Pentraxin (CRP, SAP); Protein deimination; Mucosal immunity; Amyloid; Autoimmunity; Cod (Gadus morhua L.); Ontogeny
Developmental and Comparative Immunology
87, pp. 1-11
1-s2.0-S0145305X18301307-main(3).pdf
doi:10.1016/j.dci.2018.05.014
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0145305X18301307
Protein Deimination and Extracellular Vesicle Profiles in Antarctic Seabirds
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Plasma mEV levels in Ghanain malaria patients with low parasitaemia are higher than those of healthy controls, raising the potential for parasite markers in mEVs as diagnostic targets
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Curcumin: novel treatment in neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury
Rocha-Ferreira, E., Sisa, C., Bright, S., Fautz, T., Harris, M., Contreras Riquelme, I., Agwu, C., Kurulday, T., Mistry, B., Hill, D., Lange, S. and Hristova, M. 2019. Curcumin: novel treatment in neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury. Frontiers in Physiology. 10, p. 1351. doi:10.3389/fphys.2019.01351
Cannabidiol is a Novel Modulator of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles
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Biodiversity and Taxonomy of the Parasitic Crustacea
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Peptidylarginine Deiminase Inhibitors Reduce Bacterial Membrane Vesicle Release and Sensitise Bacteria to Antibiotic Treatment
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Extracellular Vesicles from Cod (Gadus morhua L.) Mucus contain Innate Immune Factors and Deiminated Protein Cargo
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Peptidylarginine Deiminase inhibition abolishes the production of large extracellular vesicles from Giardia intestinalis, affecting host-pathogen interactions by hindering adhesion to host cells
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Molecular evidence for resurrection of Plesiochorus elongatus (Digenea: Gorgoderidae): an urinary bladder parasite of sea turtles
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Mesenchymal Stromal Cell derived Extracellular Vesicles reduce Hypoxia-Ischaemia Induced Perinatal Brain Injury
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Treatment of Prostate Cancer Using Deimination Antagonists and Microvesicle Technology
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Protein Deimination in Protein Misfolding Disorders - Modelled in Human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs)
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Peptidylarginine Deiminases-Roles in Cancer and Neurodegeneration and Possible Avenues for Therapeutic Intervention via Modulation of Exosome and Microvesicle (EMV) Release?
Lange, S., Gallagher, M, Kholia, S., Kosgodage, U., Hristova, M., Hardy, J. and Inal, J.M. 2017. Peptidylarginine Deiminases-Roles in Cancer and Neurodegeneration and Possible Avenues for Therapeutic Intervention via Modulation of Exosome and Microvesicle (EMV) Release? International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 18 (1196). doi:10.3390/ijms18061196
Chloramidine/Bisindolylmaleimide-I-Mediated Inhibition of Exosome and Microvesicle Release and Enhanced Efficacy of Cancer Chemotherapy
Kosgodage, U., Trindade R.P., Thompson, P.R., Inal, J.M. and Lange, S. 2017. Chloramidine/Bisindolylmaleimide-I-Mediated Inhibition of Exosome and Microvesicle Release and Enhanced Efficacy of Cancer Chemotherapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 18 (5), p. pii: E1007. doi:10.3390/ijms18051007
Characterisation of tabanid flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in South Africa and Zambia and detection of protozoan parasites they are harbouring
Taioe, M.O., Motloang, M.Y., Namangala, B., Chota, A., Molefe, N.I., Musinguzi, S.P, Suganuma, K., Hayes, P.M., Tsilo, T.J., Chainey, J., Inoue, N. and Thekisoe, O.M.M. 2017. Characterisation of tabanid flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in South Africa and Zambia and detection of protozoan parasites they are harbouring. Parasitology. 144 (9), pp. 1162-1178. doi:10.1017/S0031182017000440
The emerging role of exosome and microvesicle- (EMV-) based cancer therapeutics and immunotherapy
Moore, C., Kosgodage, U., Lange, S. and Inal, J.M. 2017. The emerging role of exosome and microvesicle- (EMV-) based cancer therapeutics and immunotherapy. International Journal of Cancer. 141 (3), pp. 428-436. doi:10.1002/ijc.30672
Data-driven model of the hippocampus using the HBP Brain Simulation Platform
Romani, A., Antille, N., Atenekeng, G., Courcol, J.D., Devresse, A., Dynes, J.A., Gevaert, M., Gonzalo, J.K., Gulyas, A., Kali, S., Kanari, L., Lange, S., Mercer, A., Migliore, M., Muller, E.B., Palacios, J.P., Ramaswamy, S., Reimann, M., Riquelme, R.L., Rössert, C.A., Ying, S., Shillcock, J., Telefont, M., Van Geit, W.A.H., Vanherpe, L., Markram, H. and Thomson, A. 2016. Data-driven model of the hippocampus using the HBP Brain Simulation Platform. 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Copenhagen, Denmark 02 - 06 Jul 2016
PF7.09 Non-phagocytic epithelial cells take up microvesicles by micropinocytosis
Lange, S., Kosgodage, U. and Inal, J.M. 2016. PF7.09 Non-phagocytic epithelial cells take up microvesicles by micropinocytosis. The Fifth International Meeting of ISEV, ISEV 2016. Rotterdam, Netherlands 04 - 07 May 2016 Co-Action Publishing.
PW1.04. Inhibitors of microvesicle release with the potential to enhance effectivity of cancer chemotherapy
Lange, S., Kosgodage, U. and Inal, J.M. 2016. PW1.04. Inhibitors of microvesicle release with the potential to enhance effectivity of cancer chemotherapy. The Fifth International Meeting of ISEV, ISEV 2016. Rotterdam, Netherlands 04 - 07 May 2016 Co-Action Publishing. doi:10.3402/jev.v5.31552
Peptidylarginine deiminases as drug targets in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Lange, S. 2016. Peptidylarginine deiminases as drug targets in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Frontiers in Neurology. 7 (22). doi:10.3389/fneur.2016.00022
Prostate cancer cells stimulated by calcium-mediated activation of protein kinase C undergo a refractory period before re-releasing calcium-bearing microvesicles
Lange, S., Stratton, D., Moore, C., Inal, J., Zheng, L. and Li, Z. 2015. Prostate cancer cells stimulated by calcium-mediated activation of protein kinase C undergo a refractory period before re-releasing calcium-bearing microvesicles. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 460 (3), pp. 511-517. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.061
Microvesicles released constitutively from prostate cancer cells differ biochemically and functionally to stimulated microvesicles released through sublytic C5b-9
Lange, S., Stratton, D., Moore, C., Antwi-Baffour, S. and Inal, J. 2015. Microvesicles released constitutively from prostate cancer cells differ biochemically and functionally to stimulated microvesicles released through sublytic C5b-9. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 460 (3), p. 589–595. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.03.074
Data-driven Hippocampus CA1 Modeling in the Human Brain Project
Romani, A., Antille, N., Mercer, A., Dynes, J.A., Falk, J., Gevaert, M., Gonzalo, J.K., Kali, S., Kanari, L., Migliore, M., Lange, S., Muller, E.B., Ramaswamy, S., Reimann, M., Riquelme, R.J.L., Rössert, C.A., Shi, Y., Telefont, M., Van Geit, W.A.H., Markram, H., Thomson, A. and W.A.H. Van Geit 2015. Data-driven Hippocampus CA1 Modeling in the Human Brain Project. Neuroscience 2015. Chicago 17 Oct 2015 Society for Neuroscience.
A novel role for peptidylarginine deiminases in microvesicle release reveals therapeutic potential of PAD inhibition in sensitizing prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy
Kholia, S., Jorfi, S., Thompson, P.R., Causey, C.P., Nicholas, A.P., Inal, J. and Lange, S. 2015. A novel role for peptidylarginine deiminases in microvesicle release reveals therapeutic potential of PAD inhibition in sensitizing prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 4 (1), p. 26192. doi:10.3402/jev.v4.26192
Inhibition of microvesiculation sensitizes prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy and reduces docetaxel dose required to limit tumor growth in vivo
Jorfi, S., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Kholia, S., Stratton, D., Valley, S., Lange, S. and Inal, J. 2015. Inhibition of microvesiculation sensitizes prostate cancer cells to chemotherapy and reduces docetaxel dose required to limit tumor growth in vivo. Scientific Reports. 5 (13006). doi:10.1038/srep13006
Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance
Lange, S., Stratton, D., Kholia, S., Jorfi, S., Antwi-Baffour, S. and Inal, J. 2014. Label-free real-time acoustic sensing of microvesicle release from prostate cancer (PC3) cells using a Quartz Crystal Microbalance. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 453 (3), p. 619–624. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.09.132
Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs): novel drug targets for prevention of neuronal damage following hypoxic ischemic insult (HI) in neonates
Lange, S., Rocha-Ferreira, E., Thei, L., Mawjee, P., Thompson, P.R., Nicholas, A.P., Hristova, M., Peebles, D. and Raivich, G. 2014. Peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs): novel drug targets for prevention of neuronal damage following hypoxic ischemic insult (HI) in neonates. Journal of Neurochemistry. 130 (4), pp. 555-562. doi:10.1111/jnc.12744
The Role of Infection and the TNF Family of Cytokines in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury
Rocha-Ferreira, E., Francesch-Domenech, E., Thei, L., Rahim, A., Lange, S., Peebles, D., Hristova, M. and Raivich, G. 2014. The Role of Infection and the TNF Family of Cytokines in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury. Reproductive Sciences. 21 (3 suppl), pp. 108A-109A. doi:10.1177/1933719114528275
Morphological and molecular characterization of a marine fish trypanosome from South Africa, including its development in a leech vector
Hayes, P.M., Lawton, S.P., Smit, N.J., Gibson, W.C. and Davies, A.J. 2014. Morphological and molecular characterization of a marine fish trypanosome from South Africa, including its development in a leech vector. Parasites and Vectors. 7 (50). doi:10.1186/1756-3305-7-50
Modulation of a cytoskeletal calpain-like protein induces major transitions in trypanosome morphology
Hayes, P.M., Varga, V., Olego-Fernandez, S., Sunter, J., Ginger, M.L., Gull, K. and Dr Michael Ginger 2014. Modulation of a cytoskeletal calpain-like protein induces major transitions in trypanosome morphology. Journal of Cell Biology. 206 (3), pp. 377-384. doi:10.1083/jcb.201312067
Pulsed extremely low-frequency magnetic fields stimulate microvesicle release from human monocytic leukaemia cells
Lange, S., Stratton, D. and Inal, J. 2013. Pulsed extremely low-frequency magnetic fields stimulate microvesicle release from human monocytic leukaemia cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 430 (2), pp. 470-475. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.12.012
The Role of Deimination as a Response to Trauma and Hypoxic Injury in the Developing CNS
Ferretti, P., Lange, S., U, KP and Raivich, G. 2013. The Role of Deimination as a Response to Trauma and Hypoxic Injury in the Developing CNS. in: Nicholas, A. and Bhattacharya, S. (ed.) Protein Deimination in Human Health and Disease Springer. pp. 281-294
Blood/plasma secretome and microvesicles
Inal, J.M., Kosgodage, U., Azam, S., Stratton, D., Antwi-Baffour, S. and Lange, S. 2013. Blood/plasma secretome and microvesicles. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids. 1834 (11), pp. 2317-2325. doi:10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.04.005
Interplay of host–pathogen microvesicles and their role in infectious disease
Inal, J.M., Ansa-Addo, E.A. and Lange, S. 2013. Interplay of host–pathogen microvesicles and their role in infectious disease. Biochemical Society Transactions. 41 (1), pp. 258-262. doi:10.1042/BST20120257
Inhibition of Protein Deimination Ameliorates Neuronal Damage Caused by Hypoxic Ischemic Insult in the Neonatal Brain
Lange, S., Rocha-Ferreira, E., Hristova, M., Thei, L., Mawjee, P., Thompson, P.R., Nicholas, T. and Raivich, G. 2013. Inhibition of Protein Deimination Ameliorates Neuronal Damage Caused by Hypoxic Ischemic Insult in the Neonatal Brain. British Neuroscience Association Abstracts. 22, pp. P1-B-071.
Microvesicles in Health and Disease
Inal, J.M., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Stratton, D., Kholia, S., Antwi-Baffour, S., Jorfi, S. and Lange, S. 2012. Microvesicles in Health and Disease. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 60 (2), pp. 107-121. doi:10.1007/s00005-012-0165-2
TNF gene deletion prevents lipopolysaccharide-mediated sensitisation of the neonatal mouse brain to hypoxic-ischaemic insult
Sahota, A., Kendall, G., Lange, S. and Raivich, G. 2012. TNF gene deletion prevents lipopolysaccharide-mediated sensitisation of the neonatal mouse brain to hypoxic-ischaemic insult. BMC Proceedings. 6 (Suppl 4), p. O9. doi:10.1186/1753-6561-6-S4-O9
Characterisation of microvesicles released from cells constitutively and upon stimulation
Stratton, D., Antwi-Baffour, S., Williams, G., Grant, R., Lange, S. and Inal, J.M. 2012. Characterisation of microvesicles released from cells constitutively and upon stimulation. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 1.
Isolation of microvesicles and exosomes by filtration and estimation of normal reference range in blood plasma
Grant, R., Ansa-Addo, E., Stratton, S., Antwi-Baffour, S., Jorfi, S., Kholia, S., Krige, L., Lange, S. and Inal, J.M. 2012. Isolation of microvesicles and exosomes by filtration and estimation of normal reference range in blood plasma. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 1.
The intracellular parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, utilizes microvesicle release to invade host cells
Inal, J.M., Ansa-Addo, E., Cestari, I., Pathak, P.I., McCrossan, M.V., Lange, S. and Ramirez, M. 2012. The intracellular parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, utilizes microvesicle release to invade host cells. Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. 1.
The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved
Hayes, P.M., Justine, J.-L. and Boxshall, G. 2012. The genus Caligus Müller, 1785 (Copepoda: Siphonostomatoida): two new species from reef associated fishes in New Caledonia, and some nomenclatural problems resolved. Zootaxa. 3534, pp. 21-39.
A filtration-based protocol to isolate human plasma membrane-derived vesicles and exosomes from blood plasma
Lange, S., Grant, R., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Stratton, D., Antwi-Baffour, S., Jorfi, S., Kholia, S., Krige, L. and Inal, J. 2011. A filtration-based protocol to isolate human plasma membrane-derived vesicles and exosomes from blood plasma. Journal of Immunological Methods. 371 (1-2), pp. 143-151. doi:10.1016/j.jim.2011.06.024
Protein deiminases: new players in the developmentally regulated loss of neural regenerative ability
Lange, S., Gogel, S., Yeung K-Y, Nicholas, A.P., Causey, C.P., Thompson, P.R., Greene, N.D.E. and Ferretti, P. 2011. Protein deiminases: new players in the developmentally regulated loss of neural regenerative ability. Developmental Biology. 355 (2), pp. 205-214. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.04.015
Three-dimensional visualisation of developmental stages of an apicomplexan fish blood parasite in its invertebrate host
Hayes, P.M., Wertheim, D.F., Smit, N.J., Seddon, A.M. and Davies, A.J. 2011. Three-dimensional visualisation of developmental stages of an apicomplexan fish blood parasite in its invertebrate host. Parasites and Vectors. 4 (219). doi:10.1186/1756-3305-4-219
Unexpected response of a captive blackeye thicklip, Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch), from Lizard Island, Australia, exposed to juvenile isopods Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira & Smit
Hayes, P.M., Smit, N.J., Grutter, A.S. and Davies, A.J. 2011. Unexpected response of a captive blackeye thicklip, Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch), from Lizard Island, Australia, exposed to juvenile isopods Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira & Smit. Journal of Fish Diseases. 34 (7), pp. 563-566. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2011.01261.x
Post-translational regulation of CRMP in developing and regenerating chick spinal cord
Lange, S., Gogel, S., Leung Kit-Y, Greene, N.D.E. and Ferretti, P. 2010. Post-translational regulation of CRMP in developing and regenerating chick spinal cord. Developmental Neurobiology. 70 (6), pp. 456-471. doi:10.1002/dneu.20789
Human plasma membrane-derived vesicles inhibit the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells: possible role in SLE
Lange, S., Antwi-Baffour, S., Kholia, S., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Stratton, D., Aryee Y, K. and Inal, J. 2010. Human plasma membrane-derived vesicles inhibit the phagocytosis of apoptotic cells: possible role in SLE. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 398 (2), pp. 278-283. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.06.079
Human plasma membrane-derived vesicles halt proliferation and induce differentiation of THP-1 acute monocytic leukemia cells
Lange, S., Ansa-Addo, E.A., McCrossan, M.V. and Inal, J. 2010. Human plasma membrane-derived vesicles halt proliferation and induce differentiation of THP-1 acute monocytic leukemia cells. Journal of Immunology. 185 (9), pp. 5236-5246. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1001656
Red cell PMVs, plasma membrane-derived vesicles calling out for standards
Hind, E., Heugh, S., Ansa-Addo, E.A., Antwi-Baffour, S., Lange, S. and Inal, J.M. 2010. Red cell PMVs, plasma membrane-derived vesicles calling out for standards. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 399 (4), pp. 465-469. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.07.095
Spinal cord regeneration: A role for peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) in secondary injury response
Lange, S. 2010. Spinal cord regeneration: A role for peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) in secondary injury response. SfN Minisymposium on Deimination in Opthalmic and Neurodegenerative diseases. San Diego Convention Center, California 16 Nov 2010
Spinal cord regeneration: peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) and epigentic regulation of injury response
Lange, S., Ferretti, P., Goegel, S., Leung, K.T., Nicholas, A.P., Thompson, P.R. and Greene, N.D.E. 2010. Spinal cord regeneration: peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) and epigentic regulation of injury response. FENS Forum 2010. Amsterdam 04 Jul 2010 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies.
Changes in progenitor populations and ongoing neurogenesis in the regenerating chick spinal cord
Lange, S., Whalley, K., Gogel, S. and Ferretti, P. 2009. Changes in progenitor populations and ongoing neurogenesis in the regenerating chick spinal cord. Developmental Biology. 332 (2), p. 234–245. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.569
Proteome changes in developing and injured chick spinal cord
Goegel, S., Lange, S., Greene, N.D.E. and Ferretti, P. 2007. Proteome changes in developing and injured chick spinal cord. Neuron Glia Biology. pp. S122-S122.
Differential gene expression following chick spinal cord injury at permissive and non permissive stages for regeneration
Lange, S., Goegel, S., Greene, N.D.E. and Ferretti, P. 2007. Differential gene expression following chick spinal cord injury at permissive and non permissive stages for regeneration. Neuron Glia Biology. pp. S121-S121.
The complement regulatory receptor CRIT is expressed in the developing kidney
Lange, S., Hui Kwok-M, Schifferli, J. and Inal, J.M. 2007. The complement regulatory receptor CRIT is expressed in the developing kidney. Molecular Immunology. 44 (16), p. 3991. doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2007.06.213
Complement C2 and CRIT are involved in the terminal differentiation of monocytes
Inal, J.M., Eva, W., Lange, S., Shamshiev, A. and Schifferli, J. 2007. Complement C2 and CRIT are involved in the terminal differentiation of monocytes. Journal of Immunology. 178, p. 83.17.
Pathology associated with parasitic juvenile gnathiids feeding on the puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii (Voight)
Hayes, P.M., Smit, N.J. and Davies, A.J. 2007. Pathology associated with parasitic juvenile gnathiids feeding on the puffadder shyshark, Haploblepharus edwardsii (Voight). Journal of Fish Diseases. 30 (1), pp. 55-58. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2007.00777.x
Immunostimulation of larvae and juveniles of cod, Gadus morhua L.
Lange, S., Magnadóttir, B., Gudmundsdóttir, B.K., Bambir, S.H., Steinarsson, A., Oddgeirsson, M., Bowden, T., Bricknell, I., Dalmo, R.A. and Gudmundsdottir, S. 2006. Immunostimulation of larvae and juveniles of cod, Gadus morhua L. Journal of Fish Diseases. 29 (3), p. 147–155. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2006.00701.x.
CRIT is expressed on podocytes in normal human kidney and upregulated in membranous nephropathy
Lange, S., Moll, S., Mihatsch M, J., Schifferli, J. and Inal, J. 2006. CRIT is expressed on podocytes in normal human kidney and upregulated in membranous nephropathy. Kidney International. 69 (11), p. 1961–1968. doi:10.1038/sj.ki.5000379
Complement component C3 transcription in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) larvae
Lange, S., Bambir, S.H., Dodds, A.W., Bowden, T., Bricknell, I., Espelid, S. and Magnadóttir, B. 2006. Complement component C3 transcription in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) larvae. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 20 (3), p. 285–294. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2005.05.004
A new fish haemogregarine from South Africa and its suspected dual transmission with trypanosomes by a marine leech
Hayes, P.M., Smit, N.J., Seddon, A.M., Wertheim, D.F. and Davies, A.J. 2006. A new fish haemogregarine from South Africa and its suspected dual transmission with trypanosomes by a marine leech. Folia Parasitologica. 53 (4), pp. 241-248. doi:10.14411/fp.2006.031
Complement C2 receptor inhibitor trispanning: a novel human complement inhibitory receptor
Lange, S., Inal, J., Hui Kwok-M, Miot, S., Ramirez, M., Schneider, B. and Krueger, G. 2005. Complement C2 receptor inhibitor trispanning: a novel human complement inhibitory receptor. The Journal of Immunology. 174 (1), pp. 356-366.
The ontogenic transcription of complement component C3 and Apolipoprotein A-I tRNA in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.): a role in development and homeostasis?
Lange, S., Dodds, A.W., Bambir, S.H., Gudmundsdottir, S. and Magnadóttir, B. 2005. The ontogenic transcription of complement component C3 and Apolipoprotein A-I tRNA in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.): a role in development and homeostasis? Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 29 (12), p. 1065–1077. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2005.03.009
The Complement Systems of Two Teleost Species with Emphasis on Ontogeny
Lange, S. 2005. The Complement Systems of Two Teleost Species with Emphasis on Ontogeny. PhD thesis University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine
Ontogeny of humoral immune parameters in fish
Magnadóttir, B., Lange, S., Gudmundsdottir, S., Bogwald, J. and Dalmo, R.A. 2005. Ontogeny of humoral immune parameters in fish. Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 19 (5), pp. 429-439. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2005.03.010
The ontogeny of complement component C3 in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)—an immunohistochemical study
Lange, S., Bambir, S., Dodds, A.W. and Magnadóttir, B. 2004. The ontogeny of complement component C3 in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.)—an immunohistochemical study. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. 16 (3), pp. 359-367. doi:10.1016/j.fsi.2003.06.001
Is Apolipoprotein A-I a regulating protein for the complement system of cod (Gadus morhua L.)?
Magnadóttir, B. and Lange, S. 2004. Is Apolipoprotein A-I a regulating protein for the complement system of cod (Gadus morhua L.)? Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 16 (2), pp. 265-269. doi:10.1016/S1050-4648(03)00061-5
Isolation and characterization of complement component C3 from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.)
Lange, S., Dodds, A.W. and Magnadóttir, B. 2004. Isolation and characterization of complement component C3 from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.). Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 16 (2), pp. 227-239. doi:10.1016/S1050-4648(03)00081-0
Haemogregarina bigemina (Protozoa : Apicomplexa : Adeleorina) – Past, present and future
Davies, A.J., Smit, N.J., Hayes, P.M., Seddon, A.M. and Wertheim, D.F. 2004. Haemogregarina bigemina (Protozoa : Apicomplexa : Adeleorina) – Past, present and future . Folia Parasitologica. 51 (2/3), pp. 99-108. doi:10.14411/fp.2004.015
Spontaneous haemolytic activity of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) serum
Lange, S. and Magnadóttir, B. 2003. Spontaneous haemolytic activity of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) serum. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 136 (1), pp. 99-106. doi:10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00173-8
Protection against atypical furunculosis in Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.); comparison of a commercial furunculosis vaccine and an autogenous vaccine
Gudmundsdottir, S., Lange, S., Magnadóttir, B. and Gudmundsdóttir, B.K. 2003. Protection against atypical furunculosis in Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus (L.); comparison of a commercial furunculosis vaccine and an autogenous vaccine. Journal of Fish Diseases. 26 (6), pp. 331-338. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2761.2003.00462.x
Humoral immune parameters of cultured Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.)
Lange, S., Guđmundsdottir, B.K. and Magnadóttir, B. 2001. Humoral immune parameters of cultured Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.). Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 11 (6), pp. 523-535. doi:10.1006/fsim.2000.0333
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What Gives 365 Media Appearances
Falling in love with El Salvador.
Posted on December 2, 2010 by Betty Londergan
Anna Stout is aptly named. Not because she’s heavy – nope, she’s fit as a fiddle– but because she is stout of heart and stubbornly, passionately devoted to the people of El Salvador, and on a mission to make others fall in love, too. Anna is the president of the Foundation for Cultural Exchange in Grand Junction, Colorado, where she single-handedly runs the organization (while getting her masters and working full-time).
Anna, her mom Sandy & sister Michelle
Founded in 2004 by the late David Harmon, Anna’s Sociology professor at Mesa State College, FCE’s mission is to foster a Sister City relationship between Grand Junction & El Espino – a tiny rural community about 45 minutes outside San Salvador. By taking people on cultural immersion trips to this country that is still struggling to recover from a brutal civil war that tore the country apart 20 years ago, Anna seeks to build solidarity, friendship and economic support for the beautiful, endearing people of El Espino. I went on the trip in Summer, 2009 with my friend Clarice and her son Forrest, and it was a trip I’ll never forget.
Our group--Anna's in the blue.
We started in the capital city of San Salvador, staying in a tiny hotel where Clarice & I shared a room and kept everybody up all night laughing our heads off. But the things we saw weren’t quite so amusing: the home and chapel of Archbishop Romero, the quiet “Voice of the people without a voice,” who was gunned down while saying Mass in 1980, and the San Salvador Cathedral where his tomb is lovingly touched by peasant women with tears running down their faces.
Students practice their English with Forrest.
We hiked a volcano and visited an organic coffee cooperative run by a woman whose husband had been murdered in the revolution. And then we headed for our home visit to El Espino – where we met the five scholarship students FCE is supporting (after 6th grade, school is not free in El Salvador) and were introduced to our host families.
Inosencio, an FCE scholar, and his family.
Clarice and I lucked out—we were staying in a cement room off the cozy house of Gloria & Angel Carretera, and Gloria was a wonderful cook. Forrest, on the other hand, was staying in a corrugated tin shack that leaked rain onto his bed, and while we were eating lovely huevos rancheros, he was breaking teeth on hard pinto beans and cold tortillas. But nobody had running water or flush toilets, and you quickly learned the preciousness of water, light and heat.
Ready for school!
We spent our time in El Espino meeting with community organizers, finishing off the new kindergarten room FCE had funded, watching an impromptu town baseball game, and teaching our “little brother” and all his friends to play poker– Clarice’s brilliant cross-cultural, no-Spanish-necessary activity that transcends language, age, and culture. We fell asleep laughing in the pitch-black at 9 pm on rock-hard cots and woke up at 5 am to huge trucks rumbling by, ten feet from our heads. Despite the poverty, it was one of the richest trips of my life because the people were so generous, sweet and cheerful– and eager to share whatever they had with us.
Clarice makes a new friend.
Today I’m sending $100 to the Foundation for Cultural Exchange for the brilliant work it’s doing to help the people of El Espino support development and community initiatives; rebuild houses destroyed in hurricanes (a mere $3,130 from FCE built 3 houses for the most needy families last year); fund projects like the school auditorium that was just inaugurated, and send kids to school so they can lift their families out of poverty.
“There’s a different feeling in the community now,” Anna says. “After 6 years I see more hope, cooperation, and working together. The people are starting to believe change can happen.”
Giving gifts from the people of Grand Junction to the people of El Espino.
If you want to fall in love with a village and really get to understand a Central American country, I wouldn’t miss this trip for anything. To contribute (or make your reservations), contact FCE here .
* To learn more about El Salvador, watch Romero, starring the inimitable Raul Julia, and Salvador, Oliver Stone’s last best movie starring a ferocious James Woods and Jim Belushi.
Posted in Children, Cool Stuff, Culture, Development, Education, Foreign Aid, Inspiration, Philanthropy, Special People, Travel Tagged Adventure/Service Travel, Anna Stout, Archbishop Oscar Romero, ARENA, Central America, Clarice Bonzer, Colorado, Community Activism in El Salvador, David Harmon, Education in El Salvador, El Espino, El Salvador, El Salvador's Civil War, FMLN, Forrest LaChappelle, Foundation for Cultural Exchange, Fruita 8/9, Gloria & Angel, Grand Junction, Holy Family Catholic School, Hurricane Ida, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Grand Junction, James Woods, Jim Belushi, Mesa Sate College, Michelle Stout, Oliver Stone, Peace treaty of 1992, Poker, Raul Julia, San Salvador, Service Travel, Sister Cities
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Life / Entrepreneurs / Monday Motivation: Lani Founder Viola Radomsky
Monday Motivation: Lani Founder Viola RadomskyBy Jodie Duddy
For this week’s #MondayMotivation, our new series profiling inspiring entrepreneurs, we’ve caught up with Viola Radomsky, founder of cruelty-free and vegan beauty skincare brand Lani, who is passionate about animal welfare and the environment. We chatted to her about her brand’s commitment to supporting charities, veganism and the inspiration behind Lani:
What were your reasons for going vegan in 2013, and how has it impacted your life?
I’ve always preferred following a vegetarian diet and I soon realised that not only does the meat industry exploit millions of animals every year but it also has a devastating impact on our planet. I went vegan in 2013 and launched Lani shortly afterwards.
Lani is one of the few beauty brands that uses its voice to campaign for animal rights and highlight the reality of animal exploitation. I am very passionate about helping to put an end to the use of animals for products, food, entertainment and experiments and I use Lani as a platform to inspire people to choose ethical products in general – not just beauty products. Our Instagram content is varied and aims to encourage people to make fairer purchasing decisions.
How involved were you in the original creation of the products?
Very. I did everything myself from creating the formula and packaging design to hand filling the products. It’s still the case to this day.
What is your current role within the company?
I’m the Director and I also handle absolutely everything from production to marketing and customer service. I do outsource packing orders and my partner helps with the technical side of things such as website maintenance. There’s only so much time I have, especially since that I have a young daughter.
What were your original expectations for Lani cosmetics and how does this compare with its current reach?
It’s incredible, really. I had one vision in mind when I started Lani which is that I wanted to create simple, affordable, vegan and cruelty-free products that both smell and feel amazing and really work. I launched the brand with Hair Treatment and due to its success, I quickly decided to expand the range. I have since won two awards and Lani has been shortlisted as a Green Beauty Brand Winner. The brand is now stocked in stores worldwide. I truly love what I do and I hope it shows.
Your brand regularly donates to animal charities are animal rights a major personal concern of yours?
Yes, most definitely. I often feel helpless when I think of the horrendous suffering animals are subjected to every second of every day. I love supporting charities as they do incredible work for those without a voice. I choose a new charity to support every month, making sure to focus on the smaller ones since they don’t get as much publicity or as many donations
Your products come in glass bottles. What was the reason behind this decision as opposed to the more frequently used plastic bottles?
Of course, most of us are aware of the environmental impact that single-use plastic has on our planet so I think that it’s really important to use recyclable packaging when it comes to water bottles, food containers and the like. Not only is glass better for Mother Earth but it’s also much better for your skin than plastic as certain types of plastic can actually leach into the product. Glass also acts as a protective barrier for light and oxygen-sensitive ingredients such as antioxidants so it naturally gives the product a longer shelf-life.
Do you have any more goals in terms of minimising waste within the company?
Yes, I’m trying to cut down on single-use plastic as much a possible at Lani and I’ve already managed to make some huge improvements. Orders are now all completely plastic-free, I’ve removed the plastic inner lids from jars and customers will soon have the option to choose an aluminium lid when re-ordering their favourite serum.
What was your inspiration for the packaging design?
I wanted the range to look bright and colourful to reflect the tropical ingredients within. The bottles and jars not only look pretty on the bathroom shelf but many customers reuse them long after they’ve finished with the product.
Did you create the products to address particular skincare issues or with a more general skin type in mind?
I wanted to create a simple range than can be used by anyone and I’ve received great feedback from customers saying that Lani has helped alleviate everything from skin complaints to acne sufferers and it has even cured dry flaky skin. All the products are very gentle and made with 100% natural ingredients which means that they’re suitable for most skin types.
What is your favourite item by Lani and why?
I truly love every product we have but I’m going to go with Hair Treatment because it’s not only the product I launched the brand with but it’s also a truly miraculous product that transforms the hair in just 20 minutes.
What are 3 of your top beauty tips?
1. Less is more. I hardly wear any makeup and there are nights when I skip moisturisers and serums altogether. Allowing the skin to breathe from time to time can do it the world of good.
2. Nourish your hair and skin from the inside out. The best foods that come to mind are nuts and seeds, avocado and leafy greens. They all contain a multitude of skin-loving nutrients such as vitamin E, omega 3s and Zinc among others.
3. Stay hydrated. You’ve heard it a million times but staying hydrated is the key to a glowing a healthy complexion and healthy and strong hair. I like to mix it up with water and fruit slices, a cup of invigorating tea and some warming soup. If you want to take your hydration to the next level, invest in a juicer and make yourself a mineral-rich celery and cucumber juice every day.
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Jodie Duddy is a graduate journalist from the land of the West Midlands. She enjoys writing about what’s trendy and is a green tea aficionado.
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10 New Features In Windows 10 October 2018 Update
The next major Windows 10 update is expected to arrive on October 2, 2018, or at the very least, in the first week of October. This update is a feature update which means there will be considerable improvements, and new feature additions. The update will, like all previous updates, roll out to users slowly. Those looking to get it at the earliest can always do a clean install which is often the best way to go with these feature updates. If you’re on the fence about the update, or wondering what there is to look forward to, here are ten new features in Windows 10 October 2018 update.
New Features Windows 10 1809 Update
Before we detail the new features in the Windows 10 October 2018 update, we should get the major bit of news out of the way; Sets is not coming to Windows 10 in this update. Sets is a feature that allowed users to group apps together and use them in a tabbed interface. It made an appearance in the insider builds but Microsoft ultimately decided to post-pone it. There’s no ETA on when the feature will arrive.
Clipboard Sync & History
The Clipboard is getting possibly its biggest update with Windows 10 1809. In previous updates, Windows 10 gained the ability to sync settings, and activities across devices. With this next update, users will be able to sync their clipboard history between different Windows 10 machines. This means that Windows 10 will be able to retain more than just one entry in the clipboard.
Bluetooth Battery Percentage
The Windows 10 October 2018 update will allow users to view the battery percentage for Bluetooth devices. This feature is something that Windows 10 has been lacking, and that few, if any, apps have been able to fill in for.
The feature has great promise however, there is no guarantee it will work with every single Bluetooth device you own. It depends on the device as well. This feature is aimed at Microsoft’s own devices like the Surface Pen, or the Dial. Other devices may work with it as well but you want to manage your expectations.
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Registry Auto Suggestions
Microsoft has added some pretty useful features to the Registry editor. In the previous update, a search bar was added. In this update, the registry editor will get an auto suggestion feature. When you type the location of a key, it will suggest keys to autocomplete.
Some users on the Windows 10 April 2018 update might already be seeing the new Notes app. If you aren’t one of them, this app is going to be a highlight feature in the next update. Notes 3.0 lets you sync notes across Windows 10 devices and you can apply text styles and create bullet lists.
A dark mode is coming to Windows 10 with this update. It’s not the greatest, nor the most well thought out but it’s there. You won’t like it right off the bat and it will take a few updates and lots of feedback for Microsoft to get it right, eventually. The good news is that it’s opt-in, and Microsoft is finally working on a dark mode.
Screen Sketch
A new screenshot tool is being added in the October 2018 update. It’s going to replace the Snipping tool and users will be able to access it via the Print Screen key. This new tool allows users to annotate screenshots, and capture an entire screen, a select window, or a portion of the screen.
Power Usage By App
Another addition to the Task Manager is being made in this update. Two new columns have been added that allow users to sort apps by their power consumption, and the app’s long term power usage trend.
Game Bar Improvements
The game bar in Windows 10 will allow users to view a game’s performance. This will depend on which GPU model you’re running but you will basically have a frame rate tool built in to the OS which is fantastic.
Typing Insights
Typing insights will tell you how effective Windows 10’s auto complete and suggestions are. This is mostly a stats overview with no control over what you can do with the autocomplete.
Download Links In Windows Search
Windows search hasn’t been all that popular with users, mostly because it doesn’t work all the time, but also because the web search is powered by Bing and not very good. In this update, the web search will include download links to apps that users might look up. This is a lot like the Microsoft Store app results you get. Users will probably want to change the search engine for Windows search, and see if this feature still works. If it does, it’s probably going to be worth using.
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Alaska’s dark mirror in the Russian Far East shows our luck, their tragedy
Author: Charles Wohlforth
Author David Ramseur revisited the Chukotka region of Russia in 2016, 28 years after he first went there on the 1988 Friendship Flight that reconnected Alaskans and Russians across the Bering Strait. (Courtesy of David Ramseur)
The part of Russia that looks on a map like a mirror image of Alaska has lived in an opposite universe.
While Anchorage grew in political freedom and potency in the 1950s, our eventual sister city of Magadan served as the hub of a massive death camp network.
While Alaska prospered in the last 20 years, increasingly connected to the world economy, the region of Chukotka, across the Bering Strait, suffered a catastrophic economic and population collapse as a forgotten outpost.
Our health and environment improved. You can see that more clearly in this mirror. While we thrived, our neighbor suffered a tragedy of mass alcoholism. Deaths vastly outnumbered births.
Alaskans worry about how to deploy our world-leading oil wealth savings account and how to adjust our costliest-in-the-world medical system. Meanwhile, communities like ours in Russia have reverted to a subsistence economy, and not by choice.
In 1988, author David Ramseur saw Provideniya, Chukotka, as a hopeful Arctic gateway, bustling with commerce. When he flew there again last year, it had lost half its population.
In the city center, apartment buildings were sealed with steel plates covered with graffiti. Tall weeds hid broken sidewalks and vodka bottles. Scores of dogs wandered, mixes of dachshunds, huskies and other former pets.
"Instead of Cold War nervousness of my first visit, I was stunned," Ramseur writes.
"In 2016, Provideniya looked like Beirut after its 1980s civil war. The scores of barracks and military buildings along the road into town were abandoned. Concrete and steel rubble, broken utility lines, and rusting equipment littered the tundra," he continued.
[Book excerpt: When an off-course U-2 spy plane out of Alaska nearly triggered war]
It could have been so different. When Alaska and the Russian Far East linked hands more than two decades ago, the promise of spreading Alaska's success westward seemed real.
Ramseur's new book, "Melting the Ice Curtain: The Extraordinary Story of Citizen Diplomacy on the Russia-Alaska Frontier," tells how that connection happened and documents its amazing intensity, which was surely a rare event in world history.
Although I lived through the period, I was surprised by much of what I read.
Heroic Americans helped crack the Soviet Union's back door years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and may have hastened the end of the Cold War. Their inspiring adventures still carry an emotional punch.
The heroism was as physical as Lynne Cox's 1987 swim between the two nations, completed in two hours in 42-degree water with nothing to warm her but a bathing suit.
When she arrived on an icy Russian beach, she was too weak to climb from the sea. Russian soldiers lifted her.
"I can still feel the heat from their hands on my skin," she told Ramseur.
The moment was the opposite of Cold War.
"Suddenly it comes down to humans on a beach and we have a picnic with a samovar and cookies and sing songs together," Cox said.
In 1989, author David Ramseur, left, joined Gov. Steve Cowper on a trade mission to the Russian Far East. They are shown here in the village of Uelen. (Courtesy David Ramseur)
At its height, in the 1990s, thousands of Alaskans and Russians were involved in business, health, cultural and educational efforts. It was a swashbuckling era, with direct flights carrying full loads of dreamers daily.
Ramseur's book is at its best telling these improbable stories of international brotherhood, when people divided by decades of hostility discovered friendship, love and new life directions in a totally unexpected place.
The book is encyclopedic and will be definitive on the subject, but for the casual reader it suffers from excessive detail and some flat writing. The structure of the chapters, however, allows dipping into some extraordinary stories without getting bogged down in too many facts.
Ramseur also succeeds — even with me, a skeptic — in finding lasting impact in these events.
Even after so many exchanges and lives touched, outside events determined the region's path. President Boris Yeltsin sank Russia into economic chaos and allowed theft of its wealth by oligarchs. Vladimir Putin ended the chaos with a return to authoritarianism and political repression.
Alaskans sent food, fuel and warm clothing as our neighbors suffered the initial privations of those devastating historical forces, but we couldn't forestall the regions' ultimate return to deep poverty and isolation.
Putin's government set up transportation and political barriers that cut off Alaskans' connections. Without government economic support, residents abandoned the region.
The Russian mafia and shadowy political agents went on a murder spree. Some of Alaska's best friends in Russia were killed, including several regional political leaders. When Ramseur returned, he found few surviving.
[Death of Russian democratic leader hits home for Alaskan]
Arctic diplomatic connections remain, with the Arctic Council and so forth. It is important to keep formal lines of communication open, which seem blocked on a national level (except in the fields of computer hacking and espionage).
But other than talking, I'm not sure what these diplomatic entities achieve. Citizen diplomacy had more concrete, lasting results.
Alaskans' ideas and values persisted. For example, women's centers started with Alaska expertise and U.S. funding 20 years ago took root and continue to ease the pain of domestic abuse in the Russian Far East.
The exchanges changed individual lives as well. Ramseur's was one.
His career included service at the top of Alaska and U.S. government, as a key aide to two governors and to former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich. But he chose to write his book about his work with Russia.
"It's hard to find anyone—Russian or American—whose life was not permanently and positively affected by their involvement in melting the Ice Curtain," he wrote.
"For virtually everyone contacted for this book—who visited Alaska or Russia, who hosted an Alaskan or Russian in their home, or who in any way interacted with an Alaskan or Russian counterpart—the experience remains among the highlights of their lives," Ramseur wrote.
That's a good enough reason for all the effort. But it makes the plight of our Russian neighbors even sadder to see.
We had so much in common. How differently they might have lived under a political tradition like ours, which keeps safe our freedom and gives us, as regional residents, power over our own natural resources.
The views expressed here are the writer's and are not necessarily endorsed by Alaska Dispatch News, which welcomes a broad range of viewpoints. To submit a piece for consideration, email commentary@alaskadispatch.com. Send submissions shorter than 200 words to letters@alaskadispatch.com or click here to submit via any web browser.
Charles Wohlforth
Charles Wohlforth was an Anchorage Daily News reporter from 1988 to 1992, and wrote a regular opinion column from 2015 until January 2019. He is the author of a dozen books about Alaska, science, history, and the environment. More at wohlforth.com.
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The values that built the west have been forgotten. Instead, millennials have been raised to hold hedonism above all. Whatever feels good goes. Freedoms and rights are things for legislators and judges to conjure out of thin air, not precious traditions forged in the crucible of history. Most millennials reject the nuclear family, and the religious values, that our culture was built on because they resemble some sort of unenlightened old world of responsibility and duty that millennials want no part in.In short, squaring the truth about the West with the twisted values theyve been brought up to swallow without complaint is not something that will be comfortable for many millennials. But I think that if not now, eventually most of them will take the plunge. Because deep down I think we know that what weve done is not empowering. Abandoning all guidance of our past and embracing hedonism and subjectivity was not some genius idea. Dismissing the guidance built for us over thousands and thousands of years in the form of gender roles, traditional lifestyles, hard work, objectivity, and cultural supremacy was, in fact, painfully stupid. Because really, what have we got to show for it? Nothing but infinite license to put who and what we want in our bodies, while our freedoms to speak, to think, to dream, and to build get more limited every day. Weve decided to fall backwards off the shoulders of giants, and that fall probably feels good, until you realize theres going to be a splat at the end. So with the ground of reality rushing up at them, more and more young people are clawing for anything to stop their feelings of personal, ethical, political, intellectual and artistic failure. And the rotted timber of progressivism is increasingly failing to break their fall. So eventually, they turn elsewhere. And so, a steadily increasing number of millennials are finally beginning to wake up to the choice we face as a civilization, and to the value theyve so long overlooked in traditional standards of morality and beauty. They are wondering: is modern culture really so great if it means we substitute Meghan Trainor for Mozart, Emma Sulkowicz for Da Vinci, or Bell Hooks for Plato? Is it really such a step forward that our civilization, which once shed both blood and ink debating Martin Luthers 95 Theses, is now reduced to considering theses like VICE Magazines Dear Straight Guys: Its Time to Start Putting Things In Your Butt? Is this all there is, or can we do better? No, it isnt, and yes, we can and must do better. Sure, itll be hard for us to dig ourselves out of the pit that the left-wing indoctrination and media machines has dug for everyone our age. But its work worth doing. Because right now, the world is on fire. And while my generation didnt start the fire, with apologies to Billy Joel, I believe we have a chance to contain it, or even put it out. But first we have to expose the frauds, liars, idiots, and above all, barbarians who threw gas on it. So without further ado, lets get to naming those names.
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Lauren Southern is a right-wing activist, writer and pundit for TheRebel.media. She is well known for her commentary on feminism, free speech, and immigration. Lauren has contributed to a number of programs and websites including CBC radio, BBC Radio, The Libertarian Republic, Spiked Online, IB Times, and Sky News. She is an avid reader and lover of liberty, individualism, and responsibility.
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She writes with a vivacious and engaging style, speaking authoritatively on the ills of modern politics. A must-read if you want to know why the world is going to sh*t.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant book all must read we have been betrayed
This book has answers to many of the questions you may answered about what is happening to the west. It explains how we have been mislead by well meaning helpers of globalism. The good news is we can all make a difference to make our nations better.
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Brilliant in its brevity and scathing in its overview of the venomous forces crippling the West. But it is not a gloomy, defeatist book. It is a vibrant, vigorous voicing of the rise of nationalism presently sweeping over the western world.
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short and to the point , great to see a highly intelligent conservative millennial . good read from a young persons perspective about the PC identity politics world we live in.
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Some very good points presented in a lighthearted view of a topic that is normally dry. Refreshing. As a Gen-X'er the point that Conservatives are no longer "right-wing" struck me strongly.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent summary of the problems us Millennials are inheriting.
An excellent read! Lauren makes tons of good points, many of which I wasn't already aware of. After fifty years of liberal garbage becoming mainstream, it feels like we're reaching a tipping point, which she sums up nicely.
And considering she wrote this at only 21, I'm very impressed. She's got an incredible grasp of the English language, and that's coming from someone who's read Tolkien.
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Healing and the Mind
Ancient medical science told us our minds and bodies are one. So did philosophers of old. Now modern science and new research are helping us to understand these connections. In Healing and the Mind Bill Moyers talks with physicians, scientists, therapists, and patients -- people who are taking a new look at the meaning of sickness and health. In a five part series of fascinating and provocative interviews, he discusses their search for answers to perplexing questions: How do emotions translate into chemicals in our bodies? How do thoughts and feelings influence health? How can we collaborate with our bodies to encourage healing?
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In Program 1, Bill Moyers explores therapies based on balancing yin and yang, and a phenomenon called Chi.
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In Program 3, Bill Moyers looks at two therapies that don't involve drugs or surgery: Eastern meditation and Western group psychotherapy.
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In Program 4, Bill Moyers shows how hospitals across America are responding to clinical evidence that caring makes patients feel better, and get better.
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30 new movies to see this fall in theaters
Jordan Hoffman
"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," starring Tom Hanks stars as Mister Rogers, hits theaters Nov. 22. Photo Credit: Lacey Terrell
Return to Mister Rogers’ neighborhood with Tom Hanks and Downton Abbey with Maggie Smith this upcoming film season.
"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," starring Tom Hanks stars as Mister Rogers, hits theaters Nov. 22. Photo Credit: Netflix/David Moir
As the weather gets colder, head inside to a cozy movie theater where you can watch the exploits of not one, but two clowns, a friendly sweatered icon and an old action hero with a familiar red bandanna.
Here are 30 movies you need to know about this fall.
‘IT Chapter Two’ (Sept. 6)
The clown’s back in town. The Losers have all grown up and, surprise!, are now played by famous actors. James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader and the guy from the Old Spice commercials are ready to face down existential childhood fears and not even the most malodorous sewer system will stop them. The last movie made over $700 million worldwide so expect “It” 2 to be a hit, too.
"The Goldfinch." Photo Credit: Warner Bros.
‘The Goldfinch’ (Sept. 13)
A movie screaming for awards attention, this adaptation of Donna Tartt’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is directed by “Brooklyn” helmer John Crowley. A little boy witnesses his mother’s death during a suicide bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He then grows up to become Ansel Elgort and finds himself in the world of art forgeries. Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright, Dennis O’Hare and Sarah Paulson co-star.
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‘Hustlers’ (Sept. 13)
Whether or not this movie is any good, we’ll be living off its GIFs for the next ten years. Constance Wu, Cardi B, Keke Palmer and J. Lo star as strippers who turn the tables on their rich jerk clients to get that paper. Lizzo and Usher and the gal who plays Betty on “Riverdale” are in the movie, too, plus it’s even based on a true story. It’s going to be incredible.
‘Monos’ (Sept. 13)
One of the stranger movies of the year, “Monos” is set in a not-quite-reality where a squad of teen guerrilla fighters train in the mountains of an unnamed Latin American country. Their preparations and interpersonal dynamics are surreal, and it’s unclear what they have planned for their American hostage. Dreamlike and terrifying, but also beautiful, this striking film was a success earlier this year at Sundance, and is the fall’s art house project not to miss.
‘Ad Astra’ (Sept. 20)
Brad Pitt is “Sad” Pitt in this journey “to the stars” (check your Latin) from director James Gray. Set in the not-too-distant future, Pitt’s father (Tommy Lee Jones) was an astronaut who disappeared on a deep space mission. Now, some years and a moon colonization later, Pitt is sent to find him, or else all life on Earth could be in jeopardy. The release date of this one was pushed, which either means the studio thinks they have an Oscar contender on their hands or the special effects took longer than they expected.
‘Downton Abbey’ (Sept. 20)
Get your teacups ready, Anglophiles, it’s time to return to Downton Abbey. The world’s classiest soap opera is back, and this time the King and Queen are coming for a visit. Most of the cast from the BBC/PBS sensation are on board, but newcomers include Imelda Staunton, Kate Phillips and Tuppence Middleton, which, believe it or not, is the actress’s name, not the 1920s British aristocrat character she plays.
‘Rambo: Last Blood’ (Sept. 20)
Just how much blood does this guy have in him? The answer is a lot. A lot of blood. Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo, jealous, perhaps, that Rocky lives on in the “Creed” movies, is back one last time to shoot up another village or whatever it is he likes to do. This time he goes to Mexico to battle a drug cartel. We hope he’s collecting miles.
‘Judy’ (Sept. 27)
British theater director Rupert Goold and Renée Zellweger take a big swing with “Judy,” an adaptation of the play “End of the Rainbow.” Rather than a full Judy Garland biopic (as if her life could be contained in just one movie!) this focuses on a series of shows she put on in London months before her death in 1969. If “Judy” succeeds, we’ll have a rich, emotional film worthy of her name. If it fails, we’ll have a camp classic, also worthy of her name. Can’t lose!
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‘Joker’ (Oct. 4)
Superhero origin stories are over. Here comes the first supervillain origin story, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the clown prince of crime. Director Todd Phillips says his version of The Joker is based more on movies like “Taxi Driver” than typical tentpole fare. To that end Robert De Niro actually has a supporting role as a mentor to Phoenix’s unsuccessful stand-up comedian. Despite being set in fictional Gotham City, this looks to be an indictment of our current social-political climate. No Cesar Romero’s Joker here.
‘The Current War’ (Oct. 4)
Long put on the shelf thanks to the short circuit at The Weinstein Company, this unusual historical drama about electricity finally gets its chance to shine. With Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse and Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla, audiences will glow with excitement to learn about the battle of the bulbs. Are you #TeamDirectCurrent or #TeamAlternatingCurrent? Science teachers can’t wait to find out.
‘The Addams Family’ (Oct. 11)
We knew that they were creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky, but did we know they were animated, too? Charles Addams’ macabre New Yorker cartoon characters (which far predate those copycat “Munsters”!) are coming back to the big screen. Oscar Isaac is voicing Gomez, and that ought to be enough of a draw right there. But in case it wasn’t, know that Snoop Dogg is voicing Cousin Itt. We predict shenanigans.
‘Gemini Man’ (Oct. 11)
In development for over 20 years (and with a slew of writers attached, including half of the “Game of Thrones” showrunning duo) Ang Lee and ten thousand computers rendering at the speed of sound present an action film with Will Smith as a government agent vs. Younger Will Smith as a younger government agent. Will it work? Time will tell. Sometimes Lee pulls these things off (“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Life of Pi”) and sometimes he doesn’t (“Hulk,” “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”) The premise kinda-sorta sounds like “Looper” but this time with clones instead of time travel. If this is a hit, it could be a game changer for CGI performances.
‘Jexi’ (Oct. 11)
Remember the movie “Her?” Well, what if it were a goofy comedy starring Adam DeVine? You in? Rose Byrne plays the voice of the A.I. and Michael Peña and Wanda Sykes co-star. That’s about all we know. Something tells me we’ll love this when we watch this on a plane in 2020.
"Maleficent: Mistress of Evil." Photo Credit: Disney
‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ (Oct. 18)
Angelina Jolie is back in the follow-up to the live action dark fantasy loosely based on “Sleeping Beauty.” Elle Fanning, Sam Riley and Juno Temple return, but this time Michelle Pfeiffer co-stars as Queen Ingrith. We predict outrageous gowns, some catty dialogue and an overblown third act with a lot of CGI.
‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ (Oct. 18)
Remember the movie “Zombieland?” With Woody Harrelson? From 10 years ago? It was good, right? Yeah, pretty good. Well, now there’s a sequel. We aren’t quite sure how that happened either, but it happened. Anyway, the gang is back. That’s Jesse Eisenberg (oh, yeah) and Abigail Breslin (oh, wow, haven’t thought about her in awhile) and Emma Stone. Really, that was Emma Stone, before you knew her. Go back and check, we aren’t lying. Anyway, the new one is out this fall.
‘The Lighthouse’ (Oct. 18)
A hit from this year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Robert Eggers (“The VVitch”) offers up another psychological horror film, this time set on a surreal shoreline of the soul. Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson play cross-generational lighthouse keepers, away from society with only paranoia and madness as companions. The less you know going into this strange black and white mystery the better.
‘Black and Blue’ (Oct. 25)
Naomie Harris is a rookie New Orleans cop who finds herself tangled in the thin blue line of her police department’s code and the community she wants to protect. When she catches a corrupt officer murdering a drug dealer with her body camera, she finds herself hunted by everyone on both sides of the law. Lots of running and shooting ensues.
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‘Motherless Brooklyn’ (Nov. 1)
Edward Norton stars in and directs this long-awaited adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s successful 1999 detective novel. Norton is Lionel Essrog, a private dick with Tourette’s syndrome investigating the murder of his snoop mentor, played by Bruce Willis. Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Suplee, Willem Dafoe, Cherry Jones, Fisher Stevens and Gugu Mbatha-Raw round out a rogue’s gallery of supporting players in what promises to be one of the best New York movies in a while.
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ (Nov. 1)
He said he’d be back! There have been plenty of “Terminator” movies since the mighty “T2” but none have really stuck. This latest, directed by “Deadpool”’s Tim Miller but closely shepherded by series creator James Cameron, is meant to be a direct follow-up to that 1991 classic. To that end, it’s the first to bring Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong back, along with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Who knows how it’ll fit in the timeline, but the logic in this series has never made sense, so let’s just enjoy it.
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‘Harriet’ (Nov. 1)
Cynthia Erivo stars as the American heroine Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave who later led thirteen escape missions from the antebellum south along the Underground Railroad. Wait, there’s never been a theatrical film about Harriet Tubman till now? No, there’s never been a theatrical film about Harriet Tubman till now. Take your kids out of school one day and bring them to this.
‘Doctor Sleep’ (Nov. 8)
They made a sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and we all survived, so let’s not freak out about “Doctor Sleep.” No, we don’t expect this sequel to be as good as Kubrick’s “The Shining,” but maybe it’ll be OK on its own. Ewan McGregor is Danny Torrence, all grown up now and, much like Scatman Crothers in the original, finding other children who have the ability to “shine.” We’re sure bloodshed and mayhem soon follow. Let’s give it the benefit of the doubt.
"Playing with Fire" (Nov. 8)
John Cena stars as the lead, a fearless "Smoke Jumper" firefighter whose life changes when he meets three unruly kids.
‘Last Christmas’ (Nov. 8)
Paul Feig directing a script by Emma Thompson sounds like a Christmas gift made in comedy heaven. Emilia Clarke, formerly the Mother of Dragons, works as a department-store elf and Henry Golding catches her eye. Michelle Yeoh, Patti LuPone and Thompson herself co-star in a film sure to feature many witty walks through London and a George Michael tune or two.
‘Midway’ (Nov. 8)
No one blows things up on film quite like Roland Emmerich, so we’re in decent hands here for this World War II battle simulation. Woody Harrelson is Admiral Chester Nimitz, just one of the many names in this movie that sound vaguely familiar from high school history. There was a 1976 movie called “Midway” that was presented in the short-lived “Sensurround” format. We can only imagine how the creator of “Independence Day” and “2012” will try to top that.
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‘Charlie’s Angels’ (Nov. 15)
You can’t keep a good triumvirate of gorgeous detective heroines down! The 1970s television show that was rebooted as a 2000 film has been rebooted once again, and we expect lots of outfit changes, explosions and twists. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska star, with Elizabeth Banks directing and appearing as Bosley. We hope there’s still a speakerphone.
‘Ford v. Ferrari’ (Nov. 15)
Matt Damon. Christian Bale. Cool jackets. Sleek cars. What, you need a road map? James Mangold (“Logan”) tells the tale of an American automotive engineer and a British racer joining forces to remind that jerk Enzo Ferrari that if it weren’t for them, he’d be speaking Italian right now! Wait, what? Anyway, it all builds to the 1966 race at Le Mans and what looks like the best driving footage since John Frankenheimer’s “Grand Prix.”
‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ (Nov. 22)
Popcorn, check. Soda, check. Who brought the Kleenex? Wait, don’t start the movie! Tom Hanks, the nicest man in Hollywood, stars as Fred Rogers, the nicest man on Earth, in this biographical drama directed by Marielle Heller (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”) As soon as we hear that jazzy music and hear the choo-choo train, we’re all gonna be a mess.
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‘Frozen 2’ (Nov. 22)
Sick of Disney? Let it go! Don’t try to resist. Elsa and Anna (and Kristoff and Olaf) are back and whatever songs they are going to sing will be trapped in your head for years. “Frozen” was a generational sensation so don’t expect the sequel to be quite as big, but this quest to discover the origin of Elsa’s powers will hopefully be good enough not to muddy the snow of the first one.
‘Queen & Slim’ (Nov. 27)
Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith star as a modern, African American Bonnie & Clyde in this Lena Waithe-penned allegorical thriller. It starts as a simple romance, two people on a date, until a panicky cop pulls them over. Soon it’s a cross-country chase with our new lovers wanted by police and celebrated as near-mythical outlaws.
‘Knives Out’ (Nov. 27)
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” auteur Rian Johnson is back on planet Earth with a whodunit murder mystery. Chris Evans, Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Toni Collette and Don Johnson (among others) are members of an extended family that gathers to celebrate their patriarch, Christopher Plummer’s, 85th birthday. (Plummer is actually 89, but he can still pass.) High jinks ensue when he ends up dead and everyone has a motive.
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Sahg – Memento Mori Review
By Dr. Fisting On September 19, 2016 · 33 Comments · In 2016, Doom Metal, Indie Recordings, Norwegian Metal, Reviews
Led by vocalist/guitarist Olav Iversen, Norwegian quartet Sahg have been delivering quality rock/metal with old-school values for years. Their 2013 opus Delusions of Grandeur was a sonic and compositional masterpiece, landing on AMG‘s Top 10 that year, and showing serious staying power on my stereo as well. After a 3-year gap, Sahg returns with two new members and a dark, doomy album called Memento Mori.
The record gets off to a slow start with “Black Unicorn.” The song begins with an effect-laden guitar intro, followed by a long, slow build that has me looking at my watch impatiently. The payoff is hardly worth the wait, as the track limps its way through 6 and a half minutes, minus a few cool parts here and there. Calling it a “bad” song would be a stretch, but it’s a weak-ass choice for an album opener.
It quickly becomes apparent that one of my favorite things about Delusions — the production — has been completely dismantled. That album boasted massively organic tones and a convincing live feel, both of which are hard to come by these days. Memento, however, is quite audibly a product of the studio. Vocals and guitars both sound fairly digital, and I swear I hear the same drum samples used on the last couple of Alice In Chains albums. The change in sound may be a byproduct of the aforementioned lineup turnover, but either way, it’s a shame. On the plus side, Iversen’s vocal delivery has evolved considerably between albums, and his performance here is possibly his best yet.
The band kicks up the tempo for “Devilspeed,” a straightforward rocker that reminds me of modern-era Amorphis. “Silence the Machines” also aims for that momentum, but the plodding drum work keeps it firmly on the ground. The new and improved Sahg apparently doesn’t do “fast” very well.
“Take It to the Grave” continues the gloom and doom, with its baritone vocal delivery and memorable chorus. Oddly, Memento’s sterile production actually works to this song’s benefit, giving it a cold, distant feel that goes nicely with the lyrics. The grinding, sinister “Sanctimony” finds Iversen delivering a scathing vocal before the song breaks up into a double-time instrumental section. Iversen and co. are clearly in the mood for some doom, and these two tracks are probably the standouts on this record.
“(Praise the) Electric Sun” is a relatively brief psychedelic number, utilizing acoustic guitars alongside some David Gilmour-style slide work and what may or not be a flute. This is followed by “Travellers of Space and Light,” which seems caught somewhere between rocking out and being trippy, and instead lands in the purgatory of just being uninteresting. The album’s biggest outlier is final track “Blood of Oceans.” Here the band goes into full-on Hammerheart mode, with an old-school Viking feel and even some Norwegian lyrics at the song’s midsection. This is the heaviest track on the record by a mile, and while it comes off as somewhat out of character for the more rock-minded Sahg, it does end the record on a powerful note.
Coming off two excellent albums, Sahg has dropped the ball slightly with Memento Mori, arriving at merely “OK” rather than “great.” This is the sound of an excellent band and songwriter in the midst of an identity crisis, and while the material is still quality, it feels somewhat directionless. In all honesty, hearing this album just makes me want to put on Delusions or Sahg III, but as always, your results may vary.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 256 kbps mp3
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Releases Worldwide: September 23rd, 2016
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Live-Action Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! Film's Trailer Reveal Theme, Insert Songs
posted on 2016-04-02 13:30 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Boys and Men perform theme song "Forever and Always," insert song "With..."
The official website of the live-action film adaptation of Yumiko Suzuki 's Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! (I Am Reiko Shiratori!) romantic comedy manga began streaming a trailer for the film on Wednesday. The video reveals and previews the film's theme song "Forever and Always," and an insert song , "With...," both performed by the Boys and Men idol group, whose members are also cast members in the film.
Tetsuya: I want to introduce you to my parents, so I was wondering if you could come with me, Reiko.
Reiko: Isn't that a proposal!?
Text: The super popular manga Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! that has sold over 17 million copies got its first TV drama in 20 years, and is now being adapted into a film!
Narrator: First came the TV series, and now a movie!
Reiko: I am Reiko Shiratori.
Text: Reiko finally goes to Tetsuya's parents' house!
Mother: Let's have hotpot. Put a handfull in...
Tetsuya: I think she's nervous.
Reiko's Father: Marriage!? I will never allow it!
Reiko: It's almost like Romeo and Juliet!
