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Welcome to Newsletter #47
A bunch of tales I wanted to share with you
A tale I read
Boy and Egg by Naomi Shihab Nye
A tale I heard
Actor Jake Gyllenhaal on his audition for the part of Frodo in Lord of the Rings:
"I went into this room and there were a lot of stage directions and no lines. We didn’t have any lines to say, really, it was just like finding the ring and you were like supposed to go and open the thing and there’s a ring there and… I didn’t really do it. I didn’t understand because there were no lines so I just walked up, opened the box casually and grabbed the ring and said: ‘Was that good?’ Peter Jackson literally just had his head in his hands. Then I had a scene with lines and I didn’t have an accent – everyone had a British accent – and I didn’t do an accent for it. And he turned to me and said: ‘You are the worst actor that I have ever seen. Did anyone tell you you’re supposed to have an accent?’ And I was like: ‘No…’ and he said: ‘Fire your agents.’"
A tale I saw
Arbitrary and Unnecessary by Daniel Piper
A tale I wrote
“Would you rather fly like a bird or breathe underwater like a shark?” asked the wise, old wizard.
“Fly like a bird, obviously,” I replied.
“Very good,” he said as wings appeared on my back.
“Next question. Would you rather watch your parents have sex every day or join in just the once?”
“I don’t want to play anymore.”
“ANSWER THE QUESTION!” he yelled, aggressively pointing his wand in my face.
“I…I guess I’d join in just the once…”
“Very good,” he said as my dad beckoned me to his bedroom..
A tail I like
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UW sidewalk stencil project along Bear River encourages kids to play outside
Evanston students and parents gather around the hopscotch stencil for a paint demonstration at the Bear River Greenway. UW Extension has started a stencil project that encourages children to get outside and play. (UW Photo)
By: From the University of Wyoming - Updated: 5 months ago
Stencils painted on the Bear River Greenway in Evanston are the latest painted at sites around Wyoming encouraging kids to get outside and play.
Games such as hopscotch and Simon Says have been set aside as children have become less active. The Cent$ible Nutrition Program (CNP), part of the University of Wyoming Extension, and its community partners say they are trying to change this by painting game stencils on sidewalks and playgrounds.
Spray and Play, an event coordinated by CNP and the Evanston Parks and Recreation District (EPRD), celebrated the last day of school for Evanston students and their families. The families had lunch, followed by painting sidewalk stencils at the Bear River Greenway.
The greenway follows the Bear River through Evanston, providing more than 2 miles of paved trails. The new Health Trail Fitness Course is at the main entry. The course includes 14 fitness stations for adults. While the trail and fitness course encourage adults to be active, there are no kid-specific activities.
“There are a number of people who access this area daily, and we’ve got some new exercise equipment,” says Marilee Jackson, business manager for Evanston Parks and Recreation. “But, we don’t have a lot for kids because we never put a playground over here, and we probably won’t. But, with that said, stuff on the sidewalk would be great.”
The Wyoming Department of Health purchased six sets of stencils as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s State Public Health Actions grant. CNP agreed to house the stencils in UW Extension offices around the state when the grant ended.
Bear River Greenway is the seventh stencil site in Wyoming. The greenway stencils are unique because they are in a park setting. The stencils have been painted at schools and daycares in other Wyoming communities. The idea to paint them at the greenway, a public space in Evanston, came from Uinta County CNP Educator Beth Barker.
“I just had this thought that we have this really nice greenway, and there are activity stations for adults along the path,” Barker says. “And I thought it’d be great to have activities for kids to do while their parents are doing the adult activities.”
Through community contacts and some perfect timing, Barker connected with the board of the Better Environment and River (BEAR) Project Inc. Barker and Kim Proffit, the Uinta County Public Health nurse manager, presented the stencil idea to the board March 20. The project was approved shortly afterward.
“The thing that really grabbed the BEAR board is getting kids outside,” says Jackson, a 20-year board member. “We’re finding, especially my generation, that nobody knows what hopscotch is; nobody knows what jacks are.”
Cody Webb, of the Evanston Police Department, talked during the lunch before the event about using public spaces. He explained when painting the sidewalks is okay and when it is not. The EPRD is hoping that by getting kids involved in the process, they will have some ownership of the stencils. EPRD also is hoping this ownership will help prevent destruction of the stencils. This is one of the biggest concerns for this project because the greenway is tucked away from town, Jackson says.
Nicholas Winn, a custodian at the Evanston Recreation Center and an artist, demonstrated how to paint the stencils using spray paint before everyone divided into groups. Over the course of two hours, 13 stencils were painted along a portion of the fitness path.
With everyone gathered on the sidewalk bordering the parking lot, Barker and Jackson pulled out the huge stencil boxes from the truck bed. Participants put on plastic gloves and masks. Winn shook a can of spray paint. It was time.
Hopscotch was the first stencil. Winn offered a few tips on how to use spray paint on the stencils and demonstrated the constant movement and proper distance for even coloring. Barker showed how to use extra cardboard to cover parts of the stencil. Armed with information and cans of paint, the group applied the stencils along the course.
“The idea is to just go outside and play. It doesn’t have to be this big, organized, structured thing,” Jackson says of kids being active.
The stencils hardly dried before kids started to play hopscotch, their parents showing them how. “Mirror Me” drew a crowd as groups of kids tried the new game.
Jackson noted that, while nothing is set, EPRD is eager to paint more stencils after seeing how the initial set works.
“We’re excited,” Jackson says. “We just threw this together kind of last minute. We thought, ‘Let’s feed them and then get them here, then go see what we can do.’”
Barker and Jackson plan to post signs next to the stencils with instructions on how to play the games.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) fund CNP. The stencil project was funded by SNAP-Ed. CNP provides nutrition education to individuals and families with limited resources. CNP also collaborates with community organizations serving populations with limited resources to help make the healthy choice the easy choice for everyone, according to the program’s information.
For more information, visit the website at www.uwyo.edu/cnp.
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Bauxite and Alumina Statistics and Information
Bauxites are typically classified according to their intended commercial application: abrasive, cement, chemical, metallurgical, refractory, etc. The bulk of world bauxite production (approximately 85%) is used as feed for the manufacture of alumina via a wet chemical caustic leach method commonly known as the Bayer process.
Bauxite Mid-Georgia Gem and Mineral Society
Bauxite is found in abundance at many locations around the world. In 2010 the ten leading bauxite producing countries were: Australia, China, Brazil, India, Guinea, Jamaica, Russia, Kazakhstan, Suriname and Greece. Each of these countries has enough reserves for many years of continued production. Some have reserves for over 100 years of
Global Bauxite Market Overview 2019 - IndexBox
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the global bauxite market. Within it, you will discover the latest data on market trends and opportunities by country, consumption, production and p developments, as well as the global trade (imports and exports).
Aluminium of Greece - Wikipedia
Aluminium of Greece (Greek: Αλουμίνιο της Ελλάδος, Aloumínio tēs Elládos; French: Aluminium de Grèce) is an aluminium producing company in Greece. It was founded in 1960 by a conglomerate including French aluminium producer Pechiney.Its headquarters are in Marousi, Athens.Its production plant is located at Agios Nikolaos, near Distomo in Boeotia, on the north coast of
Europe 2020 indicators - Greece - Statistics Explained
Overview. Partly as a result of the economic slowdown, Greece had reduced its GHG emissions in ESD sectors by 29.3 % by 2017 compared with the ESD base year, significantly exceeding its national target for a 4 % reduction by 2020. Greece had already met its target on primary energy consumption in 2013 and has stabilised its energy efficiency at almost the same level since then.
(PDF) BAUXITE AND ALUMINA GIRI PRASAD REMINISETTY
Essentially are limited to only a handful of countries: Abrasive grade is all the domestic bauxite production is used in nonmetallurgical produced in Australia, China, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, and products, such as abrasives, chemicals, proppants, and Italy; refractory grade, in Brazil, China, and Guyana (Russell, refractories.
Crop Production in Greece and Italy - USDA FAS
Crop Production in Greece and Italy. Italy and Greece are distinctive and unusual within the European Union (EU) because they both share a Mediterranean climate which enables production of a variety of crops not possible further north on the continent. Greece produces nearly 80 percent of the EU’s cotton and 9 percent of its .
Greece: Mining, Minerals and Fuel Resources
The key resources availe in Greece include iron ore, lignite, zinc, lead, bauxite, petroleum and magnesite. In 2010, Greece was the world’s fourth largest producer of pum and a leading producer of perlite. The country also produced about 1% of the world’s bauxite and 9% of the world’s bentonite.
Sustainable energy production and consumption in Greece:
the Greek electrical energy sources, such as lignite, oil, natural gas, hydroelectric power and renewable energy sources is made and their percentage participation in electrical energy production is examined. After obtaining a broad picture of the current electrical energy production state in Greece, it is concluded that there
The World's Leading Bauxite Producing Countries
Australia is the world's leading producer of bauxite, an aluminium ore that is used as the primary source of the metal. A Bauxite mining facility in Queensland, Australia. Bauxite is a soft limonite iron ore rock with portions of its iron composition replaced by aluminum. Bauxite forms when silica
Global Bauxite and Alumina Market Review 2015-2016
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bauxite and Alumina Global Market Review 2015/2016" report to their offering. The report presents a thorough study of bauxite and alumina
Greece Energy Situation - energypediafo
According to the third progress report on the promotion and use of energy from renewable sources in Greece which was submitted under Article 22 of Directive 2009/28/EC to the European Commission in April 2016, the latest figures for the share of RES in gross final energy consumption indicate that Greece is on track for reaching its national RES
Greece the vo of coal in Europe
Greece boasts lignite resources of 4.6 billion tonnes and 2.9 billion tonnes of economically able reserves. The most important deposits are located in the north of the country at Ptolemais-Amynteon and Florina (1.5 billion tonnes) which contribute around 80% of production.
Outlook - The Bauxite Index
The alumina industry is driven by primary aluminium production, thus the outlook for primary aluminium will determine the fate of the alumina industry. World primary aluminum consumption has been growing at a CAGR of 3.7% for 40 years. If China is excluded, the ROW’s growth has averaged a CAGR of 2.2% over the same period.
Greece Agricultural Production and Consumption
Discover data on Agricultural Production and Consumption in Greece. Explore expert forecasts and historical data on economic indicators across 195+ countries.
Aluminium Market
In 2014 global aluminium production have reached 54 mln tonnes. The ex-China aluminium market was in shortfall of 1.2 million tonnes. According to CRU and International Aluminium Institute in the first half of 2015 aluminium production in the world outside ex-China grew by 2% YoY to 13 million tonnes.
Promoting Sustainable Consumption - OECD
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Top 10 Largest Bauxite Producing Countries In The World 2019
Jan 01, 2019 The aluminum ore that is used as the main source of the aluminum metal. Its sources of aluminum include: diaspora, gibbsite and bohmite. Although aluminum demand is increasing, there is no danger of bauxite reserves being fully exhausted. Here are the top 10 largest bauxite producing countries in the world in 2019.
Trends in Consumption and Production : Selected Minerals
3 Trends in Consumption and Production: Selected Minerals bauxite resources are between 55 and 75 billion metric tons.∗ Current annual world mine production of bauxite is approximately 115 million metric tons. The issue of depletion of resources for primary aluminium is even less acute than for other metals.
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BAUXITE AND ALUMINUM. - USGS
particularly gratifying to know that although the consumption of bauxite in the United States in 1916 amounted to 425,130 long tons, an increase of 41 per cent over the consumption in 1915 and of 74 per cent over the consumption in 1914, practically all domestic requirements were met by the American producers.
Bauxite and Alumina - Amazon S3
production and consumption data for bauxite and alumina were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey from three separate, voluntary surveys of U.S. operations. Typical of these surveys is “Bauxite Consumption,” sent to 47 operations, 34 of which responded, representing 75% of total bauxite consumption listed in table 4.
Guide to bauxite, alumina and aluminium - what you need to
Jan 07, 2018 Bauxite is the primary feedstock for an alumina refinery to extract aluminium oxide using the Bayer process. Generally, around 2 to 3 tonnes of bauxite is required to produce one tonne of alumina. Aluminium metal is subsequently extracted from alumina in a smelter via electrolysis through the Hall-Heroult method.
Greece Crude Oil Production 2019 Data Chart
Crude Oil Production in Greece remained unchanged at 3 BBL/D/1K in August from 3 BBL/D/1K in July of 2019. Crude Oil Production in Greece averaged 3.56 BBL/D/1K from 1994 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 11 BBL/D/1K in February of 1994 and a record low of 0 BBL/D/1K in January of 1999. This page provides - Greece Crude Oil Production - actual values,
Bauxite The Aluminum Association
Bauxite is primarily comprised of aluminum oxide compounds (alumina), silica, iron oxides and titanium dioxide. Approximately 70 percent of the world’s bauxite production is refined through the Bayer chemical process into alumina. Alumina is then refined into pure aluminum metal through the HallHéroult electrolytic process. Mining bauxite
BAUXITE AND ALUMINA
Domestic production and consumption data for bauxite and alumina were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey from three voluntary surveys of U.S. operations. One of these surveys is “Bauxite Consumption,” sent to 44 operations, 30 of which responded, representing 99% of the bauxite consumed for uses other than cement listed in table 4.
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S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe) is an important biological agent in the human body, participating in over 40 essential biochemical reactions.
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For over a decade, our team has combed through thousands of research articles published in reputable journals. To help you make educated decisions, and to better understand controversial or confusing supplements, our medical experts have digested the science into these three easy-to-follow ratings. We hope this provides you with a helpful resource to make informed decisions towards your health and well-being.
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This supplement has been used in connection with the following health conditions:
1,200 mg daily
Taking SAMe may improve liver function, bile flow, and survival.
Large amounts of SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) may improve survival and liver function in alcoholic liver cirrhosis. A double-blind trial found that 1,200 mg of SAMe per day for two years significantly decreased the overall death rate and the need for liver transplantation in people with alcoholic liver cirrhosis, particularly in those with less advanced liver disease. Preliminary trials suggest that lower amounts of SAMe (180 mg per day in one trial and 800 mg per day in another) may improve liver function in people with liver cirrhosis. SAMe supplementation has been shown to reverse the depletion of glutathione , an important antioxidant required for liver function.It has also been shown to aid in the resolution of blocked bile flow (cholestasis), a common complication of liver cirrhosis.
1200 mg daily
SAMe has anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, and tissue-healing properties that may help protect the health of joints and reduce osteoarthritis symptoms.
SAMe (S-adenosyl methionine) possesses anti-inflammatory, pain -relieving, and tissue-healing properties that may help protect the health of joints, though the primary way in which SAMe reduces osteoarthritis symptoms is not known. A very large, though uncontrolled, trial (meaning that there was no comparison with placebo) demonstrated "very good" or "good" clinical effect of SAMe in 71% of over 20,000 osteoarthritis sufferers. In addition to this preliminary research, many double-blind trials have shown that SAMe reduces pain, stiffness, and swelling better than placebo and equal to drugs such as ibuprofen and naproxen in people with osteoarthritis. These double-blind trials all used 1,200 mg of SAMe per day.
Lower amounts of oral SAMe have also produced reductions in the severity of osteoarthritis symptoms in preliminary clinical trials. A two-year, uncontrolled trial showed significant improvement of symptoms after two weeks at 600 mg SAMe daily, followed by 400 mg daily thereafter. This amount was also used in a double-blind trial, but participants first received five days of intravenous SAMe. A review of the clinical trials on SAMe concluded that its efficacy against osteoarthritis was similar to that of conventional drugs but that patients tolerated it better.
SAMe appears to raise levels of dopamine, an important neurotransmitter in mood regulation.
SAMe (S-adenosyl methionine) is a substance synthesized in the body that has recently been made available as a supplement. SAMe appears to raise levels of dopamine, an important neurotransmitter in mood regulation. Higher SAMe levels in the brain are associated with successful drug treatment of depression, and oral SAMe has been demonstrated to be an effective treatment for depression in most, but not all, clinical trials. SAMe has been found to be effective both when used by itself and when used as add-on treatment to antidepressant medication. Most trials used 1,600 mg of SAMe per day. While it does not seem to be as powerful as full applications of antidepressant medications or St. John's wort , SAMe's effects are felt more rapidly, often within one week.
800 mg daily
Supplementing with SAMe may increase serotonin levels in the blood and help relieve symptoms.
Intravenous SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) given to people with fibromyalgia reduced pain and depression in two double-blind trials; but no benefit was seen in a short (ten-day) trial. Oral SAMe (800 mg per day for six weeks) was tested in one double-blind trial and significant beneficial effects were seen, such as reduced pain , fatigue, and stiffness, and improved mood.
Hepatitis and Cholestasis
Supplementing with SAMe may help resolve blocked bile flow.
SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) (1,600 mg/day orally or 800 mg/day intravenously) has been shown to aid in the resolution of blocked bile flow (cholestasis), a common complication of chronic hepatitis.
Pregnancy and Postpartum Support and Cholestasis
Refer to label instructions
SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) supplementation has been shown to aid in the resolution of blocked bile flow (cholestasis), an occasional complication of pregnancy.1, 2
SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) supplementation has been shown to aid in the resolution of blocked bile flow (cholestasis), an occasional complication of pregnancy.
SAMe is an amino acid that has an impact on serotonin levels, it has shown significant antidepressant effects in clinical trials.
SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) is another amino acid that has an impact on serotonin levels, and it has demonstrated significant antidepressant effects in clinical trials. In both controlled and preliminary studies, SAMe has been shown to be helpful for the depressive symptoms of bipolar disorder. However, some patients have switched from depression to mania while using SAMe at 500 to 1,600 mg daily. This is a known side effect of other antidepressant medications. The mania induced by SAMe resolved when the supplement was discontinued, and in one case resolved spontaneously while the patient continued taking SAMe. Therefore, people with bipolar disorder should supplement with SAMe only under the supervision of a qualified healthcare practitioner.
Preliminary research suggests that oral SAMe may also increase sperm activity in infertile men.
Preliminary research suggests that oral SAMe (S-adenosyl-L-methionine), in amounts of 800 mg per day, may also increase sperm activity in infertile men.
Preliminary research suggests that supplementing with SAMe may reduce symptoms for some migraine sufferers.
Preliminary research also suggests that oral supplements of SAMe (S-adenosyl-L-methionine) may reduce symptoms for some migraine sufferers.
Healthy people do not need to take this supplement. Researchers working with people suffering from a variety of conditions have been using these amounts of SAMe: depression , 1,600 mg per day; osteoarthritis , 800–1,200 mg per day; fibromyalgia , 800 mg per day; liver disorders, 1,200 mg per day; and migraine , 800 mg per day.
SAMe is not abundant in the diet, though its precursor, the amino acid methionine is plentiful in many protein foods. It is not known whether increasing one's intake of methionine will increase the body's production of SAMe. Supplements of SAMe have been available in the U.S. since 1997.
Possible Deficiencies
SAMe is normally produced in the liver from the amino acid methionine which is abundant in most diets. Folic acid and vitamin B12 are necessary for the synthesis of SAMe, and deficiencies of these vitamins results in low concentrations of SAMe in the central nervous system.3 Low blood or central nervous system levels of SAMe have been detected in people with cirrhosis of the liver ,4 coronary heart disease ,5 Alzheimer's disease , and depression .6
Interactions with Supplements, Foods, & Other Compounds
At the time of writing, there were no well-known supplement or food interactions with this supplement.
Interactions with Medicines
Certain medicines interact with this supplement.
What Are Drug Interactions
Amoxapine
SAMe may improve the clinical response to imipramine (Tofranil®). In a double-blind trial, depressive symptoms decreased earlier in the people who received SAMe injections (200 mg per day) in combination with imipramine than in those who received imipramine with placebo injections. Oral supplementation with SAMe has demonstrated antidepressant activity, independent of its combination with imipramine.
Protriptyline
Trimipramine
The Drug-Nutrient Interactions table may not include every possible interaction. Taking medicines with meals, on an empty stomach, or with alcohol may influence their effects. For details, refer to the manufacturers' package information as these are not covered in this table. If you take medications, always discuss the potential risks and benefits of adding a supplement with your doctor or pharmacist.
Clinical trials in thousands of people for up to two years have demonstrated that SAMe is very well tolerated, much better than the medications with which it has often been compared.7 , 8 Occasional gastrointestinal upset may be experienced by some people. Researchers treating people with bipolar disorder (manic depression) have reported that SAMe could cause them to switch from depression to a manic episode.9 , 10
What Are Depletions & Interactions?
1. Frezza M, Surrenti C, Manzillo G, et al. Oral S-adenosylmethionine in the symptomatic treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Gastroenterology 1990;99:211-5.
2. Frezza M, Centini G, Cammareri G, et al. S-adenosylmethionine for the treatment of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Results of a controlled clinical trial. Hepatogastroenterology 1990;37 Suppl 2:122-5.
3. Bottiglieri T, Hyland K, Reynolds EH. The clinical potential of ademetionine (S-adenosylmethionine) in neurological disorders. Drugs 1994;48:137-52 [review].
4. Osman E, Owen JS, Burroughs AK. S-adenosyl-L-methionine-a new therapeutic agent in liver disease? Aliment Pharmacol Ther 1993;7:21-8 [review].
5. Loehrer FM, Angst CP, Haefeli WE, et al. Low whole-blood S-adenosylmethionine and correlation between 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and homocysteine in coronary artery disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 1996;16:727-33.
6. Bottiglieri T, Godfrey P, Flynn T, et al. Cerebrospinal fluid S-adenosylmethionine in depression and dementia: effects of treatment with parenteral and oral S-adenosylmethionine. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1990;53:1096-8.
7. Bressa GM. S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe) as antidepressant: Meta-analysis of clinical studies. Acta Neurol Scand 1994;154(suppl):7-14.
8. Di Padova C. S-adenosylmethionine in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Review of the clinical studies. Am J Med 1987;83:60-5 [review].
9. Carney MWP, Chary TKN, Bottiglieri T, Reynolds EH. The switch mechanism and bipolar/unipolar dichotomy. Br J Psychiatry 1989;154:48-51.
10. Carney MWP, Chary TK, Bottiglieri T, et al. Switch and S-adenosyl-methionine. Alabama J Med Sci 1988;25:316-9.
The information presented by Healthnotes is for informational purposes only. It is based on scientific studies (human, animal, or in vitro), clinical experience, or traditional usage as cited in each article. The results reported may not necessarily occur in all individuals. For many of the conditions discussed, treatment with prescription or over the counter medication is also available. Consult your doctor, practitioner, and/or pharmacist for any health problem and before using any supplements or before making any changes in prescribed medications. Information expires December 2019.
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Will House Republicans block post-Irene aid?
For as long as anyone can remember, federal disaster aid has effectively been automatic. It didn’t matter which party controlled which branch; when communities faced emergency conditions after a natural disaster, Washington would act to offer some relief.
Congressional Republicans in 2011 no longer believe in such swift action — — if Democrats want emergency assistance in the wake of a natural disaster, Republicans will insist on attaching some strings to the relief funds. In this case, the strings are cuts elsewhere in the budget.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) made the GOP approach clear months ago, and as Hurricane Irene approached the Atlantic coast, Republican leaders didn’t back off the callous line. Now that the storm has swept through eight states, will GOP lawmakers follow through on their threat and block disaster aid unless their demands are met? Brian Beutler takes a closer look at the “big problem” and says there are three angles to keep an eye on.
First, Republicans have learned an obvious lesson since they retook the House — that they can control the agenda in Washington, and put popular government programs under attack, if and only if they have some leverage over Democrats to play along. The government shutdown fight in April was their first victory. The debt limit showdown was their piece de resistance.
Second, there are political pitfalls to this approach, particularly when it requires Republicans to publicly stake out specific positions. Cutting government spending might focus group well, but privatizing Medicare does not, as Republicans learned quite painfully earlier this year. This augurs for slashing spending in nebulous ways — capping discretionary spending, and spreading the cuts out across myriad federal programs; or promising to “find monies” in the budget to offset new expenses. Death by a thousand, invisible cuts.
Third, the right flank of the Republican Party expects no less. In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated southern Louisiana, Cantor’s predecessor, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) claimed Republicans had pared discretionary spending back enough that federal aid could be financed with new debt. He came under attack from members of his own party and quickly reversed himself. Looks like Cantor learned his lesson.
All of this makes a lot of sense, especially the part about leverage. Republicans won’t be too crass publicly, but when it comes to post-hurricane relief, GOP officials will effectively tell Democrats, “We might be willing to help communities ravaged by the storm; we might not. What’s it worth to you?”
But I’d add a fourth angle to watch: whether rank-and-file Republicans are prepared to follow through on this. Over the weekend, Rep. Leonard Lance (R) of New Jersey said Cantor’s approach is the wrong way to go, and he does not expect Congress to hold disaster aid until his party receives a ransom. In May, after Cantor first pushed his ridiculous approach, other Republicans also said the spending-cut demands were wrong.
With Congress’ approval rating in the toilet and the Republicans’ support gradually reaching new depths, how far will the congressional GOP pursue this? Are Republicans seriously prepared to block post-hurricane relief to satisfy some kind of philosophical agenda?
I guess we’ll find out soon enough, but I’m not sure if the answer is obvious. Even the most callous, heartless bastard on Capitol Hill occasionally worries about re-election. Even if Republicans couldn’t care less about damaged communities, whether they’re prepared to face political blowback is less clear.
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Knicks Draft Stock: Prospects to Watch on Thursday
Posted by Mike Cortez | Mar 14, 2019
Zion Williamson suits back up for Duke and more matchups to watch tonight through the Knicks draft prospect lens.
TOURNEY SZN!!!!!
March Madness is far and away the best time of the basketball year. Basketball is on from noon to midnight, every game is high stakes, and did I mention it’s close to 12 straight hours of basketball? Nothing gets the juices flowing like sudden death. The major conferences started tournament play last night. Conference tourneys are the perfect appetizer as the big meal awaits next week.
Last night featured the lower seeds scrapping with each other. Today the beasts are back. The tournament that should have your undivided attention is the ACC—five players on the Knicks’ radar will be in action.
Tonight, fans should have their scouting hats on. Four of the top five players on our TKW Draft Board are in action. Ja Morant already locked up his conference tourney, impressing the hell out of us in the process. Now it’s time to see what his peers can do.
Here’s who to watch tonight.
Jarrett Culver takes on West Virginia
Jarrett Culver has mainly lived in the shadows of the Duke boys and Ja Morant in terms of Knicks fans’ affection. That hasn’t stopped him from balling out this season for Texas Tech.
Culver finished the regular season as a Player of the Year candidate, averaging 18.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.2 steals per game.
To cap the season, he went off for a career-high 31 points against Iowa State to give Texas Tech a share of the Big 12 regular season title.
Career-high 31 PTS for #TexasTech SG prospect Jarrett Culver, who made 12/19 FG's + 4/8 3FG's in an efficient + impressive outing as the #RedRaiders knocked off #IowaState 80-73 to earn a share of the #Big12 Conference championship. The 6-6 + 20-year-old is 7th in our top-100 pic.twitter.com/eA8HjbeRx1
— DraftExpressContent (@DXContent) March 11, 2019
The Red Raiders’ tourney fate is secure, but the conference tournament still serves as a good warm up. Culver will lead his group against West Virginia to open play. West Virginia hasn’t had a good season (13-19), but a Bob Huggins defense should never be taken lightly.
Culver has had no trouble with Huggins’ defense this season. In two games versus the Mountaineers this season, Culver’s shooting 64.7 percent from the floor. With more eyeballs on him, Culver can play his way into the hearts of Knicks fans.
When and Where to Watch: 7 p.m. ET on ESPN2
Nassir Little and UNC vs. Louisville
Your time might will be better served watching Culver on ESPN2 tonight. But during commercial breaks, check in on UNC—there might be a chance Nassir Little is on the floor. Playing time remains Little’s greatest adversary, averaging 17 minutes per game over his last 10, right in line with his season average of 18.4.
Things can change in tournament play. One hot streak from Little might convince Roy Williams to leave him out there a little longer. Louisville is a frisky opponent for UNC, and a team that Nas has had little success against. He scored a total of 10 points in two games against the Cardinals, shooting 4-for-13 from the field.
In this game you have to look for the little things—pun intended. With the small doses of Little we get, we can project what this blank canvas can be turned into, and see why his minutes have been so low. He is one of the more athletic players in the draft, should he declare, and can become an above-average defender.
When and Where to Watch: 7 p.m. ET on ESPN
Main Event: Duke vs. Syracuse
This is the main event of the evening. Pardon me, but I have to…
ZION IS BACK!!!!!
The past few weeks of Knick losses have been tougher to digest than a Popeyes biscuit with no beverage. Zion is that beverage. His return is a reminder that all this misery could end with a little luck.
In Zion’s absence, R.J. Barrett has more than held the fort. In Barrett’s first game without Zion, he led the charge in a revenge win against Syracuse, at the Carrier Dome, in the best performance of Barrett’s Duke career thus far.
Cam Reddish didn’t shoot well in that game, but he defended like a mad man. Reddish has tiptoed the fine line of Paul George and Rudy Gay. With Zion back in action, Reddish will have more room to operate. In six games without Williamson, Cam has shot poorly, at 28.9 percent from deep and 32.9 percent from the floor.
Ironically, Syracuse hasn’t faced Duke at full strength. When the Orange took down the Blue Devils in Durham, Reddish was out. In the rematch, Zion was out.
Tonight, center Marques Bolden is out—and will miss full tournament with a knee injury—which might be a blessing in disguise.
Coach K can finally unleash point-center Zion. Spreading the floor with Williamson and four wings is a strong form of attack against that Syracuse zone. Barrett had a lot of success driving into the teeth of that zone. Zion could have equal success, and kick out to shooters should that zone collapse.
This can give Knick fans a preview of what Zion would look like in a death lineup. Just imagine: Zion at center, flanked by Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
Which reminds me—put your tin foil hats on folks…
🤔👀 https://t.co/LP5TMDEdUM
— The Knicks Wall (@TheKnicksWall) March 14, 2019
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Mononoke Slashdown Review – The Grinding Ninja
Ninja slash...
Written by Jakejames Lugo on November 14, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Taking down legions of enemies with swift efficiency is the appeal of any ninja or samurai game, especially when it’s done in a great way. But for Mononoke Slashdown, that can be very debatable. Mononoke Slashdown is an action game that has you take on the role of a ninja named Kagemaru and clash with hundreds of undead and mystical foes. That sounds very interesting at first, especially if you’re a fan of the action genre, but there’s a few cracks that dampen the otherwise solid form of this game. Fast-paced attacks and solid controls are a good thing, but repetitive gameplay and grinding might cause some folks to shy away from playing.
You start Mononoke Slashdown with very limited abilities, which makes the fighting a bit difficult. Every mission has you taking down a large group of enemies within an enclosed space, with minor objectives you must complete to finish the mission. Moving around might give the impressions of a more open action game, where you could traverse stages and fight enemies, but this is anything but that. Each stage is its own level and has very little room for you and your enemies to move around. Missions are divided in chapters, which change locations as you progress. Regardless how the background may be different, you’re essentially in the same stage for each mission, which can get very repetitive quickly.
The combat is the best aspect of Mononoke Slashdown, but you’ll have to haul through the steep beginning stages before you can really open up your repertoire of skills. Slashing enemies can be very satisfying, especially when multiple foes are caught within your attacks. Completing a mission yields gold that you can spend in a shop to unlock new abilities, equip better weapons and armor, open up new passive skills, and more. This is fine and works well as you get deeper into each chapter, but can be heavily push you to repeat older missions for more gold to purchase better abilities.
The grind can get very annoying in some spots, especially when you’re not given a lot of gold at the end of a mission. Some items you can purchase or unlock throughout the game can help make this easier, but the beginning of the game suffers from not having access to a lot of this right away. Later missions give more gold for completing them, as does completing extra objectives, but there’s always a scarcity to the amount of gold you receive that becomes a real nuisance.
There are moments when your view of the action can be a real hindrance, mainly from attacks that come fast off screen. Some enemies shoot projectiles that can travel from off-camera and hit you while you’re occupied with another enemy. This can cause you to get hurt badly multiple times if you aren’t careful and keep watch at the end of the screen.
This wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for how quickly and frequently enemies can shoot projectiles at you in this way, forcing you to either jump around wildly or dash to the sides to avoid attacks. In addition, some enemies have extra armor against your slashes and will power right through your attacks with their own. It becomes necessary to scramble around in order to avoid their counterattacks, otherwise you’ll end up getting badly hurt and thrown all over the stage.
Despite looking very good with their design and flashy attacks, bosses at the end of each chapter can be incredibly frustrating to deal with. The bulk of the boss fights you face will have larger enemies accompanied by smaller ones, while their attacks have the ability to blow right through your own. Not only are these very damaging, but also done quickly and can at times leave little room for you counterattack. It becomes vital in these fights to have better weapons and armor purchased to have a chance at surviving them, let alone completing their objectives.
You’ll more than likely get hit a number of times throughout the fight, so having better defenses to keep your health up is key to getting through them. To do this however always requires you to grind through earlier missions for more gold to get these upgrades. Certain points of the game lock out some upgrades until you can pass through a certain chapter, which can be annoying when you’re struggling with a boss fight that would otherwise be a lot easier if you could just purchase a better upgrade.
Mononoke Slashdown is a simple game to get into, but definitely has its fair share of problems that hinder the fun. It has some great looking visuals and simple controls that work very well, but its difficulty spikes and heavy emphasis on replaying older missions to progress forward may be annoying to some. In addition, there’s very little else to do in Mononoke Slashdown once you go finish the main game. There’s a Hard mode that unlocks if you play through the first time on Normal, but that’s about it. Nothing more or less here. Whether that’s appealing or not is entirely up to you.
This review is based on a digital review code of Mononoke Slashdown for the Nintendo Switch, provided by Arc System Works.
Mononoke Slashdown
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Great visuals and character designs
Solid controls
Fast action and flashy attacks
Can get reptitive very fast
Random difficulty spikes
Grinding for gold and new upgrades
Meager extra content
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Dry Roasted Peanuts – ‘Former Child Stars’ New EP
Who Are Dry Roasted Peanuts?