Text: The world-class rich girl who is in love with Tetsuya - Reiko Shiratori
Text: The normal college student who is Reiko's boyfriend - Tetsuya Akimoto
Tetsuya: The two of us are able to overcome any wall that stands before us!
Reiko: Our love will be even stronger than it is now!
Text: Currently daydreaming...
Narrator: However, the one who appeared in front of her...
Business: It's a pleasure to meet you.
Narrator: Was Kiriu, an elite man who has no interest in anything but business.
Text: The cool and elite son of an established family - Kiichi Kiriu
Tetsuya: What-?
Kiriu: Marry me.
Text: Reiko and a political marriage!?
Kiriu: If you marry me, I'll merge my company with the Shiratori Group.
Reiko's Father: The Shiratori Group is on the verge of collapse. Please understand, Reiko...
Text: She will have to choose either love or reality...
Tetsuya: Reiko. Let's get married.
Reiko: Tetsuya... I can't go...
Tetsuya: I won't let this happen.
Reiko: Love isn't enough to let us do what we want.
Maid: My lady is doing this to save the Shiratori Group!
Tetsuya: I don't know what to do either!!
Text: It can't be overcome with just feelings
Man: I've learned for the first time that this kind of love exists.
Narrator: That world-class rich girl is powered up on the movie screen!
Narrator: Do you believe in a soulmate?
Narrator: Shiratori Reiko de Gozaimasu! The Movie
The film will open on June 11 in Japan.
The film's cast includes:
Top row, left to right:
Mayuko Kawakita as Reiko Shiratori
Masaru Mizuno as Tetsuya Akimoto
Yutaka Kobayashi as Kiryū
Yukihisa Tamura
Bottom row, left to right:
Ikumi Hasamitsu
Tatsunori Tsujimoto
Shunsuke Tanaka
Masato Yoshihara
Most of the cast are reprising their roles from the live-action television series adaptation of the manga, except for Kobayashi and Hasamitsu, who will appear only in the film. Mizuno, Kobayashi, Tamura, Tsujimoto, Tanaka, and Yoshihara are all members of the Boys and Men idol group.
The manga follows the rich, beautiful, and stuck-up Reiko Shiratori, who has been in love with her friend Tetsuya Akimoto since childhood.
The television series premiered in Japan on January 14, and ended on March 17. Crunchyroll streamed the series with English subtitles as it aired in Japan under the title " Shiratori Reiko ." The series had 10 30-minute episodes.
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England will never have a better chance of World Cup glory - Gatting
England have the best chance they are ever likely to get to win the Cricket World Cup this year, according to former captain Mike Gatting.
Top-ranked England are hosting the 2019 tournament and have boosted a winning side with the inclusion of all-rounder Jofra Archer in their warm-up matches.
Gatting sees a competition packed with talent but believes Eoin Morgan's men must take their opportunity to triumph on home soil as this is "the strongest side they have ever had".
England have finished as runners-up three times without ever winning the World Cup.
"One-day cricket is as good as it's ever been," Gatting told The Cricketer. "It's quite incredible the way the format has blossomed again over the last few years and it's difficult to say who will come out on top this summer.
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"England have the strongest side they have ever had, and the inclusion of the exciting Jofra Archer is only going to strengthen that. England will not have a better opportunity to win it."
However, Gatting also believes New Zealand could be in contention come the end of the tournament.
"I look at the squads and I do fancy New Zealand to do well," he said. "You can no longer call them dark horses as their players are so experienced.
"They play some great cricket, they always play as a team, and they are well led by Kane Williamson. Ross Taylor is also a fine batsman, and, in Tim Southee and Trent Boult, they have match-winning bowlers."
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Since its inception, Apollo Hospitals has seen three decades and each has brought with it, its own share of cherished memories.
World's Second Busiest Solid Organ Transplant Centre
Apollo Hospitals, performs more than 130,000 cardiac surgeries
Introduction of Renaissance Robotic Technology in Asia-Pacific
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Honorable Prime Minister of India, inaugurates The Apollo Reach Hospitals at Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu - Taking quality healthcare to the heart of India.
Apollo Hospitals introduces an innovative healthcare delivery model - Apollo Day Surgery, a dedicated facility for minor surgeries requiring short-stay
Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery is no more a matter of age. Rare Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi gives new lease of life to an 82-year-old woman
ACE@25 was published as case study by the Ivey School of Business, Canada
Run for Healthy Heart - Apollo Dil ki Daud, a mini marathon is organized by Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi and supported by Billion Hearts Beating Foundation
Ace cricketer launches 'Gift a Life' Initiative to create awareness about organ donation, supported by The Apollo Transplant Institutes
Apollo Institute of Robotic Surgery, the first world class robotic centre in Tamil Nadu, in collaboration with the Vattikutti Foundation, USA is launched in Chennai
Apollo Hospitals opens a critical care unit with ICU facility at Sabarimala
Launch of Apollo Advantage Loyalty Card with value added services
Apollo Pharmacy is awarded the Best Healthcare Retail Company of the Year-2011 by Frost & Sullivan
Apollo Hospitals to render specialist health services to Tanzania
World's 1st iPad Navigation Hip Resurfacing Surgery performed at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Chennai
Apollo Hospitals becomes the World's Second Busiest Solid Organ Transplant Centre
Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital Launches Eastern India's first dedicated comprehensive Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
Apollo Group of Hospitals launched the first-of-its-kind Dental Wellness Center in India, the WHITE, 7-star Dental Spa
Apollo organizes the largest Multi-Specialty Tele-health camp from a Hospital on wheels in Ajmer
Apollo Hospitals, Delhi performed a successful transplant using an incompatible Kidney
3-years-old Pakistani child, diagnosed with Liver cancer undergoes a successful Liver Transplant at Apollo Hospitals, Delhi
Apollo Hospitals partners with National Skill Development Corp.(NSDC), a Public-Private partnership to promote skills among Indians
Apollo Hospitals, completes more than 130,000 cardiac surgeries with a 99.6% success rate
Apollo Hospitals Group pledges for a healthy heart on World Heart Day
Apollo organizes the 3rd International Congress on Transforming Healthcare with Information Technology
Apollo Introduces Renaissance Robotic Technology in Asia-Pacific and completes 12 complex spinal surgeries in 10 days
Apollo Hospitals Education and Research Foundation establishes Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences & Research
Apollo Hospitals Group is the only healthcare organization in the World to be declared as a Winner of G20 Challenge on Inclusive Business Innovation by the Group of 20 for its Reach Hospitals
Apollo Isha Vidya Rural School a philanthropic endeavour of Aragonda Apollo Medical & Educational Research Foundation in association with ISHA Foundation is launched in Aragonda, A.P.
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Contact Australian New Zealand Solar Energy Society
Australian New Zealand Solar Energy Society
ANZSES: Australian & New Zealand Solar Energy Society
Established in 1961, Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society (ANZSES) is one of the very rare non-for-profit organisations that can give a true technical service and scientific input on the renewable energy sector in Australia and New Zealand. Throughout 2006, ANZSES is holding public and professional events to promote the environmentally sustainable production and use of energy and the sustainability in building. ANZSES takes the initiative and truly educates, inspires and enables people to utilise renewable energy sources and ecological building principles. Sustainable House Day (SHD) and ANZSES annual conference on renewable energies and energy efficiency are excellent vehicles for doing just that.
Sustainable House Day: 9th – 10th September 2006
For the last four years ANZSES has organised a unique community event to promote sustainability and energy efficiency in building throughout Australia and New Zealand. This event used to be called “Solar House Day”. It has recently been renamed Sustainable House Day in recognition of the broader areas of sustainable residential living that are often demonstrated, e.g. water saving and reuse, recycled material, other renewable energy features.
The main strength of Sustainable House Day is the fact that ANZSES offers the Australian and New Zealand public the chance to experience working examples of actual people’s energy efficient homes, building or renovating experience. This allows the Sustainable House Day visitors the opportunity to talk to actual homeowners and experts to gain insight into the effectiveness and many benefits of environmentally responsible design. Sustainable House Day highlights the clear and present hunger for more information in the community for practical and constructive information regarding responsible building design choices in our residential sector. People are more aware and more responsive to responsible alternatives than ever before. In 2005 Sustainable House Day reached over 4 million people through a communication campaign and over 5000 people visited Sustainable House Day.
This year ANZSES hopes to reach even more people thanks to the support of hundreds of volunteers and the Sustainable House Day official sponsors: ABSA (Key Supporter), Australian Greenhouse Office (Key Supporter), Origin Energy (Silver Sponsor), Solahart (Bronze Sponsor), Neco Hardware (Bronze Sponsor), Clear Comfort (Bronze Sponsor), One Tree Hills Projects (SA & NSW Sponsor), Country Energy (NSW State Sponsor), UNSW (NSW Sponsor), Enviro Friendly Products( ACT Sponsor), Australian Ethical Investment. The list of display houses for Sustainable House Day 2006 is available on the website.
ANZSES 44th Annual conference Solar 2006: “Clean Energy? Can Do!” Canberra ANU, 13th - 15th September 2006
The conference will cover a wide range of issues related to the latest renewable energy research projects and industry developments in both Australia and overseas, Government policies on climate change and educational services, sustainable design and buildings, international cooperation and challenges. Presentations of key note speakers, workshops and seminars will cover many different topics such as: solar thermal and photovoltaic, geosequestration and carbon trading, wind energy systems, geothermal, biomass and tidal, sustainable architecture, energy production and other related subjects. Conference sponsors: ABSA (Key Supporter), Sydney Olympic Park (Gold Sponsor), Dyesol (Silver Sponsor), Sustainability Victoria (Silver Sponsor), Australian Greenhouse Office (Bronze Sponsor), Solahart (Bronze Sponsor), Wizard Power (Conference Opening), Solar Heat & Power (Conference Dinner).
ANZSES will also play an active part in the coming Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) conference that will be held in Sydney in September 2006.
Julien Lacave
ANZSES Renewable Energy Promotion Officer
Sustainable House Day Project Manager
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Prior discovery
Timmy has been for a while my prime – and possibly only – example of a sane libertarian, climate-wise. In that he has frequently advanced economic arguments on the basis of accepting the IPCC WGI science. And, it has to be said, in the face of opposition from his commentariat, who are stupid, almost to a man. However, it has never been clear that he actually does believe it, and on various occasions he has been fairly Lomborgish: accept, nominally, but then downplay. Now, with This is the point at which we rise up and hang them all it finally becomes clear that he does believe the Daily Fail rather than science. This is over the latest Rose nonsense: data faked for the paper that insisted there was no pause and all that. Before we go on you want a few refs to the truth rather than the lies, so pick one or more of RC or RC or ‘Whistleblower’ says protocol was breached but no data fraud E&E news, or Boiling Bates down or the speed of entropy by Eli or Expose: David Rose does not understand baselines by ATTP or David Rose’s alternative reality in the Daily Mail by VV.
This, in a sense, continues the theme begun in Scott Adams is a tosser: how do you find out where the truth lies? But I find there’s one major omission from that, which is to recognise your own biases. Or, put another way, that no-one discovers facts story by story or paper by paper in some objective idealised-science way. Instead, people update their view of reality layer by layer; they update their priors, to use new and fashionable language; or, as Brian Gardiner used to tell us then-bright-eyed-young-folk, though we were relucatant to believe it being young, everyone has pre-placed filters to sieve reality before it gets too close.
And so, when someone reports to you something that they’re read in the Fail, you learn nothing about what they report, but you do learn about their prior beliefs.
* WHY DELINGPOLE CAN’T READ by RS
* Anthony Watts Does a Steve Bannon by QS
* the Giant Weasel of Sikkim by RS
* Wikipedia bans Daily Mail as ‘unreliable’ source – see also direct
* In his efforts to promote fake #climate news, Anthony Watts censors Nick Stokes – Sou
* How a culture clash at NOAA led to a flap over a high-profile warming pause study – Science
* Discussion: JC’s ‘role’ – alas, no surprise and no discovery; JC is now a shithead.
* Snopes
* Breakdown of an anti-science hit piece in National Review
* Der Bates – more from Eli.
Author wmconnolleyPosted on February 8, 2017 Categories climate science
40 thoughts on “Prior discovery”
No subsequent improvement, apparently.
Good golly! “The implicit if” is a new one on me.
I prefer the traditional numbers, like Bates’ “Just trying to start a discussion”.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/how-culture-clash-noaa-led-flap-over-high-profile-warming-pause-study
“How do you find out where the truth lies?”
Often it is easier to tell where the truth isn’t.
Believing there were sane libertarians was your first mistake.
What Kevin O’Neal wrote in #4.
Apparently, focusing all his criticisms on Karl, claiming all his decisions were aimed at increasing warming and decreasing documentation…means that it isn’t about Karl. According to Bates, that is…
And no, no, no, Bates also had no worries about the data, although Rose quotes him as claiming “they threw about perfectly good buoy data”.
Since you mention Timmy, I was taken by his post about Michael Mann not getting it. The suggestion is that if renewables have fallen, then we’ve largely solved the problem and may now even have shifted to an RCP2.6 pathway. Even if Michael Mann doesn’t get it, someone who thinks we’ve potentially shifted to RCP2.6, certainly doesn’t.
My guess is that Timmy is amongst those who thinks that to follow a specific emission pathway, we simply need to get our emissions to the same level as that pathway by 2100, rather than needing to ensure that our total emissions don’t exceed that for the pathway.
Fernando L. says:
The world hasn’t shifted to an RCP2.6 because the cost of replacements hasn’t fallen low enough. We also have a problem because there’s a bunch of Europeans and Yankees who think this can be solved shutting down nuclear fission power. To make matters even worse we got TV shows doing ITER propaganda, convincing people that in some undisclosed future they’ll have cheap electricity from water.
The way I see it, the overall energy crisis will overwhelm any worries about climate change. On the positive side we may get to enjoy Delaware oranges.
The world hasn’t shifted to an RCP2.6 because the cost of replacements hasn’t fallen low enough.
Well, yes, that is probably the case, partly because we have yet to intitute a carbon tax. However, what I was getting at was that RCP2.6 would require emitting no more than about 750GtC. To date we’ve emitted about 600GtC and are emitting about 10GtC per year. Shifting to RCP2.6 would require emitting no more than about another 150GtC (about 15 years at current emissions) which would appear to be essentially impossible.
An important point people miss is that the scenario with the greatest renewable energy production at 2100 is RCP8.5.
PaulS,
I didn’t actually know that. In a similar vein, though, is that many of the other emission pathways rely on CCS, which has yet to be shown to operate at scale.
It’s shown on https://www.skepticalscience.com/rcp.php?t=3 , original source is Van Vuuren et al. 2011.
To be clear, this only relates to the specific scenarios used to drive the four representative forcing pathways. There are presumably some RCP2.6 and RCP4.5-type scenarios with greater renewable energy production.
Paul Barden says:
fwiw, I’ve stopped reading Tim W. It seems to me that something’s changed in his blogging since the Brexit vote: he’s no longer interested in seeming reasonable, he’s just feeding his dim commentariat.
[I… haven’t. The triumphalist stuff was distasteful but I kinda surf over it. But you know more economics than me so there’s less to interest you. I found http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2017/02/03/two-parts-of-dodd-frank-that-trumps-executive-orders-really-should-repeal/ interesting, for example. But then, I’m interested in the good that Trump might manage to do by accident -W]
” I’m interested in the good that Trump might manage to do by accident”
it would be remarkable if there was nothing
cue the joke about “motorways and train punctuality”
but there will undoubtedly be some benefits, – I suspect it might take some time to see them
> “the good that Trump might manage to do by accident”
TW: “What I do regard as a serious problem is the idea that the financial system will implode. …. radical, even odd, solutions is why this column exists.”
https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Acollapsatarian
Victor Venema (@VariabilityBlog) says:
The building of the motorways started earlier, but Adolf took credit. Where have we seen that lately?
#4+#5 =
Two True Believers in The Troglodyte Narrative
“sane libertarians”
I’m a libertarian. Ok, perhaps I should say a limited libertarian.
Or maybe recovered libertarian. Am I sane? Hard to say. Let me tell two tales.
The earliest societies we know about are hunter-gatherers. Everyone in such a society makes up their mind as to what to do. Join a larger group for a while, or go off a smaller group or with just your family group for a while. Advantages to both, hey, up to you. Very little “state”. This society is probably ground into humans genetically, as this was the way our ancestors lived for millions of years. This is the way our genes are wired to have us think.
Key point. Nearly equal market power for everyone. HG society is nearly equal. Libertarian.
[You’ve just redefined L. The conventional defn is about laws, not equality -W]
Next hydraulic civilization. Put a place on this: Egypt. The Sahara is turning brown. More and more people are crowding near the river. A canal is dug to provide water for farming. New economics means new power structure. The guy running the canal has vastly more market power than the farmers. He can make their lives good with water. He can ruin them with no water. Vastly non-equal market power means libertarian ideals don’t work. Hydraulic society isn’t equal. The guy running the canal becomes the Pharaoh.
[Erm, wasn’t it the other way round? The Pharaoh built the canal? -W]
The Pharaoh has so much economic power from owning the canal system his political power is almost an afterthought. How could such an economy be realistically run as libertarian? I don’t see it, unless somehow the canal wasn’t personal property. Rule of law? The Pharaoh’s word is law. Property rights? As the Pharaoh allows, and only as the Pharaoh allows. Freedom of speech? Only if it doesn’t offend the Pharaoh. Respect and obey, or get no water and starve.
[I’m very dubious that your economic history is correct. But I’m also doubtful that it is relevant. Egypt may have been a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_empire but the USA isn’t and the West in general isn’t -W]
Phil –
There seems to be a classic evolved group size for humans of around 100-150, which would correspond to a hunter-gatherer social circle. Even within that, you wouldn’t have *that* much freedom. You can walk off – if you are an unattached adult male – but even then your survival chances are low. Otherwise membership of the group is essential for survival and reproduction.
Internal to such groups you would run on a libertarian paradise model of no formal laws, just going on reputation and barter. I suspect that this is why libertarianism has appeal. Unfortunately we don’t live in such societies now; in any case, this ‘paradise’ in practice tends to be more like an organised crime gang. As long as you don’t upset the Big Man and his associates, you are fine..
This model extends at high levels; you can have a boss-of-bosses and so on hierarchically; and the more productive the underlying economy is the more hierarchical levels can be supported. Eventually the diktats of the leaders of this lot become formalised into laws; later you get revolutionary concepts such as the leaders being bound by the same laws as everyone else, and balances put in place to stop laws being too oppressive.
PeteW says:
Phil and Andrew Dodds –
There’s also no (or very little) private property in our hunter-gatherer past.
Libertarianism is not really about ‘liberty’, whatever its deluded adherents think. It’s about property, and the ‘rights’ of individuals to acquire as much of it as they can.
Some of them kind of acknowledge this, and wrestle with it, tying themselves in knots while doing so. (see here:https://www.libertarianism.org/blog/liberty-property).
[I’m not sure that post is much use in general – the conflict between liberty and property is just bleedin’ obvious – but the included “Libertarians are virtually defined by their commitment to both liberty and rights of private property” seems fair enough; which makes PH’s redefinition of L as about equality still-baffling -W]
“You’ve just redefined L. The conventional defn is about laws, not equality -W”
From Wikipedia “Libertarians seek to maximize political freedom and autonomy, emphasizing the values of freedom of choice, voluntary association, self-ownership, and the rule of law.” Agree?
[Yes, but none of that is anything to do with equality. Also, you’re omitting “Some libertarians advocate laissez-faire capitalism and strong private property rights,[4] such as in land, infrastructure, and natural resources. Others, notably libertarian socialists,[5] seek to abolish capitalism and private ownership of the means of production in favor of their common or cooperative ownership and management.” Private property rights are very important to the USAnian L’s, and those are generally the context we’re discussing. If you want to discuss LS, then I think you need to explicitly note that, if you wish to avoid confusion -W]
HG societies have freedom of choice, voluntary association, self-ownership and basically no state. Maximum of political freedom and autonomy. Why is this not at least very close to L, if not exactly L? What are the key difference(s), as you see them? Note that HG societies are evolved, and are similar to ape societies. They appeal to humans at a very deep level. As does L, as L is at minimum very similar to HG societies.
Equality leads to liberty.
[It is possible that HG is L (well, LS, see above). But if it is, it is only due to the lack of law (and I doubt there is really a lack of something that could be called law). But your “E leads to L” remains unproven (and unsuggested). Correlation does not prove causation -W]
Property in HG is limited to tools, clothing, shelter. Food is more complex. Land is group (band, tribe) owned. Mutual support and reputation is vital.
The Pharaoh built the canal? Or the guy that built the canal becomes the Pharaoh? Chicken or egg? In either case, the economics lead to a very non-L state.
Vast economic inequality leads to a Pharaoh.
[I don’t believe that -W]
The USA has become more like a Hydraulic Empire and less like HG societies in my lifetime. Not sure of all the reasons why… Technology, economic and legal changes, politics and more.
[The USA doesn’t in any way resemble an HE. I don’t find your arguments here in the least persuasive. It might be a good idea to concentrate on just one, rather than scatter-shotting -W]
Equality and freedom are very related.
Take a completely unequal state: one person owns almost everything.
How would there be any freedom at all in such a state? Other than for the person who owns everything, of course?
Phil, I think you have some basic misconceptions on the relationship between equality and freedom. We have seen totalitarian nation states with a high degree of equality. We have seen modern mixed-economy, social democracies with a high degree of equality (e.g., Norway, Denmark), and we have seen many ‘failed states’ with a high degree equality (e.g., Afghanistan, Iraq). In other words, the degree of freedom that citizens experience doesn’t tell us much about the distribution of income. More important, equality is a relative measure and it tells us nothing about the absolute level of wealth. Norway is one of the richer countries in the world and Afghanistan is one of the poorest, but they score nearly very much the same on measures of economic equality.
#23. “totalitarian nation states with a high degree of equality”
Leaders of such states are not poor in fact, even if they pretend to be.
Do you really think Kim Jong-un is as poor as the North Korean people?
http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-uns-love-for-luxury-2012-10
Phil, that there are a few rich people and many poor people actually leads to a high degree of equality. Most people have the same (very little in this case). You seem to think equality means that there are zero rich people. You can believe that if you wish, but you will be at odds with just about everyone else because they don’t share your definition.
GINI coefficeints are used by economists to estimate equality.
P.S. Kazakhstan
Wiki says:
“A Gini coefficient of 1 (or 100%) expresses maximal inequality among values (e.g., for a large number of people, where only one person has all the income or consumption, and all others have none, the Gini coefficient will be very nearly one).”
“There is a small group of people getting rich — and I mean really rich — in Kazakhstan while the rest of society remains really poor,” Mr. Kazhegeldin said. “The leadership is not interested in pushing a market economy. They keep two sets of books, one for themselves and another for everyone else.”
Kazakhstan doesn’t look like a good example. Unless you have access to the real set of accounts, not the public set of accounts.
I doubt if this group of USian libertarians are socialists. They seem big on Friedrich von Hayek and private property. But maybe I didn’t read enough.
http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_16_04_01_mayor.pdf
“I don’t believe that -W”
Consider a Gini of property ownership of exactly 1.000. The Pharaoh who owns everything, and everyone else owns nothing.
If you disagree with the Pharaoh, he evicts you from the house you are living in, which is of course his. You can’t live on the street, it is his street. You can’t eat, it is his food.
How could you have any freedom of any type living in a land owned by a Pharaoh? Even if, by some wild chance, the law wasn’t owned by him. Even if, by some wild chance, the courts ruled according to strict Libertarian approved rules. And the police were not corrupt. House is his property, he can evict you. That is Libertarian. His street, move along. Libertarian. His food, go hungry. Libertarian.
That’s not freedom. But it is Libertarian.
I’m not sure what Freedom of Choice could’ve meant for a hunter-gather society but all I have read indicates there is none of it.
That’s why so many Indians chose the European life.
http://wereallrelative.com/2014/04/05/the-puzzling-white-indians-who-loved-their-abductors/
Hunters and gatherers were not Libertarians. Given their emphasis on sharing and their lack of emphasis on personal property rights, most traditional forgers were closer to Marxism than they were to Libertarianism. Except, of course, they were not Marxists either, because it is inaccurate to take terms intended to describe political/economic philosophies developed in state level societies and blithely apply them to band level societies with no analogous political structure. Libertarians, at least the US variety, are downright fanatical about supposed rights to accumulate property and to do whatever they hell they want with it, which puts them completely at odds with the mores of most foraging societies.
My view of Dodd-Frank is that the Volcker rule is good, but in general legislation is the wrong approach to regulation. Most legislators have little understanding of financial markets, and the rest may have impure motives.
[This week’s Economist suggests “The Volcker rule, for example, could have been distilled to a simple principle of “not conducting proprietary trading”; instead it ended up taking up almost 300 pages to define. It is a similar story with the fiduciary rule—a fine principle bogged down in overprescription -W]
> 300 pages to define…. bogged down in overprescription
that’s from: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21716607-make-rules-simpler-all-means-not-expense-safety-right-way-redo
[That’s what I linked to, yes -W]
So it’s not regulation, it’s the lobbyists’ successful fiddling with crafting and add fine details that work to their clients’ benefit that’s the problem here.
[It’s from the F-D act. Which your lawmakers are responsible for. And no, they cannot palm responsibility off onto anyone else, and neither should you try to. They wrote this rubbish law – under Obama -W]
#31 Some, not all Libertarians claim hunter gatherer societies as examples of Libertarianism. Even some of the property rights types do, as part of a claim that their version of Libertarianism is the natural form of government.
Think about the change in early Egypt. An likely egalitarian libertarian with a small “l”, socialist with a small “c” herder/hunter gatherer culture transformed into a totalitarian culture ruled by a god-king. Think about this, this is amazing. How did this happen, again?
I see no reason to expect that the hunter gatherers settling into Egypt were vastly different than than similar groups studied many different places since then. Do you see any such reason? So it seems likely, and I would love to hear why anyone disagrees, that the settlers into Egypt at the beginning of irrigated agriculture would be similar.
You said “The Pharaoh built the canal”, how did the Pharaoh get the wealth and power to build a canal in an libertarian (socialist) egalitarian society? To build the canals, a lot of labor is needed. How did a member of an egalitarian society get enough wealth to get the canals built? How did a member of an egalitarian society become a god-king?
Did the building of the canals create a very non-egalitarian economy, which in turn created a very non-egalitarian society, including a very non-egalitarian government?
Or is there another explanation?
Try “socialist with a small “s”, not “c”.
The case of Egypt is interesting; it is in many ways an atypical example. The seasonal flooding makes for a near unique combination of easy high crop yields with no soil depletion over long periods. And it’s the surpluses generated by such a system that allow a big hierarchy to develop with the Pharaoh at the top.
Essentially, even if you start with a nice anarcho-libertarian society enjoying this easy agriculture, you’ll get local groups of hard men who decide that they should be in charge (because if you complain you get stomped). These groups will come into conflict with neighboring such groups and the winners will end up in charge of larger areas. And so on until geographical limits are reached, and the biggest thug is called the Pharaoh. (cf Chief, King, Emperor et al)
Generally, even local gangs will operate by some rules – can’t cause too much damage; at a larger scale these get turned into laws of one form or another. In many western societies at least, we have even succeeded in making these laws apply to everyone and membership of the ruling gang subject to elections and/or some merit.
But anyway – the size of such gangs is constrained by both geography and resources. A society with few surpluses cannot support many gang members, so there are smaller gangs and smaller areas under control. Highly productive societies like Egypt can support big gangs over large areas.
As far as egalitarianism goes.. those in the bottom 80-90% of society have, historically, barely had enough to survive and reproduce on, with the other 10-20% having access to exponentially higher resources as you rise up. Which is why such societies can be static for hundreds of years at a time; no one has anything to invest in doing things better, apart from rulers who are more interested in maintaining the biggest army possible.
> how do you find out where the truth lies?
That’s a bigger omission. It covers your “our own biases”.
Sooner or later libertarians will have to accept that individualism is dead, at least from an epistemological point of view.
Willard,
I doubt they will ever accept that. Too many implications to central tenants of libertarianism, even more so if we extend it to questions of free-will.
This is why I find Hayek interesting. He had a very biologically-driven theory of mind in which he saw people and culture as a product of evolution and environment. Heck, he was a determinist[1]. It was right there in front of him, yet he somehow missed the obvious connection between that and the problems it causes libertarianism.
If people are determined (mainly by their environment and circumstance), then simply increasing (legal) liberty does not help people. Improving or counteracting their environment and circumstance does. In other words, allowing (legal) freedom to make a choice is rather meaningless if both the choices available to me and the process which I make my choice are restricted based upon my environment and circumstance.
Hayek seems to sweep this under the rug with his “practical dualism”. In Sensory Order he describes it thusly, “in some ultimate sense mental phenomena are ‘nothing but’ physical process…This, however, does not alter the fact that in discussing mental process we will never be able to dispense with the use of mental terms, and that we shall have permanently to be content with a practical dualism” (p. 191). His work on theory of mind leads him to be a determinist in theory but, convenient for his libertarian position, he can throw all that out in practice, because the brain is too complex.
But this doesn’t alleviate the problem. While it’s true we don’t know enough about the brain to have specific solutions to specific problems, we do know enough to understand how general situations can lead to general problems. Stable family life (support for contraception, child-family support), attention during development (child-family support, parental leave, free and easy access to daycare), education (free, high quality, accessible public education, free secondary education), proper nutrition (food stamps, low-income family tax relief) and unfortunately race and gender (affirmative action, inclusive education, racial and gender specific support programs) are all important aspects that we know impact future opportunities. We needn’t know the exact impact on every individual brain, as Hayek seems to suggest, to address these issues in a general sense.
And guess what – countries that try to address these issues (by imposing non-libertarian friendly social welfare measures) lead to higher levels of social mobility[2] (and happiness[3] and lower levels of inequality[4]). Libertarians love their “rags-to-riches” stories…so maybe they should support liberal ideology?
[1]See http://www.csun.edu/~hceco001/Researchpapers/FreewillAustrian.pdf, https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/hayekee.pdf or Sensory Order.
[2] http://www.epi.org/publication/usa-lags-peer-countries-mobility/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality
Lomborg speech upcoming:
http://longnow.org/seminars/02017/mar/13/feel-good-high-yield-good-how-improve-philanthropy-and-aid/
The last 12 of the Long Now seminars is now made available online, so start with the older ones if you want to see them.
Time for another brexit means brexit thread?
How do the negotiations work? / Where is the balance of power?
Perhaps I don’t understand the article 50 negotiations but to me it seems that:
27 counties each losing a bit of trade with one country is bad but not completely disastrous. One country losing a bit of trade with 27 countries is disastrous so balance of power is with EU.
Thus EU can offer horrible terms and sit back not budging and wait for UK to beg to be allowed to remain or suffer those horrible terms. Wonderful, not!
Is there a solution to this balance of power in the negotiations? My attempt at an answer would be that it is essential for May to reserve right to annul invoking of article 50 such that we remain in (perhaps subject to another referendum) on all the same terms as at present (ie including our rebate etc) if we don’t like terms offered.
Is it possible for May to include such a reservation in her article 50 letter? Should/Would it change the balance of power at all in negotiations?
[My personal opinion is that leaving on no terms and switching to no-import-tariffs would be the best deal (by which I mean: the best deal that we can plausibly get. I think the EU negotiating machinery is likely to be so sclerotic that it would be unable to negotiate a better deal in time). However I don’t feel like putting out a post saying that yet; you’ll have to suffer several more Hayek-based posts first -W]
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UK marks 60th anniversary of Calder Hall
Yesterday marked 60 years since the opening of the world's first commercial nuclear power plant at Calder Hall in west Cumbria in England. Opened on 17 October 1956 by Queen Elizabeth II, Calder Hall was in operation for 47 years.
Queen Elizabeth II opening Calder Hall in 1956 (Image: Sellafield Ltd)
The 50 MWe (net) reactor was the first of eight small prototype Magnox units to be built at Calder Hall and Chapelcross, which is in southwest Scotland. Three more 50 MWe units were added at Calder Hall, in 1957, 1958 and 1959. All four units were shut down in 2003.
Sellafield Ltd manages and operates the reprocessing and waste storage facilities at Sellafield, the closed Calder Hall and Windscale reactors, the Capenhurst site and an engineering and design centre at Risley.
Trevor Purnell, who worked at Sellafield for 39 years and was at the official opening of Calder Hall in 1956, said: "My abiding memory is one of great excitement. We all remember the claim about cheap electricity forever more, but of course, that didn't factor in storage and disposal costs for the waste. But that doesn't detract from the sense of pride we all felt for the achievements involved with Calder Hall. We were all caught up in the euphoria.
"On the day the Queen opened Calder Hall, I was stood around 30 yards away. After the opening we were allowed to go and meet her. I remember watching the 'pseudo' meter start to move once the Queen flicked the switch, and the cheer from the crowd that followed. Little did many of those in attendance realised that the station was already providing power to the National Grid!"
Steve Bewsher, who worked in Calder Hall from 1978 to 1992, and then again during decommissioning in 2004, added: "Calder Hall was a station with a sense of pride. We all had the view that if we were to do a job, we were to do our best. This was shown in things like the floors of the turbine hall being polished, the turbines themselves being polished with car wax, and even the brass fixtures and fittings receiving the 'Brasso' treatment. Our chief engineer, Percy Gill, had the highest standards, and signed off all work personally. In other words, it had to be done right.
"We had a family atmosphere with a 'work-hard, play-hard' ethos. So whilst we might be working on the turbines in a sweltering turbine hall during summer - when there was less demand for power or outside freezing working on the cooling towers in winter - when there was less demand for cooling water, we also managed to play cricket and football (using goalposts we manufactured ourselves), during lunch breaks. This only helped to strengthen team spirit."
Susie Potter, who worked on the demolition of the iconic Calder Hall cooling towers in 2007, said the day the towers came down was "amazing". She said: "There was a real sense of anticipation on the day in both demolition HQ where the gold command centre was based and across the whole site, from the sentries round the exclusion zone to the people monitoring the affected plants and those in the control centre but we'd done so much planning and preparation that everything went incredibly smoothly; the implosion itself was almost an anti-climax."
Neil Edmondson, who worked at Calder Hall as a health physics monitor from 1992 to 1994 and then as a plant improvements and human performance manager from 2008 to 2015, noted that Calder Hall had won the URS Safe Facility of the Year award in 2012 - the first time it was ever awarded outside of the USA. "This was a massive achievement," Edmondson said.
Although Magnox reactors were initially dual-purposed, combining power generation with plutonium production for military purposes, the latter function from 1964 was confined to other facilities at Windscale. There were previously two fuel changes per year with burn-up about 400-600 MWd/t. They used natural uranium metal fuel, had a graphite moderator and were cooled with carbon dioxide. Magnox fuel is so called because of its magnesium alloy cladding, and the chemical reactivity of this means that the fuel cannot be stored indefinitely but must be reprocessed.
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In modern world, what is the largest building that could be built overnight?
I've worked a couple of Habitat for Humanity mass builds where entire houses go from a poured foundation to complete in the course of a few days, and whole neighborhoods are built in a week. There's a video made a few years back where they finished a whole house in a day, including pouring and setting the foundation, using some magic cement from the US Corps of Engineers. Then this week, someone asked this question on WorldBuilding SE and one of the answers mentioned "Sunomata Castle", a fortress in Japan that was, according to legend, built overnight.
In China, in 2015, a construction company built a 57-story skyscraper in 19 days. Here's the 1.5 minute time-lapse video.
Those are real-world examples. Fiction is full of buildings raised from nothing, whether by machines in anime or Superman's Fortress of Solitude raised by kryptonite crystal. And so, I would like to know...
What is the largest building that we could build in the modern world overnight? I'm looking for tallest first, with largest footprint as the tiebreaker. I'm pretty sure we can clear-cut and put up walls for a pretty huge area very fast, but the height is the interesting challenge because of the foundation issues.
You're free to use any pre-built materials you want in your answers, but the ground you're building on is a virgin empty plain, like west Texas. No support services, no prepared ground, but also no trees to have to worry about clearing out. No roads or shipping lanes, but assume your staging area is just over the horizon (about 20 miles away). This building is supposed to spring up out of no where.
You have from sunset to sunrise on the [longest night of the year] nope: make that 12 hours. Bonus points if you leave enough time before sunrise to clean up all the construction equipment and clear the area, but that's not required. Just the building. EDIT: Damn worldbuilder technicalities of polar night. :-) You have 12 hours.
science-based construction modern-age
SRMSRM
$\begingroup$ From sunset to sunrise on the longest night of the year... hmm, I think I will be building in a place like Svalbard during the winter :) $\endgroup$ – Alexander Feb 17 '17 at 19:56
$\begingroup$ What constitutes a building? Most high rise buildings are preceded by construction of a crane and scaffolding before the permanent building that is as high or higher. Must it be finished on the inside? As a rule of thumb a building is 50% of the way towards being finished and ready to have a C.O. issued when the exterior is done. And, what about water, sewer, utility service? Must it be off the grid? How near are any water treatment plants, natural gas pipelines, and/or electric power plants? Is there any available source of water at all? I assume no permits or zoning approvals are necessary. $\endgroup$ – ohwilleke Feb 17 '17 at 20:12
$\begingroup$ hey that was my answer XD But no the Sunomata Castle was constructed with the bare minimum. Mostly an outer made out of wood and a way for them to defend the walls. More like an outpost than a full on castle. It's been a while since I looked into it but it wasn't a full out castle like you would imagine in Europe. $\endgroup$ – ggiaquin16 Feb 17 '17 at 21:02
$\begingroup$ If you are building in west texas, you better hope there are no Mesquite trees on your build site. Those things take a whole night to grub up out of the ground and tehy are very hard to kill $\endgroup$ – Paul TIKI Feb 17 '17 at 21:06
$\begingroup$ @PaulTIKI don't forget the thorns too....We have them in AZ too and a few times I have cut a branch that fallen on my head or scraped the body... those damn things hurt. $\endgroup$ – ggiaquin16 Feb 17 '17 at 21:07
Easy: build a radio-tower type structure. These are essentially lightweight prefab structures that you tack together and keep straight vertically by guywires. Short radio towers are normally built in a few days, and towers in general are some of the tallest buildings in the world.
The bottleneck is pouring the foundation, but as other answers have noted, quick-setting concrete or shallow, wide foundations are tractable workarounds. It's also worth noting that the tower assembly can be completed partially (or if it's short enough, completely) in parallel with the foundation--and if you build on a rocky outcropping, you might be able to forgo a concrete foundation entirely.
Very rough estimate: I'd be very surprised if a 50 m (17 storey) tower couldn't be constructed in 12 hrs, and I'd expect with exceptional planning and some engineering, a 200 m (67 storey) tower could possibly be constructed in 12hrs.
imallettimallett
$\begingroup$ Can you have multiple floors in such a structure? $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 18 '17 at 23:50
$\begingroup$ @SRM Sure, but like everything about them, each "floor" will be rudimentary--more like a panel you walk around on with a hole in the middle for the elevator. $\endgroup$ – imallett Feb 19 '17 at 1:01
$\begingroup$ After reviewing the links and taking into account the difficulties highlighted by the other answers, I've decided this construction method offers the best approach to maxing out building size for an "it appeared out of nowhere" building experience. $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 19 '17 at 14:55
I'm going to assume a shell of a building with no frills on the inside. I'm also going to assume a bit of pre-engineering of the basic structure. Im' no architect, so you'll get the layman's ideas here. You get exterior walls, basic floors, and stairs to go from level to level. I'm thinking you might be able to get something 4 stories tall. Assuming unlimited manpower and equipment. your footprint can be about as big as you want.
I'm capping out the structure at 4 stories for the following reason: You need a foundation that will set very fast and with something that will run the entire height of the building. There is a 2 part epoxy called pole-crete used by utility companies to erect power poles. These poles are driven 6 feet into the ground and the surrounding hole is filled with the expanding foam epoxy. It expands and set in about an hour enough for a lineman to get up to the top and start running line (rough estimate). Anything you do is going to put lateral stress on each of these poles. The higher you go, the greater the stress on your foundation footings until the entire structure is up and bound together.
Again, I'm no architect, but I have a feeling that your one night condition means that this becomes the limiting factor to consider. You don't have time to build a more solid foundation. You might be able to stretch things a bit with sections of structure steel that only add height as each floor is completed and cross supporting structures are in place, but I don't think you can realistically get much more than that and have your structure last past the first thunderstorm.
If you want exotic, you could get a pretty substantial geodesic dome up very fast. That would get you a big circular building without the need of interior support columns. I can imagine a 60' high, 120'diameter shell going up on a west texas night. You even get a little bonus because your foundations don't get as much stress.
Paul TIKIPaul TIKI
$\begingroup$ "erect power poles." [clears throat and blushes]. Good answer, just a shame I can't give you a second +1 for that part. $\endgroup$ – Mrkvička Feb 17 '17 at 21:36
$\begingroup$ OMG did not notice that! $\endgroup$ – Paul TIKI Feb 17 '17 at 21:53
This would really be a matter of transport. We can do away with all of the nasty 'setting of concrete' business by just going pyramid-shaped. And given pretty much unlimited preparations just over the horizon, why not just build the entire thing there and move it? Some pretty big buildings have been moved before, and I don't really see a reason you can't just stuff more wheels under a building other than having to move the wheels out from under again. But, if you just put in struts where the wheels were, that shouldn't be too big of an issue either.
Now the biggest factor limiting the height is the weight of the structure. You can get some pretty impressive scaffolding structures that wouldn't weigh too much, and if wooden (or other very light) panels qualify as floors and walls, I guess you can easily get a 10+ storey building rolled over in 12 hours, given some custom all-terrain transport.
It should also be possible to airlift in some fairly impressive structures, The helicopter with the most lift power can lift about 20 tonnes. If you've got some super light-weight materials, this should be quite a few floors (somehow there's not that much info on 'weight per floor' for buildings). Now you'll need to assemble these parts into a building, and judging from construction videos, it looks like it takes roughly an hour for a large crew and a crane to properly stack two prefab building parts on top of each other. Still sticking with the pyramid shape to avoid pouring any concrete that has to settle.
So, given 12 hours, enough helicopters to airlift all the parts, and a bunch of cranes, you can stack up to 10 or so 20 ton prefab parts into a building. So your max height will be 10 times the height of the 20 ton prefab pieces.
With a few more days you can do this: https://www.wired.com/2012/09/broad-sustainable-building-instant-skyscraper/
SwierSwier
$\begingroup$ If you're already using helicopters, and the wind is calm, you don't need cranes. In fact, cranes would make helo operations worse: Chernobyl. The limit will be how many helicopters you can transit in and out of the worksite without contention / having a Desert One situation. Because then, you fail. You have no chance of recovering from two crashed helicopters and a bunch of module damage in 12hrs. $\endgroup$ – Harper - Reinstate Monica Feb 19 '17 at 8:02
It's all in the staging
Consider the usual way these big, fast projects are done: "10 miles of track laid in one day", that skyscraper, freakishly fast railroad bridge replacements (wait til morning Amtrak, replace 800' bridge, let evening Amtrak through). These absolutely depend on advance placement of those materials, and lots of advance site prep. These quick builds are generally stunts, and everything they'll need from modules to tools is already on the site.
If you can't do advance site prep, it'll help to at least reconnoiter the site so you're working from a really good site map. That said, Seabees can do site prep pretty fast. Trouble is, this is linear: first you must reach the site with the prep equipment, then prep, then start to build. Tick tick tock.
Fly sections in requires cutting-edge tech
You need either favorable wind, or helicopters that are really good at automated dynamic positioning. *Another answer proposed delivering the modules to the vicinity and also having a crane. Problems: setting up the crane is still a critical path; helicopters don't play nice with cranes; a safe distance will mean a big messy laydown area.
So the answer is the helicopter is the crane. Build the modules out of ultralight materials - spare no expense. That way you can haul more building per pass. Then you have embedded radio-tech (i.e. Bluetooth) in the modules that talks to the heli-crane about positioning. The automation is to keep the humans out of it, because when humans are involved, Desert One happens.
Upside: nothing touches the ground except the building and site-prep team. Their gear can be landed inside the building's footprint, and a space in the first floor can be dropped over the construction gear.
If you're able to do all this, you may also be able to revive the old super-helicopter designs like the Mil Mi-12.
Each module dangles 4 cables (or 2 U-shapes). As the module gets near, workers in the module below (which has an open ceiling) grab each cable and feed it into a pre-installed winch. The winches, talking to each other and the positioning tech, drag the new module down, helicopter and all. The helicopter's up-lift keep cables taut so the module comes down square. Once the module is locked in, the helicopter slacks its cables, drops load, and goes to get the next module.
Keep in mind, this is not what engineers do. They think carefully, and take the time needed to be safe. Speed has to be engineered into the design and the robotics.
Haul Road to Hell
You want to go overland? OK. You have a logistics train to get all the materiél to the site. This sounds easy until you mention no roads.
Here's the gotcha with that. If the area is at all civilized and there are no roads between towns 20 miles apart... there'll be a reason for that like a wide river, deep canyon, or truck-eating swamp in the way. Obviously, terrain has everything to do with how you solve this.
So you get your Seabees out there and build the road. The combat engineering isn't necessarily a problem... but this is all happening inside your 20-mile limit, so does it happen "on the clock"? Combat engineers can move pretty fast, but that really depends on terrain and you could find yourself unable to build the road inside 12 hours let alone the building.
There are two ways this can go sideways. First, you can hit complications building the road, and have the entire project run down the clock because it can't get to the site to start. It might be worth having 2-3 separate Seabee batallions working redundantly on parallel roads, so you can zig-zag if needed. Second, you can have a similar, critical problem on the onsite construction.
All of these delays stack. Like how the Empire Builder is always hours late. A 56-hour train run just faces too many chances for a grade crossing accident, traffic delay etc. French TGV runs are on time because their runs are short.
Erection is straightforward, just have the usual jacking crane in the middle of the building and abandon it rather than replace it with elevator shafts.
Alternately, jack the building instead of the crane, using Hulcher bulldozers or built-in jacks to lift the entire extant structure while new floors get slid into the bottom. Let down onto them, latch them in, then jack them for the next floor. Faster and less messy.
Burners come closest
Every year, Burning Man attendees roll in with their crazy structures and plop them down on the virgin Blackrock desert. They are prefabbed (forget about getting any time on machines at TechShop in the month prior), modularized, put on vehicles, dragged in, and set up.
2013. The saucer is 120 feet across. src more
How long? Well for Burning Man official structures (you know, like the Man himself), a week or so. But for some attendees it is pretty much overnight, and if the bigger projects were pressed, they too could get it done in 12 hours.
This is done by geek kids, for fun. Imagine what an advanced military could do.
Fly the building there.
This assumes your building's purpose can be accomplished in a reasonably large airplane or starship. It can look like a building; nobody needs to know the first few floors are nothing but elevator lobby and engines.You build the building at leisure. You only need to land once; consider The 100, where certain former spaceships landed roughly, but continued in service as a building/fortress.
Or just drive it!
Perhaps stretching your meaning... but we build the building, at our leisure, back at the staging area. The first 3 floors are this.
source: NASA
On Construction Day, the building is already finished. We start driving whilst the combat engineers sprint ahead of us, blazing the road. At 2.0 MPH, we get there with 2 hours to spare. Since there's only one vehicle passage, there's more time for the combat engineers to tidy up/coverup the obvious haul road, and they don't have anything else to do. The huge tracks can be hidden by fold-down covers.
Obviously this doesn't work with a canyon or swamp, but for a wide flat river like the Platte with good rock beneath it, it might be just the ticket.
$\begingroup$ When did I ban staging? I explicitly put staging at a 20 mile radius. $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 19 '17 at 5:10
$\begingroup$ You did! Sorry! Amended. However, must say... moving massive quantities of materiél 20 miles without roads creates huge challenges that do nearly amount to a ban. You could spend 2/3 of your time getting there. A tank battalion is doing very well to make 35 miles in a day offroad. $\endgroup$ – Harper - Reinstate Monica Feb 19 '17 at 7:11
$\begingroup$ true. But when the goal of the story is to have a building spring up seemingly from no where -- as if by magic, with no one outside of the builders aware that it is coming -- that's gotta be in the requirements. $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 19 '17 at 14:47
$\begingroup$ So is an obvious and very messy haul road out of the question, then? $\endgroup$ – Harper - Reinstate Monica Feb 19 '17 at 15:22
$\begingroup$ No. It's the unexpected arrival that matters. I said in question that cleanup within the time limit is a bonus. :-) $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 19 '17 at 17:00
I'm actually willing to bet that you can get about 5-6 stories. With new dome inflation methods you can get domes theoretically up to 50m in diameter, and while not a perfect hemisphere, probably reaches above four stories (a full hemisphere would be about eight stories), and could easily be constructed in 12 hours given unlimited material and manpower. You might have some foundation problems though, but I think after a bit of settling you would probably be okay. Especially if you could just set it on top of more concrete- you could use fast setting stuff (brand name is quikrete) and probably be fine for a while. It wouldn't have incredible stability or easy access, but you'd have a "building".
John SmithJohn Smith
To expand on one of @Swier's ideas, create a hover-craft-building. There were some ideas of suspending buildings during earthquakes on a cushion of air with fans and a skirt Well, I know what that is, it is a hovercraft.
Obviously you have to scale up to support a larger building. The sears tower weights 222,500 tons and has a ground footprint of 225x225, or 7.3M square inches. Thus you need to have a pressure of 61PSI. That is...a little high. Obviously the solution is to make the base bigger. Making the base 6644 feet square (44M square feet) yields a much more comfortable .2PSI--I'll assume that such a base can be constructed that transfers the tower weight evenly over the entire area.
Instead of (or in addition to) using a traditional skirt, you can use a solid reactive skirt that raises or lowers slats to a few mm of the ground. If you need to go over a tree or something, then ignore the tree and the inertia of the skyscraper will shave the tree right off (assuming strong slats). Maximum slat height would be the maximum delta height between the front/back/left/right corners over the desired course. But just like a normal hovercraft, you can go right over water. Actually, with an airlock approach (multiple skirts on the leading and trailing edges) you could even go over the odd house--raise the outer skirt until you cover the house, then lower the outer skirt and inflate. Then raise the inner skirt and the house will be just fine.
The last problem is keeping the building upright. Also easy. Just get some huge gyros going and mount the thrust fans at the center of gravity (or anyway have the aggregate thrust axis match the center of gravity since you wouldn't want a single thrust point).
Not very stealthy the other party is deaf and lacks a tactile sense--if they do you can just pop your building up in the middle of town, maybe. If you construct the base of the building on a jig that has the same ground profile and contour of the target location, then you can just sit it right down and be done. 1450 ft (plus base height) in 12 hours--I'll assume the building can get a running start to cross the starting line 20 miles out and the bow-side could be studded with JATO rockets to slow down. Probably you could cover more than 20 miles--perhaps even the ~50 miles needed to hide the initial building of the structure--in 12 hours. 4.2MPH initial velocity should do it.
For another idea, SpaceX has shown that they can land a 150ft "building" on pretty much any flat surface within minutes. A little more engineering work could increase landing gear size and reactiveness (to not need level ground and to not need ultra-hard ground). Probably the biggest problem would be the flames and blast pressure which could dig a hole that the landing gear couldn't react to. Fortunately, we can fully prep beforehand including a laser ground map so we could have pre-formed jigsaw pieces of ceramic tiles with different heights with precise destination locations to form a level heat resistant landing pad. With helecopter deployment and a lightweight jig to help guide the pieces in place, I bet from choppers crossing the starting line (20 miles out) to MECO after landing can be done in under 20 minutes (though the last men on the ground putting the pad together better wear their asbestos long underwear since the rocket will be launched prior to the pad being complete) with a 10% chance of success (and lower chance of zero fatalities). Use parallel construction to get sufficient reliability. Given 12 hours, you can probably get normal SpaceX reliability with normal SpaceX risk of death.
Another non-stealthy construction technique. But much cheaper than the first one.
Seth RobertsonSeth Robertson
$\begingroup$ Nice thinking, but answer should be an answer. This is not. If post you age referring to gets deleted, this one will make no sense. $\endgroup$ – Mołot Feb 18 '17 at 8:35
$\begingroup$ I like the out-of-the-box thinking, but for this question, I was actually looking for more in-the-box thoughts. Keep this in mind for "how do I build a flying citadel?" :-) $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 18 '17 at 23:42
$\begingroup$ The "jumbo hovercraft" solution has a big problem: on such large scales, rigid objects aren't rigid. You can't count on the stiffness of the structure to keep your hundred thousand propulsion fans moving forward at the same speed, you need to monitor their position individually and adjust power output accordingly. $\endgroup$ – Mark Feb 19 '17 at 20:49
$\begingroup$ @Molot: I'm not sure what you mean. I reference two posts. One post is the one that describes suspending a building on a cushion of air for earthquake protection--and the link text gives that very description. The second post is the one that gives the weight of the Skyscraper--and the link text gives the weight. Exactly what should I include further in case the backing links disappear? $\endgroup$ – Seth Robertson Feb 20 '17 at 16:00
$\begingroup$ @Mark: Very good point. I vaguely referenced using multiple thrust engines to avoid folding the skyscraper in half with all thrust at one point, and I entirely handwaved around the problem of attaching (and distributing the weight of) the skyscraper to the base (which I recognize as a significant engineering problem), but you are absolutely right that a thrust control system would be needed to stabilize everything vertically and horizontally and a square mile base itself would be very hard to keep together. $\endgroup$ – Seth Robertson Feb 20 '17 at 16:06
If you look at a container port or a large container ship you will have a fair idea ....
There is no difficulty with building accommodation modules in a factory elsewhere and connecting them rapidly on a development site. How rapid is rapidly, depends on the economic justification for hurrying. Above a certain speed the necessary logistics will cost more and disrupt the surrounding community more. Speed will also worsen any snafus. So why rush?
The greater problem is the infrastructure. The building will need electricity, water, and sewerage services. Unless it is a replacement for some similar-sized former development, the visible part of the development cannot happen until infrastructures are in place. This takes longer than "foundations" (which are almost unnecessary if you are building on hard bedrock). You will also need cranes and other heavy construction equipment delivered to the site and prepared. Oh, and a workforce who know what to do.
I've often heard it asked, what are the builders wasting their time on between bulldozing the grass and trees, and starting to build the houses? Infrastructure (and foundations) is the answer. (wet weather can bring such work to a complete halt. You can't build the drains you need while you really need the drains!)
I have watched a modular student accommodation building grow at about a storey per week-end. Week-days, no visible work was happening. It was an inner city site and the traffic disruption caused by lorries delivering modules on weekdays would have been quite horrendous. So they didn't.
nigel222nigel222
$\begingroup$ This answer appears to be "no building can be built overnight." Am I reading that correct? $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 18 '17 at 23:44
$\begingroup$ I disagree, infrastructure doesn't need to be buried, it can be in the first floor modules. $\endgroup$ – Harper - Reinstate Monica Feb 19 '17 at 8:05
$\begingroup$ @Harper sewerage / drains? Sure you can bring it all together in a big pipe prefabricated, but you have to have a pipe from there off the site. You also need capacity in the area's sewers and sewage treatment works. Similarly capacity to supply water without undue pressure drop, electricity without any overloads. And you need drainage for when it rains hard. $\endgroup$ – nigel222 Feb 19 '17 at 10:08
$\begingroup$ @srm pretty much right. The building can appear pretty damn fast, but that's the final outcome of a lot of prior planning and logistics. $\endgroup$ – nigel222 Feb 19 '17 at 10:13
$\begingroup$ @nigel22 Since I've seen a 1-story home done in a day, including running water/sewage and electrical to that home, I'm going to disqualify this answer. You make some good points about the difficulties, and that may well limit the size to very small, but my experience says the threshold is at least non-zero. $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 19 '17 at 14:52
"The tower of Babylon" was erected in Black Rock City, NV during Burning Man festival 2008.
It is 10 floors, 100ft tall. It was erected in 3.5 days with only one crane and 5 construction workers. It was built on the virgin land of Black Rock desert and was disassembled ~week later in 1.5 days, leaving no trace behind.
I assume that with additional resources this very building could be built faster, and similar building of the same technology could be bigger.
ItamarItamar
$\begingroup$ This answer was useful by suggesting that large construction was possible, but I already suspected that from the examples I gave in the question. This answer didn't provide enough detail to gauge how much could be done in one night. Thus I did not consider it to be "in the running" for final answer -- but thank you for the supplemental information. $\endgroup$ – SRM Feb 19 '17 at 14:59
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Tosca, Puccini, Welsh National Opera
February 17, 2018 by Mike Smith
As we moved from the staircase of Wales Millennium Centre in February 16, 2018 to the interior of Rome’s Sant’ Andrea della Valle on June 17 and 18, 1800, an unfortunate exchange had put me in just the right mood for an opera about ugly intimidation dressed up in faux civility. Life and art and all of that….
So to the show.
The former Consul of the failed Roman Republic and now escaped prisoner Angelotti, sung by Daniel Grice, has hobbled into the church where our hero Mario Cavaradossi, sung by Mexican tenor Hector Sandoval, has been painting a Mary Magdalene from on top of a slightly rickety platform. He finds a hidden key to a chapel and hides.
The cynical and comic Sacristan, sung by the lovely character singer-actor Donald Maxwell, comes in to tidy up and squeeze as much nuance out of the role as he does the cloth with which he wipes up drips from a leaking bucket that he moves around. He sets the tone of a city where the church is corrupt and props up the ancient regime, power is abused, everyone is frightened of the secret police and that the establishment despises Napoleon (on the eve of the Battle of Marengo) and the ideas of the enlightenment. Not bad for a few minutes of performing.
Claire Rutter
Hector Sandoval and Claire Rutter
Daniel Grice and Hector Sandoval
Poor old Cavaradossi cannot get any work done as next pops in his lover Floria Tosca to arrange their romantic evening and similarly quickly establishes her character as the feisty, jealous actress, religiously pious and madly in love. When she recognises that the Mary Magdalene is a portrait of
an actual woman, Marchesa Attavanti, who has recently been in the church, she demands Cavardossi paints her with dark rather than blue eyes.
Donald Maxwell
Mark S Doss
Claire Rutter and Mark S Doss
Yes, she is the prisoner’s sister and has left a key to the family chapel and a change of clothes (and a fan with the family crest) so he can make his escape. And yes, Cavadrossi is also a “Voltarian”, knows the prisoner from when he was a consul of the failed Roman Republic, and agrees to help him – but has to keep it all secret from Tosca as he knows she will not be able to keep shtum.
All we need now is our third main protagonist, the head of the police, Scarpia and the revelation of his plot how to not only capture the prisoner but also get his lustful way with Tosca. He finds the fan that the prisoner has accidentally dropped and sets his trap by placing it on the painter’s scaffold, Tosca is back to tell Cavaradossi their rendezvous is off as there is a big concert to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon (or so they think) but the painter has gone and Scarpia is waiting in the shadows to pounce (well seduce at this stage) by convincing Tosca she is right in suspecting her lover has been having an affair with Marchesa Attavanti. The chase is on.
The next two acts are extremely rapid with the dodgy deal to save Cavaradossi’s life, sex for liberty, how Tosca gets her revenge on Scarpia, how the lovers have a brief moment of joy as they think they are going to survive and then the twist in the tale – but in case you don’t know it I won’t go spoiling that.
Mark S Doss and Claire Rutter
Michael Blakemore’s production with Ashley Martin-Davis designs has been around now for about 25 years and is as traditional as you could possibly like. The costumes are of the Napoleonic era, the church is dark and gloomy Roman, the church men are crumbly and hooded, the children fun and lively, Scarpia’s office a renaissance Farnese Palace and the top of Castello Sant’Angelo as the sun slowly rises quite gorgeous with the sword bearing archangel dominant.
It may have been performed many a time but this revival by Benjamin Davis, conducted by Carlo Rizzi, is fresh and sufficiently reworked in the characterisations that it deserves this new outing. We have, as said, Donald Maxwell’s well-drawn Sacristan and Michael Clifton-Thompson, as Spoletta, also catches the eye with a clearly considered and well-developed weasel-like character, not a thug but a nasty piece of work, enjoying the suffering of others although not administering it himself, cowering and strutting in equal measure. Jack O’Kelly’s gaoler is a down to earth man, doing his job, not particularly sympathetic nor abusive of his doomed charges, he accepts the ring that Tosca has given to Cavaradossi in Act One (nice touch) as a bribe to let the condemned man write a note with matter of fact acceptance.
All three of the leading players grew as the evening proceeded although I may have just been too shaken by events off stage to fully appreciate Cavaradossi and Tosca’s arias and duets in Act One. This is a pity as it contains the loveliest lyrical singing which is reprised in Act Three and were excellent.
Scarpia’s most fabulous closing of Act One dramatic monologue aria merging into the Te Deum was refined and elegant, matching the acting of the role by Mark S Doss. However, I prefer more menace and grossness under the surface in my Scarpia. This became more apparent in the Second Act when he reveals his full lust and sexual preferences. Perhaps it was the wig. Once it was off and he looked more like a man than a slightly over-preened character from Beauty and The Beast, the menace and revulsion was more chilling. And he did die well.
Cavaradossi has a big hitter in Act Two which has to be just that yet I had little doubts about the occasional stand and belt it out showy notes. Fortunately this did not happen in the glorious E lucevan le stelle Act Three aria and here too I found him much more sympathetic and rounded in performance. Again, when he was more dramatically relaxed, less grandstanding both his singing and acting seemed more rich and engaging.
Tosca is a pretty straightforward role dramatically and it is difficult to play around with it, fortunately. Here is just what Puccini said on the tin and we were able to then listen and watch her acting without any gimmickry or silliness that so besets opera production. She has her big opportunity in Act Two with Vissi d’arte and even Scarpia has a little sit down / lean and let her take centre stage to perform it. I do not know how many times I have seen this opera (or this production) but all credit to the singer I fairly winced as the dagger went in and shudders as she urged him to drown in his own blood.
Carlo Rizzi conducted with passion and while Puccini’s verismo can extend to being almost overpowering there was fine sympathetic playing for those gentle, lyrical drops of purity in what is a sordid little tale.
Further performances at WMC February 21, 23 then touring including Birmingham Hippodrome, March 8, Bristol Hippodrome April 11, 13 and Venue Cymru, Llandudno April 18, 2o.
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Posted in Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau CymruTagged Claire Rutter, Daniel Grice, Donald Maxwell, Hector Sandoval, Mark S Doss, Puccini, Tosca, welsh national opera
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NBA Finals 2019: Warriors’ Draymond Green explains why he thinks he’s the best defender ‘ever’
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Draymond Green is confident in his abilities.
The 29-year-old Warriors forward told The Athletic earlier this month he thought he was the best defender ever. Green elaborated on that comment Wednesday during NBA Finals media day.
“I think as a competitor, if you’re trying to do something meaningful, if you don’t have the mindset that you’re the best ever, you failed already,” Green told reporters. “That’s been my mindset since I can remember. That will be my mindset as long as I can remember anything — that I am the best ever at what I do. And every day that I step on the basketball floor I will strive to be that.
“But my mindset will always be as such, as I am the best to do what I do. And that will give me a shot at being the best.”
“You don’t mistakenly become great.”
This Dray speech. Powerful. pic.twitter.com/atk3kqB007
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 29, 2019
Green’s versatility and ability to switch defensively has been key to the Warriors’ recent run. Golden State will be playing the Raptors for its third straight title and fourth championship in five seasons.
Green won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award in 2016-17.
“Before you can ever reach anything you have to believe it. You don’t just mistakenly become great at something,” Green said. “You probably at one time or another believed that you can be great at that and then you work to get great at that and you reach that greatness. But you don’t mistakenly become great. And then you start to believe, ‘oh man, I’m great at that.’ No, you believed that before and you worked to get that. So, I always believed that. And I work every day to reach that.”
Green has also picked up his game offensively in the playoffs, as he’s averaging 13.6 points, 9.9 rebounds and 8.2 assists.
“He’s been great on and off the floor,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “His leadership has been great. … You’re seeing the best of Draymond right now. He’s in great condition, an unbelievably high level of play and very poised.”
Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Warriors and Raptors will tip off Thursday at 9 p.m. ET in Toronto.
4 – Here are four stats on @StephenCurry30‘s playoff career ahead of the #NBAFinals. Knowledge. pic.twitter.com/KefieSE9xa
— OptaLarry🏀 (@OptaLarry) May 24, 2019
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Kolak choses ZT for high quality oil-free air
VSD Accionamento de Velocidade Variável Sistema Energy Recovery Compressores isentos de óleo Indústria da alimentação e bebidas Classe 0
Kolak Snack Foods Ltd is a leading UK manufacturer of crisps and snacks, producing its own brands such as Dylans Hand Cooked Crisps, and private label products supplied to independent retailers and major high street supermarket chains.
When it experienced a business upturn and required increased output at its manufacturing plant in London, it decided to upgrade its production equipment, including its compressors. When considering the options, the company knew it had to ensure reliability and continuity of output, but also needed to ensure that any possible risk of product contamination during process operations was eliminated. It had to be efficient, reliable and entirely oil-free.
Energy efficiency of ZT was essential in the selection
To achieve this, Kolak chose to replace its existing units with oil-free, rotary screw, full feature machines – two ZT 90 FF compressors and a ZT 90 VSD FF – which provide a guaranteed supply of high-quality air. As a result of the installation, the process air at Kolak’s London plant complies with the ISO 8573-1 (2010) CLASS 0 standard of air purity, which embraces the Class 0 industry standard. Class 0 measures all three forms of oil contamination: aerosol, vapour and liquid.
The 24/7 working shift pattern at Kolak’s London plant, which is in place to meet production demand, meant that energy efficiency was also an essential consideration in the selection of new compressors.
“ The Atlas Copco VSD compressor works in tandem with the base load compressors to cover all the main 7bar plant air application duties, including heat exchanger, steam boiler and packing operations. This ensures that output is matched to demand in the most energy-efficient way, with the VSD compressor taking over any additional site load. ”
Rikin Lakhani , Kolak Snack Foods’ Director
Investing into a future-proof solution with a full-feature compressor
Each of the three new compressors is a full feature, total installation concept – a pre-wired and pre-piped solution, ready for use ‘out of the box’. Integrating the compressor’s IMD dryer and its variable-speed drive enables the compact package to supply high-quality dry compressed air at the lowest cost.
The IMD adsorption dryer eliminates the moisture before it enters the air net to ensure a reliable process and a contamination-free end product. No external energy is needed to dry the air and as the dryer needs no purge air, no compressed air is wasted. The pressure drop through the dryer is minimal, which again cuts down its operating cost. The overall effect is to generate substantial savings in comparison to conventional types of dryer operation.
To ensure that its compressed air installation was fully protected and operating at optimum performance, Kolak Snack Foods also entered a 10-year Total Care agreement for compressor system maintenance and servicing with Atlas Copco who undertake responsibility for monitoring and maintaining the installation’s performance. As Rikin observes:
“We invested in the best possible service package in order to make us future-proof.”
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Red Wine Sorbet
Warning: Spoilers everywhere!
Season 6 episode 10: The Winds of Winter
Confessions of a Mad Queen
With the Night King and his army destroyed, it's time to turn our attentions back to King's Landing and focus on our girl Cersei Lannister, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms. "When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die," said Cersei back in season 1 and here we are almost at the end of our story, and she is sitting her beautifully couture-d self on the Iron Throne. Cersei's revenge list too long to recount, but let's just remember Cersei watching from her tower as the Great Sept of Baelor explodes with wildfire, taking out most of her enemies. She smiles. She takes a sip of that wine. Delicious. Hold my wine, Night King, now that is cold.
This week we honor the Queen with something sweeter and more delicious than you'd expect - a Red Wine Sorbet sweetened with raspberries. Because for Cersei Lannister, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, revenge is very sweet, ice cold, and tastes like wine.
Mini Flaming Baked Alaska
Season 7 episode 7: The Dragon and The Wolf
Ice, Ice Baby!
Winter is coming. The Night King has brought down the Wall with his new undead pet, Viserion (V-ICE-rion? I know, so sorry), and his army of White Walkers, wights, giants, and pale spiders big as hounds are making their way toward Winterfell, where our heroes and anti-heroes gather and make ready for war. Declare your love, knight the knights, sing one last song and say your goodbyes, the Battle for Winterfell is about to begin.
This week we make an icy offering to the Night King with Mini Baked Alaskas - a sweet treat of ice cream and cookie encased in snowy meringue browned to a sugary crunch and served flambéed by yes, setting the DESSERT ON FIRE. A snack of ice and fire, if you will, a perfect treat to mark the long anticipated arrival of Winter at the castle gates.
Cocktail: The Weirwood Tree
Season 4 episode 2: The Lion and The Rose
Look for me, under the tree...
Weirwood trees with their stoic white trunks and blood red leaves, have borne witness to many of the dramatic events in Game of Thrones since the very beginning. Bearing mysterious faces carved in their trunks by the Children of the Forest, they watched with us as Ned Stark sat by the heart tree in Winterfell and received news of the death of Jon Arryn and the imminent arrival of Robert Baratheon, King of the Seven Kingdoms. This, of course begins the chain of events that is Game of Thrones. And now as we begin the final chapter in this story, Winter is coming and Bran Stark the Three Eyed Raven waits by the same weirwood for the arrival of the Night King.
This week, as we also wait in anticipation and dread for the Great War to come, we make our own offering to the great weirwood tree, witness to history, forever watching and silently weeping its bloody tears. In other words, raise your glasses and drink up friends, we think this next chapter is going to be a doozy.
Trio of Fire Roasted Wings
Season 1 episode 10: Fire and Blood
Baby Dragons (doo doo doo doo doo!)
Season 3, episode 4: And Now His Watch Is Ended
Dracarys!!
From the moment Daenerys Targaryen steps out of the flames with three adorable baby dragons and claims her title as Mother of Dragons, we know that something BIG has happened in Westeros. Magic has returned to this world in the form of Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion and we've watched them grow up before our eyes. From their tiny, puppy years learning their 'dracarys' command on little skewers of meat and terrible warlocks (how cute are they?) to their tumultuous adolescence roaming the countryside past curfew until grounded and chained in the basement like any normal teenager to their full fire-breathing Lannister army decimating glory. We know these crazy kids and we fear for them as any other character we've come to know and love, and mourn their loss when something terrible happens, as it inevitably does on this show. So this week we honor each of our three beloved fire-breathing, wight-killing, high-flying dragons with a pile of fire-roasted wings in three tasty flavors. (And we're just going to ignore that thing that happened to our golden boy Viserion in season 7.)
Beef and Ale Pie with Peas and Onions
Season 1 episode 3: Lord Snow
Storytime with Old Nan
Season 6, episode 4: Book of the Stranger
Better days and Old Nan's pies...
When Old Nan wasn't telling little lords tales of the Long Night or keeping young Hodor out of trouble, she was busy making excellent pies for the lords and ladies of Winterfell. For House Stark, whose words are 'Winter is Coming' Old Nan was an important part of the Stark household, a keeper of two most powerful weapons, for there is nothing like a good story and a good pie to keep the bitterness of winter at bay. And as the Night King marches toward Winterfell at the end of season 7, don't we all wish the Starks had paid more attention to some of Old Nan's scary stories about the Long Night and those pale spiders big as hounds?
But the Brothers of the Night's Watch also know a thing or two about bitter winters. Manning a 700 foot ice wall is no easy task, but a good soup and good ale can keep one going through many a cold night. Sadly, the Night's Watch ale is apparently pretty terrible (priorities, brothers, I mean really!) but luckily, a bad ale can easily be turned into a decent soup. Turn that soup into a family sized pie (AS BIG AS HOUNDS!) and it can get downright cozy - even at Castle Black, right there at the foot of a literal wall of ice. This week we celebrate the sweet reunion of Sansa and Jon at Castle Black with a hearty, family-sized Beef and Ale Pie with Peas and Onions, a taste of happier times at Winterfell and a pie worthy of Old Nan herself.
Extra Gingery Muffins
Season 2 episode 7: A Man Without Honor
Jon and Ygritte's meet-cute.
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
Season 3, episode 6: The Climb
Because I'll cut your pretty cock right off and wear it round me neck.
Season 4, episode 9: The Watchers On The Wall
We never should have left that cave.
Before Jon Snow danced with dragon fire, there was Ygritte - a red haired, fiery tempered warrior woman, a killer shot with a bow and arrow, an outdoorsy girl with a love of ice wall climbing and natural hot springs, a true Wildling of the North, our favorite Game of Thrones spice girl. The moment Jon and Ygritte meet, sparks begin to fly - apparently on and off screen (congratulations to recently married Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie.) She's a perfect first love for our Jon Snow - she's independent, she's smart, and while we wouldn't say she has a heart of gold, at least she didn't kill him, which is good enough. Her words "You know nothing, Jon Snow" are pretty spot on even, especially, at the end of season 7. We miss you, Ygritte - you were a great first girlfriend, and deserved way better than death by Olly (but so did Jon Snow. Spoiler, sorry.)
So this week, we shoot a flaming arrow into the air for Ygritte, a woman of the Free Folk, North of the Wall and Jon Snow's first love with our sweet and spicy recipe for Extra Extra Gingery Muffins.
Pear & Gruyere Galette
The pear, the pear and the maiden gruyere...
Season 3 Episode 3: The Bear and The Maiden Fair
The Bear and The Maiden Fair by Hold Steady
That's right - this week, we are talking about the sheer awesomeness of Brienne of Fucking Tarth. It's a complicated dance, this episode, with hairy bears (Jamie, that beard looks good on you), damsels in distress and a catchy, ironic little tune. If there is one damn thing Brienne of Tarth is not though, it's a damsel in distress. Nothing feels more wrong in Westeros than Brienne of Tarth forced into a pink dress because we all know that she really belongs in a suit of armor with a valyrian steel blade in her hand, about to save the day.
We follow our Brienne as she pledges herself first to Renly Baratheon, avenges his death and then takes an oath to serve Catelyn and then Sansa Stark. She hands the Hound his own ass, and (unwillingly) steals the bear-loving heart of Tormund the Wildling, honestly, who can blame him? But however complex the circumstances, we can count on Brienne to act out of honor - she has the heart and spirit (and skills) of a true knight. Her respect and loyalty are not easily won, and it's a mark of the depth of her understanding of the real story behind the 'Kingslayer' when she finally addresses him as Ser Jaime, as a true knight. Jaime rises to this new and unexpected show of real respect, by doing her a solid in return, by saving her life.
So here we are with this week's recipe for our most brave and honorable knight: A Brienne of Tart, if you will - a special tart more savory than sweet (naturally), filled with pears, onions and Grrruyère cheese in a shell of golden puff pastry and as the song says, finished with just a drizzle of sweet honey.
Red Velvet 'Wedding' Cakes
The Red Wedding
Season 3, episode 9: The Rains of Castamere
It's February 2019 and Valentine's Day is fast approaching, the day where we all take moment to celebrate love, passion and romance. But this is Game of Thrones and here love can get a teeny bit complicated - let's take for example the infamous Red Wedding, not named for the red of wine and roses, oh no. And if you happen to be King in the North Robb Stark, relationships are especially complicated - with love and desire on one side and on the other, betrayal, death and revenge. A brutal lesson for House Stark in the form of the Red Wedding.
This Valentine's Day we remember (the north remembers!) the devastating consequences of Robb Stark's personal love story with a recipe for 'Red Wedding' cakes - mini molten red velvet cakes, a beautiful little dessert cake hiding a dark surprise. Those wedding guests might have really enjoyed these little treats, had they not been so severely interrupted. So rude.
Cocktail: Smoke and Mirrors
"Congratulations, it's a...."
(Season 2, Episode 4: Garden of Bones)
Smoking can kill...
(Season 2, Episode 5: The Ghost of Harrenhal)
Where there's smoke there's fire - usually - but in the world of Game of Thrones where there's smoke, you will likely find Melisandre of Ashai, the Red Woman. We previously honored Melisandre in 'The Night is Dark and Full of Cherries' with a recipe for Cherry and Vanilla Bitters - a concoction of fresh cherries, spices, rye whiskey and a spell or two - and then set this potion to brew in a cool and dark place to work its magic. Now, it's time to revisit our potion for the next part of our dark and delicious plan: The Smoke and Mirrors cocktail. This blood red cocktail, rich with exotic spices, a smoky edge and a sweet cherry kiss is a powerful and dangerous combination - and like the Red Woman, will soon have you on your back and swooning under its spell.
"Drinking and lust, no man can match me at these things."
Season 3, Episode 8: Second Sons
Tyrion on wine, coq and death:
Season 1, Episode 8: The Pointy End
"It's not easy being drunk all the time. Everyone would do it if it were easy." Clearly, Tyrion Lannister loves his wine. Many of Tyrion's scenes involve his thoughts on drinking, drinking games, spilling of wine, some unfortunate effects of too much wine, and thoughts on wine and death. But we come to find that beneath this pickled persona, this drunken patron saint of cripples, bastards and broken things hides a sharp mind, a knack for survival and a deeply empathetic heart. Tyrion Lannister is, in fact, one of the most underestimated heroes in all of the Seven Kingdoms. This week we honor Tyrion Lannister, current Hand of the Queen and self-proclaimed "god of tits and wine", with this classic recipe for Coq au Vin.
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Four Young Architects Are Going Against the Tide to Seek Global Water Solutions
by Matt Alderton
Sustainability - Oct 15 2019 - 6 min read
Water covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, constitutes three-quarters of the human body, and is essential for everything from sanitation to agriculture. Water is critical—and it’s in crisis.
According to global nonprofit Water.org, 844 million people lack access to safe water. Repercussions include higher disease and mortality rates in communities without sufficient water, poor education outcomes in communities where children miss school to collect water for their families, and increased poverty in communities where adults have to choose between finding work and finding water.
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The problem is only growing, according to the World Resources Institute: As many as 3.5 billion people could experience water scarcity by 2025, due to increasing pollution and climate change. Global solutions are urgently needed, and architects have the unique opportunity to make a positive impact as built environments are intrinsically linked to water resources.
Four architecture students from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC) in Barcelona, Spain are doing exactly that. As participants in the Residency Program at the Autodesk Technology Center in Boston, each fellow executed an architectural research project for which water was a major theme. Collectively, these future architects are showing new paths to harness and protect this invaluable resource.
A Bridge to the Future
IaaC student Lars Erik Elseth has seen firsthand how new approaches in architecture can adapt to changing water needs. Originally from Scandinavia, Elseth grew up visiting his family’s cabin in rural Norway. The inspiration for his research project was a decades-old footbridge he and his family traversed to reach the cabin, crossing a river that swells each spring with snowmelt.
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Flexible footbridge prototype: a cell unit capable of absorbing horizontal forces. Courtesy of Lars Erik Elseth.
Flexible footbridge prototype: cell with replaceable silicone parts. Courtesy of Lars Erik Elseth.
Flexible footbridge prototype: bridge segment with structural cell units and other detailing. Courtesy of Lars Erik Elseth.
“Over the years, the bridge had been damaged from blocks of ice maneuvering their way downstream,” Elseth says. “The structural performance of the bridge decreased so much that it finally collapsed a couple of years ago.”
To replace it, Elseth conceived a flexible footbridge with soft silicone joints between dimensional lumber, which are assembled into an auxetic system: a system of joints that become wider when stretched and thinner when compressed, allowing the bridge to bend in response to rising water levels.
Elseth used Autodesk Fusion 360 to simulate the joints’ performance and improve his design, using a small prototype he constructed using a CNC machine. “Traditionally, water has been something you tried to escape or protect yourself against,” he says. “Instead of working with water, you’d isolate yourself from it or make everything waterproof. In my case, I’m using water as a force to generate the flexible movement in my bridge.”
A Plastic Disaster Solution
More than eight million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, according to Plastic Oceans International. The Ocean Conservancy says this debris threatens marine life and can leach harmful chemicals into surrounding waters.
A wood-and-silicone mold used to form tiles from shredded plastic. Courtesy of Gabriele Jureviciute.
Tile mold, filled with shredded plastic. Courtesy of Gabriele Jureviciute.
Furniture constructed with twice-recycled plastic. Courtesy of Gabriele Jureviciute.
Gabriele Liuda Jureviciute is a Lithuanian IaaC student who designed a solution that encourages recycling plastic into architectural elements to improve livability in areas affected by mismanaged plastic waste. Her process begins with collecting, cleaning, and sorting plastic waste; then shredding it with a shredder from Precious Plastic (a global community that designs and builds open-source machines for plastic recycling); and finally, the plastic is melted and assembled by local communities. The approach intends to involve citizens in the recycling process, generating new value for the material as well as building social and environmental capital.
“What I found is that if you end up with a tile that’s at least one centimeter thick, it can withstand an amount of pressure higher than 900 kilopascals, allowing the design of a durable tile system for housing,” says Jureviciute, who spent her summer in the Autodesk Residency Program testing ways to manufacture and install the tiles. She’s applying her design toward emergency housing in Indonesia: sustainable shelters built with bamboo scaffolding, clad in recycled-plastic tiles. The shelters are low-cost, accessible, and secure, intended to house people displaced by natural disasters. Once they’ve served their temporary purpose, the tiles can be recycled again into architecture or other long-lasting items such as furniture. “Once you can afford a proper house, you can still use the tiles,” Jureviciute says.
Wastewater for Biodiversity
The average person consumes—and wastes—a lot of water. (According to the USGS, in the United States, people use an average of 80 to 100 gallons per day.) Consider the water that runs down your shower drain, washes your dishes and clothes, and irrigates your lawn. Although it ultimately ends up back in streams, rivers, lakes, and wetlands, it takes along harmful chemicals from soaps, detergents, fertilizers, and other pollutants.
A vascular-inspired lattice cladding system. Courtesy of Elliott Santos.
Another view of a vascular-inspired lattice cladding system. Courtesy of Elliott Santos.
During his residency, IaaC student Elliott Santos developed a novel cladding system that could be applied to building facades to provide passive wastewater treatment. “We don’t realize the things we’re actually putting into our water,” Santos says. “In places like Canada, where I’m from, our roads are salted so much during the winter that all the water runoff becomes super salty. That affects not only the water but also the soil.”
Santos’s solution is biological: He’s developed a vascular-inspired system of lattice structures 3D printed with a biodegradable filament then injected with a cellulose composite gel mixed with fungal spores. The resulting fungal growth naturally filters wastewater as it flows through the system from green roofs on buildings to waterways on the ground. And when the system eventually biodegrades, it becomes food for insects, which become food for birds, creating a chain of biodiversity—and cleaner waterways.
“In urban areas especially, there’s a huge gap of space and habitat for wildlife to thrive in,” Santos says. “My idea is to fill this gap by creating stepping stones that help species move through the city.”
Harvesting Blue Gold
IaaC scholar Yasmina El Helou is a Lebanese architecture student who grew up in the arid Middle East, where blue gold (water) is almost as precious as black gold (oil). “For me, water is very personal,” El Helou says. “Water scarcity is an issue I’ve lived with my whole life. It’s important to me that people understand it’s a real problem. Even if you don’t see it every day where you live, it’s happening. We cannot live without water.”
A sketch demonstrates concrete tiles with channels. Courtesy of Yasmina El Helou.
Another view of a sketch demonstrating concrete tiles with channels. Courtesy of Yasmina El Helou.
El Helou’s project was developed with dry urban landscapes in mind, focused on harvesting water in specific areas where it only exists as fog or mist. “I was inspired by the cactus and other plants that survive in dry environments,” El Helou says. Her vision is creating porous concrete tiles that can capture condensation from fog and funnel it into storage tanks for use in bathrooms and gardens. With help from the wind, water is driven from the tile to wires that will lead it to the building’s tanks.
Although she’s still experimenting with tile shapes and concrete blends, the project already has demonstrated what’s possible when architects think as much about function as they do about form. “Architecture now is about more than building a house or a mall,” El Helou says. “It’s about designing something for people that can help them in the long term. I’m not a scientist, but I have so many tools at my disposal that I can design something that helps scientists do scientific things. I believe that is our responsibility.”
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Appendix: Notes on the software environment
Stochastic Petri nets
In this series of articles, we approach the concepts with the aim of writing programs that make them work. The readership would include coding enthusiasts, professional programmers, scientists interested in programming models, software engineers and computer scientists. The articles will present brief tutorials, give programs to exercise the concepts, and analyze the code. These illustrative programs should give the reader some clay to work with.
Here we introduce Petri nets and give a simulator program. This will be applied to a “toy” model of a chemical reaction network for the synthesis and dissociation of H2O molecules.
Note that the model is intended to show the idea of chemical reaction Petri nets, so it is not physically realistic. The actual reactions involve H2, O2, and there are intermediate transitions involving OH for the stages of the reaction.
Here is our PROGRAM to simulate a Petri net. It uses parameters that describe the species, the transition, and an initial labelling, and then runs the net for a specified number of steps. At each stage of the process it chooses randomly among the enabled transitions, fires it, and prints the new labelling on the console.
Note: in the next article, on stochastic Petri nets, we will enhance the model with statistical parameters that control the relative firing rates of the transitions. Here we are establishing the groundwork.
The code is a self-contained Python script. See the APPENDIX for notes on obtaining the interpeter.
In words, we started out in a state with 5 H’s, 3 O’s, and 2 H2O’s, then a split took place, which increased H by 2, increased O by 1, and decreased H2O by one, then…
The script constructs a Petri net object, using parameters for the species and transitions, and then runs it.
Construct the net:
Sets up the initial condition of the net:
We represent species by strings that name them, and use object classes for Transition and PetriNet. A PetriNet instance will contain a collection of Transition instances, and it will contain the current labelling. The top-level method in PetriNet, called RunSimulation, makes repeated calls to a method FireOneRule. FireOneRule constructs the list of enabled transitions, chooses one randomly, and fires it. This work is supported by the Transition class, which provides methods IsEnabled, and Fire. The Fire method takes a labelling in, and updates the counts in it—decrementing the input token counts, and incrementing the output token counts.
The Transition class contains a map that describes the input connections. It maps each species name to the number of times that it is taken as input. The transition class contains a similar map to describe the output connections.
A Petri net object has a member that holds the current labelling, which is a map (dictionary) from stateName to the token count.
The Transition object contains two maps… Transition exposes two key methods, both of which operate on labellings: isEnabled takes a labeling as parameter, and returns a boolean saying whether it is enabled to fire. This is determined by comparing the input map for the transition with the token counts in the labeling, to see if there is sufficient tokens for it to fire.
The constructor for the Petri net class takes the transition specifications, and “digests” them into the initial data structures used in the simulation. This involves constructing Transition objects for each of the transitions.
Each transition object contains a map (dictionary) from input species name to the number of times that the species is input to the transition, and an output map with the same structure.
The PetriNet class contains the list of species names, the list of transition names, the current labelling, which maps species names to integers, and a map from transition names to Transition objects.
Here is the Transition class:
Now that our Petri net is equipped with a labelling and a list of Transitions, each with an isEnabled and fire method, it has everything that it needs to fire a rule: pick a transition, check if it is enabled in the current labelling, and if so, call the Fire method on the transition, to update the labelling to the new state. All that is left for running a simulation is to specify a rule for choosing which enabled transition to fire: For this, our first program, we will just choose a random transition.
The top-level entry point is the method runSimulation, which takes the initial labelling, and a number of states to iterate.
Here is the main Petri net class:
Note that the PetriNet inherits from a base class PetriNetDataStructures. This base class was separated for clarity, and contains the “housekeeping” methods needed to support PetriNet: printHeader, printLabelling, and, not to be forgotten, the constructor, which converts the specifications ‘[combine,2,H etc. into the actual transition objects. Here is the code for it:]
# Author line
# for Windows without cygwin, use this form for the top line:
#!C:\Python27\python.exe
import string
from random import random,randrange
def selectRandom(list):
# States are represented just by their names, no class is needed
# now build a net for two opposite transitions:
# combine: formation of water molecule
# split: dissociation of water molecule
net = PetriNet(
initialLabelling = {"H": 5, "O": 3, "H2O": 4}
net.runSimulation(steps, initialLabelling)
We’ve learned a cool new idea, and how to do something cool with it. This is only the beginning, in terms of the applications and the theory.
There is an important limitation to our current program: it just randomly picks a rule. In our example, the system just made a kind of random walk (back and forth) between the states of full dissociation – all H and O atoms, no H2O molecules – and all H2O molecules. But in a real system, the rates at which the transitions fires are probabilistically determined, and depend, among other things, on the temperature of the system. With a high probability for formation, and a low probability for dissociation, we would expect the system to reach an equilibrium state in which H2O is the predominant “token” in the system. [The relative concentration of H20 would depend on the relative probabilities of the transitions.]
This gives motivation for the topic of our next article, which is stochastic Petri nets.
The sample programs here are in Python, which is a good language for simple proof-of-concept programs.
If you are on a Linux/unix type of system, it may already be installed, or use the package manager to install it.
In Windows, you can use the version from the python.org web site. Alternatively, install cygwin, and choose Python on the setup menu, and then you can try to pretend that you are working in a nix system.
Another interesting distribution is [from] Enthought, which comes pre-built with an open-source scientific and numeric computing environment, scipy, numpy, matplotlib, …
The program is distributed as a self-contained script, so from Linux and cygwin, you can just execute ./petri1.py. You just have to adjust the first line to point to the interpreter. Even from cygwin, you can refer to the native python executable, or the enthought distribution.
Network Theory
enthought
A nice elaboration of the basic model is the stochastic Petri net, which consists of a Petri net, along with data that gives a rate coefficient for each transition. The firing rate for a transition will equal its rate coefficient times the product of the number of tokens at each input state (using multiple factors if a state occurs multiple times as an input).
This definition is motivated by the model of chemical reaction networks where the reaction rates are proportional to the product of the concentrations of the input constituents. We can think of the rate coefficient for a transition as a magnitude that takes into account both the “temperature” of the system of tokens and the “ease” with which the input tokens will combine to trigger the reaction, once they are brought into proximity.
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Transition Team Issues Final Report with Key Recommendations for Baltimore County’s Future
Feb 19, 2019 11:30:00 AM EST
Charting the Course for the Next Four Years
County Executive Johnny Olszewski’s transition team today issued its final report, with dozens of recommendations that provide a blueprint for the work of the County Executive’s administration over the next four years.
“We have a lot of work to do to address our fiscal challenges while also advancing our shared priorities to move Baltimore County forward, and I’m grateful to our entire transition team for helping to chart the course,” Olszewski said. “Over the next four years, these recommendations will help guide our work to make county government more open and transparent, and to ensure we are providing the top notch services and programs that our residents expect and deserve.”
The Transition Team was co-chaired by Calvin G. Butler, Jr., CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, and Rachel Garbow Monroe, President and CEO of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
“The Olszewski administration has an opportunity to bring innovation to county government and progress for county residents, and I believe our report provides strong recommendations to help guide the county executive’s work,” Butler said. “It was an honor to help lead this effort to identify solutions to some of the challenges facing the county.”
“We had an inclusive process that brought together voices with a wide variety of expertise from around the region, and the result is a report that provides specific recommendations for how the Olszewski administration can build on the county’s strengths to expand opportunity in every community,” Garbow Monroe said. “I am grateful to have had the opportunity to help lead this transition team, and I look forward to seeing the county executive and his team make these recommendations a reality.”
The process brought together more than 100 respected thought-leaders, practitioners, community leaders and policy advocates from both the public and private sectors to participate in seven work groups and develop recommendations for making progress in key priority areas affecting all residents of Baltimore County. The seven work groups covered the broad topics of Education; Public Safety; Jobs and Economic Development; Government Reform and Innovation; Sustainability, Infrastructure and Transportation; and Health and Human Services.
View the full Transition Report (PDF).
Apply an equity lens to Baltimore County Public School’s investments, policies and practices
Create and publish a long-term capital project plan
Ensure healthy student-to-teacher, as well as student-to-support-staff ratios
Ensure competitive pay for educators
Expand Community Schools and Hunger-Free Schools
Expand early childhood education
Diversity, Inclusion, and Quality of Life
Create an Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Create a Commission on Volunteerism
Boost capacity of nonprofits and community associations
Raise the profile of the Small Business Resource Center
Government Reform and Innovation
Create a CountyStat performance management system
Direct budget reform
Make the County’s fiscal practices sustainable
Center the budget process on goals, outcomes, and tracking metrics
Open up the budget process to the public
Modernize data practices and make data more accessible
Engage the public and County employees
Sustainability, Infrastructure and Transportation
Create an Office of Sustainability
Develop a 2030 Master Plan
Establish a climate change adaptation strategy for Baltimore County
Create an Office of Transportation Planning with a goal of a separate Transportation Department
Explore establishment of a Regional Water Authority
Develop a roadmap for re-invigorating the Department of Recreation and Parks
Build community trust through better community engagement, social media, resident patrols, neighborhood watch programs, PAL Centers, bias training and multi-lingual resources
Strengthen regional cooperation through real-time data sharing, first responder coordination, and joint training
Evaluate Fire, Police, and Corrections operations; technology; and HR practices
Strengthen services to victims of domestic violence and elder abuse
Convene a task force to review, revise, and improve practices and procedures related to sexual assault investigations and prosecution of allegations of sexual assault
Tackle the opioid crisis with expanded use of Narcan and partnering with public health agencies and providers
Create a health care blueprint in conjunction with a new Baltimore County Healthcare Commission
Conduct a data-driven assessment and potential restructuring of health-related County departments
Expand the collection of data focusing on health and service disparities
Appoint an Opioid Strategy Coordinator
Assess services for vulnerable populations, particularly older adults
Job Creation and Economic Development
Establish an Economic Development Commission
Create an economic blueprint
Design an anchor strategy
Expand employer-driven workforce strategies
Explore creation of a workforce intermediary
Expand Job Connector, strategies for at-risk youth and summer programs for high school students
Support policies that preserve quality jobs
Develop an Integrated Tourism and Arts strategy
Design an overarching strategy for neighborhood stability and revitalization
Restructure County departments
Support community development corporations
Take actions that leverage the County’s high-quality housing stock to ensure a diverse and sustainable housing portfolio
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February 20 Commission on Fiscal Sustainability Meeting Canceled
Next Meeting Occurs February 27
Due to expected inclement weather, the February 20 Commission on Fiscal Sustainability meeting is canceled.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 27 at 9:30 a.m. at the Historic Courthouse in Towson. View the full commission schedule for more information on upcoming meetings.
Waste Collection: A Dirty and Deadly Job
Feb 19, 2019 9:00:00 AM EST
By Jeanette Garcia Polasky, Communications Specialist, Department of Public Works
How dangerous is your job? When we think of deadly professions, we tend to think of mining, construction, law enforcement and firefighting. Oddly enough, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), those jobs are not among the top ten civilian occupations with the highest fatality rates. In fact, the five civilian occupations with the highest fatality rates in 2017 were fishing, logging, piloting/flight engineering, roofing and refuse and recyclable material collection.
You read that right – the men and women who cart away more than 250 million tons of trash, recycling and organic materials generated by Americans each year have one of the nation’s deadliest occupations. In fact, waste collection has an incidence rate of 35 fatalities per 100,000 full-time workers, ten times the national average! (I’ll keep that statistic in mind the next time the lid to my trash can goes missing.)
What makes solid waste collection such a dangerous profession? Falls, slips, trips, fires, explosions and contact with dangerous, heavy equipment all cause fatalities among collectors. However, across all occupations, transportation incidents were the most common cause of fatal injury, which is not news to waste collectors.
“Most people don’t realize just how dangerous the solid waste management field can be,” said Tim Dunn, Baltimore County’s solid waste superintendent. “It’s important to remember the hardworking people who perform this essential public service when you’re out and about. A little bit of extra care and caution behind the wheel can go a long way.”
In recent years, the National Waste and Recycling Association and the Solid Waste Association of North America made it a priority to pass “slow down to get around” (SDTGA) legislation in states across the country, including Maryland SB 445, which was signed into law last year. These laws require drivers to slow down and change lanes when approaching waste management vehicles from the rear.
In addition to following Maryland’s SDTGA law, you can take some simple steps to reduce the risk of injury for sanitation workers:
Wrap broken glass before disposing of it.
Place needles, syringes, razor blades and any other sharp objects in a closed, heavy-duty plastic container for disposal.
Do not put household hazardous waste in your trash can. Take it to one of the County’s drop-off centers.
Do not use a trash can that exceeds a maximum filled weight of 40 pounds or a maximum capacity of 34 gallons. See the County’s collection set-out guide for more information.
By following a few basic rules, being mindful and showing a little common courtesy, you can help reduce injury and fatality rates not only among waste collectors, but workers across industries.
Have questions about trash and recycling collection in Baltimore County? View a list of collection FAQs on the County’s website or send an email to solidwaste@baltimorecountymd.gov. This article originally appeared in The Resource Newsletter. See past issues and subscribe at baltimorecountymd.gov/theresource.
Keywords: department of public works, occupational safety, recycling collection, safety, solid waste management, trash, trash collector, trash truck, waste collection, waste collector
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For some Supplementary Security Income recipients an inheritance spells disaster
Liz Weston @lizweston
September 24, 2015 in Retirement
For most people, an inheritance is a windfall. For those receiving certain government benefits, though, it can be a disaster.
They could lose SSI benefits
Even a small bequest can cause people receiving Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, which provides benefits to disabled children and adults, to lose their income and health care coverage. SSI recipients in most states are automatically covered by Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor.
SSI recipients can lose their eligibility if they have assets over $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 for a couple.
Millions of people are affected by these rules. About 5.6 million currently receive SSI, according to the Social Security Administration, and an additional 2.8 million receive SSI and Social Security.
A way to preserve benefits
Parents or other would-be benefactors need to know about special needs trusts, which can help SSI recipients preserve their benefits, says financial planner John Nadworny, author of “The Special Needs Planning Guide.” The trusts typically are created by a will or other estate-planning document that goes into effect when the parent dies.
A trustee manages the inheritance, which can be used to benefit the SSI recipient. The trust can pay for food and shelter, which reduces SSI income no more than about $260 a month. (The average monthly benefit was $542 in April.) Money paid to others to provide medical care, utilities, education and entertainment does not reduce SSI benefits.
Special needs trusts also can be created while the parent or other benefactor is still alive, but that typically makes sense only for the wealthiest families, says Nadworny, a CFP professional with Shepherd Financial Partners in Winchester, Massachusetts. People who have estates worth more than $5 million may want to put money into a special needs trust to shelter it from estate taxes, but the gift is irrevocable — which means it can’t be reversed — and assets in the trust quickly incur high marginal tax rates, Nadworny says.
Most parents are better off holding on to their assets and bequeathing them to disabled offspring with a special needs trust created at their death, he says.
ABLE accounts under development
New tax-free accounts for the disabled, approved in late 2014 by Congress, won’t erase the importance of special needs trusts, advisers and estate planners say. The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act accounts will allow families to set aside $14,000 a year for children and other beneficiaries who are disabled before age 26. SSI and Medicaid recipients will be allowed to have up to a $100,000 ABLE account without affecting their eligibility for these benefits.
The accounts aren’t yet available, although most states have started the process to offer them through their 529 college savings plan administrators. Even when the accounts are up and running, though, parents of the disabled will still need to consider special needs trusts for inheritances, Nadworny says.
“It’s really comparing apples and oranges,” Nadworny says. “One is for saving, the other is for estate planning.”
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What Did You Think of Bass Week 2011?
We have recently sent out an email to all those Bass Week entrants for which we recorded a valid email address but, unfortunately, some bounced back, so apologies but read on.
As in previous years, we would appreciate your views on the week so that the organising committee can take them into account for future years. Please complete our questionnaire at www.bassenthwaite-sc.org.uk/questionnaire and if you submit the 25th, 50th or 75th form you will get a £25 voucher towards next years regatta.
Feedback to date
Congratulations to Michelle Brechin on winning our first £25 voucher towards next year’s regatta.
The final disco is over. The flagpole has been adorned with a multitude of artefacts. There was wind on the lake, and an extra race to squeeze in following Saturday’s postponement.
How many would be in the mood for a great sail to end the regatta?
There was a reasonable turnout for two races in what was probably the best winds of the regatta, and many enjoyed the various planing reaches.
With an untimely shower after racing affecting the taking down of tents and awnings, the final prize giving of the regatta was held in the club house (although the sun was out again by the time it was held!). Commodore Stephen Kirkpatrick thanked the numerous people, and their teams, that had helped deliver such a great week both on and off the water. Prizes were presented by Clive Blacklock, Customer Relations Manager, Lloyd Motor Group, the series sponsors.
In addition to the racing prizes, four special trophies are awarded for performance over the week.
Endeavour Trophy
Best Bass exceptional endeavour and effort
Harry Binns Hi-Jinx Trophy
Best Bass under 18 racing performance
Ethan Dawson Miners’ Trophy
Best Bass flying 15 performance
Simon Longstaff Ovington Memorial Trophy
Best fast handicap
So that is it until next year. Hope you enjoyed the week and we look forward to greeting and meeting you all again next year (5-13 August 2012) assuming you’re not going for 2nd best option at the Olympics!
The final weekend is here! The high winds forecast earlier in the week have deserted us, but there could be some coming in later on. With three races to get in today, can the OD afford to wait?
With less than an hour to the start, the wind died completely, then filled in again from the South (nothing like forecast) just in time to get the early 1030hrs start. The wind lasted well for the best part of an hour before disappearing only to come back about an hour later from the South again! A similar scenario occurred in race 2, lack of wind delaying the start, then filling in from the South again! Less than an hour later the wind was fading, and the course shortened, before turning into another nightmare drifter. The massive raft of boats rounding the penultimate mark N was reminiscent of years gone by. Many positions were won and lost on that short final leg to the finish.
Although there was hopes of the 3rd race being held, the light winds were enough for the OD to opt to make good use of the forecast winds on Sunday, and postponed until the morning. Turned out to be a good decision as the rain has moved in!
Early finish for all before the final disco of the week.
The day has started dry and fairly bright with a westerly breeze. With a bit of luck it will hold and strengthen, but then again this week’s weather has been somewhat unpredictable. Fleet racing as usual this morning, then the ladies, junior and over 60s race this afternoon. No doubt they could get the best wind of the week so far! The wind did ease at times but there were many good sailing legs (if you could get clear air!)
There was another prize giving and the photos are now available with the results
Live entertainment kept the club alive into the early hours.
The day started with rain showers but at least there was some wind from early on. Hopefully it will freshen as the morning continues and there should be some great sailing (with no delays!).
How unkind was the wind? Minutes before the scheduled start the wind died and with no sign of picking up, a postponement was signalled a couple of minutes before the start. The OD went to check the wind up the lake, and like the Pied Piper opted to take the fleet to Scarness to start. It was a magnificent sight to see the flotilla of boats sail towards the line only to find they were being carried there on a NW breeze. So after a while it was time to move the start back into the bay with some promising winds. 80 mins after the original start racing was under way! But the wind gradually decreased yet again.
What will the afternoon bring? At least it should be dry and possibly sunny!
One of our longest standing members, William Carruthers joined the club with his parents in 1963. By 1968 he was regularly helping official starter Albert Bates, driving ‘Dorothy’ (the first committee boat), firing the starting cannons, and being flag man during Bass Week. This continued until he got his first GP in 1974.
In 1981 he joined the club’s Council, taking on a role of assistant treasurer, and then became treasurer a couple of years later, a role which he continued with to 1989 when he moved to Wales. Moving back to Cumbria a couple of years later, he again took on the treasurer role until becoming vice commodore in 1995, and commodore in 1997.
A notable point as commodore, apart from not having a vice commodore for 18 months(!), was negotiating with the National Park who challenged the validity of our long standing lease for the club. The outcome was a 25 year licence from 2000. Having spent many years resisting major expenditure, he successfully arranged for the replacement kitchen in stainless steel – still looking as sturdy as the day it was installed in 1998!
After completing three years as rear commodore, he again took on the role of treasurer until 2008, not that his involvement stopped there. Having set up the club’s website in 1998, he has continued to develop it including the addition of webcams, Dutyman, weather forecasts, and more recently Twitter feed. His regular updates ensure people keep coming back to visit the site, especially during Bass Week and during open meetings, and this is shown by the total number of hits exceeding 190,000.
As if this wasn’t enough, he wrote and developed a results program that has been used for about 25 years, and so has often been found helping with the results. He has been a regular OD, helped out on the bar, and at social events on numerous occasions. Oh and he sails too!
In recognition of his contribution, the Club has successfully nominated him for an RYA Community Award (Lifetime Commitment) and he has been invited to an award ceremony at RYA in London later in the year.
William was presented with a celebratory bottle of champagne by Commodore Stephen Kirkpatrick during Bass Week.
Thank you for the recognition!
Wednesday 3rd
The morning mist settling on just half of the lake. Wish I could think of an alternate word for glorious, but I can’t, but it clearly describes this morning’s weather – almost 24hours without rain! The wind was due to swing back to the SW, but perhaps it may need a helping hand from a sea breeze. Only time would tell.And it was to be a long time before the wind settled down sufficiently for the OD to be confident to set a course – several hours in fact! However it was a lovely day to be hanging around waiting to sail. Although one race was sailed, the wind faded at the end and racing was then abandoned for the day.
During the second prize giving of the week John Wingeatt from Leigh & Lowton was presented with the prestigious Bassenthwaite Trophy. It has been presented to Cumbria Schools Sailing Association by Bassenthwaite SC for an outstanding individual contribution to the Cumbria Schools sailing team.This was an inaugural presentation to a very deserved winner for his performance during the recent NSSA regatta at Grafham Water.
The evening entertainment was a ceilidh and bar managers Gary and Kayla opted to get into the Scottish spirit!
Tuesday 2nd
A wet night for campers, and it seems likely to continue through the morning. The winds were forecast to be light again, but wind would be on its way in a few days (unless the forecast changes again).
After the rain showers passed through, the air cleared and the wind covered the lake, though it did fade a little as the fleets headed for the start. However, on the first start the wind picked up slightly and freshened throughout the race resulting in some great sailing.
The afternoon race was a pursuit race, again sailed in some great conditions, though with over 100 boats racing some of the marks were busy and somewhat cosy!
After racing the clouds cleared and turned into a beautiful evening for barbeques, then it was off to watch some films.
Monday 1st
The day started with very light airs, overcast and drizzly (you can never rely on the forecast for sunshine!), but with racing just scheduled for the afternoon, there was plenty of time for the wind to settle and the forecast to come true. A light wind did fill in from the SW to help get racing away on time, and the OD opted to keep racing in the bay.
Within 45mins of the start the wind had started to fade due to a competing NE breeze, and the OD opted to shorten the race after two laps for the leading fast handicap boats after an hour, and the race then turned into a drifter taking some boats another 2 hours to finish!
Some live music awaits competitors tonight.
Sunday 31st
The morning started very still with a light breeze from the NW. However, the forecast was for a 9mph from the South. Surprisingly the wind did fill in as forecast, but only in the southern end of the lake so the fleets had to make their way through light airs in the bay to the start line at Scarness.The decision to keep the racing in the southern and eastern parts of the lake provided the best sailing as the winds in the club house bay were continually affected by the shadow of Sale Fell as the boats found out when returning to the club after racing. The winds were reasonably strong with some white horses, so there were some fun and testing conditions, and several capsizes throughout the day.Although a fourth race was held for the Streaker Inland Championships, the other fleets had to determine their series results on three races sailed.
Meanwhile on shore, with no racing to be watched, adults took over some of the kids games!
Tonight is the annual quiz. Passwording the wifi caused one avid F1 follower great angst until we allowed him to to hide away from the quiz contestants and watch the rest of the grandprix.
Racing Under Way
A glorious morning with loads of sunshine but little wind led to a delay in the start of racing for the regatta week, but racing did start approx an hour late with what seemed like a sea breeze.
The wind did not settle though, and there were holes that caused some frustrations. Even when the course was shortened the wind remained fickle and some boats took over two hours to finish. With time passing, and the wind remaining light, the OD opted to postpone racing until tomorrow morning in the hope that the forecast wind appears.
Great turnout for the first day with 151 boats racing.
This evening there is a Commodore’s reception followed by a disco. Andrea, the very sociable social secretary, was suffering a little after getting too much into the Bass Week spirit last night. No doubt there will be others with the same challenge to overcome in the morning.
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This year’s preparations are complete. The grounds have been filling up all day with members and visitors eager to get into the Bass Week spirit. The weather has been great and it’s forecast to continue well into next week, but will the wind be kept at bay? Perhaps we can rely on an afternoon sea breeze to keep the programme rolling.
Bass Week regatta is a hugely successful dinghy racing week and the club receives a very high demand for both racing and camping. In recent years the event has run at capacity and, as such, we have to adopt an approach that gives priority for onsite facilities to those competing in the racing for the whole event.
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Palau, a Pacific archipelago, bans sunscreen to protect its corals
bcc January 5, 2020
Scientific studies would establish that the chemical components contained in most sunscreens are toxic to corals, even in small doses.
A ban on sun creams toxic to the environment has been in effect since Wednesday in Palau, Pacific archipelago, in order to protect its corals and one of the most important marine sanctuaries in the world . “We must live and respect the environment because it is the cradle of life, and without it, no one in Palau will be able to survive,” said Palau president Tommy Remengesau.
Palau , located in the Pacific roughly between Australia and Japan, is renowned for the richness of its marine life, and considered one of the most beautiful destinations for diving. The archipelago government is, however, concerned about the negative consequences for its environment of the popularity of its hundreds of islands among tourists . Scientific studies have clearly established, according to Tommy Remengesau, that the chemical components contained in most sunscreens are toxic to corals, even in small doses.
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Fine of 1 000 dollars
The high concentration of tourists in the archipelago, and therefore sunscreen, could damage irreparably these corals. Consequently, any sunscreen containing this kind of toxic product is now prohibited for import and sale, under penalty of confiscation and a fine of 1 000 dollars. “We don't mind being the first country to ban these chemicals, and we'll do whatever it takes to make this known. With better education and awareness, other governments will have enough confidence to take the necessary measures, “said Tommy Remengesau.
Palau has also decided to widen the protection zone of his sanctuary seafarer, by closing 80% of its economic zone exclusive to any maritime or fishing activity, including mining. This decision is equivalent to prohibiting all commercial fishing activity on approximately 500 000 km² of ocean , explained the president of this archipelago. This new legislation also provides that foreign fishing fleets land their catch in Palau before paying an export tax, in order to protect local fishermen.
Tommy Remengesau justified this decision by explaining that he was necessary to let the ocean “heal its wounds” after years of intensive commercial fishing which drastically reduced certain fish stocks, including those of bluefin tuna.
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Margaret Garner was an escaped slave whose recapture became a national news story.
In January 1856, 17 slaves from Boone and Kenton counties crossed the Ohio River. Included were Robert and Margaret Garner and their children, who were owned by the Gaines family of Richwood Road (now Maplewood Farm). They made their way to the home of a former slave in Cincinnati, where they were apprehended by deputy marshals. Fearing the family would be sent back to slavery, Margaret cut the throat of one of her children and attempted to take the lives of the other three before being subdued. Hoping for a sympathetic jury, abolitionist lawyers attempted to have Garner tried in Ohio for murder, but failed. After a stay in a Covington jail, she was sold to a new owner farther south.
Garner's story became the basis of the novel Beloved, by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.
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The Arrangement of the Tribal Camps
2 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2 “The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard(A) and holding the banners of their family.”
3 On the east, toward the sunrise, the divisions of the camp of Judah are to encamp under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.(B) 4 His division numbers 74,600.
5 The tribe of Issachar(C) will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar.(D) 6 His division numbers 54,400.
7 The tribe of Zebulun will be next. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.(E) 8 His division numbers 57,400.
9 All the men assigned to the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, number 186,400. They will set out first.(F)
10 On the south(G) will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur.(H) 11 His division numbers 46,500.
12 The tribe of Simeon(I) will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.(J) 13 His division numbers 59,300.
14 The tribe of Gad(K) will be next. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel.[a](L) 15 His division numbers 45,650.
16 All the men assigned to the camp of Reuben,(M) according to their divisions, number 151,450. They will set out second.
17 Then the tent of meeting and the camp of the Levites(N) will set out in the middle of the camps. They will set out in the same order as they encamp, each in their own place under their standard.
18 On the west(O) will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim(P) under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Ammihud.(Q) 19 His division numbers 40,500.
20 The tribe of Manasseh(R) will be next to them. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.(S) 21 His division numbers 32,200.
22 The tribe of Benjamin(T) will be next. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni.(U) 23 His division numbers 35,400.
24 All the men assigned to the camp of Ephraim,(V) according to their divisions, number 108,100. They will set out third.(W)
25 On the north(X) will be the divisions of the camp of Dan under their standard.(Y) The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.(Z) 26 His division numbers 62,700.
27 The tribe of Asher will camp next to them. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Okran.(AA) 28 His division numbers 41,500.
29 The tribe of Naphtali(AB) will be next. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan.(AC) 30 His division numbers 53,400.
31 All the men assigned to the camp of Dan number 157,600. They will set out last,(AD) under their standards.
32 These are the Israelites, counted according to their families.(AE) All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.(AF) 33 The Levites, however, were not counted(AG) along with the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.
34 So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each of them with their clan and family.
Numbers 2:14 Many manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Vulgate (see also 1:14); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text Reuel
Numbers 2:2 : Ps 74:4; Isa 31:9; Jer 4:21
Numbers 2:3 : S Ex 6:23
Numbers 2:5 : Nu 10:15
Numbers 2:5 : S Nu 1:8
Numbers 2:7 : Nu 1:9; 10:16
Numbers 2:9 : Nu 10:14; Jdg 1:1
Numbers 2:10 : S Nu 1:53
Numbers 2:10 : Nu 1:5
Numbers 2:12 : Nu 10:19
Numbers 2:12 : S Nu 1:6
Numbers 2:14 : Nu 1:14; 10:20
Numbers 2:18 : S Ge 48:20; Jer 31:18-20
Numbers 2:18 : Nu 1:10
Numbers 2:20 : S Ge 48:20
Numbers 2:24 : Ps 80:2
Numbers 2:31 : Nu 10:25; Jos 6:9
Numbers 2:32 : S Ex 12:37
Numbers 2:33 : Nu 1:47; 26:57-62
Listen to Numbers 2
2 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
3 And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
4 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
5 And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
6 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
7 Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.
8 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
9 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.
10 On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
11 And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
12 And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
13 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
15 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank.
17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
18 On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
19 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
20 And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
21 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
22 Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
23 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.
24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank.
25 The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
26 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
27 And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
28 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.
29 Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.
30 And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards.
32 These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
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Meet Our New NRLW Coach - Paul Dyer
Tue 12 Jun 2018, 11:55 AM
PAUL Dyer has spoken of the excitement that surrounds the launch of the upcoming Women's NRL competition that will kick off in August.
The Broncos have a franchise in the inaugural four-team NRLW competition that will culminate with a decider on NRL Grand Final Day.
Dyer is perfectly positioned to take on the head coaching role, having a long history in game development and coaching with the Broncos.
He also led the national team the Jillaroos to the 2013 Women's Rugby League World Cup.
To celebrate the introduction of the inaugural Broncos NRLW Team, a special membership package has been launched and is now available here.
This is a great way for all fans to get behind the team and show their support as the competition draws closer.
The package includes a general admission ticket to the Broncos last regular season home game against Manly on Sunday 2 September, where the NRLW team will also be introduced, access to discounted tickets for all other Broncos home games this season, plus an exclusive NRLW Inaugural Member merchandise pack which includes the limited edition NRLW tote bag. Prices start at just $45 for adults and $25 for kids.
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Workplace Organisation Survey
Workplace survey reveals the far-reaching impact of messy desks
When you’re busy working hard and focused on getting through your ‘to do’ list, it’s common for your workspace to become cluttered with piles of paper, discarded mugs and plates, and general bits and bobs.
But did you know that your messy desk could be affecting your productivity, your wellbeing, your wallet and even your chances of getting a promotion?
In our Workplace Organisation Survey, we quizzed more than 2,000 UK office workers to uncover the effect that a disorganised desk can have on everyday life – and some of the results are shocking.
Though 70% of the professionals we spoke to say they like to think that they keep their workspace tidy, a third of those quizzed admitted that their desk was messy – and it turns out that popular modern working practices like smaller desks, hot-desking, and open plan office are compounding the problem.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the other survey findings.
The effect of a messy desk on your performance & productivity
It’s not surprising to learn that having a disorganised desk leads to a decrease in productivity (both for the guilty party and their colleagues), an increase in workload, and lots of wasted time.
41% of those we surveyed said they believed a tidy workspace makes people more productive; 21% admitted that having a cluttered desk has somehow increased their workload, while 20% said a workmate’s messy space has had a negative impact on how much they were able to get done in their working day.
The effect of office disorganisation on your career & chances of promotion
No one wants to get stuck in a work rut – but could it be that your chaotic desk is the reason that you’re not progressing up the career ladder and quickly as you’d like?
30% of our survey-takers said they believe that a tidy desk is part and parcel of presenting a professional image at work, and 1 in 10 bosses admitted that a messy workspace could well make them think twice about promoting one of their employees. So if you’re considering asking for a raise or a job role with more responsibility, it may be time for a clear out.
The effect of an untidy workspace on workplace perception
And it’s not just your boss who might well be judging you for your untidiness around the office – it could be causing your colleagues to think less of you too.
40% of the office workers we talked to said that they thought a messy desk must mean that their workmate was disorganised, and, when it comes to their perception of junior colleagues, the stat shot up to 75%. That’s bad news for those just starting out in their career who want to make a good impression on their team, but just can’t seem to keep their clutter under control.
The effect of a cluttered working area on finances
It’s easy for stuff to get lost when it’s buried amongst a tonne of junk.
1 in 5 of those surveyed told us they’d misplaced something of value thanks to their disorganised workspace, with 17% losing an item worth somewhere between £50 and £200. Proof that being messy can be an expensive business!
The effect of a disorderly desk on your health & wellbeing
And, finally, it turns out that a chaotic work space can have an emotional impact too.
Many of our survey-takers admitted that their messy desk affected their mood, with 31% saying it increased their stress, and a massive 49% that it changed the way they felt about going to work each day.
Five tips for keeping your desk tidy and organised
So what’s the best way to ensure you don’t fall foul of the curse of the messy desk? Here are our top tips for keeping things organised.
Kit out your workspace
Getting yourself a pencil jar, stackable paper trays and even a coaster can make the world of difference when it comes to keeping everything in order.
Get labelling
Whether it’s labelling up important documents so you can finally file them away or your stapler so that it doesn’t get lost somewhere your colleague’s cluttered desk, labels can come in very handy.
Don’t eat at your desk
Though it’s tempting to grab your lunch on the go, dirty dishes and crumbs don’t make for a pleasant working environment, so it’s better to keep your desk food-free.
Scan your notes
Rather than letting paperwork pile up on every available surface, think about whether you might be better off scanning the vital stuff and storing it digitally instead – it’s much less likely to go missing that way.
Take two minutes each day to tidy
If you let the clutter build up, clearing your desk can become a mammoth task. But doing a mini ‘spring clean’ at the end of each day, no matter how busy you are, can help you stay on top of it all.
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Michele's story
Michele Beggs, from Ballyclare, shares her experience of lung cancer.
Michele was 46 years of age when she began to experience symptoms she was concerned about. At the time, the mother of two ran her own taxi business in Ballyclare.
Michele says: “In June 2012, I had been having a cough, generally feeling unwell and I thought it was another chest infection. My mother had been encouraging me to go and see the doctor. Then the pain in my shoulder became so bad and I knew I had to go to the GP.
“At the time, I knew in myself, that there was something not right. I think you know your own body.”
She says, as a former smoker, she also had an awareness of the symptoms linked to lung cancer which was important.
“You know your own body better than anybody, so don’t delay in going to your GP. It can make a crucial difference to your outcome.”
After going to see her GP, Michele was referred immediately to hospital for tests and was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2012. She says that early diagnosis was crucial and she had surgery soon after to remove a lung.
“Following surgery I had a very tough year, I was told that there may be recurring chest infections and I was in hospital a number of times.”
Michele says her diagnosis and treatment followed the death of her 15-year-old son Josh in 2007 - a devastating period. She says getting professional support to help her during the last few extremely difficult years has been crucial.
Outcomes after surgery and treatment can be different for each individual. Michele no longer works and although now not playing herself, she is a keen golf fan and a follower of the progress of the top Northern Ireland players.
“It can be difficult with my breathing if I am out and about and I use oxygen to help. But I am alive and that is the most important thing.”
Michele says the early diagnosis was crucial to her successful treatment and she would urge anyone to go to their GP if they have signs and symptoms they are worried about.
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Beinn A'bhraghad Bed and Breakfast, Cheap Hotel and Guest House Accommodation
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OS Grid Reference NG409254 for 1 night from Tue Jan 21, 2020 to Wed Jan 22, 2020 within 25 miles, in an Average Nightly price range of £1 to £200.
Portree Youth Hostel
Portree 12.13 19.51 4 £46.00 £46.00 £82.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00 £46.00
The Portree Hotel
Portree 12.2 19.63 N/A £100.00 £130.00 £90.00 £90.00 £100.00 £100.00 £130.00 £100.00
Bosville Hotel
Portree 12.24 19.7 4 £98.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £98.00 £89.00 £107.00 £98.00
Cuillin Hills Hotel
Portree 12.5 20.12 4 £95.00 £110.00 £110.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £110.00 £95.00
Seafar Bed & Breakfast
Portree 13.38 21.53 N/A £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £60.00 £60.00 £50.00
The Cosy Cabin
Skeabost House Hotel
Portree 14.47 23.28 4 £99.00 £129.00 £149.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00
The Lodge Hotel
Edinbane 16.11 25.92 N/A £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00
Greshornish House Hotel
Edinbane 18.26 29.38 N/A £57.50 £57.50 £57.50 £57.50 £113.85 £57.50 £57.50 £57.50
Armadale Castle
Ardvasar 19.36 31.16 4 £115.00 £115.00 £115.00 £115.00 £115.00 £115.00 £115.00 £115.00
Duisdale House Hotel
Isleornsay 19.57 31.5 4 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00
Hotel Eilean Iarmain
Isleornsay 19.94 32.09 3 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00
Saucy Mary's Lodge
Kyleakin 21.26 34.22 3 £69.00 £69.00 £69.00 £69.00 £69.00 £70.00 £69.00 £69.00
Glenarroch
Skye Backpackers
Kyleakin 21.27 34.23 N/A £39.00 £39.00 £39.00 £39.00 £39.00 £39.00 £39.00 £39.00
The Mission Bunkhouse
Mallaig 24.19 38.93 N/A £45.00 £45.00 £45.00 £45.00 £45.00 £45.00 £45.00 £45.00
Hallaig Guest House
Staffin 24.23 39 N/A £84.00 £84.00 £84.00 £84.00 £84.00 £84.00 £84.00 £84.00
Beinn Edra House B&B
Staffin 24.52 39.47 N/A £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00
Home Farm Apartments
Portree 12.39 19.95 4 £135.00 £135.00 £135.00 £135.00 £135.00 FULL £135.00 £135.00
Broadford Hotel
Broadford 14.42 23.21 3 £125.00 £125.00 FULL £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00
Creag Dubh Bed & Breakfast
Kyle of Lochalsh 22.13 35.61 N/A £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 FULL £80.00 £80.00
West Highland Hotel
Mallaig 24.27 39.06 3 £64.60 FULL £64.60 £64.60 £64.60 £64.60 £64.60 £64.60
Broadford House Skye
Broadford 14.64 23.56 N/A £80.00 £80.00 FULL FULL £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00
The Roses B&B
Portree 12.95 20.84 N/A £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 FULL FULL FULL £95.00
Skye Haven
Portree 11.88 19.12 3 FULL £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 FULL
Caledonian Hotel
Portree 12.2 19.63 N/A FULL £88.00 £88.00 £88.00 £88.00 £88.00 £88.00 FULL
Hame on Skye
Lonmore 14.6 23.49 N/A FULL £90.40 £90.40 £90.40 £90.40 £90.40 £90.40 FULL
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Kensaleyre 16.08 25.87 N/A FULL FULL FULL £605.00 £605.00 £605.00 £605.00 FULL
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Isle of Skye, Portree, IV51 9EW
Portree Youth Hostel is located in Portree's city centre. This hostel features a shared dining area and a communal lounge. The property is within 300 metres from many shops, bar and restaurants. Portr ...more
Portree Youth Hostel is located in Portree's city centre. This hostel features a shared dining area and a communal lounge. The property is within 300 metres from many shops, bar and restaurants. Portree's small port and its coloured houses are 600 metres away. All rooms are heated and offer towels and bed linen. Some have a private bathroom with a bath or shower and others have a shared bathroom. At Portree Youth Hostel you will find a shared kitchen. The hostel is 27 km from Talisker Distillery.
Bank Street, Portree, IV51 9BU
On the stunning Isle of Skye, with great views over Portree Harbour and the loch, The Royal Hotel has 2 restaurants specialising in local seafood dishes. The majority of its rooms offer sea views. The ...more
On the stunning Isle of Skye, with great views over Portree Harbour and the loch, The Royal Hotel has 2 restaurants specialising in local seafood dishes. The majority of its rooms offer sea views. The en suite rooms at The Royal Hotel have tea and coffee-making facilities, as well as maps and information on the local area. The hotel bar stocks local whiskeys and ales. During the summer, the hotel hosts live music and there are often pipers playing in the streets in the evening. The Isle of Skye has strikingly beautiful scenery, and is ideal for walkers, cyclists and climbers. You can try your hand at watersports, or explore the surrounding area, where you can find museums and a range of shops to enjoy.
Somerled Square, Portree, Portree, IV51 9EH
Originally built in 1875, The Portree Hotel is situated on the corner of Portree's main street and overlooks Somerled Square, the town's main square. The main bus stop and taxi ranks are on the doorst ...more
Originally built in 1875, The Portree Hotel is situated on the corner of Portree's main street and overlooks Somerled Square, the town's main square. The main bus stop and taxi ranks are on the doorstep, offering direct links to other parts of the island. The hotel offers 24 en-suite rooms all with a 32-inch flat screen TVs, tea/coffee making facilities, hairdryers and irons. There is limited WiFi in the downstairs public areas. Guests can drink and dine on site in the Antlers Bar and Grill and West Highland Bar. Wood burning stoves will be fired up in colder months and live music is provided at weekends through the winter months and every night during the summer season.
£100.00 £130.00 £90.00 £90.00 £100.00 £100.00 £130.00
9-11 Bosville Terrace, Portree, Portree, IV51 9DG
Overlooking Portree's quaint harbour, this contemporary hotel serves fresh produce from Skye and the surrounding Scottish Highlands in its restaurant, Dulse & Brose. Eagles can be spotted on Ben Tiana ...more
Overlooking Portree's quaint harbour, this contemporary hotel serves fresh produce from Skye and the surrounding Scottish Highlands in its restaurant, Dulse & Brose. Eagles can be spotted on Ben Tianavaig, a large hill within a 5-minute drive of the Bosville Hotel. Harbourside restaurants are less than 5 minutes' walk away. Free WiFi is available throughout. A wide choice of freshly prepared dishes are served in the Dulse & Brose restaurant, including daily catches of seafood and shellfish, which come straight from the waters of the Minch to the plate within a matter of hours. Malt whiskies and fresh coffees can be enjoyed by the real fire in the stylish Merchant bar. A TV and tea/coffee making facilities are provided in each of Bosville's en-suite and contemporary rooms. Front-facing rooms have beautiful views over Portree village and the harbour.