Band Photo – Taken by their photographer Caoimhe Coleman
Dry Roasted Peanuts are a Cork based Indie-Rock outfit who have been descending upon the music scene in a storm of electrifying live shows and sell-outs nationwide. Last year they came away from the Battle of the Bands in the UCC Music Society as victors, and went on to achieve the same result at the inter-varsity finals. Since then they released a blisteringly sharp debut EP ‘Sometimes I’ll Stay In/Sometimes I’ll Go Out’, to largely positive reception. Their line-up consists of the following members: Marc O Cearnaigh (Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar) – JJ Lee (Bass) – Robert McDonnell (Lead Guitar/Vocals) – Chris O’Sullivan (Drums). Their name has generated a lot of buzz, with many touting them to be among the most exciting hot prospects emerging from the Cork music scene as of late. Their year going forward already looks bright, with the first wave of Townlands Carnival line-up announcements seeing Dry Roasted Peanuts joining the fold for the festival. You can find DRP across their socials at the following links: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram You can also go check out their photographer Caoimhe Coleman at her blog, she took the above photograph, and conducted the following interview with the lads: Link
Former Child Stars
Dry Roasted Peanuts EP ‘Former Child Stars’ cover photo.
Following on from the rip-roaring year they had in 2017 and the success of their debut EP, the lads show no sign of dropping the ball as they hit the ground running in 2018 after a brief respite for the holiday period. They’ve come away from the studio with a brand new double single EP called ‘Former Child Stars’, featuring tracks ‘Honey + Lemons’ & ‘Upstanding’, which is out today across all streaming platforms. To my understanding, these songs have played a part in many of DRP’s live sets already thus far and are likely to be received with much excitement from fans new (Myself included) and old alike of the band.
DRP Live at Fred Zeppelins
Having not yet seen this band in action, I no doubt had to get myself to one of their shows eventually. I’d attempted a couple times before already, but schedule conflicts held me at bay each time unfortunately. Luckily for me, it was announced that they would be playing support for Waterford based Alt-Rock band ‘Cider Wasps’ at Fred Zeppelins on the 1st of February. The band put on a furious display to kick off the evening, showing just why they are considered such a phenomenal band to catch live. Among other tunes, they played both songs from the new EP, and did a solid cover of Lana Del Ray’s tune ‘Video Games’. The collective showed a lot of hard grit and determination through their set, exemplified by front-man Marc singing and jamming away on his guitar, while it’s pearly white pickguard collected crimson dashes of his own blood. Now that’s dedication. Minor flesh-wounds aside, their set wasn’t without it’s issues. A tech problem put Marc’s guitar out of action for the latter half of their set, though their on-the-fly adjustments saw them never lose their stride, maintaining a fantastic showing and entertaining the crowd right to the final note. Earlier in the same afternoon, the band had also just confirmed on social media that they had brand new Merch shirts that fans would soon be able to buy. I was interested in picking one up for myself, however on this particular occasion they did not have them to sell, so I’ll have to wait til next time for that.
Dry Roasted Peanuts on the Fred Zeppelins stage
Cider Wasps
Cider Wasps took to the stage shortly afterwards to carry us through to the end of the evening. Their band consists of the following: Danny Dunford – Tommy Dunford – Stephen Keating – Colin Drummey. I had seen the band once before under the same roof, and they smashed it that time to a hardcore fan-base in attendance. It was no different on this occasion as they got right into action. In the first half of the set, they played some new material, one of their older songs ‘Lúnasa’ and a cover of ‘Bubbles’ by Biffy Clyro. Their manic energy is a joy to watch and really gets the crowd pumped. When they break out their song ‘Far Be It From Me’ (As yet unreleased), my attention is shifted to their front-man and his guitar antics, as for a certain part of the tune he hoists his guitar up and plays it with his mouth. Perhaps for applications of the guitar such as that, it’s probably for the best that he didn’t share in the same fate as Marc in playing with bleeding fingers. Another song they do is a banging cover of ‘Plug In Baby’ by Muse, always a great tune. The energy and the sweat is thriving and constant song to song, reaching higher and higher peaks as we come towards the end. In the penultimate tune which they kick off their encore with, they have the crowd jumping and going wild. To bring the set to a close, they play their song ‘Quasar’, which shifts the momentum with a slower start, though at it’s peak sees the band and the crowd at their craziest point, jumping around and converging in a mosh of bodies at the center of the floor. I come away from the evening with a copy of their EP ‘Ethereal’, one of their signature band stickers, and a ringing in my ears. That’s all for this one folks, and remember, keep on Merchin’!
Cider Wasps at Fred Zeppelins
Cider Wasps frontman playing the guitar with his face
Cider Wasps EP ‘Ethereal’
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Piles of Fossil Poo: Providing a Peek into the Past
December 10, 2013 by R. Joel Duff 10 Comments
One headline reads “Giant Prehistoric Toilet Found” another refers to the discovery of an ancient latrine. Don’t know how I missed those a few weeks ago. Surely had I seen that headline I would have had to clicked on it to find out what that was all about. The actual title, The oldest known communal latrines provide evidence of gregarism in Triassic megaherbivores, of the research paper from which the popular press picked up the story may not sound so interesting to you. But for me, the title told me they were talking about fossils which meant this was a story about fossil poop, or—to sound more scientific—coprolites. If you have followed this blog you know that I have a fascination with coprolites and have written about what we can learn from them before (most recently – Dino Doo Doo and the Genesis Flood).
A selection of coprolite fossils from one of the communal bathrooms. From Fiorelli et al. http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/131128/srep03348/full/srep03348.html
The coprolites contain only plant material. But what plants? Based on the predicted age of these feces (240 million years) and evolutionary theory, scientists would not expect to find any flowering plants in the these feces because flowering plants should not have existed at the time this herbivore lived. Given flowering plants are the dominant flora it would be seem quite surprising to find that large herbivores in the fossil record did not eat a single flowering plant. The correlation of feces lacking flowering plant tissues along with the lack of any flowering plant fossils in rocks of this age is considered to be very strong evidence that flowering plants have not always existed but evolved more recently. I have not found out yet what type of plants that were found in these feces so this is a test of predictions of evolutionary and creationists predictions: the former would predict no flowering plants (including grasses) and the latter would predict the presence of flowering plant tissues. I will see if I can find out what plants are present.
This particular fossil find is really nothing all that special to geologists and paleontologists as coprolites, fossil dung just in case you forgot, are very common in the fossil record. In this case the notable feature is the quantity of coprolites and the spatial context they are found.
Tens of thousands of rock nodules were found eroding from the side of hills in Argentina. A close examination of these nodules revealed that they average rocks but rather preserved feces of a large extinct herbivorous mammal-like reptile. That an herbivore was the culprit can be inferred from the contents of each fossil nodule: they were found to be composed exclusively of preserved plant remains rather than small bones which are found in carnivore or omnivore (plant and animal feeders) feces.
Coprolites from site in Argentina. Image: Fiorelli – See article by Fiorelli et al,, 2013 http://www.nature.com/srep/2013/131128/srep03348/full/srep03348.html
How are these coprolites evidence of a common latrine you might ask? The density of feces (around 90 per square meter covering 900 square meters) was the first clue but then closer inspection of this poo-pile revealed that the feces were not all deposited at the same time and not all by the same animal. They are different sizes and some were more degraded than others at the time when they were finally preserved. The scientists involved interpret these fossils as evidence that the herbivore that deposited all this material lived in a community structure where they had a community area where they all did their business.
An artist drawing of a Dinodontosaurs based on bones found in Argentina. This is one of at least 70 recognized groups (genera) of mammal-like reptiles from the Triassic. All of these are extinct today but if they were alive would be a strange mix of reptile with some mammal characteristics.
So what animal was responsible for these tens of thousands of coprolites. It didn’t take much detective work to find the likely culprit. There are thousands of bones in the same rock formation that these coprolites were extracted. These bone all belong to the same animal. That animal is an extinct form of large mammal-like reptile that reached up to 8 feet long. Based on skeletons the picture to the right represents an artistic rendering of what this reptile might have looked like.
This type of behavior—having a communal latrine—is well known in large animals today such as rhinos but not reptiles. Obviously, no one was there to witness these animals deposit these plant nodules but this interpretation of the data represent a most reasonable explanation that fits all of the observations. The evidence they left behind is our witness to past behavior and events.
Large piles of poo – yet another challenge to the creationist’ paradigm.
Here is where I ask a familiar question for those that have read any of my other writings: how might a young earth creationists (YEC) interpret this particular fossil find? I expect that many lay Christians that believe the Earth must be young can read a story like this and they may see the dates (240 million years old) and gloss right over them and just assume that the dates are wrong. At the same time they probably would readily accept that a large animals really did exist and that these really are feces but other than that they probably wouldn’t consider the larger question of how this fossil location fits into the broader context of Earth’s history.
But it is the geological context in which these fossils were found that is relevant to the question of the age of the earth and why I chose to write about it here. Simply put, most of these coprolites were found eroding from a hill that is just a small part of a much larger set of rock formations that include thousands of feet of rock layers. All of the coprolites where found in the same layers of rock and they have been found in multiple locations many miles apart. The conventional geological explanation would be that 200 million years ago this area of what is today Argentina was a relatively flat land with wetlands where groups of these reptiles lived. Large piles of dung built up in communal latrines but we would expect that this dung would eventually be decayed and eroded by typical processes. However, these dung piles were present when a volcanic eruption covered the whole area with a thick layer of ash that preserved the dung and many of the animals. More layers of ash and then other sediments eventually were deposited here by additional volcanic activity. Much later, erosion took place forming the mountain and hills there today and that erosion brought these fossils back to the surface.
Young earth creationists propose an alternative history. In their history a massive global flood deposited tens of thousands of feet of sediments in this area over a period of a few days to maybe a few months. As the global flood subsided, massive erosion sculpted the rocks into these mountains and hills. Therefore, these flood geology theories of YECs would undoubtedly interpret the rock formations from which these fossils were found as having formed right in the middle of a chaotic global flood only 4-6 thousand years ago.
So how does a group of strange-looking 8-foot long mammal-like reptiles survive the initial stages of a cataclysmic global flood in which 15,000 feet of sediments have already been deposited below where they gathered together? Even if they were running or swimming around during the flood and managed to find their way onto a small piece of land between waves how come these feces appear to have decayed for some period before being preserved? In fact we should note that the rocks show show desiccation cracks as if the soil in and around these coprolites had dried out before they were preserved.
Also, how would a pile of loose digested plant material survive the next huge wave of water bringing sediments in to cover them up? In fact, the rock that these feces are preserved in is composed of material that geologist recognize as volcanic ash. It was a massive ash fall that preserved these feces in the geological record. How could a volcanic ash fall have happened in the middle of a global flood?
We could continue showing many examples of observations from the fossil record that do not fit logically into the YEC view of Earth’s history. These are the same problems that we have seen with thousands of preserved dinosaur nests and footprints (see the figure below) that are located right in the middle of layers of rock that YECs propose were laid down within hours or weeks of one another (see: Fossil Eggs, Nests, Flood and Stressed Pregnant Dinosaurs and Juvenile Dinosaur Fossils in a Nest: Testimony to Rapid Burial but Not in a Flood).
A section of the geological column from southwestern Utah showing that dinosaur tracks and found in may layers of rock presumably laid down in the middle of Noah’s flood. Figure 2Milner ARC, Harris JD, Lockley MG, Kirkland JI, Matthews NA (2009) Bird-Like Anatomy, Posture, and Behavior Revealed by an Early Jurassic Theropod Dinosaur Resting Trace. PLoS ONE 4(3): e4591. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004591 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0004591
I mention research like that on coprolites because it illustrates, all too well, the difficulties YEC flood geology to explain fossils and the geological record. Rather, viewed within their geological context the specific characteristics of these fossils finds are most easily interpreted within the context of a world of great age. Once one is familiar with the context of the data it is easy to recognize YEC explanations as being nothing more than ad-hoc attempts to hold onto a preconceived interpretation of the history of earth.
Anyone who examines the paleontological literature will be confronted with thousands of similar examples to that I have presented here and realize that flood geology provides a wholly inadequate interpretive framework for understanding the world around them.
The oldest known communal latrines provide evidence of gregarism in Triassic megaherbivores. Fiorelli et al. 2013. Nature, Scientific Reports 3, Article number 3348. doi:10.1038/srep0334
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“it illustrates all too well, contrary to the claims of YECs, that flood geology is a better explanation for fossils and the geological record the geological context and specifics characteristics of fossils finds are most easily interpreted within the context of a world of great age”
Please change the interpunction!
“it illustrates all too well, contrary to the claims of YECs that flood geology is a better explanation for fossils and the geological record, that the geological context and specifics characteristics of fossils finds are most easily interpreted within the context of a world of great age”
Natural Historian says:
Thanks, yeah that was a bit mangled so I rewrote several sentences altogether. Hopefully they are more clear now.
Hello, NH, just wanted to provide some possible answers to your questions, which as you correctly note, are a challenge to YEC interpretations. These come from Mike Oard’s book, Dinosaur Challenges and Mysteries, which I would highly recommend to you, as it addresses your concerns directly. Mike’s been thinking about this issue for a long time, and I find his hypotheses to be very logical and consistent with the data.
First, while the early stages of the Flood’s global marine transgression were most probably catastrophic, there is no requirement for them to have been hypercatastrophic everywhere, or for relative sea level to have risen at the same rate in every area of the world. Tas Walker’s model proposes that by Day 150, the waters would have covered the earth, and while the overall progression of the water would have been upward during that time, Mike gives at least five mechanisms that would have caused brief and local falls in sea level: tectonic uplifts/subsidence, tsunamis, lunar tides, and the dynamics of Flood currents on shallow, large areas (p. 116-121). Dinosaurs and other mobile animals were capable of moving away from rising sea level, and the remarkable unidirectionality of many dinosaur trackways is very consistent with such an explanation.
What Mike suggests is that patches of newly laid sediments briefly emerged from the water during the Flood, due to relative sea level fall, allowing animal migration onto the newly exposed surfaces. Trackways, desicccation cracks, and egg clutches (egg laying could have also been a stress-triggered response) would have been laid down at this point, and then later covered by subsequent relative sea level rise of sediment-laden waters. Sea level oscillations could account for multiple layers of such features.
Lastly, volcanic ash layers are just as consistent with a YEC model as with an old earth model.
To me, Mike’s hypothesis is very consistent with the data, and it’s important to realize that the phenomena you describe are just as problematic for the conventional old earth model. As you point out, animal droppings and other features such as tracks, ripples, dessiccation cracks, and egg clutches are all inherently fragile and impermanent. Their preservation requires both rapid and gentle burial (so they aren’t eroded) and quick lithification. These conditions are not the norm in the environments of deposition postulated by conventional geologists for the formations which contain them. Thin ash layers, for example, are extremely erodible–where is the ash layer laid down over the ground surface of the northwest US by Mt. St. Helens in 1980? The same can be said for animal tracks, droppings and egg clutches.
Anyway, I appreciate your data-driven criticisms. I would again highly recommend that you read Mike’s book, and would be very interested in your response to it.
Hello, thanks for taking the time to respond. You are obviously familiar with the YEC literature on this topic so I appreciate the interaction. I do not have Oor’s book though I have read many of his other writings on the subject and so am familiar with the gist of his argument. I have also interacted with Barnhart’s article previously on this blog on the same topic: https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2011/12/03/dinosaur-nests-eggs-fossils-stressed-in-the-flood/ ( specifically deal with the stressed out pregnant dinosaurs here) and https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2011/11/25/juvenile-dinosaur-fossils-nest-testimony-to-rapid-burial-but-not-by-a-flood/.
The figure at the end of my post from http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0004591 is probably the most relevant to your points. Dinosaur footprints are found in multiple layers of rock and while that is quite challenging to explain in a global flood scenario that part that, at least in their presentation to lay Christians, Oard and others aren’t putting into context is that all these layers of rock are found 1000 feet above the top layer of rock found at the Grand Canyon. Also there are fossil sites in these layers that suggest an entire ecosystem (nets, roots, consistent groups of plants with a particular climate, burrows of many small rodent and animals etc..) not just random bits of stuff stuck in layers. The mudcracks are indicative of a surface exposed to the air for some considerable time and there are many layers of rocks that show mudcracks.
What Tas Walker and others would have us believe is that the 5000 feet of sediments that make up the Grand Canyon layers were deposited over thousands of square miles and another thousands feet of sediments on to of that before there was a time when some of those layers were exposed to the surface after day 150 allowing animals to migrate over them. But where did the dinosaurs come from? How did they survive that 100+ days when 6000 feet of sediment was being deposited below them? I expect the answer will be that they were hanging out on floating mats of vegetation. If that were the case I would expect those stressed pregnant dinosaurs to have given birth then and even if they waited would they really have had time to build nests.
I understand Oard is admitting these are difficulties and he feels compelled to find some plausible explanation because it must be true. What I have to wonder though is if it is really possible that thousands of animals could survive on floating vegetation mats for 150 days and leave their marks in the very upper portion of the geological column that are claimed to be derived in the Flood then doesn’t it seem likely that some animals survived the flood altogether. Just looking at it from a statistical point of view there are so many trace fossils throughout the entire fossil record that there is no recorded time in which there were no living things left and thus the global flood seems to have been an ineffective means of wiping out all flesh.
You are right that many features in the fossil record are extremely fragile and erodible. But this isn’t a big problem for the old earth model. Hundreds of thousands of local events over time have preserved things. I attended a YEC talk recently that showed Green river fish, whale fossils and even dinosaur fossils that he admitted where all post-flood fossils and thus were not the result of a global flood but local events. Billions of organisms decay today but some very small percentage will end up in a place that preserves them. Dinosaurs must have made quintillions of footprints over time but only a millionth of a percent of them will have been in the right place at the right time to be preserved. See my post on elephant footprints for an example of fossil footprints that YECs would agree are post-flood fossils so yes we know footprints can be preserved. https://thenaturalhistorian.com/2012/02/24/preservation-of-behavior-fossilized-elephant-tracks-from-the-arabian-peninsula/.
In the end Oord is making an attempt to provide any possible explanation even if it isn’t very plausible. I can’t say his explanations are impossible but his conclusions certainly are not the most parsimonious.
NH, I would gently suggest again that you read Mike Oard’s book, and, if you haven’t already done so, the book “Rock Solid Answers,” which he and John Reed co-edited. These books are very detailed treatments of many of the problems you describe, and if you’re going to make your blogging platform criticism of the YEC model, you owe it to you readers to be as up to date as possible on the positions you’re criticizing. Otherwise, you run the risk of setting up straw men arguments from incomplete knowledge. For example, Tas Walker’s YEC model posits that all the world was flooded and all life extinguished BY day 150, not AFTER day 150, which is what you appear to believe, based on your comment above.
In addition, it’s important to point out that many of the problems you mention are just as difficult for the old earth model. Lateral continuity and horizontality of thick, widespread sediment layers are very problematic for the uniformitarian model, because the dominant process in most of the world is erosion, not deposition, and even where deposition is currently occurring, such as lake beds or river deltas, the results are not even close to the scale of the Navajo sandstone, to name one example. One can come up with various naturalistic scenarios that might solve the problem, but that would be ad hoc reasoning, and not based upon observation of current processes.
I say this in a spirit of friendly suggestion, because there are so few voices out there who address the YEC model on the basis of the evidence itself. There are valid criticisms of the YEC model (see Paul Garner, himself a YEC geologist, here: http://thenewcreationism.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/the-top-five-challenges-for-creationist-geology/), but I would suggest that the most recent work within the YEC paradigm has greatly reduced the problematic nature of the issues that you have focused on here.
You are correct that I misread Walker and that he does say before 150 days. Not sure how that aligns with evidence of trace fossils through the whole record. I do have the book “Rock Solid Answers” and I struggle with how to respond graciously to that book. I have read countless articles by John Reed and I really haven’t found reason to read much of it because it appears to be a repackaging of the same thing he has been saying for years. Reed has been critiqued multiple times by Christian geologists and that dialogue has been rather fruitless.
Regarding ad-hoc reasoning just because a process isn’t happening today doesn’t mean it is ad-hoc or invalid to propose that there were events in the past that we don’t witness in the present. If the ocean were 500 feet higher and covered vast portions of the Midwest there would be massive lateral deposition. We don’t see that happening today but we can study the mechanisms of deposition in the present. You may wish to disagree but vast and higher rate deposition in the past is a prediction of evolutionary theory. Grass pollen and fossils are unknown until the Cretaceous. Therefore a large portion of the western formations were deposited during a time when it seems that grass did not exist. Prior the flowering plants (grass included) arriving on the scene the land would have been subject to massive erosion compared to today were we find that the grasses, in particular, inhibit erosion. So the present speed of erosion is not indicative of past erosion but the correlation of plant fossils with the fossil record is indicative of a changing ecology that changed the speed at which geological processes proceeded. If grasses did not exist in the past then to look to todays rate of erosion and deposition to understand geological strata of the past would not be wise. Call that ad-hoc but to limit anyone to observation of only what happens today is unnecessary. We have never observed a large meteorite strike on earth but we can certainly infer they happened in the past and even study what their effects may be without actually observing one currently.
NH, if you have the time, maybe you could consider doing a series critiquing some of the “Rock Solid Answers” chapters, such as the ones on karst, paleosols, and mudcracks. Both YEC and old earth models can only be improved by logical, dispassionate criticism. I still would recommend getting Oard’s book, because, as I mentioned earlier, it is the most detailed, fieldwork-based treatment I’ve seen yet of the tracks, traces and egg problem.
I see your point about constructing a hypothesis to explain geologic features within a particular model as not being ad hoc reasoning, even though those conditions are not currently observable. A couple of problems with what you propose, however, is that production of thick, widespread, horizontal and laterally continuous sediments requires more than just subaqueous conditions, Additional requirements include a steady, long-term sediment source, a consistent and long-term means of transport, and, most importantly, sufficient accommodation space that increases throughout time to allow the layers to accumulate. Additionally, there are many basins that contain thick post-Cretaceous layers, such as the South Caspian basin, with over 20 km of Cenozoic sediments.
However, I see sedimentary basins as an example of geologic data that can be equivocal with regard to origins–depending upon one’s assumptions, they can be consistent with either a YEC or an old earth model. You see geologic data as supporting the reality of the geologic time scale and of common descent of organisms from one original life form through genetic modification and natural selection. YEC scientists, on the other hand, see the same data as consistent with a catastrophic global marine transgression and a one-time appearance of genetic kinds, with an innate but limited potential for variation. As Mike Oard notes, however, there is a double standard that is applied to unresolved questions: “For evolutionists, they are research problems; for creationists, they are held up as indisputable evidence falsifying the entire paradigm.”
Both models have strengths and weaknesses, but if it’s not fair to call ad hoc reasoning what evolutionary scientists do who explain away difficulties by making predictions using their assumptions, the same courtesy should be extended to YEC scientists who use the same reasoning within their own model.
I apologize for the delay. I’ll get a copy of that book soon and check it out.
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“YEC scientists, on the other hand, see the same data as consistent with a catastrophic global marine transgression and a one-time appearance of genetic kinds, with an innate but limited potential for variation”. I believe that is solely because they have decided that the opening chapters of Genesis are a ‘complete’ and ‘infallible’ history of life, the universe and planet Earth. Explanations of the geologic and fossil record as resulting from a literally worldwide and year-long flood less than 5,000 (for which there is no compelling scientific evidence just various flood legends) simply don’t work despite the protestations of YECs like Oard, Walker, Ham etc.
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KENNEDY ABANDONS HATE BILL AMENDMENT! SENATE JUDICIARY WILL HOLD HEARINGS By Rev. Ted Pike 18 June 09
Dropping the plan to smuggle the bill through is a positive, but Pike points out that the Senate Judiciary Republicans did a feeble job of opposing this legislation in the last Congress. He supplies their contact details.
In an interesting development, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has denounced the legislation
While the title of MSHCPA suggests that it will apply only to ”hate crimes,” the actual criminal prohibitions contained in it do not require that the defendant be inspired by hatred or ill will in order to convict. It is sufficient if he acts ”because of” someone’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Consider:
*Rapists are seldom indifferent to the gender of their victims. They are virtually always chosen ”because of” their gender...
One of the members of the Commission has posted the letter on National Review’s blog The Corner. This appears to be NRO's only recent coverage of the issue. Unsurprisingly, the Neoconservatives over there aren’t interested.
The Left has responded to the prospect of being denied the promised privileges with screams of rage, sometimes revealing useful information (see the end of Who Could Vote for Hate? Why, the Fundamentalists and the GOP Right Wing, of Course. By Christine Bowman BuzzFlash.com 06/18/09)
Generally MSM coverage remains extremely slight. A measure of the situation is that one of the best discussions Google turns up is from The Edmond Sun from Oklahoma: Edmond pastor rallies faithful Mark Schlachtenhaufen June 12 2009
Paul Blair, pastor of Edmond’s Fairview Baptist Church, founder of Reclaiming Oklahoma for Christ, said he has heard stories about how hate crime legislation has turned some speech into ”thought crimes” in other countries where it has been implemented.
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He also cites the case of a Canadian pastor who wrote a letter to the editor denouncing homosexuality as immoral and dangerous, calling into question gay rights curricula permeating the province’s educational system.
In 2008, the pastor, Stephen Boissoin, was found guilty by a provincial panel of having exposed homosexuals to ”hatred and contempt” by publishing a letter to the editor warning against the dangers to the social order of homosexual activism.
The pastor was banned for life from preaching sermons critical of homosexuality, ordered to pay $7,000 in fines and commanded to personally apologize by public statement in the local newspaper
The stakes here are extremely high. If the bill - which as Buzzflash.com puts it
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passes, we can expect a surge of activity by ambitious fashion-conscious law enforcement officials which will soon transform the thing into a monstrous engine of political repression. If it fails, it will, like the defeats of the Bush Amnesty efforts, be an immense grass roots triumph and a possibly lethal blow to the reputation of the Obama Congress.
As I asked yesterday, where are NumbersUSA, FAIR and CIS? Do they want the Immigration debate shut down?
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M.L.P Review- S4ep4 – Daring Don’t
Posted: December 7, 2013 in My Little Pony- Reviews
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I’m your BIGGEST fan!
Today we witness yet another excellent departure for the series, one that explores areas of Equestria we weren’t aware of, as well as expanding on previously introduced characters in a way that I more than welcome. Right after the first sentence you can tell that this is yet another episode that succeeded in entertaining me to no end.
Firstly, we have Rainbow Dash being completely adorable as the massive “Daring do book” fangirl. I’ve always said that this is my favorite version of her, one that is capable of being super dorky yet maintain an image. It’s interesting, cute, and best of all, character strengthening. All of this with the fantastic Aztec mythology references, and a fast yet oddly paced episode, provided for an entertaining thrill ride.
The introduction of Daring-Do as the “lone-ranger” esq character was an interesting choice that I liked. Her entire character was memorable, and a somewhat realistic portrayal of what I imagined Daring Do to be like. However, Dash following her around was a little odd at first, but it ended up picking up pace with the introduction of Ahuizotle, the seemingly ongoing villain in the Daring Do books.
This, with the perfect blend of action and adventure provided for an exhilarating second act. Having Daring Do quite literally kick butt was exhilarating, and we got to see a lot of that. The gang, whom was there to save Daring Do, was mostly under-utilized, but for an understandable reason. This episode was extremely fast paced, almost begging for screen time. I could have seen this being spread out into a two-parter and still succeeding with flying colors.
Rainbow dash, although not truly developing within this episode, still manages to be an extremely likable character. Instead of being arrogant to the point of “face pain”, she instead was convincing herself of her own “awesomeness” just so she could face her hero. This was a heartwarming and interesting take on her character that I welcome with open arms.
I was happy to see this storyline being told, mostly due to the fact that I was a huge fan of the “Daring Do Book’s” introductory episode as well, “Read it and Weep”. Once again, this series proves that it is still not on a decline, rather on an incline still, showing that it can pull out fresh ideas and interesting episodes almost every single episode it puts out.
In the end, it was a worthy installment of this show. It was visually appealing, hilarious, and best of all, extremely entertaining. Hopefully this show keeps it’s pace, because so far it’s shaping up to be a wild ride!
P.S- What’s up with Dash creating some of the most nightmare-fuel faces I’ve ever seen?!
This episode was awesome, but it has some problems…
For me, the biggest is the fact that we’re just supposed to accept that Daring Do, Auhizotaland and all the rest are real.
I mean, I really expected RD to wake up at the end, and realise she dreamed all of this. It feels like RD was ‘transported’ into Daring Do adventure, but not in the same world (just for the second part that is)
There is also the fact that the episode tries to tell too many things, in 20 minutes, like in ‘Keep Calm and Flutter On’, and that creates the feeling that the episode is rushed, you know ?
Seriously, there is a lot going on in this episode : we get from Rainbow Dash waiting for the new Daring Do book, to Rainbow Dash saving the world with her hero, and we have some characters conflict between the two (with the fact that we discover that Daring Do is real)
But I still really liked it. In fact I’d say I’d buy Daring Don’t on Bluray.
msgempire says:
I liked this episode, I was chuckling the whole way through, especially at those faces RD was pulling.
Some people have complained about them making Daring Do a real character, but I look at it this way: If you have to find some mystical artifacts and have no idea where to start looking after you’ve exhausted all the books available to you, who are you going to turn to? The pony who deals in finding lost mystical artifacts of course.
I’m probably wrong about that, but it would be cool if this played into the season long arch later on. But if not it was a great, funny episode anyway so it’s not like it’s time wasted. Not that watching MLP is ever a waste of time.
Great comments! Keep em’ up, i love reading them!
Kaete Ribbron (@KaeteRibbron) says:
I liked the episode, but Rainbow Dash seemed so out of character to me. Here’s what I think: Rainbow has never been one to runaway from a situation like she almost did when Daring got captured. Dash felt so defeated that she wanted to go home and quit. That’s not like her. (At least, it wasn’t.) She normally would be very loyal and stick with it. Had this been like a season 2 episode, I think she would’ve said like, “No way! Daring needs our help no matter what she thinks! We gotta save her!” But now that’s she disconnnected from the Elements of Harmony maybe some of that loyalty is gone. I’m not saying Dash is totally not loyal anymore, I’m saying that maybe the element made it stronger and without it now, she’s weaker. I won’t be sure until I see more of the mane six.
I did still enjoy the episode though. ^.^ The action, Twilight’s pep talk, Twi and Dash going back and forth like lots of fans do, Pinkie being…Pinkie; it was all enjoyable.
WiiGuy says:
I already commented on your YTBC (YouTube Blind Commetary) about this episode, but there’s a perfectly good plot I wished a few weeks ago that could have be made in any form (show, fanfic, fan video, blog).
For the purposes of this story: The reveal that the Author IS Daring-Do NEVER happened and the author really DID just created Daring-Do as an author avatar. (I personally don’t mind; it just moved what I had in mind from “could become canon” to “never going to be canon”) It was a few weeks ago when I thought this up:
Just so you know, it would be a Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash focused episode. and this is the sequel episode I wished they could have made.
First Act: It starts with the premise that despite the author A. K. Yearling (remember, at the time, I thought the author was just an ordinary author…okay, I won’t bring this up again.) having previously retired from writing Daring-Do, she has gotten a new author to write more books for the eager fan base. Let’s just call the new author, Mare E. Weathers. (you can figure out where I’m going with this, but I’ll continue.) When the new book from Weathers came out, Twilight and Rainbow agree to read their own copies over the weekend and meet up to talk about it.
The reaction: Rainbow would react, “Ohmigosh! (x5) Daring Do was sooo awesome [insert awesome moment you can think of here] and it was very exciting!”
Twilight, on the other hoof, would say, “I have owned all the Daring Do books Yearling have written, ranging from good to perfect, but this new author wrote…the worst thing I have ever read! This new author used so many bad writing tropes in this book, and I’m shocked that Yearling herself supported and officially approved of it!”
Second Act: Next thing you know, Twi and Dash got into a spat about whether the book was good or bad. In the process, Twilight introduced many literary terms and tropes to Dash and–with great disappointment–said the book doesn’t meet her standards. Dash admitted that she has always seen the Daring-Do books as just stories of adventure and escapism, not meant to have any deeper meaning to them. (After all, she got into reading because Daring had a broken wing in the first story; which Dashie identified with, being in the hospital for a few days.) Sure enough, they broke it off and stopped talking to each other.
Soon, after taking some advice from their friend, (AppleJack, most likely). Twilight and Rainbow re-read the new book (as well as the original author’s saga, in Dash’s case). This time, having calmed down from the anger of reading a poorly-written book, Twilight had to admit there were a few moments in this new book that she actually enjoyed. Now, she knows why Rainbow still loves the book in spite of the bad writing. Likewise, going back over the original author’s saga, Dash re-read them with more thought and discover so much fridge brilliance and thought-provoking scenes between the lines that actually made her love of the original series even better. And so having re-read the new book, Dash now understood why Twilight got so upset with the new book.
Third Act: Both ponies discovered that in some way, they were both wrong. In Dash’s case, it ties back to the end of Read it and Weep when Twilight said, “Rainbow Dash, just because you’re athletic doesn’t mean you’re not smart.” Reading the books with a more thoughtful mind enriched the saga for Dashie. In Twily’s case, she still stands by her opinion that the new book is the weakest Daring-Do book she has ever read. But is it the worst thing ever? Of course not! There are far worse things than a poorly written story, such as a broken friendship over conflicting opinions about the new book. Twilight had to admit she found her first Guilty Pleasure in Mare E. Weathers’ first book.
Of course, they made up with each other and wrote the letter to Princess Celestia together. In addition to what I already mentioned above, the letter’s main point would be along the lines of:
Dear Princess Celestia,
Rainbow Dash and I nearly lost each other as friends over our opinion of a book. We both learned that even when you have an entirely different opinion about something than your friend, it doesn’t mean you can’t still be friends. Everypony can share, not force their opinions with each other. And with that, they just might learn something new about the other. Maybe even make their friendship even stronger.