£98.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £98.00 £89.00 £107.00
Isle of Skye, Portree, IV51 9QU
In 15 acres of private grounds, this hotel boasts spectacular views over Portree Bay to the Cuillin Mountain range. It has an award-winning restaurant and a range of whiskies on offer. The rooms at Cu ...more
In 15 acres of private grounds, this hotel boasts spectacular views over Portree Bay to the Cuillin Mountain range. It has an award-winning restaurant and a range of whiskies on offer. The rooms at Cuillin Hills Hotel have warm, traditional décor and all feature satellite TV. Every room has fresh fruit, mineral water and free tea and coffee whilst some also look out over the bay. The View Restaurant offers a menu sampling local produce and Malt Embassy has been awarded for its range of whiskies. Boat trips around the beautiful Isle leave from Portree harbour, 0.5 miles away.
£95.00 £110.00 £110.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £110.00
Seafar, Achachork,, Portree, IV51 9HT
Set 2.4 km from Portree and 17 km from Talisker Distillery, Seafar Bed & Breakfast provides accommodation with a garden and a shared lounge. Both free WiFi and private parking are available at this pr ...more
Set 2.4 km from Portree and 17 km from Talisker Distillery, Seafar Bed & Breakfast provides accommodation with a garden and a shared lounge. Both free WiFi and private parking are available at this property. All units in the bed and breakfast are fitted with a TV. Seafar Bed & Breakfast features certain units with sea views, and every room is fitted with a kettle. A continental breakfast is available daily at the property.
6 Carbost, Portree, IV51 9PD
The Cosy Cabin is situated in Carbost and offers a terrace. Complimentary WiFi is provided. This chalet features a living room and a fully equipped kitchen. Portree is 7 km from the chalet, while Kyle ...more
The Cosy Cabin is situated in Carbost and offers a terrace. Complimentary WiFi is provided. This chalet features a living room and a fully equipped kitchen. Portree is 7 km from the chalet, while Kyle of Lochalsh is 39 km from the property.
Skeabost Bridge, Isle Of Skye, Skeabost Bridge, Portree, IV51 9NP
Skeabost Hotel stands within large private grounds at the edge of Loch Snizort. The hotel is an ideal base for exploring the surrounding Scottish highlands and visiting the many local attractions. Eac ...more
Skeabost Hotel stands within large private grounds at the edge of Loch Snizort. The hotel is an ideal base for exploring the surrounding Scottish highlands and visiting the many local attractions. Each of the Hotel's bedrooms has a private en suite bathroom, a TV, and tea and coffee-making facilities. Some rooms boast four-poster beds and DVD players. Many of the rooms also offer views over the landscaped grounds, or towards Loch Snizort and its salmon river, on which the hotel has seasonal fishing rights. Dining is available in the a la carte restaurant located in hotel's conservatory, with a varied menu that features freshly prepared local ingredients wherever possible. Lunches are also available in the hotel's public areas.The lounge bar offers a large selection of wines and a selection of fine malt whiskies. Guests can also enjoy a varied range of cocktails. The Billiard Room, formerly the chapel of the original country house, is another place to unwind with a drink. The Hotel has its very own 9-hole, 18-tee golf course which provides the perfect challenge for any level of golfer. Skeabost Hotel is a Licensed Wedding Venue, with additional capacity for a range of private business functions and Corporate events.
£99.00 £129.00 £149.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00 £99.00
old dunvegan road, Edinbane, IV519PW
Located adjacent to Loch Greshornish, on Scotland's Isle of Skye, the Lodge Hotel was originally built by the notable Skye Macleods of Greshornish as a Hunting Lodge. r> r> The Lodge was built in ...more
Located adjacent to Loch Greshornish, on Scotland's Isle of Skye, the Lodge Hotel was originally built by the notable Skye Macleods of Greshornish as a Hunting Lodge.
The Lodge was built in circa 1543
Greshornish House Hotel Edinbane, Edinbane, IV51 9PN
Greshornish House Hotel features free WiFi in public areas and views of sea in Edinbane. Among the various facilities of this property are a garden and a bar. Scottish cuisine is served at the restaur ...more
Greshornish House Hotel features free WiFi in public areas and views of sea in Edinbane. Among the various facilities of this property are a garden and a bar. Scottish cuisine is served at the restaurant. At the hotel each room is fitted with a wardrobe, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. Greshornish House Hotel provides some rooms with garden views, and rooms have a kettle. At the accommodation each room includes a seating area. A continental, vegetarian or buffet breakfast can be enjoyed in the breakfast area. The restaurant at Greshornish House Hotel specialises in British cuisine. Portree is 27 km from the hotel, while Kyle of Lochalsh is 50 km from the property.
£57.50 £57.50 £57.50 £57.50 £113.85 £57.50 £57.50
Armadale, Sleat, Ardvasar, IV45 8RS
Located in Ardvasar in the Isle of Skye region, Armadale Castle offers accommodation with free WiFi. All units are equipped with a TV and a fully equipped kitchen with a fridge. The lodge offers a chi ...more
Located in Ardvasar in the Isle of Skye region, Armadale Castle offers accommodation with free WiFi. All units are equipped with a TV and a fully equipped kitchen with a fridge. The lodge offers a children's playground. Kyle of Lochalsh is 35 km from Armadale Castle.
Sleat, Isleornsay, IV43 8QW
Surrounded by extensive gardens and the historic Duisdale Forest, Duisdale House Hotel stands on a hillside on the beautiful Isle of Skye, with panoramic views across the Sound of Sleat. The striking ...more
Surrounded by extensive gardens and the historic Duisdale Forest, Duisdale House Hotel stands on a hillside on the beautiful Isle of Skye, with panoramic views across the Sound of Sleat. The striking modern decor in this grand Victorian house complements the magnificent original features of the building. This award-winning hotel boasts a restaurant and an elegant lounge with high ceilings and log fire overlooking the gardens. There is also a bar that offers a bar meal menu. Most rooms have captivating views over the mature gardens and forest and some have mountain views. All are en suite with elegant, contemporary decor. Duisdale House boasts a luxurious hydropool in the garden. Free Wi-Fi internet access is available in the hotel. Guests may enjoy a woodland walk in the 30 acres of forest that surround Duisdale House. Local activities include fishing, hiking and horse riding.
Isle Ornsay, Sleat, Isleornsay, IV43 8QR
In a picturesque bay in the south of Skye, this hotel has beautiful views over the Sound of Sleat and the distant hills of Knoydart. It offers a 2 AA Rosette-awarded restaurant, and is next to the hea ...more
In a picturesque bay in the south of Skye, this hotel has beautiful views over the Sound of Sleat and the distant hills of Knoydart. It offers a 2 AA Rosette-awarded restaurant, and is next to the headquarters of the award-winning Gaelic Whisky company. With log fires in its reception rooms and a wood-panelled dining room where you can enjoy candlelit dinners, Hotel Eilean Iarmain retains many traditional features. Its hallway is decorated with stag antlers and a stuffed golden eagle. Rooms have wooden furnishings, and some have open fireplaces. Each also features facilities for making tea and coffee, and has scenic views from the windows. Suites also feature a TV and free Wi-Fi is available in the bar and lounge. The restaurant offers à la carte dining, with a menu including local seafood and game. There is also a well-stocked bar with a choice of fine wines and real ales.
Meuse Lane, Kyleakin, IV41 8PH
Offering a restaurant, Saucy Mary's Lodge is located in Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. It provides guest rooms and dormitories with free WiFi access and free private parking is available on site. With ...more
Offering a restaurant, Saucy Mary's Lodge is located in Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye. It provides guest rooms and dormitories with free WiFi access and free private parking is available on site. With views of the sea and surrounding mountains, the rooms and dormitories all provide a clothes rack and bed linen. Some have a TV and private bathroom, while others have access to a shared bathroom. An optional breakfast is prepared every morning at this hostel. Other facilities offered at the property include a shared lounge, a tour desk and laundry facilities. The Skye Bridge, leading to the mainland is a 3-minute drive away and Eilean Donan Castle is a 15-minute drive away.
Meuse Lane,, Kyleakin, IV41 8PH
Glenarroch is situated in Kyleakin and has a garden and a shared lounge. This 3-star guest house offers free WiFi. The guest house offers a Scottish restaurant. Continental and Full English/Irish brea ...more
Glenarroch is situated in Kyleakin and has a garden and a shared lounge. This 3-star guest house offers free WiFi. The guest house offers a Scottish restaurant. Continental and Full English/Irish breakfast options are available every morning at the guest house. Hiking is among the activities that guests can enjoy near Glenarroch. Kyle of Lochalsh is 3.5 km from the accommodation.
Skye Backpackers, Kyleakin, IV41 8PH
Facing the seafront in Kyleakin, Skye Backpackers features barbecue facilities. Among the various facilities are a garden and a shared lounge. Both free WiFi and private parking are available at the h ...more
Facing the seafront in Kyleakin, Skye Backpackers features barbecue facilities. Among the various facilities are a garden and a shared lounge. Both free WiFi and private parking are available at the hostel. Rooms are complete with a shared bathroom, while some rooms at Skye Backpackers also provide guests with a seating area. The 8 and 10 bed mixed dormitory rooms are situated in large static caravans in the back garden, with 24-hour access to all facilities within the main house, as well as an outdoor wash block and hot drinks station. Cycling, fishing and hiking are among the activities that guests of the accommodation can find nearby. Portree is 32 km from Skye Backpackers, while Kyle of Lochalsh is 1.4 km from the property.
The Morrison Building, Mallaig, PH41 4PY
On Scotland's far west coast, The Mission Bunkhouse in Mallaig offers simple hostel accommodation right opposite the train station and seconds from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal. A pretty fi ...more
On Scotland's far west coast, The Mission Bunkhouse in Mallaig offers simple hostel accommodation right opposite the train station and seconds from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry terminal. A pretty fishing port in the Highlands, Mallaig has a supermarket, shops and places to eat right outside the building. The Mission Bunkhouse has a shared TV lounge and offers laundry services. There are standard twin bedrooms and single rooms with sinks available. All rooms have shared bathroom facilities with showers, and a communal kitchen with an oven, microwave, kettle and fridge. Bedding is included in the room rate. Towels can be rented. WiFi is available in the communal areas. Downstairs, the privately owned Mission Café serves breakfast from 06:30. A Co-op supermarket is just next door making it easy for guests who prefer to cook for themselves. Trains run directly from Fort William to Mallaig, a journey of around 80 minutes which is regarded as one of the UK's most scenic rail routes. You can enjoy views of Loch Eilt and Ben Nevis and then sample Mallaig's freshly caught seafood at its excellent restaurants on your arrival.
7 Marishader, Staffin, IV51 9JG
Hallaig Guest House is located in Staffin, on the Isle of Skye's northern coast. It offers free parking and WiFi and a full Scottish breakfast. All rooms have views of the gardens and mountains, and i ...more
Hallaig Guest House is located in Staffin, on the Isle of Skye's northern coast. It offers free parking and WiFi and a full Scottish breakfast. All rooms have views of the gardens and mountains, and include a flat-screen TV and tea and coffee facilities with homemade shortbread. Each room has an en suite shower or bath with a hairdryer and toiletries provided. The full Highland breakfast includes local eggs, Isle of Skye sausages and Stornoway black pudding, and a vegetarian breakfast is also available. Staffin is around 20 miles north of the island's main town of Portree, which is the arrival point of ferries from Mallaig and Oban. It offers easy access to walking areas including the Trotternish Ridge, the Old Man of Storr and the Quiraing.
Half of 6, Staffin, IV51 9JD
Situated in Staffin, Beinn Edra House B&B offers accommodation with access to a garden. Free WiFi is featured. A flat-screen TV and DVD player are available in some units. A Full English/Irish breakfa ...more
Situated in Staffin, Beinn Edra House B&B offers accommodation with access to a garden. Free WiFi is featured. A flat-screen TV and DVD player are available in some units. A Full English/Irish breakfast is available daily at the bed and breakfast. Portree is 22 km from Beinn Edra House B&B.
Home Farm Apartments, Home Farm Road, Portree, IV51 9LX
Centrally situated in Skye's capital town of Portree, Home Farm Apartments offers self-catering accommodation with free WiFi access and free onsite parking. The Talisker Distillery is a 30-minute driv ...more
Centrally situated in Skye's capital town of Portree, Home Farm Apartments offers self-catering accommodation with free WiFi access and free onsite parking. The Talisker Distillery is a 30-minute drive away. With garden views, the apartments include a living area with a Smart TV, and an iPod docking station. Guests can enjoy movies and Sky TV. There is a double bedroom and a twin bedroom. The Home Farm Apartments offer a fully equipped kitchen with a washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, a microwave, and solid wood worktops. Each apartment has an individual garden with shrubs and flowers. Portree is home to Portree Harbour and the Aros Centre. There are several shops and restaurants within a 5-minute walk of the Home Farm Apartments.
£135.00 £135.00 £135.00 £135.00 £135.00 FULL £135.00
Torrin Road, Broadford, IV49 9AB
Overlooking Bradford Bay, this luxury 4-star hotel is situated in the village of Broadford on the Isle of Skye. Established in 1611, Broadford Hotel is the original home of Drambuie whisky liqueur. Wi ...more
Overlooking Bradford Bay, this luxury 4-star hotel is situated in the village of Broadford on the Isle of Skye. Established in 1611, Broadford Hotel is the original home of Drambuie whisky liqueur. With free Wi-Fi, each room's theme is based on one of the many Drambuie tartans. Flat-screen TV and en suite facilities come as standard in every room. Tea and coffee making facilities are also provided. The Gabbro Bar offers homemade cuisine prepared with local produce during low season, from October to April. During high season, you can enjoy à la carte meals in the Spinnaker Bistro, which offers views over Broadford Bay. Free private parking is available on site.
£125.00 £125.00 FULL £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00
5 An T-Sraid, Kyle of Lochalsh, IV40 8BB
Situated in the tiny hamlet of Erbusaig, just over a mile from the Kyle of Lochalsh and 2 miles from Skye Bridge, this B&B has magnificent sea views. There is free high speed WiFi and free parking on ...more
Situated in the tiny hamlet of Erbusaig, just over a mile from the Kyle of Lochalsh and 2 miles from Skye Bridge, this B&B has magnificent sea views. There is free high speed WiFi and free parking on site. The property is 100 metres from the NC500 route. Each morning, guests at Creag Dubh Bed & Breakfast can enjoy a breakfast of full cooked options, croissants, toast with homemade preserves, smoked salmon and light continental choices. Some rooms have sea views, and come with a flat-screen TV with new Sky Q, tea and coffee making facilities, and a hairdryer. Each also benefits from its own bathroom with free toiletries. Creag Dubh B&B is surrounded by spectacular Highland scenery, and guests can go Kayaking, hill walking, and pony trekking in the surrounding area.
Davie's Brae, Mallaig, PH41 4QZ
The “Road to the Isles†ends at the harbour of Mallaig, with ferries to the Hebrides leaving from this remote and peaceful part of Scotland. The West Highland Hotel offers a fabulous Terrace resta ...more
The “Road to the Isles†ends at the harbour of Mallaig, with ferries to the Hebrides leaving from this remote and peaceful part of Scotland. The West Highland Hotel offers a fabulous Terrace restaurant with quality local produce, wood burning stove, panoramic views and an outside seating area with a fire pit. Overlooking the village, this 4-star hotel offers en suite rooms with Freeview TVs and some boasting views of the harbour and isles beyond. With ample free parking, guests can discover the rugged and unspoilt coastline towards Mull to the south, and there are many hiking routes straight from Mallaig around the neighbouring Lochs Morar and Nevis. A 5-hour direct train journey through some of Scotland's most picturesque landscapes joins Mallaig to Glasgow.
£64.60 FULL £64.60 £64.60 £64.60 £64.60 £64.60
Broadford - Isle of Skye - Highlands, Broadford, IV49 9AB
Located on the Isle of Skye, Broadford House Skye has rooms with free WiFi. It includes a garden. Each room features a shared bathroom with a bath or shower. Broadford House Skye is set in Broadford.
£80.00 £80.00 FULL FULL £80.00 £80.00 £80.00
Riverside Cottage Staffin Road, Portree, IV51 9HS
The Roses B&B provides accommodation with a garden and free WiFi in Portree, 17 km from Talisker Distillery. The bed and breakfast offers a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with free toiletries, ...more
The Roses B&B provides accommodation with a garden and free WiFi in Portree, 17 km from Talisker Distillery. The bed and breakfast offers a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with free toiletries, a hair dryer and shower. The daily breakfast offers continental and Full English/Irish options.
£95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 FULL FULL FULL
Skye Haven, An Acarsaid, Portree, IV51 9ES
Boasting stunning views over Portree Harbour, Skye Haven is located on the Isle of Skye. This bed and breakfast is set away from the main road, and is a five-minute walk from the centre of Portree. Sk ...more
Boasting stunning views over Portree Harbour, Skye Haven is located on the Isle of Skye. This bed and breakfast is set away from the main road, and is a five-minute walk from the centre of Portree. Skye Haven is a family run bed and breakfast. Each room features either an en suite or private bathroom. Guests can benefit from free WiFi, a hairdryer, free toiletries, and tea and coffee facilities. Guest can enjoy a continental buffet including hams, cheeses, pastries, cereals, fruit and natural yogurts. Skye Haven will also cater for dietary requirements on request. The bed and breakfast is a 10 minute walk away from the Aros Experience. The Talisker Distillery is 17 miles from the property. For ease of travel Skye Haven is conveniently located next to the main road A87.
FULL £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00 £70.00
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Wentworth Street, Portree, IV51 9EJ
Situated in Portree, 28 km from Talisker Distillery, Caledonian Hotel features free WiFi and garden views. The bed and breakfast offers a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with free toiletries, a ...more
Situated in Portree, 28 km from Talisker Distillery, Caledonian Hotel features free WiFi and garden views. The bed and breakfast offers a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom with free toiletries, a hair dryer and shower. Guests at Caledonian Hotel can enjoy a Full English/Irish breakfast.
Roag Orbost, Lonmore, IV55 8GZ
Hame on Skye, 4.5 km from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye offers lake views of the surrounding Roag Peninsula. Both free WiFi and private parking are available at this property. The rooms offer en suite ...more
Hame on Skye, 4.5 km from Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye offers lake views of the surrounding Roag Peninsula. Both free WiFi and private parking are available at this property. The rooms offer en suite bath/shower facilities and a flat-screen TV is featured. Guests can relax in the bar and spacious dining area. Scottish and vegetarian breakfast options are available everyday, and home-cooked evening meals are available. Portree is 21 km from Hame on Skye.
, Kensaleyre, IV51 9NT
Featuring a garden, Sealladh an Locha Cottage offers accommodation in Kensaleyre with free WiFi and sea views. This property offers access to a patio. The holiday home features 2 bedrooms and a fully ...more
Featuring a garden, Sealladh an Locha Cottage offers accommodation in Kensaleyre with free WiFi and sea views. This property offers access to a patio. The holiday home features 2 bedrooms and a fully fitted kitchen with an oven. Portree is 14 km from the holiday home.
FULL FULL FULL £605.00 £605.00 £605.00 £605.00
, Kensaleyre, IV51 9NU
77/78 Aird is situated in Kensaleyre and offers a garden. Guests staying at this holiday home have access to free WiFi. The holiday home features 2 bedrooms and a fully fitted kitchen with a dishwashe ...more
77/78 Aird is situated in Kensaleyre and offers a garden. Guests staying at this holiday home have access to free WiFi. The holiday home features 2 bedrooms and a fully fitted kitchen with a dishwasher. Portree is 14 km from the holiday home.
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Smithy Fell Bed and Breakfast, Cheap Hotel and Guest House Accommodation
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OS Grid Reference NY133237 for 1 night from Tue Jan 21, 2020 to Wed Jan 22, 2020 within 25 miles, in an Average Nightly price range of £1 to £200.
Hundith Hill Hotel
Cockermouth 3.24 5.22 3 £70.40 £70.40 £70.40 £70.40 £70.40 £70.40 £70.40 £70.40
Allerdale Court Hotel
The Wild Duck Inn
Workington 4.77 7.68 N/A £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00 £50.00
Broughton Craggs Hotel
Cockermouth 5.84 9.4 3 £55.25 £55.25 £59.46 £59.46 £59.46 £59.46 £59.46 £55.25
Rowrah Hall Bed & Breakfast
Whitehaven 5.88 9.46 4 £60.00 £70.00 £70.00 £60.00 £60.00 £60.00 £60.00 £60.00
The Melbreak Country Hotel
Great Clifton 6.05 9.73 3 £84.15 £84.15 £84.15 £84.15 £78.20 £72.25 £72.25 £84.15
The Old Ginn House Inn
Great Clifton 6.76 10.88 4 £93.50 £93.50 £98.50 £98.50 £84.15 £84.15 £84.15 £93.50
Hunday Manor Country House Hotel
Winscales 6.86 11.04 4 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00 £89.00
Rowan Keld
Keswick 7.38 11.88 N/A £56.00 £56.00 £56.00 £56.00 £56.00 £56.00 £56.00 £56.00
The Castle Inn Hotel by BW Signature Collection, Keswick
Keswick 7.59 12.21 4 £70.50 £95.00 £95.00 £47.20 £63.20 £88.00 £47.20 £70.50
Parkside Hotel
Cleator 8.05 12.95 N/A £75.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75.00 £75.00
Littlebeck Warren
Whitehaven 8.14 13.1 4 £130.00 £130.00 £130.00 £130.00 £130.00 £130.00 £130.00 £130.00
Distington 8.18 13.17 4 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00 £80.00
The Old Mill Inn
Maryport 8.22 13.24 N/A £66.00 £66.00 £66.00 £66.00 £66.00 £66.00 £66.00 £66.00
The Hall Park Hotel
Workington 8.35 13.44 N/A £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £85.00 £76.50 £76.50 £76.50 £85.00
Keswick 8.37 13.47 3 £73.50 £73.50 £73.50 £73.50 £105.00 £133.00 £73.50 £73.50
Acorn House
Keswick 8.45 13.61 4 £93.00 £93.00 £93.00 £93.00 £93.00 £100.00 £93.00 £93.00
Lynwood Guest House
Keswick 8.5 13.68 4 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00 £95.00
The Sleepwell Inn
Workington 8.5 13.69 4 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00
Washington Central Hotel
Workington 8.53 13.73 4 £145.00 £145.00 £145.00 £145.00 £125.00 £125.00 £125.00 £145.00
The Borrowdale Hotel
Keswick 8.65 13.93 4 £140.00 £160.00 £160.00 £150.00 £160.00 £170.00 £140.00 £140.00
Lodore Falls Hotel & Spa
Chestnuts Bed and Breakfast
Whitehaven 8.72 14.03 N/A £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00 £90.00
The Mary Mount Hotel
Workington 8.89 14.3 N/A £72.00 £72.00 £72.00 £72.00 £54.00 £54.00 £54.00 £72.00
Laurel Bank B & B Keswick
The Cumberland Hotel
Workington 9.1 14.65 N/A £38.70 £40.50 £42.30 £45.00 £36.00 £36.00 £36.00 £38.70
Scafell Hotel
Rosthwaite 9.55 15.38 3 £110.00 £110.00 £110.00 £110.00 £110.00 £110.00 £110.00 £110.00
Summergrove Halls
Lorton Vale, Cockermouth, CA13 9TH
With sumptuous furnishings and wonderful views across the Lorton Valley, Hundith Hill Hotel sits on the outskirts of Cockermouth. A short drive from Keswick, the traditional rooms offer luxury en suit ...more
With sumptuous furnishings and wonderful views across the Lorton Valley, Hundith Hill Hotel sits on the outskirts of Cockermouth. A short drive from Keswick, the traditional rooms offer luxury en suite bathrooms. The Hundith Hill Hotel is set in a grand country house, surrounded by beautiful countryside and a large pleasant garden. With views of the Cumbrian Fells, the hotel has free private parking for guests. Free Wi-Fi is also accessible in public areas. The elegant rooms are individually decorated with floral and satin fabrics, and some feature exposed beams and scenic views. All rooms offer tea and coffee facilities and a hairdryer, and a wake-up service is also available. The popular Hundith Hill Restaurant serves a varied menu with European influences, and the informal bar menu offers classic pub food and light lunches. Traditional cooked breakfasts and packed lunches are also available daily. On the edge of the Lake District, Hundith Hill is just 20 minutes' drive from the Solway Coast. The famous lakes are within easy reach, and a number of walking routes are close by. Crummock Water can be reached in 10 minutes, and Derwent Water is 20 minutes away.
20 Market Place, Cockermouth, CA13 9NQ
In the centre of Cockermouth, Allerdale Court features large rooms with free WiFi. The cosy bar has real ales, open fires and original oak beams. On the edge of the Lake District, the family-run Aller ...more
In the centre of Cockermouth, Allerdale Court features large rooms with free WiFi. The cosy bar has real ales, open fires and original oak beams. On the edge of the Lake District, the family-run Allerdale Court Hotel offers individually designed en suite rooms with TVs, work desks and tea/coffee making facilities. A full English breakfast is provided. Guests can enjoy a meal at Blocks Steakhouse, which uses meat, poultry and eggs from local farms. Vegetarian options are also available. The Solway Coast is 7 miles from The Allerdale.
main Street, Branthwaite, Workington, CA144SZ
Family room with double bed and adult size bunk beds. En-suite bathroom. recent referb. Discount on evening meal in the pub. Ideal location for the lake district.Free Parking. Set in beatufull village ...more
Family room with double bed and adult size bunk beds. En-suite bathroom. recent referb. Discount on evening meal in the pub. Ideal location for the lake district.Free Parking. Set in beatufull village. Room has Tv, Iron,Tea coffee
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Craggs Road, Great Broughton, Cockermouth, CA13 0XP
Family-run country house hotel set in 3 acres of delightful grounds, overlooking Derwent Valley and the Fells beyond. Broughton Craggs provides a warm, friendly service and has won various Silver awar ...more
Family-run country house hotel set in 3 acres of delightful grounds, overlooking Derwent Valley and the Fells beyond. Broughton Craggs provides a warm, friendly service and has won various Silver awards: Dating from 1858, it maintains original features and design. Above the banks of the River Derwent with rolling views over the Lakeland Fells, Broughton Craggs Hotel, with its own extensive grounds and gardens, offers the visitor the opportunity to enjoy the special hospitality and first-class cuisine of a hotel in a tranquil setting. On the edge of a traditional Cumbrian village only 3 miles from the centre of Cockermouth and 7 miles from the Solway Coast, Broughton Craggs is the ideal base for the business traveller or those requiring a wide variety of activities and interesting visits. After a hard day, relax around a roaring log fire in one of our lounges.
Rowrah Hall, Rowrah, Whitehaven, CA26 3XH
Dating back to 1705, the family-run Rowrah Hall is set within 3 acres of private land. With free Wi-Fi and free onsite parking, it is situated in the Northwest Cumbrian village of Rowrah. Westlakes Sc ...more
Dating back to 1705, the family-run Rowrah Hall is set within 3 acres of private land. With free Wi-Fi and free onsite parking, it is situated in the Northwest Cumbrian village of Rowrah. Westlakes Science Park 17 minutes' drive away. The rooms and apartments include a flat-screen TV with a DVD player, a seating area, and tea and coffee making facilities. The en-suite or private shower rooms offer complimentary toiletries and a hairdryer. In the mornings, Rowrah Hall serves full English breakfast. Dishes are homemade and special diets can be catered for upon request. There are 2 pubs within a 10-minute walk and a number of takeaway options, which can be delivered to the property. Rowrah Hall is accessed by a small bridge over a babbling brook. It is an ideal base to explore the beautiful Lake District National Park, with Whitehaven just 5 miles west and the Ennerdale Lake only 2 miles south.
Winscales Road, Great Clifton, Great Clifton, CA14 1XS
This family-run hotel rests on the western edge of the Lake District, offering dramatic, panoramic views of the Loweswater Valley and mountains beyond. Set against the imposing Melbreak, from which th ...more
This family-run hotel rests on the western edge of the Lake District, offering dramatic, panoramic views of the Loweswater Valley and mountains beyond. Set against the imposing Melbreak, from which the hotel takes it name, and the rugged coastline of the Solway Firth, this country house hotel lies in 3 acres of idyllic grounds. The Conservatory Restaurant provides superb views of the surrounding landscape. The lounge bar, popular with locals and guests alike, is a relaxing place to enjoy a drink or light snack. Conveniently positioned just off the A66, the main route through the North Lakes, The Melbreak Country Hotel offers easy access for Workington and the Cumbrian coast.
Moor Road Great Clifton, Great Clifton, CA14 1TS
In the small village of Great Clifton, on the west coast of the Cumbrian Lake District, this charming inn was converted from a 17th-century farmstead and offers comfortable, characteristic accommodati ...more
In the small village of Great Clifton, on the west coast of the Cumbrian Lake District, this charming inn was converted from a 17th-century farmstead and offers comfortable, characteristic accommodation. The Old Ginn House Inn offers pleasant rooms with tea and coffee-making facilities and an en suite bathroom. The Old Ginn House has a cosy lounge where you can relax with comfy chairs, television and a choice of magazines. There is a well-stocked bar and atmospheric dining areas which serve an extensive menu that includes traditional home-cooked fare and more varied cosmopolitan dishes. On warmer days and nights the courtyard patio offers a wonderful ‘al fresco' area to enjoy a drink. The Old Ginn House Inn provides an ideal base for business guests, or for those visiting the unspoilt Western Lake District and the Solway Coast.
Winscales, Winscales, CA14 4JF
The family-run Hunday Manor Country House Hotel is set in its own grounds, with views over the Solway Firth to Scotland. It offers free Wi-Fi, and there is free parking on site. This charming hotel ha ...more
The family-run Hunday Manor Country House Hotel is set in its own grounds, with views over the Solway Firth to Scotland. It offers free Wi-Fi, and there is free parking on site. This charming hotel has elegant rooms, furnished in a traditional style. Each comes with a TV and a CD player, along with facilities for making tea and coffee. Guests can dine à la carte in the restaurant, which also boasts a table d'hôte menu and is set in the woodland gardens. After-dinner liqueurs and coffees are available, and can be enjoyed in the lounge area. Hunday Manor is a 5-minute drive from the centre of Workington. Workington Golf Club is less than 5 minutes away by car.
Portinscale, Keswick, CA12 5RF
The ensuite double room has colour TV with a DVD/CD player and tea and coffee-making facilities. The house is in a secluded setting and guests may enjoy the large wildlife-friendly garden. There is am ...more
The ensuite double room has colour TV with a DVD/CD player and tea and coffee-making facilities. The house is in a secluded setting and guests may enjoy the large wildlife-friendly garden. There is ample private parking. Close to Derwentwater and Keswick.
Bassenthwaite Nr. Keswick, Keswick, CA12 4RG
Originally a coaching inn dating back to 1770, The Castle Inn Hotel by BW Signature Collection, Keswick is now a modern venue with views of Bassenthwaite Lake. Set in the beautiful Lake District, it o ...more
Originally a coaching inn dating back to 1770, The Castle Inn Hotel by BW Signature Collection, Keswick is now a modern venue with views of Bassenthwaite Lake. Set in the beautiful Lake District, it offers free WiFi, a pool and sauna. Each bright room has a TV, radio and free tea and coffee. Every private bathroom includes a hairdryer while some also feature bathrobes. Ironing facilities are also available on request. Guests can take advantage of the hotel's extensive leisure facilities, which include a pool, steam room, tennis courts and a games room. The Castle Inn Hotel by BW Signature Collection, Keswick is set beneath some of England's highest fells, with large, quiet gardens providing views over Skiddaw. The scenic shores of Bassenthwaite Lake can be reached with a 15-minute walk. Ritson's Restaurant serves international and local dishes including hearty Cumberland breakfasts. With exposed wooden beams, relaxed The Tavern offers real ales and bar meals.
Parkside Road, Cleator, CA25 5HF
Boasting a bar, Parkside Hotel is set in Cleator. Free WiFi is provided. The rooms in the hotel are equipped with a flat-screen TV. Guests at Parkside Hotel can enjoy a Full English/Irish breakfast. K ...more
Boasting a bar, Parkside Hotel is set in Cleator. Free WiFi is provided. The rooms in the hotel are equipped with a flat-screen TV. Guests at Parkside Hotel can enjoy a Full English/Irish breakfast. Keswick is 40 km from the accommodation.
3, Hayescastle Road, Common End, Distington, Workington , Whitehaven, CA14 5YB
Located in the beautiful Western Lake District, the award-winning Littlebeck Warren offers luxury, contemporary and adult-only accommodations. The historical Muncaster Castle with its stunning gardens ...more
Located in the beautiful Western Lake District, the award-winning Littlebeck Warren offers luxury, contemporary and adult-only accommodations. The historical Muncaster Castle with its stunning gardens is only 20 miles away. The luxurious rooms feature elegant furniture, a contemporary design, and stylish details. The en suite bathroom has bathrobes, stunning features, and free toiletries. The property also boasts landscaped gardens, a terrace, and a beautiful conservatory for guests to relax. Guests can enjoy a delicious breakfast made of locally sourced ingredients. Special dietary requirements are also catered for upon request. A beautifully oak panelled room sets the background to the fully licenced bar, exclusively for the guests. Offering free parking, and easy access to the evoking countryside, Littlebeck Warren is the ideal retreat to relax and enjoy the tranquil surroundings. Whitehaven Golf Club is 3.7 miles away.
3 Hayescastle Road, Distington, CA14 5YB
Littlebeck Warren is a 4 Star luxury boutique Bed and Breakfast based in the beautiful location of Distington in the Western Lake District. Our luxury guest accommodation comprises 8 stylish rooms, al ...more
Littlebeck Warren is a 4 Star luxury boutique Bed and Breakfast based in the beautiful location of Distington in the Western Lake District. Our luxury guest accommodation comprises 8 stylish rooms, all uniquely themed and all en-suite.
Rowbeck, Maryport, CA15 7JP
Located in the farming community of Dearham, just 7 minutes' drive from the Solway Coast and 15 minutes from the Lake District National Park. The Old Mill Inn offers Bed & Breakfast accommodation, a b ...more
Located in the farming community of Dearham, just 7 minutes' drive from the Solway Coast and 15 minutes from the Lake District National Park. The Old Mill Inn offers Bed & Breakfast accommodation, a bar, restaurant and free Wi-Fi throughout. Each of the rooms at The Old Mill Inn, have a TV with Freeview, tea & coffee making facilities and free toiletries. A self-serve continental breakfast with a range of teas and coffees is available every morning in the restaurant. The Old Mill Inn is happy to provide packed lunches upon request. The bar & restaurant are open every night serving home-cooked meals prepared using local Cumbrian produce. The lounge bar has a large-screen TV with Sky Sports, a dart board and pool table. Maryport is the nearest town and is only 7 minutes' drive away. Maryport Golf Course is 11 minutes' drive away.
23 Carlton Road, Workington, CA14 4BX
Your comfort is our aim at this family-run hotel. Bar meals are served each night and only the freshest of ingredients are used. At a recent health inspection, we were awarded 4 stars by Cumbria Touri ...more
Your comfort is our aim at this family-run hotel. Bar meals are served each night and only the freshest of ingredients are used. At a recent health inspection, we were awarded 4 stars by Cumbria Tourism. Resting by the A66 motorway for Workington, The Hall Park Hotel is situated opposite parkland and only a 2 minute walk from the town centre which has recently undergone a 45 million pound regeneration project. There are numerous golf courses nearby and we are a good base for the coast to coast cycle way.
33 Station Road, Keswick, CA12 4NA
Nestled in Keswick, in the heart of the Lake District National Park, the Keswick Park Hotel offers bed and breakfast accommodation, free WiFi and free private parking. This 3-stars guest house is set ...more
Nestled in Keswick, in the heart of the Lake District National Park, the Keswick Park Hotel offers bed and breakfast accommodation, free WiFi and free private parking. This 3-stars guest house is set in an elegant Victorian building with distinctive characters and stunning views. All the rooms at the Keswick Park Hotel have a flat-screen TV, tea/coffee making facilities and an en suite bathroom with a bath, a shower or a combination of both. A varied breakfast is served every morning. Choices include fruit juices, cereals, yoghurts, preserves and tea/coffee. A cooked breakfast is also available, together with scrambled eggs on toast, smoked haddock and a lighter option. Guests can enjoy a good choice of beers and ciders, and a complete selection of single malt whiskies. Tea and coffee are available throughout the day. The property is situated 20 minutes' drive off the M6 motorway, and 25 miles from Windermere.
Ambleside Road , Keswick, CA12 4DL
This silver award-winning Georgian house is just 4 minutes' walk from the centre of Keswick. It offers traditional en suite rooms, an award-winning garden and free parking, 10 minutes' walk from Derwe ...more
This silver award-winning Georgian house is just 4 minutes' walk from the centre of Keswick. It offers traditional en suite rooms, an award-winning garden and free parking, 10 minutes' walk from Derwent Water. Acorn House's bright and spacious rooms are individually designed and each has a flat-screen Freeview TV, free Wi-Fi and tea and coffee making facilities. Some also include a luxurious four-poster bed. Acorn House serves a generous full English breakfast or vegetarian option daily. Various cosy pubs, café and shops are within 5 minutes' walk in the town centre. Guests can relax in the lounge or conservatory with its fruit-bearing grape vine. The area is ideal for walking and climbing and Bassenthwaite Lake is 4 miles away. The property is a 5-minute drive from the A66 connecting with Workington and Penrith. You can drive to pretty Ambleside in 25 minutes and Junction 40 of the M6 Motorway is only 16 miles away.
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14 Ambleside Road, Keswick, CA12 4DL
One of few Guest Houses in Keswick with private parking for all guests, quietly situated near town centre & lake. Come away and feel at home, with comfortable, stylish bed & breakfast accommodation in ...more
One of few Guest Houses in Keswick with private parking for all guests, quietly situated near town centre & lake. Come away and feel at home, with comfortable, stylish bed & breakfast accommodation in a friendly, relaxed setting.
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Located in Keswick, 3.1 km from Derwentwater and 8 km from Cat Bells, Lynwood Guest House features mountain views and free WiFi. Whinlatter Forest Park is 9 km from the bed and breakfast, while Theatr ...more
Located in Keswick, 3.1 km from Derwentwater and 8 km from Cat Bells, Lynwood Guest House features mountain views and free WiFi. Whinlatter Forest Park is 9 km from the bed and breakfast, while Theatre by the Lake is 1.3 km away.
Washington Street, Workington, CA14 3AX
The family run Sleepwell Inn in Workington offers modern and comfortable accommodation in this ancient Cumbrian town. Guests at The Sleepwell Inn have use of facilities at the nearby 4-star Washington ...more
The family run Sleepwell Inn in Workington offers modern and comfortable accommodation in this ancient Cumbrian town. Guests at The Sleepwell Inn have use of facilities at the nearby 4-star Washington Central Hotel, a 3-minute walk away, which includes spa and gym access and meals. There is free WiFi throughout the inn and rooms, and limited on-site parking. Boasting an AA 4* Guest Accommodation award, the inn offers en-suite rooms. You will also find a flat-screen TV with Freeview, telephone, hairdryer and tea and coffee facilities. Rooms are furnished in a contemporary style. Breakfast can be taken at Washington Central Hotel at an additional charge, with a traditional full English available. The hotel also has a bar and restaurant, as well as an informal coffee shop which also serves lunches and snacks, and overlooks Washington Square. Leisure facilities are also available at the Washington Central Hotel for an additional daily charge. The hotel's central location is just a 5-minute drive from Workington Train Station, and an easy walk from the town centre shops. Sitting beside the River Derwent, you will find several old churches, a museum documenting the history of the town, and the remains of 14th-century Workington Hall.
Washington Street, Workington, CA14 3AY
Located in Workington town centre, this 4-star hotel serves homemade food in the Central Bar & Bistro. A flat-screen TV is in each room. Shops, bars, restaurants and a cinema are within a 10-minute dr ...more
Located in Workington town centre, this 4-star hotel serves homemade food in the Central Bar & Bistro. A flat-screen TV is in each room. Shops, bars, restaurants and a cinema are within a 10-minute drive of the Washington Hotel. Free Wi-Fi access, a work desk and a safety deposit box are provided in every room at the Washington Central Hotel. A bathrobe and a hairdryer are included in all private bathrooms. With free private parking at the hotel, Workington Golf Club is 1 mile away. The ancient market town of Cockermouth and the Lake District National Park are within 15 minutes' drive of the hotel. Light snacks and hot drinks are served at the on-site coffee shop. Guests can use the hotel's swimming pool and fully-equipped gym for no extra charge.
Borrowdale, Keswick, CA12 5UY
In the Borrowdale valley, this charming hotel has traditional rooms, and is surrounded by picturesque Lake District scenery. Free Wi-Fi is provided, as well as free private parking. Built in 1866, The ...more
In the Borrowdale valley, this charming hotel has traditional rooms, and is surrounded by picturesque Lake District scenery. Free Wi-Fi is provided, as well as free private parking. Built in 1866, The Borrowdale Hotel still retains many original Victorian features. Some of the bedrooms feature lake views. With open fires, the oak-panelled lounge bar and conservatory are open for light lunches and afternoon teas, with terraces overlooking landscaped gardens and surrounding mountains. The AA Rosette Restaurant features a fine menu and friendly staff.
Borrowdale, Keswick, CA12 5UX
Overlooking picturesque Lake Derwentwater, the 4-star Lodore Falls Hotel is set in 40 acres of tranquil land with a waterfall and a lakeshore. Views across the lakes or mountains feature in many of th ...more
Overlooking picturesque Lake Derwentwater, the 4-star Lodore Falls Hotel is set in 40 acres of tranquil land with a waterfall and a lakeshore. Views across the lakes or mountains feature in many of the rooms at Lodore Falls. Free Wi-Fi is provided, and the elegant rooms also feature tea and coffee facilities. Mizu Pan Asian Restaurant serves a selection of Japanese, Malaysian and Thai-inspired dishes, freshly prepared from the finest ingredients with a Lake District twist. The Falls Spa offers a thermal suite with 9 different heat experiences, 5 treatment rooms, an exclusive Champagne bar and an outdoor infinity-edge vitality pool, with neck jets, underwater loungers and stunning views. The 2 AA Rosette award-winning Lake View Restaurant has a varied menu of local produce and fine cuisine, serving light meals and afternoon teas. The lounge bar offers cocktails, real ales and afternoon tea. The hotel is next to a variety of woodland trails, just 5 miles from Keswick.
Chestnuts Low Moresby, Whitehaven, CA28 6RX
Situated in Whitehaven in the Cumbria region, Chestnuts Bed and Breakfast provides accommodation with free WiFi. Guests at the bed and breakfast can enjoy a continental breakfast. Cycling can be enjoy ...more
Situated in Whitehaven in the Cumbria region, Chestnuts Bed and Breakfast provides accommodation with free WiFi. Guests at the bed and breakfast can enjoy a continental breakfast. Cycling can be enjoyed nearby. Keswick is 41 km from Chestnuts Bed and Breakfast.
Borrowdale, Keswick, CA12 5UU
Set in 5 acres of woodland gardens, The Mary Mount Hotel is set on the shores of Derwentwater. With countryside views, rooms are en suite. There is also a restaurant and free WiFi throughout. Free par ...more
Set in 5 acres of woodland gardens, The Mary Mount Hotel is set on the shores of Derwentwater. With countryside views, rooms are en suite. There is also a restaurant and free WiFi throughout. Free parking is available. With the picturesque Borrowdale Valley all around, the Mary Mount has a peaceful country house atmosphere. Rooms have TVs and tea/coffee making facilities. The hotel's oak-panelled bar has a real open fire whilst the restaurant has large picture windows with spectacular views across the Lake. There is an à la carte menu and a regional wine list. Take a boat trip across the Lake or visit Keswick, which is only 3 miles away. The Mary Mount can provide you with quality packed lunches for your excursions.
Gordon St, Workington, CA14 2EN
In the coastal town of Workington, the friendly Waverley Hotel offers spacious rooms, a bar, Wi-Fi, free parking and good food. The Lake District is a short drive away. All bedrooms at Hotel Waverley ...more
In the coastal town of Workington, the friendly Waverley Hotel offers spacious rooms, a bar, Wi-Fi, free parking and good food. The Lake District is a short drive away. All bedrooms at Hotel Waverley feature tea/coffee facilities, digital TV, bathrobes and tourist information. Room service is available. The Waverley Restaurant offers a menu of traditional English and Italian dishes. Waverley Hotel is a 5-minute walk from Workington's rail and bus stations. Shops and theatres are also within easy reach.
Laurel Bank Penrith Road, Keswick, CA12 4LJ
4 Stars non-smoking Bed & Breakfast in Keswick Cumbria English Lake District close to Keswick town centre & historical Castlerigg Stone Circle. Superior en-suite rooms with views. Private Car Pa ...more
4 Stars non-smoking Bed & Breakfast in Keswick Cumbria English Lake District close to Keswick town centre & historical Castlerigg Stone Circle. Superior en-suite rooms with views. Private Car Park. En-route for public transport. Open all Year Charming!
Station Road, Workington, CA142XQ
Distance:9.1 miles | Star Rating: N/A
The Cumberland Hotel is set just across from Workington Train Station, beside the main bus links to Maryport and Whitehaven. This traditional property offers an award-winning restaurant and free parki ...more
The Cumberland Hotel is set just across from Workington Train Station, beside the main bus links to Maryport and Whitehaven. This traditional property offers an award-winning restaurant and free parking. Rooms at the hotel have traditional décor and all include a TV, tea and coffee making facilities and an en suite bathroom. Room service is also available. A full English breakfast is available daily and the Cumberland Restaurant, features English and Mediterranean cuisine. You can also enjoy a drink or snack in the lounge bar and functions and events, with varied menu options, can be catered for in the Harvey's Suite. The hotel is ideally located for touring the English Lakes or the Beautiful Solway Coast, just 15 and 20 minutes' drive from Cockermouth and Whitehaven respectively. Maryport is 6 miles way, while Carlisle is 33 miles away.
Rosthwaite, Borrowdale, Rosthwaite, CA12 5XB
Scafell Hotel in Borrowdale is surrounded by mountains and peaceful meadows. Overlooking the river, the Riverside Bar has a cosy fireplace and each bedroom has a digital LCD TV. The elegant lounge at ...more
Scafell Hotel in Borrowdale is surrounded by mountains and peaceful meadows. Overlooking the river, the Riverside Bar has a cosy fireplace and each bedroom has a digital LCD TV. The elegant lounge at Hotel Scafell has views of the gardens and the Borrowdale Valley. The bar offers light meals, snacks and real ales and over 60 malt whiskies. Some of the stylish bedrooms have traditional antique furniture or countryside views. Each room features a radio, a modern en suite bathroom and tea/coffee facilities. The restaurant serves a menu of English and international dishes, featuring meat, game and fish. A full English breakfast or continental breakfast is available. Set in the English Lake District, the shores of Derwent Water are less than a 5-minute drive from the Scafell. The hotel is an ideal base from which to explore the many local walking routes.
Summergrove Halls, Cumbria, Whitehaven, CA28 8XZ
Offering a terrace and fitness centre, Summergrove Halls is set in Whitehaven in the Cumbria Region, 45 km from Windermere. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. A flat-screen TV is provided. You w ...more
Offering a terrace and fitness centre, Summergrove Halls is set in Whitehaven in the Cumbria Region, 45 km from Windermere. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant. A flat-screen TV is provided. You will find a 24-hour front desk at the property. You can play darts at this hotel, and bike hire is available. Keswick is 28 km from Summergrove Halls, while Ambleside is 39 km from the property. The nearest airport is Newcastle International Airport, 154 km from Summergrove Halls.
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Ben Lerwill
Freelance writer & travel journalist
A Gori Affair
At some Kremlin-ordained moment in the late 1930s, a neighbourhood of simple brick houses was demolished in the Georgian city of Gori. One solitary residence was intentionally left standing. Directly from the front door of this unremarkable dwelling, an avenue of parks and trees was constructed, sweeping straight out for a mile or more towards the mud-brown Mtkvari River. Today the tiny house remains where it always has, and has the vantage point of a palace.
Why should a low flat-roofed cottage have provided the centrepiece for the rearrangement of an entire city centre? Simple enough. It had nothing to do with its masonry or wonky wooden porch, and everything to do with the baby boy born there in 1879 – Josef Djugashvili, later to take the name Stalin. If it had witnessed the birth of the Great Leader, ran the diktat, it was by default a Great House.
Personality worship as a tool for town planning was no rarity in the Soviet era, but it didn’t often take such extreme form. Gori remains inseparable from the memory of its most infamous son, and until recently the city – only ninety minutes from capital Tbilisi – was seen as one of the last bastions of support for the man who even Lenin called “a coarse, brutish bully”.
But as generations pass, things alter. Seventeen metres of fresh air now occupy the spot in Gori’s central square where stood, until 2010, the last remaining major statue of Stalin in the former USSR. There was no fanfare surrounding its removal. Residents simply woke up one morning to find it gone. At around the same time, a new gallery was added to the large museum that stands directly behind the house of Stalin’s birth. This new gallery is worth remarking on because it deals with the manifold horrors of the gulag – the first time that the museum, long decried as hagiographic, has made an open admission of one of modern history’s darkest chapters.
“Yes, you can say that the relationship between Gori and Stalin has changed,” says museum guide Olga Topchisvili, as we wander through opulent halls of memorabilia and state gifts – pipes he smoked, fountain pens he filled, clogs from Holland, an ashtray from Britain. “A few of the very oldest people, some of them still respect him. Visitors find this hard to understand, but it’s true. But the younger people in Gori, no, they don’t like him at all.”
She has a trained way of straight-batting any leading questions (“You want to know why there is so little about Trotsky? Well, he had a situation. Now this next exhibit…”) but is otherwise surprisingly candid about the reality of Stalin’s legacy. This hasn’t always been the case. I’d heard tales of travellers leaving Gori in disgust after finding the museum seemingly staffed by flag-waving labour-camp apologists. It’s hard to say precisely what led to this shift in conscience, but it would seem that younger members of the Georgian authorities finally saw the glorification of one of the 20th century’s most despised figures as too great a source of embarrassment.
This more open attitude certainly chimes more clearly with the general experience of travelling through Georgia, a country intent on lavishing conversation, hospitality and homemade grape vodka on anyone with a rucksack. There’s a theory that Georgians are so welcoming to visitors who come in peace because they’ve been historically accustomed to being invaded by outsiders with more violent interests. I can state this: when you’ve spent the bus journey to Gori having boiled sweets repeatedly forced on you by a beaming nun, it’s hard to think of the place as lacking in heart.
At the city chess club, of all places, I fall into conversation with a middle-aged woman who teaches English. I mention that I’ve come from the museum, and in responding she sums up the weird attitude that pervaded past generations, a mindset that was testament as much as anything to the power of the Soviet propaganda machine. “The way the older generations felt towards Stalin, you know, it was very complicated, almost impossible to understand,” she explains. “People hated him but – he had a hold. My mother lost two brothers to the gulag and still cried hot tears when Stalin died. How do you explain something like that?”
Back at the museum, there remains a much smaller Stalin statue right outside the main doors ‘for display purposes’, but it lacks the bristling surety of most of his iconography. Rather than wearing the glare of a steel-fisted leader, this particular Uncle Joe has the decidedly troubled look of someone who’s watched the very last transport roll out of town.
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2015 spring meetings – civil society policy forum
Guide to spring meetings 2015 webcast events
Spring meetings 2015
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Spring meetings 2014: communiqués coverage
World Bank-IMF spring meetings 2015
Credit: World Bank
Governors of the World Bank and IMF gather in Washington DC, from 17 to 19 April 2015. The civil society policy forum will take place 14 to 17 April. This page will be frequently updated before and during the spring meetings to include analysis of the communiqués, notes from meetings, background information and more.
Pre-meetings background
Agendas and background for papers for committee meetings – IMFC and Development Committee
Development Committee – World Bank and IMF
International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) – IMF only
Highlights of official meetings and communiqués
Highlights of civil society meetings, and other meetings and seminars
Conclusions and wrap-up
1. Pre-meetings background
As the World Bank and IMF prepare to meet in Washington, we set out the key issues on the table during the week.
With the World Bank and IMF due to discuss the UN’s Financing for Development conference, including the Sustainable Development Goals, they come into this year’s meetings under pressure from new rising powers. While the rhetoric of the IFIs continues to emphasise pro-poor growth, deeper digging throws up questions. The Bank is likely to be taken to task over its performance on human rights, while the Fund will once again stridently demand resolution of the longstanding governance reform impasse but to little effect.
The official agenda for both the World Bank and the IMF is set out in the Development Committee paper: “From billions to trillions” on Financing for Development (FFD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, both processes under the UN. Written together with other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), it outlines how the MDBs and the IMF can support the implementation process. Suspiciously missing from the FFD paper, but subject to much speculation, is the World Bank and the IMF’s relationship with ‘rising partners’, most significantly China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). The AIIB is widely portrayed as a direct challenge to the Bretton Woods institutions’ (BWI) hegemony. The month before the meetings saw many of the BWI major stakeholders (such as UK, Germany and France) signal their intention to join the AIIB, forcing the BWIs to officially downplay the new bank’s significance as a competitor to the existing global order. Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said she was “delighted” to cooperate with the AIIB whilst Bank president Jim Yong Kim in his pre-meetings speech, stressed that there is “more than enough work to go around”.
In his speech Kim was also keen to highlight the reduction in poverty already achieved. That said, more astute observers will be aware that the bulk of the reduction has taken place in China, which has done so largely by rejecting policies proposed by the Bank elsewhere. Despite its rhetoric around ‘pro-poor growth’ the Bank seems to continue its support for financial deepening, meaning increasing efficiency of the financial sector and improved provision of financial products, for example, by actively promoting the expansion of insurance coverage.
Outside the official agenda the World Bank’s restructure continues to create controversy. Although Bank management has downplayed any rifts, it has launched an investigation into one staff member’s alleged leaking of the safeguards draft. Some believe that this also represents retaliation by the Bank against internal criticism of Kim’s leadership.
Missing completely from the agenda is the Bank’s internal review of its resettlement policies, which led to an admission by Kim only last month that the Bank’s record on dealing with the resettlement of populations is a “cause …[of] deep concern”. The Bank made the reports public just after it closed the second phase of its controversial safeguards review, leading to suspicions amongst civil society organisations that the findings were held back deliberately to avoid influencing the review. The findings are also significant as the Bank continues its ‘big push’ for mega infrastructure projects, where resettlement is often unavoidable.
Problems with the Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), remain firmly on the CSO agenda. Just before the meetings a group of CSOs provided further evidence of the problematic human rights record of the IFC’s investments in financial intermediaries, with follow up discussions expected during the week both on and off the record.
At the IMF the governance impasse continues to be a sore in its side, and is widely considered to be one of the factors behind China’s establishment of the AIIB. This is the penultimate gathering of ministers before the December 2015 deadline, the date set by the Fund’s Articles of Agreement for finalisation of its 14th quota review begun in 2010. The widespread consensus that there will be no further progress nor proposals to bypass the impasse suggests the consequences of this failure of leadership will continue to be felt in the evolving architecture of international financial governance. We can therefore anticipate a strong stance from the Fund this forthcoming week, but while sounding tough it will be little more than hot air.
The IMF, like its sister organisation, seems to endorse pro-poor growth in its World Economic Outlook update, in particular setting out a case for increased public investment, albeit obscured by the usual economic jargon. However, with many championing the private-public nexus, it is hard to tell if the Fund is actually signalling its support for more public spending or yet more enabling of private sector investors. The IMF’s position is further muddied by its own silence in terms of policy guidance. Previous meetings have featured strident calls by the Fund for states to maintain careful fiscal management, avoid over-indebtedness and invariably advocacy for medium term consolidation. This time, debt sustainability issues do not even make it into the Development Committee paper. The paper does make positive noises on tax reform, but there is no mention of any strategy for multilaterals and the UN to take this forward.
IFI-watchers should also look out for an IMF statement on Greece. The Greek government has prioritised IMF repayments over other creditors (currently half a billion euros with more to come in May), yet comments coming just days before the Spring meetings suggest that Greece may not be willing to honour even its IMF commitments without any progress in negotiations with its European counterparts (who also happen to be heavily represented on the Fund’s board). The Fund will no doubt want to characterise discussions with Greece as amiable and depict itself as a trusted broker, impervious to political pressure, which may raise the odd eyebrow amongst more seasoned observers.
2. Agenda and background papers: International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC)
The agenda for the spring 2014 International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting will be published here along with background papers, as soon as it is available.
Agenda and background papers: Development Committee
The agenda for the spring 2015 Development Committee meeting, scheduled for Saturday 18 April, is now available. The background papers are also available:
From billions to trillions: transforming development finance post-2015 financing for development: multilateral development finance
18 April: Development Communique communiqué
Deeper analysis
Sounding a note of cautious optimism on growth, the Development Committee (DC) calls for vigilance to “protect hard won gains”. It takes a braver line on oil and commodity prices, predicting an income shift from oil exporters to importers which will generally benefit developing countries. Unsurprisingly, in the shadow of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the forthcoming UN Finance for Development meeting, there is a ‘team spirit’ push for cooperation amongst the Multilateral Development Banks.The Committee emphasises financial deepening, with supportive references to catalysing private finance and PPPs, particularly for large scale infrastructure projects. There are compliments for the Bank’s role in ebola and climate financing but little reference to gender, on which the Bank is developing a new strategy. There is a reference to the Bank’s new draft safeguards , but predictably nothing about the huge concerns raised by civil society, particularly in response to the Bank’s recently publicised failure on resettlement plans.
3. Highlights of official meetings
We will bring you the highlights from the communiqués at the annual meetings – including the G24, IMFC and Development Committee – as they happen.
IMF meeting: 17-18 April, Provisional agenda . Other background papers are also available:
Managing Director’s Global Policy Agenda to the International Monetary and Financial Committee: Confront Global Challenges Together, 13 April 2015
16 April: G24 communiqué
A longer than usual communiqué by the Intergovernmental Group of 24 (G24) is marked by an emphatic and blunt tone, reflecting the scale of developing country frustration and concern on a number of areas, from governance to UN negotiations. The G24 tell richer states unequivocally to put their own economic house in order, without putting the burden of adjustment and risk on developing states as occurred in the past. But it is in the realm of new institutions and negotiations, especially the UN’s Financing for Development Conference (FFD), where the G24 really put their cards on the table. They address taxation, debt resolution, “adequate, new and additional finance” for climate change mitigation and adaptation and a call for an enhanced role for Multilateral Development Banks. More tellingly, they highlight how alternatives to the Bank and Fund are emerging, from the BRICS’ Contingent Reserve Arrangement to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are linked to the ongoing failure of IMF reform to be ratified.
17 April: G20 finance ministers communiqué
This Spring meetings G20 communiqué had, as has now been the case for some time, strikingly little to say of note. And nothing of surprise. Of course they make the usual noises about the global economy, sounding a touch more optimistic than previously but noting the risks to the global economy. Though there’s not a word about Greece, or the potential for a chaotic exit from the Euro (or Grexit), mucking up the IMF forecasts, which had once again to be downgraded. After years of over-optimism, you would think they had learned their lesson.
The G20 looks forward to the Financing for Development summit in Addis Ababa and Conference of Parties 21 in Paris, reassuring developing countries of an “enabling environment”, though without much basis for optimism. Equally pessimistic is the prospect of any solution the IMF reform impasse. Perhaps they could do their next photo-op down the road at Congress, and take the opportunity to show just how upset they are? For albeit very divergent reasons amongst the European and BRICS members of the G20, especially given the hubbub surrounding the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, these might just be crocodile tears.
18 April: IMFC communiqué
At first glance the latest IMF Comittee statement draws out the familiar debate over how to manage a still-ailing global economy and achieve growth, by more cuts and reform or by prioritizing investment, demand and jobs. But given the context of looming UN summits on Financing for Development, Climate and the post-2015 goals, there may also be something rather significant lurking between the lines.The old balance of these and G20 communiqués going back 6 years has oscillated between hawks prioritizing fiscal sustainability, and doves seeking jobs and growth. But it’s hard not to feel that the hawks are currently winning out. This is the new mediocre that IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has christened. The dilemma is best expressed in the communiqué when it states that the IMFC membership will be “pursuing a mix of macroeconomic policies that seek to achieve the urgent need to promote growth, while preserving fiscal sustainability and financial stability, and accelerating the design and implementation of structural reforms”. However, it is also possible to detect a rather more ambitious and significant subtext, a new big idea even: the “new multilateralism” – that will seek to “build a new global framework for sustainable development through 2030 and beyond”. And with this the IMF seems to be being placed at the centre of building the model of the future global economy.
4. Highlights of civil society meetings and other seminars
For a listing of civil society events, see the Bank Information Center website. The World Bank lists events taking place in the Bank’s Civil Society policy forum. We will be posting notes of meetings attended by Bretton Woods Project and partner organisation staff, so check back often for more details.
Below we will post notes and minutes of sessions attended by the Bretton Woods Project:
CSO roundtable with World Bank Group executive directors
Causes and consequences of income inequality: A global perspective
Gender and development: What is happening now?
Independent Evaluation Group update
Aligning the financial system with sustainable development
Development policy financing retrospective – Emerging lessons and findings (courtesy of Eurodad, includes link to Bank presentation on findings of DPF review)
Ebola debt relief – Implications and next steps
What are the trends in the energy sector?
Safeguard policies review
Accountability mechanisms and indigenous peoples’ rights: experiences from the field (video streaming of event)
5. Conclusions and wrap-up
World Bank and IMF staff were at pains to couch this year’s spring meetings as forward looking, cooperative and inclusive – the UN Secretary General was even present at the Development Committee meeting. However, just three months before the UN Finance for Development conference in Addis Ababa, the still-ailing state of the world economy and negative news coverage proved formidable challenges for the hosts.
In fact, a tone of pessimism marked the private interactions of officials, media and civil society throughout the week. For the IMF this was the loss of hope for a positive solution to the Greek crisis, which avoids further needless suffering for the Greek people, or any prospect of achieving governance reform at the IMF. For the Bank, it was not just the litany of spectacularly bad press over its controversial resettlement policies, carbon investments or staff discontent. It was also the pervasive discussions in the hallways about the ‘existential’ decline of the institution in the face of its newly-minted Asian rival, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). This pessimism also infiltrated the prospect of positive outcomes from the litany of major summits due in the second half of 2015, despite the fine words contained in communiqués and press conferences.
The day before the meetings started a coalition of journalists launched a series of articles exposing the World Bank’s broken track record in protecting the poor, including the implementation of its resettlement policy. This followed on the heels of a March release of internal Bank reports on resettlement, that ‘caused great concern’ to Bank President Jim Yong Kim, but not sufficient to merit discussion during the meetings. The media launch, however, forced Kim to respond, reiterating the need for better implementation of the policy, but also arguing that land is needed to push infrastructure projects forward and that consequently additional substantial resettlement is inevitable. He seemed to suggest that fears over resettlement must not stand in the way of progress. So much for ‘do no harm’. His call for “strong safeguards” was of little comfort to those who have monitored the development of the much criticised draft new safeguards framework, widely believed to lower the standards.
Similarly, on the ‘less than stellar’ column of the ‘do no harm’ tally sheet, the Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) was once again in the limelight as CSOs exposed the human rights impacts of IFC investments through financial intermediaries. While the IFC contends that it continues to make progress and learn from its mistakes, its accountability mechanism, the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman, along with CSOs continue to maintain that progress to date is insufficient and that financial risks and risks with human lives cannot be equated.
To add insult to injury, Kim’s call that “We need to get rid of fossil fuel subsidies now”” was challenged in a CSO report claiming that, Bank support for fossil fuels in fact increased in 2014. Moreover, as reported during last year’s annual meetings, staff discontent with and anxiety about the ongoing restructure continued to spill over into discussions outside flagship events. Some wondered out loud whether Kim would survive his term.
A major theme of formal and informal discussion was the true significance of the establishment of the AIIB. The Bank’s line is consistent with its message in the aftermath of the launch of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) New Development Bank: the massive financing gap required to reduce poverty makes all new entrants welcome. The Bank’s pushing of the merits of cooperation was evident in the inclusion of the UN Secretary General and other heads of multilateral development banks (MDBs) in the Development Committee meeting. Additionally the document on the UN Finance for Development (FFD) process, prepared for the Committee in advance of the spring meetings, was drafted by multiple MDBs. The mantra is clear – repeat after me: let’s meet the massive financing gap by leveraging private sector investment, particularly for infrastructure, through innovative financing mechanism and the inclusion of new actors, such as pension funds.
The Fund is doing rather better than its sister IFI, apparently recovering very well after its premature obituaries written in 2006/7. It seems to be quietly acquiring increasing relevance and is expanding its scope for action and influence.
This spring meeting period was perhaps the most significant for some time. The UN’s FFD conference, Sustainable Development Goals, and climate summit were anticipated and there was plenty of jostling. But the pessimism about the prospect of positive outcomes cannot be ignored. While strong words and clear divisions are present in the UN negotiations, a sign of powerful states’ willingness to compromise can be seen in the benign and consensual language in the various communiqués and public statements. While recognising the importance of issues as diverse as infrastructure investment, IMF governance reform and climate finance, the communiques contained no movement. On Greece, the IMF signalled it stands squarely behind its European and US bosses.
The IMF and World Bank, like the G20, are led by the constellation of the most powerful countries. The reaction to China’s intervention, especially on the Bank’s turf, provides an insight into how the most powerful states think, and how they would like other states to conform. There was little sign of these states budging from their long-held views. Given this robust disinterest in pushing for outcomes that many developing countries and civil society advocate, the conclusion must be that these spring meetings have been significant but not necessarily positive.
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Patriots WR Antonio Brown accused of rape, sexual assault in lawsuit
Updated: September 11, 2019 - 6:33 PM
New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown has been accused of three separate incidents of sexual assault and rape, according to a lawsuit obtained by Boston 25 News.
The civil lawsuit filed Tuesday in Florida accuses Brown of raping his former trainer Britney Taylor in three separate incidents -- two in June 2017, and another in May 2018.
>> Patriots officially announce deal with WR Antonio Brown
According to the lawsuit, Brown "sexually assaulted Ms. Taylor twice while they were together for training sessions. First, Brown exposed himself and kissed Ms. Taylor without her consent."
The lawsuit goes on to say "Later that month, Brown, while positioned behind Ms. Taylor began masturbating near her without her knowledge and ejaculated on her back." The suit says Brown allegedly bragged about the incident in "astonishingly profane and angry text messages."
Taylor then cut off her working relationship with Brown, the lawsuit states, but began speaking with him again months later after he contacted her to apologize.
Then on May 20, 2018, according to the lawsuit, Brown forced Taylor onto a bed, pushed her face into the mattress and forcibly raped her. She tried to resist him, shouting "no" and "stop" but he allegedly refused.
>> Some wonder if Brown will blow up the Patriots, too
A statement for Brown released Tuesday says he "denies each and every allegation in the lawsuit. He will pursue all legal remedies to not only clear his name, but to also protect other professional athletes against false accusations."
STATEMENT REGARDING ANTONIO BROWN: https://t.co/yvEcRyilbt pic.twitter.com/0K9G8vJeG1
— Darren Heitner (@DarrenHeitner) September 11, 2019
Boston 25 News is naming the alleged victim because she has come forward and provided us a statement on the case.
That statement reads: "As a rape victim of Antonio Brown, deciding to speak out has been an incredibly difficult decision. I have found strength in my faith, my family, and from the accounts of other survivors of sexual assault. Speaking out removes the shame that I have felt for the past year and places it on the person responsible for my rape. I will cooperate with the NFL and any other agencies; however, at this time, I respectfully request that the media please respect my privacy.”
The Patriots issued a statement late Tuesday night saying: “We are aware of the civil lawsuit that was filed earlier today against Antonio Brown, as well as the response by Antonio’s representatives. We take these allegations very seriously. Under no circumstance does this organization condone sexual violence or assault. The league has informed us that they will be investigating. We will have no further comment while that investigation takes place.”
Brown signed to the Patriots on Monday after he was released by the Oakland Raiders.
Summer of drama leads Antonio Brown to no-nonsense Patriots
Patriots officially announce deal with WR Antonio Brown
Some wonder if Brown will blow up the Patriots, too
Cut by Raiders, Brown becoming a Patriot on eve of opener
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1 Nutritional properties of pomegranates
1.1 Health benefits of pomegranate fruits
1.2 Pomegranate: a remedy used in traditional medicine
1.3 Pomegranate in Indian medicine
1.4 Properties of the bark of the pomegranate
1.5 PROPERTIES OF POMEGRANATE SEED OIL
1.6 Pomegranate seeds are attributed with estrogenic properties
1.7 Properties of the flowers of pomegranate
1.8 Properties of the leaves of pomegranate
1.9 A preparations of pomegranate safe?
Nutritional properties of pomegranates
Health benefits of pomegranate fruits
Pomegranate fruits have many nutritional advantages, such as various acids (citric, malic,…), flavonoids, polyphenols, sterols, alkaloids, tannins, etc.., (see “Pomegranate properties” in the listing above)
Pomegranate is also a tree, and this tree produces a series of substances with medicinal properties, which not only reside in the fruits. We can use its roots, stem, leaves, fruits,..Depending of the part of the tree, we will have different medicinal properties.
Pomegranate: a remedy used in traditional medicine
For centuries, the juice of pomegranate fruit has been used as a treatment for intestinal problems. But, this is not the only application that is known.
For example, in parts of India, the white and bitter parts of the center of the fruit are used with salt, pepper and ginger as a toothbrush. In this way, they achieve oral hygiene and, due to its antibacterial effect, they protect the their gums against gingivitis.
Pomegranate in Indian medicine
Photo of pomegrane, showing the inside
In Ayurvedic medicine, different parts of pomegranate tree and pomegranate fruits are used for different applications. For example:
The skin and the bark of the fruit are used to remove parasites such as tapeworms or as an astringent for diarrhea.
Seeds and juice are used as cardiovascular protection against cholesterol. The juice is applied as a preventive of eye problems.
The skin of the fruit, the bark and the flowers of the pomegranate are used as anti-hemorrhagic and vasoconstrictor (for its astringent effect), but also as a tonic remedy for the skin and to decrease skin spots.
Either the direct consumption of seeds or a vaginal suppository, made with the skin of the fruit and the bark, were used as abortifacient in parts of India, or for women not to get pregnant.
Properties of the bark of the pomegranate
The root, bark and stems contain up to 15% of mineral salts such as calcium oxalate. It is the most rich in tannins (20%) (punicalin and punicalagin). The action of tannins decreases the toxicity of alkaloids. It is also the richest in alkaloids, particularly in a substance called pelletierines.
The root bark, in decoction form, is good to treat intestinal problems and parasites, especially tapeworms, although it is no longer widely used, because its neurotoxic values in small quantities is greater than in other medicinal products.
The rind of the fruit is also rich in tannins. It is applied for internal use for the treatment of diarrhea (decoction of three tablespoons of dried bark per liter of water for 10 minutes. Drink two or three cups a day)
This decoction is adequate in external use for the treatment of skin diseases for its antibacterial and astringent properties to promote healing and protect against infection. The main applications include the following:
– Mouth ulcers: Perform rinses with liquid from the decoction before.
– Wounds: Apply the liquid from the previous decoction on the wound
– Dermatitis: Apply the liquid from the previous decoction on the affected skin
– Conjunctivitis: Dilute the liquid on 50% water and flush the eyes with the liquid.
– Itching: Apply the liquid from the previous decoction itchy area.
– Vaginitis: Make a douche with the liquid from the decoction of three tablespoons of dried bark per liter of water.
– Etc
PROPERTIES OF POMEGRANATE SEED OIL
Pomegranate seeds are attributed with estrogenic properties
From pomegranate seeds we usually extract oil which is very rich in various acids, (ellagic acid, citric acid and malic acid,…) and some sterols. Some studies have attributed anti-inflammatory properties to this oil.
It is said that it can inhibit the formation of prostaglandins series 2 (leukotrienes, thromboxanes,…), formed due to arachidonic acid. Prostaglandins have proinflammatory effect, therefore, its inhibition produces an antiinflammatory effect.
Properties of the flowers of pomegranate
The flowers of the pomegranate are rich in various kinds of organic acids. Sometimes flowers are used as astringents, in case of diarrhea, as well as in external skin applications.
In internal use, in the treatment of diarrhea, it is used as a decoction (pour 1l of water on 30g of dried flowers and letting it boil 5 minutes. Take half a glass a day).
Pomegranate flowers have also been effective in treating headaches and even migraines.
Regarding external applications, the use of flowers may be helpful in maintaining a good oral hygiene, protecting against caries and gingivitis. (They are used as a tea: pour 1 liter of water on 50g of dried flowers and let stand for 30 minutes. Perform rinses with this liquid)
Properties of the leaves of pomegranate
The leaves of the pomegranate are rich in tannins and flavonoids such as apigenin and luteolin. Its use could help reduce anemia
They are used as a tea ( pour 1 liter of water on 50g of dried leaves and let it stand for 15 minutes. Take 3 cups a day)
Curiosity:
Some studies have attributed tumoral inhibitory effects to the consumption of pomegranate juice in conjunction with extractions of the root bark of the pomegranate.
A preparations of pomegranate safe?
Pomegranate, being rich in tannins, is not free of toxicity and it should be used properly. (More information)
More information on pomegranate in the listing above
Written by Editorial Botanical-online team in charge of content writing
Article updated on: 22 April, 2019
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The Top Mobile Ad and App Marketing Trends in 2015
Christopher Reynolds
In Uncategorized. December 16, 2014
Another year is drawing to a close and it’s about time we contemplate what the next 12 months will hold for the mobile marketing sector. Obviously making predictions on such a young and rapidly developing space isn’t always easy, but we’ve managed to find a range of industry heavy weights willing to opine on what issues will fill this blog’s pages during 2015.
In our 2014 round-up of trends, the panel reached a consensus on a few things, namely consolidation among mobile ad companies, which has certainly panned out. 2014 saw a whole load of acquisitions and mergers in the sector, as bigger players moved in and smaller players banded together.
Last year our panel of experts also predicted that mobile native advertising would start to emerge as a driving force and, again, they were proven right, with big publishers such as Yahoo and AOL, getting into the game (and causing some kerfuffle in the process), and social networks such as Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest, following Facebook’s lead. Expectations of China’s growing clout and westward turn also appears to be on the money, evidenced somewhat by the inclusion of a few China-based firms on this year’s panel. We also saw lots of talk about how app developers would gravitate toward quality and LTV, though it’s debatable how much further along this line the industry moved.
But enough about the past, let’s look toward the future and find out what the industry thinks will be the biggest mobile marketing trends in 2015.
The Top Mobile Advertising and Marketing Trends in 2015
Ouriel Ohayon, co-founder and CEO, Appsfire
Unbundling apps and marketing channels
Apps will unbundle and so will marketing channels: we got used to apps that run on our smartphone as a software you open. But it is becoming now clear there are multiple ways you can interact with an app, from widgets to rich notifications to API integrations, to extensions on iOS, to continuity features on your desktop and to, very soon, apps on your iWatch. Developers and marketers will have to rethink how they design a service through multiple interaction points. Of course this will have a massive impact on how you market a service and how you measure performance. It’s going to increase the complexity of developers’ work and of course create a bigger gap between good and bad developers. The era of a simple app to download on your smartphone, as we know it today, will be soon something of the past
Rise of native and incoming big advertisers
It’s now a fact: publishers are looking beyond the banner but still experimenting with new formulas and formats. Until 2014 most of the ad spend has been driven by app install ads and mostly out of traditional formats including incentivized advertising. Facebook has managed to make a big entrance in a crowded market and many follow (Twitter, Yahoo, AOL, …) but the biggest story is yet to come. Madison avenue dollars are still entrenched in TV, radio and desktop. In 2015, the demand for better paying ads and the rise of large screens, high bandwith and high resolution phones but also cross-device tracking technologies and verification measurement tools will make it possible for big advertisers to transfer their ad dollars to mobile
Dale Carr, founder and CEO, Leadbolt
More direct deals
As app publishers and mobile marketers are more advanced than ever before, they demand a better user experience when dealing with networks. With several partner choices in the market, comes higher expectations for returns. The industry is ready for more open marketplaces, where direct deals between publishers and advertisers can happen and where optimized partner matches yield better outcomes. By participating in Direct Deals, both parties experience more transparency, and more control over the results. It’s a closer interaction.
More consolidation
We expect to see more consolidation of ad networks – there will continue to be winners and losers. Currently, there seems to be very few points of differentiation among competitive companies, and innovation will be the key. End users are becoming bored with conventional ad methods. Smart, intelligent platforms that innovate to offer next generation features and benefits and deliver returns will separate the winners from the losers.
Esha Shah, mobile strategy and innovation manager, Fetch
The Buy Button
The era of 1-click purchasing was initiated by Amazon, but on June 30th, Twitter began publicly testing a “Buy Now” button that can be embedded in postss. This seamless one click purchase process presents a huge opportunity for advertisers- especially those looking to sell time sensitive deals or exclusive items. Twitter is testing its functionality with only a handful of businesses, celebrities, and non-profit organizations. Tumblr also recently came out with its version of a buy button. Users that post links from a selection of sites — Etsy, Artsy, Kickstarter and Do Something — will now automatically see action buttons appear in the top right corner of the posts for people to “buy”, “browse”, “pledge”, or “do something”. Finally – Apple is also taking part within this trend. A new feature will integrate Apple Pay with Apple’s iAd mobile ad network in the form of a tap-to-buy button embedded in mobile ads.
Fetch looks forward to experimenting with more ad formats that allow consumers to make purchases easily and enable brands to display relevant content more visibly. Opportunities such as these provide a happy medium for both parties involved – consumers have easy access to items they want to purchase and brands are able to drive revenue in more ways. Tap to buy buttons might be the next possible mobile media trend as both more media formats experiment with such features. This could be a huge game changer in the media world as direct response ads are now becoming EVEN MORE DIRECT RESPONSE … as we have the ability to impact a client’s mobile ROI right on an ad.
OTT Messaging Apps
The messaging app marketplace has seen great transformation this year. Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion, Snapchat partnered with Square to provide payment transfer and anonymous messaging app Yik Yak was valued at $400 million – to name a few milestones. Between March 2013 and March 2014, the messaging app market — as represented by the top apps — expanded by 148%, adding 900 million users. Currently, the primary reason users adopt messaging apps is for communication one on one or within groups. Users require easy communication for organizing plans or social sharing. Messaging apps have recognized this need and are starting to offer deeper functionality that can allow users to better plan and share within their networks.
In 2015 we will continue to see the growth of messaging apps in terms of user base and complexity of features. Messaging apps will be positioned as lifestyle tools that’s users can lean on for all forms of utility, sharing and convenience. As apps like Snapchat and WeChat continue to incorporate features that users get hooked onto, we will continue to see the migration away from email and text onto OTT messaging. It will also be interesting to see what kind of ad formats and partnerships messaging apps will offer brands. As users continue to pour onto these platforms – they will be a prime location for mobile advertising.
Chris Hanage, general manager Europe, Papaya Mobile and AppFlood
Programmatic on non-programmatic
We see an increasing trend next year to be advertisers using a programmatic approach to non-programmatic media. As counter-intuitive as that may sound, it is now possible to buy CPM traffic using the same measurement and methodology as performance-based traffic. For advertisers, this means that the superior targeting and engagement you get through a programmatic approach can be turned into much broader campaigns.
If 2014 was the year where programmatic really hit its stride, next year we’ll see it positively disrupting more of the traditional advertising industry.
Peter Zou, Founder and CEO, YeahMobi
Native in China
The first thing I am sure is native ads are going to be even hotter in 2015. Basically, we saw the big Chinese advertisers spending over US$500m on acquiring users in 2014, and in 2015 they’re going to want to monetize their traffic. YeahMobi works with all the giants in China and we know what they are looking for. Traditional banner ads are not working for them, native ads is exactly what they are looking for. We are working with big players who have huge traffic and the great eCPM from our native ads is making them happy.
Mobile commerce and retargeting
Another thing I predict is the rise of mobile ecommerce. Retargeting user accounts on mobile will be huge in 2015. As we can see, all the top B2C or C2C main players in different countries are receiving massive investments. They’re going to put a heavy emphasis on their marketing budgets in 2015, especially looking for marketing offering precise user acquisition and retargeting. Our DSP is designed to provide marketing precision for mobile ecommerce. YeahMobi is set to help mobile ecommerce businesses achieve better results. We’re getting ready for this big trend.
Also, there will be big budgets for launcher apps. The 3 main launcher players globally are GO Launcher, Solo Launcher and APUS. The launcher app budget for 2015 is predicted to be over US$100m. I believe at the end of 2015, we will see who can dominate the launcher market.
Chen Levanon, CEO, ClicksMob
It’s all about location
It’s the first rule in real-estate, and it’s the key to data-rich information in mobile advertising. Advertisers are able to hyper-target their audiences, making ads more relevant and thus more effective than ever before. Traffic sources will also be more targeted and will deliver the quality users that advertisers want to pay for.
Ultra-personalization in mobile ads
Everything has become about personalization today, and customers expect their experiences to be tailored to them as such. In order to get the quality users advertisers want, a focus on a target audience is required and the more and more targeted they are, the more successful they will be in reaching the right people. Context is also king in advertising as it drives relevancy for consumers, and if the right tools are used to capture a user’s context, the better results the campaign will receive.
Sharper measure of ad spend
Gartner projected mobile advertising spending globally to reach $18 billion in 2014, and by 2017 the market will be worth around $41.9 billion, which is just around the corner. If mobile advertising is expected to more than double, and companies begin to invest heavily, they’ll be demanding a sharper measure of ROI. The industry will see more cost-per-acquisition (CPA) campaigns than cost-per-install (CPI) campaigns because advertisers will be looking for more meaningful events; not just an install but also a deposit or a purchase.
Daryl Colwell, senior VP, Matomy Media Group
Native is no longer a buzz word
As consumers continue to embrace and command technology that makes day-to-day life more enriching and efficient, advertisers need to adapt to these behaviours and provide more sophisticated campaigns. In 2014, native advertising, which is more engaging and less intrusive than banner ads, emerged as the new standard. While native is not a new concept in the media world, the exact nature of this ad format and the ability to scale within the mobile app environment has been a big topic of discussion. Look for publishers to open up even more native ad inventory in 2015, due to the fact that native commands higher rates (on average 3X higher than standard banners) and leads to a more lucrative in-app advertising solution. Advertisers are willing to place higher bids on an ad unit that mimics the publishers’ site, therefore leading to more clicks. This increase in demand and supply for native has pushed the best in the industry to innovate their platforms and offer a scalable solution.
Mobile programmatic begins to mature
In 2015, advertisers and publishers will increasingly turn to mobile programmatic advertising to meet their user acquisition and mobile monetization needs. Advertiser spend on mobile programmatic will grow significantly in 2015, reaching an estimated $8.4 billion, from an estimated $4.4 billion in 2014. Marketers using mobile programmatic in 2015 should look for two key things: reach and transparency. Find a reputable mobile programmatic ad partner that offers a single gateway to new media sources and targeting capabilities, while also delivering a robust level of transparency that helps you scale your campaigns with confidence in the quality of users you are reaching and acquiring.
Venkatesh C.R., CEO, Dot Com Infoway
Wearable smart devices come into play
Wearable technology is gaining popularity and will soon emerge to become a lucrative platform for marketers. Shipments of wearables are projected to reach almost 112 million units in 2018, up from less than 20 million this year, according to IDC. Brands will be looking for ways to get their marketing messages across to people who own wearable smart devices. Advertisers are already experimenting with ways to create ads that can be accommodated within the limited display size of wearable devices.
Tapping into the potential of mobile video ads
Nearly 40% of YouTube video views are via mobile. Mobile video consumption has increased drastically, resulting in big opportunities for brands to reach their customers through video ads. Video ads can be a great way to communicate a brand’s message clearly, and drive greater customer engagement. We are starting to see native mobile video ads appearing within apps and this is a trend that is on the rise.
Ron Brightman, CEO, Performance Revenues
CPI increases
2014 demonstrated a trend of steady increase in CPI rates, This trend is expected to continue further through 2015 and reach new highs. Competition constantly increases, not necessarily due to the number of new apps on the stores, rather due to the number of companies willing to spend big budgets on the promotion of their mobile apps. There is a larger variety of companies joining the race – be it web-game giants moving into mobile, offline retailers and big brands, new start-ups who are all focused on mobile apps, as well as a big surge of Asian companies armed with deep pockets.
User quality, Engagement and Fraud
One of the biggest issues constantly gaining more attention from advertisers and networks is the issue of a user’s quality. The emphasis on acquiring good users, who will use the app, come back to use it again, and where relevant- also pay, is expected to become the main focus of most companies, as the blind land-rush for pure volume diminishes, where advertisers get smarter, demanding quality traffic to achieve positive ROI.
Savvy advertisers know that reaching positive ROI usually doesn’t come from targeting specific audiences in advance, or from buying on sophisticated RTB exchanges, rather it is the same methodology that was crafted long ago on web campaigns, where advertisers start broad, and then optimize based on the good performing segments, which are usually a combination of OS x Geo x Traffic Type x Traffic Source. As this knowledge spreads throughout the industry, more advertisers will become successful, after they have found their sweet-spot niche. This in turn will relieve some of the biased focus on USA and we will see more campaigns targeting smaller countries and unique combinations. It also means that the networks will have to work harder to be able to track and optimize based on in-app events, closing under-performing sources, while closely monitoring for fraud, to ensure that the advertisers reach their performance goals.
Leo Zhong, Co-Founder & VP, Mobvista
Growth of programmatic buying
With dramatic increase of traffic demand for CPA advertisers, more and more companies will provide programmatic buying service in order to meet the requirements of high-quality users and comparably lower the cost. Looking forward, as world wide traffic supply is steadily increasing, every ad network will provide an API to support large-scale programmatic buying.
Mobile ad exchanges will have a rough time ahead
Ad network eCPM is usually higher than that of supply side platforms (SSPs) acquired by ad exchanges. It’s therefore difficult for an ad exchange to please publishers worldwide. Meanwhile, objectively, mobile DSPs are not efficient for using traffic from an ad exchange. Ad exchanges will therefore have a rough year in 2015.
Mobile DSPs still face challenges
Because there is no cookies in mobile, every mobile DSP needs precise targeting and has to expend a lot of effort in data science. In 2015, due to fragmented mobile data, a mature data management platform (DMP) serving DSPs needs to be established, which requires various innovative methods for DSPs to accumulate data.
Start-up opportunities for mobile DMPs
Although mobile ad exchanges and DSPs are immature, data accumulation and third party DMPs will have bright future, especially in Asia. There is no good third party DMP which covers Asia, and it will be a great opportunity for a start-up. Mobvista has abundant accumulation of data worldwide, and will bring more innovation into our own DMP, in order to better serve advertisers and partners.
Elad Natanson, CEO and founder, Appnext
Automated Inventory Selling
It’s the end to the Affiliate Networks as we know them. With programmatic buying gaining momentum, the publishing side has followed. Working with referral links cannot anymore be competitive. Implementing automatic solutions, a publisher is poised to get higher optimization flexibility, operation efficiency, and higher revenue. Using ad platform API the publishers can also take care of offer relevancy, pulling the apps/ads from content-related categories. For more than 40% of publishers and media partners that come to us for app recommendation solutions API-integration is a must.
Apps as content
Since mobile won the battle for screen dominance, content discovery experience has naturally found its mobile implication, yet had to transform to make the perfect mobile fit. Content relevancy has always been its central element, making the whole model successful. With this regard, there is a question: “What is the most relevant mobile content, or what is the information a smart phone user would want to discover?” Mobile apps – from games to utilities – naturally fit the equation. Our research shows that the algorithm-based recommendations of relevant apps deliver 2,5-4% CTR on average, while boosting user engagement and diversifying revenue streams. We believe this trend will continue to rise next year, reaching its peak by the end 2016.
With more and more publishers going for automated ad solutions, there is still demand for pre-defined ad units for indie, and small developers who usually do not have capacity to integrate with APIs. At the same time the current UX and monetization trends have built the need of providing lean and seamless user experience. That is why more and more publishers are looking for customizable units that can be brought as close as possible to the app’s/website’s look and feel. Changing unit colors, messages and other ad ingredients, while still enjoying automatic optimization will catch the wave.
So there’s certainly wide range of opinions on what will be trending this year. Programmatic of course looms high on the agenda, and is expected to further mature and impact the way advertising is sold in numerous ways. Native is expected to almost complete its mission to kill off the banner, as evidence mounts that the format results in better ROI, and the industry will continue to consolidate, bringing bigger spending advertisers on-board in the process. Mobile commerce and re-targeting also looks to be a big factor for 2015, which isn’t a surprise given how re-targeting was a recurring theme of the last two App Promotion Summits. Perhaps absent from the discussion is the move of middleware app development players into the marketing sector, further merging the likes of MBaaS, cross platform development, messaging and marketing analytics, as well as the increasing role of video app install ads. How many of these predictions will come true? You’ll have to check back right here to read all the latest.
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County official: Public funding debate on soccer stadium in ‘absolute infancy’
BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF
Friday, September 20, 2019 10:10 AM
With the announcement that Des Moines could get a multiuse sports stadium for a United Soccer League Championships franchise team, project leaders will begin working to secure public and private money.
On Wednesday, leaders and representatives from the league announced the launch of a USL Pro Iowa campaign to raise money for the $60 million project. Kyle Krause, chairman and CEO of Krause Group, the parent company of Kum & Go convenience stores, and Greg Edwards, president and CEO of Catch Des Moines, made the announcement. City and Polk County officials weighed in on funding from their respective government bodies.
“We’re enthusiastic about the prospect of a USL Championship soccer franchise coming to our community,” City Manager Scott Sanders said in a statement. “The proposed location south of downtown would build on the long-range development efforts behind our PlanDSM initiative.
“We look forward to discussing possible public funding mechanisms with our regional partners that would not rely on taxpayer dollars nor have an impact on current and planned city programs and services.”
Polk County Administrator Mark Wandro said the project’s leaders have talked with the county about the initiative, but no funding or commitment has been secured.
“They’re in the absolute infancy from the county’s perspective,” Wandro said.
Jacque Matsen, marketing and communications director for the Iowa Economic Development Authority, said she’s not aware of any applications for funding for the project yet.
Funding and other support are at the crux of whether the league could establish a team here.
Continue reading about expectations for the proposed stadium. Read more
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Is Weirdly Complicated Lingerie Worth the Effort on Valentine's Day? I Tried Out 4 Sets So You Don't Have To
By Gabrielle Moss
Each Valentine's Day, ladies are bombarded with advertising and fashion spreads that suggest that wearing extremely complicated lingerie with weird snaps and buckles all over is the only way to properly communicate our sex and love-related feelings to our loved ones. Similarly, if your partner is a lady, you're bombarded with advertising and gift guides that suggest that the only way to make a woman feel truly loved and cherished on Valentine's Day is to purchase her some lingerie with so many holes cut in it, she's not sure which one is for her arm and which is for her boob and she eventually just gives up in exhaustion.Despite these many ads and gift guides, you have probably resisted purchasing these insane undergarments, because you are a sensible person who enjoys knowing which is the arm hole and which is the boob hole. And yet. Has there not always been a little part of you that wondered, as you purchased yet another sexy-but-sane Valentine's negligee, what life might be like if you went for the diamond-covered cut-out bra that came packaged with its own matching vinyl thong?Well, as my Valentine's Day gift to you, I test-drove four of the most complex, unnecessary-seeming lingerie get-ups that I could find. So please, read on before you impulse-purchase any bra with any of the following words on the tag: "Cherry," "Eros," Party," "Fantasy," "Sexxx". Because the only fantasy you're going to have in that thing is imagining how you're going to get out of it.
1. Weird Bra With a Ton of Elastic Straps
This get-up came packaged with a pair of panties that appeared to be made from a set of jogging headbands hastily sewn together, in a pattern that basically made them look like a cage for your vagina. I mean, I guess your vagina has been very naughty, and needs to go to vagina prison? Or your vagina is really into jogging or crafts or something, who knows.
In the complete get-up, I felt like Leeloo from The Fifth Element, after she had fallen on very, very hard times, and was working at some sad intergalactic version of Hooters (presumably called "Space Hooters.")
In Action: My boyfriend found the outfit very promising at first, but as we took it through a test drive, we noticed that the bra part slipped around willy-nilly no matter what I did, popping my breasts out left and right. I spent most of our sexual encounter trying to center the red bows of the non-bra over the middle of my breasts, and as a result, was left with wildly chafed nipples. The constant boob flopping and re-centering distracted him as well, and he eventually requested that I take it off.
Pros: Initially, this outfit makes you feel like an exciting, dirty Christmas present.
Cons: Nipple chafage; distraction.
Consensus: The panties (not pictured in here, because they are in the laundry, because I am not an ANIMAL), and any similar strappy panties, might make a good investment, as long as the strap material is soft and not too tight. But steer far away from any strappy cage bras, unless you want to feel like your breasts possess space age power to save humanity/ destroy Gary Oldman.
2. Extremely Confusing Fake Diamond Cut-Out Bra
Everyone knows that the most erotic words two lovers can whisper to each other while poking at a new piece of lingerie is "Which part do you think is the neck hole?" My lover and I whispered, and then also yelled, this phrase to each other many time as I tried to figure out how to get into this weird thing — which is ostensibly a cut-out bra that surrounds your breasts with fake diamonds, for a kind of "slave Leia in an extremely low-rent porno" vibe (yes, I am aware that many of these items of lingerie seem like weird tacky sex nightmare versions of sexy outfits worn by women in famous sci-fi films, and NO I DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS A COINCIDENCE).
My boyfriend and I struggled for about 10 minutes trying to find the neck hole, only to realize that somehow, in the time between when I had taken it out of the box and the time I picked it back up off the kitchen table, part of the bra had somehow snapped. I fixed it with neon pink duct tape, as you can perhaps see in the above picture. I'm still not sure I ever got it on correctly (while in use, it's supposed to look something like this). When we took this picture, I couldn't even seem to organize it so that there were a correct number of holes.
In Action: The bra came with a set of fake diamond handcuffs, which puzzled me at first — until I started trying to move around in the bra, and realized that you had to stand absolutely still while wearing it or the entire thing would explode off my breasts, dooming me and my boyfriend to step on shards of sub-par sex bra diamonds for weeks. So I put on the fake diamond handcuffs, and tried to just kind of lay still. Our sexual encounter in the bra went about exactly as well as you might imagine one where one party was literally trying to not move at all. My boyfriend noted, "The fake diamonds actually kind of hurt to touch, and they are everywhere above your waist, so it is pretty much impossible not to touch them." Also, apparently they pulled my boobs in opposite directions while I was lying on my back, which might work for your purposes, but which I did not personally enjoy.
Pros: Kind of cool-looking, in the 30 seconds before it broke.
Cons: Impossible to move in; assistance is required to put it on; it somehow broke again in another spot after I took it off and put in on a chair.
Consensus: Might be good for some kind of sex game where one of you stands completely still (one based on the 1987 Kim Cattrell film Mannequin?), but otherwise: naaaaah.
3. Enormous Retro Longline Bra
Longline bras originated in the mid-twentieth century, as a kind of combo bra/corset that covers much of the stomach below the breasts, running to just above the navel. Though modern longline bras exist in forms slightly less punishing than their old-timey predecessors, retro lingerie companies still manufacture authentic longline bras just as your grandmother may have worn them, though they're sold to some degree as fetish wear (which is probably not why your grandma wore them)(maybe)(I'm sorry I brought up the idea of your grandma wearing fetish wear; how do we get out of this conversation?)
Just in case you can't tell from the above photo, this bra is ENORMOUS, with seven separate hook-and-eye closures:
I definitely needed help getting into it, but even with both my boyfriend and I working on hooking it up, we still had to do the ol' middle school "hook it in the front and then turn it back around" maneuver.
In Action: Because the longline bra came from a legitimate bra company, and not a cardboard box with an identifiable porn actress on the front (as my first two bras had), it was made to be durable and comfortable, and did not explode into a thousand shining pieces the second I breathed or jiggled. Though the front does look a bit like a regular bra, my boyfriend enjoyed the corset-like layout of the back of the bra ("There's not really a lot to look at on the back of lingerie, usually, so this is a nice change") and all the hooks made it feel like kind of a sexy BDSM thing, instead of what are technically grandma undies (I'm sorry! That's the last time I'll bring your grandma into this, I promise).
Pros: Comfortable; easy to put on by complex lingerie standards; great for anyone who's partner has some kind of rockabilly/ '50s fetish.
Cons: Might look too much like a regular bra to do much for those without a rockabilly/ '50s fetish.
Consensus: Depending on what your boo is into, this might not strike them as anything out of the ordinary; but if they have any formative sexual memories tied to the slumber party scene in Grease, I say, go for it! This one was the most fun for me personally (probably because I have formative sexual feelings tied to Grease that I still haven't completely processed).
4. Weird Little Shiny Sex Skirt
This skirt came with a garter belt I purchased, and I was initially pretty confused by it. Why did I need a special weird skirt to have sex in? Wouldn't it be restrictive? If I felt moved to have sex while wearing a skirt, didn't I already own plenty of skirts that didn't look like they were cut to fit an American Girl doll?
My boyfriend, who is a rare individual who posses encyclopedic knowledge of both women's clothing design and hardcore pornography, explained its appeal thusly: "Because it's so short, it doesn't get bunched up or look weird if you have sex while you're wearing it; it still looks good. It basically just stays in place." And why would you want to wear a skirt that looks like it's made out of a very prissy 5th grader's pillowcase while you bang? "It's just, you know...cute. Girlish and cute."
In Action: I didn't feel like I got a very clear look at it myself, but by all reports, it stayed in place and did not get bunched up during The Most Sacred Act of Lovemaking.
Pros: Does not get bunched up or stuck between your butt cheeks or anything weird like that.
Cons: Am I wrong in thinking that this kind of looks like the bedspread in Stephanie Tanner's bedroom? Ah, well, I guess that's for me and my therapist to deal with.
Consensus: Putting this on and keeping it on is definitely low-effort, and if it gets your partner's rocks off, sure, why not? It's cheaper and more reasonable than having your pubic hair crafted into some special celebratory shape (heart, lightning bolt, bat signal).
Complicated Valentine's Day lingerie is less about actually being functional for sex, and more about showing that you put in some effort. "Look, honey!" they all seem designed to say "I still care enough about you to make myself physically uncomfortable" — which, as well know, is the basis of long-lasting love. And so on that front, all of these get-ups succeeded. But I think, as actual sexual enhancement materials in and of themselves, these outfits didn't do much.
So don't feel any pressure to encircle any of your genitals in weird fake gems this Valentine's Day. This day isn't about fancy bells and whistles; it's about the real you, and I'm sure your lovah will appreciate your body however you present it to them. I mean, seeing anyone naked in any context is still pretty exciting, right?
Images: Anna Parsons (5), Giphy (6)
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The Cartridge Family
Stories/Poems
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Loretta Smith
The Dam
We built our first house on the drained wetlands of Aspendale, a southern beachside suburb of Melbourne. It was fashionable grey brick that merged with the grey clay until new grass and flowers grew and hid it from view.
Everyone in the street had the same secret to hide and, like us, managed to keep it hidden underground. Except when it rained a lot. Then the effluent from each of our septic tanks would rise until a truck came to suck it up with a fat, vibrating black hose that didn’t stop until it had had its fill. That first winter it rained non-stop. I lay in my room listening to the downpour gurgling along our gutters, my mother rushing to keep the stench at bay with perfumed sprays, my father cursing until his blood pressure matched the rising tide.
Behind all our houses in the street was a huge tract of farmland. It was flat all the way to the horizon. A couple of willows grew so far away you could imagine walking for days to get to them and then discovering they were just a mirage. We were told there was a dam on the other side of those trees but no one could see anything from the backyard fence. People said the dam was the colour of thick pea soup and stank even worse than all our sewage put together. We heard that slimy creatures lived on its bottom and anything that was thrown into it sank without a trace. All the neighbourhood kids were warned to not so much as throw a leg over their back fence. The creatures, we were told, could tunnel and surface without warning. We were only safe the other side of our paling fences, which were built high and deep so nothing could penetrate from the other side.
I wasn’t convinced the dam even existed. If there was anything, it was probably more like the puddles that formed spontaneously in our backyard. But the rumour about the clay bog that could suck you under like quicksand could have been true. Once our garden hose disappeared so far into the ground even my father couldn’t pull it out. I took to studying the cows that grazed between the willows and our back fence. They were my monster guinea pigs: if I saw one sink, then I’d believe. But they only ever chewed on soggy mounds of grass and looked bored. Sometimes cows would come up to the fence to scratch an itch. If they stayed long enough I’d pat their enormous heads and move my hand down to their bony hips. Often their bums and tails would be covered in wet poo.
That first Christmas I got a pair of plastic blue binoculars. I could, with a couple of twists, make the willow trees real. I could see their leaves moving in the wind but I couldn’t see any dam. Soon the neighbourhood kids were lined up on the crossbeams with me, waiting in turn to see something, anything. I’d never been so popular.
‘C’mon, it’s my turn!’
‘Wait! I thought I saw something.’
‘What is it? Come on!’
Then plop! The binoculars landed over the side in a sloppy cowpat. Roger was over the fence in a blink, slamming his shoes into mushy grass. He picked the binoculars up and flapped them about, ha ha, spraying us all with brown flecks.
‘Piss off!’ we all said.
Then Jane called, ‘I can see something coming! Roger, quick!’
‘Bullshit,’ said Roger but he scaled the fence so fast he got splinters in his fingers.
After that no one was interested in my binoculars. The twins down the road got dragster bikes for their birthday and everyone was lining up to bags a turn. I didn’t care. I hung off the back fence and stared out like Captain Cook looking for dry land. I thought I saw something near the willows glinting red and yellow but it was hard to see, even with my extra lenses. It’s easy to imagine things when the sun bounces off surfaces on the way to the other side of the world.
That night I dreamt of pea soup and turtles.
The morning brought heavy spring rain and the familiar rising smell. While we waited for the truck to drain our tank and suck the turds off our lawn a helicopter flew low overhead, its propellers slashing through the downpour. It was too wet to be outside but Mum let me go down two doors to Sara’s to play card games and checkers in the afternoon. I put on my raincoat and swished all the way to her doorstep in my black and red gumboots. I liked Sara’s mum and dad. They weren’t as strict as my parents. Sara opened the door, grabbed my hands and pulled me, giggling, along the floorboards in my socks. (Mum had told me Sara’s family didn’t have enough money to afford carpet yet).
In the kitchen Sara’s mum was rolling biscuit dough into balls and listening to the radio. She opened the oven and put the first batch on the sink’s drain board. The smell made my mouth come to life. Just then a news bulletin came on and a man with a deep voice announced the police were searching for a missing girl who’d last been seen on a red and yellow tricycle. I stared at the biscuit tray then up at Sara’s mum. I suddenly felt a bit sick in the stomach and she looked at me with a little crease in her forehead. ‘They smell delicious,’ I said.
Alice Anderson, Australia's First Woman Garage Proprietor
An extract from a forthcoming biography (for photographs and further information see facebook page: aliceandersongaragegirl)
Alice Elizabeth Foley Anderson, born in Melbourne in 1897, entered a world on the brink of “modernisation”: Australia was the latest frontier, a pioneer colony shaking off its convict shackles; there was the groundswell of first wave feminism and, of course, there was the motorcar. At the time, her brilliant engineering father had a successful business with John Monash and together they introduced the most modern of materials–reinforced concrete–to Victoria, in the form of bridges and pipes. Despite this, Joshua Thomas Noble Anderson (JT) was not an astute businessman, and had the family either ‘rolling in money or in rags.’ As a result, Alice’s childhood was spent in relative poverty, much of it in the freedom of the Australian bush at Narbethong in the Yarra Valley sixty-six kilometres northeast of Melbourne. There, she learned to shoot, fish and ride as well as any man. Endowed with her father’s intelligence and her mother’s determination, Alice ignored the traditional bounds of her sex and chose independence over marriage in a most unlikely profession. Denied a university education through lack of family finances she rose to become, in her own words, ‘the pioneer of women in the motoring industry.’
Alice was presented with her first car–a luxurious Hupmobile tourer on her eighteenth birthday in 1915. An extravagant gift from her father, but it came with a hefty price tag. JT had purchased the £700 vehicle on a whim, ahead of establishing his transport cooperative, the Black Spur Motor Service, in Healesville. The cooperative purchased char-a-bancs (large open buses) as an alternative to horse and carriage transport but the board refused to take on the expensive tourer. Unable to afford any more than the £240 deposit (which would have bought a lesser car outright) JT passed the Hup and its debt it onto his enterprising daughter.
Alice was overjoyed. She would have been grateful had she received a book and a birthday cake! When all five-foot-three of her slid into the drivers seat she was immediately swallowed up by the enormity of the car’s dimensions: the wide padded leather seat designed for a man of her father’s proportions; the foot peddles she could barely reach, and the steering wheel, the height of which, sat at eye level. But the feel and smell of that fine-grained leather, the wood and freshly painted metal, the pungency of grease and gasoline had her head racing. The char-a-banc drivers at JT’s transport cooperative could teach her to drive. She would get her driver’s license and move to the city. This magnificent ‘present’ would be the ticket to her future.
By the end of 1916 Alice had secured a junior clerk position at the Caulfield Town Hall, a suburb adjacent to Malvern, where she had spent her early childhood. Alice was the only female amongst thirty employees. She quickly became a favourite amongst her fellow workers who were taken in by her outgoing charm, wit, warmth, sense of fun and, not least, her Hup, which she proudly drove to work. ‘She used to take the car over to Caulfield and from the moment she was there, she was the darling of the whole staff…they liked the look of the car, she kept it beautiful,’ recalled Alice’s sister Claire.
Alice’s touring car was a shining magnet. It was a rare sight, a young woman owning such a large vehicle. Where JT had attempted and failed to promote motor tourism with the Hup, Alice was determined to succeed. Unlike JT—caught in a web of tensions and competing interests back in Healesville—Alice had a willing and ready audience in her Caulfield colleagues. Admiration for the car and her anecdotes about life in the bush had them eating out of her hand long before she suggested, ‘I could take your family up to the Dandenong’s where there (are) lyrebirds and you can see them and I could make you a chop picnic!’ They were more than happy to take Alice up on her offer and were prepared to pay for the privilege. And once the first couple of families had taken a trip the word spread. ‘Get Miss Anderson to take you up there!’ Almost overnight, Alice had every weekend booked out.
In 1917, when Alice decided to quit her well-paid wartime position, she was taking a gamble that the Hup would continue to bring in paying customers throughout the week, not just crowded into weekends as she had been doing. Her leap of faith followed the Anderson family song line of ‘doing the unusual, trying new ideas and breaking barriers.’ She carried in her genes the buoyant optimism and adventurous nature of her father but she had also learnt, by way of his failings, that a successful business needed a sound foundation with real potential for growth. If this business was to flourish, one needed to tap into what the public desired and foster good public relations. Alice had a captive audience; word of mouth had worked well but for the business to keep thriving she needed to extend her availability.
The idea of a private motorised service was not new: motor garages commonly offered a chauffeur service along with petrol sales, mechanical repairs and driving tuition; and there had been a fleet of motorised taxicabs in existence in Melbourne as early as 1909. The original taxicab fleet, made up of Renaults, were fitted with meters so passengers could observe the charges for every mile driven. Other early cars used as cabs were the Hudson Tourer, Buick and Pearce Arrow. There were companies such as Burton’s and Stanley’s Private Service. These cabs worked the alongside horse-drawn hansom cabs that had transported city dwellers since Melbourne had been established. Up until this time all cabs had male drivers—many ex-chauffeurs—until the first registered woman taxi driver in Melbourne, Jollie Smith began driving in 1918 under the trade name Pamela Brown.
The business Alice conducted from the cottage could not be described as a taxi or even a chauffeur service, as was understood at the time. She did not work out of an established motor garage, she did not wait along main streets to pick up clients, nor was she indentured to a wealthy family as their driver. What made Alice’s situation unusual was the rare combination of a young woman owning a beautiful touring car and needing to work for a living.
Alice’s full-time motor business began informally in 1917 from the house where she boarded with a Miss Cattach at 67 Cotham Street, Kew. The cottage was a ‘horrid little house (that was) very cramped,’ said Claire, who stayed from time to time. And Mrs. Cattach was a ‘funny old landlady who used to wear total black—bonnets and things—and who was very Scottish-Australian, strict and very economical: she had her bath every Saturday night and she would wash her stockings in the bath. Oh, she was funny!’ Alice kept the Hup in the small wooden shed at the back of the cottage, accessed via the laneway next door. Despite her ascetic quirks, Miss Cattach allowed Alice use of the telephone for business calls, no doubt at a cost.
With Alice’s networking abilities, it wasn’t long before she also became the darling of wealthy families with young daughters who wanted to have fun but of course, required a chaperone to keep them from ‘mischief’. Never mind that Alice was no older than many of her charges and no stranger to mischief herself. She had proven herself knowledgeable, reliable and popular as one of the few women drivers in the business. The girls flocked from the city, suburbs and country towns—all to spend a thrilling day shopping or evening dancing and going to the theatre with Alice. When she took a group of young women to town, Alice offered them an array of options. Basing the concept on her weekend tours, she often suggested which shops they may find interesting and lead them to their purchases. In Melbourne CBD, Bourke Street was the retail hub with department stores such as Myer and Buckley and Nunn’s. There, one could sample the latest local and imported clothing and shoes, perfumes, velvets, laces and silk stockings. In and around these stores were the arcades full of boutique shops away from the dirt and noise of the main thoroughfares. The Royal Arcade, for example, connected Bourke with Collins Street, the elite street of Melbourne. This arcade was modelled on those in Paris and London. It had elegant bow-fronted shop windows and a high glass roof decorated with wrought iron and coloured fanlights.
The block between Collins and Bourke Streets housed the iconic Coles Book Arcade, said to be the biggest bookstore in the world. It boasted two million books as well as selling a huge variety of stationery, fancy goods and ornamental toys. The main building was three stories high with a glass-roof and balconies that circled a long internal court. To step into Coles Book Arcade was to enter another world where, amongst a dazzling array of books, there were palm trees, live monkeys, a smiling gallery of funny mirrors, confectionary stalls, the ‘goose that laid the golden egg’ and a band that played every afternoon.
Afternoon or evening trips were dedicated to theatres and dance halls. In the city, there was the Alexandra Theatre, the Theatre Royal, and the most glamorous of all, the Princess Theatre on Spring Street with its marble staircase and foyer. Light opera and vaudeville were the main attractions, though because of the war fewer overseas actors and travelling troops strutted the stage. Local performers, such as the vaudeville duo Stiffy and Mo (Nat Phillips and Roy Rene) became frontline acts. Dances in town halls and ballrooms across Melbourne and inner suburbs still flourished during the war, though the paucity of men had many young women dancing together, no doubt romanticising after the brave young soldiers who must soon return. Alice enjoyed these outings, shocking onlookers in her driving gear, substituting for absent male dance partners whilst ensuring her girls kept away from ‘mischief’.
Personally, Alice had never been one for frocks. She was most comfortable in shirts and trousers, whether driving a motorcar or not. Such attire was novel and daring. Most motoring fashions of the day focussed on the feminine: ‘smart motoring millinery’ such as ‘soft hand-made straw hats with veil attached in all the latest colourings’, ‘beautiful coats and wraps in tweed cloth with fur collars and cuffs’ and soft leather gloves ‘for motoring wear’. As early as 1917 however, concessions were being made for the more practical woman, especially motorists, but only when the situation demanded. These fashions were highly influenced by activities on the Home Front, with an openly mannish, albeit feminine twist. ‘The woman is not born who does not desire to be stylishly clad and shod,’ declares one article, ‘but owing to the increasing demand for practical garments for women motorists, expert designers have given much time and thought to the requirements of “Milady at the Wheel,” and brought before her many garments which ought to charm and satisfy even the most pernickety of the fair sex.’ A newly imported French coat, for example, sported ‘loose mannish lines and big pockets and buckled adjustable belt, similar to an officer’s trench coat’. Designed to be worn with the coat was ‘the new peaked cap, which is ideal for motoring, travelling, and all sports wear’ but had ‘a much slighter peak than a man’s, otherwise it would not have the subtle distinction and air of true elegance that is its great characteristic... Breeches and leggings have been adopted when the occasion demands, and have been invested with womanly charm.’
Alice too wore breeches, laced boots and gaiters, a collared shirt, short tie, three-quarter length belted overcoat, leather driving gloves and peaked cap, though she made no attempt to invest her attire with any more ‘womanly charm’ than her magnetic personality, and with her curly hair cut short as a boy’s at the back and fell forward into a wavy fringe, she was often mistaken for a young male chauffeur. The clothing Alice chose to wear reflected several highly styles: the sporty woman’s horse riding outfit, the uniform of a chauffeur, and our soldiers on the battlefield. The outfit aligned Alice and her business with a powerful trademark impression of adventure, of female daring, commitment and patriotic do-or-die.
On reading the first existing business card for “Miss Anderson’s Motor Service”, designed by Alice’s sister Frankie in July 1918, one could have mistaken the business for a fully working garage with numerous staff and facilities. The address was cited as number 67 Cotham Road—Miss Cattach’s cottage—which Alice audaciously named the ‘Kew Garage’. Her two cars, advertised as the ‘seven-seater Hupmobile and five-seater Dodge touring cars, and taxis’ gave the impression of a much larger fleet. On the reverse of the card, not only did Alice provide a detailed tariff for trips and tours; she offered a testing and repair service as well as driving and mechanism tuition, the cost for a “full course” being a rather expensive £10/10.
The promotion showed exceptional bravado, coming as it did from a young woman who had just turned twenty-one years old and worked out of an old shed in the backyard of the cottage where she was merely a boarder! Alice was putting herself in direct competition with her male counterparts—who offered such garage services as standard— without the infrastructure.
There is no definitive record of when Alice took on her first employee, but an article headed, ‘The First Woman to Run a Motor Garage in Victoria’ in the August 1918 edition of The Australian Motorist, tells us Alice ‘plans to make her business an “all women” organisation” and ‘no man will have a chance on her payroll, but clients of both sexes will be taken care of, and expert attention will be bestowed on their cars.’ This was the most radical, groundbreaking business decision Alice could have made. She was determined to provide women with the opportunity of autonomy and independence as drivers and mechanics both professionally and in their private lives, just as she had done for herself.
Alice also set about connecting more generally with women of motoring interest and influence to create a strong female motoring community that, by extension, would shore up support for her business. The August 1918 edition of the Australian Motorist not only mentioned Alice’s latest garage venture, it also noted that, ‘Miss Anderson wrote to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria a short time ago asking if they would provide rooms for members, adding she would guarantee an additional number of women members to warrant the expense of additional accommodation.’
The following meeting on 19 June 1918 noted that Alice’s statement ‘that if the club could provide a writing room and lounge for lady members she is confident she can secure quite a number of ladies as members. It was agreed to reply stating we are endeavouring by every means possible to obtain new premises where we provide ample for ladies but in our present ones our accommodation is so limited that there is absolutely no space which we could set apart for this purpose.’ Alice clearly assumed women did need and want their own separate areas, and this assumption appears not to have been disputed. It is clear from the General’s Committee’s minutes at the time that a women’s section at the club was genuinely considered and it was only a lack of space that held the club back from fulfilling Alice’s request.
However, while there may have been an issue of space and the Automobile Club of Victoria (as it was initially named) had accepted women members since 1909, not every member of the all male board, it seemed, was keen to support a women only section. An off-the-cuff comment to a Herald representative by the club’s solicitor, Mr Fay, in 1916 did not necessarily reflect the board’s view on women drivers but his remarks nevertheless revealed a pervading chauvinism. ‘Women drivers lack the nerve and judgement of the stronger sex,’ he said. They are not so alert as men, and become confused in a crisis. They are all right on an empty country road, but when quick action is necessary women have not the decision or strength to manoeuvre the car properly.’ And whilst the Journal published a regular ‘Women’s Interests’ column, it also included derogatory jokes about women drivers.
When the RACV finally moved to larger premises in 1925 the newly established Automobile Club of victoria Club Journal wrote in its September 1925 edition, ‘To celebrate the formal opening of the rooms set apart for lady members of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, the president (Mr. E.W. Cox) and Mrs. Cox gave an “at home” at the club. Guests were received in the lounge, which was effectively decorated with bowls of peach blossom and Japonica. Later they were shown through the attractive rooms which have just been completed.’
However, in the Journal of April 1926, a different view of the rooms prevailed, making it clear female members would not be viewed separately form their male counterparts. The wife of the RACV President, Mrs Cox, decorated the lounge and card room in ‘exquisite furnishings and luxurious appointments’, which apparently attracted more women members but she (and therefore presumably the club) was ‘against making a separate women’s section’. An experienced motorist in her own right, Mrs Cox emphasised her first consideration was to ‘the Club itself, apart from the interests of any section, whether of men or women.’
Undaunted by the RACV’s response Alice again took advantage of the Australian Motorist journal to promote the idea of a separate women’s motor club and to outline the type of premised required. The article can be read more broadly as an overall call to women to take a stand for gender equality. Afternoon tea parties were not high on the agenda. In fact the ability to further contribute to ‘patriotic efforts’ countered any possible suggestion that the proposal of a women only motor club encouraged any form frivolity or indeed socially unacceptable behaviour (though calling for women with ‘sportive instinct’ may have raised a few eyebrows).
The general requirements are a large reading and writing rooms [sic], with refreshments procurable, and somewhere where one can have a warm bath after motoring into town on a dusty or muddy day; a place to rest before making a return journey; and a place to meet other women motorists. A Club would do much to further the interest of women in the motoring world, as well as bringing motorists in touch with one another, when the novice may gain many “tips” from an old hand at the wheel. It may be considered by some that this is not a time to start out on a new venture. But, on the other hand, this is a time when women are showing themselves to be independent, and anxious to advance with the times, to increase their status in the motoring world.
The Club, when formed, could assist in many patriotic efforts, and prove its value in a hundred different ways. In time it will form itself into a good, strong body of women with sportive instinct, who have common sense in their composition, and who will eventually reap the benefit of the efforts in this direction.
It rests with the ones who come forward at the start to make a “go” of it, and if the right women come forward there is little doubt that eventually they will have a membership to be proud of.
The first meeting to discuss the formation of the club was at the Patriotic Tea Rooms in the Centreway, Melbourne, on 20 August 1918, and included ‘a small but influential membership of experienced, capable and patriotic women drivers.’ Alice did not preside over the meeting but she proposed that the club, based in Australia’s capital city, become a national organisation called ‘Women’s Automobile Club of Australia’. The motion was seconded and Alice named as on of three vice presidents. The members also agreed to involve themselves with the motoring women of the Red Cress Motor Corps who had been supporting soldiers and their families throughout the war effort.
Throughout 1918 Alice’s business went from strength to strength. She kept employing and training more women in driving and mechanics, all out of a tiny shed that spilled into a very crowded laneway and onto the street. Alice had all her staff don practical male attire and some, like Alice, cropped their hair and were mistaken for men or boys. They wore either khaki overalls or brown chauffeur uniforms (a more formal version of what Alice had worn when she started) with coat, shirt, tie, breeches, peaked cap and driving goggles.
It was time for Alice to seek out her own premises. Since early 1918 she had been eying a large empty block for sale diagonally across the road from number 67 on the corner of Cotham Road and Charles Street. At night, exhausted form a long day managing an ever-increasing list of staff, chauffeur and tour bookings, mechanical repairs and driver training, Alice dreamed of building her own, far from ordinary, purpose-built garage on the site. In her mind’s eye she imagined three storeys: one for the motor repairs, one for the workshop, with the penthouse reserved as sleeping and eating quarters for her growing band of ‘garage girls’—an idyllic place of female industry and collegiate harmony.
The first challenge to realising any such dream was finding the necessary male guarantor to underwrite Alice’s bank loan. Her father was more than happy to oblige but the financial world deemed JT too much a risk, mired as he was in a series of failed business ventures. After JT’s guarantee fell through Alice made a decision to keep her financial affairs altogether separate from family. She sought backing elsewhere and would never disclose the name or names of those who eventually supported her, leaving her family to speculate who the mystery man was.
Alice succeeded in purchasing the block across the road, number 88 Cotham Road, Kew. In doing so, she made a commitment to building her garage. This was a huge risk for a single woman of twenty-two, especially one who could not rely on family to come to her rescue if disaster struck. That she managed to obtain financial backing at all was testament to the good will that flowed to Alice: she was genuine, ingenious, charming and generally well respected. Her next successful step would be to design and build a garage that was unique, though not quite as extensive as she had first imagined. Her dream garage was not only beyond her budget but the was had created a shortage of available materials.
Alice’s garage may have been limited to one storey but the roofline was designed especially high so that noise and fumes could dissipate easily. The practical floor layout was sufficient to house several motorcars, a workshop, spare parts, a lathe, sewing machine, a kitchenette, bathroom and shower, an office—and a bedsit. Alice may not have been able to provide lodgings for her staff, but she made sure she had her own sleeping quarters to keep the business occupied day and night and to avoid the need to pay board. The garage was a traditional male workspace enhanced by Alice’s smarts and everyday needs. (JT may not have been able to support her financially but Alice had clearly inherited a little of his engineering brilliance.)
Alice finally took possession of her completed building on Christmas Day 1919, a few days before the new decade. The Great War, the first mechanised war in history, had ended, and the motorcar was free to become the plaything of a new generation. Here Alice was, still in her twenty-second year, with keys to the great padlock that opened the large wooden double doors to the garage she had designed and built to her own specifications. The entrance was a handsome stucco façade, its curved central roofline and decorative pillars displaying the moniker THE KEW GARAGE in large relief above the entrance. There may have been other garages in Kew, but there was no other Kew Garage, just as there was no woman in Australia other than Alice who could call herself a garage proprietor. She had served her apprenticeship and was well placed to encourage others of the fairer sex to experience freedom and adventure behind the wheel of a motorcar.
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9:45 - 11:00pmSince spending his teenaged years recording and touring with Halifax indie upstarts Thrush Hermit, Plaskett has been writing his own story.
Wintersleep
8:00 - 9:00pmOn Wintersleep's seventh full-length record, In the Land Of, this geography is both real and imagined. It is understood that our surroundings are not, in fact, essential or concrete elements they're constructed in relation to us, the inhabitants.
From Toronto, Ontario
6:30 - 7:30pmTen years ago, on the very first song on their very first album, Born Ruffians revealed their ambitions to start their own country.
My Son The Hurricane
From St. Catharines, Ontario
5:00 - 6:00pmMy Son the Hurricane is a multi horn, multi drummer, multi singer brass funk beast. No dance floor is safe.
The Weather Station
3:30 - 4:30pmThe Weather Station is the project of Canadian songwriter Tamara Lindeman folk music based in classic elements of songcraft – melody, tension, meaning.
Logan Staats
From Six Nations / Brantford, Ontario
2:00 - 3:00pmFrom a young age, Logan’s haunting and distinct voice has won him multiple opportunities to share the stage with acts like Buffy Sainte-Marie, Keith Secola and Mumford and Sons, to name a few.
Spencer Burton
From Niagara, Ontario
1:00 - 1:30pmSpanning a musical life with hardcore beginnings, to the somber strings of his acoustic guitar in his country-folk infused solo project, Spencer Burton is a mainstay musical virtuoso.
9:00 - 9:45pmThe title of The Wooden Sky’s fifth full-length album is an abridged quote from Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel, Dune: “Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.”
The Mandevilles
From Niagara Falls, Ontario
7:30 - 8:00pmThe entirety of Windows and Stones is just as creatively, spiritually and emotionally intense and takes the listener on an aural and experiential journey that they won’t soon forget.
Basement Revolver
From Hamilton, Ontario
6:00 - 6:30pmBasement Revolver has successfully encapsulated the yearning and hopefulness of their generation, whilst harnessing a unique, yet familiar soundscape.
Dan Edmonds
4:30 - 5:00pmFrom the grooving opening track “To Be That Needle,” to the charmingly lo-fi “Yearning,” Edmonds presents himself as a folkie with a tough, inner-city edge.
Katey Gatta
3:00 - 3:30pmKatey Gatta writes songs and sings them. You might think she sounds a little like Norah, or Joni or Janis - but the truth is, she sounds like a little of all of them.
1:30 - 2:00pmJ.R. is Julianna Riolino, a singer songwriter hailing from Niagara. Her new single BE MY MAN is out on all platforms.
The Weather Wild
12:30 - 1:00pmWith elements of folk, indie-rock, alternative, alt-country and more, the band projects a unique sound that invokes foot-stomping and head bopping good times.
The lineup has been announced! Stay tuned to our website and social media pages for the schedule and announcements.
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The Broward Pride initiative fosters inclusion and equality for Broward's LGBT community, through events such as Pride Day at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale.
The Community Foundation of Broward has awarded a new round of Broward Pride grants to foster inclusion and equality for the LGBT community.
Seven organizations will receive grants totaling $379,000 for programs to engage more LGBT residents. The grants of up to $95,000 will increase access to programs, services and social environments for LGBT residents within LGBT-focused organizations, as well as institutions that traditionally cater to the mainstream population.
A series of research discussions hosted by the Community Foundation has sparked a revamped grant focus on helping to change the culture of many mainstream organizations. The Foundation’s research resulted in the development of a Broward Pride report to the community, which calls for increased efforts to promote inclusion and equality.
“We involved dozens of LGBT community representatives in a series of listening sessions,” Community Foundation President/CEO Linda Carter said. “What we heard is that many of Broward’s LGBT residents feel confined and seek inclusion and acceptance within the entire community. Many of these grants focus on changing organizational culture to engage more LGBT residents.”
After reviewing 24 Broward Pride grant applications, the Community Foundation awarded grants to the following organizations and programs:
Memorial Foundation, Memorial Pride – $95,000 to develop a pilot program to create a culture of inclusion at all Memorial hospitals, where LGBT patients will feel safe, respected and welcomed.
Keystone Halls, LGBT Transitional Housing Program – $65,000 to provide LGBT sensitive wrap-around case management and housing to 20 LGBT homeless individuals.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward, Big Pride – $55,000 for a mentorship program expansion that will work with 30 LGBT youth through one-on-one mentoring services and ongoing case management.
Equality Florida, Safe and Healthy Schools – $50,000 to institutionalize a culture of inclusion and acceptance of all LGBT students through training and dedicated liaisons at each public school.
South Florida Institute on Aging, Friendly Visitor Program – $50,000 to collaborate with SAGE to provide weekly home visits to 30 LGBT older adults who are isolated, in order to increase access and inclusion.
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Open Art Dialogues – $35,000 to create programs that will engage and inspire safe conversations for LGBT residents and allies through exhibits, culture hours and commissioned artworks.
NSU Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, A Sense of Pride – $29,000 to host a series of LGBT programs to connect the LGBT community to dynamic art offerings that will attract more than 500 participants annually
The Community Foundation has a long track record of support for Broward’s LGBT community, including becoming the first non-government funder of local HIV/AIDS education programs in 1986. Since then, grants totaling more than $8 million have supported more than 500 unique projects to impact Broward’s LGBT residents.
For more information about the annual Broward Pride grants, please email Angelica Rosas, the Foundation's strategic grants manager, at arosas@cfbroward.org or 954-761-9503.
Year-Round Commitment to Broward's LGBT Community
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2018 in review: a year in patient advocacy
Raising awareness and helping to change the law, ensuring people can access the support they need and sharing resources and expertise – 2018 was an amazing year for our community of patient advocacy groups.
Here we take a look back at some of the highlights of 2018. As you can see – it was a busy time!
The RAISE Family Caregivers Act brings hope to millions of Americans
The new year gave new hope to the 90 million people in the U.S. who care for a sick family member.1
The RAISE (Recognize, Assist, Include, Support and Engage) Family Caregivers Act passed through Congress unanimously in January. It put the Department of Health and Human Services under starter’s orders to develop and maintain an integrated national strategy to support family caregivers.