Your faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle
And right before the episode ends, we find out a few books later that Mare E. Weathers finally wrote a book that does meet Twilight’s standards.
To elaborate, I have seen Twilight as the kind of person, uh pony who would critically analyze a book and Rainbow as an excitable fangirl. So, you can see how the above reactions would be possible. As you might have realized, I imagined the new author as the Equestrian version of real-world MLP writer Merriweather Williams, with the new D.D book being like the Mysterious Mare Do-Well and the book written a few installments later as Wonderbolts Academy. On a meta level, this story would reflect the group of Bronies who analyze what they see and the group of Bronies who get very excited every time an new episode is released.
Now that’s a story I wished could have been a real episode of the show. I tried to at least search online for a story similar to this, but among the first results for keyword search: “Twilight Sparkle Rainbow Dash Daring-Do” are shipping stories that ship TwiDash together over their common love for Daring-Do. If you ever come across one, I would very happy to read it.
See you next review.
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10 Fun College Dorm Games Students will Love
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In this article we're going to share some of our all time favorite college dorm games.
College years are said to be the best 4 years of your life. This is where we make friends who last a lifetime, learn skills that will help us start our career and most of all, make lifelong memories.
Living in a college dorm with two or three people side by side can be a once in a life time experience. We go through hell and back with these mates, completing assignments together, studying for exams and partying from dusk till dawn.
At least, that’s the perception anyway because the moment you set foot on that campus, all your perceptions are set straight and reality hits you like bulldozer. Surprisingly, we find ourselves a bit bored at some points.
With nothing to do, you can always go to the old ways of entertainment. Remember, before you and I had Netflix or PS4, we had games keeping us company. They’re still the best when it comes to lifting the mood and getting to know your roommates’ little secrets.
So, without further ado, we’ve come up with a list of the 10 most fun dorm games you can play.
If you want to have a lot of laughs with your pals and each of you don’t mind the dark humor, this is the perfect game for you. Cards against humanity is literally described as a game for ‘horrible people’.
Cards Against Humanity is a party game for horrible people.
Now version 2.0! Over 150 new cards since the last version.
The game is fairly simple. The black cards are all questions and the white cards are the answers. People take turns to ask one question and the rest answer with their most despicable white card.
The game is described as ‘hysterical’ and also offensive, so be careful while you play it. You don’t want to offend anyone so before asking the funny questions, ask them the serious one.
Do you really want to go through with this? It might just save you a friendship or two.
Do you love memes? Do you end up sharing them on you wall quite often and your friends can’t get enough of them? Well, this game is perfect for you. What do you meme is an adult meme making game where there are images and captions.
At every turn, the judge of the game brings out an image and whatever caption cards you have, you choose from them to make it as funny as possible. This game, like the last one, is based on humor.
While taking turns, the trick is to understand the judge’s humor level and then create captions accordingly. If you're ready for some fun pick up What Do You Meme today.
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A fast-paced, award-winning board game
Connect iconic North American cities and build your train routes to earn points
This game is an all-time favorite at parties and generally takes around 2 hours to complete. If you’ve got a lot of time on your hands, we suggest you go for it.
The game can have a maximum of 5 players and each of them gets a train that has to follow a certain colored route to get to its destination.
Each turn, players get to advance forward and you get points by adding carriages to your trains. You also gain points by being able to connect two cities.
As boring as it sounds in the description, in real life, it’s a really interesting game to play because the strategies you can cook up while playing the game are infinite.
This is easily one of my favorite college dorm games. This game can be played by 2 to 8 players in teams. This game requires some whit and clever thinking.
Czech Games Codenames
For 2 8+ Players
15 minute playing time
And it really helps if you know your teammates really well so you know how they think. The maximum playing time is known to be 30 minutes.
If you’re cooped up in your dorm and don’t want to put in a lot of effort but still feel like being entertained, we recommend you go for it.
The game begins with two spymasters knowing the names of the 25 agents in the game. The rest only know of their code names. Both teams must play and guess their own team's code names without guessing the opposing teams code names.
As skilled members of a disease fighting team, you and the other Players work together to keep the World safe from outbreaks and epidemics
Pandemic is a cooperative board game in which Players work as a team to Treat infections around the World while gathering resources for cures
Imagine experiencing your first global disease outbreak in the form of a game. It could be humanity’s last stand against a virulent disease that could end it and all that stands in between it is you and the other players.
The game begins with several population centers on the world map. Each turn, players can use up to four actions to travel between cities, treat infected populaces, discover a cure, or build a research station.
Snack While You Play
Lets be honest, board games and snacks go hand-in-hand. Here's our list of the best college dorm snacks for those late night gaming parties.
If you're looking for a casual game for your college dorm this is it.
This board game has won the coveted German ‘Board Game of The Year’ award and has also been ranked as the best board game of the year 2017.
Blue Orange Games Kingdomino Award Winning Family Strategy Board Game
Family strategy game for ages 8 and up
2017 Spiel de Jahres Winner (Game of the Year)
The game is another list of strategic games that will take you and your friends back to when you were in high school.
Every player gets a turn to add land (the game calls it as dominos) to their kingdom. Each piece of land has several perks attached to it and the game is won by someone who has the best lands in the kingdom.
At the end of the game, every property you may possess is ranked and given points based on the number of crowns that land has.
Players of course, can strategize, team up and even take the lands from the other kingdom if they want to.
This game is as cute as it is destructive. The game begins with players getting unicorn cards and must end when a player has built a unicorn army of 7 unicorns.
The game is known to destroy friendships but in a good way because of the ‘betrayal’ tactic involved in it.
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Say for example, you’re on your way to winning very quickly.
This only makes it a bigger problem for you because your friends will gang up on you in their effort to stop you from winning.
This creates temporary alliances between people who might not even get along well together which makes it a lot of fun. Imagine the amount of drama you will get to see.
If You Had To
If You Had To... [A Party Game]
250 cards with horrible & hilarious scenarios
Convince the judge your card is the worst and win a point
Another game that puts you in horrible scenarios. ‘If you had to’ is a card game that is built on putting players in hilarious situations where they have to get out of them using the cards they are given.
The game is much more fun if you had in a lot of players. This game is made by the owners of ‘Drunk, Stoned or Stupid’ and has the same amount of dark humor involved in it.
There is a judge that gets to decide which scenario they want to play. Each player shows a card and has to convince the judge that their card is the worst one or what the judge would least want to do. The first one to convince them, wins the point.
Drunk, Stoned, or Stupid
Drunk Stoned or Stupid [A Party Game]
250 prompt cards to decide who in the group is MOST LIKELY TO...
More players the better (seriously, 10 people would be chill)
This game is played with a minimum of 3 players and is perfect for college students who just want to play something dumb and hilarious at the same time.
The game is built on finding out your friend’s most incriminating stories however that puts you in the spotlight as well. Every turn, a card is drawn and must be assigned to somebody in the group.
Whoever the card is assigned to must do as the card says.
If no one is able to decide who the card goes to, the judge gets to decide that. In the end, the first person who gets 7 cards end up losing.
There are no winners in the game only losers and that too because they did something stupid in the past. It’s really fun to play and can go on for a long time because most of the time, you end up laughing.
5 Second Rule
This game can get really fast. Every player that plays the game is given several questions and they are all trivia questions.
The player has only 5 seconds to guess the answer and failure to do so ends up in them losing a point. The quick paced games becomes a stage for laughter because the words that sometimes come out as answers to questions can be really funny.
That’s because sometimes, people might not think before they answer a question because of the fear of the time running out.
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Pick a card, read the seemingly easy topic, then start the timer! now with only 5 seconds to name 3 things that fit the topic, it doesn't seem so easy!
Every dorm should have at least three of these college dorm games with them to pass the time. Sometimes, the best way to bond is to play games the traditional way and get off the internet.
We’ve got nothing against the internet or anything but when you have your buddies with you, why play with someone who might be miles away.
Having a party at your place with a few drinks and a lot of board games can become the best time you have ever had at college!
Which board games are you going to add to your list of dorm room essentials for guys and gals?
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COLUMN: Canceling concerts might not be best answer
Carter Diggs, Staff Writer
Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Bryan Adams, and many other well-respected musicians all over the country have cancelled concert dates in both North Carolina and Mississippi.
The reason? The ever-so-talked-about House Bill 2 for North Carolina and House Bill 1523 for Mississippi. With the coming of these bills, transgender people in North Carolina are forced to use the restroom that doesn’t align with their gender, and LGBT individuals in Mississippi can be denied services by businesses citing religious reasons.
To put it bluntly, I am personally against the bills. However, I am also against the actions that many musicians have taken.
Granted, I get their frustration with the lawmakers and can see their reasoning for their actions, but simply refusing to play in certain states could end up doing more harm than good in the end.
My reasoning is simple. Any presence is better than absence in this situation. Sure, they are sending a big message to the states, but is the government really going to care about a few cancelled entertainment events? They aren’t the ones feeling the impact in this situation; that condition belongs to the disappointed fans.
If rallying the former concertgoers was the goal, then that stretch might not be reached, either. The people planned, paid money, and set aside their time for a concert. Now many of them are likely too frustrated with it being cancelled to pay attention to the message at hand.
Even with all the objectionable legislation being thrown around, there is still a better course of action than denying the state the event.
Everyone has a platform on which to speak their views. Some people have a wider reaching platform than others.
Pearl Jam, Springsteen, and Adams? They have a massive platform, which could reach an incredible amount of people if used properly. Given their popularity, there are a ton of people who are willing to listen to what they have to say.
By expressing their concerns about the bills to their audiences, it would be like planting a seed in hyper-fertilized ground. Many fans would go home, now more aware on the current matters, and tell families and friends. The roots would grow and the cause would gain many new voices, ones that would help correct the injustice of the laws.
But that’s not happening.
What we have are a few statements and several overnight inconveniences. They will be easily packed into a short news story and be completely forgotten in a week or two, not having nearly as big an impact as expected or needed.
What Pearl Jam, Springsteen, and Adams are doing may be brave since they are sticking to their beliefs, but it is also misguided. They have missed a great opportunity that I can only hope other acts will grab at.
Carter Diggs, Entertainment Editor
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What’s Going On With TikTok?
Marley Watkins and Mireya Berrios
You may have known it as Musical.ly when you were younger, but in August of 2018 a music and video app was released again as TikTok. The app is now off the charts as a social media platform. It’s the new trend amongst young people and we want to know why.
Many remember the app called Vine which allowed users to post short videos and sketches. Vine has since retired, but the energy of the app lives on through TikTok. Sometimes funny TikToks give off a sort of Vine energy. There are many different types of TikToks you can make. Comedic, music-related, or original videos of people performing are very popular. New features have also been added, Abigail Burrell, an eighth grader here says, “I have made plenty of Tik Toks. Some features the app lets you use are text additions and the filters that adds a good effect on something like a funny video.”
Another notable thing about TikTok is that everything about it can be entertaining. In our investigations we found that users considered it pretty funny how addicting it could be sometimes. Noelia Suarez, another 8th grader also says, “I find it very interesting to watch because the content people post on the app is super funny.” People, generally teens, downloaded the app for “memes only” purposes. For example Sophia Caserma an eighth grade student here says, “ Yes I use it a lot because I like to see all of the fun and exciting videos people post and sometimes most of them are funny.”
Many used Musical.ly to lip sync to music, but it didn’t have as much features as TikTok. Many have downloaded it because they see the app as a “trend.” TikTok has developed into a social media platform that allows creativity in all kinds of ways. People take advantage of that. They use it in their own way and sometimes even create something fun and new. TikTok just provides the little things like filters and text.
Since 2018, TikTok has been spreading rapidly over the internet. We think we might know why. Today many generations like to express themselves in creative and unique ways. Whether it’s dancing, making the audience laugh, or even doing something no one’s ever seen before, people love to express themselves through the app.
Most people find TikTok a perfect opportunity to create original content. Tik Tok gives them the ability and options to express themselves freely. So we ask again. Why is Tik Tok off the charts? Well here’s an answer. It isn’t just the app that goes viral. It’s the people on there that make people want to download it. Whatever we put our minds to using Tik Tok is what makes it so popular. We as users come up with something that is entertaining and exciting for the public.
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Tesla’s Full Self Driving is coming quicker than you think
byAlex Shoolman
Model S. Source: Tesla
There has been a lot written about Tesla’s cutting edge self driving system. From freeway driving under AutoPilot to the latest hit called Smart Summon, it’s drawn almost every reaction out there.
The reactions range from amazement to hostility, and even as “magic”, but AutoPilot has grown in leaps and bounds to be an industry leading driving system.
But it has even higher aspirations, so today we’re going to look into what it is, where it’s aiming for and more importantly, try and roughly estimate a potential time line that it should follow.
What is Tesla AutoPilot?
Let’s first define exactly what Tesla AutoPilot is for those that might not know. AutoPilot is currently made up of a few key things:
Summon / Smart Summon: Used via the Tesla app, Summon allows owners to have their car drive itself in a car park without any human inside. The car will turn on, then navigate and come pick you up from wherever it’s parked so long as you’re within 65 metres.
AutoPilot: Used on the freeway, current AutoPilot drives the car (braking, accelerating and steering) while you as the driver sit and monitor it with your hands on the wheel ready to take over if needed.
Navigate on Autopilot (NoA): This further adds capabilities to regular AutoPilot by allowing the car to automatically change lanes by itself, overtake slow cars and even navigate freeway interchanges.
It should also be noted that although it’s not officially supported by Tesla, AutoPilot can also very handily drive itself on non-freeway roads too.
Provided the road is well marked and is simply a road (ie. no stop lights, round abouts etc) AutoPilot can easily drive for 10 straight minutes or longer without any interruptions.
I personally use it for about 80% or more of driving even though most of my routes aren’t on freeways.
You simply let it drive right up until the light, turn it off, drive through the light yourself then turn it back on again.
It’s especially solid in bumper to bumper traffic too and makes things very relaxing indeed.
We also need to define a few specific points when it comes to “Full Self Driving” (FSD) as it’s not just one thing and has been described many different ways.
So below are a few different stages that we’ll go through over the next few years:
FSD, human in the car, human supervision required:
Commonly referred to by Elon Musk as “Feature Complete FSD” this is where a Tesla can handle “most” driving situations like stop lights, turning corners, city streets etc but by no means everything. This would still require a human to be in the car and monitoring it at all times. Tesla expects this to be live in Tesla cars around the world by the end of 2019
FSD, human in the car, no human supervision required (1):
Stage 1 of this is where regulators still haven’t given the approval for “no human supervision”, but Tesla is confident in saying humans could basically sleep in the back safely while the car drives itself anywhere. They expect this to occur around the end of 2020
Stage 2 of this is where both Tesla and regulators have given full approval for FSD without any human supervision. The human is still supposed to be in the car though. This is the real point where things change dramatically. You can play on your phone, sit in the back, sleep, whatever you want legally all while your car drives you like a chauffeur. As this is based on regulators in different countries it’s hard to pin down a date for this.
FSD, no human in the car, no human supervision required:
At this point we get to the real end game. This is where the car fully drives itself with no human in the car and fully approved by regulators. This is another key pivot point as once there’s no need for a human to be in the car then robotaxis can become a real thing.
Tesla’s Vision
Tesla is quite unique in the auto world because although many other car makers or tech companies are promoting and trying to crack FSD, Tesla controls the full software and hardware stack from top to bottom.
They design the AI chips and computers, they build the AI neural nets and they build the cars.
No other company comes close to having all these pieces and with AI this vertical integration can make a huge difference.
Another import aspect is their vision which has been crystal clear for many years now both around all electric cars and lately FSD.
While the “Master Plan” part one mainly focused on creating a mass market, high volume and affordable EV (the Model 3) the second part has special focus on FSD.
So, in short, Master Plan, Part Deux is:
Create stunning solar roofs with seamlessly integrated battery storage
Expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments
Develop a self-driving capability that is 10X safer than manual via massive fleet learning
Enable your car to make money for you when you aren’t using it
The above specifics on both autonomy and sharing has been published on Tesla’s websitesince July, 2016. That’s more than 3 years that they’ve been super focused on a very long term and concrete goal of FSD.
In this piece written by Elon Musk he explicitly describes how Tesla cars will be “fully self-driving with fail-operational capability”. There is also no mincing of words here, their goal is to have the cars fully drive themselves so that they can then become “robotaxis”.
You will also be able to add your car to the Tesla shared fleet just by tapping a button on the Tesla phone app and have it generate income for you while you’re at work or on vacation
It should also be especially noted that this is a core part of their business not just a mere side project like most other car makers.
It literally makes up half of their company goals for the next 10 years!
A while ago at their Autonomy Day Elon flat out said their “entire expense structure is being spent on Autopilot”.
The only other companies that are that focused on FSD are ones that are entirely FSD companies like Waymo. As such, they have dedicated massive amounts of resources to it.
They’ve hired leading chip designers and built from the ground up their Tesla FSD Computer.
A custom AI chip designed by Tesla for Tesla software and FSD.
This beast of a chip gives them a considerable lead over existing car makers as they have to rely on 3rd party chip makers like nVidia and then try and integrate other 3rd party software into it.
The result is less efficient hardware running less efficient software.
This manifests as a worse product that takes up more resources/power and that is updated less often.
This hardware and software advantage of Tesla’s is then further enhanced by their focused goals.
Make no mistake, software systems like FSD will end up being just like most other operating systems or tech systems.
You have one major winner (eg. Google for search, Microsoft for desktop OS’s, Android for mobile OS’s) and usually 1-2 other “runner up” companies that soak up the remaining 5-25% of left over market share.
FSD will be exactly the same: In 10 years time we will likely see one single company with the overwhelming majority of market share and 1-2 others with ~20% or so.
Usually (but not always) the first to market ends up “taking all”. Tesla’s vision, super aggressive approach combined with their already hardware and software leads makes it highly likely that they’ll “win”.
Future Predictions 2019-2025
Predictions are hard, even more so when you’re talking about an artificial intelligence that is likely to grow at an exponential rate as more and more cars get built and put on the road.
So in order to help us try and get at least somewhat accurate results, I’m basing my estimates on another extremely famous and hugely data-hungry AI system that was developed over the past few years by Google and their DeepMind company.
AlphaGo is an AI program that was built by DeepMind in order to conquer the extremely complex and old Chinese game called Go.
Only a few years ago it was assumed by leading computer scientists that having computers solve this game or even beat humans was basically impossible.
There were existing applications out there that tried, but of course they weren’t particularly great and nowhere near beating a world-class champion Go player. Until DeepMind came along…
It took DeepMind’s AlphaGo AI around 2 years to go from initially beating a professional Go player on a full-sized board, to being super human and undefeated by any human.
If we use this as a very rough proxy for Tesla’s FSD AI, it indicates that once it’s fully feature complete (ie. can play on a full sized board) and can drive safer than an above average driver, it will take a further 2 years to become super human.
Currently Tesla is stating that it should be fully feature complete by the end of 2019.
Let’s allow a further 6 months for the system to become better than your average driver and this means our starting point is about Mid 2020.
By Mid 2022 this means it should be “super human” at driving. At that point I’d say regulators are going to be reasonably OK with allowing it to drive with no human supervision.
You would still have to be in the car, just not paying attention to it.
This would get us to the “FSD, human in the car, no human supervision required (2)” point from above.
Not long after that – maybe another year of huge, world wide fleet learning – and I think it’s quite possible a country somewhere will make it legal for them to drive without any human being required in the car.
This would be the “FSD, no human in the car, no human supervision required” point and it’s here robotaxis are a go. So in short we have roughly:
Mid 2020 – “Feature Complete” FSD Released
Mid 2022 – AutoPilot is “super human”, regulators allow no human supervision
2023/24 – Regulators allow driving without humans in the car (Tesla Network goes live)
Regional Delays
All the above predictions should hopefully be accurate but do note they’ll happen “somewhere” in the world not everywhere simultaneously.
Different countries are going to take different lengths of times to allow these various steps to proceed.
On top of that Tesla will have to adapt and tweak their AutoPilot systems for each country and region given driving is very different from place to place.
As a result we may see regulators in America allow Tesla’s to drive without any human supervision in 2022… but then have it take until 2024 for European regulators to do the same.
Regardless of this I think that once one countries allows it, especially robotaxis, every other country will have little choice but to approve it very quickly as well. It will come down to competitive advantage.
Imagine a country that has all the advantages (both economically and safety wise) of fully legalised robotaxis.
They will be able to offer services and products to others at much lower prices and out compete the other countries that don’t have this advantage.
As such companies will be screaming at regulators to “hurry up” while normal citizens will also be screaming too.
People will want to get robotaxis that are 10x cheaper than human taxis when they’re going to/from work, when they’re coming home after a party and so on.
By 2025 the world will be a substantially different place.
The sooner we can transition the majority of “driven miles” to all electric robotaxis the better it will be for everyone.
CO2 emissions will be reduced, car deaths will be reduced, the cost you pay for transport will be reduced and more. Personally I can’t wait!
Source: Alex Shoolman. Reproduced with permission.
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This series examines representations of anthropology in science-fiction. Emma, Marie-Pierre and Rayna discuss cases from various TV series, movies and books and what they reveal about popular perceptions regarding this science and its branches (archeology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology and sociocultural anthropology).
In preparation for this series, we wished to list examples of representations of anthropologists and anthropology in science-fiction: an anthropologist in a Twilight Zone episode? A description of ethnography in a sci-fi magazine? Margaret Mead being mentioned in a book about little green men? The scenario of a Star Trek episode introducing perspectives and concepts closely related to anthropology? TGA readers provided fascinating such examples to consider.
List examples you can think of in the comments below! Feel free to add examples from other genres of pop culture as well and to share your own work on science-fiction and anthropology!
The ever growing list:
Dr. Daniel Jackson, archeologist and linguist, from Stargate SG-1
Vash, archeologist, from Star Trek TNG
Jean-Luc Picard, starship captain and archeology enthusiast, Star Trek TNG
Dr. River Song, archeologist, Doctor Who
Dr. Barron, anthropologist, from the episode ”Who Watchers the Watchers?” in Star Trek TNG (S3E4)
Dr. Norm Spellman, anthropologist, Avatar
Milo Thatch, cartographer & linguist in Disney movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
R. Potney Smithe, anthropologist, in Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2001)
Shinichi Chujo, linguist in Mothra (1961)
Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist in Bones (2005-Present)
Added from comments/Twitter conversations
Twilight Zone episode, Mr. Dingle, the Strong : A Venusian and a two-headed Martian walk into a bar and give Burgess Meredith the strength of five hundred men as an anthropological experiment.
Star Trek DS9 “Rapture”: Captain Sisko becomes obsessed with an archaeological puzzle.
Star Trek TNG “The Chase”: Dr. Richard Galen, Picard’s old archaeology professor, needs help with a puzzle.
Star Trek ENT “Three Days and Two Nights”: Ensign Hoshi Sato is a linguist. The plot involves linguistic immersion.
Star Trek TOS “Who Mourns for Adonais?”: Lt. Carolyn Palamas is the “A & A officer,” which the episode tells us stands for “Archaeology, Anthropology, and Ancient Civilizations.”
Star Trek VOY: “Tsunkatse”: Chakotay says he’s going to the match in Star Trek VOY: “Tsunkatse” as an anthropologist. In “Bliss,” part of his bliss is being offered a part-time professorship in anthropology. It’s not called out, but his interactions in “Initiations” could count too.
Star Trek VOY : Seven of Nine’s parents, observing a Borg cube trying to understand Borg “culture” or “way of life”.
Star Trek TNG episodes “Devil’s Due” and “The Bonding” include archaeologists characters.
Alien vs. Predator (2004) features archaeologists.
Halo franchise is based on archeology and religion.
China Miéville, fantasy fiction author, has a degree in anthropology (Embassytown, Iron Council, etc).
Mass Effect trilogy: the character Liara T’Soni is an expert in ancient Prothean culture, and was working at a dig site when first introduced.
Star Trek TNG “Homeward” (S7E13): Worf’s adoptive brother Nikolai Rozhenko, a bona fide anthropologist, is trying to save a culture from the usual prime directive misunderstandings and goes native in the end.
Citizen of the Galaxy: In the juvenile novel Citizen of the Galaxy by Heinlein, the slave boy Thorby meets an anthropologist on a ship who is the only person who will befriend him at first because he does not understand proper behavior. She teaches him about moieties and the morays of the culture of the people on board the ship.
Jeff Vandermeer’s book Annihilation.
Hort, the anthropologist in Monument, by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
X-Men: Xavier has a PhD in Anthropology and one great enemy of the X-Men, Bolivar Trask, is a prominent anthropologist.
The Mote in God’s Eye, a novel by Niven and Pournelle features the anthropologist Lady Sandra “Sally” Bright Fowler.
The entry on “Anthropology” in the Science Fiction Encyclopedia (http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anthropology ).
Apeman, Spaceman (anth 1968) edited by Leon E Stover and Harry Harrison.
Anthropology through Science Fiction (anth 1974) edited by Carol Mason, Martin H Greenberg and Patricia S Warrickand.
A collection of critical essays on the theme, Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (anth 1987) edited by Eric S Rabkin and George Edgar Slusser.
Chad Oliver’s Shadows in the Sun. Author himself is a practicing anthropologist.
Citizen of the Galaxy novel by Heinlein.
Examples from other genres of pop culture
Betty Draper from Mad Men studied anthropology in college.
In Community, Betty White plays Professor June Bauer, who teaches Anthropology 101 and is rather eccentric.
In The Nanny Diairies, Scarlett Johansson plays a college graduate who works as a nanny but wishes to work in anthropology.
Harrison Kipp, Professor of Archaeology at Night Vale Community College (Welcome to Night Vale).
Anthropologie, the store.
Noah the pirate slave and anthropologist from Archer
Indiana Jones, archaeologist : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) & Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
Lara Croft, Tomb Raider video games and movies.
Charlotte Lewis, cultural anthropologist on the ABC show Lost.
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amehatrekkie August 13, 2018 at 02:48
chakotay has a lot of fun studying the planet in the episode “blink of an eye,” where for every second on the ship, a day passes on the planet. at one point the doctor is sent there; on the ship a few minutes pass for them to retrieve him because of a glitch with the transporter, 3 years passed on the planet. they’re able to see various nation-states develop technology from the shamanistic tribal society to a medieval to modern and even past their own technical level. this is one of my favorite episodes not just of voyager but the franchise overall.
Rachael Sebastian April 11, 2018 at 10:25
In Star Trek Discovery, Michael Burnham is a Xenoanthropologist
Stefan B. September 9, 2017 at 19:52
The protagonists of James Cameron’s Avatar are kind-of anthropologists. I often use this example when people ask what anthropologists do.
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kutukamus November 20, 2015 at 14:28
Phoonzang—the Godot-like (somehow) character in the game ‘Crusaders of the Dark Savant, is without doubt (though never explicitly mentioned) is an anthropologist (among many other things).
meles_ludens November 5, 2015 at 04:49
Star Wars – The Galactic Institute of Anthropology published such notable works on Mandalorian culture as Mandalorians: Identity and Language and Mandalorians: Identity and Its Influence on Genome. It’s not a part of the canon now, but it was mentioned before the Disney took over.
Also, SW Universe mentions “sentientologist” who is scientist studing all sentient beings in galaxy and they culture, bilogy and hisotry, wich includes anthropologists – http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sentientologist
Some Lovecraft stories includes ethnologists
piersmahout November 3, 2015 at 04:26
and do I remember an anthropologist in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy?
Jacky Garbutt November 2, 2015 at 20:51
Double whammy with WASTELAND OF FLINT by Thomas Harlan.
An alternate history science fiction novel with the Mexica in charge of Earth, which follows a xeno-archaeologist investigating the remains of an extinct advanced culture on a distant planet.
doesnt matter November 2, 2015 at 18:32
Seven of Nine’s parents (Star Trek: VOY), observing a Borg cube trying to understand Borg “culture” or “way of life”
Anonymous November 2, 2015 at 18:30
Seven of Nine’s parents (Star Trek: VOY), observing a Borg cube
Stephen Gonzalez November 2, 2015 at 13:22
Dan Sylveste is an archaeologist in Alastair Reynold’s Revelation Space novel. From the wikia “At the beginning of Revelation Space he is an archaeologist working on Resurgam and studying the ruins of the ancient Amarantin, convinced that their history holds the key to why no alien species has yet survived long enough for humans to make contact.” http://revelationspace.wikia.com/wiki/Dan_Sylveste
Kim Williams-Shuker November 2, 2015 at 12:13
Mary Doria Russell (author of The Sparrow and Children of God) has a doctorate in biological anthropology.
drtmperes November 2, 2015 at 08:04
Ross Gellar on “Friends” was an Anthropologist (though they sometimes confused the definition of what an Anthropologist is, but….).
Don’t forget the archaeologists in the Alien prequel film Prometheus
I’d rather forget the entire film -_-
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Moreno Tiziani December 28, 2014 at 16:33
I was reading “Shadows in the sun”, by Chad Oliver, last month: Paul Ellery is an anthropologist that discovers a “strange” reality in a little town in Texas (example: http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.it/2012/12/forgotten-book-shadows-in-sun.html)
Marie-Pierre Renaud December 29, 2014 at 11:24
Thanks a lot for the info! Much appreciated!
Evan Conaway December 26, 2014 at 11:33
What about the Archaeology profession in World of Warcraft and all the so-called “Archaeology Trainers” and the Assistant-Associate-Full professor development! 😀
Very good point! Thanks for reminding us of that one!
Karin Rita Gastreich September 25, 2014 at 08:44
Hadley Rille Books has entire series based on archaeology and archaeologists, in both its science fiction and historical fiction collections. This is a small press, so they don’t get a very wide distribution, but their RUINS anthologies have a loyal following, including RUINS TERRA and RUINS EXTRATERRESTRIAL. Other anthologies of note would be FOOTPRINTS and ORIGINS. The latter is a collection of short stories about human evolution based on the archaeological record. All of these anthologies were edited by Eric T. Reynolds. Another book from HRB’s science fiction list is the novel TRANSCENDENCE (not to be confused with the recent movie) by Chris McKitterick, which features an archaeologist working on one of Jupiter’s moons. There’s probably more, but these are the titles I’m most familiar with. Hope this helps!
Marie-Pierre Renaud September 28, 2014 at 21:58
Very helpful indeed! We’ll have to look these up! Thanks for the suggestions!
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Moreno Tiziani September 20, 2014 at 13:24
Hort, the anthropologist in “Monument”, by Lloyd Biggle jr. But also in X-Men: Xavier has a PhD in Anthropology and one great enemy of X-Men, Bolivar Trask, is a prominent anthropologist.
Thanks we’ll add it to the list!
Mr Mwenda September 14, 2014 at 04:23
Yo,
If it’s not too late, The scifi novel ‘The Mote in God’s Eye’ by Niven and Pournelle features the anthropologist Lady Sandra “Sally” Bright Fowler.
Not too late! We’ll need to keep researching this topic and appreciate any suggestion that will help us do so!
Hal September 7, 2014 at 16:35
If you want to follow up on this, consider the entry on “Anthropology” in the Science Fiction Encyclopedia (http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/anthropology )
Other examples can be gleaned Apeman, Spaceman (anth 1968) edited by Leon E Stover and Harry Harrison;Anthropology through Science Fiction (anth 1974) edited by Carol Mason, Martin H Greenberg and Patricia S Warrickand A collection of critical essays on the theme, Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (anth 1987) edited by Eric S Rabkin and George Edgar Slusser.
Marie-Pierre Renaud September 7, 2014 at 21:39
Very useful! Thank you!
Chad Oliver’s Shadows in the Sun is a prime example, and several of his other works feature anthropologists. He should know – he was a practicing anthropologist all his life.
Great! Thanks for the suggestion!
Anthropology in Outerspace: Representations of Anthropology in Science Fiction | The Geek Anthropologist September 4, 2014 at 10:00
Erin S September 3, 2014 at 14:42
In the juvenile novel Citizen of the Galaxy by Heinlein, the slave boy Thorby meets an anthropologist on a ship who is the only person who will befriend him at first because he does not understand proper behavior. She teaches him about moieties and the morays of the culture of the people on board the ship.
Thank you for this example!
Alex Oliveira August 27, 2014 at 21:53
The best example in Star Trek TNG is still “Homeward” were Worf adoptive brother Nikolai Rozhenko a real bona fide anthropologist is trying to save a culture from the usual prime directive misunderstandings and going native in the end.
Marie-Pierre Renaud August 28, 2014 at 13:38
Another great example from Star Trek! Thanks!
Vincent Krasauskas August 27, 2014 at 14:56
The character from the Mass Effect trilogy, Liara T’Soni, is an expert in ancient Prothean culture, and was working at a dig site when first introduced.
Great point! Thanks for providing this example!
Anonymous August 27, 2014 at 12:15
Although not directly referencing anthropology per se, I always found the Next Generation episode “Darmok” to be an interesting examination about how culture affects language and communication.
I think you’ll find our upcoming series interesting then: we do discuss this episode!
tribble314 August 21, 2014 at 01:58
There’s a few more in Star Trek:
– Lt. Carolyn Palamas in TOS: “Who Mourns for Adonais?” (At first I confused her with Lt. Marla McGivers in “Space Seed,” but she’s a historian.)
– Chakotay says he’s going to the match in VOY: “Tsunkatse” as an anthropologist. In “Bliss,” part of his bliss is being offered a part-time professorship in anthropology. It’s not called out, but his interactions in “Initiations” could count too.
– TNG episodes “Devil’s Due” and “The Bonding” have archaeologists too, but not very prominantly.
Oh, a few more episodes:
– Captain Sisko becomes obsessed with an archaeological puzzle (DS9: “Rapture”)
– Dr. Richard Galen, Picard’s old archaeology professor, needs help with a puzzle in TNG: “The Chase”
– Ensign Hoshi Sato is a linguist. Mostly the writers give her jargon, but her plot ENT: “Three Days and Two Nights” involves linguistic immersion.
Thanks! These were added to the list!