How prostate cancer education benefits the whole community – an interview with Ana Fadich of Men’s Health Network
In February, we spoke to Ana Fadich, Vice President at Men’s Health Network, about the group’s ongoing Dialogue on Men’s Health speaking tour.
She told us how hundreds of men had attended educational talks as part of the program of prostate cancer education and screening designed to help those most in need.
“Providing free prostate cancer education and screening empowers men to re-engage with their own health,” she said.
World Cancer Day: Going beyond awareness to tackle inequity in cancer care
Cancer is a global problem, yet around 70% of deaths from the disease occur in developing countries because they are ill equipped to cope with the burden of the disease.2
That was the message behind this year’s World Cancer Day, on February 4. Thuy Khuc-Bilon, World Cancer Day campaign manager at the Union for International Cancer Control, told us about how making a noise can tackle inequity.
LIVE WEBINAR: Knowledge is power – using education and awareness to drive positive change for patients
Acute Myeloid Leukemia World Awareness Day took place on April 21, and to mark the occasion Change Together published a special series of content, including a live webinar.
It brought together a panel of advocacy experts to debate how positive change for patients can be achieved through education and awareness.
Tackling cancer-related financial toxicity to give patients a fair shot at beating cancer
In March, we heard from 16-year-old Hayley, about her journey with Ewing’s sarcoma and its devastating impact on her family’s finances.
Sharing her all-too-familiar story, she said: “My mom quit her job to care for me when I was diagnosed with cancer.”
“My dad was the only one working to support our family of four. Life became very stressful, very quickly.”
Five quick tips to get your advocacy press release noticed
When looking for media coverage, a press release can be one of the most effective tools in an advocacy group’s marketing kit. But with journalists receiving hundreds, if not thousands, every week, how can you make sure yours stands out in the crowded inbox?
As part of our Hints and Tips series of resources, the Change Together editorial team put together five top tips for getting your news noticed.
Daddy’s Boys – a new play tackling prostate cancer disparity in African-American men
Change Together reported on a US-wide tour of a thought-provoking and emotive play, designed to break the silence surrounding black America’s prostate cancer crisis.
Daddy’s Boys, produced by the Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) and GDavis Productions tells the story of Jessie, a father of three living with a prostate cancer diagnosis.
We spoke to Thomas Farrington, who founded PHEN in 2003 following his own diagnosis, about educating through entertainment.
Research rundown: can trained transplant navigators help disadvantaged patients access life-saving treatment?
A paper published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology claimed that dedicated transplant coordinators could improve access to kidney transplantation for disadvantaged patients.
We took a look at the background, method, results and possible implications of the findings – and asked what else could be done to tackle inequity.
Five tips for ensuring your advocacy website is accessible
It doesn’t matter how stunning your website is – it’s useless if your users can’t access the information they need. This is true across all industries, but it’s particularly pertinent in the patient advocacy space.
We shared some simple ways to ensure websites work for everyone, as part of our Hints and Tips series.
The Simon Foundation for Continence: busting myths and breaking down stigma
With many people living with incontinence in silence, advocacy groups tasked with getting people the help they deserve have a huge hill to climb, the Simon Foundation for Continence told us.
During an interview with Change Together, founder and president Cheryl Gartley highlighted the work the group is doing to eradicate the stigma and misconceptions that stop people asking for help they need.
Would screening for overactive bladder improve diagnosis rates?
In September, new guidelines from the Women’s Preventative Services Initiative said annual screening for urinary incontinence would increase diagnosis rates among women.
We spoke to experts in the field, including urologist Dr. Ekene Enemchukwu and National Association for Continence Director, Steven G. Gregg, Ph.D., about the guidelines, their possible implications and Bladder Health Month.
Mended Hearts: Supporting the patient journey
As part of our Patient Journey series, we spoke to Andrea Baer, Director of Patient Advocacy and Program Manager at Mended Hearts.
She told us that while every patient’s journey is different, diagnosis is often the most difficult time for people with heart disease – but it is during this time they are least likely to reach out to advocacy groups for much-needed help.
Caregiver Action Network (2018). Planning for the Nation’s Family Caregiving Needs – the RAISE Act Passed [Press release]. January 09, 2018. Available at: https://caregiveraction.org/planning-nations-family-caregiving-needs-raise-act-passed (accessed January 2019)
WHO (2010). Cancer in developing countries: facing the challenge. Available from: http://www.who.int/dg/speeches/2010/iaea_forum_20100921/en/ (accessed January 2019)
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(USA, 2013, 80 min)
Recovering from an ill-fated affair with a married man, Gabe finds solace in the relationship he maintains with his ex-wife and daughter. On the other side of town, Ernesto evades life at home with his current live-in ex-boyfriend by spending much of his spare time in the hospital with an ailing past love. Impervious to the monotony of their blue-collar world, they maintain an unwavering yearning for romance. Far from the gay centers of the world, director Yen Tan explores the complex and oft-forgotten lives of gay men in small-town America. The understated, contemplative nature of Ernesto and Gabe’s story is told from the perspective of an observer, allowing us—even if just for a moment—to understand what it means to be an outsider. The emotional isolation the two men have grown accustomed to is captured in a subtle, optimistic, poetic fashion while avoiding melodrama. In a refreshingly quiet film, Tan’s protagonists never try to run away from their relatively hollow surroundings, but opt to fill life’s deepest voids with their tenacious confidence. — TOBY BROOKS [Sundance Film Guide]
Director YEN TAN
Writers YEN TAN, DAVID LOWERY
Editor DON SWAYNOS
Cinematographer HUTCH
Sound ERIC FRIEND
Music CURTIS GLENN HEATH
"Deeply satisfying...offers fully realized characters and soft-pedals Lone Star stereotypes. Never pulling emotional strings, the pics unwavering understatement pays in a well-earned ending rich in possibility. "
– Dennis Harvey, Variety
"It's a movie of considered silences and deliberate pacing, superbly acted and surprising in its cumulative power."
– Scott Foundas, Village Voice
(USA, 1993, 106 min)
When THE WEDDING BANQUET premiered 20 years ago director Ang Lee was virtually unknown and who knew that he would go on in the ensuing decades to win two Academy Awards for Best Director (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN and LIFE OF PI). But another look at this well-crafted film gives us clues. In this warm-hearted comedy a gay New Yorker stages a marriage of convenience with a young woman in need of a green card to satisfy his traditional Taiwanese family, but the wedding becomes a major inconvenience when his parents fly in for the ceremony. The story centers on the farcical confusion that emerges from the deception.
An Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film gave Lee international prominence and marked the start of his highly successful directing career.
Director ANG LEE
Writers ANG LEE, NEIL PENG, JAMES SCHAMUS
Editor TIM SQUYRES
Cinematographer JONG LIN
Music MADER
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Chiropractic Economics March 17, 2010
Mar 17, 2010 — Fifty-eight percent of U.S. physicians who don’t use electronic medical records (EMRs) intend to purchase an EMR system within the next two years, according to a new report from Accenture.
Today, just six percent of U.S. office-based physicians use a fully functioning system.
Accenture’s Innovation Center for Health and Institute for Health & Public Service Value worked with Harris Interactive to survey 1,000 U.S. physicians from practices of fewer than 10 practitioners to measure their views of EMRs. Approximately 15 percent of respondents were users of EMRS and 85 percent were non-users.
The survey’s primary objective was to determine concerns and perceptions of EMRs and gauge motivating factors at a time when U.S. federal legislation includes incentives for physicians who implement and use EMRs and penalties for those who do not adopt EMRs by 2015. The New York Academy of Medicine assisted with the qualitative survey and analysis.
Among the key findings:
– 58 percent of non-users intend to purchase an EMR system within the next two years;
– about 80 percent of physicians under the age of 55 plan to implement an EMR system within the next two years;
– three-quarters of non-users are intrigued by the idea of purchasing an EMR system from a local hospital – if the purchase is at least partially subsidized by the hospital;
– on average, non-users would expect a hospital/health network to subsidize about half the cost of an EMR system;
– the key driver of EMR adoption is federal legislation – 61 percent cited federal penalties for non-adoption and 51 percent cited federal incentives;
– non-users underestimate the cost and time requirements to implement an EMR system, but also have an exaggerated perception of difficulties in using EMR systems, compared to the actual experiences of EMR users; and
– the vast majority of current EMR users — 90 percent — believe that their EMR system has brought value to their practice, in particular “changing the way their practice works for the better.”
The 90 percent of users who feel their EMR system has been beneficial to their practice cited the following reasons:
– their EMR system provides an effective overview of patients’ relevant history, records and information; and,
– their EMR system allows quick and accurate data entry.
“Our research indicates that, as intended, federal legislation is an important driver of EMR adoption among U.S. physicians,” said Dr. Kip Webb, who leads Accenture’s clinical transformation practice. “If U.S. health care providers properly implement and use EMRs more broadly, there is no doubt that EMRs can make an important contribution to improving quality of care and controlling costs.”
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From The Cards Speak:
“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional.”
Main Entry: emotion
Etymology: Middle French, from emouvoir to stir up, from Old French esmovoir, from Latin emovEre to remove, displace, from e- + movEre to move
1. A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling: the emotions of joy, sorrow, reverence, hate, and love.
2. A state of mental agitation or disturbance: spoke unsteadily in a voice that betrayed his emotion.
3. The part of the consciousness that involves feeling; sensibility: “The very essence of literature is the war between emotion and intellect” (Isaac Bashevis Singer).
Traditional poker wisdom has said that emotion has no place in poker. Frustration, anger, and other “negative” emotions that can lead one to a mental state outside the one designed to make logical poker decisions can be harmful for the bankroll.
So how can one of the most successful poker tournament players in history be one of the most emotional players on the circuit? How can Phil Hellmuth consistently perform well in tournaments, despite consistently achieving a “state of mental agitation” whenever the cards do not fall in his favor? How can Mike Matusow, who puts Hamlet’s insanity act to shame every time the cameras are rolling, be one of the most successful tournament players in the past two months? Is it possible that “emotional poker players” have an edge in tournament poker?
In order to answer this question, we need to break down the most common reasons people get emotional at the poker table.
1. Frustration with results
The most common display of emotion among poker players occurs when they encounter a negative result (not surprisingly, positive results are more often welcomed by relative stoicism, unless your name is Mattias Andersson). When a player makes the statistically correct play and loses the pot, there is a greater amount of frustration than when they fail to suck out on a better hand. This type of frustration most likely results from the fundamental belief that if you make the right decision, you will be rewarded with a positive result. While this belief holds true in many situations in life, it does not take the role of luck into account. Pocket deuces beat pocket aces nearly 1 out of every 5 times, so the underdog is going to win a lot more times than one would expect if they don’t know the odds.
Those that become frustrated when a result doesn’t match performance have a fundamental misunderstanding of gambling theory. The thing that baffles me is that some of the best players in the world still get angry when the cards don’t fall their way. If “there was no luck in this game,” it wouldn’t be much of a game– a bunch of professionals pushing razor thin edges until the house ends up the only winner.
One would think that someone who has an emotional connection to a bad result might be more likely to avoid risks that would end in frustration or anger. In other words, emotional players would be more likely to sit and wait for the nuts, as they have been negatively reinforced to avoid bad beats. This would suggest that emotional players are more likely to survive than those who see no emotional downside to losing their money when they are a favorite.
Personally, I think that survival is overrated in a tournament– even the best players have a relatively small chance to win a tournament, so players like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu achieve success by pushing their small edges at every chance they have. However, it seems that the greater the number of players capable of making hopeless plays, the greater the advantage for the player who focuses on “survival.” No need to take weighted coin flips when players will bluff their chips off to you with Ace high.
2. Frustration with performance
The second most common display of negative emotion among poker players is frustration or anger at their performance. This most frequently takes the form of the statement “I know better” or “I should have known,” and frequently occurs when a player goes against his or her instincts, or the opposite case, when the player lets odds win out over instincts and makes the incorrect play. This one hits closer to home for me, as I tend to be pretty hard on myself for mental mistakes. Example (limit poker): loose player raises in middle position, I defend my blind with Q9o or the like. Flop comes AQ4, and by the odds our second pair is probably good against loose guy, whose hand range is pretty wide. We check and call, resolved that we are way ahead or way behind, and he’ll bluff off his chips with a hand like TT. Turn comes an Ace, making it less likely that he is holding an Ace, but when he bets the turn our gut tells us he’s got the ace. I’ll usually be Math guy here and call him down, and usually end up frustrated when loose guy shows me the ace.
While this form of negative emotion seems more productive than results-based emotion (you can correct your incorrect decision, but you have no control over the way the cards fall), it can still make for poor play. People tend to remember emotional experiences, and remembering when a player outplays you might cause one to overcompensate for a previous call or raise, and make the incorrect play. Following the above idea that players who have strong negative emotion based on poor performance, the emotional player will attempt to play their best at all times, and avoid the negative emotion that comes with making an incorrect decision.
Using the above line of reasoning, it’s possible that negative emotional experiences based on performance can help one to remember the bad plays and improve upon them in similar future situations.
3. “Injustice”
Most bad beat stories end in a punch line of, “You’ll never guess what he had” or some similar phrase summing up the unbelievably bad play of the fishy bad beat administrator. A common source of frustration and anger is the injustice of the poker gods: the unlucky protagonist will lose on the river when he is a 90% favorite, and become frustrated when his clueless opponent achieves better results than he does. The mighty protagonist has studied for countless hours and considers himself a very good player, and when his opponent makes a poor play he feels the injustice of the game– knowledge and skill cannot defeat luck in poker, and this leads to frustration on the part of the player defeated by luck. This type of emotional response is similar to the two responses described above, but the frustration experienced by the “good player” is often directed at the poor player (“you can’t even spell poker”) or perhaps the poker gods (“I can never win a race”).
This frustration may lead to self-doubt, or questioning the value of the game of poker. An understanding of gambling theory can help deal with this type of frustration, but I think that emotions that force introspection and questioning usually end up being productive.
It’s hard for me to identify with guys like Hellmuth and Matusow, but their results argue that emotion doesn’t seem to have a negative impact on tournament finishes. On a personal level, I try to take joy in good performance, and try not to beat myself up too much for poor performance. Without some measure of emotion, you might as well be a poker bot.
In answer to the question, “Do emotional poker players have an advantage in tournament poker?” I think the jury is still out. Plenty of players who don’t outwardly display emotion (Lederer, Greenstein, Ivey) have had better results than anyone, but “emotional players” have had their share of victories as well. My gut tells me that emotion might give a player a little edge somewhere, but I can’t quite work it out. The emotional player has more at stake in a way, and higher stakes may result in better play.
Or maybe they’re just goofballs who catch cards.
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Table 1. Urinary iodine levels (mg/dL) in the United States, 6-74 years of age
Iodine deficiency is one of the four major deficiency diseases in the world, yet it is the easiest to control (1). In the United States, iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) such as goiter, cretinism, stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, and retarded physical and intellectual development have been virtually eliminated through the iodization of salt. Recent surveys, however, have indicated that the proportion of the U.S. population with low urinary iodine levels is increasing. Although median values of urinary iodine in the U.S. population indicated adequate intake in the United States, the median decreased more than 50 percent between the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I, 1971-74) and NHANES III (1988-94). This reduction may be due, in part, to changes in food production (2).
Initial results from NHANES 2000 indicate that the median urinary iodine level of the population 6-74 years of age has not decreased since NHANES III. As shown in Table 1, the median was 16.1 mg/dL (95% CI 14.7-17.6) in 2000 compared with the 14.5 mg/dL estimate obtained from NHANES III.
Urinary iodine concentration measurement is the most widely used method for assessing the current iodine status of a population. Because most ingested iodine is excreted in the urine, urinary iodine concentration is a good indicator of iodine intake. According to The World Health Organization (WHO), median iodine levels should be greater than 10 mg/dL in “iodine sufficient” populations (2).
The NHANES 2000 and earlier surveys used a stratified, multistage, probability sample of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population. The NHANES protocol includes a home interview followed by a standardized physical examination in a mobile examination center. As part of the NHANES 2000 examination protocol, urine specimens are collected for persons 6 years of age and older. Urinary iodine levels were measured for a randomly selected subsample consisting of one third of participants 6 years of age and older. The sample size for NHANES 2000 urinary iodine was 1,433.
Because the sample size for NHANES 2000 is smaller than that of the multiyear NHANES III and because the urinary iodine measures are only available for a subsample, additional analyses on data from subsequent annual NHANES surveys will be necessary to confirm these findings and to allow more detailed analyses of iodine status in population subgroups.
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1 Latham, MC. Human Nutrition in the Developing World. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1997.
2 Hollowell, JE et al. Iodine nutrition in the United States. Trends and public health implications: Iodine excretion data from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys I and III (1971-74 and 1988-94). J Clin Endocrinol Metab 83:3401-3408. 1998.
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WuXi AppTec, a pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D outsourcing company, has opened a cGMP biologics facility in China.
The biologics manufacturing facility in Wuxi is the first in China to meet GMP standards of the U.S., the E.U. and China, marking another milestone for the company. This facility is also the first one globally to utilize 100% disposable equipment for biologics drug substance manufacturing.
"The establishment of this cGMP biologics facility has greatly improved WuXi's services in biologics manufacturing and further showcases our commitment to global clients," said Dr. Ge Li, chairman and CEO of WuXi AppTec. "WuXi is determined to provide world-class services for anyone conducting research in biologics discovery, development and manufacturing including multinational and Chinese pharmaceutical and biotech companies."
The company recently announced three deals in biologics: a collaboration with Open Monoclonal Technology to use OmniRat, the first fully human monoclonal antibody platform based on transgenic rats, to develop novel human antibodies for global clients; a contract with TaiMed Biologics to produce the HIV compound ibalizumab for global phase II and III clinical trials; and a joint venture agreement with MedImmune, the global biologics arm of AstraZeneca, to develop MEDI5117, an IL-6 inhibitor for rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune disorders in China.
Dr. Martin Mackay, president of R&D at AstraZeneca, stressed that the joint venture with WuXi will help both companies bring benefit to patients.
"No single company has all the solutions to the healthcare challenges of today,” said Mackay. “That's why collaborations such as our joint venture with WuXi AppTec are so important. Our mutual ambition is to greatly increase the number of people who ultimately benefit from our medicines."
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9 December 2014, 11:48 | Updated: 16 December 2014, 12:00
First prize in the prestigious Donatella Flick Conducting Competition has been awarded to 28-year-old Elim Chan.
Chan, who was born in Hong Kong to British parents, impressed the judges with her performances of Beethoven’s Egmont Overture, Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade.
She is the first woman to win the competition, which has taken place every two years since 1990.
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By Julia Tullos and Harry Boomer | January 13, 2020 at 10:33 AM EST - Updated January 15 at 4:54 PM
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - A 51-year-old woman who worked at group home was stabbed to death by a resident, according to the Stark County Coroner.
Dr. Anthony Bertin said Lisa Isom left work at the home in the 6800 block of Elaine Street NW around 11 p.m. Sunday.
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Posted in digital marketing,internet marketing
By Dr. Dave Chaffey
In my latest blog, I discuss the importance of AI and how this growing trend can be applied to marketing.
Artificial Intelligence is one of the biggest trends in technology in marketing, and across business. Many have asked; does AI spell the end for marketing jobs? For me, it's an opportunity for marketers to learn new skills and techniques, and in this article we'll be taking a look at the marketing applications of AI.
I'm in the 'business as usual' camp in this chart. For now, AI is just a new form of tech for marketers to understand and manage to get an edge.
How can AI be used in marketing?
There are so many ways in which AI can be used in marketing that this is a difficult question to answer! Since I like to think in a visual way, I have worked with Rob Allen to create this infographic covering the potential uses of AI in marketing.
By thinking through the applications of marketing through the customer lifecycle, businesses can structure a plan of what is most valuable. Here's a summary of the applications:
AI generated content - this is a really interesting area for AI and you could see that copywriters and creatives may eventually come under threat, although not just yet. You may know the case of the agency who devised an AI powered creative director, but humans often preferred human engagement ideas.
However, if you look at Wordsmith from Automated Insights, you will see writing programs which can pick elements from a dataset and structure a ‘human sounding’ article.
Smart Content Curation for Personalisation - this is an extension of the 'collaborative filtering' personalisation techniques used by Amazon and other retailers for many years already. Since then, many personalisation services have mainly functioned by rules-based, IF audience X visits this page, THEN show them this this offer. Managing such rule sets quickly becomes unwieldy with hundreds of potential variables about visitors, so many of the high-end personalisation systems are now offering this and in future they may become affordable for more businesses.
Voice Search - you will certainly have heard of the growth of digital assistants and voice search on mobile. It has been estimated that more than 50% of searches will be voice based by 2020, but this estimate sounds like too much too soon.
When it comes to using it for marketing, this is about utilising the technology developed by the major players (Google, Amazon, Apple) rather than developing your own capability.
Programmatic Media Buying - here, propensity models generated by machine learning algorithms are used to more effectively target ads at the most relevant customers.
Propensity Modelling - propensity models can be applied more widely across the lifecycle using machine learning. This is a key technique. It's worthwhile marketers learning more about it, since much marketing use of AI is based on this. The general principle is that a machine learning algorithm is fed large amounts of historical data, and it uses this data to create a propensity model which is able to make accurate predictions about how people will respond to future promotions, so that messages can be better targeted.
Predictive Analysis - propensity modelling can be also be applied to a number of different areas, such as predicting the likely hood of a given customer to convert, predicting what price a customer is likely to convert at, or what customers are most likely to make repeat purchases.
Lead Scoring - propensity models generated by machine learning can be trained to score leads based on certain criteria, so that your sales team can establish how 'hot' a given lead is, and if they are worth devoting time to. Many marketing automation providers are working on these techniques.
Ad Targeting - we have seen that machine learning algorithms can run through vast amounts of historical data to establish which ads perform best on which people and at what stage in the buying process. Using this data, they can serve them with the most effective content at the right time. Google AdWords has included options within AdWords for this for some time.
Dynamic Pricing - dynamic pricing can target special offer prices only at those likely to need them in order to convert. Although, there are legal and ethical problems that businesses using this approach have run into.
Web and App Personalisation - using a propensity model to predict a customer's stage in the buyer's journey can let you serve that customer, either on an app or on a web page, with the most relevant content. If someone is still new to a site, content that informs them and keeps them interested will be most effective, while if they have visited many times and are clearly interested in the product, then more in-depth content about a product's benefits will perform better.
Chatbots - chatbots mimic human intelligence by being able to interpret consumer’s queries and complete orders for them. Many chatbots are being developed in Facebook's Messenger.
Re-targeting - much like with ad targeting, machine learning can be used to establish what content is most likely to bring customers back to the site based on historical data.
Predictive Customer Service - here, AI is used to work out which customers are most likely to unsubscribe from a service, by assessing what features are most common in customers who do unsubscribe. It's then possible to reach out to these customers with offers, prompts or assistance to prevent them from churning.
Marketing Automation - marketing automation techniques generally involve defining a series of rules, which when then trigger interactions with the customer. But who decided these rules? Generally, a marketer who is essentially guessing what will be most effective. Machine learning can run through billions of points of customer data and establish when are the most effective times to make contact, which offers and words in subject lines are most effective.
Email Personalisation - in a similar fashion to web-based personalisation, applying insights generated from machine learning can create extremely effective 1:1 dynamic emails.
You can see from these 15 applications, that almost all areas of marketing will be touched by AI and machine learning. However, deploying these systems will need to be selected, customised and their effectiveness reviewed.
Many of these techniques we have reviewed, like personalisation and marketing automation, are not new. Research shows that businesses often fail to set up the more advanced features. Although AI potentially requires fewer human rules, such systems are far from being 'plug and play'. So I believe our jobs our safe for the foreseeable future.
Now we have reviewed applications of AI at a top-level, we will drill down in my next article to review how AI can be used within search marketing.
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Meet the YEA! MN Core for 2018-19!
By: Jason Rodney, YEA! MN Program Coordinator
Categories: Solutions, Youth Action
Tags: actonclimate, core, iMatter, mncantwait, solutions, yeamn, youthaction, youthforclimate, youthriseup
YEA! MN is led by a group of students called the Core, with support from Climate Generation staff. We’re excited to introduce our 2018–2019 Core!
With over 400 students across Minnesota in the YEA! MN Network, the Core is tasked with nurturing this community, training new leaders, and coordinating action. They meet several times a month, manage a budget, and guide the vision of YEA! MN.
Each year new Core members are invited to join as other folks graduate or leave. If you are interested in joining the Core, contact jason@climategen.org.
Meet the fantastic teens on the Core this year!
Keriann Cooper (Policy Intern)
Sophomore, Roosevelt High School
Keriann loves animals and is concerned for the effect climate change will have on them and their ecosystems. She felt the need to take action, so this year she joined the Core to become more engaged in preventing climate change and to improve her leadership skills. Keriann is excited to see how youth are changing Minnesota and to participate in the movement for renewable energy and environmental sustainability. Right now she is trying to establish a green team at her school. Keriann also loves hiking, camping, and spending time outside.
Maddy Fernands
Sophomore, Edina High School
Maddy has always been curious about environmental action, politics, and activism, and has been increasingly involved since Middle School. Maddy is currently on the City of Edina’s Energy and Environment Commission as a Junior Commissioner, as well as a leader of her school’s environmental club, Project Earth. Maddy recently become much more involved with YEA! MN, MN Can’t Wait, and many other statewide youth-led environmental organizations, and is anticipating that within the next few years we will be able to accomplish a lot. Outside of environmentalism Maddy enjoys Model UN, speech, and being outdoors.
Lia Harel
Senior, Hopkins High School
Lia is currently involved in a number of organizations and campaigns that take interdisciplinary approaches at combating climate change. Lia is the president of her high school’s Earth Club and leads efforts to educate the student body about climate change and coordinates volunteer events addressing some of these issues. She is one of the youth petitioners who is asking the state to take a market-based approach at reducing emissions through a cap and trade program, and she is a member of iMatter and is working in both her city and state to pass more aggressive climate policies in reference to the “MN Can’t Wait” movement. Outside of environmental activism, Lia loves to bike, travel, and make ceramic artwork.
Beria Haugen
Senior, Central High School
Beria is very passionate about climate justice and is dedicated to doing her part to preserve our planet, while protecting the lives of people most affected by climate change. She recently joined the YEA! MN core and is very excited about taking action with them. She is also co-leading St. Paul iMatter, a policy based environmental group made up of high schoolers in St. Paul. As well as being involved in multiple other environmental clubs, she’s an active member of the Turkish community in Minnesota and does traditional Turkish folk dance. For fun, she participates in the swim team at her high school, enjoys spending time with friends and taking care of her many plants.
Isra Hirsi
Sophomore, South High School
Isra is very passionate about ending climate change. She has noticed how climate change has affected her and her communities. She joined YEA!MN last month, is apart of iMatter Minneapolis, and is a member of her schools green team. Isra spends her free time endulging in activism and spending time with her family. She hopes to continue fighting for marginalized communities disproportionately affected by climate change.
Anna Grace Hottinger
Sophomore, Shoreview
Anna Grace is very passionate about climate justice and the ways people are affected. She enjoys being in the outdoors and going camping. She is very active in outdoor activities such as climbing, backpacking, running, and snowboarding. Anna Grace joined YEA! MN last year after she heard them speak at a leadership event. She then got very interested in the ways that climate change will affect people, through physical, social, and economic factors. She currently is involved with iMatter to create a more eco-friendly and sustainable city, as well as a climate club she runs in her city, and MN Can’t Wait. Outside of her YEA! MN actions, Anna Grace does lots of research on national parks and monuments. She also does lots of advocacy for community composting. Anna Grace hopes to make a change in her community and area to make a sustainable world and communities.
Marco Hunt
Senior, Breck School
Marco has always been interested in climate change and had an opportunity to hone this interest over the past year+ working at Dream of Wild Health, volunteering at YEA! MN, and the Sunrise Movement. Being a leader in Sunrise, his school’s environmental club, and YEA! MN, he is excited to implement the skills he’s learned in facilitation and organizing roles. He is looking forward to working with more organizations and learning how to organize bigger actions.
Shaza Hussein
Senior, Rosemount High School
Whether it be by gaining awareness, leading sustainability-related projects, protesting, workshops or policy promotion, she recognizes the importance of community-based youth groups that will stand up to climate change and its perpetrators.
Sophia Manolis
Senior, Minneapolis South High School
Sophia is extremely passionate about environmental justice and has dedicated herself to making a difference in the world. She joined YEA! MN in 2016 and since then has started working with many different climate organizations, specifically against the Enbridge’s Line 3 oil pipeline. She one of 13 Youth Climate Intervenors who presented evidence to a judge to stop Line 3 from being built. She loves collaborating with other people in her work and helping others get involved. This year, she hopes to broaden her involvement with more social justice organizations and continue to make connections and take action within the environmental justice movement. Outside of activism, Sophia is a competitive swimmer, an editor for her school newspaper, and an outdoor enthusiast.
Sofia Valdes
Junior, Saint Anthony Village High School
Recently discovering her place in the climate justice movement, Sofia has been inundated with potential-filled opportunities from different organizations across the Twin Cities, and is excited for a promising year to come! After a trip to Northern Shore of Minnesota when she was 10, she fell in love with nature and all of its bounties. She began a Green Team in her high school this year, and leads it with two of her peers. Interested in activism, she joined YEA! MN in 2018, and is also associated with Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light and iMatter. She loves live music, biking and traveling.
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Freshman, Cristo Rey High School
Deja loves to let her voice be heard. She is a big football and basketball fan. Her favorite color is yellow because she’s a bright and intelligent person. She is down to seek new things and share it on social media. Deja stands up for what she thinks is right. She heard about Climate Generation from the Youth Climate Kickoff. She is involved in the ICC club at her school which is basically an environmental club. Some of her hobbies are watching football, watching basketball, coloring, and traveling.
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President's and Provost's Award Recipients
2018-19 President’s Award
Ute Hochgeschwender - College of Medicine
Guy Newland - Department of Philosophy and Religion
2018-19 Provost’s Award
Julien Rossignol - College of Medicine
Alicia Valoti - School of Music
President's Award- Prior Recipients:
Adam Epstein (2017-18) Finance and Law
Anna Monfils (2017-18) Biology
Veronica Barone (2016-17) Physics
Joanne Dannenhoffer (2016-17) Biology
Michael Pisani (2016-17) Management
Solomon Getahun (2015-16) History
Juan Peralta (2015-16) Physics
Rachel Caspari (2014-15) Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Marco Fornari (2014-15) Physics
Sivaram Narayan (2014-15) Mathematics
Larissa Niec (2013-14) Psychology
Thomas Weirich (2013-14) Accounting
Donald Uzarski (2012-13) Biology
Jeffrey Weinstock (2012-13) English, Language, and Literature
Koblar Alan Jackson (2011-12) Physics Department
Michael J. Papa (2011-12) Communication and Dramatic Arts
Gary Dunbar (2010-11) Psychology Department
Mihai Horoi (2010-11) Physics Department
Bryan Gibson (2009-10) Psychology Department
Kathleen Counter Benison (2008-09) Department of Geology
Timothy S. Hartshorne (2008-09) Department of Psychology
Brigitte Bechtold (2007-08) Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
Valeri Petkov (2007-08) Department of Physics
Claudia Douglass (2006-07) Department of Biology
Alexandra Mascolo-David (2006-07) College of Music
Yury Ionin (2005-06) Department of Mathematics
Carl Lee (2005-06) Department of Mathematics
Felix Famoye (2004-05) Department of Mathematics
Peter Orlik (2004-05) Department of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts
Harry Mika (2003-04) Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work
John Wright (2003-04) Department of Philosophy and Religion
Carl Johnson (2002-03) Department of Psychology
Ronnie Apter (2002-03) Department of English
Leonard Leiberman (2001-02) Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Debra Poole (2001-02) Department of Psychology
Eric Johnson (2000-01) Department of History
Mohan Shrikhande (2000-01) Department of Mathematics
Thomas Benjamin (1999-00) Department of History
Bobby Howell (1999-00) Department of Chemistry
Reed Wicander (1998-99) Department of Geology
Robert Hohner (1998-99) School of Music
David Gilingham (1997-98) School of Music
Robert Stecker (1997-98) Department of Philosophy
Terry Beehr (1996-97) Department of Psychology
William Browne (1996-97) Department of Political Science
Daniel Wujek (1995-96) Department of Biology
Karen Mohr Chavez (1995-96) Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Provost's Awards - Prior Recipients:
Xantha Karp (2017-18) Biology
Spenser Robinson (2017-18) Entrepreneurship
Kelly Murphy (2016-17) Philosophy and Religion
Linlin Zhao (2016-17) Chemistry and Biochemistry
Prakash Adhikari (2015-16) Political Science and Public Administration
Benjamin Swarts (2015-16) Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kevin Pangle (2014-15) Biology
Justin Smith (2014-15) Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Crina Tarasi (2013-14) Marketing and Hospitality Services
Rebecca Hayes (2012-13) Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Andrew Mahon (2012-13) Biology Department
Zachary Williams (2012-13) Marketing and Hospitality Services Administration
Troy Hicks (2010-11) Department of English Language and Literature
David Zanatta (2010-11) Biology Department
Dawn Decker (2009-10) Counseling and Special Education
Christopher Tycner (2009-10) Physics Department
Moataz Fattah (2008-09) Department of Political Science
Juan E. Peralta (2008-09) Department of Physics
Solomon Addis Getahun (2007-08) Department of History
Pamela Eddy (2006-07) Department of Educational Leadership
Bradley Swanson (2006-07) Department of Biology
Minghui Chai (2005-06) Department of Chemistry
Thomas Gehring (2005-06) Department of Biology
Jeffrey Weinstock (2005-06) Department of English
Brad Fahlman (2004-05) Department of Chemistry
Michael Pisani (2004-05) Department of Management
Matthew Burns (2003-04) Department of Counseling and Special Education
Yongil Jeon (2003-04) Department of Economics
Katherine Brown Rosier (2002-03) Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Carmen White (2002-03) Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Marcy Taylor (2001-02) Department of English
Robert Noggle (2001-02) Department of Philosophy and Religion
Kathleen Benison (2000-01) Department of Geology
Orlando Perez (2000-01) Department of Political Science
Alexandra Mascolo-David (2000-01) School of Music
Joel Fetzer (1999-00) Department of Political Science
Bin Li (1999-00) Department of Geography
Joy B. Doran (1998-99) Department of Biology
Elizabeth A. Meadows (1998-99) Department of Psychology
Kristina English (1997-98) Department of Communication Disorders
David Kinney (1997-98) Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work
Gail Scukanec (1996-97) Department of Communication Disorders
Philip Squattrito (1996-97) Department of Chemistry
Eric Johnson (1995-96) Department of Geography
Koblar Alan Jackson (1995-96) Department of Physics
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The Salt Yard
The Salt Yard in Mowbray
Monday to Thursday: 10am – 11pm
Friday to Sunday: 10am – 1am
NOTE: In the near future, The Salt Yard will be open from 7am
74 Durban Road | Mowbray | Cape Town
Enjoy feel-good foodie favourites and custom cocktails at this new Southern Suburbs restaurant and bar
“It’s personal,” explains Mathew (Mat) Wallace, who co-owns The Salt Yard along with his business partner, and the new restaurant’s head chef Phillip (Phil) Myburgh. “When you walk through the door, you’re either greeted by me or Phil and you get to know who we are. Everyone who walks in here is appreciated.”
And that’s the sort of warm and hospitable experience the new Southern Suburbs restaurant and bar brings to Mowbray. From the moment you walk into The Salt Yard, which officially opened its doors in September 2016, you’re made to feel welcome and in turn instantly feel at ease and comfortable in your surroundings.
“People come in because it’s 'Mat and Phil'. We want to keep it personal,” the co-owner reiterates.
In addition, however, to Mat and Phil’s friendly demeanours (Phil is also well-known for coming out of the kitchen to sit with patrons and find out how they enjoyed the food), the space’s homey setting, as well as idiosyncratic attention to detail, most certainly has a large part to play.
Owing to a personal love of wood work and building, Mat and Phil spent time chiselling and constructing as well as curating and creating The Salt Yard from scratch. From the uneven walls revealing layers upon layers (and most probably years) of old paint and mismatched chairs (think leather, wooden and steel) to the quirky picture frames (no two borders are the same) and other bits and bobs (a snowboard, various shields and swords, to name but a few) found on the walls – everything you see in the eatery, although nothing new, represents a piece of its owners and has been customised to fit into the space making it – and its offerings – one-of-a-kind.
“Everything is unique,” elaborates Mat. “We’ve tried to make everything specifically for us. Even our candle holders, we’ve especially rusted them using a special painting technique [the duo is a fan of rust and the copper texture can be seen in other areas too such as the overhead beams] and made them a bit different.”
“Everything is either recycled or up-recycled. Everything you see here we have missioned to find, nothing is new and not one object inside The Salt Yard will ever look the same. We think there is enough wastage in the world,” adds Phil.
Sitting flush against Durban Road’s sidewalk, inside, the space is divided into two rooms (both of which can be accessed from the pavement through its own entrances) – and is separated by a wall and a large sound-proof window – which allows for more versatility in seating, activities as well as provides a place for private functions. Entering the restaurant, at the room to the right sits the smoking bar area with its large wooden bar counter, high stools and a couple tables and chairs whereas the left room acts as a more formal seated area comprising various tables and chairs and the kitchen located at the back.
“After your meal you can go across to that side [the bar area] and start a whole brand new party,” laughs Mat. “We’re looking to cater for the whole family. If you want to come to have a party you can at the bar – the glass window is sound proof – and then on the seated side it can be cool and calm and no one would be any the wiser.”
Striving to cater for almost everyone, and with a key focus on high quality, local goods, The Salt Yard’s menu – designed by Phil – offers patrons a wide selection of fare: “I wanted to offer a nice diversity of foods. A lot of restaurants have just one cuisine whereas I’ve put together the best dishes that I’ve had over the years on the menu – a bit of Portuguese, Italian, a bit of everything – a little combination of everything,” elaborates Phil.
Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner options (vegetarian and banting choices too), diners can find anything from scrumptious eggs Benedict and gourmet pizzas to hearty burgers and fresh salads, as well as a selection of seafood and meat-based main meals. To complement the fare, The Salt Yard offers diners a variety of must-try cocktails and local, craft and draught beers (amongst many other drinks found at the bar). What’s more, the Southern Suburbs eatery takes pride in listening to their customers and their suggestions and tries their best to accommodate wishes.
“We take everyone’s requests into consideration. If one person wants a specific type of beer that we don’t have, we’ll generally get it and stock it for them, even if it’s just a six pack,” settles Mat.
Welcoming, sincere and approachable – comprising great tasting foodie favourites and a large beverage offering – ideal for a quick brekkie, prolonged lunch or quiet dinner, not to mention, a wild weekend jol, The Salt Yard has it all.
Pop in, say hi to Mat and Phil, and see for yourself.
NOTE: The Salt Yard offers its customers Wi-fi as well as has ample available plug points. It’s an ideal Mowbray location for those looking to work remotely.
Tip: Join The Salt Yard every Sunday from 1pm for live music from Khristo the Road Singer.
Chef Tip: Mat and Phil suggest patrons try either the Mussel Pot, Prego Roll or the Fig and Goats Cheese Burger, and of course, their signature Candyfloss Martini. (We also suggest you try their Bumble Bee cocktail!)
Watch this space! The Salt Yard has many future plans in place. Keep an eye on its Facebook page for updates, events, renovations, fresh menu items and new stores opening up.
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday: 10am – 11pm | Friday to Sunday: 10am – 1am | NOTE: In the near future, The Salt Yard will be open from 7am for the breakfast run.
The Bill: Breakfast: R29.95 – R99.95 | Starters: R35.95 – R99.95 | Mains: R59.95 – R139.95 | Desserts: R39.95 – R49.95 | Juniors: R39.95 – 65.95 | Beverages (alcoholic): R26 – R59.95 | (hot): R15 – R26.95 | (cold): R17.95 – R29.95
by Krysia Gaweda | Video Credit: Josh Oates | Image Credit: Mike Bell
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The Gallery: Art Walk celebrates summer in Annapolis
By Patrice Drago
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Aug 04, 2018 | 6:00 AM
“Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.” — Barry Cornwall
Such simple prose conjuring up a colorful vision; inspiration for a painting. Imagine how individual artists would interpret this scene; each one different from the next.
This last month of summer is a perfect time to explore and celebrate all types of creative expression as Annapolis presents a sampling of all it has to offer with its 28th annual Annapolis Art Walk on Aug. 16.
Get the Art Walk map and chart your own tour; it is a great way to see the rich variety of art genres in our town. If we’re going to be dodging raindrops or escaping blistering heat and weighty, soggy air, then why not take advantage of the festivities with refreshments? A number of artists will be demonstrating their unique methods in lively demonstrations; and you can even participate as jurors in a People’s Choice award. Come on out!
49 West Coffeehouse presents “Love Annapolis,” an exhibit honoring the five journalists at the Capital Gazette newsroom who lost their lives. Proceeds will benefit the victims’ families. Featuring Aaron Yealdhall, more than 20 Annapolis artists have contributed to this show, which will be on display through Aug. 29. Join them and show your support at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday.
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Jo Fleming Contemporary Art presents “Foto Montage: Photography by Dimitri Fotos,” an exhibit of landscapes and surreal, digitally modified images by Dimitri Fotos, photographer, artist and native Annapolitan through Sept. 30. The gallery will unveil Fotos’ new photo collage of the street, Maryland Avenue, presented in a huge panorama format. Join them for refreshments at a gallery reception, where the artist will show the amazing features of a vintage large format camera during Art Walk, from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16.
Gallery: Variety of art celebrates freedom of expression
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McBride Gallery hosts “Making Your Mark,” featuring paintings by Maria Marino created especially for the Annapolis Art Walk. Inspired by Impressionist techniques, Marino’s landscapes present a dialogue in color and light. Whether she is painting from Monet’s garden in Giverny or the salt marshes of the Chesapeake Bay, Marino’s compositions come to life in a bold spectrum of tones.
Her careful balance of abstraction and observation charge her pieces with a lively sense of freshness. Born in Washington, D.C., she now lives and works in a rural Maryland. With a BFA in interior architecture from the Maryland Institute College of Art, she forged a successful career as an interior designer. Marino will also demonstrate her energetic and entertaining mark-making process with a lively performance during the Art Walk reception from 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16.
Main Street Gallery features local award-winning artists such as Jack Frazier, John Aquilino, Lynne Lockhart, Kirk McBride, Kevin Fitzgerald, Lee Alban, Kathy Daywalt, Margaret Lee and many others, open for Art Walk, from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16.
The Annapolis Collection Gallery is showing a selection of oil paintings by Philadelphia native H.M. Saffer who studied art in France and Japan and has built a stellar career in both the music and art industry. His style of painting is a melding of his Asian and Western influences. While in Paris, he leveraged his musical talent performing with notable French stars Jacques Brel and Charles Aznavour. Saffer continued his music career in America at Warner Brothers where he co-wrote the international hit song “Look What They Done To My Song, Ma.” While at Warner, he painted a 40-foot mural in their Madison Avenue New York headquarters and exhibited works in the firm’s lobby. Stop in during Art Walk from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16.
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Join West Annapolis Artworks and Fine Framing for Art Walk where the parking is plentiful and the creativity is alive and thriving. The gallery is filled with bright summer-inspired art along with a collection of work done during “Paint Annapolis.” Visit the gallery during Art Walk and watch artists paint live.
The Maryland Federation of Art is celebrating 50 years at its location on State Circle. In honor of their long history in Annapolis, MFA member artists were invited to display one artwork in a special all-hang show titled “50 Forever.” Fifty years in this space means 50 years of a diverse and expansive community, stretching continents and mediums, making this a show of all things at which MFA artists excel.
Join them during Art Walk, and help determine the prize winners: a People’s Choice award will be given at the reception from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16. In tandem is “50 Forever Online,” a Curve Gallery exhibition, featuring works from both current and former members — a superb chronicle of the art talent that MFA has brought to the community for over 50 years. Both exhibits run through Aug. 16.
Opening Aug. 23 at Circle Gallery is “American Landscapes,” running through Sept. 22. The Americas: a hemisphere filled with diverse cultural ideas and ecosystems. There has never been a more polarized time to be members of the cultural landscape that is America, but one thing that can bring us together are the environments which surround us. As different as they may seem, the grass on this side of the fence is the same grass on the other. The juror this year is Joann Moser, senior curator emerita of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Join MFA and the artists for a reception followed by awards from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 9.
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Pay the Annmarie Sculpture Garden a visit, see home-grown and handmade items by locals at the Maker's Market, or take the African-American heritage tour in the city.
By Susan Reimer
Jul 31, 2018 | 5:35 PM
Annapolis City Hall presents “On the Town,” an exhibit by members of the Annapolis Watercolor Club, with paintings depicting how individual artists see not only downtown Annapolis but also any small town. Opening Monday, you can view this interesting exhibit through Sept. 28. An artist’s reception will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10.
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Paul’s Homewood Cafe and MFA present an exhibition by MFA members VelaRae and Cynthia Bell, painters and sisters, opening Monday and running through Oct. 7. Their interweaving styles bring a cohesive and colorful style to their hometown of Annapolis. Reception date is to be determined.
The Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College opens the new season on Aug. 23 with an exhibition on loan from the Reading Museum, “Albecht Dürer: Master Prints.” Albrecht Dürer, (1471-1528) the visionary and imaginative German Renaissance painter, draughtsman and writer, is best known for revolutionizing printmaking as an independent art form.
By the age of 30, Dürer had already begun the “Large Woodcut Passion” cycle, some of which are included in this exhibit. Also on view will be the complete series of 16 prints from the “Engraved Passion,” a highly praised suite of illustrations derived from copperplate engravings created between 1507 and 1513, which was begun shortly after Dürer’s return from Italy — the second of two trips that were so influential they made him a bridge between Italian and northern European art. Several prints by Dürer’s mentor, Martin Shongauer, are featured, as well as drawings created by additional Renaissance artists inspired by Dürer’s works. Portraits, mythological images and other religious subjects are included in this extraordinary collection of more than 30 woodblock prints and engravings. Events for this exhibition begin Sept. 5, and it will remain on view through Oct. 14.
Art Farm is currently showing “Washington Color School,” inspired works by Neil Harpe.
BayWoods of Annapolis continues “A Taste of East and West,” a solo exhibition by Ziya Gürel, a well-known artist in Turkey and the Middle East with an art career of 45 years. The exhibit will be on display through Sept. 8.
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The Galleries at Quiet Waters Park continues their current exhibits through Aug. 25:
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Garden Gallery: “Hunting Quiet” exhibits recent work by Linda McNamara, an artist, landscape painter and designer living and working the Annapolis area. Her oil paintings express solitude, isolation and our struggle to find quiet in an increasing and noisy and crowded world.
Willow Gallery: “A Visual Journey, The Eye of the Photographer” includes the work of six photographers. For three years, a photo contest has been held through the Friends of Quiet Waters Park. The six participants in the venue are the winners of the contest whose work has been selected for the Quiet Waters Park desktop calendar.
At Fat Boys Crab Shack in Gambrills, celebrate summer with a no-frills feast
A friend recently told me to check out this place in Gambrills where they had great steamed crabs. Living in Annapolis, I don’t usually think of going to Gambrills to get seafood, but I thought I’d check it out.
By David R. Ludwig
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts continues its current exhibits through Aug. 25:
Chaney Gallery: “A Breath of Fresh AIR: Maryland Hall Artists-in-Residence Past and Current” is an exhibit of new works by Maryland Hall artists-in-residence. Their AIR program has artists that work in a diverse variety of media and styles. Selected by a juried process for three-year residences, AIRs create and sell work, exhibit in galleries and participate in community programs. Working in their studios throughout the week they can be visited by patrons interested in learning about their art or purchasing their work. The exhibit is an impressive testament to the AIR program.
Martino Gallery: “A Collective Journey in Clay by Maryland Hall's Ceramic Students” is body of work by adult students from Maryland Hall ceramics classes. Clay presents infinite possibilities; it bends, cracks, shrinks, changes color. This exhibit displays each student’s personal journey in exploring this ever-changing media. Bringing forth the synergy between the hand-built and wheel-thrown arenas, Maryland Hall celebrates the achievements and growth of their clay community.
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Art Walk 2018 maps and gallery addresses are available at all galleries and can be downloaded from the Annapolis Gallery Association website at www.artinannapolis.com.
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Understanding the Concept of Domain & Page Popularity – Part VII
Previously, we have learned quite a lot about On-page SEO – the intricate concepts of it, how it works and how you can make the most of it and harness the true power of on-page SEO. But on-page SEO is just the “tip of the iceberg”, as the most important and powerful aspect of SEO is still hidden under water.
Today, in this article we will start digging deep into the concepts of Off-page SEO and understand how it rules almost everything of search engine optimization. We will also learn to master our skills in the art of Off-page SEO and beat the ever-increasing super-tough competition in the SERPs, but before everything all you need to do is thoroughly understand the deep concepts of it.
Without a thorough and in-depth understanding of the most basic and fundamental concepts of Off-page SEO, it will be immensely difficult for you to excel in learning SEO properly.
The Origin of the Concept of Popularity
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But before going into the depths of “popularity”, let us first understand what it actually is. It’s not something much different from the popularity of Leonardo Di Caprio as an actor or Lady Gaga as a singer. The idea is same in the world of World Wide Web, Marketing and SEO too. The more popular, trusted and authoritative you are, more will your importance rise in the eyes of the search engines.
But why did the search engines fell in love with the concept of “popularity” all of a sudden? They can rank web pages easily by judging the quality (in terms of information and resourcefulness), so why the sudden heck about popularity? The primary reason for the search engines to take the help of “popularity” is its limitation in “truly and perfectly” understanding the quality, usefulness and resourcefulness of a certain webpage or document.
As I had previously mentioned, that the search engines are nothing more than computer programs which work on a set of human-written codes to analyze a particular webpage or document and understand how good it can prove to be for the real humans and rank them on that basis. Though they are quite intelligent, smart and sophisticated, but still they are incapable of understanding what the humans would actually like or what can be truly helpful for them.
So, indirectly it is the humans who need to help the search engines to determine what is actually good and what is not.
Search Engines Seeking Human Help
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Though the search engines are getting better and more sophisticated day-by-day, still they can never surpass the power of the human brain in reading, understanding, analyzing and then judging the quality of a particular document over the other. It is the humans who have created the search engines and it is us who again need to help them in performing their job better.
Suppose your friend Mr. Dumb needs to complete a science project and has got 10 books in hand about “Space-Time Parallax”, but he is unable to understand which one is the best and which one should he mainly rely on. So he gives all of those books to you to help him.
Now what you can do is read all of them and tell which one is the best among all and can also sort (or arrange) the book on the basis of their quality and usefulness, for your friend Mr Dumb. Basically, you have made use of your intelligence, prior knowledge and sense of judgment to analyze and reflect your thoughts on which books is the best among all.
Similar is the scenario about the search engines too. Obviously they are not dumb like Mr Dumb but still these computer generated programs are way behind the human sense of understanding and judgment. So they need to make the extra effort of understanding how popular the webpages or documents are among the real readers and how much talked about are they.
Illustration with a Real Life Scenario
Suppose a company wants to hire a programmer on “Android Development” and organizes an interview for that. Three candidates John, Peter and Dan appear for the interview. All of them are proficient and almost equally skilled in android programming and have almost equal grades in their mark sheets.
Now the situation gets very difficult for the interviewer to select the one and only one, who can be given the job. He asks them some tricky questions to make the elimination process easier, but still all of them stands out to be nearly equally skilled. Now the interviewer asks for some references, if they have any. Dan doesn’t have any reputed personality referencing him and gets eliminated at the first chance.
John shows 3 references from 3 of his childhood teachers who have taught him programming for years. This makes a good impression about John in the eyes of the interviewer and proves his consistency in programming thereby making his chances of getting the job better. Now the interviewer asks for Peter’s references but he is able to show only a single reference from the Director of the most reputed college of their state. The interview session ends and guess who is selected for the job?
It’s Peter who gets the job. Though he shows only a single reference, yet he manages to overpower and win over the 3 references of John as the one and the only one reference Peter had was more powerful, authoritative and trustworthy than John’s 3 references.
The Idea of Domain & Page Popularity
If you have read the example in the previous paragraph, then you must have got a clear idea of the concept of “popularity” and how the search engine use this concept in the World Wide Web to rank webpages. Now let us dig deeper into this concept by understanding the idea of Domain and Page Popularity.
To say in short, Domain Popularity is the authority and trustworthiness that a certain domain name have got in the eyes of the search engines, while Page Popularity imparts the same idea on individual pages of a website (and not the entire site). Practically, a certain webpage may be more popular than the entire domain, or vice-versa. But the search engines consider both of them while ranking pages.
Another Real Life Illustrative Example
Suppose an author have written and published 10 different books on “web designing”. The first 4 books were tremendously successful back-to-back, which means that the individual popularity of the books (compare with Page Popularity) were immense which in turn helps in building up the entire popularity of the author (compare with Domain Popularity).
So the next few books automatically gets a huge boost at the time of their release, just because of the popularity that the author have gained through the first 4 books. Even though the next few books are not as good as the previous ones or the current competition, still they perform well in the market just because of the trust and authority that the author have gained.
But the average (and not-so-satisfactory) quality of the next 4 books slowly work on bringing down the entire popularity that the author had gained before. And the last two books don’t get the initial push that he had got before. Though the last two books bring back the quality he once had but still needs a tough marketing attempt to get good sales, just because he has slowly lost the trust and popularity he had once gained.
Another Web-based Example
Now the previous example is enough to help you understand the concept of Domain Popularity and Page Popularity, but let us illustrate this idea even more deeply with a web-based example.
Suppose you search for “android rooting”, the first site that pops up in the SERPs is that of Wikipedia, even when there are some sites which provide dedicated information about android rooting and provide much more useful and resourceful information than just a single Wikipedia page, still the Wiki giant stays at the top with grace and the primary reason for this is Domain Popularity. Wikipedia has got a very strong track record of providing thousands of highly informative and resourceful content for a long time. Readers almost always get exactly what they want after landing on a Wikipedia page. So the search engines trust the entire domain of Wikipedia much more than the other competitors on that particular SERP.
The search engines have gotten a feeling that whatever Wikipedia will produce will be good and this is what forms the basis of preferentially putting Wikipedia at the top spots. But this isn’t always the case as there are many situations when a quite new and less popular website, gets one of its pages at the top spots of the SERPs competing with much stronger and authoritative websites with the sole reason of having a strong Page Popularity.
Domain Popularity and Page Popularity both are almost equally essential in ranking pages in the SERPs and it is really very difficult to tell which one holds more power and importance but various tests, experiments and expert experiences conclude Domain Popularity to hold slightly more importance than Page Popularity.
So our target should be to focus on both of Domain and Page Authority while the former can be achieved if we work on achieving the latter. But how to be more popular, gain more trust and authority? The question is simple but the answer to this question is a bit more involving and will be discussed in detail in the upcoming articles.
So, stay tuned for the next articles coming up in this series which will make you learn how to build trust, authority and popularity in the eyes of the search engines and conquer the top spots in the search results page.
Aritra Roy
Aritra Roy is a Blogger, Freelance Writer, Designer and Online Entrepreneur who believes in the power of written words to educate, influence and inspire people.
This entry was posted in SEO and tagged Authority, Domain Popularity, Page Popularity, Popularity on October 7, 2013 by Aritra Roy.
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Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
In the present day and age, life is full of uncertainties and it has become imperative for an individual to secure themselves with insurance. Individuals working in the private sector, especially, do not get the same facilities and privileges of public sector employees. Hence, the government of India has introduced the Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI) in the year 1976 to ensure private sector employees can enjoy the benefits of insurance and secure their loved ones financially.
EDLI (Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme) insurance cover is provided by EPFO (Employees Provident Fund Organisation). It is especially meant for private sector salaried individuals. In case of an eventuality during the active service period of the individual, the nominee will get a lump-sum insurance pay-out.
EDLI is mandatory for all organisations which are registered under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. The government has made it compulsory for such organisations to subscribe under this scheme so as to give the benefit of life insurance to its employees. This scheme works alongside EPF and EPS. The benefit under the scheme depends on the remuneration paid to the employee.
Features of Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
Below are some of the essential features of EDLI which are applicable to all beneficiaries that come under the scope of the policy:
All employees who get a basic salary under INR 15,000 per month are eligible for EDLI scheme. The maximum benefit is limited to INR 6,00,000 of the basic salary, if it exceeds INR 15,000.
There are no exclusions under the insurance coverage offered in EDLI.
Employees only need to contribute towards EPF and do not require to make a contribution to EDLI.
A bonus of INR. 1,50,000 is available under the EDLI scheme.
If an organisation has more than 20 employees, it becomes mandatory for them to register for EPF. Any employee who has EPF account gets eligible for EDLI scheme by default.
EDLI provides comprehensive insurance coverage round the clock and all round the world for the registered employee.
Employer has the option to go for other group insurance schemes as well, but the benefit must be more or equal to the offerings under EDLI.
The contribution of the employer has been made mandatory of 0.5% of the basic salary or maximum of INR 75 per employee per month. If the employer does not have any group insurance in place, then the maximum contribution is limited to INR 15,000 per month.
DA allowance needs to be added to the basic salary for all calculations under EDLI.
The nominee mentioned in the document will get the lumpsum amount if the insured person dies during active service term. If the nominee is not available or not mentioned, then the proceeds will be given to the eligible legal heir.
Contributions to the EDLI Scheme
The contribution of the EDLI scheme is made by the Employer on behalf of the employees. The employee does not need to make any contribution to the EDLI scheme. However, for other schemes operated by the EPF, the employer deducts the contribution amount before the salary is paid.
The employee’s contribution is calculated as under:
For EPF – 12%
For EPS – None
For EDLI – None
The Employer’s contribution is calculated as under:
For EPF – 12% – EPS contribution
For EPS – 8.33% or INR. 1,250
For EDLI – 0.50 or max INR. 75
The primary objective of the EDLI scheme is to offer financial security to the dependent family members of the employee, in case of an untimely death of the policyholder. Family members include spouse, unmarried female or male child up to the age limit of 25 years. It is not up to the employee to select which of the three schemes, EPF, EPS or EDLI he/she wants to go for, but the schemes will continue even if the employee changes job. The contribution will be made by the new employer in the existing account only.
Calculation of EDLI Charge
In case of the death of the insured person/employee, the death benefit lump-sum will be paid to the registered nominee mentioned in the document. If no beneficiary or nominee name is mentioned, then the proceeds will be given to the next eligible legal heir. The death benefit pay-out to be given to the nominee will be calculated as under:
{Average Monthly remuneration/salary of the insured Employee for the last 12 months (limited to INR 15,000/- p.m.) x 30} + Bonus Amount (INR. 1,50,000)
Therefore, the maximum amount to be paid under EDLI scheme is capped at INR. 6,00,000.
How to Claim the Benefits under EDLI
The procedure to be followed by the beneficiary or nominee to receive the death benefit lump sum under EDLI is as follows. The death benefits can only be claimed by the beneficiary specified by the insured person. If no beneficiary is registered, then the next eligible legal heir or family member can apply for the insured amount.
The insured individual or the deceased person should have been an active member/ contributor to the EPF scheme during the period of his/her death.
The claimant needs to duly fill and submit EDLI Form 5.
The employer will need to sign and certify the claim form.
If is not possible to take signature or certify the claim form from the employer, the claimant can attest the form by any of the following
The bank manager in whose branch the account was maintained and active.
Local MLA or MP
Authorised Gazetted Officer
Authorised Member/Chairman/Secretary of the Local Municipal Board
Sub-Postmaster or Post Master
Member of the regional committee of CBT or EPF
The claim form along with all required documents need to be submitted to the regional EPF Commissioner’s Office in order to process the claim.
The beneficiary can also submit Form 20 (EPF withdrawal claim) as well as Form 10C/D to claim all the benefits valid under the three schemes EPS, EPF and EDLI.
Any other additional documents required to support the claim must be furnished at the earliest to avoid any delay in claim process. On receipt of all the required documents, the EPF commissioner is required to settle the claim within 30 days of the receipt of all documents, along with claim form. In case of delay, the beneficiary will get interest of 12% p.a. on the compensation till the date of release of death benefit amount.
Documents Required for a pay-out under EDLI
The claimant needs to submit the following documents in order to successfully file a claim.
Certificate of death of the EDLI member
Guardianship Certificate: If the claimant is a minor family member, then the legal guardian is required to submit the guardianship certificate.
Succession certificate- This is required if the legal heir is making the claim in case of nominee was not mentioned by the deceased.
Cancelled cheque: To give account details of the beneficiary in which the lump sum death benefit claim amount needs to be deposited, a cancelled cheque is required.
In the instance the members were previously employed under an organisation which was exempted under the EPF Scheme 1952, the employer of such organisation will need to furnish the PF details of last 12 months under the Certificate part and will also be required to send an attested copy of the Member’s Nomination Form.
FAQs on Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme
How do I claim EDLI benefits?
The EDLI benefit can be claimed only by the nominee mentioned in the document. If the deceased person did not write the name of nominee, then the next eligible legal heir will be able to claim the amount. It is to be noted that in the case of surviving family member, a claim cannot be made by the oldest son or the married daughters whose spouses are still alive. If the nominee or surviving family member is a minor, the claim can be made by the legal guardian by submitting the guardian certificate. The claim form 5 can be downloaded from the www.epfindia.gov.in website. The form needs to be duly filled and submitted with the required documents supporting the claim. The claim will be eligible and accepted if the insured person was actively contributing until the date of his/her death. The employer of the deceased will need to attest the claim form for verification purpose. In order to claim other benefits under the scheme, form 20, form 10C and form 10D can be downloaded, filled and submitted. The forms need to be filled in capital letters and a cancelled cheque needs to be submitted along with the other documents so the benefit amount can be transferred to the nominee’s bank account.
How is EDLI calculated?
The EDLI is calculated as per the below formula
{Average Monthly remuneration/salary of the insured Employee for the last 12 months (limited to INR 15,000/- p.m.) x 30} + Bonus Amount (INR. 1,50,000).
Is EDLI compulsory?
The government has made it compulsory for every employee who earns a monthly basic salary of INR 6500 and above to enrol in EPS and EPF. Employees' Deposit-linked Insurance (EDLI) gives a default life insurance scheme which is provided by Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO).
What is EDLI?
EDLI is Employee Deposit Linked Scheme. It is an insurance coverage scheme given to the employees of the organised sector. It secures the family members of the employee financially, in case of the untimely death of the employee during the active term of his/her job. The EDLI scheme is similar to group life insurance policy, but the amount of benefit is dependent on the employee’s current salary.
What are EDLI charges in provident fund?
There are no EDLI administration charges applicable in provident fund with effect from 1st April, 2017.
What is EDLI contribution?
Employees do not have to contribute directly to the EDLI (Employees' Deposit-linked Insurance) scheme. The employer is responsible to make the contributions on behalf of the employee. The contribution of 0.5% of the basic salary by the employer has been made mandatory, or maximum of INR 75 per employee per month.
What is EDLI scheme in PF?
The Employees' Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme (EDLI) is basically aimed at providing an insurance coverage to the employees of the organised sector. The scheme comes under the Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO). The nominee or legal heir registered by the active member of EPFO will receive a lump sum payment of up to INR 6 Lakhs in case of death of the member during the active term of the service.
What are EE and ER in EPF?
EE stands for Employee Contribution amount which the total contribution of the employee in the EPF accounts. It is the total sum of PF amount taken monthly from your salary. ER stands for Employer Contribution which is the total sum of your company contribution towards your PF.
What is EPF, EPS, EDLI?
EPF (are Employee's Provident Fund), EPS (Employee's Pension Scheme) and EDLI (Employee's Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme) are the three saving and insurance benefit schemes offered by the government run Employees Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO.
What is the meaning of EDLI?
Employee's Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme, 1976 is an insurance scheme for employees who join the Employees' Provident Fund. EDLI provides financial security to the family members of the employee covered under this scheme. If the insured person dies, then a lump-sum amount is paid to the nominee or legal heir under the scheme.
What is the use of EDLI?