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HCS Enforcement
Barrett Pryce
Barrett Pryce is the Marketing Manager with Vivid Learning Systems, an online safety training provider making life a little easier for safety professionals.
This is the published guidance given by OSHA to field Compliance Safety & Health Officers
June 1, 2015 Effective Date
June 1, 2015 is the date by which chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers must be in compliance with all modified provisions of the HCS.
The June 1, 2015 effective date applies to manufacturers and importers developing HCS 2012-compliant SDSs and labels.
For inspections occurring after the June 1, 2015 compliance date that involve a mixture that does not have an HCS-compliant label or SDS, OSHA’s Compliance Safety & Health Officers (CSHOs) shall determine if the manufacturer or importer has exercised reasonable diligence and good faith to comply with the terms of the standard.
CSHOs shall not cite a manufacturer or importer for failing to meet the June 1, 2015 deadline to have updated labels or updated SDSs if the chemical manufacturer or importer exercised reasonable diligence and good faith in attempting to obtain HCS 2012-compliant SDSs and classification information from its upstream raw material supplier(s).
When necessary, OSHA will exercise its enforcement discretion to allow for a reasonable time period for manufacturers or importers to come into compliance.
In contrast, on or after June 2, 2015, upstream raw material suppliers that do not have an HCS compliant SDS or label available for downstream manufacturers or product formulators of mixtures will not be in compliance.
Upstream raw material suppliers must provide HCS compliant SDSs to downstream manufacturers or importers with the first shipment and after an SDS is updated..
If a downstream manufacturer or importer requests an updated SDS prior to receiving a new shipment, the upstream supplier must provide it immediately.
If the Agency is made aware of a manufacturer or importer requesting but not receiving a revised SDS from an upstream raw material supplier, the matter shall be referred for further enforcement action to the appropriate Area Office with jurisdiction over the employer. A citation for a violation of 1910.1200 shall be considered.
"Reasonable Diligence" and "Good Faith Efforts"
In order to determine if a manufacturer or importer has established "reasonable diligence" and "good faith efforts," the CSHO must review its overall efforts, attention, and action(s) taken to comply with the new HCS.
Upon request from a CSHO, a manufacturer or importer must provide documentation of its substantive efforts to:
Obtain classification information and SDSs from upstream suppliers;
Find hazard information from alternative sources (e.g., chemical registries); and,
Classify the data themselves.
Establishing reasonable diligence and good faith effort requires that the manufacturer or importer demonstrate attempt(s) to obtain the necessary SDSs through both oral and written communication directly with the upstream supplier.
For each mixture shipped by a manufacturer or importer after June 1, 2015 that does not comply with HCS 2012, the CSHO shall consider whether the manufacturer or importer:
(a) Developed and documented the process used to gather the necessary classification information from its upstream suppliers and the status of such efforts;
(b) Developed and documented efforts to find hazard information from alternative sources (e.g., chemical registries);
(c) Provided a written account of continued dialogue with its upstream suppliers, including dated copies of all relevant written communication with its upstream suppliers;
(d) Provided a written account of continued dialogue with its distributors, including dated copies of all relevant written communication with its distributors informing them why it has been unable to comply with HCS 2012; and,
(e) Developed the course of action it will follow to make the necessary changes to SDSs and labels.
Although the CSHO must consider all of the above factors, any combination of these efforts may, depending on the circumstance, be consistent with reasonable diligence and good faith efforts.
The CSHO shall always consider whether the manufacturer or importer attempted to obtain the hazard information in a timely manner in determining whether a manufacturer or importer exercised reasonable diligence and made good faith efforts to comply.
Reasonable diligence and good faith also requires that the manufacturer or importer provide a clear timeline for when it expects to comply with the revised HCS.
Questions and Answers for CSHOs
Question: Has the June 1, 2015 effective date been extended for all manufacturers or importers to produce HCS 2012-compliant SDSs and labels?
Answer: The June 1, 2015 deadline has not been extended for all manufacturers, importers, or product formulators to produce HCS 2012-compliant SDSs and labels. However, manufacturers and product formulators of mixtures that have made reasonable and good faith efforts to meet the effective date but, due to circumstances outside of their control, have not been able to do so, will be allowed a reasonable time period to come into compliance.
Question: I'm a distributor that has pallets of existing stock of individual containers with HCS 1994-compliant labels on them. Do I need to remove the old label from each individual container and replace it with a new HCS 2012-compliant label?
Answer: After December 1, 2015, distributors shall not ship chemicals without HCS-2012 compliant labels. In the situation where a distributor's supplier has not been able to comply with the June 1, 2015 compliance date despite reasonable diligence and good faith efforts, the distributor may continue to ship HCS 1994-compliant labels. The distributor must be able to document its communication with the supplier to determine the circumstances for the supplier's noncompliance with HCS 2012.
Question: I'm an employer, and have not received updated SDSs or labels for some of the hazardous chemicals I use in my business. Will OSHA issue a citation to me?
Answer: No.
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Evers calls on Republicans to act on gun safety bills
Published on August 5, 2019 in News
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday called on the Republican-controlled Legislature to take action on bills that would limit access to guns, which he said would make the state safer following a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 31 people dead.
Evers, who said he was considering ordering a special session of the Legislature, called for lawmakers to pass a universal background check bill and a so-called red flag law that would make it easier to take guns away from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others.
“We will look at everything we can do to make sure the people of Wisconsin are safe,” Evers said. “Let’s make it happen, let’s make it happen.”
Evers said he wants lawmakers to take action but that he’s not optimistic given Republicans’ lack of support for the ideas in the past. Republican legislative leaders, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Evers called for Democrats and Republicans to come together to address racism and gun violence.
“We can’t pretend this is something that only happens in Texas or other places in the country,” Evers said, noting that he was speaking on the anniversary of the 2012 attack in which a white supremacist killed six worshippers at a Sikh Temple near Milwaukee.
On Saturday in the Texas border city of El Paso, a shooter opened fire at a Walmart, killing 22 people and wounding more than two dozen others. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, another gunman killed nine people and wounded at least 27 others.
President Donald Trump, in comments from the White House on Monday, called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence. Trump tweeted support for “strong background checks,” but he didn’t mention it in remarks later Monday. He has reneged on previous promises after mass attacks.
U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, of Wisconsin, joined with other Democrats in calling for Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow the Senate to vote on a bill the House passed that would require federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, including those sold online or at gun shows.
“The American people overwhelmingly support” expanding federal background checks on all gun sales, Baldwin tweeted. She called for an immediate vote “so we can start saving lives.”
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson issued a statement in which he didn’t mention expanding background checks, but he did signal support for a “red flag” law, which would allow family members to petition authorities to restrict a mentally ill person’s access to firearms. Trump also called for laws to both make it easier to commit those with mental illness and to keep them from having guns.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, of Milwaukee, accused Trump of being “complicit” in the El Paso shooting, which authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime because of a racist, anti-immigrant screed that the suspected gunman may have posted online shortly beforehand.
“The El Paso shooting was an act of domestic terrorism by a white supremacist,” Moore tweeted on Sunday. “Trump has fanned the flames of white supremacists, emboldening them and exacerbating our gun violence epidemic.”
Johnson praised Trump for condemning “violent extremism.”
“But the long term solution lies in renewed faith, strengthened families, and less virtual socialization and more genuine human to human interaction in real communities,” Johnson said.
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An Odyssey
A Father, A Son, and An Epic
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960-
After enrolling in an undergraduate seminar on the Odyssey that his son teaches, Mendelsohn hoped to learn the great literature he'd neglected in his youth. Instead he was presented with an opportunity for a father-and-son philosophical journey, engaging in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece. The two then retraced Odysseus' voyages in a Mediterranean journey that helped them overcome long-held secrets, and learn the meaning of home.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]
Characteristics: 306 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Contributors: Mendelsohn, Jay 1929-2012.
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"Presents the story of a father and son's transformative journey in reading in the wake of the father's late-in-life enrollment in his son's undergraduate seminar, where the two engage in debates over how to interpret Homer's classic masterpiece."
Read more reviews of An Odyssey at iDreamBooks.com
NonjaFBisgard Nov 21, 2019
I have read this! Please stop!!!!!!!!
carolwu96 Jul 09, 2019
This is a memoir written by Princeton phD and Bard professor Daniel Mendelsohn. He had always felt somewhat distant from his father, mostly from not seeing much affection nor emotion from the mathematician, but when Mendelsohn taught a class on Homer’s Odyssey, his father audited the class and learned about a son’s journey to equal his father and the father’s reassertion of his identity . After the class ended, the two boarded an Odyssey themed cruise. With increased understanding of his father’s values, Daniel discovered something unexpected — a funny, talkative, adventurous side of the man he had always understood as reticent and rigid.
By switching between examining the epic through the lens of literary criticism and recounting their times together, Mendelsohn shows us that this memoir is not only about the two father-son relationships, but also his own coming-of-age story as he learns to see his father in a different light.
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patcarstensen Dec 26, 2017
He artfully employs many of Homer's literary techniques -- such as ring narratives -- and shows what great teaching is.
blcwrites Dec 21, 2017
Profound on so many levels. One of those books (rare these days) when I didn't want it to end and when I couldn't postpone it, felt shaken, inspired, and wanting to read his other books. And then, read this one again. Fathers and sons, kids and parents, the classic of The Odyssey and modern life highlight each other. And if you have read or want to read the Odyssey, this book can be your faithful guide, like Athena.
Odysseus, King of Ithaca (Mythological Character) — Influence.
Homer. — Influence.
Mendelsohn, Daniel Adam, 1960- — Travel — Mediterranean Region.
Mendelsohn, Jay, 1929-2012 — Travel — Mediterranean Region.
Fathers and Sons — United States — Biography.
Fathers — United States — Death.
Find it at WCLS
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Suspicion nation : the inside story of the Trayvon Martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it
Bloom, Lisa E., 1958- author.
318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Foreword / Jeffrey Toobin -- Introduction: The sixth juror -- PART ONE: A winnable case is lost -- 1. The people demand an arrest -- 2. The state misses its best evidence -- 3. Too squeamish to talk about race -- 4. Bungling the science -- 5. The state's star witness, Rachel Jeantel, is neutralized -- 6. Mishandling the 911 call -- 7. Closing arguments: a disaster for the prosecution -- 8. It's not over -- PART TWO: Fear and lawlessness in suspicion nation -- 9. "Everyone's a little bit racist" -- 10. One nation, overgunned -- 11. Bring it on, make my day, stand your ground -- Conclusion: Aligning our actions with our core values -- Notes.
Martin, Trayvon, 1995-2012
Zimmerman, George, 1983-
Zimmerman, George, 1983--Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) -- Florida -- Sanford.
Racial profiling in law enforcement -- Florida -- Case studies.
Community arts projects
Self-defense (Law) -- Florida.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Florida.
United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.
The award-winning journalist who covered the trial discusses the laws, culture and conditions that exist in modern America that allowed George Zimmerman to be fully acquitted after killing an unarmed, black teenager in his gated Florida community.
Book 363.23 BLO 1 1
What went wrong behind the scenes in the Trayvon Martin case? Why does America endure so many tragic shootings like this one? These are the questions at the heart of Suspicion Nation .
Bestselling author, trial attorney, and NBC News analyst Lisa Bloom covered the murder trial and was appalled by what she witnessed. Bloom now exposes the injustice, conducting new in-depth interviews with key trial participants and digging deeper into the evidence. Suspicion Nation outlines the six biggest mistakes made by the state of Florida that guaranteed it would lose this "winnable case," and the laws and biases that created the conditions for this tragedy.
The only nonwhite juror tells her story of painful isolation in the jury room. Rachel Jeantel, the state's star witness, reveals how poorly the state prepared her to testify and what went through her mind on the stand. The medical examiner reveals scientific evidence he wasn't allowed to present. And a new examination of Trayvon's school suspensions raises questions about racial profiling, all in a country divided over issues of race, gun laws, and violence.
Suspicion Nation is a riveting courtroom drama that shines a bright light on a case we only thought we knew.
Lisa Bloom is an award-winning journalist, legal analyst, trial attorney, and is currently the legal analyst for the Today Show and NBC News. A daily fixture on American television for the last decade, Lisa regularly appears on CNN, HLN, and MSNBC. Bloom is also the author of the bestselling Swagger and Think . She has been featured on Oprah, Nightline, Today, Good Morning America , and many other shows. She has written numerous articles for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post , the National Law Journal, CNN.com, the Daily Beast , and many more. She has also been profiled, featured, and quoted in hundreds of publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Elle, Ladies' Home Journal, California Lawyer, Vegetarian Times, and Variety. She currently lives in Los Angeles where she runs her law firm, The Bloom Firm.
Attorney and high-profile television legal analyst Bloom brings passion and poise to the audio edition of her new title, which deconstructs the racial tensions surrounding the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. As an accomplished courtroom correspondent, she is particularly adept in voicing the elements of her narrative directly tied to the trial. Her delivery of the first-person experiences of the jury's lone minority member-a Hispanic woman identified only by her first name of Maddy-is a convincing and chilling presentation of how race affects the justice system. When she tackles the expository public policy sections of the text, the narration is not always quite as spellbinding, but Bloom manages to keep the proceedings moving effectively. A Counterpoint hardcover. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Foreword p. 1
Jeffrey Toobin
Introduction: The Sixth Juror p. 5
Part 1 A Winnable Case is Lost
1 The People Demand an Arrest p. 35
2 The State Misses Its Best Evidence p. 49
3 Too Squeamish to Talk About Race p. 73
4 Bungling the Science p. 93
5 The State's Star Witness, Rachel Jeantel, Is Neutralized p. 123
6 Mishandling the 911 Call p. 151
7 Closing Arguments: A Disaster for the Prosecution p. 157
8 It's Not Over p. 175
Part 2 Fear and Lawlessness In Suspicion Nation
9 "Everyone's a Little Bit Racist" p. 193
10 One Nation, Overgunned p. 265
11 Bring It On, Make My Day, Stand Your Ground p. 279
Conclusion: Aligning Our Actions with Our CoreValues p. 293
Notes p. 299
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Category Archives: 1872
Embrace Our Heritage Part 6
Posted on May 17, 2012 by william
In 1872 when Richard Burton visits Iceland, he says “Their hay was not housed but heaped in stacks two yards square, upon raised mounds, at short distances, and covered with sloping turf to lead the rain into surrounding ditches.”
Did you know that? Did you know that hay was placed on raised mounds, that it was covered in turf to shed water. If your great great grandparents worked on a farm, their tasks would have been to scythe the grass, rake it, stack it, and cover the stacks with turf. They would have worked long, exhausting hours, every day the same. Hay came before everything because there was only one crop in Iceland and it fed the sheep and cows and these cattle fed the people.
“In summer they ate cods’ heads, boiled, like most other food for it had to be cooked in a pot over an open fire. In winter they ate sheep’s heads kept in fermented vinegar of sour milk (Syra), or in the juice of sorrel (Sura) and other plants. The mutton was sold.” Why was the mutton sold? Because they could not afford to keep it for themselves. Everything they needed, horseshoes, nails, iron bars, rye flour, needles, thread, spices, rice, everything except the very few things that could be produced on a farm had to be obtained by trade with the Danish merchants.
In the 1800s in Iceland, “bread was not the staff of life. It was eaten only on high days and holidays, that is at births, marriages, and deaths.” The better off “farmers baked cakes, broad and thin, like sea biscuits, of black rye flour from Copenhagen.”
In 1872 the yearly death rate per thousand in Reykjavik was 59-60 compared to 20 in London. Burton says, “The list of diseases is so extensive that little beyond the names can be mentioned.” There was nothing romantic about living in unheated homes made of turf and lava. The floors were often wet dirt. There was little light. There was no ventilation as the body heat had to be kept inside. Houses were crowded. Communicable diseases spread quickly because of the crowding and because of the kissing that was used in greeting.
There was always a shortage of fuel. Our families burned peat, birch twigs, dried sheep dung, fish bones, brown coal (if there was some in their area) and driftwood. Only the Danish traders or a very well off farmer could afford imported wood. A number of travelers report that there is only one stove in an Icelandic home in the entire country. Stoves only make sense when there is a lot of fuel and it is cheap. If, as I did, you grew up with a wood stove and wood furnace, you’ll remember the cords and cords of wood required to keep the house warm and food cooked.
Our ancestors’ world was one largely without money. As long as the Danish restrictions on trade existed, the traders had no competition either as buyers or sellers. They set both the price they would pay and the price at which they would sell. They also just gave credits against purchases. It was only with the lifting of the trade restrictions and the coming of the English and Scots buyers of horses and sheep that money was injected into the system. The English and Scots paid in silver. If you want to read about an Icelandic agent who worked for the Scots, read Paradise Reclaimed. One of the characters, Bjorn of Leirur, is a buyer of sheep and cows for Scots businessmen.
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Death by drowning
Posted on April 25, 2012 by william
There have been in our family since it arrived in New Iceland, three drownings. Alfred and Herbert Bristow, sons of Fredrikka Gottskalksdottir and William Bristow, drowned with three other young people when they were returning on a sailboat from a berry picking expedition. My father, in an old tradition, was named after them. My brother drowned when his front end loader went off the side of a barge into the Mackenzie River.
These drownings, while tragic, were part of an old tradition. Can we call it that? When something is done repeatedly over a very long time?
To drown was the fate of many men in Iceland. According to Richard Burton, in Iceland there was an “unusual loss of adult males, which is said to average forty per cent drowned.”
Every year, in a land where only one crop, hay, could grow, where arctic ice filling the bays, could lower the temperature enough that the ground would not thaw and the hay would not grow, producing enough food to last the coming winter was a struggle. Hay and sheep and cattle alone would not provide the food necessary.
Fishing was essential. It provided the second part of the people’s diet but it also provided something to trade for the many products that could not be produced in Iceland.
To produce boats, a builder needs wood. Iceland, in the 1800s, had long ceased to have wood. What had been there had been used for building and fuel and, perhaps, more importantly, for charcoal. Iceland has little in the way of minerals but it does have bog iron and bog iron, to be smelted, requires charcoal.
What was available was driftwood.
When Richard Burton arrives in Iceland in 1872 he observes what he calls “the mosquito flotilla of fishing-boats”.
The largest of the fishing boats carry two masts, he says. They are clinker-built, high in the stem and stern with a high projection for the rudder. When the sun is hot, and the wood shrinks, the boats are exceptionally leaky. The boats are not well cared for and do not last very long.
He sees no decked boats. The decked boats that do exist, sixty-one or sixty-three, are nearly all used for shark fishing on the north coast. There are 3,092 open boats. These have two to twelve oars. These boats are preferred by the fishermen because they can hold a lot of fishermen. The problem is that when they sink and the crew drown, there are a lot of deaths.
The open row boats go out three to six miles to get to the fishing ground. Then they have to row back. Burton considers this arrangement a waste of both effort and time.
The crews have guts. If necessary, they’ll cross Faxa Fjörð which is around fifty miles broad.
Basalt blocks are used for ballast. The sails are just strips of cloth. He is amazed, even perplexed by how narrow the oars are. The locals say that narrow oars are necessary because of the strong currents. He doesn´t believe it and thinks it is just tradition and folklore. The oars fit into thwarts that are lined with hoop-iron or they are set between two wooden pins.
Having rowed a skiff on Lake Winnipeg as a boy, I found the oarlocks we used that set into the thwarts worked very well. They would seem to have been more efficient than the hoop-iron or the wooden pins. Iron in Iceland was expensive and the wooden pins more readily available but without the equivalent of oar locks, oars are useless and I can’t imagine that wooden pins under the strain of the constant rowing did not often break. In a heavy sea, the loss of even one oar would be serious.
The Icelandic nets, he says, are ridiculously small. The floats are gourd-shaped bottles made in Denmark.
Burton compares the boats and fishermen he sees with the images of Viking long ships and Viking sailors and finds the current fishermen and their craft deficient. He thinks the crews perform well in good weather but in poor weather, they often do not work as a crew or team effectively but all want to be in charge with the result that no one is in charge.
The fishermen have given up the old way of dressing and now dress much like English fishermen. However, they wear three or four pair of coarse woolen socks and the socks retain water. Burton thinks Icelandic fishermen must enjoy having wet feet.
I found most interesting that the fishermen were using the Icelandic glove with two thumbs. When the palm gets wet or worn, the glove can be flipped over and the other side used. Many years ago when I was giving a reading at a school on an island in Ontario, I was shown such a pair of mittens with two thumbs, not gloves, and asked if they were Icelandic. Apparently, around the turn of the century there had been some Icelandic people living in the area and these mittens had been kept and now were in a local museum.
Burton mentions, as do many others, that the fishermen take little in the way of food with them even though they may be at sea for twelve hours doing strenuous labor, working in a cold wind, often soaking wet. They do take a mixture of whey and water to drink and lots of snuff.
The fishermen, he says, rarely live for long. Poor food, fatigue, the tremendous hardship of the work and environment, constant wet feet, poor hygiene. The fishermen suffer from chronic rheumatism that is so severe that the fingers bend backwards. Death often comes from lung infections, gout or paralysis.
Since What The Bear Said was published with its fourteen folk tales, many people have talked to me about their families. Time and again, people have said, my great great grandfather drowned. It is a constant refrain. If forty percent of male deaths were by drowning, what family could escape such a fate?
When men were not needed for hay harvest, they rode or walked to the coast and joined a fishing crew. They lived in rudely built huts near the shore. No stove. Sometimes not enough fuel to cook their food. They were wet all the time. There was no chance to sit before a blazing fire or even close to a wood stove.
Fall fishing in Manitoba was often brutal with winds from the north, ice freezing on both men and skiffs but, at the end of the day, there was a stove and an abundance of wood. Both men and clothes could dry out and get warm. There was hot food. The waterproof clothes, the rubber boots, most of the time, kept the fishermen dry.
That Icelandic fishermen survived at all seems like a miracle. Each year when they went to the coast, they knew the odds, they knew the living conditions, but they lived in a world with no choice because they fished or died of hunger. As dangerous and difficult was the fishing, the greater tragedy was when the harbours filled with drift ice and there could be no fishing. Then there wasn’t much left to be done except pray and, sometimes, those prayers were answered with the stranding of whales. They must have seemed like manna from heaven. A gift of meat and fat from God.
Embrace my heritage? Yes, I embrace these men on their trek through the mountains, their nights on hard beds made of sand and seaweed, of dark winter days spent in open boats hauling in fish. They may, as Burton says, no longer be Vikings and their boats may be poor craft but they went to sea day after day to put out a line and what could be braver than that?
(With notes and quotes from Richard Burton’s Ultima Thule or A Summer In Iceland, 1875. Although the book was published in 1875, Burton was in Iceland in 1872 so he describes the Iceland of our immigrant ancestors.)
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The Trading Ships
It‘s 1872 and after a long, hard winter, isolated from neighbouring farms by wind, snow and sleet that come in howling storms, trapped inside with no heat but body heat from the other household members plus some heat from the cattle in their pens, it‘s time to ride to the coast to a Markaðr, the annual trip to trade goods with the Danish ships that have anchored off-shore, a trip that each way may take ten days.
The winter has been spent with everyone knitting and weaving on a fixed and standing loom. The good weavers wove three yards a day of wadmal, as the cloth is called. It comes in a variety of colors: grey, black, light blue, the russet brown of undyed wool, and sometimes white.
On the trip to the trading station, every rider had two horses so that the rider could change as the horses got tired. With them was also a string of pack horses loaded with supplies. In the packs would be woolen mittens, stockings, fine socks, ordinary wadmal jackets, fine wadmal jackets, wool, eiderdown, other bird feathers, tallow, butter, salted mutton and beef. There might even have been one or two fox skins and maybe some bird skins. Swan skins have become rare by this time, and command a high price.
Women rode side saddle to the harbour where the trading fair was held. Side-saddles were little more than chairs set sideways on a horse. The side-saddles gave the rider little control over the horse and women were at greater risk than men when fording rivers. The side-saddles used for this yearly event had unusually elaborate foot-boards, with backs of worked brass to display the farmer’s wealth and status.
As you get closer to the harbour, you can see other groups of horses and riders that are descending from the hills and, before you, groups of farmers and peasants have already gathered in clusters in front of the shore. The men greet each other with the traditional kiss, then study the ships.
You pitch your tents and begin by finding out what is being charged and paid by the Danish merchants. No cash changes hands. Everything is done by trading goods. The Danes control both the selling and buying prices.
The Sýslumaðr, in his gold-laced cap and uniform buttons struts about to keep order, because the drinking is heavy. The Sýslumaðr was similar to a sheriff. He was granted an area called Sýsla in which he was responsible for collecting tolls, taxes and fines, and upholding the law. The Danish merchants are free-handed with liquor before the bargaining begins so there is a party atmosphere to the gathering.
The men row out to the two Danish ships and scramble up the ladders. The women wear white head-kerchiefs over their usual black caps, and instead of shawls they cover their shoulders with short scarves that reach only to the waist. In spite of their bulky petticoats, they manage to climb the ladders and over the gunwales of the ships.
The ships have been constructed like a store. There´s a desk and a counter. Sometimes, the stores supply most of the Icelander’s necessities—dry goods, clothes and caps, saddlery, wool carders, querns of basalt for grinding grain, horse shoes, and spinnning wheels; sugar, grain, tobacco, and especially rye spirits. Everything is needed: timber, salt, grain, coffee, spices. The timber consists of pine and fir, the forms are beams for roofing and framing, twenty-two to twenty-four feet long, one-inch boards for siding for houses, three-inch planks and finer woods for the cabinet maker. Salt is essential for salting both fish and meat and the only local salt that is available sometimes is called dirty salt because it comes from burning seaweed. There may be birch wood, sawn and split for fuel, but it is not for ordinary people. Only the Danish merchants can afford it. There are cereals – rye and wheat – that can be bought as grain, flour or already made into biscuits. The farmers prefer the grain because the flour is often mouldy or in poor condition. Buying grain means the laborious task of grinding it with a handmill but that is work for the servants. They can do that when they are not pounding hardfish with a stone hammer to ready it for eating. You will be buying a lower-quality rice in quantity, because, like most Icelanders, you like to make rice milk. In the years between 1864 and 1870, the amount of imported rice quintupled. The available spices are usually cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Twist tobacco is bought for chewing as well as smoking. The favorite form of tobacco is snuff.
The merchants have a large cargo of port, sherry, claret and champagne, rum and cognac, and even cherry brandy to trade with the better off farmers. Most such liquor is expensive and of poor quality. Sometimes, the traders bring so much liquor that they don’t have room for the supplies the Icelanders want and need. The brennivin, kornschnapps and rye spirits are cheap. The profits for the traders are high.
According to F. R. Burton, who attended one of these markets, there was considerable hard drinking and loud hymn singing at night.
When the trading and visiting are done, it is time to return to the farm. The horses’ pack saddles are set on pieces of turf to protect the horses from saddle sores. Each saddle has wooden pegs jutting from its sides, and wooden chests full of the traded goods are hung from the pegs. The trip will be slow because the packs often shift and have to be righted.
Although it is summer, traversing the quaking bogs, ravines and rivers may be made more difficult by rain, sleet and snow. The hæði and the river fords have holes filled with quicksand that horses sink into and have to be pulled out. Some rivers have ice rushing down from the glaciers.There is the occasional ferry. In most cases, it is a small rowboat that can only take people and their supplies. The horses have to be driven into the water to swim for the other bank. Some turn back and have to be caught and forced back into the river. Most of the time, though, there is no ferry and you have to follow a local guide across the least dangerous path.
But you‘ve been to visit the fair, boarded the trade ships, purchased at least some of the goods you need for the coming year, seen people you haven´t seen for twelve months, caught up on news. In the weeks ahead, there is shortening daylight, growing darkness, winter wind and rain and cold, but you‘ve been to the fair, been inside the ships and bought at least some of the things you’ll need to survive for another year.
(With notes and quotes from F.R. Burton, 1872)
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A Dane County judge has issued a temporary injunction preventing enforcement of Republicans’ lame duck laws, ruling the Legislature didn’t lawfully convene. The judge refused to dismiss the suit brought forward by Democrats and denied a Republican request to stay his injunction. “There can be no justification for enforcement of the unconstitutional legislative actions emanating from the December 2018 ‘Extraordinary Session’ that is consistent with the rule of law,” he wrote.
On Friday, GOP lawmakers went to the 3rd District Court of Appeals seeking an emergency stay of the judge’s ruling.
Withdrawal from ACA suit. Governor Tony Evers immediately called on Attorney General Josh Kaul to “take whatever steps are necessary” to withdraw from the multi-state lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act. The lame duck laws included one barring the Department of Justice from withdrawing from lawsuits without the Legislature’s approval.
Tentative JFC hearings. A letter sent to agencies included the following tentative schedule for Joint Finance Committee state budget hearings:
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Dueling branches. Since Evers’ budget address in late February, there is plenty of back-and-forth between the governor and Republican legislative leaders over dueling versions of similar initiatives, such as middle-class tax cuts. In that example, Republicans passed their own tax cut plan, which was vetoed by the governor before he introduced his own as part of his budget. Things continue to heat up, as Republicans have begun hinting at introducing some education provisions as stand-alone bills, instead of supporting them as part of the governor’s budget. One of those is rehiring retired teachers. More here:
Rehiring retired teachers. Evers’ budget plan includes a provision to allow retired teachers to be rehired while continuing to collect their pensions and earn a new salary. That would reverse a 2013 change Republicans pushed through and also lines up with a recent recommendation from the Legislature’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Education Funding. Evers’ plan would require a 30-day break in service instead of 75, prohibit teachers from having an agreement in place at the time they retire, and hold their pension payments steady instead of increasing from the salary they earn by working again. Supporters say it’s a common sense solution, since waiting 75 days after retirement means a teacher could not be rehired in time for the start of a new school year.
According to the Department of Employee Trust Funds, there were 4,407 retirees who were rehired to public jobs in 2018. Of those, 55.7 percent were teachers. The vast majority worked less than two-thirds of full-time hours, allowing them to continue collecting their pensions.
Capital deadlock. The state Building Commission deadlocked on Governor Tony Evers’ $2.5 billion capital budget, believed to be the first time that’s happened in the commission’s 70-year history. Evers was mystified that Republicans refused to recommend passage after every project in the document unanimously cleared committees earlier this week. “Disappointed is an understatement,” Evers said.
Bills Circulating:
County jailers and the WRS (SB5/AB5). Public hearings were held for this bill, which would classify county jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
Human Trafficking (AB22). A public hearing was held on this bill that would fight human trafficking through trucker education. This legislation would establish industry-specific materials on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for use in the instruction in driver education courses that provide instruction in the operation of commercial motor vehicles. This will affect new drivers only.
Prohibiting Conversion Therapy (SB107). Prohibits certain mental health providers from engaging in conversion therapy with a minor. Conversion therapy is any practice that seeks to change an individual’s gender expression, gender identity, or sexual orientation. In addition, the bill specifies that a violation of the prohibition in the bill by a mental health provider is grounds for professional discipline by the appropriate credentialing board.
Banning the ‘R’ Word. A bill was already introduced to ban terms such as “mentally retarded” from administrative rules when Governor Tony Evers recently issued an executive order to remove “mentally retarded,” “mental retardation” and “handicapped.” The Republican sponsor of the bill says he will continue to bring the bill forward, despite the executive order, because the legislative action would be a permanent solution because an executive order could be rescinded by a later governor. Evers has indicated he would sign the bill if it gets to his desk.
School Lunch Requirements (AB-084). A bill imposing requirements related to school lunch and breakfast programs in certain schools was referred to the Assembly Education Committee.
Apprenticeship Grants (SB-044). A hearing was held on this bill to provide grants to technical college students for apprenticeship expenses.
Youth Apprenticeship Program (SB-072). A hearing was held on this bill requiring certain occupational areas to be included in the youth apprenticeship program.
Youth Apprenticeships (SB-088) A hearing was held on this bill regarding youth apprenticeship programs.
School Hours (SB-112). An emergency exception for high performing school districts to the number of hours of direct pupil instruction requirement.
Minority Teacher Loan Program (SB55/ AB51). An amendment to include tribal schools in the expansion of the minority teacher loan program has been added to this bill.
Circulating for Co-Sponsorship:
UW Tuition Grants (LRB-2266). Grants for certain University of Wisconsin and technical college graduates who paid nonresident tuition; granting rule-making authority.
WRS Military Service (LRB-0930). Creditable military service under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
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Louis Nkembi Cameroon Terrestrial
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Lebialem Highlands, Cameroon
Conservation and management of Cameroon’s biodiversity rich Lebialem Highlands through Community led action, Cameroon
Louis Nkembi is Founder of the Environmental and Rural Development Foundation (ERuDeF), a Cameroonian NGO established in 1999 to protect the globally important rainforests of the Lebialem Highlands and other montane ecosystems. With mountainous terrain, the area is a challenge to access and has high levels of endemic bird and plant species. It is also a vital area for the Cross River gorilla, the most critically endangered of all African primates – just 300 remain in the wild.
Human pressure on the highlands is a growing threat. “The renewed growth in urban-rural migration and of population in rural areas is causing an increasing rate of conversion of forest to farmland,” warns Louis. As a result, habitat fragmentation and poaching are increasing.
Trained in Agronomy and Forestry, and with an MSc in Resource Economics, Louis’ efforts in southwest Cameroon have already led to the rediscovery of two internationally threatened birds, the Bannerman’s Turaco and Banded Wattle-eye in 2003. His team completed the first ever birds checklist for Lebialem Highlands in 2005, whilst the discovery of a new gorilla population in 2004 led to ERuDEF’s inclusion in the regional action plan for the conservation of Cross River gorillas and chimpanzees.
Louis’ proactive approach to halting the causes of habitat loss combines science, education and community involvement, Detailed long-term surveys of the endangered bird and plant species have led to official partnership with the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, and will inform the creation of a system of legally protected areas across the highlands.
Focusing on three key sites, community capacity for gorilla conservation is being increased people directly engaged in livelihood projects. “Local people do not do conservation with “empty stomachs”. If local people are properly taken care of, the local people will take proper care of the environment.”