EDLI provides monetary benefit, also known as assurance benefit, to the dependent family members in case of the sudden death of the employee. The scheme ensures the dependent family members do not face a financial crises, if the breadwinner of the family passes away unexpectedly.
Are the organisations which are exempted under the EPF Scheme 1952 required to announce the EPF Wages?
Yes, the EPF wages have to be announced as those wages will be taken into account for Inspection charges. Also, if the wages are shown as 0, then the EPS wages cannot be entered as the validation has been put that the EPS wages cannot be more than EPF Wages.
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A Perot Museum of Nature & Science curator wound us through the fourth floor of the partially completed space, calling upon visitors to imagine the 80-foot-long dinosaur that would soon occupy where he was standing. Next to that prehistoric giant will be the 25-foot Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum, that horned dino named after the Perot family, the $185-million museum's namesake and chief donor.
Another reptile will hang from the ceiling, with a wingspan the curator compared to a fighter jet and a true bird's-eye view of view of downtown from the windows on all sides of the museum's open floor plan. Architect Thom Mayne of Morphosis aimed to highlight the "middle ground between nature and architecture," he says. "And everything is connected to the city." And it's really freaking cool.
Mayne is a master of fantasy-like architecture-speak. He says things like, "Everything around us is creeping into the building ... the indigenous landscape is coming through the roof" and around the building, to the edge of the windows, appearing as though encroaching on the interior in a "continuous connection between landscape and building."
Mayne designed the boxy structure, with a craggy gray facade reminiscent of undulating geologic formations, to look like a cube floating over a landscaped roof, which consists of more than one acre of garden space. The escalator, which occupies the glass rectangle that appears to be falling from the building's exterior, is designed as a playful "quasi-enigmatic" transport mode that appears to be taking people outside the building.
After guests exit the series of escalators that overlook Woodall Rogers and only go up, up, up, they will begin spiraling, via stairs or glass elevators, through the museum's floors of attractions ranging from prehistoric creatures to energy generation.
The project's third floor, one floor beneath the dinosaurs, houses a 3,700-pound geode from Uruguay with a steering wheel that, when spun, closes and opens the massive rock, like a massive imposing oyster. Geometric imitations of crystal structures jut from the walls. A short walk along the energy wall will lead visitors to a humongous rotating drill bit made to look as though it's drilling a well into the building. This portion of the museum exhibits energy exploration; there's even a "Christmas tree" well head just like those used at drilling operations. This is North Texas, after all.
Today's media sneak peek bypassed the second floor, home to the "engineering" and "being human" halls, and snaked through the lower level, which will house a sports hall, theater, temporary exhibit hall, classrooms, and a children's center with a replica dinosaur dig and a mock-up of the Great Trinity Forest.
Outside, the sweeping entrance plaza will be open to the public with access to the cafe and theater. Huge trees native to Northeast Texas will blanket the surrounding grounds, giving way to a frog pond and a musical forest. What's a musical forest? We're not sure either, but it should be a mythical experience when the museum opens early next year.
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Infosys shares crash 16%, investors lose Rs 53,000 crore
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Infosys shares plunged over 16 percent on Tuesday in the biggest intraday drop in six and a half years after whistleblower complaints accused CEO Salil Parekh and CFO Nilanjan Roy of unethical practices for many quarters. The complainants, a group of anonymous employees, also alleged that Parekh was bypassing reviews and approvals for large deals.
Infosys shares closed 16.21 percent lower at Rs 643.30 on BSE, wiping off over Rs 50,000 in its market capitalisation - its largest ever market cap erosion in a single day.
The stock price opened 10 percent lower at Rs 691 per share on the BSE. Intraday, Infosys shares fell as much as 16.9 percent to Rs 638 per share.
Most brokerages said the whistleblowers' allegations could lead to a lot of potential uncertainty for the company and could put the stock under pressure for the near term.
Jefferies said, "The whistleblowers' letter alleges that many of the large deals have negligible margins. Every 100 bps lower margin impacts FY20/21 EPS estimates by 4.3 percent." The brokerage added that the issue could remain an overhang on the stock for a short term.
Credit Suisse said the nature of allegations is serious and, if proved, this could lead to termination of the top executives. Morgan Stanley said it could derate multiples until further clarifications emerge.
Here’s everything that we know about the Infosys whistleblower complaint and its potential impact
The complainants, who identified themselves as 'ethical employees', in a two-page letter informed Infosys' board of directors that unethical practices of Parekh and Roy were evident from their e-mails and voice recordings of their conversations, reported IANS.
When the board did not respond to their letter, an unnamed whistleblower on behalf of the employees wrote to the US-based office of the Whistleblower Protection Programme on October 3, alleging willful misstatement material accounting irregularities for the last two quarters (April-September), noted the report.
Infosys said both the complaints were placed before the audit committee on October 10 and before the non-executive members of the board on October 11.
"These complaints are being dealt with in an objective manner. The undated whistleblower complaint largely deals with allegations relating to the CEO’s international travel to the US and Mumbai," the company said.
Infosys America Depository Shares declined 12.11 percent to close at $9.29 per share on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Intraday, the Infosys ADR plunged as much as 15.5 percent to a low of $8.93 per share. Indian markets were closed on Monday due to state elections in Maharashtra.
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The Best Places To Live on the Coast in 2019
By Jennifer Brunnemer Slaton
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Live your dream in these 20 towns from West Coast to East, Great Lakes to Gulf, with innovative design, community spirit, and jaw-dropping vistas.
Windsor, Florida
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This artful, Anglo Caribbean–style New Urbanist community on 425 lush acres on Florida’s Atlantic Coast in Vero Beach is getting closer to full build-out, so if pristine lawns and award-winning architecture under balmy skies are your aim, don’t delay. The newest section, the Windsor Park Residences, presides by the Indian River and protected wetlands with dreamy porches to soak in the view. Meanwhile, sea grapes, stately palms, and pretty oaks surround all sides of this low-key, refined-living village, with a post office, art gallery, village store café, amphitheater, and spare, elegant town hall/nondenominational chapel at the center where residents of the 292 seasonal households can gather. While stellar shopping and museum-hopping await just 25 minutes away in Vero Beach, it’s easy to be a good sport on Windsor’s grounds, which offer more than 10 miles of trails, a sparkling Beach Club and 25-meter pool, an equestrian center and polo field, a Robert Trent Jones Jr.–designed golf course, and jasmine-scented tennis courts.
Median Home Price: $3,000,000
Mashpee, Massachusetts
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It’s a superb mash-up when sandy beaches, freshwater ponds, and enchanting woodlands coexist with superior shopping and classic New England architecture all in one little town—and on Cape Cod, no less. Set along the south shore of the Upper Cape and home to 14,154 people, Mashpee manages all of these riches with considerable charm, perhaps nowhere more so than its groundbreaking mixed-use development of Mashpee Commons. What began as a transformation of a 1960s suburban shopping strip into a compact New England town center, Mashpee Commons now has a mix of residential options along its sidewalk-lined streets and green spaces, and is home to a cinema, library, pharmacy, bowling alley, and new bandstand with free concerts and films. New Seabury adds a master-planned community into the town mix with luxe waterfront homes (plus two championship golf courses), and with thousands of acres in the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge, Mashpee is a newly rising New England classic.
Median Home Price: $418,750
Half Moon Bay, California
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The sweeping shoreline and charming Main Street spirit here, 30 miles south of San Francisco, certainly caters to tourists (that ocean-view Ritz-Carlton!). But there’s also real community heart in this small town of 12,870, with particular vibrancy for both young and old. A stellar new library serves as the town’s epicenter, with 22,000 square feet where all ages feel at home, and a sleek, 18,000-square-foot gym and mixed-use facility recently opened for the Boys & Girls Club and local schools. Older adults thrive here, too: The innovative Half Moon Village, part of a Senior Campus downtown, recently won a Global Award for Excellence from the Urban Land Institute and offers affordable housing with amenities like ocean-view units, community gardens, and a bocce ball court. Inspired by the campus, a group of local seniors formed a group dubbed Village of the Coastside, which meets for pickle ball, happy hour, hikes, and lectures. Meanwhile, a renowned farmers’ market, fantastic cycling trails, and festivals all year seal the appeal of Half Moon Bay’s embrace of old-fashioned, multigenerational life.
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Home prices and sales have been on the rise in this below-the-radar port city of 190,265 on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, but there’s still time (and opportunity) to drop anchor for 7 percent below the nation’s average cost of living—plus nab a stunning historic home for a steal relative to other coastal spots around the country. Greek Revival, Italianate, Spanish Colonial Revival, Tudor, Beaux Arts: take your pick. Locals enjoy legendary fishing and sailing on Mobile Bay, and culture here is on point with a professional ballet company, symphony orchestra, professional opera, and several art museums. In the Midtown Mobile historic district, Victory Teaching Farm, an urban education center focused on sustainable agriculture, nurtures and nourishes locals. Finally, this is a town that loves a party—with a vibrant mix of bars and live-music venues, Mobile is also the proud home of the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the country.
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Gig Harbor knows how to have fun. A nautical favorite less than an hour from Seattle, this town of 8,753 posts top national rankings for recreation and social life, and it’s no wonder: There are taverns where you can pull up your boat, Venice-style gondola tours, wine bars, craft breweries, cute shops, and celebrated restaurants you can walk to from the docks of its scenic harbor with a backdrop of Mt. Rainier. The waterfront neighborhood thrives as a live-work-play district with a still-active fishing industry, 10 parks along the shoreline, and turn-of-the-century historic homes. Year-over-year increases in home sales and sale prices, multiple golf courses, and annual film and maritime festivals point the compass to the Northwest for enjoying the good life—before everyone else figures it out.
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You may have never heard of this tucked-away treasure on the shores of Lake Michigan, but that’s because you might not (yet) be a freshwater surfer. Thanks to its wind-whipped waves of four to eight feet, the genial little city of 49,203 is known as the “Malibu of the Midwest” and a mecca for year-round freshwater surfing. (Invest in a wet suit.) But Sheboygan offers much more than a Great Lakes swell: It’s taken high honors for livability qualities such as safety, affordable housing, and quality of life. Add a vibrant waterfront district, a historic and still active lighthouse, a busy 281-slip marina, nationally ranked golfing, and the oldest continually active symphony orchestra in the state of Wisconsin (since 1918), and you have a rich seaside lifestyle at an incredibly affordable price. Plus, no sharks.
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Talk about a land of opportunity. In this year-round sunny city of 115,330 situated 35 miles north of San Diego, employment is on the rise, and innovation is a key driver: For every 1,000 workers, nearly 14 patents are produced (a higher rate than San Jose or San Francisco). And Carlsbad has work-life balance baked into its DNA: Awesome surfing and cycling trails complement a thriving hub of biomedical engineering, genetics R&D, and sports companies, among other specialties. (Several golf brands are headquartered here.) The median household income and Median Home Price are on the rise, but homes are typically less than those in towns to the south like Encinitas and Del Mar. And you can hop on the Coaster rail to commute car-free to San Diego (ocean views included). With low crime and top-notch schools, Carlsbad is a fit for families starting out, as well as parents emptying their nests. Legoland, flower fields, seven miles of beaches, a walkable downtown village, fantastic public art—Carlsbad has it all and just keeps getting better.
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Let’s do the math: 30 miles of clean, white-sand beaches, more than 90 golf courses, and a year-round average temperature of 75 degrees. Factor in famously gorgeous sunsets over the Gulf of Mexico and you’re hitting the algebra of why this small city of 21,948 has the kind of star quality that’s landed it at the top of lifestyle and happiness rankings several years in a row. Leading on measures like residents’ physical health, financial security, and connection to community, Naples’s No. 1 mojo just keeps getting stronger, nabbing other honors such as best retirement city and cleanest air. Along with all those kudos come this pretty city’s essential delights: giant banyan trees; an iconic pier; shiny trolleys clanging past historic architecture, cool cafés, and plentiful museums; and nearby natural wonders like the 170-acre Naples Botanical Garden. Here on the Gulf, it all adds up.
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Things are wild everywhere in the Pacific Northwest, and the natural gifts of this enclave along Oregon’s northern coast are stunning proof. Get a bird’s-eye view of the splendor from Neahkahnie Mountain’s headlands, which offer an outsize vista of land and sea, or stroll the wide, seven-mile beach below and gaze up at towering cliffs and out over foamy waves. And while this daily visual drama might be enough to spur relocation, it’s the locals who make Manzanita a dream town. Elk, bald eagles, seals, and tide pool dwellers are among your neighbors, along with humans (all 651 of them) of the laid-back, community-minded sort. From the New Year’s Day Polar Plunge to the popular Fourth of July downtown parade, people celebrate life creatively in this little village with boutique shops, coffeehouses, and a vibrant arts center that supports and encourages artistic, cultural, and educational activities. There’s a legend about buried Spanish treasure on Neahkahnie Mountain, but the real treasure is this unsung Oregon gem.
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
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The deep pleasures of this idyllic waterfront town announce themselves before you even arrive. The cable-stayed Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge gracefully crosses the Cooper River to connect the vibrant hub of downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant, hosting bikers, walkers, and runners along its 2 1/2-mile span. This lively, picturesque approach sets the tone right away for this community of 86,668, honored nationally for its civic innovation and engagement. Projects abound here, from the folksy (a Holiday Window Decorating Contest) to the forward-thinking (a recent infrastructure makeover increased storm water capacity, as well as adding bicycle and pedestrian lanes, wider sidewalks with activity zones, and a wayfinding system). There’s just so much to love in this haven of top-rated public schools, fantastic pier fishing, and free movies and music in the waterfront park. And then there are all the riches of Charleston—career, culture, and cuisine—just a hop back over that pretty, pretty bridge.
All-star American Beach Towns
Next, meet 10 towns that get the coastal magic mix just right, whether you’re visiting for a weekend or planning your next great chapter by the shore.
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With a buzzy downtown and two miles of white-sand beaches, this best-kept Atlantic coast secret is a South Florida dream. Read more about why we love Delray Beach.
Islamorada, Florida
Heather Miller
This Upper Keys gem has a fantastic blend of Old Florida funkiness, spectacular fishing, and a true island feel. Read more about why we love Islamorada.
Langley, Washington
Whidbey Island’s charming village has great outdoor pursuits like kayaking and hiking, plus a rare sunny climate. Read more about why we love Langley.
Narragansett, Rhode Island
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Victorian architecture, surf culture, and family-friendly beaches combine to make an idyllic New England shore town. Read more about why we love Narragansett.
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Sunny and rich with beaches, this South Shore star is also home to the Kukui‘ula community’s stunning residences and golf.
St. Michaels, Maryland
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The Eastern Shore’s bayside gem pairs salty pleasures like local crab houses with shopping, museums, and recreation. Read more about why we love St. Michaels.
Jessica Sample
This Central Coast city with spectacular historic architecture is a rising food and wine mecca with a boho vibe. Read more about why we love Santa Barbara.
Saugatuck, Michigan
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Great Lakes life hums here with harborfront charms, tawny sands, a deep art scene, and even a hand-cranked Victorian ferry. Read more about why we love Saugatuck.
Southport, North Carolina
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This tiny harbor town has a big heart, maritime culture in spades, and sweet shops, restaurants, and historic homes. Read more about why we love Southport.
Tybee Island, Georgia
Savannah’s official beach town is a toes-in-the-sand escape, with seafood shacks, tiny cottages, and miles of wide Atlantic beaches. Read more about why we love Tybee Island.
To select Best Places to Live 2019, we consulted a number of reports, studies, and lists, including real estate data from ATTOM Data Solutions. Final selections were based on editorial consideration and geographic diversity.
1 of 20 Windsor, Florida
2 of 20 Mashpee, Massachusetts
3 of 20 Half Moon Bay, California
4 of 20 Mobile, Alabama
5 of 20 Gig Harbor, Washington
6 of 20 Sheboygan, Wisconsin
7 of 20 Carlsbad, California
8 of 20 Naples, Florida
9 of 20 Manzanita, Oregon
10 of 20 Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
11 of 20 Delray Beach, Florida
12 of 20 Islamorada, Florida
13 of 20 Langley, Washington
14 of 20 Narragansett, Rhode Island
15 of 20 Poipu, Kauai, Hawaii
16 of 20 St. Michaels, Maryland
17 of 20 Santa Barbara, California
18 of 20 Saugatuck, Michigan
19 of 20 Southport, North Carolina
20 of 20 Tybee Island, Georgia
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Bloggers & Sponsors Wanted for Halloween Event!
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October is only two months away and I'm searching for bloggers and sponsors to participate in the Halloween Blog Bash, a month-long event celebrating the love of the Halloween.
Bloggers: Unlike my previous Halloween events, this year we will share the schedule and host each post on our own blogs. The posts can feature a giveaway, a review (book, movie or product), an interview with a horror author or anything with a Halloween theme.
Bloggers can signup up here!
Sponsors: The Halloween Blog Bash will not be successful without sponsors. I'm looking for publishers, studios and companies to sponsor reviews (books, movies and products) and giveaways for the event.
Sponsors can sign up here!
By Billy Burgess at Thursday, July 31, 2014 1 comment:
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Review - Cattle King for a Day
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Cattle King for a Day
Director: Jim Meskimen
Voice Cast: Michael Yurchak, Corey Burton, R.F. Daley, Jim Meskimen, PhilProcter and
Studio: Galaxy Press
Running Time: 2 hours 4 minutes
Buy Link: Audiobook, Paperback
Step back in time with the Stories from the Golden Age series, featuring classic tales of adventure, mystery and thrill rides from the 1930s and 1940s, all written by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. Galaxy Press is releasing all over Hubbard's short stories (over 150 tales) to paperback and audiobooks.
Originally published in the March 1937 issue of All Western Magazine is the exciting western Cattle King for a Day. This tale centers on the cowboy Chinook Shannon, who heads out for Arizona after learning of his grandfather's sudden death. He plans on running his grandfather's cattle ranch Slash S, which he inherited upon his grandfather's death, but he is in for a huge surprise when he learns that the ranch has less than 24 hours before it is foreclosed. To make matters worse, all the cattle on the land have died. To get the answers of who or whom has put his grandfather's ranch in jeopardy, Chinook heads into town, but there are three road agents blocking his path. With time running out, Chinook is in a race against time to find his grandfather's murderer and save the Slash S cattle ranch.
For an added bonus, there is one additional western tale, titled Come And Get It, which first appeared in the October 1938 issue of All Western Magazine. The story centers on Bill Norton stepping off of the train at Wolf Junction, Wyoming and is excited to take over the Bar N, which was left to him by his late father, whom was supposedly killed by a wild horse, but Bill is shocked to learn that the bank left Red Mike Doherty as the trustee of the ranch. With nowhere else to go, Bill settles as second cook at the ranch, biding his time until he can find out who is really responsible for his father's death.
By Billy Burgess at Thursday, July 31, 2014 No comments:
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Blu-ray Review - Dom Hemingway
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Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke
Studio: 20th Century Fox Entertainment
Release Date: July 22nd, 2014
ASIN: B00KCFC9JI
Buy Link: Amazon
Available now on Blu-ray from Fox Searchlight Pictures is the dark comedy and crime drama, Dom Hemingway, directed by Richard Shepard and starring Jude Law in the title role. Special Features include: Who Is Dom Hemingway, The Story, The Look of Dom Hemingway, A Conversation with the Cast Director, Ping-Pong Loop and Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Richard Shepard.
Jude Law stars a Dom Hemingway, a safecracker with a short fuse, who has spent the last twelve-years in prison. While during his time away, his wife remarried and later died of cancer, and his daughter Evelyn (played by Emilia Clarke) grew up without a father. On the day of release, Dom has one thing on his mind - receiving what it is coming to him for not ratting out his boss, Ivan Fontaine (played by Demián Bichir).
With his one-handed best-friend, Dickie (played by Richard E. Grant), by his side, Dom heads to the French countryside to retrieve the £750,000 from Ivan, but Dom's lager-than-life ego gets the better of him, leaving him buried, bleeding and broke. The only choice he has is to crash at his estranged daughter's apartment, where he is shocked to learn that he is grandfather. Once he is able to stand on his own two feet, he is asked to leave, as Evelyn wants nothing to do with. Now desperate for cash and the love of his daughter, Dom will do anything to get a second chance.
By Billy Burgess at Wednesday, July 30, 2014 No comments:
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Review - Batman: Catwoman's Nine Lives
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Batman: Catwoman's Nine Lives
By: Matthew K. Manning
Illustrated By: Luciano Vecchio
Publisher: Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date: August 1, 2014
Its hard to believe it has been nearly 75 years since Batman first appeared in Detective Comics. The Cape Crusader has been entertaining fans for generations with films, live-action series and animated series. With children fascinated with comic book heroes, Stone Arch Books has released a line of chapter books involving DC superheroes.
The newest chapter book release is titled Batman: Catwoman's Nine Lives which features 12 unique comic book style pages in this intriguing adventure.
It all starts with Catwoman stealing a cat statue, only to run into the Penguin, who makes an offer she can't refuse - to steal the Ventriloquist's dummy, Scarface in exchange for cash. It seems like a great offer that is until Catwoman runs into Batman.
By Billy Burgess at Tuesday, July 29, 2014 No comments:
Monday Morning Madness #46: I Hate Waiting Around For the FedEx Guy!
Billy Burgess Monday Morning Madness ,
If you missed my post on Friday, my cat, Fred, passed away. He became sick on Tuesday and I took him to the vet on Wednesday, which he was diagnosed with kidney failure. The vet had him for 48 hours, but in the end there was nothing the vet could do to save him.
Insomnia set in last week due to the whole ordeal and I finally crashed on Saturday, falling asleep in late afternoon. I was more or less numb for most of Sunday and my shoulder was hurting from digging Fred's grave Friday afternoon.
Today, I awoke bright and early and exercised, which is something I have been lacking lately. I watched the movie Rage starring Nicolas Cage, which I'll be writing a review for in the next couple of days. I was basically just wasting time until the FedEx guy showed up, so I could sign for a delivery. I went outside for five minutes to pick some tomatoes and jalapenos from the small garden in the back yard. I wasn't gone five minutes, but it was long enough for the FedEx to leave a "You Weren't Home" sign on my front door. The funny thing is when I was walking back from from the garden towards the deck, I saw the FedEx truck drive by. You would think that he would have seen me and turned around, but I guess he didn't.
By Billy Burgess at Monday, July 28, 2014 No comments:
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Review - The Berenstain Bears': God Shows The Way
Summer is nearly over, well at least for the kids that are heading back to school; meaning kids will be having the dreaded homework assignments, including book reports. I know some kids may think reading is boring, as they would probably rather be playing a video game, but reading can be a joyful experience when you find that one perfect title to read. Therefore, I am going to be featuring a few Back to School Reads on here.
Arriving in bookstores on August 5th is the 3-books-in-1, The Berenstain Bears': God Shows The Way (978-0310742111), which is part of the Zonderkidz I Can Read! series.
The Berenstain Bears' book series was first published in 1962, written by the husband and wife duo, Stan & Jan Berenstain. Since then over 260 million copies have been sold around the world. Sadly, both authors have now passed away, but their son, Mike, has took over their work by writing and illustrating more titles.
The Berenstain Bears': God Shows The Way features three previously released titles that have been rewritten with a Christian theme.
Faith Get Us Through was originally published as Lost in a Cave under the "Cub Club" series in 1994. The story centers on Papa Bear leading the Bear Scouts (Brother, Sister, Lizzy, and Cousin Freddy) into a cave, so they can earn their Cave Adventures Merit Badge, but after a wrong turn they become lost in the cave.
Do Not Fear, God Is Near was originally published as And the Spook Shadows under the "Cub Club" series in 1992. Sister Bear use to be scared of almost anything but Papa Bear taught her that trusting God will take away all of her fears. This works for all of her fears except for one - her own shadow and Brother Bear keeps teasing her about it.
By Billy Burgess at Sunday, July 27, 2014 No comments:
Review & Giveaway - An Average Joe's Pursuit For Financial Freedom
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An Average Joe's Pursuit For Financial Freedom
by Michael Warren Munsey
Publisher: Xlibris US
ASIN: B00JRW4CTM
Buy Links: Paperback, Kindle, ExLibris
Info from back of book cover:
An Average Joe’s Pursuit for Financial Freedom offers a different perspective on money than what is traditionally taught by our parents and in our school systems. The reason there is such a discrepancy between the wealthy and the poor is due to the difference in the way money is perceived. We are not born with the ability to maintain wealth: it is something that is learned. The knowledge of knowing how to make money work to generate passive income is something that anyone can learn as long as they are disciplined. An Average Joe’s Pursuit for Financial Freedom is based on practical concepts and discusses the problems that the majority of us face with our personal finance. The concepts in this book are based on theory by an author that practices what he writes about.
I don't ever read financial themed books, but considering our economy is still rocky, I thought it wouldn't hurt to read this book.The author uses his own personal experiences to give financial advice instead of depending on simple statistics.
Yes, your first solution to making more money is to get a higher paying job, which might not be an easy thing to do if you don't have a college eduction, but then again a college eduction doesn't guarantee financial freedom. If you don't have a full scholarship, then you're going to have to get financial aid, meaning you'll be making payments for at least ten years. Plus, just because you have a college degree doesn't mean you'll find a high paying job.
By Billy Burgess at Saturday, July 26, 2014 6 comments:
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In Loving Memory: Fred - ? - July 25, 2014
Billy Burgess
Picture was taken around Halloween 2011.
My kitty cat, Fred, was put to sleep this morning after become ill earlier this week. I'm not for sure of his exact age. He was a stray cat that showed up on the deck in 2009. He was the friendliest and smartest cat I have ever known. He was a very talkative cat; always meowing and happy to see everyone. His favorite hobby was being brushed.
Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together.
There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.
All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.
The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.
They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.
You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....
Author unknown...
By Billy Burgess at Friday, July 25, 2014 2 comments:
Book Blogger Hop: July 25th - 31st
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Welcome to the new Book Blogger Hop!
If you want schedule next week's post, click here to find the next prompt question. To submit a question, fill out this form.
1. Post on your blog answering this question:
This week's question is submitted by Elizabeth!
Do you like to read books with a theme such as Halloween, Christmas, etc?
2. Enter the link to your post in the linky list below (enter your Blog Name and the direct link to your post answering this week’s question. Failure to do so will result in removal of your link).
3. Visit other blogs in the list and comment on their posts. Try to spend some time on the blogs reading other posts and possible become a new follower. The purpose of the hop is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
Yes, I read holiday themed books. Actually, I have a wide variety in my reading likes. I'll read a horror book set around Halloween about a crazed killer and then I'll read an Amish fiction anthology set around Christmas.
Linky List:
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Ozeri Moderna 2 Double-Wall Thermo Glasses Review
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You might recall me reviewing the Serafino Double-Wall Thermo Glasses this year from Ozeri. Now the company has made a similar style glasses, but these hold only 2 fl oz. They are called the Moderna 2 Double-Wall Thermo Glasses.
Have you ever seen a shot glass before? Well, at first glance the Moderna glasses look like the average shot glass, but there there is a twist. These glasses have a double-wall borosilicate glass which is designed to keep your hands cool, even when you have a hot beverage. This will also stop any condensation from chilled drinks.
You might be wandering why would you need a double-wall shot glass, as shot glasses are normally used to drink liquor, but you can use the Moderna glasses for coffee, cappuccinos, hot or iced teas, cocktails or frozen beverages. The glasses can be used in a dishwasher or microwave and is freezer safe!
By Billy Burgess at Friday, July 25, 2014 No comments:
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Slugterra: Return of the Elementals Review
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The hit Disney XD animated series Slugterra is getting the big screen treatment on August 2nd with the nationwide release of Slugterra: Return of the Elementals. Shout! Factory, Screenvision and Nerd Corps have teamed up to bring the second Slugterra movie to cinemas all across the United States.
Since its premiere in 2012, Slugterra has become a mega hit with children and adults, airing 39 episodes over three seasons. It has been broadcast in over 150 countries.
Earlier this year, the first movie, Slugterra: Gouls From Beyond, went straight-to-DVD; centering on the series slug-slinging hero, Eli Shane (voiced by Sam Vincent), and his pals, Pronto (voiced by Lee Tockar), Trixie (voiced by Shannon Chan-Kent) and Kord (voiced by Andrew Francis), as they battle Dark Slinger and his Goons. Now, the Shane Gang are accompanied by their new ally, Junjie (voiced by Brian Dobson), a master of the mysterious slugslinging art of Slug Fu and the former Dark Slinger, as they go on their biggest mission ever.
After the slugs all across the 99 Caverns start turning into ghouls, the Shadow Clan give Shane a hologram message left by his father instructing him to find the five Legendary Elemental Slugs (Earth, Air, Energy, Fire, Water). If these five slugs fall into the wrong hands, Slugterra will be destroyed.
Eli and his friends travel to different Caverns in the attempt to gather the five Elementals, but they encounter a slight problem - Dr. Blakk (voiced by Mark Oliver) and his Goons are after the Elementals too. Eli must confront his past in order to stop Dr. Blakk once in for all.;
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Where's Friday?
Billy Burgess ramblings ,
Do you remember back in our middle school days when you would rather skip Thursday and go straight to Fridays, as that afternoon would kickoff your weekend with no school?
That is the way I feel right now. After literally not sleeping a single minute during the night, I decide to get out of bed at 4 A.M. and get a few things done, well to distract my mind for a few hours. My cat, Fred, went to the vet yesterday and things do not look good for my feline friend. I left at the vet for 24 hours, but I was warned to brace for the worst outcome today. Fred was a starving stray cat that showed up on the deck in 2009. He has been a great pet; always purring and very friendly. My other cat, Gaby, has been quite through the whole ordeal. I feel for her.
While I'm writing this, I'm listening to an Evanescence album, again. It seems anytime I'm stressed the only thing that can calm be down is listening to music, which lately Evanescence is the only music that has been taking away my worries. I only wish the band had more albums out.
It looks like I'm going to get three more packages by UPS today. I keep wondering what my neighbors think of me getting so many packages weekly. They must either think I'm addicted to ordering stuff or I have a lot of money, which neither is true. I very seldom actually order something anymore and if I do, it is normally something I'm saving back as Christmas presents.
Labels: ramblings
2015 Quilting Block & Pattern-A-Day Calendar Review
2015 Quilting Block & Pattern-A-Day Calendar
by Debby Kratovil and Jean Ann Wright
Publisher: Accord Publishing (a division of Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC)
Pub. Date: July 15, 2014
ASIN: 978-1449453626
Buy Link: Amazon, Accord Publishing
Believe it or not, but there are just over five months left of 2014, meaning the department stores are going to be having 2015 calendars for sale. If you live in a small town like I do, then your local stores have a limited supply of calendars, so finding the perfect wall or desk calendar can be a bit of a challenge. Luckily this is the digital age and you can order any calendar you want by simply using your smartphone, iPad, tablet or laptop.
Accord Publishing releases many wall and desk calendars every year, covering about any theme your heart can imagine, from Family Guy to the Farmer's Market. They also publish many craft themed calendars, such as crocheting, knitting, water-coloring and quilting.
The 2015 Quilting Block & Pattern-A-Day Calendar was released last week featuring 68 different projects from Debby Kratovil and Jean Ann Wright. Instructions for each project ( overall dimensions & measurements and fabric specifications) are located on the back of the first page of each quilt design. The block patterns and templates for each project follow after the first design page.
The 68 quilt projects featured in this calendar are:
Review - Damian: Son of Batman Deluxe Edition
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Damian: Son of Batman Deluxe Edition
by Andy Kubert, Grand Morrison
Publisher: DC Comics
Arriving in comic book stores this Tuesday, July 22, 2014 is the hardback Damian: Son of Batman Deluxe Edition, featuring Issues #1-4 of Damian: Son of Batman and Batman #666.
In the DC Comic Universe, Batman had a son, Damian, with Talia al Ghu. At the young age of ten, Damian took on the identity of Robin, fighting side-by-side with his father and later becoming Redbird, until his death by the hands of the Heretic.
Damian returned last year in the"what if" 4-issue storyline, Damian: Son of Batman, which Damian takes up Dick Grayson's mantel as the Batman in a potential future after Batman dies. Unlike the old Batman, Damian will kill criminals if needed, despite the fact that this upsets his elderly father, Bruce Wayne. Damian decides it is best that he goes by the Batman code and not kill anyone, but his anger always gets the better of him.
In Batman #666, Damien is now adult taking over his father's legacy as the Batman, but he uses more violent approach to stopping criminals, which has upsets Commissioner Barbra Gordon, who condemns Batman's actions. In this version, Damien sold his soul to the Devil in exchange to receive the immortality he needs to protect Gotham.
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Review: Star Trek: Khan by Mike Johnson Claudia Balboni
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*This is a sponsored review. All opinions are 100% mine.
While last year's Star Trek: Into Darkness was a box-office success, for most fans the film was a complete misfire with dozens of inconsistencies and plotholes, especially when a British actor, Benedict Cumberbatch, took on the role of Khan Noonien Singh.
I have to admit that I did see the film in theaters last year, but besides from a few entertaining action scenes, the movie was downright stupid thanks to a horrible script and a halfwit finale. That being said, I still have fondness for the franchise, as I grow up watching The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine, which is the main reason why I gave the graphic novel Star Trek: Khan a try.
The opening takes place towards the end of Star Trek Into Darkness with Khan Noonien Singh standing trial for his crimes. This is where Khan tells his origin story during the Eugenics Wars, his time aboard Botany Bay and of course the events that lead him into the new Trek timeline.
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Review - The X-Files: Conspiracy
The X-Files: Conspiracy
by John Stanisci
Publisher: IDW Publishing
I grew up watching FBI Agents Mulder and Scully investigating the strange and the bizarre on Friday night and then later on Sunday nights over the course of nine seasons. I even watched the short-lived spinoff, The Lone Gunmen and the two X-Files feature films. The franchise seemed to be dead until the official 10th season comic book series arrived last year, picking up where the 2nd feature film left off.
Despite dying in the final season of The X-Files, it is explained in the comic book series that The Lone Gunmen (Byers, Fronhike and Langly) faked their deaths and they are continuing their work to expose conspiracies.
In The X-Files: Conspiracy, The Lone Gunmen are sent internet files from the future, where they learn that a deadly virus will wipe out humanity. Of course the trio turn to Agents Mulder and Scully to help them, but while they are investigating one lead, it is up to the Gunmen to investigate several urban legends that might be the cause of the upcoming outbreak.
This is a crossover with other IDW Publishing titles, so these urban legends involve the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Ghostbusters, the Transformers and the Crow. Between being chased in the sewers by mutants, being scared to death by a ghost and confronting alien-changing robots, the Gunmen have their work cut out for them.
Review - Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 2
Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 2
by Tom Taylor, Mark S. Miller Tom Derenick, Bruno Redondo
Pub. Date: July 1, 2014
Do recall the old Mortal Combat games where you battle it out against another warrior? Well, the creators of Mortal Combat took that idea and created the video game Injustice: Gods Among Us, set in the DC Universe. In January 2013, a weekly digital comic book prequel was released, shortly followed by print versions of the issues.
Injustice: Gods Among Us Vol. 2 contains issues 7-12 and the Injustice: Gods Among US Annual #1. The overall plot details Lex Luther becoming the Justice League's new ally, pulling their strings to create his own alternate universe. A world where Lois Lane is dead and Superman takes vengeance into his own hands by killing the Joker.
Superheroes pick sides -you are either good or evil! Green Arrow, Black Canary, Huntress, Captain Atom, and Catwoman choose to follow Batman. While Wonder Woman, the Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern, Hawkgirl, Shazam, and Robin are teaming up with Superman with the idea that lives have to be lost to restore justice to the world.
By Billy Burgess at Sunday, July 20, 2014 1 comment:
Review - The Last Bride by Beverly Lewis
The Last Bride
Home to Hickory Hollow, book 5
by Beverly Lewis
Publisher: Bethany House
Pub. Date: April 1, 2014
Once again, I have read another Amish fiction title, but this time it is by the author who gave birth to the genre, Bethany Lewis. I believe this is the final installment in the Home to Hickory Hollow series that started with The Fiddler, The Bridesmaid, The Guardian and The Secret Keeper.
The Last Bride centers on Tessie Miller, one of the five daughters from her Old Order parents. She is in love with Marcus King, but like Romeo and Juliet, they are denied to have a relationship. Her older sister, Mandy, advices her to leave things alone and obey her father's wishes, even though her sister is in a loveless arranged marriage.
Unknowingly to their family and friends, Tessie and Marcus travel to the English world and enlope, but instead of running away to live together as man and wife, they return home to Hickory Hollow and try to hide their marriage from everyone.
After a tragedy occurs, the true reason behind her father's disapproval is finally revealed. Tessie must have faith in the Lord and understanding of the true meaning of "grace," so she is able to survive.
Return To The Point Horror Genre With Teacher's Pet
While most middle-graders were joining sports teams, school marching band and other activities, I had my nose in a book during the 90s. I would keep a couple of paperbacks stored in my desk and when any free time came available, I would grab the book and read like there was no tomorrow. Of course I read the Goosebumps series during this era, but my favorite books were under the Point Horror brand. Such authors as R.L. Stine, Diane Ho, Christopher Pike, Caroline B. Cooney and Richie Tankerlsey Cusick wrote horror titles involving teenage characters in these books.
I can't pinpoint one favorite book from this genre, as there too many of them, but Teacher's Pet by Richie Tankersley Cusick is in top of my lists. I appreciate Open Road Integrated Media for releasing it to an eBook format for a new generation to read.
Originally published in November 1990, Teacher's Pet centers on an aspiring teenage horror author, Kate. Her teacher, Miss Bunceton, signs her up to attend a writing writer's conference camp, which one of the classes is being taught by her idol - horror author, William Drewe. To her disappointment, when she arrives she learns that William Drewe hardly ever attends his own classes, but instead sends his brother, Gideon, in his place.
Return To The "The Baby-Sitters Club" World With Dawn: Diary One
If you grew up during the 80s and the 90s, then you probably remember the popular children book series The Baby-Sitters Club from author Ann. M. Martin. The books were so popular that a short-lived television series aired on HBO in 1990, a feature-film version in 1995 and several spinoff book series. One of the series was titled California Diaries and is now available to purchase on Kindle.
DVD Review - American Dad Vol. 9
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American Dad Vol. 9
Voice Cast: Seth MacFarlane, Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Rachael MacFarlane, Dee Bradley Baker
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
ASIN: B00LFW6BA0
Available to own through Amazon's manufactured on demand service (MOD) is the outrageous adult animation series American Dad Vol. 9, featuring all 19 episodes from the ninth season.
Created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, and Matt Weitzman, the series centers on the CIA Agent Stan Smith (voiced by MacFarlane). When he isn't assassinating a terrorist for his boss, the Deputy Director Avery Bullock (voiced by Patrick Stewart), he tries to have a normal life with his blonde blondeshell wife Francine (voiced by Wendy Schaal), his hippie daughter Hayley (voiced by Rachael MacFarlane), his stonier son-in-law Jeff Fischer (voiced by Jeff Fischer) and his dorky son Steve Smith (voiced by Scott Grimes). Then there is also the alien named Roger living in his attic and the talking goldfish, Klaus Heissler.
Season Nine kicks off with Roger kidnapping Hayley and Stan trying to sell his black SUV. Hayley and Jeff's marriage has hit rock-bottom, especially when Jeff is abducted by aliens. Klaus Heissler steals Stan's body. Francine's childhood catches up with her in "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny:She's Doing Well The Hole Story." Steve continues his dorky life, while Roger goes even zanier.
The episodes on the 3-disc set are:
By Billy Burgess at Saturday, July 19, 2014 No comments:
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Take A Voyage On The Titanic 2!
I have always been a fan of children stories, but due to the surge of unwanted vampire titles, thanks to the overrated Twilight Saga, I haven't read too many children book titles over the last few years. During my elementary years, I became a little obsessed with the Titanic shipwreck, reading any book and watching any documentary on the subject. After the overrated 1997 film, I became less interested in it, but my interest returned in 2012 during the 100th anniversary of the disaster. That being said, it is pretty obvious why I wanted to read the first book in The Haunted Museum series.
Review - Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Tales From Oz
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Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Tales From Oz
by Meredith Finch and Joe Brusha
Publisher: Zenescope
I guess you can say that I'm playing catch up today with a few NetGalley titles that have been read months ago, but I'm just now taking the time to actually write the reviews.
I'm sure almost everyone has heard of The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz books by L. Frank Baum or has seen the 1938 musical-film version. The land of Oz is once again becoming popular with last year's Disney film, Oz the Great and Powerful and this year's animated film Legend of Oz: Dorthy's Return. The Wicked Witch even appeared on the popular ABC series Once Upon A Time this year. Two more television series are in the works, NBC's Emerald City and Lifetime's Red Brick Road. Now, the Grim Fairy Tale is putting their own twist on the legend.
Tales From Oz is a prequel set in the Grimm universe, which consists of four Realms (Wonderland, Neverland, Myst, and Oz). Similar to the Wonderland issues, the Grimm version of Oz is written and illustrated for adult readers. Here the stories are centered on Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, The Scarecrow, and Toto, giving a origin tale for each character.
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Review - Hellboy In Hell Vol. 1: The Descent
Hellboy In Hell Vol. 1: The Descent
by Mike Mignola and Dave Stewart
Publisher: Diamond Book Distributors
Pub.Date: June 3,, 2014
While Hellboy has been in the comic book world since 1993, I have only been exposed to the films starring Ron Perlman in the title role. I was excited when I saw this title was available to review on NetGalley, I eagerly signed up to review, as this was my chance to read a Hellboy tittle.
This summer's release of Hellboy In Hell Vol. 1: The Descent combines the first four issues (The Descent, Pandemonium, Family Ties and The Three Gold Whips) of the Hellboy In Hell series into one volume.
"Shortly thereafter he fought a dragon and was killed."
Yes, that is the introduction line in the first issue that sets up the plot with Hellboy literally going to hell. From the entering the Abyss to traveling through the heart of hell, Pandemonium, Hellboy must confront his past, present and future, if he is going to survive. In the end, he must pick up his father's sword and slay the devil and take the thrown to fulfill his destiny.
Book Blogger Hop: July 18th - 24th
Do covers pull you in?
Yes, a great cover will get me interested in reading a book. I remember seeing the first Goosebumps book at Walmart in the early 90s and the book jumped out at me. As an adult, if the cover looks great, I'll check the back cover to see if I want to read the book.
Bru Joy Deluxe Can Opener Review
While I don't consider myself a professional chef, I do know my way around the kitchen. I'm well aware many people my age prefer take-out over cooking at home, probably because it is more convenient and a lot of people just doesn't know how to cook. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to open a can of something, pour it into a pan and heat it. Therefore, everyone should own a can opener!
I have own several hand-held can openers over the years. One in particular lasted several years until the plastic handle broke off. Sadly, the only replacements I could find in the stores were cheap-made and they would either not cut correctly or they would just break after a few uses. Also, I have tried the battery-operated hand-free can opener, which did work, but I had to replace the batteries at least once a week. I eventually broke down and bought a stainless steal electric can opener. Tip: never buy a plastic can opener, as they are cheap-made and they won't last long.
When I saw that the Bru Joy Deluxe Can Opener was available to review on Tomoson, I eagerly signed up to review it and luckily I was one of the bloggers chosen.
The Other Woman Blu-ray Giveaway
The Other Woman is coming to DVD and Blu-ray, July 29th!
It’s time to get even! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment takes girl power to a whole new level with THE OTHER WOMAN, debuting on Blu-ray & DVD July 29. With Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann as the leading ladies and newcomers Kate Upton and Nicki Minaj bringing the jokes left and right, ladies all over better be ready for the perfect movie to end their summer in style! Cameron Diaz leads a knockout cast in this irreverent comedy about love, lust and the laws of karma. New York attorney Carly Whitten (Diaz) is nobody’s fool. So when she accidentally discovers that her too-good-to-be-true boyfriend Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) is married, she’s less than thrilled. Not only that, she and Mark’s wife Kate (Leslie Mann), learn about yet another mistress (Kate Upton)! Great boyfriends are hard to find, even in the movies. To prepare you for the release of The Other Woman, we have made a list of the top ten boyfriends that Hollywood films have to offer.
The Best Hollywood Boyfriends:
Noah Calhoun- The Notebook
“So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday.”
Jack Dawson- The Titanic
“Winning that ticket, Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me... it brought me to you. And I'm thankful for that, Rose. I'm thankful.”
By Billy Burgess at Friday, July 18, 2014 14 comments:
What Is Your Book Inspired Vacation?
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Yes, the summer months means "fun in the sun" to some and to others it means "vacation time." I haven't been on an actual vacation in at least fifteen years. Typically, not going on vacation doesn't bother me, but this month my body and mind are taking a hit for not taking a vacation.
After watching (well, more like listening) the film Austenland (based on the book of the same name by Shannon Hale) on Starz, where a woman takes a vacation at a Jane Austen-themed resort, I started wondering what would be my favorite vacation inspired by a novel.
A friend of mine has been to England and she is going there again in a few weeks, so maybe I should think about taking a trip there, as one of my favorite books is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which is set during the Victorian era. Then again, I now know a bit of Italian, German, French and Spanish thanks to some audio CDs, so I could take an international adventure like the in the Dan Brown novels.
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No Spots of Rain in the Air — Thinking About Dehumidifiers
If you suffer the ill effects of too much moisture in the air, a home filter system that dries the air can really help. Moistness can exacerbate a range of health conditions, including allergies and asthma. As if that’s not bad enough, it can damage your home. Wood flooring, wallpaper and paint will all be on the receiving end.
By installing a product that pulls that moisture out of the air, you can protect both your home and your health. However, with so many types and styles on the market, it pays to do your research and find out more before make a purchase.
You can effectively (and almost effortlessly) draw the wetness from the air by installing a dehumidifier. The first, and possibly the most important, thing to consider when choosing one is the size of the room you want to use it in. The products are marked with 24 hour removal capacity. You'll want one that can keep up with the amount of air in a given room, be it the bedroom, living room or basement game room. You'll need to empty the collection bin regularly so be sure you pick one that holds enough water for times when you aren't home or are sleeping.
Blu-ray Review - Rio 2
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Voice Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, Bruno Mars, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am
Studio: 20th Century Home Entertainment
ASIN: B00JK532GA
Arriving on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD yesterday is the blockbuster computer-animated sequel, Rio 2. Special Features on the Blu-ray includes Rio Refresher; deleted scenes; Boom, Shake, Snap: The Local Sounds of Brazil; Birds and Beats: The Singing Talents of Rio 2; Nigel the Shakespearean Cockatoo and Friends; Music, Dance, Sing Along Machine; You Be the Judge Auditions; "What Is Love" Lyric Video by Janelle Monae, still gallery; and Almost Home Teaser Short.
Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg), his wife Jewel (voiced by Anne Hathaway) and their three kids, Carla, Bia and Tiago, along with their pals Rafael, Nico and Pedro, leave Rio in search of Blu's former owner Linda Gunderson (voiced by Leslie Mann ) and her husband, Tulio Monteiro, who are currently in the Amazon. They are also on the hunt for other blue macaws that have been spotted in the area.
Blu, Jewel and their family do indeed find the blue macaws, including Jewel's father, Eduardo. While Jewel and their children are easily accepted into the flock, Blu is considered an outsider since he was raised by a human.
Review - Death by the Book
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Death by the Book
A Drew Farthering Mystery, book two
by Julianna Deering
Pub. Date: March 4, 2014
Buy Link: Paperback
You might've remember me reviewing Rules of Murder by Julianna Deering last year, a throwback mystery in the style of the great Agatha Christie. Now, the author is back with the sequel, Death by the Book, and as you can see by the book cover, the author respects the old-fashion mystery genre.
Once again, Drew Farthering is the main Protagonist, who was looking forward to announcing his engagement to the American, Madeline Parker, but fate has other plans for him for the summer of 1932 when a series of murders occurs in the Village of Farthering St.
While he isn't a professional detective, his love for reading Ronald Knox's mysteries and his experiences that occurred during Rules of Murder have prepared him to take on the mysterious new case (including the death of his family's attorney) that has baffled the police. Along at his side is his friend, Nick, who happens to be the butler's son; together they try to link the attorney's death to the murder of a local physician. The bodies keep piling up that is until the police arrest the murderer, but Drew suspects they have caught the wrong person and the killer is still on the loose.
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The Purge: Anarchy Prize Pack Giveaway
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Before the horror sequel, The Purge: Anarchy, hits theaters next Friday July 18th, its time to test your knowledge by taking the 5 Things To Know Before You Watch The Purge: Anarchy Interactive GIFs. All you have to do is movie your mouse across the GIFs to the control the scene.
How will you stay safe during the Purge?
The New Founders of America invite you to celebrate your annual right to Purge. The Purge: Anarchy follows an unlikely group of five citizens who, over the course of the night, are hunted across the city in a kill-or-be-killed series of survival scenarios during the annual Purge.
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DVD Review - The New Normal: The Complete First Season
The New Normal: The Complete First Season
Starring: Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Georgia King, Bebe Wood, NeNe Leakes, Javson Blair, Ellen Barkin
ASIN: B00K8HAKAK
Available through Amazon's manufacturing on demand (MOD) service is the 2012-2013 sitcom The New Normal, co-created by Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tick, Glee, American Horror Story). The series aired on NBC for one season and received mixed reviews from critics, a few even calling the series "raciest."
The New Normal centers on a gay California couple, Bryan (played by Andrew Rannells) and David (played by David Bartha), whom decide that they want to become parent. They seek out the perfect surrogate - Goldie (played by Georgia King), and they instantly befriend Goldie and her wiser-than-her-age daughter, Shania.
Life seemed to be going great until Gold's overprotected raciest grandmother, Jane Forrest (played by Ellen Barkin) decides to movie to California to disturb them in anyway possible. To make matters worse, Goldie's slacker ex-boyfriend shows up wanting custody of Shania.
The 22 episodes on the 3-disc set are:
Review - Colors of Awakening: Into the Mists
It's odd that the Book Blogger Hop question I posted on Friday involved "if I had ever read a book that had been translated into English" and at the time I had said "no." Then I started reading Colors of Awakening: Into the Mists by O. N. Gandelman. And guess what? The book has been translated into English by Rachel Stomel, so now I'm going to have update by my Book Blogger Hop answer.
In the fantasy adventure, Kate Collins and her two best friends, Sophie Lolens and Alexa Peters, are transported to a strange new, magical world that coexists within our own reality. This new world is called "The Mists." Their lives that they have always known is shattered in an instance and they must now accept their destinies.
I'm trying not to make a habit of revealing too many spoilers in my reviews, so I won't go any further with the synopsis.
Mighty Hanger Non-Slip Clothes Hanger Review
When I expanded this blog to include product reviews, never in my wildest dreams would I ever imagine that I would be reviewing a set of clothes hangers, but after halfway cleaning my bedroom closet this past spring, I became more open to reviewing space-saving products, including the Mighty Hanger Non-slip Clothes Hanger.
What makes the Mighty Hangers different from other hangers?
Well, besides from the sleek rose red color, the Mighty Hangers has many features that stands out from other, such as:
"S" Design
Extra Grip
360° Swivel Steel Hook
Indented Notches For Dresses
Protect Against Marks
Hang Ties, Scarves, Belts, and Towels
Saves Up to 70% Of Closet Space
Pimsleur Approach Italian 1
After learning how to speak a bit of French, Spanish and German through the Pimsleur Approach method, I decided to give the Pimsleur Approach Italian 1 a try, which well all know Italian is the language of love.
For those of you who don't know about the Pimsleur Approach, I'll give you a short history lesson. The method was originally developed in 1963 by the world renowned linguist, Dr. Paul Pimsleur. His Pimsleur Method changed the way languages are learned. His extensive research lead him to create the two ground-breaking principles - the Principle of Graduated Interval Recall and the Principle of Anticipation. Both this principles are blended onto the audio CDs, this way you no longer have sit in a boring classroom, try to learn from a textbook or download any software.
Each Pimsleur Approach program has 30 lessons (units) on 16 CDs, with each lesson being 30 minutes in length. The program requires you to listen to one lesson per day. If you haven't grasped the lesson in one session, then just repeat the lesson the next day and continue doing so until you have mastered the lesson.
This week's question is submitted by Emma!
Do you read books translation? What are the last 3 books in translation you read?
I don't think I have ever read a book that has been translated to English. I have picked up the The Millennium trilogy (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) by the late Stieg Larsson at a thrift store, but I haven't gotten around to reading them yet.
DVD Review - Last Man Standing: The Complete First & Second Seasons
Available on DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment through Amazon's manufacture on demand (MOD) is Last Man Standing: The Complete First Season and Last Man Standing: The Complete Second Season.
Tim Allen returned to television with the family-sitcom Last Man Standing in 2011. He plays Mike Baxter, the marketing director for the sporting goods store, Outdoor Man, which is owned by Edward "Ed" Alzate (played by Héctor Elizondo). After spending several years traveling around the world promoting the store and working on the yearly calender, Mike decides to change the store's marketing tactics by vlogging. This also gives him more free time to spend his with wife, Vanessa (played by Nancy Travis) and their three daughters - Kristin, Mandy and Eve. The eldest daughter, Kristen, has a son, Boyd.
Despite premiering to over twelve-million viewers on Tuesday nights, the ratings dropped to half that by the end of the season. The series managed to get picked up for a second season, but with many changes, including the change in showrunner and the move to Friday nights. Actress Alexandra Krosney, who plays Kristin, was replaced with actress Amanda Fuller. The grandson, Boyd, magically aged three years, now played by Flynn Morrison. Jordan Masterson takes over the role of Boyd's father, Ryan Vogelson. Another major change was the added political tone, in which Mike would bunt heads with Ryan over politics.
The series has maintained decent ratings since moving to Friday nights and will begin its fourth season in the fall. Typically, television shows are released on DVD a few months after a season ends, but for some reason Last Man Standing never received traditional DVD releases, but instead seasons one and two were released through the Amazon's manufacture on demand (MOD).
The episodes featured on the sets are:
BEDTIME BLISS Sleep Mask, Ear Plugs & Carry Case Review
I think we all have to agree that getting a good night's rest is important, as we are able to function properly the next day at work, school or whatever you have planned to do that day.
I'm a natural born night owl and when I do go to bed I have a hard time sleeping, mostly due to the air conditioner kicking on and off, the neon light from the alarm clock and the bright light from the night light. Yes, I could unplug the night light, but if I need to get a drink of water or use the bathroom during the night, I have a hard time not running into something, as I wear eye glasses.
The only choice I have is to wear a sleep mask to block out the light from my eyes while I rest. Luckily, I received a chance to review the Bedtime Bless Sleep Mask, which is currently on sale for $13.97 on Amazon.com. The sleep mask comes with a free pair of ear plugs and a carry case.
3 Piece Grill Set Review
I'm sure many of you probably had a barbecue with your family & friends over 4th of July and you'll probably do plenty more outdoor grilling during the rest of the summer.
One of my favorite summer things to do is to grill chicken breasts, steaks, pork chops and hamburgers. Besides from having a reliable barbecue grill, you need to have a good set of grilling utensils.
Over the years, I have owned several different set of grilling utensils, which all them have wooden handles. Sure, they look great, but after a few uses the color of the wooden handles begins to fade and crack, eventually leading the handles to literally break off. That being said, I was excited to review the Barbecue Grill Set For Men from Cave Tools.
The 3 piece grill set features a grilling spatula with a bottle opener, an oversize grill tong clamps and a barbecue fork made out of stainless steal, which is 20% thicker than other brands. The tools have been air pressurized and inter-locked, so the tools will last longer and you'll never have to worry about them bending. The tool set also features hangers on the end, so you can easily store them on the side of the grill.
Review - Modern Nature-Inspired Quilts
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Modern Nature-Inspired Quilts
by Bernadette Mayr
Publisher: Design Originals (Fox Chapel Publishing)
I guess you can probably call me a polymath, as I have a wide variety of interests. Besides from reading books and writing short stories, I do like making crafts, which may sound a little odd coming from a man. My mother was a craftier, so naturally I picked up a few crafting hobbies. My favorite is cross stitching or what is known to others as needlepoint. By now you are probably wondering why I'm reviewing a quilt book and not a cross stitch book. Well, my mother is a quilter, as well as a few aunts and friends, so I'm well educated in the hobby. Though I have never actually sewn a quilt, I do have respect for the craft.
There are many quilts books by different authors published monthly, but the cover of Modern Nature-Inspired Quilts by Bernadette Mayr caught my eye. I quickly asked the publisher if I could the review the title and they kindly sent me complimentary copy to review.
There are twenty-five quilt project featured in the book and they are not your traditional patterns. The author, Bernadette Mayr, along with her sister Irmgard Stangl, uses a more contemporary approach; featuring geometric patterns, like free-form shapes and lines, but with an artistic flair. The patches in the patterns are irregular in size and shape, so you never have to worry about using a ruler to measure the correct size.
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Crash claims life of 1-year-old Fort Collins boy
Riley Santos died Sunday as a result of injuries suffered in a Thursday crash at Carpenter Road and Larimer County Road 9.
Crash claims life of 1-year-old Fort Collins boy Riley Santos died Sunday as a result of injuries suffered in a Thursday crash at Carpenter Road and Larimer County Road 9. Check out this story on coloradoan.com: https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/08/26/unrestrained-1-year-old-boy-dies-colorado-crash-car-seat-safety/2125267001/
Miles Blumhardt, Fort Collins Coloradoan Published 4:35 p.m. MT Aug. 26, 2019 | Updated 7:19 p.m. MT Aug. 26, 2019
A 1-year-old boy died Sunday as the result of a two-vehicle crash Thursday in south Fort Collins.
Riley Santos of Fort Collins and another child were flown from the crash at the intersection of Carpenter Road and Larimer County Road 9 to Children's Hospital in Aurora.
Both children were in a 1998 Ford Explorer driven by Tiffany Burke, 27, when it was struck by a 2002 Ford F-350 pickup after Burke turned left from southbound South County Road 9 in front of the pickup driven by 33-year-old Elvis Guerrero, who was driving eastbound on Carpenter Road.
Santos was not restrained in the vehicle and died of blunt-force trauma, according to the Larimer County Coroner's Office. The second, unidentified, child's injuries have not been released to the public, and it's not known if that child was properly restrained.
Burke was transported to Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. Her current condition was not reported. Guerrero did not sustain injuries in the crash.
The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending, according to Fort Collins police.
Not sure which car seat your child needs? Here are guidelines from Car Seats Colorado, which also provides car seat inspections. Visit www.codot.gov/safety/carseats for more information and installation tips.
Newborn to age 3: Rear-facing car seats
2-5: Forward-facing car seat
4-12: High back or backless booster seats
Older than 8 (or 4 feet-9 inches tall): Lap and shoulder seat belts
Source: Car Seats Colorado
Miles Blumhardt looks for stories that impact your life — be it news, outdoors, sports, you name it he wants to report it. Have a story idea, send it his way. Email him at milesblumhardt@coloradoan.com or find him on Twitter at @MilesBlumhardt.
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China reportedly threatens Faroe Islands over Huawei
By JAN M. OLSEN The Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faroe Islands if the country does not agree to use internet networks supplied by Chinese tech company Huawei.
Huawei is at the center of a global cybersecurity debate, with the U.S. pushing allies in Europe and elsewhere to avoid the company over fears it could allow the Chinese government to snoop on consumers. Huawei denies that.
It’s part of a broader global battle between China and the U.S. over trade and technological supremacy, and control over the market for new, superfast 5G wireless equipment is considered key.
Danish media cited an audio recording made Nov. 15 by the local broadcaster as it prepared to interview the islands’ trade minister. The hot mic recording picked up a private conversation between the minister, Helgi Abrahamsen, and his aide.
In it, the aide allegedly explains to the minister how the Chinese ambassador, Feng Tie, had in a meeting four days earlier threatened to pull a trade deal if the Faroe telecoms operator did not choose Huawei to build its 5G mobile network.
The Faroe broadcaster had planned to broadcast the audio but a local court quickly issued an injunction — requested by the Faroe government. The injunction banned the airing of the recording, claiming it might damage relations between China and the country, a tiny nation of barely 50,000 people that is part of Denmark but enjoys broad autonomy.
In Denmark, broadcaster DR and daily Berlingske reported Tuesday about the case. DR said it “is familiar with the contents of the audio file,” but declined to specify whether it had heard it directly. Berlingske could not be immediately reached for more information.
Bardur Nielsen, the Faroe Islands’ premier who attended the Nov. 11 meeting with the Chinese ambassador, has said he will not discuss the case. The Chinese embassy could not be reached for comment.
China’s state-run paper Global Times cited the Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, as saying that the claims “are completely false and have ulterior motives.”
Huawei, the world’s biggest maker of mobile network gear, said it “was not aware of any meeting between the Chinese ambassador and Faroese politicians in November as reported.”
On Tuesday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said it was up to the Faroe Islands, located midway between Scotland and Iceland, to decide who should provide the 5G network but they are welcome to seek advice in Denmark.
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Amber Brooks Updated: 3/22/19
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When my family planned a roadtrip through the Northeast, I begged my parents to make Vermont one of our sightseeing stops. I had done a school report about the small liberal state and wanted to see the mountains and greenery for myself. Of course, it wasn’t just the scenery that interested me — honestly, it was the ice cream.
I craved a trip to Vermont because I knew the Ben and Jerry’s headquarters was there. It’s like a real-life Charlie’s Chocolate Factory, but for ice cream. I haggled, pleaded, and demanded until my parents finally agreed. We went on a factory tour, and I bought cute ice-cream earrings to impress my friends. As we were leaving, my dad said, “I thought visiting a factory would be boring, but it was actually my favorite part of the trip.”
From the lush trees of the Landlocked Forest to the peaceful waters of Lake Champlain, Burlington is a beautiful destination made even more tempting by the delicious ice cream factory just down the road. If you’re having trouble melting hearts in this wintry town, however, we’ve got 10 suggestions to help singles meet Vermonters online and in person. Let’s get to it!
Dating Sites | Apps | Bars | Speed Dating | Events | Clubs | Chat Rooms | Personals | Festivals | Community Efforts
Burlington Dating Sites
Vermont’s motto is “Freedom and Unity,” and that’s exactly what dating sites provide. The freedom to explore your romantic options and discover a greater sense of unity for singles around the world. Online dating is the fastest and easiest way to meet available men and women of all ages and backgrounds. A simple search and a short message is all you need to make a connection on a good dating site. To help you connect even faster, we’ve highlighted five of our top choices for Burlington daters on the lookout for romance.
Singles | Professionals | Over 50 | Black Dating | Hookup & Sex
Best Singles Site
Over 42,000 people live in Burlington, the most populated city in Vermont. In contrast, over 40 million Americans have used online dating services, most notably Match.com. Our dating experts love Match because it uses personality-driven tools introduce like-minded singles to one another. Since 1995, this prominent dating site has been responsible for connecting more relationships and marriages than any other dating site.
Relationships: Friends, Dates, and Relationships
Match System: Browse by zip, age, appearance, more
Our Experts Say: “Match has facilitated the most dates and relationships of any dating site, and its large audience and high success rate make it our top review...” Full Review »
Browse Free: View Photos Now
User Base Gender Ratio Popularity (Visits/Mo.)
All Singles*
39.7 Million* Try Match.com FREE
Best Site for Professionals
When you’re dating, education matters. Well-read and learned individuals may intimidate the average layman, while immature high-school dropouts may bore the average working professional. Intellectual singles often desire someone on their level, and that’s what the high-caliber membership of Elite Singles provides. Over 82% of members on this dating site have earned a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate degree, so it’s perfect for single professionals interested in quality dates.
Relationships: Serious Relationships
Match System: Search, Receive Partner Suggestions
Our Experts Say: “EliteSingles is a leading dating site just for busy, single professionals. More than 80% of members have earned a college degree, and most are looking for a serious commitment...” Full Review »
2 Million* Browse Profiles Free
Over 50 & Senior Site
Because of Burlington’s natural beauty and safe neighborhoods, the city is a popular place to retire. In fact, AARP named Burlington among the best small cities for retirement. Retirement isn’t such a picnic, however, when you don’t have someone special to spend your golden years with. Fortunately, Vermont’s senior singles can join OurTime to meet daters over the age of 50. This easy-to-use website takes the confusion and worry out of senior dating in Burlington.