Louis is now establishing a Forest Protection Fund that will give opportunities to over 10,000 local people to develop tangible sources of sustainable income, backed by marketing cooperatives. Lack of understanding of forestry and wildlife legislation amongst local communities is being addressed via an Education Resource Centre to help build knowledge and raise interest in conservation. Through these approaches, Louis is helping to build the capacity of local communities whilst securing habitat for the continued survival of the region’s unique biodiversity.
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Bushfire danger ramps back up in NSW and SA as mercury rises
Bushfire danger is ramping back up across multiple states, with higher temperatures prompting total fire bans in three regions of NSW.
Fires will be banned in the open in the southern ranges, southern slopes and Monaro alpine areas today, with daytime temperatures forecast to sit well above average across much of the state.
Thunderstorms are also possible across the state's south and west.
A New South Wales (NSW) Rural Fire Service volunteer douses a fire during back-burning operations in bushland near the town of Kulnura, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
Very high fire danger is forecast for nine NSW regions and the ACT.
Canberra is forecast to hit a Saturday high of 38C while the mercury will rise to 35C in Batemans Bay, 41C in Griffith and 41C in Gundagai.
Sydney will experience a comfortable 29C day but temperatures across western Sydney and on the city's fringe are likely to top 35C.
The Bureau of Meteorology expects the fire danger to continue escalating into next week, with increasing heat and dry winds.
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Temperatures are expected to peak on Tuesday, with New Year's Eve forecasts of more than 40C across western Sydney and in regional NSW.
The rising temperatures come after firefighters spent the past five days striving to contain large and complex bushfires before conditions worsen.
Horses are seen in a paddock as the Gospers Mountain Fire impacts Bilpin, Saturday, December 21, 2019. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING (AAP)
Where the situation currently stands
After a devastating end to last week, with two firefighters killed and as many as 1000 NSW houses destroyed, firefighters have taken advantage of milder conditions to strengthen containment lines.
Almost 1300 were in the field on Friday, as 70 bush and grass fires continued to burn, with more than 30 yet to be contained.
RFS Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said firefighters had completed challenging work in areas such as the Blue Mountains and south coast, backburning and establishing containment lines with hand tools and machinery.
Mr Fitzsimmons said the RFS was not expecting the earlier catastrophic conditions to return, but firefighters and communities would be challenged.
In 2013 the State Mine fire nearly destroyed Paul Fosse's home in Dargan on the Bells Line of Road and on the right, the aftermath on Christmas Eve of the Gospers Mountain fire at the same location where this time the home was lost. (Wolter Peeters/Sydney Morning Herald)
Aftermath on Christmas Eve of the Gospers Mountain fire where it impacted the Zig Zag Railway at Clarence on the Bells Line of Road. 24th December 2019. (Wolter Peeters/Sydney Morning Herald)
Blue Mountains City Council mayor Mark Greenhill told AAP this year's extended bushfire season meant locals were living with immense stress.
The area continues to be affected by the Ruined Castle and Grose Valley fires, which spread from the Gospers Mountain mega-blaze to the north.
The Green Wattle Creek fire to the south may also pose a threat in the future, Mr Greenhill said, adding the community was "far from out of the woods".
Rural Fire Service (RFS) crews prepare for the Green Wattle Creek Fire as it threatens homes in Yandeera in the south west of Sydney, Saturday, December 21, 2019. Temperatures in the 40's and high north westerly winds under extreme fire conditions are fanning a a number of fires around Sydney (AAP)
"For the whole community this is a very stressful, long endurance episode for them; it just goes on and on," he said yesterday.
NSW Emergency Services Minister David Elliott, meanwhile, has gone on a family holiday overseas but says he'll continue to receive bi-daily RFS updates.
His frontbench colleague Anthony Roberts has stepped into the role from Friday.
Why authorities in South Australia are concerned
South Australian authorities are also bracing for increased fire risk as temperatures and wind rise.
Country Fire Service crews will be placed strategically around the Adelaide Hills fire ground as weather conditions deteriorate over the next three days, with authorities warning that any outbreaks will be difficult to suppress.
The CFS is particularly concerned about weather forecasts for Monday when temperatures are likely to hit 40C in Adelaide, with strong winds, ahead of a cool change.
The blaze, which was sparked on December 20, is now contained with no immediate threat to lives or homes.
It has burnt through 23,295 hectares inside a perimeter of 184 kilometres.
A firefighter and koala watch on as the Cudlee Creek bushfire tears through the Adelaide Hills. (Facebook/ Eden Hills Country Fire Service)
Daniel Kelly (orange) and Mathew Fowler next to Mr Kelly's burnt out heritage bus on his property at Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills. (AAP)
"The southern and eastern edges of the fire ground are a priority for firefighting operations ahead of expected increasing northerly winds by Monday," the CFS said.
"Crews will be strategically placed in and around the fire ground in anticipation of the deteriorating weather."
Mineral earth breaks have also been established between Tungkillo and Mt Torrens to prevent a rapid spread of any flare-up.
A CFS unit drives down a first road at Charleston in Adelaide, Sunday, December 22, 2019. The Cudlee Creek fire has burnt through 25,000 hectares within a 127 kilometre perimeter in the Adelaide Hills. (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes) NO ARCHIVING (AAP)
On Friday, about 150 firefighters and 31 fire trucks operated across the fire ground, with similar numbers expected over the weekend.
There are also seven aircraft available, including the Ericson Sky Crane and four water-bombing aircraft.
"Weather conditions for the coming days are forecast to be unfavourable and will result in elevated fire danger conditions," the CFS said.
"Outbreaks in these conditions will be difficult to suppress."
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Qassem Soleimani assassination: Death toll from stampede at Iranian commander's funeral passes 50
The stampede took place today in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, as the procession got underway, said the Fars and ISNA news agencies, citing Pirhossein Koulivand, the head of Iran's emergency medical services.
There was no information as to what had set off the stampede. Initial videos posted online showed people lying lifeless on a road and others shouting and trying to help them.
Qassem Soleimani was one of Iran's most prominent public officials. (AP)
Soleimani's funeral was later delayed but no new timing was given.
"Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some have been killed during the funeral processions," he earlier said.
In delaying Soleimani's burial, authorities cited concerns about the massive crowd that had gathered, the semi-official ISNA news agency said.
A procession in Tehran yesterday drew over one million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main thoroughfares and side streets in Tehran.
Soleimani's death has sparked calls across Iran for revenge against America for a slaying that's drastically raised tensions across the Middle East.
The body of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani arrived in Iran to throngs of mourners. (AP)
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The US government warned ships of an unspecified threat from Iran across all the Mideast's waterways, crucial routes for global energy supplies.
Meanwhile, the US Air Force launched a drill with 52 fighter jets in Utah, just days after President Donald Trump threatened to hit 52 sites in Iran.
The leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guard earlier today threatened to "set ablaze" places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a US airstrike last week, sparking cries from the crowd of supporters of "Death to Israel!" Hossein Salami made the pledge before a crowd of thousands gathered in a central square in Kerman before a casket carrying Soleimani's remains.
The outpouring of grief was an unprecedented honor for a man viewed by Iranians as a national hero for his work leading the Guard's expeditionary Quds Force.
The US blames him for the killing of American troops in Iraq and accused him of plotting new attacks just before his death Friday in a drone strike near Baghdad's airport.
An honour guard stood as mourners carried the flag-draped coffins of Soleimani and other Guard members off the tarmac. (AP)
Soleimani also led forces in Syria backing President Bashar Assad in a long war, and he also served as the point man for Iranian proxies in countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.
His slaying already has pushed Tehran to abandon the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as his successor and others vow to take revenge.
In Baghdad, the parliament has called for the expulsion of all American troops from Iraq soil, something analysts fear could allow Islamic State militants to mount a comeback.
Speaking in Kerman, Salami praised Soleimani's exploits, describing him as essential to backing Palestinian groups, Yemen's Houthi rebels and Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria. As a martyr, Soleimani represented an even greater threat to Iran's enemies, Salami said.
"We will take revenge. We will set ablaze where they like," Salami said, drawing the cries of "Death to Israel!"
Mourners included many militiamen in uniform for whom Muhandis and Soleimani were heroes. (AP)
Israel is a longtime regional foe of Iran.
According to a report today by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, Iran has worked up 13 sets of plans for revenge for Soleimani's killing.
The report quoted Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, as saying that even the weakest among them would be a "historic nightmare" for the US.
"If the US troops do not leave our region voluntarily and upright, we will do something to carry their bodies horizontally out," Shamkhani said.
The US Maritime Administration today warned ships across the Mideast, citing the rising threats after the US killed Soleimani.
"The Iranian response to this action, if any, is unknown, but there remains the possibility of Iranian action against US maritime interests in the region," it said.
Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year the US blamed on Iran. Tehran denied being responsible though it did seize oil tankers around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20 per cent of the world's crude oil travels.
The US Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said it would work with shippers in the region to minimize any possible threat.
The 5th Fleet "has and will continue to provide advice to merchant shipping as appropriate regarding recommended security precautions in light of the heightened tensions and threats in the region," 5th Fleet spokesman Commander Joshua Frey told The Associated Press.
Meanwhile, Iranian Gen. Alireza Tabgsiri, the chief of the Guard's navy, issued his own warning.
"Our message to the enemies is to leave the region," Tabgsiri said, according to ISNA. The Guard routinely has tense encounters with the US Navy in the Persian Gulf.
Iran's parliament, meanwhile, has passed an urgent bill declaring the US military's command at the Pentagon and those acting on its behalf in Soleimani's killing as "terrorists," subject to Iranian sanctions.
The measure appears to be an attempt to mirror a decision by Trump in April to declare the Revolutionary Guard a "terrorist organisation."
The US Defense Department used the Guard's designation as a terror organisation in the country to support the strike that killed Soleimani.
The decision by Iran's parliament, done by a special procedure to speed the bill to law, comes as officials across the country threaten to retaliate for Soleimani's killing.
Solemani will ultimately be laid to rest between the graves of Enayatollah Talebizadeh and Mohammad Hossein Yousef Elahi, two former Guard comrades.
The two died in Operation Dawn 8 in Iran's 1980s war with Iraq in which Soleimani also took part, a 1986 amphibious assault that cut Iraq off from the Persian Gulf and led to the end of the bloody war that killed 1 million people.
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Wellness & Longevity
Ultimate Workout to Reverse the Effects of Aging
This exercise can rejuvenate your cells
by Candy Sagon, AARP, March 14, 2017 | Comments: 0
HIIT routines yielded the most benefits in reversing signs of aging within cells.
We all know exercise can help us stay healthy, but what about helping us stay young? Is there one type of workout that’s best at reducing the effects of aging?
Researchers with the Mayo Clinic think they may have an answer. Their new study suggests that interval training, rather than weight lifting, may be best at slowing down — or even reversing — aging at a cellular level.
High-intensity interval training — or HIIT — has become very popular in the last decade as a fast-paced routine that alternates between a short burst of intense aerobic exercise, such as sprinting or cycling at full speed, followed by a brief lower-intensity period. This pattern is repeated, usually for about 15 to 20 minutes, although some say even half that long is beneficial.
The benefits of briefly pushing your body to the max, then letting it recover, and then pushing it again, helps improve cardiovascular and respiratory health, reduce fat and control glucose, according to recent studies.
But the new study, published in Cell Metabolism, finds interval training has additional benefits for older adults, namely reversing signs of aging within cells.
Researchers had two age groups of men and women — younger than 30 and older than 65 — who were randomly assigned to one of three 12-week routines doing either high-intensity interval cycling, strength training with weights or a modified combination of the two.
The HIIT group had the most strenuous routine, cycling three days a week, with four four-minute intervals of high-intensity cycling, followed by three-minute easy cycling intervals. Two days a week, they walked briskly on a treadmill for 45 minutes. The strength-training group did upper- and lower-body weight lifting exercises twice a week, while the combination training group did moderately paced steady cycling (no intervals) and lifted weights five days a week, but for less time.
Researchers measured changes in the exercisers’ leg strength and lean muscle mass, oxygen capacity and insulin sensitivity, an indication of diabetes risk. They also took biopsies of thigh muscles to examine cell activity.
The good news: All the exercise routines improved overall fitness, including better respiration, lower fat and increased insulin sensitivity, which translates to a lower risk of diabetes.
For older adults, however, the HIIT routine yielded the most benefits in reversing signs of aging within cells. The over-65 group had a dramatic 69 percent increase in cells’ ability to take in oxygen and produce energy; the under-30 group experienced a 49 percent boost.
The HIIT group, the researchers noted, registered larger cellular changes — especially in mitochondria and ribosomes, which are important for maintaining healthy cell function and also tend to deteriorate with age — “as well as reversal of many age-related changes.”
The takeaway, study author Sreekumaran Nair, M.D., a diabetes researcher at the Mayo Clinic told CNN, is that “any exercise is better than being sedentary.” But for older adults, interval training is “highly efficient” when it comes to reversing many age-related changes.
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8731.6 - Building Approvals, Tasmania, Sep 2003
Latest ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 07/11/2003 Ceased
SEPTEMBER KEY FIGURES
Dwelling units approved
Jun 2003 to
Jul 2003 to
Aug 2003 to
SEPTEMBER KEY POINTS
TREND ESTIMATES
The trend estimate for the number of dwelling units was flat in September 2003, following eight months of rises.
ORIGINAL ESTIMATES
The total number of dwelling units approved in the September 2003 quarter was 741, an increase of 20.9% from the June 2003 quarter.
In the September 2003 quarter, dwelling approvals were concentrated in Kingborough (100), Hobart (67), and Launceston (66).
The total value of building work approved in the September 2003 quarter was $161.3m, an increase of 2.9% from the June 2003 quarter. The value of residential work rose 35.4% in the September 2003 quarter to $125.5m, conversely the value of non-residential building fell by 44.2% to $35.8m.
For further information about these and related statistics, contact Darryl Rowe on Adelaide 08 8237 7596, or the National Information and referral Service on 1300 135 070.
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This September quarter 2003 issue is the final issue of this publication.
In future, all data in this publication will be available in other ABS products, viz:
From the October 2003 issue, Building Approvals Australia (cat. no. 8731.0) will be expanded to include the state and territory data series of interest to most users. A copy of the proposed publication is available on the ABS web site. (see www.abs.gov.au and press the Publications icon, then go to 8731.0)
A Building Approvals data cube - contains most of the variables in this publication.
The on-line AusStats service - under Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0).
The ABS web site - in the Main Features for Building Approvals, Australia (cat. no. 8731.0).
Some state and territory data is also available in other ABS products. Further information on these alternative sources and how to access them is in the following document:
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CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
Quarterly chain volume data incorporate a new base year, 2001-02, which has resulted in revisions to growth rates, small in most cases, for subsequent periods. In addition, the reference year has been advanced to 2001-02, thereby preserving additivity in the quarters after the reference year. Re-referencing resulted in revisions to levels, but not growth rates, for all periods (see paragraphs 25-26 of the Explanatory Notes).
Area statistics are now classified to the Australian Standard Geographical Classification, 2003 Edition (see paragraph 27 of the Explanatory Notes).
DATA NOTES
A special article 'Functional Classification of Buildings', containing data for 2001-02 and 2002-03 was included in the September 2003 issue of Building Approvals Australia (cat. no. 8731.0). This and other articles are available from the ABS web site at <www.abs.gov.au>. Go to the 'Feature Articles' link on the home page, then select 'Industry/Construction'.
REVISIONS THIS QUARTER
There are no significant revisions this quarter.
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8 Awesome Outdoor Adventures You Have to Do in Australia
Anna Faustino September 20, 2016 AustraliaTravel Inspiration
Okay, the secret is out and almost every adrenaline hungry, nature-loving traveler knows that Australia has no shortage of awesome things to do. Between its stunningly diverse landscapes and varied terrain, the Land Down Under is every explorers paradise. From surfing some of the best waves, exploring vibrant underwater ecosystems, to going on epic nature treks in the bush, here are 10 awesome adventures you have to do while you’re in Australia.
1 Drive Down The Great Ocean Road
2 Take the Leap of Faith and Go Skydiving
3 Be Amazed and Go Whale Watching
4 Muster Up the Courage to Go Cage Diving
5 Explore Fraser Island’s Great Walk
6 Take Another Leap of Faith and Go Bungee Jumping
7 Go Bushwalking in Unesco Heritage Sites
8 Go Underwater and Try out Scuba Diving
Drive Down The Great Ocean Road
Near the city of Melbourne, you can see one of the most scenic (and epic) drives in the country. The Great Ocean Road loacated along the coastline of Victoria is a 243 kilometer drive full of scenic spots. Between it’s stunning beaches and jaw dropping swells, missing out on exploring this area is something you will forever regret. Go on a road trip and see the impressive 12 Apostles, go on nature walks along the way and get up close and personal to some incredible wildlife and rainforests. Instead of trying to do it all in one day, take your time and stop in the little towns along the way- so worth it!
Read: A Guide to Planning Your Dream Trip to Australia
Take the Leap of Faith and Go Skydiving
Let’s face it. What part of “I’m jumping out of a plane” doesn’t scream adventure? Given the popularity of skydiving over the recent years, while you can do this virtually anywhere in the world, Australia still tops our lists due to the incredible views along the way. Brace yourself for a thrilling, heart pumping experience as you Skydive in epic places like Wollogong Beach in Sydney, Melbourne, Byron Bay in New South Wales, and of course in Cairns which gives you an unrivaled view of The Great Barrier Reef below you.
Be Amazed and Go Whale Watching
Stand in awe as you witness the beautiful acrobatic jumps of these majestic creatures as they grace Australia’s waters seasonally. In Brisbane, they even have a 100% guarantee for a humpback whale sighting during migration season (June-November). Apart from whale watching, you can further explore the city and river as there are many cheap car rentals in Brisbane. During the right season, kayaking in the Brisbane river is pretty fun too!
Muster Up the Courage to Go Cage Diving
Cage diving is definitely one of those insane adventures that I know I have to do at least once in my lifetime. Although I know I might end up passing out in excitement (aka: trying not to piss myself), it is definitely high up on the list. Given that Australia has loads of sharks lingering around, it is no surprise that cage diving is rather popular here. With various tours and expeditions running in The Neptune Islands, South Australia, this is a perfect opportunity to grow some balls as you face one of the most magnificent creatures in the planet.
Read: Why We Don’t Have a Bucket List and Why You Should Get Rid of Yours Too
Explore Fraser Island’s Great Walk
If you’ve dreamed of walking and trekking through the world’s largest sand island then you’re in the right place. For nature lovers, this experience is a must while in Oz! Amazingly, you can spend up to 8 days trekking along this stunning island where you can camp and follow self-guided treks through the various trails. From incredible sand dunes to hidden pockets of rainforests and lakes, this is a good way to spend a couple of days in the outdoors. Apart from self-guided tours, there are also companies who offer full camping tours around the island.
Take Another Leap of Faith and Go Bungee Jumping
In case you haven’t had your adrenaline fill just yet, Bungee jumping is quite a popular sport in Australia. With jump centers in Cairns, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast, the challenge of flailing yourself from a platform is ultimately up to you. Get your adrenaline pumping and your heart racing as you try out one of the most terrifying adventure activities out there.
Related: What NOT to Do When Bungee Jumping
Go Bushwalking in Unesco Heritage Sites
While bushwalking can be done from virtually anywhere in Australia, one of the most iconic spots is across the Kakada National Park. Recently listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, half of the land is now Aboriginal land and is wild and untamed. Creeks, waterfalls, lush forests and stunning mountain canyons, a visit here is definitely experiencing the rugged outdoors of Australia. Apart from hiking and trekking, you can also go on self-guided 4×4 tours or go on a tour with an aboriginal native who can share their customs and culture with you. Other iconic bushwalk tours are also available in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to see Australia’s famous Ayer Rock. If you’re not much of a nature person, here are a few suggestions on things to do in Melbourne.
Go Underwater and Try out Scuba Diving
Naturally, if you’re an avid diver, the chance to scuba in the only living structure on earth which can be seen from Space is something that you won’t pass up. For beginner divers, Australia is also an ideal place to get your feet wet (literally) With a large variety of reefs, marine life, wrecks, and pinnacles, the diving in Australia is an adventure in itself. The Great Barrier Reef alongside with diving in Cairns, Townsville, Port Douglas, and Ningaloo Reef are just a few spots that are worth exploring while in Oz.
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Officially opening its doors during the Tiffin-Seneca Heritage Festival, 22 mrkt is the newest store in Downtown Tiffin, focusing on hard-to-find treasurers and items that previously have not been offered in the local market, according to a news release from Tiffin-Seneca Economic Partnership.
The store is at 22 E. Market St.
The owners refer to themselves as a group of collectors, curators, creators, fans, nerds and more, the release said, and the store offers a wide selection of new and used vinyl, cassettes, VHS, comic books, table top games, toys, collectibles, apparel and gear.
Staff members can recommend bands or make suggestions on new titles and can make offers on items customers are looking to sell, the release said.
The owners of 22 mrkt also want to work with local bands, authors and artists to find the coolest locally sourced items, it states.
“We wanted to offer something that Tiffin didn’t have, and have it in a store that we would want to go to,” said co-owner Josh Randall in the release.
Store hours are 5-7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 4-8 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturdays.
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{First Look & Giveaway} The Bastard's Bargain (The O'Malleys #6) by Katee Robert (@Katee_Robert @Barclay_PR)
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert delivers the final installment in her sizzling O'Malleys family series, hailed as "The Godfather meets Romeo & Juliet." In THE BASTARD’S BARGAIN Dmitri Romanov must use his legendary focus and control to stay one step ahead of everyone else in the ever-shifting power plays of New York City.
Title: The Bastard’s Bargain
Author: Katee Robert
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 6th, 2018
Publisher: Grand Central/Forever
Series: The O’Malleys
Format: Digitial and Print
ASIN: B071ZYWPL5
Married to the enemy
When Keira O'Malley was a child, she used to picture her perfect wedding. The flowers. The dress. Her husband. But nothing could have prepared her for saying "I do" to Dmitri Romanov-cold, domineering, and always one step ahead of everyone else in the ever-shifting power plays of New York City. She agreed to his bargain to secure peace for her family, and she may want the bastard more than she'd ever admit, but she'll be damned if she'll make this marriage easy for him.
Dmitri knows better than to underestimate Keira for one second. Molten desire smolders between them, a dangerous addiction neither can resist. But his enemies are already on the move, and he needs every ounce of his legendary focus and control to keep them alive. Keira could just be his secret weapon-if she doesn't bring him to his knees first.
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It wasn’t until the front door closed behind Ivan that the reality of her situation sank in. Dmitri was furious. He might have faked it for his friend, but he stood next to her, a pillar of stone with anger coming off him in waves. His grip on her elbow didn’t hurt, but if she’d tried to leave, he would have restrained her.
She should be afraid. She should be terrified.
Keira’s heartbeat picked up, adrenaline kicking in. She swung to face him with a fierce smile on her face. “You didn’t compliment me on my dress.” It was a work of fucking art. She smoothed her free hand over her hip and up her side. “Actually, you called me a high-class sex worker. Is that any way to speak to your beloved wife?”
His gray eyes followed the movement, a muscle ticking in his jaw when she cupped her breast. “I meant it when I said you’re playing with fire.”
That wasn’t just anger on his face now. No, it was rapidly being overtaken by sheer lust. An answering feeling sent a bolt straight to her core. She stepped back, and he released her instantly. A strange feeling coursed through her, straightening her spine and making her want to laugh out loud. Power. This is what power feels like.
He wanted her. He wanted her so badly, he had his hands clenched at his sides to keep from touching her again. But he wouldn’t until she gave the green light. Keira took another step back. “I have a hypothetical question.”
“Ask.” His voice was rough. The way he watched her made her feel like prey, and she liked it far more than she should—because she wasn’t prey. Keira had her own teeth and claws, and Dmitri would learn that as time went on.
“Hypothetical, if I said yes tonight…how do you imagine that would go?”
He stared at her a long moment. “Nyet. I’m not playing this game with you.” She blinked and he was on her, one hand snaking around to press against the exposed small of her back, the other tangling in her hair. “We are not children, moya koroleva. These games don’t become us.”
He kissed her. There was no cautious exploration or easing into it. Dmitri kissed her like a conquering warlord who was sure of his welcome because he owned everything in the room—including her. There was no fighting this. She didn’t even want to try. Keira slid her arms around his neck and pressed herself more firmly against him. His cock was a hard length with too many layers between them. She rolled her hips, an invitation she wasn’t sure she was ready to follow through on.
Dmitri slid his hand down to cup her ass, guiding her movements. Long slides up the length of his cock and back down again. The stupid goddamn dress kept her from spreading her legs wider, from getting him exactly where she needed him. Her nipples rubbed against his shirt, the silk incredibly decadent across her sensitized skin.
“Keira. Moya koroleva.” He kissed down her jawline, tilting her head back until she had to arch her spine to accommodate the position. “Did you enjoy their eyes on you? Ivan’s. The men who owe allegiance to me. Anyone who cared to look.”
It took her desire-drugged brain a beat to catch up, but by then he was already growling out more words against her skin. “Did it make you feel powerful to know they were imagining stroking the nipples you flash with such impunity?” He moved his hand from her ass to do exactly that, dragging a finger over her puckered nipple. “They wanted the body you so proudly put on display.” His voice roughened. “They wanted what’s mine.”
Say something. If you don’t say something right now, you’re going to give in tonight and then it will all be over.
He moved his hand to her back and bent her until she relied solely on his strength to keep her off the ground. And then Dmitri’s wicked, wicked mouth closed around her nipple. The weight of the beaded design seemed heavier with his tongue flicking the engorged bud, making his touch that much hotter. She couldn’t hold back a moan as he moved to her other breast.
Dmitri dragged his mouth up the center of her chest, the only part of her not caged in the dress, stopping at the thick collar. He flicked the hollow of her throat with his tongue. “This is my favorite part of the dress.” He ran his thumb over it. “This, more than anything else, marks you as mine.”
A collar for a kept pet.
It was as if he’d doused her in icy water. Keira went rigid and shoved Dmitri away. She almost fell when he released her, but she regained her balance at the last second. They stood mere feet apart, breathing hard and staring at each other. I am no one’s pet. She slashed her hand through the air. “I might be your wife, Russian, but I’m not yours. I’ll never be yours.”
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New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa’s knee. Her 2015 title, The Marriage Contract, was a RITA finalist, and RT Book Reviews named it 'a compulsively readable book with just the right amount of suspense and tension." When not writing sexy contemporary and romantic suspense, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her children, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
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Hydrogen Sulfide: The good, the bad and the misunderstood
Alex Manos July 2, 2019 Digestive Health, Featured
What Is Hydrogen Sulfide?
Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless and odorless gas that is produced both endogenously, and, by bacteria in the large intestine. Hydrogen sulfide has emerged as an important ‘gasotransmitter’ that regulates several bodily systems including: the cardiovascular, digestive, immune, hormonal, and nervous systems.
Hydrogen Sulfide Production
The precise locations of its production remain an active area of research.
Hydrogen sulfide is produced endogenously through several key enzymes, including:
Cystathionine β-lyase (CBE)
Cystathionine γ-lyase (CSE)
3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase (MST)/cysteine aminotransferase (CAT)
These specific enzymes are expressed accordingly in various organ systems.
From what I understand thus far, when healthy cells are put under stress, such as hypoxic conditions, a hydrogen sulfide-producing enzyme called cystathionine-gamma-lyase (CSE) moves from the cytosol of the cell, to the outer mitochondrial membrane, where it uses cysteine, an amino acid, to generate hydrogen sulfide. The hydrogen sulfide produced actually supports ATP (energy) production. Dr. Nigh puts it well by stating:
The point is that hydrogen sulfide production is vital to the cellular adaptation to physiological stress.
However hydrogen sulfide is also produced by gut bacteria and that is the main topic of today’s post.
The bacteria that reside in our digestive tract aid in the breakdown of nutrients from our food. Certain bacteria, some times called primary fermenters, break down complex carbohydrates (like dietary fibre) into short-chain fatty acids (e.g butyrate), and gases (e.g., hydrogen) that are released or absorbed by the body.
Organisms called ‘hydrogenotrophs’ (essentially hydrogen consuming bacteria and archaea), are essential in keeping gut hydrogen levels low and stabilising the environment for these primary fermenters. Among the groups of hydrogenotrophs are methanogens (producing methane), acetogens (producing acetate), and sulfate reducing bacteria (producing H2S).
The methanogenesis/sulfate reduction ratio is dependent on substrate availability, thermodynamics and pH. In human colon, the ratio is in the favor of methanogenesis, due to neutral pH of stool and low sulfate levels in diet. However, in certain conditions, such as high availability of sulfate substrates in a diet (bread, beer, wine) and hypochlorhydria, sulfate reduction may become the major process
To break this down: bacteria ferment some of our food, they produce hydrogen which we exhale, fart out, or/and absorb. Certain types of bugs (methanogens and sulfate reducing bacteria mainly) compete for the hydrogen as they use it to produce methane and hydrogen sulfide respectively.
Sulfate Reducing Bacteria
The primary hydrogen sulfide producing bacteria include:
Bilophila wadsworthii
Desulfomonas pigra
Desulfovibrio piger
It is thought that the microorganisms have quite a substantial role to play in H2S production based on animal studies demonstrating that:
Microbial produced hydrogen suldife is a significant contributor to the bodies hydrogen sulfide pool, as germ free mice have between 50 and 80% less hydrogen sulfide in their tissues and circulation.
The following quotes summarise the systems and processes hydrogen sulfide may influence and how it may influence them:
Hydrogen Sulfide And Glucose Homeostasis
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as an important regulator of glucose homeostasis. This is achieved through its production and action in several metabolic and hormone producing organs including the pancreas, liver, and adipose.
Hydrogen Sulfide And Cardiovascular Health
Gut bacteria-derived metabolites may cross the gut-blood barrier and target blood vessels, the heart and other organs involved in the regulation of the circulatory system. A number of studies have shown that hydrogen sulfide is an important biological mediator in the circulatory system.
In short, H2S is synthetized in various tissues involved in circulatory system homeostasis, including the heart, blood vessels, kidneys and the brain
changes in colonic hydrogen sulfide homeostasis may be associated with hypertension.
Hydrogen Sulfide And Digestive Health
H2S can damage the gastrointestinal epithelium (cause leaky gut)
Those with constipation-predominant IBS have been found in some studies to have a bacterial imbalance, in particular, a significant increase of sulfate reducing bacteria, and fecal sulfide, indicating a potential role for sulfide in the development of IBS symptoms.
From clinical studies with human volunteers and experimental works with rodents, it appears that hydrogen sulfide can exert mostly pro- but also anti-inflammatory effects on the colonic mucosa [gut lining].
Increased detection of Fusobacterium (a species of bacteria) in colorectal cancer tumors has been reported in two independent studies. Fusobacterium produce hydrogen sulfide through cysteine desulfhydrase activity – a hydrogen sulfide-producing enzyme. As hydrogen sulfide has been demonstrated to be genotoxic, the authors of this paper hypothesised that it may be one causative metabolite in the etiology of colorectal cancer.
Recently, a culture-dependent study demonstrated that mucosal biopsies from IBD patients were more often colonized by Fusobacterium spp. than those from matched healthy controls.
A key point here for us folk who are regularly interpreting stool tests is that fusobacteriam species may produce hydrogen sulfide gas via different mechanisms to that of those mentioned above (Bilophila wadsworthii, Desulfomonas pigra, Desulfovibrio piger).
Diet And Hydrogen Sulfide
Magee and colleagues demonstrated that dietary protein intake positively correlates with fecal sulfide concentrations in healthy individuals
The sulfur content of food can be estimated using the sulfur-containing amino acids (methionine and cysteine) as surrogates, but this fails to account for sulfur-containing food modifiers or additives, such as sulfiting agents (e.g., potassium bisulfate, sodium bisulfate), sulfuric acid, or carrageenan.
Dietary input and small intestinal absorption are considered the main determinants of sulfur delivery to the colon. The small intestine has an efficient but saturable dietary sulfate absorptive capacity of ~5–7 mmol/day. Once dietary sulfate intake exceeds ~5–7 mmol/day the amount reaching the colon increases linearly with intake. Therefore, the amount of dietary sulfur that reaches the colon, particularly with increasing levels, can be generally assumed to parallel dietary intake.
A number of additional factors, however, such as food preparation (e.g., cooked versus uncooked, cooking temperature and method, ground versus whole), meal consumption habits (e.g., chewing), and transit time have been shown to influence small intestinal absorption of sulfur-containing molecules and the total amount of sulfur reaching the colon
Not all research aligns however. A paper published this year that looked at short-term changes in dietary sulfur on the relative abundances of intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria concluded:
These results suggest that the use of dietary interventions alone may be insufficient for rapid therapeutic targeting of sulcate-reducing bacteria.
It should be noted that this study used 10-14 day periods, not very long!
Fibre And Hydrogen Sulfide
Although brassica vegetables are technically considered to be high sulfate foods, they also have a high fiber content. These findings underscore the beneficial role for the latter within the hydrogen sulfide toxin hypothesis and support a clinical approach focusing on plant versus animal-based diets rather than high- and low-sulfur diets.
Production of hydrogen sulfide …. is effectively suppressed by readily fermentable fibers.
The addition of FOS [a prebiotic] to slurries containing cysteine significantly suppressed hydrogen sulfide
Cysteine And Hydrogen Sulfide Production
We have already mentioned the species of bacteria Fusobacterium that can produce hydrogen sulfide via the amino acid cysteine. Other bacteria that can convert cysteine to hydrogen sulfide include:
Several anaerobic bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Clostridia and Enterobacter aerogenes)
A recent in vitro study that profiled gas production from incubated fecal samples implicated cysteine specifically as a primary driver of H2S production—conversely, the effect of sulfate was small. Cysteine degradation to H2S is catalyzed by enzymes with cysteine desulfhydrase activity
In fact, in vitro modeling using healthy human feces suggests that the contribution of cysteine to H2S production is substantially more than that from sulfate
Escherichia coli possess several enzymes with cysteine desulfhydrase activity
In addition, gut bacteria may produce H2S by sulfite reduction. Sulfite reductase is present in many species such as E. coli, Salmonella, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Corynebacterium, and Rhodococcus
The Importance Of The Liver & Detoxification of H2S
Systemic effects of colon-derived hydrogen sulfide and/or its derivatives may be in part due to some liver-dependent mechanisms
Genetics And Hydrogen Sulfide
Given that most of the colonic disorders for which a potential pathogenic role for sulfide exists are effectively gene-environment disorders, it is straight-forward to envision how common polymorphisms in host genes encoding components of the sulfide oxidation pathway might underlie ineffective epithelial sulfide detoxification and thereby predispose certain individuals to chronic sulfide-generated inflammation or genotoxicity.
Dr. Nigh in his article in NDNR (link at end of this blog under resources) mentions:
Genetics comes into play in this as well, though my clinical experience suggests that outside of polymorphisms in the SUOX gene, the polymorphisms associated with cystathionine-beta-synthase (CBS) and CSE are usually playing a relatively minor role in sulfate production and processing.
These can be tested for via Lifecode GX – I had Emma from Lifecode GX on the podcast (episode 30) for those interested – a fountain of knowledge on this topic.
Symptoms That May Suggest A Hydrogen Sulfide Issue
Hives, hot flashes, dermatitis, brain fog, inflammatory bowel disorders, hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, diabetes, cirrhosis, inflammation, sepsis, neurodegenerative disease, erectile dysfunction, and asthma, to name a few.
Testing For Hydrogen Sulfide
There is not a current validated test for hydrogen sulphide, that I know of, that is accessible at this point in time (June 2019). Please e-mail me if you know of one. One will be available by 2020 which is very exciting. However you can test for levels of sulphate reducing bacteria via stool testing, and thus gain good understanding around whether there is a microbial imbalance contributing to hydrogen sulphide imbalances.
Visit Healthpath – click here – a health tech company providing direct to consumer testing. Your results will include a personalised report, with recommendations. The stool test assesses for almost all of the aforementioned bacteria. Click here to see the bacteria, yeasts, parasites and functional markers (and soon worms) we test for.
Conclusion: What Do We Actually Do?
high colonic H2S levels may be responsible for colonic inflammation and cancer. On the other hand, recent studies suggest that colonic epithelial cells are well-adapted to the H2S-rich environment, and that H2S plays a beneficial role in the protection of the GBB [gut blood barrier]
Microbial H2S has been associated with both maintaining gastric health and being implicated in disease. Several groups have shown that H2S regulates various physiological functions including maintenance of GI barrier function and injury repair
As these quotes demonstrate there is still a lot that we need to learn, and, what to do is very much context dependent. It seems considerations may include:
Whether we have a genetic predisposition meaning we may need to be more mindful of sulfur requirements and thus intake.
Testing to investigate the underlying causes of our symptoms further.
A plant based diet trial.
Considering toxin exposure which may increase our requirements for sulfur.
Dr. Nigh recommends epsom salt baths, tydroxycobalamin (vitamin B12), molybdenum, Korean ginseng
Dr. Nigh also recommends a specific low-sulfur diet that is customized to each patient. In some circumstances we may need to lower our intake, while we seek to restore some health, integrity, balance to the microbiome and gut, before we then re-diversify.
Bismuth subsalicylate (sold under the brand name Pepto-Bismol) has been shown to dramatically reduce hydrogen sulfide
Dr. Ruscio has a useful and interesting low sulfur diet handout that can be found by clicking here.
I would like to add this article is for educational purposes only – if you know or suspect you have imbalances in the microbiome, or hydrogen sulfide production/clearance then I highly recommend working with an experienced practitioner to support you through the process of understanding your underlying imbalances and strategies required to restore health.
All in all there is a lot for us to consider and this quote seems apt. to finish with:
The metabolic milieu in the lumen of the colon, however, is the result of a multitude of factors beyond dietary sulfur intake and sulcate-reducing bacteria abundance.
There is an interesting case study by Dr. Nirola Jacobi you may like to read: click here.
A brilliant article on Hydrogen SUlfide SIBO being an adaptive response: click here.
Jennifer Pichette and Jeffrey Gagnon (2016) Implications of Hydrogen Sulfide in Glucose Regulation: How H2S Can Alter Glucose Homeostasis through Metabolic Hormones
Tomasova et al., (2016) Gut Bacteria and Hydrogen Sulfide: The New Old Players in Circulatory System Homeostasis
Teigan et al., (2019) Dietary Factors in Sulfur Metabolism and Pathogenesis of Ulcerative Colitis
Carbinero et al., (2012) Microbial pathways in colonic sulfur metabolism and links with health and disease
Wallace et al., (2018) Hydrogen sulfide: an agent of stability at the microbiome-mucosa interface
Wang R. Physiological implications of hydrogen sulfide: a whiff exploration that blossomed
Fu M, Zhang W, Wu L, et al. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) metabolism in mitochondria and its regulatory role in energy production
Yao et al., (2018) Modulation of colonic hydrogen sulfide production by diet and mesalazine utilizing a novel gas-profiling technology
Suarez et al., (1998) Bismuth subsalicylate markedly decreases hydrogen sulfide release in the human colon
Webster et al., (2019) Influence of short-term changes in dietary sulfur on the relative abundances of intestinal sulfate-reducing bacteria
Sing & Lin, (2015) Hydrogen Sulfide in Physiology and Diseases of the Digestive Tract.
Linden, (2014) Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Huang et al., (2015) A cardioprotective insight of the cystathionine γ-lyase/hydrogen sulfide pathway
What’s Your Enterotype?
The Oral Microbiome
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Dijanelle Fowler, 25, in court Aug. 3, 2017, with attorney Charles Brant, on a second-degree murder charge in the hot car death of her 1-year-old daughter, Skylar. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
Photo: Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com
Detective: Mom told lies about baby’s hot car death — then broke down
Joshua Sharpe, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After the baby died, DeKalb County police went to Dijanelle Fowler, the 25-year-old mother, multiple times to ask what happened.
She gave a new story every time, Detective Keith McQuilkin testified in court Thursday.
First, Fowler suggested something had gone wrong while she was watching her daughter at a relative’s home. Next, she said she’d left 1-year-old Skylar with a friend while getting her hair done. Then, Fowler said she’d left the baby at the relative’s home but forgot to tell anyone Skylar was there.
McQuilkin said the truth didn’t come out until Fowler broke down and told the baby’s father what happened: she had left Skylar in the car, with the air conditioner running, while getting her hair done on June 15. By the time the appointment was over, after nearly six hours, the car had shut off and Skylar was dead, a victim of the Georgia summer heat.
Dijanelle Fowler and her daughter Skylar in a photo posted to the mother's publicly-visible Facebook page in April.
Photo: (Facebook photo)
Louis Williams II, a 26-year-old Air Force reservist who was deployed in the Middle East when his baby died, called police to report Fowler.
Once police investigated further, it turned out that even Fowler’s confession contained a fabrication, McQuilkin said. She had told Williams she checked on Skylar every thirty minutes, but surveillance footage and witness statements showed she never returned to the car until leaving the salon.
In court, the mother betrayed no emotion as the evidence came out, even as prosecutor Lance Cross accused her of going into “self-preservation mode” and lying to protect herself. Fowler was stoic and still in an orange jailhouse jumpsuit, cuffed and shackled.
Dijanelle Fowler, left, sits in a preliminary hearing on Aug. 3, 2017.
Photo: Bob Andres/AJC
The preliminary hearing’s revelations amounted to the first new information in weeks on a case that’s drawn national attention. But the hearing did little to answer the question at the heart of the story, the question of how a mother who all say loved her child could allegedly do something so reckless.
The detective didn’t answer that. Neither did the prosecutor. Nor did Fowler’s attorney, Charles Brant.
Perhaps, Brant suggested, Fowler was “naive” to think it would be OK to leave the baby outside, even if the air conditioning was on and she could see the car from inside.
“I know that doesn’t satisfy everyone,” Brant told reporters after the hearing. But he insisted, “This is not a total lack of concern.”
He declined to discuss why Fowler didn’t take Skylar inside Mahogany’s Hair Studio on Lavista Road, where children are allowed, or why she didn’t get someone to watch the child. Fowler was in town from her home in North Charleston, South Carolina, staying here with relatives.
She was expecting to soon start a job in Georgia. Good things were happening, Brant said.
She now finds herself facing charges of second-degree murder, child cruelty and concealing a death. If convicted, she could be sentenced to between 12 and 50 years.
Dijanelle Fowler, 25, was in court for a probable cause hearing. Fowler is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Skylar Fowler. Her attorney, Charles Grant, spoke to the media after the hearing.( Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com)
Much of the evidence revealed so far centers on the mother’s behavior in the aftermath of discovering that the car had shut off and seeing Skylar’s condition.
Fowler had a man jump start the car while she Googled symptoms of seizures, McQuilkin said. The good Samaritan didn’t notice anything wrong with Fowler.
She also looked into urgent care clinics and, more than an hour after leaving the salon, Fowler called 911 from an Emory University Hospital parking deck and said she was having something like a seizure. Fowler did not mention the baby and was unintelligible on the call, police have said.
When police found the car, Fowler was slumped over the steering wheel, McQuilkin said. Skylar was in the back in her car seat, stiff, obviously gone.
Research is underway to determine what sort of medical conditions Fowler might have, McQuilkin said.
Brant made clear there are still several unanswered questions as he’s building Fowler’s defense and figures out what happened.
In the meantime, Judge Richard Foxworth found probable cause for the state to continue with the case against the mother. Fowler has been in jail without bond since last month.
Dijanelle Fowler leaves court on Aug. 3, 2017.
Photo: (Bob Andres/AJC)
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Chapter Membership
Each chapter is expected to qualify at least one induction class every two years. It is assumed that an academic theatre organization worthy of a charter in ALPHA PSI OMEGA will have a theatre production program extensive enough to meet this minimum requirement.
DUES: Dues take the form of $30 per new inductee, only when they are first inducted.
Per the National Constitution, each chapter must induct new members at least once every two years or it will be considered inactive. This payment of dues is the only way we have to know that new members have been inducted and therefore that a chapter is active.
Alpha Psi Omega Induction Report Form
Delta Psi Omega Induction Report Form
It is required that new members be reported to the National Office within 2 weeks of their Induction. We would prefer the form be typed and emailed, so we are providing it as a Word document. At this time, payment of the dues still has to be done via the US Postal Service, although we are working on that and hope to have this a fully-electronic process shortly.
MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATES: Wallet-size membership cards and larger certificates are sent automatically after induction reports are filed and dues are received by the National Office.
Honorary Membership may be conferred only after writing the National Office justifying the individual’s selection and after receiving permission from the National Office. Honorary members may be other faculty, members of the local community, administrators of the college or university, or others who contribute continuously to theatre activities. Students who do not meet the “normal” requirements for membership are extremely unlikely to be approved for Honorary membership. Those already holding membership in Alpha Psi Omega, Honorary or otherwise, are already members and do not need to be nominated for Honorary status, even if they are now contributing to a chapter other than the one which honored them previously.
Nomination for Honorary Membership
Chapter Business
The Faculty Sponsor is responsible for seeing that the chapter does not become merely a social organization, but a serious organization aimed at promoting theatre on the home campus, encouraging new talent, and rewarding those who serve the college or university theatre. The Faculty Sponsor should also provide a place for the chapter records, national constitution, and other publications. The names and addresses of all members should be kept in a special roll book with these records.
FREQUENCY OF INDUCTION: A chapter may admit new members as often as necessary during the school year, but admission of new members once each academic year is recommended. Please note, if an induction report and national dues are not submitted after a two year period, the chapter will be placed on inactive status. Induction report forms with names and addresses accompanied by national dues should be forwarded to the National Business Office at least two weeks after the induction ceremony.
SUPPLIES: Wallbanners with block letters in the society colors, pins, membership scrolls, charter, national constitution, ceremonies, official song, back issues of Playbill, and so forth may be ordered from the National Office.
Paperless Reporting of New Members
To save trees and the growing number of file cabinets, the National Office is requesting that new chapter members are reported electronically to the Business Manager. For several months now the Business Manager has been converting all chapter files into PDFs for each school. Each chapter will have an electronic file that has all its history in it.
Report all new inducted members by listing inductee school, faculty sponsor & e-mail, mailing address, inductee name, and classification of inductee. Do this by e-mailing a Word or PDF document to National Business Manager Dr. Bret Jones. These documents will be filed in your chapter’s electronic folder.
This also means that if your chapter orders your file (for a fee of $15), it will be e-mailed to the faculty sponsor. No more paper copies of chapter files!
Please begin this with your next new inductee report.
We hope to make this process fully electronic in the near future.
Note: The Constitution and Ceremonies of THE ALPHA PSI OMEGA NATIONAL THEATRE HONOR SOCIETY have been published in several editions. The first and second editions were written and edited by ALPHA PSI OMEGA founder Paul F. Opp with the assistance of Elinor Watson Carroll. In 1931, a third edition was edited by B. W. Morrow, Lester Raines, J. R. Besse, and Margaret Blackburn. A fourth edition was published in 1939 under the editorship of Earl W. Blank, Frederick Haaskarl, Phillip Parkinson, Margaret Jayne Collett, and ALPHA PSI OMEGA founder Paul F. Opp. In 1958, a fifth edition was edited by Ray J. Harshfield and Ronald Oesterreich. The 1985 sixth edition was edited by Susan S. Cole, Donald P. Garner, and Jerry Henderson. The seventh edition was edited in 1997 by Susan S. Cole, E. Teresa Choate, and James Fisher. The eighth and current edition was edited in 2009 by E. Teresa Choate, Frankie Day, Bret Jones, and Joel Lord. Additional revision made to the Recommended Point System, March 2011.
Click here to view The Alpha Psi Omega National Theatre Honor Societies Constitution
Click here to view Sample Chapter Constitution
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Politicians, Others Evade BVN As CBN Extends Enrolment For Diaspora Customers
IF, as the saying goes, money talks, it is speaking in unmistakable terms to some people: You may own me but do not touch me. At least for now.
For fear of being identified as owners of huge deposits in banks, amid acclaimed success in the Bank Verification Number (BVN), some politically exposed persons and top officers in the public service seem to have evaded the scheme, The Guardian has learnt.
This revelation came to light last night as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) extended the timeline for banks' customers in the Diaspora to enroll for their BVN to January 31, 2016.
A competent source in the banking sector said the deposits belonging to such groups, which are still in the system, are so enormous that none of the banks associated with the lodgments would want to miss them.
Horrifying Moment Brazilian Police Officer Kills His Wife After Chasing Her Down The Street And Shooting Her 11 Times In The Back
This is the horrifying moment a police officer chased his wife down a street before shooting her at point-blank range.
The 46-year-old man attacked his wife Veridiana Rodrigues Carneiro, 36, on the street in Uberlandia, south east Brazil, on October 20.
Sources said the couple were having an argument before the man fired up to 11 shots around 10.50am.
Buhari Insists Some Ministers Will Not Get Any Portfolio
Even with the quantum of criticism that greeted his statement that Nigeria at the moment can’t afford to pay 36 ministers in far away India on Friday, last week, president Mohammad Buhari Tuesday in Abuja ruled out the possibility of assigning portfolios to all the confirmed 36 ministerial nominees by the senate.
Though he gave vent to the constitutionally mandatory 36 ministerialSLOTS , he also reiterated that the economy was battered to accommodate the number.
Grateful Husband And New Father Buys SUV For Wife Who Just Gave Birth In Appreciation
This story sounds like the stuff we see on Nollywood movies but it is a true story
The man who identified himself as Allen Jones, welcomed a daughter with his wife Madison Marie Jones on October 29.
Before the couple and their newborn left the hospital, Mr. Jones decided to surprise his wife with a brand new Honda SUV..
Househelp Chops Off Toddlers Hand (Graphic Photos)
Facebook user Agbasi Uche Dorothy shared this photo writing: "We need to be careful with house
helps. This is what a house help did to an innocent child". She didn't give further details. Don't know if this happened in Nigeria...the child also looks dead,
Minicab Driver Dies In Hospital After He Suffered A Cardiac Arrest At The Wheel And Crashed Into Heathrow Terminal 5.
A minicab driver has died after he suffered a cardiac arrest at the wheel and crashed into Heathrow Terminal 5.
The man, who ambulance crews said was aged in his 60s, died at Hillingdon Hospital.
A hospital spokesman said on Tuesday: "The patient sadly passed away last night at around 9pm".
TB Joshua In Tanzania,Welcomed At The Airport By Country's Elected President
Prophet T.B Joshua In Tanzania,
Welcome At The Airport By Country Elected
T.B Joshua is in Tanzania for the inauguration of the 5th President of the united Republic Of Tanzania Dr John Pombe Magufuli that will take place on Thursday Nov 5th. TB Joshua is pictured in the first photo with the elected president, Magufili. And also, in the last photo is Joshua with outgoing president Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
The General Overseer Of Synagogue Church of All Nation, Prophet T.BJoshua is in Tanzania for the inauguration of the 5th President of the United Republic of Tanzania Dr John Pombe Magufuli that will take place on Thursday Nov 5th 2015.
The newTanzania President Dr John Pombe Magufulisaid Prophet T.B Joshua told him he will win the Presidential election, Dr John Pombe Magufuli could not believed the prophecy because incumbent President had not lost to the Opposition party in history of the country,but for God so good, the Prophecy came to pass, Dr John Pompe Magufuli now became the President of Tanzania, he invited the man of God to grace the inauguration occasion on Thursday.
MOST Effective Way To Get Rid Of Ugly Skin Tags [Video]
Skin tags are a fact of life for some people more than others. There are many solutions on the market, and some of them are pretty invasive. You can go to a professional and have them removed by laser, but that’s expensive and time-consuming. There is a better way, and you can do it at home!
Sanusi's Daughter Writes Linda Ikeji About Her Commenters
Hi Linda, I hope you're well. I saw your blog post about my picture and although I am flattered that you think I'm stunning, I find the comments rather offensive. The comments could be classified under two categories: either made by perverts or made by people who used the opportunity to disregard my father's marital affairs. I am aware that you cannot control your viewer's opinions, but you violated My right of privacy by putting up pictures of me on your blog, when you don't even know me personally.
How Saraki Bowed To APC - Taiwo Amodu
His emergence as Senate President had unnerved certain leaders of the party, who perceived his insistence to seek the exalted office as the height of obduracy and his ultimate victory, a threat to their grip on the ruling party.
The party leadership had endorsed the duo of Senator Ahmed Lawan and George Akume as Senate President and deputy senate president, respectively, but the Like Minds Senators in the Red Chamber who
craved for autonomy for National Assembly ensured victory for Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu.
While Saraki and his Like Minds Senators relished their victory, the aggrieved party leaders recoiled into their shells, smarting for showdown. To those calling for ceasefire, for the sake of amity in the progressive camp, the aggrieved leaders squealed over the election of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as deputy senate president, which they argued cast a slur on the monumental feat achieved by the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in the last general elections. To rub salt into APC’s injury, the Peoples Democratic Party, went to town proclaiming that the election of Senator Ekweremadu showed it political astuteness, taunting the ruling party as inexperience.
University of Zimbabwe Official In Court Over Mugabe’s Small-Sized Cap
Assistant Registrar at the University of Zimbabwe Ngaatendwe Takawira is in hot water for procuring a wrong size academic cap for President Robert Mugabe
What might be considered an administrative peccadillo by some has landed a University of Zimbabwe (UZ) official in hot water following reports that Assistant Registrar, Ngaatendwe Takawira has been suspended for procuring a wrong size academic cap for President Robert Mugabe.
Manager Hired Us To Rob His Boss Of N40m’
Two suspected armed robbers, arrested by detectives attached to the Lagos State Police Command, have claimed that the manager of a company contracted them to rob his boss of N40 million at Oshodi area of Lagos. The suspects, Saheed Ogunseye (32) and Joshua Adetola (26), said the manager, now at large, hired them to rob his boss, after a failed initial attempt.
They added that the manager had earlier hired a gang to rob his female boss, but when it failed, he started looking for another gang and finally found and hired them. The suspects explained that they attacked the woman’s shop located at Oshodi Market on a day she was planning to travel to the United States. The men confessed that the robbery and subsequent location of the money inside her car boot was given to them by the victim’s manager.
97-Year-Old Michigan Woman Finally Gets Her High School Diploma
Margaret Thome Bekema had to drop out of high school to care for her sick mother
A 97-year-old woman on Thursday finally received her high school diploma, 79 years after she was supposed to graduate.
Margaret Thome Bekema, who would have walked with the Catholic Central High School class of 1936 in Grand Rapids, Mich., had to drop out in her junior year to care for her cancer-afflicted mother. She later did clerical work for the armed forces and served as a preschool teacher.
Sugar Is Definitely Toxic, a New Study Says
Fat was the food villain these past few decades but sugar is quickly muscling in to take its place. As rates of sugar-related disorders such as diabetes, obesity and heart disease climb, many experts believe that when Americans rid themselves of fat, they simply replaced it with sugar in all its forms.
But proving that the rise of the chronic diseases was actually linked to higher sugar consumption is a challenge. Dr. Robert Lustig, from the department of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, who has made a name for himself publishing books and research addressing the question of sugar’s effects on the body, wanted clearer answers. Now, in a paper published Tuesday, he and his colleagues believe they have come up with the definitive evidence that sugar, as Lustig says, “is toxic.”
10 of the most devastating tweets that followed One Direction's last scheduled concert
LONDON — Saturday night saw One Direction perform its last scheduled tour date before the band's 2016 hiatus. Incidentally, Saturday night also saw the emotional breakdown of Directioners worldwide.
It's common knowledge that there's no better way to deal with heartbreak - or any extreme emotion, for that matter - than starting a hashtag and getting it to trend across the globe. Luckily, 1D fans are extra good at this (#ZAYNHASNOCHILL anyone?) and set to work straight away on #ProudOfOneDirection.
Meet The Twin Sisters Who Are Married To One Husband
According to The Drum Magazine, for identical twins Owami and Olwethu Mzazi, it was their life-long dream to marry the same man. They stated that during their childhood days, they shared everything, washed the dishes, played, and went to school together. They even bathed side by side.
A Customer Filmed Rat Eating Customer's Food At self Service London Fish And Chip Buffet Shop In Saudi Arabia
A popular restaurant selling British-style fish and chips has been forced to close after a customer spotted a huge rat in the self-service buffet.
The popular London Fish and Chip restaurant in Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia was just about to open when a woman spotted the rat tucking into the food.
She grabbed her mobile phone and took a video of it while it continued to feast on the self-service deli.
It did not appear to be bothered by the woman's presence and continued nibbling for a long period of time
One Hell Of A Hangover: Man Wakes Up From Boozy Stag Party To Discover Pair Of Ray-Bans Sunglasses Tattooed To His Face
The party-goer looked in the mirror after a night out and thought his friends had drawn around his eyes with marker pen. But when he tried to wash the markings off, he realised it was a permanent tattoo, which included the word 'Rayban' etched into his skin. The man in his fifties, from Swansea, South Wales, has since spent two years getting the sunglasses tattoo lasered off of his face.
A stag reveller woke up from a boozy night out with more than just a hangover to worry about.
After rubbing the sleep from his eyes the party-goer was stunned to look in the mirror and discover he had a pair of glasses tattooed on his face.
Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan Paid A Visit To President Muhammadu Buhari At The Presidential Villa In Abuja.On Monday, November 2,
The meeting that went on for just five minutes was held behind the closed doors at the New Banquet Hall of at Aso Rock.
Jonathan arrived the State House at2.00pm in a black Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV).
On his arrival, he headed straight for the New Banquet Hall of the Villa.
The former president was seen off to the place of the meeting with President Buhari at 2.07pm.
Woman Smokes Flakka, Strips Naked, Allows Men Play With Her V*gina In Broad Daylight
A young woman who allegedly got high on Flakka sometime back and then stripped naked at a restaurant and allowed strangers play with her vagina on camera has been arrested.
The 23-year-old woman identified as Angelic Isabella Valle was arrested was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior.
Miami Beach police picked up Isabella after the shocking video of her dancing naked and causing damage to the Johnny Rockets restaurant, which is located at 728 Ocean Drive, went viral.
Pathetic Story Of A Paralysed Nigerian Mother With Her Four Blind Children
The family of Christopher Okafor Onanwa in Umuoba Akabor village, Mbaukwu, Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra State have been in sorrow for the past forty years. Four out of the seven children born in the family have been blind from their childhood.
To make matters worse, the mother of the blind children, Mercy Okafor, is now paralysed, following complications that arose after she had an injection.
Yoruba Nollywood Actress Fathia Balogun, Mercy Aigbe Stun At Movie Premiere
Actress Mercy Aigbe-Gentry looked stunning in this lovely pink gown at her movie premiere yesterday November 1st. Her colleagues Fathia Balogun, Biodun Okeowo and Comedian Seyi Law attended the event
New Born Baby Found Abandoned In A Bush In Ilorin Nigeria
Some people pray daily for getting a baby, while others, due to different reasons, prefer to abandon their newborn kids.
The baby in the pictures above was found this morning in Tanke area of Ilorin covered in blood helplessly in a black polythene bag. Must have been there since midnight, and dumped by an heartless lady who don't value human worth.
The baby has been properly taken care off and taken to the motherless baby home.
2. Baby left in a bag outside Lagos
On January 27, 2015, a baby was found inside a plastic bag in the Abule Egba suburb, Lagos. Residents of the area are speculating that the baby might have been thrown out by one of the prostitutes who work at a motel. He is approximately 3-months-old.
3. Mother left a day-old baby in a pit
A one-day-old baby boy who was thrown into a pit latrine by his mother in Aba, Abia State, was rescued by the police. Later it turned out that his mom is a mentally challenged woman. She delivered the child without any help and decided to leave him inside the pit latrine.
4. Woman abandoned her baby and ran away to another state
A 23-year-old woman, who allegedly dumped her newborn baby in Dutse was arrested by the police operatives. The lady dumped the baby in Takur Quarters in Dutse Local Government Area of Jogawa and ran away to Mubi town in Adamawa in December 2013. The mother claimed she was impregnated and abandoned by one Abdulrazak Murtala, who lives in Takur Quarters in Dutse.
5. Baby left by the road side
A male child was found at a point near Abule Onigbagbo Bus Stop in Ikeja, Lagos. The baby was found wrapped in an Ankara attire and left. Later the baby boy was transferred to the Little Saints Orphanage, Onipanu, Lagos, from where the orphanage transferred him to their branch at the Akowonjo area.
6. Baby dumped in a septic outlet
A baby who still had the placenta uncut was encountered in the Surulere community, area of Abeokuta, Ogun. The child was abandoned in a septic outlet. Later, he was transferred to a hospital. But his parents remain unknown.
7. Girl flashed her newborn baby in the toilet
His mother was a sales girl in the market. She gave birth in a toilet and then tried to flush the baby. However, the baby got stuck in it. When he was released, he died. The tragic incident happened at Alaba Rago Market in Ojo area of Lagos State about 11 months ago.
Buhari, Tinubu, Governors Bid Borgu Emir Farewell
Borgu Emirate in Niger State was in a mourning yesterday as the remains of its Emir, Alhaji Haliru Dantoro Kitoro III (Mai Borgu), were laid to rest.
President Muhammadu Buhari, National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, governors and other dignitaries witnessed the funeral.
Some of the late emir’s subjects, well-wishers and mourners broke down in tears
The late emir, a former minister and ex-senator, died on Friday in a German hospital. He was 77.
Afenifere Leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti Quits Over Members’ ‘Disloyalty’
PAN-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation Afenifere leader Pa Reuben Fasoranti yesterday parted ways with the group, claiming that its founding fathers’ goals “are being gradually eroded”.
In a letter signed by him, Fasoranti said he could no longer reconcile himself with how the group is drifting.
Fasoranti, who became the group’s leader after the death of Chief Abraham Adesanya, said he has resigned forthwith.
The socio-cultural group was formidable in the past until its polarisation led to the emergence of the Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), under Mr Wale Oshun.
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The Shocking Story of Tyler Hadley: The boy Who Killed His Parents To Throw A Wild House Party [Photos]
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Twin Sisters, Khadijah and Khertima Taylor Die In Car Crash after Leaving Nightclub (Photos)
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UNEDITED: THE SHOCKING RAPE STORY OF ETHEL JOAN NWADIKE [BLOGGERS NOTICE]
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Tonto Dike Came on Stage Totally Drunk & Fell On Stage.. SHE WAS BOOED! (Video+Photos)
The actress/singer, Tonto Dikeh fell during an appearnce on stage at Iyanya’s kukere concert in London which she co-hosted alongside c...
LEAKED VIDEO: Beautiful 300L Ghanaian Student Videos Herself SexinG A Popular Lecturer In Her University
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Breaking News: FBI To Partner With Nigerian Government To Shut Down MMM Come 14th Of December
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NRA YHEC 2017: Growing Hunters for America
by Connor McKibbin - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Maya Reddy, a gifted archer, ironically said her favorite event wasn’t archery. She was used to shooting known distances, but distances weren’t marked at the 2017 NRA YHEC National Championships. Regardless, she was determined to do her best. This was a competition, after all.
Despite having only started shooting a bow two years ago, 14-year-old Maya is already regarded as one of the most promising young archers in the country, and is a prime example of the numerous outgoing, competitive spirits drawn to the weeklong National Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) tournament each year. However, getting to the national competition isn’t an easy road.
YHEC is essentially an advanced hunter education course put into a competitive format for youth age 18 and under that allows participants to improve their hunting, shooting and, most importantly, safety skills for the field. To get to the national competition, a competitor must enter a local YHEC program, from there progressing to the state competition (which requires a hunter education course) and then finally onto the national tournament.
The national tournament features eight stages designed to test participants’ shooting abilities as well as their practical in-field knowledge. Four stages highlight a competitor’s skills with a shotgun, rifle, bow and muzzleloader. Participants’ shooting ethics are gauged via the Hunter Safety Trail Challenge. In the Wildlife ID Challenge, competitors must identify 30 different North American animal species from no more than a skull, hide or track. The Hunter Responsibility Exam is a 60-question advanced hunter education test. The last of the eight stages is the Hunting Orienteering Skills Challenge, which tests a competitor’s land-navigation skills using nothing but a map and compass.
Nearly 300 participants from 15 states competed this year at the National YHEC competition. They, along with their coaches, swarmed the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, N.M., in late July. Competitors are split into two divisions: the Senior Division for ages 15-18 and the Junior Division for any competitors 14 or younger.
To dominate this national tournament, competitors must perform at their peak potential across all eight events. To do so takes hours and hours of practice. The White family can attest to the time commitment it takes to get to the national competition. Paul White, the coach for a team out of Richmond, Utah, says the contest is a great way to connect with his kids, but it’s incredibly time consuming. He begins practice with his sons every Saturday in January for the state YHEC competition, firing 1,500 rounds of .22 LR ammo, 400 shotgun rounds and 70-80 muzzleloader rounds per person over the course of the year. And just about the time the state competition ends in April, they begin prepping for the national competition in July. Follow that up with archery hunting season in August, where much of their archery practice comes from, and you’ve got a training regimen that lasts through the year.
The maximum score for each challenge is 300 points, totaling 2,400 points if done perfectly. This year, Arkansas brought the best: Winners of both the Junior and Senior divisions were brothers Nick and Zachary Meyer of Herber Springs. This year’s national YHEC competition made history, too: In its 30-plus years, this is the first time both winners are siblings. Nick, 14, the Junior overall winner, compiled a score of 1,937, earning a perfect score in the Hunting Wildlife Identification Challenge, and scoring no less than 230 points in six of the seven remaining events. Zachary, 18, took the top spot in the Senior division, raking in 2,163 points overall and collecting at least 260 points in all events, barring one, including a flawless score on the Hunting Muzzleloader Challenge.
But winning isn’t everything. Not only does the YHEC program help promote positive outlooks on hunting and competition, it provides the ability to spread that message to others by generating interest in hunting between competitors, in turn ramping up enthusiasm for the outdoors as a whole.
Bob Davis, National Manager of NRA Outdoor Recreational Programs, explains the true purpose of YHEC: “Give young hunters the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the field before they go hunting. Basic hunter education classes are great, but kids lack the hands-on educational experience from some of the classroom-only style courses, and the field practice helps them gain confidence,” he says.
Since its inception, YHEC has helped 1.3 million youngsters to gain that hands-on experience, and they’re better hunters for it.
Want to Get Involved? Register your child for a local or state YHEC event (event listings are online) or contact your state’s YHEC coordinator. Participants can also join YHEC programs in neighboring states if a program doesn’t exist in your area. Want to start a local YHEC program? The NRA is always looking to recruit new organizations to host state and local YHEC events; just submit an Event Request form, found online, to start your own YHEC program. The NRA may even be able to provide financial assistance to help get you started. Volunteers are needed, as well. Become one by contacting your state coordinator. For more information, email NRA Youth Hunter Education at yhec@nrahq.org or click here.
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Annenberg at NCA 2019
USC Annenberg doctoral students will be in Baltimore, Maryland this weekend for the National Communication Association conference. Over a dozen current students (as well as faculty and alumni) will present their work at the annual gathering of communication scholars.
Jessica Hatrick...
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Identity and belonging: Teens learn to tell their stories through a critical and creative lens
Driving down Highway 62 on the way to Joshua Tree National Park, Francisco, one of the 20 high school students on the bus, noticed something different about the landscape. If he ever moved here, he told the group, he’d open up his own roadside taco stand, like the ones near his home in South Los Angeles. That way, he’d give people a taste of where he’s from.
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Spring/Summer 2019 PhD Student Publications, Presentations, & Awards
Andrea Alarcon (Fourth Year)
With Nancy Baym and Lana Swartz (PhD 2015), “Sonic Publics / Convening Technologies: Blockchain and the Music Industry,” International Journal of Communication With Jeeyun Sophia Baik (Fourth Year) and Do Own Donna Kim (Fourth Year), presented ""Everyone deserves a smartphone?" Understanding the media's legitimation of mobile technology use by Syrian refugees...