OurTime.com
Relationships: Dates and Relationships
Match System: Search by profiles by zip and more
Our Experts Say: “OurTime is well-known in the over-50 dating crowd, particularly because it has a ton of helpful search features and an easy layout...” Full Review »
Mature Singles (50+)*
8.9 Million* Over 50? Try It FREE
For Black Men & Women Only
Vermont is a very white state, and Burlington is a very white city in that very white state, so if you’re looking for a black, biracial, or even slightly tan date living within the city limits, it’s probably best to do a location-based search on BlackPeopleMeet. This niche dating network helps thousands of singles mingle in a more diverse and user-friendly environment.
Relationships: Deep Relationships or Just Casual Dates
Match System: Search by location, age, more
Our Experts Say: “BlackPeopleMeet.com is the one of the largest and most popular dating sites for black and biracial singles, and the site is used by more than 5 million people a month...” Full Review »
Black Singles*
5.7 Million* FREE Trial for New Users
Hookup & Sex Site
Ultimately, all that lovey-dovey stuff isn’t for everyone. Some sexually active daters care more about kinky fantasies than favorite movies when chatting up a date. Adult Friend Finder lets fast-moving daters cut to the chase and chat explicitly about their desires in the world’s largest online sex community. On AFF, over 4 million connections have been made between hot singles and swingers.
Relationships: Hookups Only
Match System: Search by location, interest, more
Our Experts Say: “Make no mistake: this site isn't about making friends, it's about short-term "hookups" and affairs only. Note that a basic account costs $14.95/month, but it's well worth it if casual sex is your goal...”
25.5 Million* $14.95/Month
Popular Dating Apps
As the home of the University of Vermont, Burlington has an ever-changing college-town vibe with over 11,000 students coming and going every semester. The dating pool constantly refreshes itself as freshman come in to replace graduating seniors. Such a dynamic dating space can be difficult to keep up with, and that’s why dating apps have become so popular among young people. Highly effective dating apps allow singles to easily navigate their dating prospects and find mutual matches wherever they go.
Available on: iOS, Android
Relationships: Casual Dates, Relationships
Match System: Search for and receive matches
About the App: Zoosk is the number one app for finding dates, and if you sync up your Google+ or Facebook account, you can have a profile in seconds. The app has 38 million members and will deliver matches to your inbox on a daily basis based on your behavior such as who you search for, like or don't like, and message. The Carousel is another section for matching (tap the heart if it's a yes and the X if it's a no).
Browse Free: View Profiles Now
Popularity (Visits/Mo.)
App Cost
3.8 Million* Free Download
Relationships: Fun Dates, Serious Relationships
Match System: Browse by location, age, interest, and more
About the App: Available via the App Store and Google Play, Match is a fantastic app for dates and relationships. With a user base of 30 million singles, Match is where you'll have a high chance of success. It's free to download, create a profile, search for and receive matches around the corner and across the world, find missed connections, "like" people, as well as send and receive winks.
13.5 Million* Free Download
Relationships: Deep Relationships
Match System: Search by education, lifestyle habits, age
About the App: Commitment-minded, professional daters will feel at home with EliteSingles, which can be downloaded for free in the App Store or Google Play. Not only is everyone looking for a long-term partner, but 80% of members hold a bachelor's, master's, or doctorate degree. EliteSingles sees 210,000 visitors and 2,500 users finding love every month, so it's one of the fastest growing and most reputable apps.
290,000* Free Download
Burlington Singles Bars
Burlington may seem like a quaint little town during the day, but, at night, the downstreet scene comes alive with big-city entertainment and excitement. The average age of city residents is 26 years old, so there’s no shortage of singles running about town on a quest for friendship, romance, or love. You can join them at any of the following well-loved and well-populated drinking establishments in the heart of town.
Juniper Bar and Restaurant
41 Cherry St • Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 651-5027 Visit Website
The Juniper Bar's talented bartenders love to whip up creative cocktails or recommend a favorite beer for patrons hankering for something different from the norm. Situated in Hotel Vermont, this chic bar and restaurant serves up amazing plates of food as well as upscale signature cocktails — all while using local ingredients. Burlington residents know where to go to get a high-quality drink and don't mind hob-nobbing with out-of-towners if it means sampling some of Vermont's finest distilled spirits and brews.
The Other Place
4 N Winooski Ave • Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 863-5803 Visit Website
If you like cheap drinks in a neighborhood bar, there's no other place like the Other Place. Commonly called the OP, this dive bar hands out free popcorn on a nightly basis. Just in case you didn't come there thirsty enough! The affordably priced drinks and appetizers has made this a regular hangout for many Burlington singles. One reviewer described the Other Place as having "a pleasant mix of locals," which is ideal for active daters around town.
Mad River Distillers
137 St Paul St • Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 489-5501 Visit Website
The Mad River Distillers began in a 150-year-old ramshackle barn in the Green Mountains and now sells award-winning spirits across the Northeast. The distillers proudly use regional grains, pure mountain spring water, fair-trade sugar, and locally sourced ingredients to produce delicious bourbons, ryes, rums, and apple brandies. The Burlington Tasting Room highlights these flavors and offers an extensive stock of Vermont-made spirits. Daily cocktail specials make this a favorite watering hole for Vermonters with discerning tastes and tight budgets.
As its name implies, Drink is a bar focused on serving unforgettable liquors, wines, and beers. Its artful vodka infusions stand out in Burlington's bar scene and have turned into a favorite hot spot for college-aged singles. Whether you enjoy playing board games in a group or listening to live musical performances on your own, you'll find plenty to entertain you at Drink. And, hey, if Cards of Humanity and concerts aren't your jam, you can always just drink.
205 College St • Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 864-8209 Visit Website
Though its located on College Street, Finnegan's Pub tends to attract a seasoned crowd of veterans, die-hard sports fans, and people of Irish descent. Since the 1970s, this dive bar has cultivated a relaxed atmosphere where people can go to escape the daily grind. With dozens of microbrews on tap, it's definitely a great place to get your drink on and flirt with regulars at the bar. Singles can get attention by ordering a round of Irish whiskeys or challenging a crush to a game of pool at this cherished local hangout. Touting itself as "craft beer for the common man," Finnegan's Pub is there for everyone to enjoy.
136 Church St • Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 859-8909 Visit Website
The Church Street Marketplace is overrun with shoppers during the day and crowded with drinkers at night. Red Square is a popular haunt on Church Street where people come to listen to live music and DJ stylings. The full bar gets daters on their feet and gives them the liquid courage to ask someone special to dance. Once you've made a connection on the dance floor, you can chat with your date on the outdoor patio at Red Square.
Burlington Speed Dating
On your mark, get set, date! Speed dating is a high-speed solution for busy singles tired of wasting hours of their lives on bad dates. At a speed dating event, participants enjoy a more efficient way to meet people. To the gentle ring of a starting bell, you sit down for dozens of brief mini dates where you can quickly decide if there’s something there worth pursuing. And if there’s no chemistry, you can move on. No harm, no foul. Check out Eventbrite’s calendar to find speed dating events taking place near you!
Burlington Speed Dating — Eventbrite
Burlington Singles Events
Sometimes sitting across from a date feels too much like an interview and throws singles off their conversational game. If you’re more of a doer and less of a talker, then we recommend heading to singles events based around a fun activity or theme. Whether you feel most comfortable at a lock-and-key party on a rooftop or an outdoor hiking group, you can pick and choose from a variety of date-worthy settings in Burlington. Meetup has over 8 million members around the world and is a popular place to seek out groups of singles who share your interests and values.
Burlington Singles Events — Meetup
Burlington Singles Clubs
My college friends loved going downtown and hunting down romance on the dance floor. A nightclub’s evocative mood lighting, high-energy beats, and ever-moving crowds are a singles playground. You don’t need to come up with a pick-up line because your date isn’t going to be able to hear what you say. Which means attractive singles can let their dance moves and fit physique draw people to them. If you’re looking for a hot dance partner, Burlington’s downtown clubs can hook you up. Backed by local reviews, Yelp is the most thorough resource for club goers seeking a wild place to dance the night away.
Burlington Singles Clubs — Yelp
Burlington Chat Rooms
One of my first experiences online was joining a chat room (a kid-friendly chat about the “Animorphs” book series), and I remember being blown away by how easy it was to meet so many different people from so many different places. Chat rooms open singles up to a world of possibilities, and local chat rooms empower daters to act upon their feelings and set up a date in real life. You can log in to a Burlington chat network to practice your flirting game and woo potential dates within a few suave keystrokes.
WireClub.com
ChatHour.com
VermontChatRoom.net
Burlington Personals
Personally, I don’t feel like I need to know everything about a person I meet online. My eyes gloss over profiles written like narcissistic autobiographies, and I don’t typically put much weight in suggested matches because I prefer to go my own way and find my own matches, thank you very much. For daters like myself who want to skip all the bells and whistles of today’s dating websites, online dating personals provide a simpler alternative. By creating a free dating personal, you can cut right to the chase in the dating world and build connections with singles who have similar romantic goals.
SevenDaysVT.com
Craigslist.org
DateHookup.com
ConnectingSingles.com
Go to a Festival to Mingle in a Friendly Atmosphere
When you’re looking for a date, you should go where the the people are. The more people you’re around, the greater chance you have of finding someone who stands out from the crowd. Local festivals provide a terrific opportunity to sample the best foods, drinks, and sounds while mingling with fun-loving folks. Burlington holds many popular festivals throughout the year.
You’d have to be a fool to miss the Festival of Fools, a lively weekend of revelry in Burlington.
Every August, the Festival of Fools attracts tens of thousands of slapstick-loving people seeking a laugh. Professional street performers, comedians, and musicians make sure everyone has a good time and loosens up. The free events are perfect opportunities for breaking the ice and making friends among the 10,000 visitors on Church Street.
From the amusement parks of the Carousel Festival to the huge vegetable spectacles at the Giant Pumpkin Regatta, the city of Burlington encourages individuals to leave their dooryards and form close-knit community.
Join a Political Revolution or Other Community Efforts
In 1980, a 39-year-old idealist named Bernie Sanders got his start in politics by winning a Burlington’s mayoral election. He upset a five-term incumbent Democrat by passionately advocating for social justice and the people’s common welfare.
Mayoral candidate Bernie Sanders unified Burlington residents through common interests.
Bernie’s rhetoric inspired people to get to the polls, and he won by just 10 votes — despite being a relatively unknown and untested candidate.
When you follow what you believe in, people are drawn to you, and success comes naturally. Daters could learn a lot from Bernie Sanders. If you join a political organization, or other socially motivated groups, you can come together with locals who share your ideals, interests, and values.
Anyone can start campaigning for their best romantic interests by getting involved in the Burlington community as an activist or volunteer. Whether you’re helping out at a medical center or giving back by cleaning up a local park, you can make new social connections in good-hearted groups in the People’s Republic of Burlington. At a local festival, you can’t help laugh, chat, and enjoy yourself.
Romance Reigns Supreme in Vermont's Queen City
The picturesque city of Burlington has a welcoming feel to it. I remember strolling down Church Street with my family and imagining what it’d be like to live in such a neighborly place. For one thing, I thought, I’d eat ice cream every day and get a sailboat so I could relax on the lake in the summertime.
Of course, the reality of living in Burlington isn’t always so idyllic. Maybe some residents are lactose intolerant. Maybe others find it difficult to make friends in town. Our 10 recommendations for meeting singles in Burlington offer a head-start to romantic connections so you can sail off into the sunset with an ice cream cone in one hand and your date’s hand in the other.
It doesn’t matter if you’re in a chat room or at the bar; what matters is that you take action to improve your dating life. Once you start putting yourself out there, it becomes much easier to strike up a conversation and make a date with a new acquaintance. Have fun!
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Bingo reunites pals
A WOMAN has been reunited with a long-lost relative after they ending up playing internet bingo against each other - from across the world.
After six years apart, Ellesmere Port resident Paula Court, 48, had lost all hope of making contact with her former sister-in-law Jenny Rochester, 33.
But when she logged on to internet game Think Bingo, she got chatting to a fellow competitor 12,000 miles apart - and the pair made the amazing discovery.
The women met nearly 30 years ago when Paula fell in love with Jenny's big brother Mike in the Port, where they all lived. They became firm friends and regularly went to the local bingo hall together.
But 10 years ago Jenny moved to New Zealand with her husband Kevin, where she works as a fleet management specialist. And, after Paula's marriage broke down, the pals lost contact.
Paula, who still lives in the Port, said: 'I lost Jenny's e-mail address and, as I wasn't with Mike, I had no way of getting in contact with her. I missed Jenny so much - she was like my little sister.
'Then a few weeks ago - 10 years since Jenny had left and six years since we'd last had contact - I visited ThinkBingo.com to play bingo online. I noticed one name - 'jenroc', which often appeared on the site.
'I didn't twig at the time that it was short for Jenny Rochester, but I did notice she was good. In fact, she'd just won, so I typed a short message to congratulate her.
'When she typed back that her name was Jenny and she was playing from her home in Auckland, New Zealand, I froze. I couldn't believe it was her!'
She added: 'I'm so glad Jenny decided to start playing again when she did - because of Think Bingo I've found my long-lost sister-in-law and got my playing partner back.'
A spokesman for Think Bingo said: 'Making friends and chatting is a huge part of playing Think Bingo. But the chances of meeting like this are millions to one - these ladies hit the jackpot.'
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Kieron Pollard finds unusual way of describing Mumbai Indians team-mate Hardik Pandya
Pandya has so far amassed 355 runs in 12 games, studded with 27 sixes and 25 fours.
| Updated : May 1, 2019 7:44 PM IST
Hardik Pandya has so far amassed 355 runs in 12 games, studded with 27 sixes and 25 fours. @ BCCI
A smasher of the cricket ball himself, Kieron Pollard Wednesday praised his Mumbai Indians team-mate Hardik Pandya for his six-hitting prowess and said the all-rounder packs a lot of punch.
“He is a small guy but hits (the ball) a long way. And again, once he continues to practice well and continues to evolve as a cricketer, you can see him doing great things not only for Mumbai Indians but by extension Indian cricket,” said Pollard about Pandya on the eve of MI’s Indian Premier League (IPL 2019) game against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Pandya has so far amassed 355 runs in 12 games, studded with 27 sixes and 25 fours. Most of his runs have come towards the end, the last being the blistering 91 off 34 balls against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens.
“He’s not really practising differently. It is about believing in his ability. Obviously, the situations he has been in, he had no choice but to go and hit and he has shown his power-game as well, so it’s good for him. Even when he came onto the scene, if you remember, a couple of games for Mumbai (Indians), he finished off with his big hits. (ALSO READ: Sans David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderabad out to spoil Mumbai Indians party)
“It is matter of him having the confidence because he is one of those guys who is free-spirited and will just go out and try to use his youthful exuberance to have an impact on the game,” Pollard explained.
“I am sure even if there is something technical that he has worked on, he wouldn’t want to put that out in the media. That is something that if he is working on his game, he does it in private. He wants you guys to see the results of his hard work,” he added.
Conceding that the in-form SRH batting mainstay David Warner‘s absence from the rival ranks will help MI, Pollard felt there will be someone else to fill the gap.
“It’s an advantage, obviously. David (Warner) is a world-class player. He has shown what he can do and he has shown that he was integral part of Sunrisers Hyderabad (campaign). So, as an opponent, we feel good about it that he is not there, one less guy who was has been in form. But having said that I am sure they have in their armoury a lot of world-class talent to back it up.
“There is Martin Guptill and he has done fantastically well on the international scene as well. Yes, they have lost Warner, but we are not going to take them lightly. (ALSO READ: IPL 2019 playoffs scenario: How five teams can qualify for two spots)
“We all know it’s a pressure game, the nature of the IPL on a whole is pressure, so as players you don’t want to put additional pressure on yourselves going into last couple of games. You want to just be calm and collected,” Pollard said about how his team will approach the game in which a victory would pilot them into the playoffs.
“It is just like going into semi-finals and finals – you prepare mentally and physically and having plans and trying to execute them,” he declared, adding: “What is most important for us is the two points, not batting order and who gets most wickets or who is the star.”
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Cybersecurity Vendor Vectra Raises $100M To Aid R&D, Global Growth
‘In our research on the category, it became clear to us that Vectra was rapidly gaining momentum with customers by rethinking the way enterprises view both network and cloud security,’ says TCV General Partner Tim McAdam.
Vectra has closed a massive Series E round to boost global market expansion and research and development efforts around its Cognito cloud security platform.
The San Jose, Calif.-based cybersecurity vendor said it plans to ramp up initiatives aimed at addressing the global deficit in cloud security, as well as innovating on its existing platform and expanding its global customer base.
The $100 million round was led by Menlo Park, Calif.-based new investor TCV, who Vectra said believes the company's use of artificial intelligence can help eliminate the critical risks the cloud poses to consumer-focused services.
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"In our research on the category, it became clear to us that Vectra was rapidly gaining momentum with customers by rethinking the way enterprises view both network and cloud security," TCV General Partner Tim McAdam said in a statement. "The Vectra Cognito platform is poised to become requisite in the security infrastructure of multinational enterprises and midsize businesses alike."
Cognito provides AI-driven cloud security using network detection and response, according to Vectra. Specifically, the platform provides comprehensive visibility into cloud, data center, user and Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure, which Vectra leaves attackers with nowhere to hide.
Securing customer data and preserving their privacy is critical to maintaining trust and preserving an organization's reputation, Vectra said. Consumer data breaches in the cloud have a significant impact on lost revenue and shareholder value, which Vectra said has made cloud security a board-level priority.
The Series E round comes just 15 months after the company raised $36 million in a Series D round led by Dublin, Ireland-based growth equity firm Atlantic Bridge. All told, Vectra has raised $222.5 million in eight rounds of outside funding, according to Crunchbase.
Vectra was founded in 2011 and employs 247 people, up 36 percent from 181 employees a year earlier, according to LinkedIn. The most significant areas of headcount growth for Vectra over the past year have been engineering and business development, where the company has increased staffing by 49 percent and 47 percent, respectively, LinkedIn found.
"The cloud has inherent security blind spots, making it imperative to eliminate cyber-risks as enterprises move their business to the cloud," Vectra President and CEO Hitesh Sheth said in a statement. "The Cognito platform enables them to stop hidden cyberattacks in the cloud."
The funding haul comes just three months after Vectra snagged channel superstar Didi Dayton from Cylance to increase the services business and integration opportunities for the company's partner community.
Specifically, Dayton said she wants to expand the financial incentives for solution providers beyond certifications and reward services, practices, and documentation that signals partners are taking Vectra seriously. Dayton also said she'd be focused on building out streamlined platforms for the channel internally, as well as bringing best practices from Europe to the United States.
"Keep an eye on Vectra because we're absolutely going to change the way that customers get visibility into their network," Dayton told CRN in March.
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Zacks to Offer Microcap Research, Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on Indiegogo
December 17, 2014 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois
Zacks Investment Research has announced it is launching microcap research and has selected its first company for “detailed investigation”. Simultaneously Zacks has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $7000 in capital for the new research product.
“Independent research is the platinum standard. Zacks is already known across the globe for the quality and reliability of the research it provides. We will bring that level of expertise to microcap research,” said Howard Orloff, VP at Zacks Investment Research. “Each month we will select a microcap stock and investigate that company. Each issue will also have updates on research into companies examined in prior editions.”
Zacks correctly notes that microcap companies are largely ignored by the equity research industry. Institutional and hedge fund investors can afford their own detailed research, something an individual generally cannot do.
“This newsletter levels the playing field for microcap investing,” Mr. Orloff says. “You can have quality, independent research from Zacks, a company with a world-wide reputation for excellence.”
The crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo allows individuals to contribute various amounts to access the research. The fist company to have an analyst apply their approach is slated to be EKSO bionics. For $99 an individual will received the first report. At the $600 level, investors get another five months of Zacks reports on micro caps. Again, each report will be available two weeks before the public release, which will include a variety of popular financial channels. The $1,500 level gets 12 months of reports and participation in a 60-minute conference call with consultants who evaluate the companies listed in the reports. The top level is $2,500 which will include all perks and access to non-deal roadshows.
“Many will wonder why and how we picked our first subject company for the Indie Research newsletter. We screened 3,500 micro caps that are not reported on by any brokerage firms. Then, we looked for a company with something different, a real idea,” says Mr. Orloff. “What we found is a small company that has laid some excellent groundwork and already formed some sound strategic partnerships. Now, we’re going to really look into the company.”
“We’re going to tell you what you need to know to make an informed decision. You’ll have what you need to launch a far more detailed investigation if you choose,” he said. All this work is done by the Zacks, a world leader in independent investment research.”
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Lewisham police station evacuated after delivery of 'suspicious package'
A cordon was put in place and a number of shops on the High Street were also evacuated and closed
Sam Truelove
Police had cordoned off the road (Image: Nathan Pascal / @war_fitness2017 via Twitter)
Lewisham police station was evacuated as a precaution after the delivery of a suspicious package was discovered.
The package was delivered to the station, on Lewisham High Street, at about 11.50am on Monday (October 1).
The station was evacuated as a precaution, a Metropolitan Police Service spokesman said.
A cordon was put in place and a number of shops on the High Street were also evacuated and closed.
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At around 1pm, the package was deemed non-suspicious and the incident was "stood down", the Met spokesman added.
A spokesman for the Met said: “Lewisham police station was evacuated as a precaution after a suspicious package was delivered to the station at around 11.50am on Monday, October 1.
“A cordon was put in place and a number of shops on Lewisham High Street were also evacuated and closed.
“The London Ambulance Service (LAS) and the London Fire Brigade (LFB) attended the scene.
“The package was deemed non-suspicious and the incident stood down.
“Enquiries continue.”
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A delicate Latino dance in GOP bastions
Republicans are courting Hispanics, but Aurora, Ill., will be an early test of how far they'll go.
By Laurent Belsie Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
AURORA, ILL.
If America's Latinos represent the belle at the political ball, Republicans are emerging as their uneasy suitors: Suitors, because everyone recognizes Hispanics' growing political power. Uneasy, because the Latino move into the suburbs threatens traditional GOP bastions.
Redrawing legislative boundaries - a once-a-decade exercise by state legislatures - will provide an early test of how far Republicans will go to woo Latinos. Ultimately, Republicans hope to convert Democratic-leaning Hispanics into conservative suburban voters. But the move may force the GOP to soften stands on such issues as immigration and English-only legislation.
So far, Hispanic groups say, GOP leaders are making the right noises.
"In the suburbs, there's been quite a good reception by the Republican party, understanding that this really is the future of these communities," says Larry Gonzalez, Washington director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. In a recent analysis, the group found Latinos represented a significant share of the population in more than a quarter of the nation's 435 congressional districts. Many were suburban districts in California and Texas.
A similar transformation is taking place here in suburban Chicago. In Aurora, Ill., a doubling of the Hispanic population has turned this once decaying manufacturing center into a burgeoning multiethnic city. At a single intersection, Transmissions Ramirez competes for attention with the American Pool Hall. The window of A One Stop convenience store boldly announces: "Vendemos Musica Latina" ("We Sell Latin Music").
This influx has made Aurora the state's third-largest city (up from No. 5 in 1990) and one of its fastest-growing. Local Latino leaders, eager to turn population growth into political clout, want to redraw district lines to group Hispanics together.
But there's a hitch. Aurora sits in the middle of Kane County, one of the historically Republican "collar counties" surrounding Chicago. Here, Republicans can't merely call for more Hispanic districts in the inner city and let Latinos battle it out with Democratic incumbents. They have to find a balance between Hispanic interests and worries that they'll create a Democratic-leaning district in their own backyard. "In Chicago, I don't think we ran into one single problem ... with Republicans," says Eduardo Garza, Midwest field director for the US Hispanic Leadership Institute, a Chicago-based civic-education group. But "the minute you start talking about collar counties, now you're talking business."
For their part, Hispanic leaders here in Aurora have joined forces with local blacks to try to get district lines redrawn. "This is not just about Latinos," says Sal Valadez, a member of a multiethnic coalition for redistricting. "It's about a coalition of like-minded people who are interested in empowering people to be participants in a political process."
The last time district lines got drawn, state lawmakers divvied up Aurora among five state congressional districts. By doing so, they diluted the city's concentration of Democrats and handed all five districts to Republicans. With only a third of the population (and a smaller percentage actually registered to vote), Latinos don't have the numbers to create a minority-dominated district. But they're pushing to have the city recognized as a "community of interest" - an entity that deserves to be kept together because of similar socio-economic and political interests. "Redistricting is not an African-American issue," says Roy Brown, pastor of the Progressive Baptist Church and a coalition leader. "This is an Aurora issue."
State Republican leaders, who face an October deadline for coming up with a map, haven't made a decision on what to do. At a state House redistricting hearing last month, local GOP officials reacted coolly to a map proposed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. Aurora's Republican mayor argued the city enjoyed more representation with five state legislators than with one or two.
But state Rep. William O'Connor, another Republican, wants to see more Hispanic districts. "The Republican message of opportunity resonates completely with that community," says the Spanish-speaking legislator, whose district includes nearby Cicero, a onetime stronghold of blue-collar, white Republicans that is now heavily Hispanic. "The worst thing we could do would be to enter into some kind of combative or defensive mode with the Hispanics."
For all their population growth, Hispanic political clout remains more future promise than present reality. Many residents are illegal. Even legal residents hesitate to register, and far fewer vote. That's one reason blacks nationally hold 39 seats in the US House of Representatives while Hispanics control only 21.
This gives Republicans time to craft a message that might tear away the two-thirds or more Hispanics who tend to vote for Democrats. But to do that, they may well have to alter their own agenda.
For example: In the face of a potentially tough fight for reelection next year, US Sen. Gordon Smith (R) of Oregon is pushing to enact a new guest-worker program (which could help millions of undocumented Hispanics gain residency) and a measure to keep teens from dropping out of high school. Here in Illinois, Mr. O'Connor supported family-care legislation that his Hispanic constituents wanted. Political dialogue, he says, can transform both Hispanics and the GOP.
"I don't think Democrats should be taking the Hispanic vote for granted," adds Gregg Durham, press secretary for state House Minority Leader Lee Daniels, a Republican. "Five years from now, people are going to be surprised at what the geopolitical lay of the land will look like."
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Konferenser och symposier ›
An International Symposium, Lund University 5–6 October 2017
While critique of the Enlightenment is as old as the Enlightenment project itself, the past decades have experienced an intensified and more disparaging criticism in late modern academic trends such as poststructuralism, post-humanism, post-colonialism and post-secular theology. The burden of debt is placed on the modern project, which is traced back to the Enlightenment, accused of establishing the hubris of reason and science that paved the way for the twentieth century catastrophes.
The conference’s main purposes are 1) to discuss the validity of this criticism from several perspectives – historical, philosophical and theological; 2) to make intellectual room for a view of the Enlightenment legacy that keep the virtues of critique alive, but in a moderated and less excessive theoretical mood.
From a historical perspective, it makes sense to differ between a purely philosophical and a humanistic Enlightenment, a distinction made by Alfred N. Whitehead and Peter Gay. The Enlightenment philosophers were intellectuals, oriented towards the promotion of political freedom and justice for all citizens, based on everyday convictions and experiences. Epistemological scepticism was founded in practical sociability, as famously stated by David Hume: “be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.” This sentence reflects a humanistic view of the Enlightenment, more representative than the reductionism of La Mettrie’s materialism. During the Enlightenment les philosophes sought to represent the general will rather than the view of particular interests and traditions.
A philosophical perspective might prompt us to change focus from providing specific theories to suggest new general guidelines adequate for our time. Such creative re-description that respects common sense implies that philosophy dismisses claims to have a privileged interpretative position. Philosophical theories grouped together as “postmodernism” share one salient feature, namely a repudiation of modernity, variously described in philosophical concepts such as rationalism, scientism, logocentrism and universalism. Included is a much broader assault on objective truth and historical progress. The rejection of universalism currently nurtures various forms of identity politics, which in their exaggerated forms risk undermining solidarity and human rights. During the Enlightenment, the critique came from the conservative right. Today the Enlightenment legacy is primarily attacked from the radical left, making liberal democracy responsible for the horrors of our time.
From a theological perspective, a critical historical analysis will reveal that the relation between the Enlightenment legacy and the religious traditions of Europe is more complex than the conventional image indicates. While parts of the Enlightenment took a clearly anti-clerical turn, this was not the case with the Enlightenment in general. To the contrary, especially in North-Western Europe, the relation can rather be described as an ongoing cultural negotiation between Protestant Christianity and Enlightenment rationalism, through which certain Protestant core values were incorporated in the Enlightenment project, while simultaneously the Protestant churches took impression of the new intellectual trends and redefined central doctrines in order to make them coherent with the new standards of rationality.
The complex patterns that emerge here prompt an array of questions. Can the Enlightenment legacy be rehabilitated despite the fierce criticism that has been launched from various academic camps in recent decades? Is this criticism, in actual fact, only another phase in the evolving self-criticism of the Enlightenment project itself? Can the Enlightenment’s powerful legacy of universalism and cosmopolitanism remain a valuable source of emancipatory thinking in an age of cultural pluralism och ethnic diversity? And what about the Enlightenment’s complex relationship to religion? If the Enlightenment legacy is revealed to be much more intertwined with religion than has often been recognized, what are the implications of the fact that the religion in question is not religion in general, but a specific form of Protestant Christianity? Despite being unmistakably rooted in a particular era of European history, can the Enlightenment legacy still inspire understanding and communication across cultural borders?
In brief – what is left of the Enlightenment in the 21st century?
Jonathan Israel, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
Brian Klug, Senior Research Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St. Benet’s Hall, Oxford
Joanna Stalnaker, Associate Professor of French at Columbia University
Richard Wolin, Distinguished Professor of History and Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center
The symposium is open to all and free of charge, but places are limited and must be booked in advance (by 15 September). To book, please email: victoria.hoogfil.luse.
Complete programme
Thursday 5 October
17.15 Registration in the lobby of the LUX-building, Helgonavägen 3
18.00 Welcome (B336)
Victoria Höög, Associate Professor Intellectual History, Lund University
Jayne Svenungsson, Professor of Systematic Theology, Lund University
Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Professor East and Central European Studies, Lund University
18.15 Richard Wolin: In Praise of Philosophie: On the Actuality of Radical Enlightenment.
Chair: Jayne Svenungsson
19.45 Reception (C212)
Friday 6 October
09.30 Joanna Stalnaker: How Does Enlightenment End? (B336)
Chair: Barbara Törnquist-Plewa
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Jonathan Israel:
“All poststructuralist and postcolonialist criticism of the moderate mainstream Enlightenment is justified; none of the criticism of the Radical Enlightenment is at all justified; if you are not talking "Radical Enlightenment" then the basic question is entirely senseless.”
Chair: Victoria Höög
14.00 Brian Klug: Beyond Nathan the Wise: Dealing with Difference in the Twenty-First Century. (B336)
16.00 Roundtable with all keynote speakers. (B336)
Chaired by Göran Rosenberg, writer and journalist.
17.30 Close
The symposium is sponsored by Erik and Gurli Hultengrens Foundation and The Centre for European Studies at Lund University.
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Wednesday, 26 July, 2017 - 12:05 pm
Esther (far left), Yosef, Elad (far right) Photo Credit: Channel 2 News
Violence and murders, protests and incitement have surged again in Israel.
When Israel put safeguards in place on the Temple Mount after the brutal murder of two Israeli policemen, hostility and fierce aggression broke out in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Stabbings and car-ramming attacks against Israelis are being coordinated by Hamas in an effort to escalate the violence further.
This past Friday night, a horrible terror attack was carried out at the home of the Salomon family in Halamish.
As they sat at their Shabbat table, a terrorist broke in, brutally murdering three members of the family and badly wounding a fourth as they were celebrating the birth of a new grandson.
Five young children lost their beloved father, grandfather, and aunt, hearing their screams through the door as their mother hid them, saving their lives.
Rabbi Menachem Kutner, Director of Chabad’s Terror Victims Project (CTVP), and other Chabad representatives, visited the family to offer comfort and solace and to assist them in any way possible.
Rabbi Kutner told the family that a Chabad Mitzvah Campaign has been started, asking people around the world to take on an extra mitzvah in memory of the family members who were murdered.
The grandmother, badly wounded herself, and the widow of the grandfather who was killed, told Rabbi Kutner how much her family appreciates this. Knowing that people everywhere are thinking of them and adding mitzvahs in memory of her husband, son, and daughter is a great source of comfort. Please pray for her continued recovery, Tova bas Chaya Esther.
Many of the family members at the shiva house spoke of their strong connection to Chabad, both in Israel and in other countries, and offered heartfelt thanks for Rabbi Kutner and the Chabad representatives who came to comfort them.
As the violence in Israel continues to escalate, please join with Chabad’s Terror Victims Project to ensure that all victims and their families - past and present - have the aid and assistance they desperately need.
Please help us ensure that financial, emotional and spiritual support are there for these families immediately – and for as long as they need us. Your partnership with CTVP against this reign of violence is urgently needed.
And please pray that peace will come to Israel and the world and that there will no longer be a need for organizations such as ours. Thank you.
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The Vitra Design Museum
Architecture tour 2h
Guided tours 1h (Exhibition tour, Production tour or Behind the Scenes)
*Reduced prices: young people from age 12, students, seniors,
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Daily 10 am – 6 pm.
The museum is open
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On 24 December the museum is
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Home Stories: 100 Years,
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Typology: An Ongoing Study
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The Vitra Design Museum Collection – 1800 to the Present
Dundee, Scotland
Holiday Programme for Children
Fri, 31.01.2020
Curator's Tour – Typologie | INSIDE (DE)
Sat, 01.02.2020
ReDesign – Lights and Lamps | WORKSHOP (DE)
Behind the scenes | GUIDED TOUR (DE)
How to Live? Arno Brandlhuber, Joseph Grima, and India Mahdavi in conversation with Jochen Eisenbrand | OPENING TALK (EN)
Sun, 16.02.2020
Black Box. A Cabinet of Robotic Curiosities / GUIDED TOUR (DE)
Thu, 20.02.2020
Curator's Tour – After the Wall | INSIDE (DE)
Archive & Estates
The collection of the Vitra Design Museum ranks among the most important holdings of furniture design worldwide. It contains some 7000 pieces of furniture, a vast assemblage of lighting objects and numerous archives, as well as the Collection of the Eames Office, or the estates of Verner Panton and Alexander Girard. On 4 June 2016 the Vitra Schaudepot was opened, created by the architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron, in which the Vitra Design Museum presents key pieces of its collection.
Guided tours through the Vitra Schaudepot:
Highlights from the Collection
Every Saturday and Sunday,
Every first Friday of the month,
3 pm (in German)
Focus Tour: Material
Every third Friday of the month,
Biographies of Designers
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Opening »Home Stories:
100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors«
on 7 February 2020
During the installation, the Gehry building will remain closed. The Vitra Schaudepot and the Vitra Design Museum Gallery will be open daily from 10 am to 6 pm.
Home Stories: 100 Years, 20 Visionary Interiors
Atlas of Furniture Design
The new encyclopedia on 200 years of furniture design
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Conference: The Politics of Design
As part of the 2019 Milan Design Week the Vitra Design Museum hosted the interdisciplinary conference »The Politics of Design« at the Triennale Milano. An international group of high-profile experts discussed design’s changing role and responsibilities in the 21st century.
Special guided tour
Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of museum work and find out what lies behind the exhibitions of the Vitra Design Museum in this hour-long tour. Join a curator, restorer or director as they show you their place of work as well as the conservation workshop.
An overview of contemporary architecture
»Since the Weissenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart in 1927, there has not been a gathering in a single place of a group of buildings designed by the most distinguished architects in the Western world.« Philip Johnson, architectural critic
Guided Tours through the Schaudepot
Discover the unique collection of the Vitra Design Museum! It contains some 7000 pieces of furniture, a vast assemblage of lighting objects and numerous archives, as well as the estates of such designers as Charles & Ray Eames, Verner Panton and Alexander Girard.
The Rehberger-Weg, which is around five kilometers long, links two countries, two municipalities, two cultural institutions – and countless stories. The path runs between Weil am Rhein and Riehen, between the Fondation Beyeler and the Vitra Campus. Guided by «24 Stops», 24 waymarkers created by the artist Tobias Rehberger, walkers can explore a uniquely diverse natural and cultural landscape.
NEW: shuttle service between the Vitra Campus and the Fondation Beyeler
I have no favourite material; anything can be used to create beauty if handled well.
Many Designers like collecting objects to create their own visual library.
Raw Edges
A problem of the modernity is that it will solve and it will make easier. I think it’s not about solving, but about developing a culture of being. And then the problems will also shift.
I want to understand how design is connected to life.
Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.
Design is the appropriate combination of materials in order to solve a problem.
Numbered Edition of the »Plywood Chair«
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Imaginary interview with Salvador Dalí and André Breton
Many surrealist artists have created ready-mades and other disturbing objects, unsettling our supposedly familiar world. André Breton and Salvador Dali are examples of these surrealists who took an interest in everyday objects.
Interview: Balkrishna Doshi
The architect Balkrishna Doshi is one of the foremost pioneers of modern architecture in his home country. Jolanthe Kugler, curator at the Vitra Design Museum, talked with the 91-year-old architect about the melding of Indian traditions and Western modernism in his buildings, about his revolutionary social housing concepts and his formative years with Le Corbusier in the 1950s.
Interview: Alison J. Clarke
»Design Is Never Neutral« was one of the Victor J. Papanek’s (1923 – 1998) most important messages. To find out what this means twenty years after the designer’s death, the Vitra Design Museum sat down with one of the curators of the exhibition »Victor Papanek: The Politics of Design«, Professor Alison J. Clarke, Director of the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
Interview: Ian Schrager
Together with his business partner Steve Rubell, Ian Schrager founded Studio 54 in New York City in 1977, whose roster of illustrious guests secured its reputation as the most famous disco of all time. Head curator Jochen Eisenbrand spoke with Ian Schrager, now a successful hotelier and real estate mogul.
Interview: Eames Demetrios
Exhibition curator Jolanthe Kugler and director Mateo Kries spoke with Eames Demetrios, grandson of Charles Eames and director of the Eames Office, to get to the heart of Charles and Ray Eameses' working process.
Interview: Richard Sennett
The American sociologist Richard Sennett has studied the topic of urban living and community for over thirty years. In an interview in the context of the exhibition »Together!« he talks about the perils and possibilities of more open, porous forms of urban planning and communal living.
Interview: Dunne & Raby
As part of the research for »Hello, Robot.«, curator Thomas Geisler asked Fiona Raby and Anthony Dunne about their take on the relationship between humans and technology.
Interview: Herzog & de Meuron
The architects of the new Schaudepot, Jacques Herzog und Pierre de Meuron, spoke to director Mateo Kries and Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra.
Interview: Raw Edges
The products and installations created by the design studio Raw Edges are characterised by their playful use of colours and patterns. Raw Edges have made a name for themselves through their work for companies such as Kvadrat, Moroso and Louis Vuitton. They also set in scene »Alexander Girard« for the Vitra Design Museum. Shay Alkalay, one of the partners at Raw Edges alongside Yael Mer, spoke to chief curator Jochen Eisenbrand about the actuality of Girard's work.
Exhibition programme »Home Stories«
The Online Collection includes detailed information about selected objects from the collection and will be expanded continuously in the coming years. Here you won’t just find extensive details about each object, but also explanatory text and image materials, biographies of the most important designers as well as texts on the history of significant furniture manufacturers.
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Widow of Orlando club gunman pleads not guilty
Noor Salman could face life in prison if convicted
Widow of Orlando club gunman pleads not guilty Noor Salman could face life in prison if convicted Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/2jynI85
Associated Press Published 7:08 a.m. ET Jan. 18, 2017
The house where Noor Salman was arrested is seen Jan. 17, 2017, in Rodeo, Calif.(Photo: Ben Margot / AP)
Oakland, Calif. — The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman pleaded not guilty to charges that she aided and abetted her husband’s support of the Islamic State group and then hindered the investigation of the attack.
Noor Salman entered her plea Wednesday in an Oakland, California, courtroom two days after her arrest at the home she shared with her mother in suburban San Francisco.
She will return to court Feb. 1 to argue for her release pending trial on the charges that could result in a life sentence if she is convicted.
Prosecutors and Salman’s lawyers declined comment after the hearing.
Prosecutors alleged Tuesday that the 30-year-old Salman knew her husband Omar Mateen planned to attack the Pulse nightclub, a gay bar where he killed 49 people and injured more than 50 others.
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The Diakonia partner Women's Development Center has donated water tanks to people affected by the drought in Anuradhapura district. Photo: WDC
Continued drought in Sri Lanka
Severe drought has affected the Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts in the north central province of Sri Lanka since October 2013, affecting over 50,000 families. Sri Lankan authorities reported that more than 10 months drought affected 1,5 Million people across 14 districts in central, north and eastern areas.
65 percent of the population depend on agriculture in the affected districts
Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa districts are considered the rice bowl of Sri Lanka. 65 percent of the population cultivate staple crops and have been dependent on agriculture for decades.
Water borne diseases
Crop cultivation, livestock management and drinking water are seriously endangered especially in remote villages with no pipelines. Desperate people began digging wells in old reservoirs which contain contaminated water and soil, increasing in turn, the risks of water borne diseases. Presently, these two districts have reported the highest number of patients with kidney ailments due to excessive use of contaminated water wells.
The Diakonia partner Women’s Development Center
The Diakonia partner organization Women’s Development Center (WDC) works through the Rajarata Women’s Development Forum (RWDF) in five district secretariat divisions in Anuradhapura District. RWDF consists of 136 groups with 6,262 members and 30 children’s clubs with 1,055 children.
RWDF reported that mega irrigation schemes have shut down since late last year due to shortage of rainfall.
Farmers suffer from heavy financial pressure
The expected wet season in October is probably not going to spur any agricultural activity, despite government’s allocation of relief goods.
One reason is the continuing difficulty with repaying cultivation loans from the Rural Bank and informal money lenders with high interest rates. As government refused to write off farmers’ loans despite the drought, farmers are disqualified from further accessing resources to rehabilitate crops or engage in disaster mitigation activities.
Increased food prices causes inflation
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank reported that increases in food prices caused the country’s inflation to rise to 3,6 percent in the month of July from 2,8 percent in the previous month .
Lack of awareness about food security
RWDF said that although disaster mitigation authorities are present in all the districts, disaster awareness and preparedness have not involved the communities therefore the lack of knowledge is still prevalent. A comprehensive disaster mitigation strategy plan is urgently needed in these communities.
RWDF also cited the lack of awareness about food security:
“Farmers are used to selling all their products without keeping a portion of the harvests for domestic consumption or to keep as seeds. Home garden produce, poultry and livestock are all sold as well. The farmers of these districts are not used to saving. As a result the entire family starves” says a RWDF spokesperson.
Members of community-based organizations or self-help groups formed by RWDF and other NGOs have some capacity for food security but the financial situation of the farmers makes it difficult to pay for fertilizers, hiring of machinery for land preparation etc.
The RWDF has linked up with the divisional secretariats of the affected districts and drought relief work is being carried out according to available financial resources. They were able to distribute 500 plastic water containers to few villages. The distribution was managed by women’s societies that have direct contact with the affected families.
Families take loans to meet their daily needs
The World Food Programme has warned that many families are borrowing heavily to meet daily needs and that unless immediate coordinated relief and agricultural inputs specifically targeting vulnerable households are done, there could be a further collapse in household resilience.
Diakonia in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka Diakonia and its partner organizations aim to strengthen civil society and empower marginalised people. The partners promote and defend human rights, equal rights for men and women, gender awareness and support socio-economic justice. The partner organizations are also involved in awareness-raising, advocacy and lobbying on voters’ rights and democratic governance.
Read more about Diakonia in Sri Lanka
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Find out what happens when you photograph a menu in Singapore
by Jessica Gaspar
I was already travelling through South East Asia for more than a month with Martine, a friend of mine. Until this day, our impressions about Asia were better than we thought they would be! We had only been to Thailand and Malaysia before “landing” in Singapore.
Singapore! Yes! I had heard and read a lot about Singapore. I was looking forward to visiting this incredible country – well, that’s what people usually say about Singapore! And they are right!
Tiny, but lovely. Superficial, but peaceful and homely. For the first time since the beginning of this world trip, we were sitting in a cab and thinking “Wow, it feels like being at home”. And it was a wonderful feeling. Singapore is very similar to Europe. For one instant – while being abroad – it was nice to believe that we were in a place which could be our second home.
One of the best moments I had in Singapore was not visiting the city. Even if it was awesome, it was not the best experience I had there. No it wasn’t!
I remember that one morning, after having breakfast, we decided to go for a walk through the neighbourhoods known as “Little India” and “Chinatown”. It was very nice – lovely architecture, beautiful colours, little streets where we got lost… We were fascinated by Singapore and its neighbourhoods. The city inspired peace, joy and curiosity.
At some point – when we were still lost – I saw a menu on the window of a restaurant. It immediately caught my attention. I’m not going to lie, I was hungry but it wasn’t because of that! What caught my attention was the picture which featured “Portuguese Egg Tarts”…
My genes were telling me to capture this moment with a quick photo! I love “Pastéis de Nata” – that’s how we call them in Portugal. They are part of my culture, part of my family, part of Portugal, a country that I so much love! How could I not take a picture and send it to my family to tell them that “Portuguese Egg Tarts” exist even in Asia? I was proud!
When I turned around to tell Martine, I saw an old man approaching. First, I thought he would complain because it was perhaps forbidden to take pictures there… But it wasn’t that! The seventy-year-old man was the owner of the restaurant. We didn’t know what he wanted from us. He didn’t speak English but he had a big smile on his face and made a sign with his hands telling us to wait there. A few minutes later, his son came outside to say hello. He was the old man’s translator. He explained to us that his father owns the restaurant since 1962 and that he never had the privilege to see a tourist taking a picture of his menu. He was proud and happy!
The old man also wanted his wife to meet us. He went to get her so that we could all take a “family picture” as a souvenir. It was lovely. To say thank you (for what exactly?!) they invited us for lunch. The restaurant was technically closed, but that day, they made an exception for us. The old man wanted us to taste some Singaporean recipes. So we did. It was delicious. They didn’t want us to pay. It was offered by the house.
Sadly, they didn’t have any Portuguese Egg Tarts for us… but we spent a very sweet moment with locals. They were friendly, kind and were treating us like we were part of their family. Singapore definitely felt like being home. And that all started “just” because a tourist took a picture of “Portuguese Egg Tarts”…
Photos: © Jessica Gaspar
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What Are The Different Types Of Thesis Statements?
A thesis statement is “a short summary of the main idea, purpose, or argument of an essay that usually appears in the first paragraph.” It’s generally only one or two sentences in length.
A strong thesis statement is the backbone of a well-organized paper, and helps you decide what information is most important to include and how it should be presented.
What is a good thesis statement?
This thesis statement, for example, could open a paper on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s importance as a civil rights leader: “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential figures of the American civil rights movement. His moving speeches and nonviolent protests helped unite a nation divided by race.”
This example lays out the writer’s basic argument (King was an important leader of the American civil rights movement), offers two areas of evidence (his speeches and nonviolent protests), and explains why the argument matters (united a divided nation).
A good thesis statement delivers a clear message about the scope of the topic and the writer’s approach to the subject. In contrast, poor thesis statements fail to take a position, are based solely on personal opinion, or state an obvious truth. For example, “Democracy is a form of government,” is a weak thesis statement because it’s too general, doesn’t adopt a stance, and states a well-known fact that doesn’t need further explanation.
Thesis statements can be explanatory, argumentative, or analytical. The type of paper determines the form of the thesis statement.
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An explanatory thesis statement is based solely on factual information. It doesn’t contain personal opinions or make claims that are unsupported by evidence. Instead, it tells the reader precisely what the topic will be and touches on the major points that will be explored in the essay. An explanatory thesis statement is sometimes also called an expository thesis statement.
For example: The core components of a healthy lifestyle include a nutritious diet, regular exercise, and adequate sleep.
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In an argumentative essay, the writer takes a stance on a debatable topic. This stance, and the claims to back it up, is the argument. Unlike an explanatory thesis statement, an argumentative thesis statement allows the writer to take a position about a subject (e.g., the deeper meaning of a literary text, the best policy towards a social problem) and to convince readers of their stance. The body of the argumentative essay uses examples and other evidence to support the writer’s opinion.
For example: Shakespeares’s Taming of the Shrew uses humor, disguise, and social roles to criticize the lack of power women had in Elizabethan England.
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An analytical thesis statement analyzes, or breaks down, an issue or idea into its different parts. Then, it evaluates the topic and clearly presents the order of the analysis to the reader.
For example: The school’s policy to start its school day an hour later revealed three related benefits: students were more alert and attentive in class, had a more positive about school, and performed better in their coursework.
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Writing a thesis statement requires time and careful thought. The thesis statement should flow naturally from research and set out the writer’s discoveries. When composing a thesis statement, make sure it focuses on one main idea that can be reasonably covered within your desired page length. Try not to write about the entire history of America, for example, in a three-page paper.
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Delaware license plate 20 sells for $410,000 at Rehoboth Beach auction
Delaware black-and-white license plate No. 20 sold for $410,000 at Emmert Auction Associates at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.
Delaware license plate 20 sells for $410,000 at Rehoboth Beach auction Delaware black-and-white license plate No. 20 sold for $410,000 at Emmert Auction Associates at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center. Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2018/08/20/delaware-tag-20-sells-410-000-rehoboth-beach-auction/1041800002/
Taylor Goebel, Salisbury Daily Times Published 12:38 p.m. ET Aug. 20, 2018 | Updated 2:35 p.m. ET Aug. 21, 2018
An auction Sunday with five low-digit tags for sale brought $410,000 for tag no. 20 at the high end, and $3,400 for tag no. C2521 at the low end.(Photo: Courtesy of Delaware Tag Traders)
In Delaware, there may be no status symbol greater than the coveted low-digit license plate.
That rang true Sunday as the black-and-white tag no. 20 was sold for $410,000 by Emmert Auction Associates at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.
John Wakefield, owner of Delaware Tag Traders, which is affiliated with Emmert Auction Associates, said they sell a license plate of that magnitude every two or three years.
Six to eight people were initially interested in the tag, Wakefield said. The bidding started low — $210,000, and lasted about six and a half minutes, with it becoming $5,000-$10,000 more expensive every 30 seconds. By the time the auctioneer urgently chanted out the plate at $310,000, only two people were left.
And $100,000 later, the final sale went to a Sussex County native in his 80s, according to Wakefield.
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"Delaware is Delaware," Wakefield said of the First State's penchant for low-digit tags. "Nobody gets it unless you’re in Delaware. It's always been in our history."
License plates are lucrative merchandise. The first three plates of the first state belong to the governor, lieutenant governor and secretary of state, but the rest are salable. Tag no. 4, currently strapped to a Wilmington-area Lexus, is worth well more than $1 million — if it ever goes on the market, Wakefield said.
Tag no. 14 sold in 2016 for $325,000. "Given (tag no. 20) sold for $410,000, the market has gotten stronger," Wakefield said.
The Delaware license plate can be a status symbol, but that's not why everyone forks up six digits to get two in return.
"It's not just to put on the car, but to have an investment," Wakefield said. "We trade these tags quite often for a lot of money. I think there’s always going to be a market for them."
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Contemporary Vertical Living Residence In A Georgian House
This Georgian house underwent a massive transformation and was turned into a Vertical Living Residence
An original Georgian home in London, too narrow for what the homeowner’s needs, underwent a full renovation thanks to Scenario Architecture. Along with those transformations, the Vertical Living residence was given an addition in the back to house a new, open kitchen, dining space, and sitting room. By making use of every inch of the home, Scenario was able to reimagine the layout so that it worked for their lifestyle.
The original ground floor and basement were barely used despite being allocated as reception rooms. The staircase was removed and the ground floor was cut out to create an open mezzanine allowing natural light to flow throughout, especially to the former basement. By connecting the two floors, designated uses were spread out between two making them less cluttered. The main color is white and the spaces are spruced up with brighter touches and metallic surfaces to make them more eye-catchy.
The white kitchen flows into the living room with an abrupt transition into a smooth, grey wall that features an embedded fireplace and seating bench.
The master bath received a Japanese-style soaking tub that’s integrated into the continuous finish that leads to the sink and storage underneath.
The deck is all clad with wood, there are sleek white benches and a table, some potted greenery and blooms and a creative built-in bench with storage units, all clad with the same wood as the deck.
The kitchen is done with sleek white cabinets, catchy pendant lamps and some wooden furniture
The living room is surprisingly decorated with concrete, which covers the floor and the wall, there's a glazed wall, too, which brings much light inside
The furniture is a pretty mix of mid-century modern and qirky contemporary to give a character to the home
The upper floor features a play zone for the kid and a large built-in bookcase, there's much light coming through the windows
The staircase was an element of decor with its sleek white surfaces and glass railings
The living room zone on the upper floor features some colorful accents and a home office nook with a desk built in right into the railing
The master bedroom is all-white, with stained wooden floors to make it catchier - a perfect place to have a rest
The master bathroom is done with neutral concrete and all the appliances built in to make it look sleek
The deck is all covered with wood, there are planted and potted plants and trees all over
You may also see a catchy bench with storage units and covered with the same wood
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2010 Sherco 3.0F & 2.5F
03/12/2012 Damien Ashenhurst Reviews, SHERCO Comments Off on 2010 Sherco 3.0F & 2.5F
We take Sherco’s new 3.0f and 2.5f to the trails for a tree dodging ride
Story and photography Matt Bernard
As another range of new and improved models land on the floors of dealers around the country, comes the excitement of ground up revised models, revamped parts and in some cases a new bike released into the market. For 2010, Sherco has taken another step towards mimicking their trials success in the off-road market, releasing a new model to their range. Thus growing the companies off-road motorcycle cluster to six displacements in their ever growing effort.
Last year we tested both the 2.5 and 4.5 machine in our 250cc and 450cc enduro shootouts and the bikes received quite a positive rating. The 2.5 was an easy bike to ride with an almost electric feeling motor, but suffered from a soft suspension set-up, limiting how hard the top guys could push the then black machine. So with a host of updates to the 2.5 and the introduction of the 3.0 we headed to Braidwood in NSW for some tree dodging fun in search of how the Sherco’s stand up to a fun trail ride at the hands of two pro’s and a clubman.
With mainly sandy terrain with the odd rocky section thrown in amongst the whooped out rough trails, the Sherco’s would be well and truly put to the test. After spending some time aboard these bikes, we sat down to nut out the ins and outs of these two Sherco weapons.
What are they like to ride ergonomics wise? Do they have a quirky trial’s style feel to them?
Ben Grabham – Pro: The ergonomics on the Shercos are definitely getting better. You still know you are hopping on something that is from Europe and that is a little bit different. It isn’t way out or there or anything wired but you can still tell they have their own brand of brakes and clutch and all that sort of thing. Also one thing that I have noticed is that you can tell that they do have a strong trials background. There are a few features when you ride the bike that reminds you of that trials feel.
Shane Booth – Pro: I wouldn’t say they are too quirky. They’ve got quite a light nimble feel to them, but nothing like the feel of riding an actual trials bike that’s for sure. The bars are a fairly high bend and you can notice it when you are seated on the bike, which is sort of a familiarity, but as soon as you are up on the pegs they help you into a comfortable trail riding position. They have a very flat profile along the top of the seat which is pretty common these days and makes it easy to move around on the bike.
Matt Bernard – Clubman: When I first hopped aboard the Sherco, I felt relatively comfortable. Although it is fair to say they do have a more Euro feel to them than some of the bikes out there. To me, the handlebars felt like a fair reach when in the seating position, but ergonomic preferences such as handlebar positioning do come down to personal preference, but to me it did stand out. The seat on the thing is very flat, making it nice and easy to move around on and the gripper seat is a good addition.
How do they handle?
Ben: Last years bike it had a good strong engine but it was pretty much a let down in the suspension department. That really was the only main thing that let down the last Sherco 2.5, it was a good bike, it just lacked in the handling due to the suspension. This year, it is a big improvement; I feel I can ride it at a decent pace and not feel like I am too close to the edge.
Shane: They worked well on the trails at a trail riding speed, I felt as soon as I pushed any harder than that I started to bottom the suspension fairly easily. This is pretty much to be expected on a trail bike and to the Sherco’s credit even when it did bottom out it didn’t spike or do anything too unsettling. The fork set up allowed the bike to turn well without needing any extra effort and I didn’t find myself chasing the front end at all. The crew at Sherco have done a good job of setting up a bike that would work well for most trailriders out there.
Matt: With the updated suspension on these bikes, I feel it has given the bike a more race orientated feel. Riding the Sherco at the 250 enduro shootout last year, I enjoyed the motor, and felt it to be an easy bike to ride, but when the going got rough, I struggled to keep it on the boil. It actually bucked me off when I tried to push into a rut. No such feelings this time, the bike feels like it stands firmer in its stroke and around the single trail, it handles between the trees without a problem at all for a rider of my ability.
Is the 3.0 much different to the 2.5?
Ben: The 300 is defiantly for someone that is maybe a little bit too heavy on a 250 but doesn’t want too much power. As you can expect, the bike is a little stronger off the bottom and in the mid-range, but they both feel similar on top. Riding in the sand today, the 300 was certainly easier to ride when coming out of corners just to pull a taller gear; you don’t have to work as hard on it. As in handling, you can’t tell the difference, they both feel the same.
Shane: There isn’t massive amounts of difference here, but I liken it to the new 2-stroke 150’s. The 300 just allows a rider to be a little lazier with the clutch because it has that extra torque. The 300 doesn’t feel any heavier than the 250, so for most trail riders they couldn’t go wrong with it. The only reason you’d take the 250 over it would be to qualify for the 250 class in competition. If you aren’t a racer, just riding on the weekends, then the 300 is the pick.
Matt: I guess it’s pretty obvious, but the 3.0 is just a bit more power to make it that bit easier to get through the trail. There isn’t enough to rip your arms out, nor is it unnoticeable, for trailriding, I’d find the 3.0 simply easier to ride. A 450 would wear me out too soon, and I’d be working hard to ride a 250 fast, while the 3.0 is just enough to give you that easy to ride feel. My old man is a 40 something trailrider who loves to have a good go, but really doesn’t ride enough to be riding on the edge aboard a small-bore. For someone like him, I think the 3.0 would be good.
How would you fair racing a 3.0 in the E2 class against 450’s?
Ben: If you are an over 35 or vets I’d say go the 3.0. But for National Off-road, as you say, you would be up in the E2 against 450s and I don’t think I’d go that way. You’d struggle a little on a fast test. But the 2.5 would be pretty competitive in its class after you strip the excess weight off it and fine-tuned the suspension to suit the rider and the conditions.
Shane: I think it would be a bit of an up hill battle in the pro class. I think the 3.0 would struggle to hang in there especially on a fast test or loop. However, at a clubman level it may just work, it would be easier to hang on to for longer periods than a 450 and you wouldn’t have to be as precise with the throttle.
Matt: At my level, I think I could ride the 3.0 faster for longer. It’s not nearly as much to hang onto as a 450. If it was purely based on the speed of the bike, say a really open Amcross style track, I’d probably steer away from it a little bit and think about a 450 if I would be lining up next to a heard of fire-breathing big-bores.
Do these bikes suit both trailriders and racers alike?
Ben: These bikes still aren’t quite to the level of the Japanese or well know European bikes, but they are getting very close. I thought they were more so for a trail rider last year. But I think this year a club level or intermediate racer could jump on it and race it without wanting to change to much at all and be a pretty comfortable bike to race.
Shane: I have no doubt in my mind they are both great trailriding bikes. Like I mentioned the 300 is a perfect size powerplant for probably 80 per cent of weekend trailriders. When it comes to racing, the 250 is probably a little tame out of the box, but with a little work and some beefed up suspension could be right there. The 300 is a great bike that just doesn’t really have a home as far as racing goes at the moment, but it may just work for a clubman in the E2 class.
Matt: I think so, the new bikes are more race orientated than the previous model. In saying that, a trail rider wouldn’t feel like a fish out of water aboard the bikes. They are both easy bikes to ride, the suspension is firm without being unforgiving and the ergos are set-up to be ridden aggressively, without being so race-orientated that a trailrider couldn’t spend the day in the saddle aboard one.
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Seattle School District Votes to Push Back School Start Times
Seattle has become one of the largest school districts to act on research that later start times are beneficial to the wellbeing of students.
District high schools and middle schools in Seattle will now start at 8:45 a.m., an hour later than most schools now, says King5.com.
The changes will take affect beginning with the 2016-17 school year.
The times were decided after a district-appointed task force spent seven months consulting experts and studying the issue, The Seattle Times said.
According to the article, the local pediatric community is “thrilled with the proposal.”
"Sleep doctors who attended the board meeting said later start times will benefit the teen students' health and learning.”
Not everyone was as happy, though. While some elementary schools will now start at 7:55 a.m., elementary schools in the “tier three” group will start at 9:35 a.m.
The parents of students in the tier three groups say this is too late for their students.
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Pedestrian detection systems "don't work when needed most" - study
Study finds pedestrian detection is hindered at night
Pedestrian detection in autonomous emergency braking systems are inconsistent or "completely ineffective" at night, a new study from the US Automobile Automobile Association (AAA) has found.
The latest Tesla Model 3, Toyota Camry, Chevrolet Malibu, and Honda Accord were put through their paces in a range of scenarios:
Approaching an adult at 32km/h and 48km/h
When a child darts between two parked cars at 32km/h and 48km/h
When someone steps out while a vehicle is turning right into a perpendicular street
Approaching two adults on the side of the road at 32km/h and 48km/h
Approaching an adult crossing the road at 40km/h at night
In testing, the simulated children were struck 89 per cent of the time, while none of the cars avoided a collision with a pedestrian at 48km/h. None of the cars slowed down, let alone stopped entirely, when turning right either.
At night, the pedestrian detection systems were entirely ineffective – particularly concerning when you consider 75 per cent of North American pedestrian deaths occur after dark.
"Pedestrian fatalities are on the rise, proving how important the safety impact of these systems could be when further developed," said Greg Brannon, director of automotive engineering and industry relations at the AAA.
"But, our research found that current systems are far from perfect and still require an engaged driver behind the wheel."
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David Duncan and MINI takes the States 2014 on Driving the Nation
David Duncan, Vice President MINI of the Americas, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, Driving on the eve of the start of MINI takes the States 2014.
MINI is expecting 900 MINI owners partying every night across the country and there are 450 MINI owners making the trek all the way across the United States and so is David Duncan, Vice President MINI of the Americas. What is Duncan’s favorite part of the trip?
The MINI convoy has been crisscrossing the United States, every other year, since 2006. How did this event start?
The MINI Countryman just topped J.D. Power’s APEAL survey for the small SUV, which measures how much owners like their new vehicles. What does that say to Duncan about how big MINI can go?
MINI charges an event registration fee to each participant. According to the MINI USA website, all proceeds from that registration fee goes to a charity. This year best friends animal society has been chosen as the charity. “The MINI community is very pet-friendly so we are proud to partner with Best Friends Animal Society who runs the nations largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals,” said David Duncan, Vice President MINI of the Americas. “Over the years we’ve seen many four-legged co-pilots on MINI TAKES THE STATES so this partnership is a natural fit for both our organization and the community.”
Best Friends Animal Society is the only national animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to ending the killing of dogs and cats in America’s shelters. When Best Friends began in 1984, some 17 million animals died every year in America’s shelters, simply for not having homes. Today, that number is down to about 4 million. That’s incredible progress, but it also means that more than 9,000 wonderful dogs and cats are still losing their lives every day.
By Lou Ann Hammond|2018-07-06T17:48:24-07:00July 28th, 2014|Categories: Automobiles and Energy, Charities, MINI, Video, youtube.com|Tags: MINI|0 Comments
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