Annenberg at ICA 2019
USC Annenberg doctoral students will be in Washington, D.C. this weekend for the International Communication Association conference. Over 40 current students (as well as faculty and alumni) will present their work at the annual gathering of communication scholars.
A full conference program can be found...
Doctoral graduate heads off to new professor position
Traci Gillig will be earning her Ph.D. in communication from USC Annenberg at Friday’s commencement, but she won’t have long to celebrate. She’s already been hired as an assistant professor of communication at Washington State University.
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Summer/Fall 2018 PhD Student Publications, Presentations, & Awards
Soledad Altrudi (Third Year), Frances Corry (Third Year), MC Forelle (ABD), & Andrea Alarcon (Third Year) presented their joint paper on Sociotechnical Imaginaries at the Critical Mediations conference.
Jeeyun (Sophia) Baik (Third Year)
Presented her paper, “When People Speak Out Unpopular Opinions: Network Centrality,...
Tackling net neutrality through policy and critical race theory investigations
The issue of federal “net neutrality” — requiring internet providers to allow high-speed access to all content, rather than favoring their own content — remains one of the most hotly debated questions in the world of communications policy. But what about those communities that are still struggling to gain access to the internet at all?
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Saturday becomes Caturday at Our Fourth Annual Clear the Shelters Adoption Events
Moses Hunt wiped away tears as he told the story of his 19-year-old cat, Lucky, who died two weeks ago.
“He was like my second son,” explained Moses, who was first in line with his two teenage children, Jaylynn and Kameen, at the fourth annual Clear the Shelters adoption event at the ASPCA Adoption Center on Saturday, August 18.
The family hoped to adopt a kitten because, as Moses explained, “We want to have him or her for a long time.”
As ASPCA volunteer John Nugra escorted the family into one of several rooms full of kittens, a spunky tabby named Wolfie caught their attention.
Moses Hunt and his daughter, Jaylynn, with Wolfie.
“She ran right to Jaylynn,” said Moses. “It’s like she picked us.”
The Clear the Shelters initiative, sponsored by NBCUniversal, is a nationwide call for adoption. More than 900 shelters participated this year, including the ASPCA Adoption Center in New York and Baldwin Park and Downey Animal Care Centers in Los Angeles County.
In New York, 73 animals—mostly cats—found new homes. “We’re in the middle of kitten season, the annual high-breeding period that runs through spring and summer, so we’re happy so many cats and kittens found homes,” said Rena Lafaille, Administrative Manager of the ASPCA Adoption Center.
Rozanna Weinberger of Manhattan was looking for a match for her cat, Rosie, who recently lost her best buddy, another cat named Sunny. When she saw Owen, a white kitten with black markings, it was love at first sight.
Left: Rozanna Weinberger of Manhattan with her newly adopted kitten, Owen. Right: At the ASPCA in Manhattan, a line for Clear the Shelters formed at 7:30 A.M.
“Rosie misses Sunny so much, and she needs attention 24/7,” Rozanna explained. “I’m hoping Rosie and Owen hit it off.” In an email to the ASPCA a few hours later, she happily reported that they had.
As Ronald Forehand of the Bronx completed his adoption paperwork, he spoke lovingly of his previous cat, Casey, whom he found on the streets as a kitten 17 years ago and who sadly died three months ago.
“When Casey died, it was really hard on me,” he said. “It took everything I had to come down here, but I knew I had to do it.” After seeing a television segment promoting the event, Ronald purchased cat food, a new litter box and a carrier. “All I needed was a cat,” he said. It turned out that an eight-week-old, black kitten named Hugo fit the bill purrfectly.
Ronald Forehand of the Bronx with Hugo.
Will Kaplan, an ASPCA volunteer for the past 12 years, enjoyed helping potential adopters on this busy day. “It’s really a team effort, and it’s a good feeling seeing so many animals getting homes.”
“It makes me a little bit teary to see my babies getting adopted,” admitted Jackelien Matto, a caregiver in the ASPCA Kitten Nursery, where many of the kittens were nursed and cared for until they were old enough for adoption. “It’s bittersweet.”
Yoko Fujita and her seven-year-old daughter, Anjyu, adopted Frieda, a three-month-old kitten, as a playmate for their cat Kiki. After Chloe Campos, a Kitten Nursery caregiver, outfitted Frieda (now Luna) with a new collar, Anjyu proudly posed for photos.
Anjyu Fujita and her newly adopted kitten, Luna.
“Cats steal people’s hearts,” said Rozanna, as she, too, cuddled her new-found Owen nearby. “This is always a special day. When you adopt a pet, it’s a day you never forget.”
Despite being a feline-focused event—68 cats were adopted from our Adoption Center—five dogs also found new homes, including Jah, a blind pit bull-mix adopted by Steven Berry of the Bronx and his family.
At Baldwin Park in California, all adopters and their new pets were photographed before going home.
At Baldwin Park, the ASPCA’s Tina Reddington, left, prepares a family of adopters for a photo with their new pet.
“The photo booth helped make the day feel like the celebration it was,” explained Tina Reddington, Director of the ASPCA L.A. Volunteer Program. “And it gave us another opportunity to thank each adopter personally.”
“Clear the Shelters helped showcase the ASPCA’s partnership with the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control,” added Devon Frazier, Director of Community Engagement in L.A. “Every day, we combine our resources to keep pets and families together and improve animal welfare as a whole.”
At the Downey Animal Care Center in L.A. County, 73 animals were adopted.
Dogs claimed the majority of adoptions at the Baldwin Park and Downey Animal Care Centers in L.A. County, where county staff, volunteers and the ASPCA’s Community Engagement team helped facilitate 117 total adoptions: 44 at Baldwin Park and 73 at Downey.
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Olympic History
Olympics Swimming
How many medals did Jackie Chan get in gymnastics at the London Olympics?
To clarify the question this is not Jackie Chan the actor but Jackie Chan the Chinese gymnast.
Asked in Cuba, Gymnastics, Olympics Gymnastics
How many medals in gymnastics has Cuba won?
Any medal in gymnastics for Cuba at Summer Olympics.
Asked in London 2012 Olympics
How many medals did Chile win at the London 2012 Olympics?
Chile didn't win any medals at the London 2012 Olympics.
Asked in Nigeria, London 2012 Olympics
Has Nigeria won any medals in the London Olympics 2012?
No, as of the 7th of August Nigeria have not won any medals in the 2012 London Olympics.
How many medals up for grabs for gymnastics in london olympic 2012?
Gymnastics has 3 disciplines with 18 events and 54 Medals. They are Artistic gymnastics (14) , Rhythmic gymnastics (2), & Trampoline (2)
Asked in Beijing 2008 Olympics
How many gold medals did London win in the Beijing Olympics?
London is not a specific NOC (National Olympics Committee) - the number of medals won in the Olympics is counted by individual country. Great Britain won a total of 19 gold medals at the Olympics.
Asked in Gymnastics, Olympics Gymnastics
Can men do gymnastics?
Yes men do gymnastics and many medals were won by them at the London and other Olympic Games.
How many gold medals can be won in the 2012 Olympics?
302 Gold Medals were won at the 2012 London Olympics
What medals are to be won in the London 2012 Olympics?
There can be Gold, silver and bronze medals
Asked in Olympics, London 2012 Olympics
How many medals has Australia won in 2012?
35 medals at the London Olympics
How many medals are there altogether at the London Olympics games?
302 medals were handed out at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Asked in Olympics Gymnastics
Who won all 6 medals in Gymnastics Olympics?
Please be more specific as to whether you mean men's or women's gymnastics.
Did Lauren Mitchell win any medals at the 2012 London Olympics?
No but did come in 5th in individual finals for Floor. Australia did not win any Gymnastics Medals and Lauren Mitchell's 5th was the best finish of any of there athletes
Asked in Michael Phelps
Did Michael Phelps win any medals in sydney Olympics?
<p> 0 Medals in - 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney<BR> 8 Medals in - 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens<BR> 8 Medals in - 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing<BR> 3 Medals in - 2012 Summer Olympics in London<BR> <BR> Updated on 07/31/12<p> 0 Medals in - 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney 8 Medals in - 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens 8 Medals in - 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing 3 Medals in - 2012 Summer Olympics in London Updated on 07/31/12
How many golg medals were won in the Olympics?
302 gold medals were won in london
Asked in Philippines, London 2012 Olympics
How many medals did Philippines win in the Olympics 2012?
They did not win any medals in London
Asked in London 2012 Olympics, Summer Olympic Games
How many medals did the U.S.A.win in the 2012 summer Olympics?
The USA won 104 Olympic medals at the London 2012 Summer Olympics
Who won the Gold metal in the Team all-around for Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics?
No one has won any medals yet!The summer Olympics will not start until the last week of July in London,England.
Asked in Olympics
How many medals will be given out at the Olympics?
2,300 in the 2012 London Olympics. 302 gold
Who won the most overall medals at the Beijing Olympics?
China did, the main sport that they won all the gold and silver medals for was gymnastics.
Asked in Heptathlon, Olympics Track and Field
When did Jackie Joyneer-kersee win the Olympics?
She won medals in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympics.
How many gold medals will there be in the London Olympics?
There were 302 Gold medals won for the 302 events
How many medals did China win in the London 2012 Olympics?
China won a total of 88 medals in the London 2012 Olympics. 38 Gold, 27 Silver, 23 Bronze
How many medals did phelps win in London Olympics?
In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four golds and two silver medals, making him the most successful athlete of the Games for the third Olympics in a row.
How many medals has china won at the 2012 Olympics games in London?
88 total medals and 38 Gold Medals
How many gold medals did GB win in the London Olympics of 1908?
Britain won 56 in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
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Home National Democracy only panacea for resolution of issues, overcoming challenges: Raza Rabbani
Democracy only panacea for resolution of issues, overcoming challenges: Raza Rabbani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday underscored need for enhanced parliamentary diplomacy and institutional cooperation among parliaments to promote the cause of peace and protection of human rights.
He called for boosting the existing linkages between
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and Senate to strengthen democracy ideals and values besides achieving the benchmarks enshrined in the IPU Charter.
The Chairman Senate expressed these views while exchanging views with IPU Secretary General Mr Martin Chungong in a meeting on the sidelines of IPU annual session being held in Geneva, according to press release issued by the Senate Secretariat here.
He said that IPU was an important forum and provides them an
opportunity to share views and learn from each other’s experience for consolidating the foundations of democracy in respective countries.
Raza Rabbani emphasized the need for more institutional linkages and
inter-parliamentary cooperation.
“There is need to promote parliamentary democracy at national and
international level for promoting peace and protection of the human rights,” he added.
He proposed a more vibrant role for IPU as issues and challenges being
faced have a commonality and there was a dire need to make collective efforts to resolve those issues.
He also apprised the IPU Secretary General about the recent
initiatives taken by the Senate to restore the majesty of Parliament and strengthen democracy in the country.
Raza Rabbani has been specially invited by the President of IPU Mr
Saber Chaudhary to attend the session and deliver a speech on issues related to Human Rights.
The Chairman Senate also addressed the participants while deliberating
in special segment to mark the 40th anniversary of the Committee on the Human Rights of the Parliamentarians at Geneva.
He said that international parliamentary forums, human rights
organizations should move beyond the resolutions and verbiage to play a more protective role for implementing international laws and commitments and meeting the agreed commitments.
Mr Chungong appreciated the Chairman Senate views and expressed his desire to boost further cooperation.
Raza Rabbani said that the longstanding contentious issues and dispute needs to be resolved especially in the Asian region for restoration of peace not only in the region but also to the benefit of the world community.
The countries which are more focused to promote their economy through enhancing the production of their war industries does not seem interested in establishing the peace in the conflicted regions, he added.
The Chairman Senate said that attributing the struggle for the right
of self determination and human rights with the terrorism would not offer a tillable solution to the problem of unrest and will not be in the interest of the world.
He said that Kashmir was the oldest agenda pending with the UN and
continuous human rights abuses and negating the peoples of Kashmir to their right to self determination had made the region a flash point and a major source of instability in the region.
Brutalities being committed by the Indian forces in the occupied
Kashmir are not new and unknown to the world.
He called upon the global community and International Parliamentary
forums to come forward and play their role to ensure implementation of the international human rights laws and UN resolutions to resolve the long standing issue.
Raza Rabbani said that democracy gave better options to
resolve issues through dialogue and discussion adding “We must
engage in the process of dialogue and discussion to avoid war,
show respect for human rights and give peace a chance to
flourish to make the Asian region economically developed and
strong.”
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Buenos Tiempos, Int.’s An Evening of Poetry reviewed
Ash Always, 6 May 2016
The one-night-only mini-festival An Evening of Poetry takes place on Friday 22 April in a living room by the canal on the city edge of Molenbeek. It’s full of people probably lured by Brussels-based curatorial project Buenos Tiempos, Int.’s motto, “faggotry as it is today”, or by the e-newsletter heralding in seductive serif: “We would be very gay / To have you between us …”
Hosted in the shared home of Buenos Tiempos, Int. founders Alberto García del Castillo and Marnie Slater, the evening comprises spoken and sung poetry by international artists Olivia Dunbar, Benjamin Seror and Geo Wyeth, all of whom could be said to operate in the sprawling domain of queer performance and/or poetry, though each with very different approaches. Contrary to the rest of that particular week’s commercial gallery-oriented proceedings (thanks to Art Brussels and its various self-consciously ‘independent’ offshoots), the event is graciously not an extension of the work day in the guise of a party.
The environment is domestic, the crowd loose, the entry unexclusive (read: free). The beer is cheap and the works play out on the same floor on which the attendees stand. There is no facile gesture of participation (though we are implicated), no price, no waiting list and no extensive documentation (for a hoot, see BTI’s website ‘documentation’, “About An Evening of Poetry …”, a 10-minute real-time capture of the setting sun taken from the venue’s roof on the same night). Buenos Tiempos, Int. would distance itself from the need to be negatively defined by what the art market does (speculate, voraciously consume, exploit). That said, this evening does mark itself as vastly different (just look at the lighting) within the context of the fair week, the oppressive sameness of market booths and of fluorescent white cubes.
Buenos Tiempos, Int.’s An Evening of Poetry (2016) in Brussels. Photo by Joëlle Bacchetta.
First up, Brussels-based Seror gives a synth-infused performance mixing poetry and pop music, while his ungainly dance moves and increasingly enthusiastic, near head-banging sincerity leads to an electric guitar solo and thundering applause as he completes his last song. Somewhere between amateur rock and heartfelt emotional folk, Seror is succeeded by an absent yet personal reading by Dunbar, who begins with a discussion of her dick, her boyfriend, and his hot rod magazines. The Canadian artist could not be in Brussels and thus her voice is remotely emitted from speakers; nonetheless, attendees stand and listen, facing where her presence would have been, towards the stage. At some point Dunbar breaks into song and her stunning voice is a shock (though there is no final evidence it belongs to the artist herself, one assumes so). Juxtaposing varied references and images via text and music, Dunbar’s collage-like piece consciously and explicitly recalls the current tendency in contemporary art for text-based, quasi-autobiographical, technology-contingent and somewhat emotionally distant poetry.
This constellatory approach to text is reflected in US-American Wyeth’s live work, which compiles vignettes of physical performance, including costume changes (or removals, as it were), with song (another breathtaking voice), and poetry. The performance commences with a disquieting baby-like voice coming from a disoriented, sunglass-wearing Wyeth, crying repetitively as he wanders about, dragging a small carry-on size wheelie suitcase: “Daddy, Daddy? Where are you, Daddy?” One can’t help thinking of the lost father, the metaphorical authority, which is supposed to keep our subjectivity in check. One can’t help thinking of all those adult children in their 20s and 30s wandering around airports waiting for low-cost flights, wondering what the hell their life is about. Wyeth’s specific ‘Daddy’ becomes the generalised ‘Daddy’, the dead father; we killed him long ago but neglected to replace him, and there is no more ideology to believe in; we are lost.
Geo Wyeth @ Buenos Tiempos, Int.’s An Evening of Poetry (2016) in Brussels. Photo by Joëlle Bacchetta.
Shortly after, Wyeth enters a vignette where he lifts up his long pullover to reveal the word ‘juice’, written in some sort of brown fluid. Juice for children; juice for sex; juice for power. The meaning remains ambiguous but Wyeth uses the repetition and visual representation of this word to assert its affect. Towards the end of the performance, he enters an intensely physical phase where he dry humps the floor, microphone in mouth amplifying the carnal sounds of this increasingly violent action. At some point Wyeth grabs onto an attendee and makes his way into this man’s arms, like a baby. By now the sounds have changed to a much more disturbed, even tormented moan, child-like in its tone. The image we are left with is this sexualised child, deprived of dignity but triumphantly clinging to the man. With this image, the presumed innocence of our spectatorship falls away completely. We are complicit and only too aware of the pleasure/unease we derive from this trans man’s revelation. Do we also feel compelled to cry for Daddy? Thundering applause.
It’s no surprise Buenos Tiempos, Int. have garnered a faithful following both locally and abroad. This is their second poetry event, the first, in May 2015, featured Kathy Acker and Dunbar, Hadley Howes and Brad Phillips. Their regular online exhibitions, usually presenting the work of one artist, include video works, documentation of performances, text pieces, images, etc. These shows give concise insight into artists whose practices are often difficult to categorise. Shows by artists as varied as Vava Dudu, Juliana Huxtable, and CAConrad, reveals BTI’s interest in queer visual art, music and experimental literature, as well as their effort to trace a certain lineage of queer practices and chart connections between artists not normally seen or thought of together.
This is certainly the case at An Evening of Poetry. Living up to their motto, Buenos Tiempos, Int. (which, after all, means ‘good times’ in Spanish), made faggots of us all. Though most were probably already quite open to it.**
An Evening of Poetry, hosted by Buenos Tiempos, Int., was on in Brussels on April 22, 2016.
Header image: Geo Wyeth @ Buenos Tiempos, Int.’s An Evening of Poetry (2016) in Brussels. Photo by Joëlle Bacchetta.
'An Evening of Poetry' Alberto García del Castillo Benjamin Seror Buenos Tiempos Int. Geo Wyeth Marnie Slater Olivia Dunbar
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Advantages of Containers
Resources about the advantages of containers for developers and ops, including immutability, utilization, portability, performance and scalability.
Below we have compiled publicly available sources from around the world that present views on Advantages of Containers.
Container Immutability
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Perspectives on Advantages of Containers
Why use Docker Containers?
wire19.com
A Primer on the Benefits of Containers for Applications
The Benefits Of Containerization
liquidweb.com
Understanding Containers - What We Can Expect to See in the Future With Containers and Virtualization
belatrixsf.com
Top 7 Benefits of Using Containers
blog.kumina.nl
The True Benefits of Moving to Containers
Is Success Without Containers Possible
devops.jaxlondon.com
Why Containerization is an Essential Capability of Low-Code Development Platforms
10 Benefits You Get by Using Docker in Software Development
apiumhub.com
Taking Machine Learning to New Heights Using Docker Containers
cio.com
Kubernetes: Where Are We Going?
konghq.com
The Comprehensive Guide to Serverless Architecture
simform.com
Container Immutability — The principle of container immutability regards an image unchangeable once it is built, and requires creating a new image if changes need to be made. This page gathers resources about the container immutability principle, its benefits and implications.
Container Resource Utilization — Container resource utilization refers to the process of making the most of the computing resources like CPU and memory, available in order to achieve the best container performance. This page gathers resources about how to manage resources to get the optimal container performance.
Container Portability — Container portability means the ability to move an application, in other words, port it from one host environment to another. The new host environment could be a different kind of operating system, different version of the same operating system or a different type of hardware platform. This page gathers resources about the benefits of container portability.
Container Performance — Container performance refers to speed-related factors such as container startup time, resource distribution, and redundancy (duplication of components), and how these affect the software delivery pipeline. This page gathers resources about container performance, including best practices, performance analysis, and academic papers.
Container Scalability — Container scalability is the trait where a container application can handle increased loads of work. This can be achieved by reconfiguring the existing architecture of a single machine to increase available resources or by provisioning additional containers within a cluster of distributed machines. This page gathers resources about how to orchestrate container applications for high scalability.
Container Operating Costs — Container's benefits are not just technical. Containers can also reduce costs - which is the big reason why companies are now adopting them. This page gathers resources about container operating costs and their influence on overall system costs.
Containers as a Service — Container as a Service (CaaS) is a business model whereby cloud computing service providers offer container-based virtualization services as a scalable online service. This allows users to use container services without having the necessary infrastructure. This Page gathers resources about the popularity and the advantages of CaaS.
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MIT investigation reveals Epstein-related loophole
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
"Swap donations with someone else’s foundation." That was a suggestion from the then-director of the MIT Media Lab, Joi Ito — his proposed solution to the problem of accepting donations from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Why it matters: Ito's proposed solution seems to have worked. Epstein took credit for millions of donations to the Media Lab from Bill Gates and Leon Black — and even after a four-month investigation by law firm Goodwin Procter, there have been no findings that anything was amiss with any of those donations.
Driving the news: MIT has released an unredacted version of the 61-page Goodwin Procter report into Epstein's donations to the university.
The report recounts a 2013 conversation in which Ito suggested the swapped-donations strategy as a means to conceal the origin of Epstein money.
The following year, Epstein took credit for a $2 million donation from Bill Gates and a $5 million donation from Leon Black, the co-founder of Apollo Global Management.
Gates denied to Goodwin Procter that his donation had anything to do with Epstein, while Black refused to talk to the law firm.
"We were unable to connect with representatives of Mr Black," Goodwin Procter lead investigator Roberto Braceras tells Axios.
Goodwin Procter managed to find no evidence that the Gates and Black donations were made at Epstein's behest, or that they represented Epstein money laundered via the billionaires.
On Friday, MIT announced that it had placed a mechanical engineering professor, Seth Lloyd, on paid administrative leave following the Goodwin Procter review, as Axios reported.
My thought bubble: MIT is currently putting together "a clear and comprehensive gift policy" and "a process to properly vet donors". But if the Leon Black donations were indeed Epstein-related — and there's no evidence to suggest that they weren't — the results of this investigation suggest that Epstein and Ito have already demonstrated an easy way to circumvent any such policies.
Go deeper: Exclusive: MIT and Jeffrey Epstein's billionaire enablers
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Inclusive Rugby: Meet the Glasgow Alphas
At Bala Sport, for us sport isn’t just about winning and competitiveness, or big bucks sponsorship deals and off the scale pay rates for players. Yes we like a bit of competition of course, but for us it’s more about the sheer enjoyment of the game, the fitness and the coming together through sport, taking part, no matter who you are. So we are delighted to have partnered with inclusive rugby team, the Glasgow Alphas.
The Alphas offer a safe and nursing environment for members of the LGBT community to enjoy their sport, and expand their social circles.
The Alphas first match of the new season was against the Manchester based Village Spartans at the Whitecraigs Rugby Club in Glasgow. It was great for us to watch the teams battle it out with our Fairtrade certified Pro rugby balls. We won’t even mention the score but it was a great afternoon of grassroots rugby.
It’s great to see family and friends out to show their support. Click on the short video clip below.
Nobody should ever feel embarrassment when mum comes along.
Big congratulations are due to Alphas club founder and coach Adam Harrison who has recently been appointed to the position of International Gay Rugby Celtic Regional Representative.
This is a huge achievement for Adam as he will now be assisting and developing the clubs and their individual players: alongside acting as a liaison for those clubs within the Alphas own region and the IGR team.
We met the Alphas through a match against our other rugby partners the Pitstops Project who they regularly play against in their end of project matches. We were delighted that they were keen to train and play with Fairtrade balls, knowing that the workers who make them in India get treated fairly and benefit from the extra 10% Fairtrade Premium we pay which goes directly to the workers to invest in their chosen social development projects.
The away team above, the workers who. make Bala Sport Fairtrade rugby balls in Jalhandar, India. Below is Omparkash who is reportedly the fastest ball stitcher in the south.
Be like the Glasgow Alphas and play fair – grab a ten pack of your own high quality Bala Sport Fairtrade rugby balls and save 30%!
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Graphical user interfaces in the X stack
Zahra Al-Awadai
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Anne Brüggemann-Klein
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Christina Grubmüller
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Philipp Ulrich
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“XML Everywhere” isn't just a slogan: it actually works, up and down the XML application stack. Recent developments, such as the inclusion of custom elements in HTML5, allow the declarative approach of XML to come into the browser/server interaction. XForms, supported by SVG and CSS, can serve as the basis for a graphical user interface. A custom WebSocket element can support client-to-client and server-push communication of XML data. Applications of State Chart XML (SCXML) mean that the “XML Everywhere” approach can be extended all the way to models of operations in an application. Interactive games offer living proof of the stack.
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Ballet Petit had its earliest beginnings back in 1977 at the Happy Time Nursery School in Fremont. Then in 1983, Ballet Petit first appeared in Newark as its own entity. Today, Ballet Petit now enjoys a roster of over 300 students, of all ages and abilities.
Artistic Director, Peggy Peabody having recently ended her studies at the San Francisco Ballet School, decided to create her own place where local dancers could also learn and thrive as she had. In 1977 Peggy began teaching ballet as a nursery school activity which eventually evolved into what is now known as Ballet Petit.
The younger version of the current school first performed its mini-version of The Nutcracker in 1979 with 12 young dancers. The production grew as the dancers developed and matured. December 2013, marks Ballet Petit’s 35th anniversary Nutcracker, bringing together alumni and current dancers. The 2013 Nutcracker cast is excited to near 300 dancers in over 450 costumes.
Ballet Petit performs an annual Spring Concert, as well, providing another stage opportunity for its dancers. It also offers workshops in Modern dance. In 2013, Ballet Petit began hosting the Oakland Ballet Company’s Ballet Boot Camp, a wonderful summer intensive program. Dancers attend from all over the Bay Area and beyond, where they study various forms of dance in addition to ballet, under the watchful eye of Oakland Ballet Company staff. Ballet Petit dancers may also apply for its Junior Company, where the most serious dancers further develop their ballet training.
Ballet Petit moved into its permanent home in February 2013. Its new 15,000 state of the art facility will be a place where dancers of all ages will continue to be respected and encouraged to thrive for decades to come.
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Respectfully Yours (euphonium & piano) DOWNLOAD by Andy Scott
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Composer: Andy Scott
Instrumentation: euphonium & piano
Size: Pages : 1 score @ 6 pages & 1 part @ 2 pages
Total Duration: 4 minutes
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Respectfully Yours was commissioned by Fabian Bloch, and is scored for euphonium and piano.
The world premiere was given by Fabian Bloch (euphonium) & François Killian (piano) on the 6th of September 2015, and recorded on the CD ‘Drive’. Andy Scott had the privilege of collaborating on a number of occasions with composer/pianist Richard Rodney Bennett, and composed Respectfully Yours in memory of RRB, who passed away in December 2012.
The composer writes;
“I was delighted when Fabian approached me to commission a new work, and it felt appropriate to write a piece that was melodic with jazz-influenced harmony that I think of as a simple ‘thank you’ to Richard Rodney Bennett, for being an inspirational musician and kind and generous person. I know that Fabian is a virtuosic and sophisticated musician, and felt that a new work with this underlying sentiment would be in very capable hands.
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The Taming of the Queen
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Narrated by: Bianca Amato
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The Queen's Fool
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Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
Length: 21 hrs
Winter, 1553. Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of “Sight”, the ability to foresee the future, priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court.
The King's Curse
Regarded as yet another threat to the volatile King Henry VII's claim to the throne, Margaret Pole, cousin to Elizabeth of York (known as the White Princess) and daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, is married off to a steady and kind Lancaster supporter - Sir Richard Pole. For his loyalty, Sir Richard is entrusted with the governorship of Wales, but Margaret's contented daily life is changed forever with the arrival of Arthur, the young Prince of Wales, and his beautiful bride, Katherine of Aragon.
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Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby
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The newest novel from #1 New York Times best-selling author and "queen of royal fiction" ( USA Today) Philippa Gregory tells the passionate story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen, who gets caught in the middle of a battle for the crown of England. A princess from birth, Elizabeth fell in love with Richard III, though her mother made an arranged betrothal for her with the pretender to the throne: Henry Tudor. When Henry defeats Richard against all odds, Elizabeth has to marry the man who murdered her lover in battle.
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The Last Tudor
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Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half sister, Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her throne, and locked Jane in the Tower of London. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner's block, where Jane transformed her father's greedy power grab into tragic martyrdom.
By Justine J on 2019-07-24
The Red Queen
Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her. Her ambitions are disappointed when her sainted cousin Henry VI fails to recognize her as a kindred spirit, and she is even more dismayed when he sinks into madness.
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White Queen
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They ruled England before the Tudors, and now internationally best-selling author Philippa Gregory brings the Plantagenets to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret players: the indomitable women.
Enchanting ...
The Lady of the Rivers
Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight. As a child visiting her uncle, she met his prisoner, Joan of Arc, and saw her own power reflected in the young woman accused of witchcraft. They share the mystery of the tarot card of the wheel of fortune before Joan is taken to a horrific death. Jacquetta understands the danger for a woman who dares to dream. Jacquetta is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France, and he introduces her to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy.
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As a little girl Katherine of Aragon was betrothed to Arthur, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Henry VII of England, and was raised in the palace of the Alhambra, knowing that she would be queen of England. In 1501, the teenage Spanish princess arrives in her new kingdom, but the future is turned upside down with the death of her handsome young husband - only six months after the wedding. Transformed from beloved bride to superfluous widow, Katherine endures hardship and loneliness as the Tudor court slowly squeezes her out of royal circles.
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The Fairmile Series, Book 1
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WORST Philippa Gregory Novel I’ve Read..And I’ve read them ALL
By Jodie on 2019-08-25
Wideacre
Wideacre, Book 1
Narrated by: Emma Powell
Philippa Gregory's first story in the best-selling Wideacre trilogy. A compelling tale of passion and intrigue set in the 18th century. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the 18th century, she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others.
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The Favoured Child
Narrated by: Kate Rawson
The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But in the Dower House, two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child.
The Other Queen
Narrated by: Bianca Amato, Dogmara Dominczyk, Graeme Malcolm
Mary is queen of Scotland, but she has been forced to flee her land and take refuge in an England that is ruled by her cousin, Elizabeth. But England, precarious in its Protestant state, set against the mighty powers of Spain, France and Rome, doesn't need a charismatic Catholic figurehead at large. So Elizabeth's chief advisor, Cecil, devises a plan in which Mary will live under guard with his trusted accomplice: Bess of Hardwick.
Meridon
Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
The third volume in the best-selling Wideacre trilogy. Set in the 18th century, they launched the career of Philippa Gregory, the best-selling author of The Other Boleyn Girl and Three Sisters, Three Queens. Meridon, a desolate Romany girl, is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show while her sister, Dandy, risks her life on the trapeze, Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger and want.
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Narrated by: Susan Murphy
Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory is a novel that follows more than 30 years in the life of Margaret Tudor. Starting in 1501, when she's 11 years old, the story traces Margaret's movements between England and Scotland, where she struggles to maintain her grip on power after the death of her husband, the king.
The Lost Queen
Written by: Signe Pike
Narrated by: Toni Frutin
In a land of mountains and mist, tradition and superstition, Languoreth and her brother Lailoken are raised in the Old Way of their ancestors. But in Scotland, a new religion is rising, one that brings disruption, bloodshed, and riot. And even as her family faces the burgeoning forces of Christianity, the Anglo-Saxons, bent on colonization, are encroaching from the east. When conflict brings the hero Emrys Pendragon to her father’s door, Languoreth finds love with one of his warriors. Her deep connection to Maelgwn is forged by enchantment, but she is promised in marriage to Rhydderch, son of a Christian king.
By Marina Green on 2019-03-14
Why would a woman marry a serial killer?
Because she cannot refuse....
Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father, who has buried four wives - King Henry VIII - commands her to marry him.
Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted 16 months, the one before barely half a year. But Henry adores his new bride, and Kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regent.
But is this enough to keep her safe? A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own. But she cannot save the Protestants, under threat for their faith, and Henry's dangerous gaze turns on her. The traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire, and the king's name is on the warrant....
From an author who has described all of Henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power, and education at the court of a medieval killer.
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Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever resigns in wake of damning report
Following an independent report that described the organisation as "arrogant" and "controlling”, Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever has announced his resignation.
Having initially vowed to stay in his role after the release of the damning 147-page report produced by the Ethics Centre, Peever (pictured) announced his resignation today having lost the support of the game's state organisations this week.
The independent review, released on Monday, exposed cultural failings within Cricket Australia in recent years that conspired to create the environment that led to the Cape Town ball-tampering saga earlier this year.
Despite signing a new three-year contract to remain in his role last week - before the release of the Review - a groundswell of anger has made Peever's position untenable.
Former Cricket Victoria Director Earl Eddings - who was confirmed as Deputy Chairman at Cricket Australia’s AGM last week - will be the interim Chairman and will begin the process of finding a permanent replacement.
Speaking following Peever’s resignation, Eddings advised that the organisation needed to "earn back the trust of the cricket community”, adding “we look forward to continuing the important process of recovering and rebuilding for Cricket Australia and Australian cricket.”
"The board is keenly aware that we have a way to go to earn back the trust of the cricket community. We and the executive team are determined to make cricket stronger."
The review launched a scathing attack on Cricket Australia, and found the organisation was perceived as "arrogant and controlling" and that players lived in a "gilded bubble".
Peever had been defiant in the immediate aftermath of the report's release this week, advising “there are certainly elements of the report ... that we need to work on and there are 42 recommendations which we have committed to.
"I'm not embarrassed. I'm not embarrassed at all. We're very committed to moving the game forward and using this review as a platform to do that."
Peever was elected for his second term as Chairman before state associations had a chance to read the report.
It’s contents apparently confirmed that Peever was not the right man for the job among key stakeholders
Peever earlier said he accepted "full responsibility" for the negative conclusions of the report but, unlike banned cricketers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, was set to keep his job with no obvious sanction.
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While they're nothing new in some cities, roundabouts can be daunting to those who have never encountered them. But when used correctly, roundabouts can provide a much smoother transition at intersections than stop signs and traffic lights can.
Why roundabouts?
Roundabouts are circular intersections that require drivers to yield to those already in the circle. They provide a more continuous flow of traffic by causing everyone to move through the roundabout at low speeds rather than requiring everyone to come to a complete stop. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, studies have found that daily vehicle delays at intersections decrease by as much as 57 percent after roundabouts have been installed.
In addition to keeping traffic moving, roundabouts can be safer than traditional intersections, according to IIHS. It cites a 2005 study conducted by the Kansas Department of Transportation, which focused on 23 intersections where stop signs and traffic lights had been converted to roundabouts. After the construction of the roundabouts, overall crashes were reduced by 40 percent and crashes with injuries were reduced by 80 percent.
What to do in a roundabout
For roundabouts to provide safety benefits, however, drivers must know how to properly navigate them. Although your first encounters with roundabouts may be confusing, these tips from State Farm will help you navigate them safely:
Drive slowly. You can reduce your speed in a roundabout, but don't stop unless you're entering and must yield to traffic already in the circle. If there's no traffic within the circle, you're not required to stop, but slowing down may help you get your bearings.
Yield to oncoming traffic. Roundabout traffic always maintains a constant counterclockwise flow. As you enter a roundabout, you'll always yield to the traffic coming from the left, no matter where you approach the intersection. Wait for a gap, and ease in.
Select the correct lane. Larger roundabouts may have two or three lanes. The lane you choose will depend on the street you are exiting onto. For example, stay in the left lane if you need to turn around or turn left. Stay in the right lane if you will be turning right. Going straight? Look for signs that direct you to the correct lane for through traffic.
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TV ReviewsDivorceSeason 2
Divorce faces the adolescent fallout
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Any other parents of younger children getting the night terrors from the adolescent figures depicted in Divorce? Tom seems all right, I guess, although he could use some driving practice, but Lila is straight-up demon hellfire this episode. Well, her parents just split, her mom’s changing her name, and her school throws cultural heritage parties. Still, you have to wonder what would have to be in play for the girl to crack a smile at this point.
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"Happy Now?"
Lila’s so miserable that I could’t help but wonder (find myself wanting to pull that Carrie Bradshaw line at least once a review, apologies): Is divorce a selfish action? If there’s just the two of you, I guess not, not even more so than any other breakup would be, although you have to deal more with ex in-laws and whatnot. But I feel like a lot of parents still ascribe to the “stay together for the kids” faction, even as they are not really holding up the best example of relationship role models for their offspring. I’ve absolutely have friends tell me that they were relieved when their parents finally split, as all the constant tension in the house finally just dissipated. But those are grownups talking; it’s hard to believe that a youngster could go through such a domestic upheaval without at least a little trauma, adding a heaping load of guilt onto the rest of the emotionally toxic sundae that is divorcing someone.
If parents are staying together for the kids, they’re doing it to avoid ending up with a kid that swears at them like Lila attacking Frances this episode. They want to maintain the semblance of stability and have their kids grow up in a happy home. Frances is frantically trying to bring positivity back into her beautiful house with a view. But she is facing such an uphill climb of hostility, it’s hard to know where to start.
Maybe here, if I can be judgmental of fictional characters: Perhaps Lila has a point when she says Frances is full of shit and always making it about her? Instead of defiling her child’s heritage project, maybe ask Lila why she left her own mother off of her family tree? I have to re-read How To Talk So Your Kids Will Listen And Listen So Your Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber again (quickly, as adolescence rapidly approaches my house), but I seem to remember that chattering at the kids only makes them clam up, but giving them a chance to talk leads them to open up. Frances obviously has a problem with Lila, and instead of bitching to her friend about it or ignoring Lila when she says she doesn’t want to go to the culture event, she just needs to sit her down and talk to her. Much better that then getting caught swearing back at her daughter in front of the whole school: It’s so difficult in the heat of that moment to remember that you’re the parent and the authority figure, when another, larger part of you longs to lash back because you’re hurt.
It makes for a fascinating domestic interplay, anyway, as the divorce reality has left the four family members in a bit of a crisis, with a number of ways to see how they will work things out among themselves. Relieved to see that Robert is no longer sleeping in an unfinished house, instead in an undecorated apartment. Also relieved to see him in scenes and storylines of his own, without Frances: Only Thomas Haden Church could pull off a hearty “no thank you” to someone offering to pee on him. Also loved his nanosecond consideration of the “devil’s threeway.”
Divorce’s sublime supporting cast offers some other angles into this fascinating social unravel. Diane and Nick, again, look like they could be at the beginning of their own breakup. And Dallas might have hooked up with Tony Silvercreek out of availability and convenience but I felt surprisingly sympathetic toward him as he lashed out after acting like such a gentleman, helping Diane get to the hospital. Of course, then he screwed it all up in typical Silvercreek fashion, but I swear, there was a moment, probably due to the charm of Dean Winters more than anything else (or residual “Beeper King” feelings), but I’m guessing that’s not the end of that character. Love how Dallas then just gave directions to the cab driver without even blinking an eye afterward, though.
I will try to give Steven Pasquale a chance as Frances’ possible love interest even though I will likely never get over that horrible Do No Harm poster. Their scene on the deck once again points to why Sarah Jessica Parker was such an inspired choice for this series. SATC focused on how and why people get together. Divorce explores the ramifications of people splitting apart. As Frances tells the stoic office worker, it’s not easy to get your old self back. But then, no one gets divorced because they think they’re going to be less happy afterward. For Frances, the biggest problem is that her actions have definitely made her daughter unhappy. Although there’s no quick fix for that, it should be enjoyable for us (although painful for her) to watch these resentful feelings unwrap further over the next several weeks.
Duck’s not red meat, is it?
I don’t get that punishment from the school that the parents can’t be on school grounds after blowing up at their kid on school grounds. How does this help anyone? Seems arbitrary.
That’s some Beatles-sounding Badfinger to send us off until next week, with “No Matter What.” I like the choice as an optimistic message that no matter how shitty things may get with our teenagers, or got with our parents when we were teenagers (if my parents were alive, I am sure they would be cackling at some of my parenting dilemmas right now), we are always tied together somehow. I understand that this is a less-than-comforting message for someone who had really heinous parents, but hopefully when my daughter is telling me that I’m full of shit one day not too far off in the future, I will remember this song.
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Douglas and King proposes major Shoreditch redevelopment
The 10-storey Picture House building, which is part of Douglas and King Architects' Shoreditch Island plans
The Picture House, part of Douglas and King Architects Shoreditch Island plans
No 95 Tabernacle Street - the easternmost element of Douglas and King Architects' Shoreditch Island proposals
No 95 Tabernacle Street, seen from Great Eastern Street
The Titchfield House commercial building, which is part of Douglas and King Architects' Shoreditch Island proposals
Overview of the Shoreditch Island proposals by Douglas and King Architects
The Shoreditch Island proposals by Douglas and King Architects
The Shoreditch Island site seen from the north-west
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The Shoreditch Island site seen from the north-east, with the site of 95 Tabernacle Street to the fore.
Small east London practice eyes regeneration of Old Street block
Emerging practice Douglas and King Architects has begun consulting on plans to redevelop a cluster of buildings in Shoreditch.
It has this week launched a pre-application showcase on plans to regenerate what it described as a “semi-derelict urban block” within the South Shoreditch Conservation area by adding three new buildings and creating a new public piazza.
Under the scheme, the practice would refurbish and “reimagine” two terraces of townhouses with ground-floor level shops, and create 9,000 sq m of new retail, restaurant and office space on the site, which is bounded by Tabernacle Street, Singer Street and Great Eastern Street.
It said the new public space created by the proposals would restore a thoroughfare “lost” in the inter-war years and which would be “activated” by ground-floor retail spaces.
The proposals would also see the demolition and reconstruction of two large commercial buildings with the creation of a new 10-storey block on Old Street, on the site of the current Picture House building.
No 95 Tabernacle Street - the easternmost element of Douglas and King Architects’ Shoreditch Island proposals
Practice director Martin King said the firm – which is based in nearby Curtain Road – was currently working as project manager and design team leader on the scheme, and intended to submit a detailed application for the scheme to Hackney council in November.
“We have been working on this project for a number of years and have spent the last 12 months engaged in a planning performance agreement with Hackney,” he said.
The tallest element of the Douglas and King proposals would deliver 3,100 sq m of new office and retail space and act as an “architectural bookend” for the western element of the scheme.
At the other end of the Old Street frontage, new building 95 Tabernacle Street would replace an existing single-storey restaurant and deliver 90 sq m of new space, in what Douglas and King described as a “contemporary response” that drew on the proportions of the neighbouring terraces.
Towards the south of the site, a new five-storey office building named Titchfield House would deliver 4,300 sq m of new workspace, replacing a post-war commercial building that currently occupies the site.
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― nylonpanda 10/5/2019
Hugh is the name given to a Borg drone in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "I, Borg".
― RadarKuma 3/19/2019
I like Hugh but I cannot picture it on anyone younger than 45. It just doesn't seem right. Hugh reminds me of Hugh Jackman. A nice soft name for a boy.
― jazzycritique 2/2/2019
I don't love it as a first name (Sounds like Who? Or even "Huge")
I really like it as a middle name though, Alexander Hugh or Nicholas Hugh would be nice.
― Femmesia 12/20/2018
I love this name! I am planning my on naming my son James Hugh.
― Phantom of the Opera 11/20/2018
Hugh Jackman!
In 2018, 63 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Hugh who is registered male with the Social Security Administration. It is the 864th most common male first name for living U.S. citizens.
― Anonymous User 10/5/2018
Sounds more like an onomatopoeia than a name.
― kayisforkeen 8/16/2018
Hugh is the name of Jimmy Neutron's dad on the show. He's notoriously unintelligent.
― Icycoldhot 7/8/2017
The name Hugh was given to 262 boys born in the US in 2016.
More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Hugh are male.
― Anonymous User 6/7/2017
The meaning of this name is beautiful and unexpected.
― Tiger Lilly 1/25/2017
If my two year old had been a boy I would have used Hugh. I really love this name. It's not overly used! Plus, there are some great actors with that name and I admire them for their craft immensely. It does have a breathy sound, and sometimes it sounds like you are saying YOU. Plus, when he is a baby, people will call him "Baby Hughie". But I still adore it!
― Gretchensmom 9/6/2016
My great-grandfather's name was Hugh, and I actually really like this name. It is short, yet dignified. Plus it isn't very common.
― 1836732 6/9/2016
Not a fan of this name.
― Anonymous User 4/30/2016
It's a nice name. But yeah, I guess it's better for it to be avoided if the last name starts with "J" ('cause of silly "huge" jokes). Other than that, "Hugh" has a good meaning and sounds okay. (:
Hugh Thompson, Jr. Was a US Army officer decorated for his efforts to save the lives of civilians during the My Lai massacre.
Hugh is the name of a rival character in Pokemon Black 2 and White 2.
― Anonymous User 10/14/2012
Paul McGillion (Stargate Atlantis) and his wife Courtney have a son named Hugh, born August 5, 2012.
― PDT 9/3/2012
The famous bearers that are mentioned: Hugh Capet, and the Kings of Jerusalem and Cyprus were actually spelled by them as Hughett and Hughet. The French Huguenots knew the king Capet with a ett on the end of the name. If you read the book "Templar of Trye" which was written in Latin at the time the Hughs were in power in Jerusalem they spelled their names as Hughet. Hugh is just a short pronunciation of Hughett.
― ronhughett 7/22/2012
A famous bearer is the actor, Hugh Bonneville.
― Ottilie 12/31/2011
Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, British TV Chef and host of the River Cottage series is a famous bearer of this name.
― Free_Spirited_Girly 9/13/2011
Hugh Dennis. The knuckly man.
― BonVoyage 5/4/2010
I think this is one of those names that are masculine but still "sensitive" sounding. I would consider using it as a middle name because it's a traditional name in my family.
― SandSea 3/31/2010
This name sounds rather bland, and it unfortunately makes me think of Hugh Hefner.
― bananarama 10/3/2009
This is the middle name of Brian Hugh Warner aka Marilyn Manson. It's also his father's first name.
It's quite hard to pronounce.
― Hushpuppy 12/12/2008
I never did like the sound of this name. If you're going to use it, make sure your surname isn't Johnson, James, or anything that starts with a J or the 'jee'-sound. If your surname starts with those sounds, there will be ''huge ___'' jokes.
― slight night shiver 4/23/2008
On at least one of his shows, Benny Hill had a character named "Hugh Jarse."
― Kosta 4/23/2008
Lovely name. Very established and refined in my opinion, but can also be casual.
― tu_es_faux 3/8/2008
No offense but I think of an old farmer when I hear this name.
― kellybelly33 12/12/2007
I like the meaning and the name in theory, but not the sound (breathy) and not how it rhymes with "phew".
― gretaelisif 11/14/2007
I think this name is very gentleman-like. I can easily picture a British lord by this name.
― maria_martillo 10/14/2007
Way better than Huw.
― Surreal 4/16/2007
Love the meaning and the name. There's a kind of quiet strength to it. Saying "hey, Hugh!" sounds a lot like "hey you!" which could be annoying.
Famous Bearer: Actor Hugh Dancy. Hugh has appeared in such films as 2004's "Ella Enchanted" (in which he starred as Price Char, opposite actress Anne Hathaway), "King Arthur", and numerous other successful projects.
― Pheadirean 8/28/2006
Playboy founder and editor-in-chief Hugh M. Hefner is a famous bearer of this name.
― Erica30588 7/31/2006
A famous bearer of this name is British actor, Hugh Jackman who starred in both "Kate and Leopold" and in "X-MEN".
Actor Hugh Laurie is another famous bearer.
Hugh Laurie uses his second middle name as his stage name. His full name is James Hugh Calum Laurie.
― Charlie1977 1/25/2007
Hugh Grant is a famous bearer of this name.
― miraclegirl80 9/17/2005
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BlueLink opens Strasbourg centre and adopts the Simulation Recruitment Method
BlueLink, a leading customer relations player, yesterday cut the ribbon on its new centre in Strasbourg, with the participation of Philippe Richert, President of the Grand Est Region, former Minister, Roland Ries, now Mayor of Strasbourg and Robert Herrmann, President of the Eurometropolis. Accompanied by the city's Maison de l’Emploi (employment office) and Pôle Emploi (French employment agency), the company opted for the Simulation Recruitment Method (SRM) to unearth new talent. The qualities sought: strong interpersonal skills based on openness and empathy. Present on all five continents, the group assists brands in the design, implementation and development of their customer relations in the air transport, tourism, luxury and culture sectors.
Supporting BlueLink’s development by promoting employment in France
To meet the needs of its clients wishing to develop new business, especially in the French language, BlueLink has chosen to favour employment in France for the opening of its new subsidiary in Strasbourg. Besides its strategic geographic location (less than 2 hours from Paris via the future LGV high-speed line), the Strasbourg region is now considered a top-notch location, not only in France, but also within Europe. Economically competitive and dynamic, the city offers conditions that will allow BlueLink to effectively respond to the challenges of brands that focus on proximity and excellence. In particular, the group has benefited from the financial and operational support of the Grand Est Region and the Eurometropolis.
A recruitment method capitalising on the human touch
Innovative and leveraging human potential, the Simulation Recruitment Method focuses on the intrinsic qualities of the candidates rather than their qualifications and diplomas. Emotional intelligence, daring and empathy are the personality traits sought by BlueLink which welcomed more than 200 candidates to the first general information days and workshops organised for this purpose. 133 participants then took part in an exercise that totally immersed them in the environment of a BlueLink advisor and endeavoured to respond to customers’ problems in real time, by telephone, email or chat, so as to test their suitability for the job. Today, the Strasbourg centre has 26 employees on permanent contracts ready to handle customer relations for well-known companies in the air transport sector.
Our goal: 100 or so positions by summer 2017, with the recruitment of 10 to 12 employees per month.
“The Simulation Recruitment Method dovetails with our desire to highlight human exchange, essential to the key moments of a customer experience which is becoming increasingly digital. To support the customer experience for brands, we rely on advisors who serve as brand ambassadors and convey our values of empathy and daring through life skills, a certain attitude and a way with people. This innovative recruitment method allows applicants to discover what the job really entails and the simulated situation puts their interpersonal skills to the test”, said Aurélie Sutter, Director of Development, Marketing and Communications at BlueLink.
“The SRM system has allowed us to meet talented and motivated candidates. The candidates selected following this process also effectively proved themselves throughout their training periods, for which we recorded a success rate of nearly 100%. These results confirm our choices and we are very optimistic about future recruitment campaigns”, added Marie Bleuzé, Head of Employment, Training and Diversity at BlueLink.
The SRM as viewed by new employees of BlueLink Strasbourg
“What I liked about the simulation recruitment technique is the fact there’s more of a focus on skills than educational achievement. Having participated in several independent projects in new information and communications technologies (ICTs) in the last ten years, I gained all of my professional experience out in the field”, said Hadrien Petit, customer advisor at BlueLink Strasbourg.
“Initially an air stewardess in the army, when I turned up at BlueLink I was surprised by the recruitment procedure which we underwent, not to mention the diversity of candidates. The SRM helped bring out the transferable potential of each person, establishing a solid foundation for our new centre”, enthused Anna Bohn, customer advisor at BlueLink Strasbourg.
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Justice Estcourt rules Nelson Bay River mine permit amendments unlawful
Save the Tarkine has welcomed Justice Estcourt’s ruling in it’s Judicial Review case against the Nelson Bay River mine approval amendments. The amendments by the Director of the Environment Protection Authority allowed the mine to store twenty times as much acid producing waste rock in an above ground storage facility that the original EPA Board assessment rejected as unsafe.
“This decision confirms what Save the Tarkine has been saying for over a year – that the amendment to the approval of the Nelson Bay River mine was unlawful” , said Save the Tarkine Campaign Coordinator, Scott Jordan.
“This is the second time a court has overturned mine approvals for this project”.
“Government must act immediately to ensure the proper and below ground storage of wastes currently at risk of contaminating the Nelson Bay River”.
But today’s win is bittersweet.
“The fact is that we started this legal process last November, and the EPA has delayed and frustrated this case, including seven months of delays to provide a Statement of Reasons.”
“Justice delayed is justice denied, and this is true for this mine. The destruction inflicted on the landscape at Nelson Bay River by unlawful mining is a blight on our regulation systems, and act as a warning to governments that seek to water down environmental protections and remove public participation”.
While the legal challenge to the amended approval took thirteen months, the mine itself was placed into shutdown after just seven months citing financial factors.
Save the Tarkine acknowledges the vital work of the Environment Defender’s Office, and counsel Jeremy Gobbo QC and Juliet Forsyth and the support they have provided in this case.
For more information or comment:
Scott Jordan, Campaign Coordinator, 0428300324
Udy Regan commented 2016-09-16 00:13:52 +1000
Better late than never though don’t you think. Although a better way to have handled the whole situation would have been to put tools and equipment into self storage somewhere and put everything on hold until the whole proceedings could have been finalised and completed before anything was done to the environment and surrounding area. Now there is irreparable damage and time that can never be recovered again..
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Arun residents and communities are being asked for their views on continuing plans to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour in Littlehampton and Bognor Regis town centres.
Arun District Council is running a one month consultation for residents to share their views on whether to ban drinking of alcohol and cycling in the town centres, and powers to disperse individuals causing anti-social behaviour.
The current Arun Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) was introduced in April 2017 in a bid to reduce disruptive behaviour in designated areas of the district. This Order will expire in March 2020 and needs to be reviewed.
The Council wants to know if the public considers a PSPO to be relevant and is encouraging as many local people as possible to complete the online consultation, which will run from 24 September 2019. Alternatively, hard copies of the consultation can be obtained from the Civic Centre in Littlehampton and Bognor Regis Town Hall.
Residents and local businesses, along with all sectors of the community, are encouraged to provide feedback on the new proposals for the PSPO covering both town centres which would ban the drinking of alcohol in public spaces within specified restricted areas. Proposals also being considered would ban cycling in defined pedestrianised areas and allow authorised officers to request individuals to leave the area.
A separate PSPO proposal is also being considered in relation to Council-owned parks and foreshores which would prohibit camping, restrict the use of alcohol and prohibit anti-social behaviour. Views are being sought on this proposed Order also.
Councillor Gill Yeates, Arun District Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, said: “We are working closely with Sussex Police, partner organisations and residents to reduce anti-social behaviour in our town centres.
“Feedback from businesses and the public indicates that they believe street drinking in Littlehampton and Bognor Regis town centres causes anti-social behaviour and adversely affects enjoyment of the areas.
“We are encouraging residents, and people who work in the area, to take part in the consultation to let the Council know their views. Their opinions matter and will help to decide whether a PSPO is needed and how it should look.”
The responses from the consultation will be reported to the Council’s Cabinet in December when the decision will be made whether to recommend a PSPO to Full Council.
For more information please contact community.safety@arun.gov.uk.
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e-Business Profits Now Available to Businesses in London and Area
London, Canada, October 06, 2007 --(PR.com)-- London Ontario. There’s a new connection in the London Internet Industry. WSI (We Simplify the Internet), worldwide leader and leading edge Internet Consulting and Education company, is proud to announce the launch of a new Internet Consultant office to serve the Middlesex-Lambton counties and area.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, WSI’s latest office will be run by John Togtema who will provide local businesses with specialized Internet business strategies. John Togtema’s WSI office, based in London, will supply attractive, fully-functional e-Business solutions at an affordable price to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs). State of the art website solutions built on WSI Persuasion Marketing philosophy integrating the customer’s wants and needs with proven marketing strategies. WSI’s main offering is a complete partnership with businesses, whereby they plan post-implementation support and statistical reporting packages to continually improve their e-marketing results.
Joining with WSI Internet Marketing John Togtema has been able to draw from over 40 years of automotive experience. Graduating from Northwood University in Midland Michigan with an Associate Degree in Automotive Marketing John first became an owner and dealer principal of a Chrysler franchise in 1975. Being a part of a large dealer organization selling 8000 vehicles annually lead John to London Ontario in 1988, building and opening a very successful new car dealership.
John Togtema understands that ever dollar invested in marketing requires a good return on that investment and feels that accountability in every project. He can provide you a simple answer.
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On behalf of Law Offices of Barry I. Finkel, P.A. posted in High Asset Divorce on Monday, January 4, 2016.
We often hear about celebrity divorces and how contentious they can be, but once in a while a divorce case can pick up speed and finish with fewer problems than expected. That appears to be the case in the divorce of Florida State University football coach Jimbo Fisher and his wife.
Their divorce was finalized on December 10, which was less than five months from the time he filed for divorce. The two had apparently been separated since May but were not able to reconcile.
The settlement between the two individuals is confidential, although property records show that Jimbo got to keep the $1 million marital home, which is a mansion in Tallahassee's Gold Eagle Gold & Country Club. The coach currently makes $5 million a year. The ex-wife, who is a homemaker, is apparently renting a home somewhere nearby.
The two individuals have two young children and have been married for 22 years.
There were some rumors that Jimbo's lawyers had intended to have a surprise witness, who turned out to be Taylor Jacobs, a University of Florida wide receiver. There were some rumors that the wife may have been cheating with the 34-year-old football player.
Although this case could have dragged on for much longer, both sides were able to cruise through the case relatively quickly. With the help of an experienced attorney, a divorce case that may seem extremely contentious may be able to move along faster than if both individuals tried to negotiate their side without the help of an attorney.
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Day 1: Guwahati – Samdrup Jongkhar – Trashigang
Arrive in Guwahati airport in Assam, India. Here you will meet your Bhutanese guide and driver, who will manage all immigration formalities and drive to Samdrup Jongkhar, a frontier town in southeastern Bhutan (3hrs). Along the way, you will pass through many rural towns of Assam, tea estates and rice-fields. Enter Bhutan and stroll around small township of Samdrup Jongkhar.
Then you will start all day drive ascending to the Himalayas. After few hours drive we will stop to get blessing from Hindu hermit for safety of our journey. Soon after you will have opportunity to visit first of many charming Bhutanese Buddhist temples, called Zangto Pelri Lhakhang, with detailed mural painting. During afternoon you will stop in Khaling village to visit National Handloom Development Project, which maintains rich tradition of local weaving. Also you will pay a visit to the National Institute for the Visually Impaired. One of the accomplishment of this progressive institution is the development of Bhutanese version of Braille’s script. Along the way, you’ll also pass by Karma Thegsum Dechenling Goemba, huge monastery school and Sherubtse College, first Bhutanese university campus established in 1978. Also we visit temple in nearby Kanglung village.
Overnight in Tashigang.
Day 2: Trashigang – Excursion to Trashi Yangtse
Morning visit of Trashigang dzong which was built in 17th century and has commanding view of the valley. Inside are few interesting temples and local government offices. After that you’ll take about 2 hours drive time to Trashi Yangtse. On the way, pay a visit to the Gom Kora temple, place where 8th century magician-saint Guru Padmasambhava left his body imprints. Further drive will offer occasional views of snowy mountain in clear weather. Finally you will see impressive building of the old Trashi Yangtse dzong which is home to 300 monks. The dzong used to protect former trade route with Tibet and was established by the saint Pema Lingpa of 15th century. The temples with valuable statues are worth of exploring. Also near the Trashi Yangtse is the famous Chorten Kora, the largest stupa in Bhutan built in Nepali style. This is the site of two colourful local festivals at the beginning of the year. Trashi Yangtse is also home to National Institute for Zorig Chusum, the school where the young people learns the art crafts of their forefathers to keep Bhutan’s traditional arts alive. Evening return to Trashigang.
Overnight in Trashigang
Day 3: Trashigang to Mongar
It’s just 3½ hours drive to Mongar but it would be a pity not to make a 2 hours detour to Dramtse Gompa, which is one of the most important monasteries of eastern Bhutan. This is the place from where the famous Naga Chham (Drums of Dramtse), mask dance with drums originated. This dance is ubiquitous feature of many festivals and also it was included to the UNESCO list of of oral and intangible heritage. Monastery itself was founded in 16th century by descendants of the saint Pema Lingpa and it’s name means “the peak where there is no enemy”. There is number of interesting chapels with a lot of important statues of the saints and protector deities. If you’re in mood for short hike, you can also pursue 1.5 hour scenic hike from Dramtse to Baging la via Shergang village. After reaching Mongar, you will pay a visit to it’s dzong (castle). Although built in 1930, the dzong maintains Bhutanese architectural traditions.
Overnight in Mongar
Day 4: Mongar to Lhuntse – Excursion
Morning drive to Lhuntse which is one of the most rural and isolated districts in Bhutan. The landscape is spectacular with stark cliffs and gorges, beautiful conifer and pine forests and remote villages with rice, millet and corn fields. Kurtoe region of Lhuntse is the ancestral home of Bhutan’s royal family. On the way, we will make a detour to Takey la, the place where the gigantic statue of Guru Rimpoche was recently built. Inside the statue, you find number of richly decorated chapels, which belongs to best in Bhutan. Further you will continue to Khoma village for most elaborate traditional cloths in Bhutan. Quality of weaving is so fine that even Royal Family places their order for clothes here. Village itself is interesting and beautiful so we will spend some extra time here having a lunch in local house and tasting local delicacies. Then we will continue to Lhuntse to see a dzong which belongs to one of the most spectacular monastery-castles in Bhutan, with total 7 chapels you can explore. Residing monks have welcoming reputation. Drive back to Mongar.
Overnight in a hotel in Mongar
Day 5: Mongar to Bumthang
The journey continues westwards winding through more rugged terrain. The drive will take minimum 7 hours, but it won’t be boring at all. Road offers most spectacular views in the country ascending 3200 meters in the distance of 84 kilometres. After about a hour drive, you’ll pass along the ruins of Sengor dzong, which burned to ash in 1899. Chortens on the roadside are built in memory of 300 labourers who died during roadbuilding in 1970’s. You’ll also come along the stunning Namling waterfall. After crossing the second highest motorable pass in Bhutan, the Thrumshing-la (3,580 m), you gradually descend to clustered village of Ura. It’s good idea to stop at rhododendron garden just after the pass to see the number of species of this beautiful tree. From Ura village we will continue drive to the Shertong-la pass (3580 m). Right after that in sharp turn, the Gangkhar Punesum, highest mountain in Bhutan might be seen in clear weather. Reaching Jakar in the evening.
Over night in Bumthang .
Day 6: Bumthang – Excursion to Tang
Bumthang is a beautiful wide valley and as the name suggests the place abounds in numerous spiritual sites, stories and myths. In the olden days Bumthang used to be frequently haunted/disturbed by demons and terrifying spirits, and many learned holy Lamas had subdued most of these spirits and turned them into local deities and protectors of the Buddha Dharma. There are many sacred temples and monasteries and we have chosen a few important ones for you to visit.
Visit Tang Valley you have to drive from Jakar towards the west-east road that goes to Ura for 10 KMs. Then through the unpaved roads you will finally reach this beautiful valley. This is the road which can take you to the burning lake (Membartsho) and Pema Tekchok Choeling Shedra.
You will visit Pema Thekchok Nunnery join the nuns for a specially organized for your group- Chöd or Chod Ritual is a unique spiritual practice and a path to complete enlightenment, by cutting through attachment to the body to offer compassionate sacrifice, so that in wondrous application of wisdom and compassion all things unite. Chod is a powerful Buddhist tantric practice. In Tibetan Buddhist Tantra it is taught to beginners for accumulation of merits. It clears the karmic obstacles and blockages arising from our negative interaction with others in countless past lives, harming others through physical, verbal or emotional aggression results in a karmic seed, which ultimately ripens in various sufferings of body and mind. Chö or Healing Chod Puja is a unique spiritual practice and a path to complete enlightenment.
Day 7: Bumthang
After breakfast Jakar dzong and old Jambay lhakhang temple, which pins down the leg of giant demoness. Walk to Kurjey lhakhang temple complex. After exploring the place, enjoy the picnic lunch on beautiful riverside. Finally continue walk to Tamshing lhakhang, the temple where you can wipe your sins by carrying the chain-bar smithed by 15th century blacksmith-saint Pema Lingpa. Thereafter visit of Red Panda brewery and explore the town with it’s interesting curio shops and welcoming local restaurants.
Day 8: Bumthang Flight to Paro
Morning flight to Paro, afternoon explore Paro valley.The beautiful valley is home to many of Bhutan’s old monasteries and temples. The country’s only Airport is in Paro. The valley is also home to mount Chomolhari (7,300 meters) situated at the northern end of the valley whose glacier water forms the Pachu flowing through the valley.
After lunch visit Kyichu Lhakhang and Rinpung Dzong, this 15th century massive fortress/monastery, is also the administrative center of the dzonkhag and Ta Dzong. Built as a watch tower the Ta Dzong, it was converted into the National Museum in 1968. The museum boasts antique Thangka, textiles, weapons and armour, household objects and rich assortment of natural and historic artifacts.
Over night in Paro.
Day 9: Paro – Hike to Tigers Nest Monastery
No journey to Bhutan is complete without a visit to Takstang monastery. Drive short distance from the hotel to the trail-head and climb for about 2-3hrs to legendary Takstang (Tiger’s nest) monastery. Option to hire riding horse for part of the way is available. Return to Paro for any remaining tour or stroll around the town area. Farewell dinner.
Over night in Paro
Day 10: Paro – Depart Bhutan
After early breakfast at the hotel, drive to the airport for flight to your onward destination. Our representative will help you with exit formalities and then bid you farewell.
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We are now into the business end of the French Open and heavyweight contenders like Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Garbine Muguruza are coming to the fore. The outright match betting odds grow more interesting with each passing day as the opponents become more evenly matched the deeper into the tournament we get. The women’s final is on Saturday and the men’s is on Sunday. It would be a shock if Nadal did not make it, and Novak Djokovic is putting forth a compelling case to overhaul young guns Thiem and Alexander Zverev and meet him there. The women’s is wide open, but Muguruza (4/1 with Bet365 and various others) is looking solid.
There are international friendlies taking place throughout the week as teams bid to gain crucial match fitness ahead of the World Cup. England are clear favorites to beat Costa Rica on Thursday, and they could make a nice double with European Champions Portugal, who are attractively priced to beat Algeria at home. Friendlies can yield some bizarre results as managers experiment with different formations and make plenty of changes, while players sometimes pull out of tackles in fear of getting injured. The world’s number one team in the FIFA rankings, defending World Cup champions Germany, just lost to an unheralded Austria team, for example. It is therefore advisable not to go too wild with your stakes, but there is plenty of value on offer. Switzerland are in fine form and they look good at 4/5 with Bet Bright and 3/4 with Ladbrokes to beat Japan on Friday.
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Walter Iooss Jr., "Clyde Drexler, Seattle, Wash.," 1987Walter Ioss
Still photographs define how we think of photography, so much so that the word “still” usually gets left out. That encourages overlooking the fact that the movies — motion pictures — are a form of photography, too. So what happens when a still photographer makes his specialty, dance or sports, something far better suited to motion pictures?
“Emil Hoppé: Photographs From the Ballets Russes” and “Legends: The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss” answer that question in ways that are both wildly dissimilar and highly appealing. “Emil Hoppé" runs at the Museum of Russian Icons, in Clinton, through March 8. It’s balletomane heaven. “Legends” is at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, in New London, Conn., through Jan. 12. If sports junkies had heaven (they just have come-from-behind victories that beat the spread), this would qualify.
Emil Otto Hoppé's "Hubert Stowitts," 1920E.O. Hoppé/Curatorial Assistance Inc./E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection
The Ballets Russes was one of the great artistic ornaments of the last century — maybe the greatest. Only the Bauhaus, in its very different way, rivals it as a Modernist nexus. Stravinsky, Debussy, Ravel, and Satie composed for it. Picasso, Matisse, and Kandinsky designed for it. Its dancers and choreographers — Vaslav Nijinsky, Anna Pavlova, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine — still dominate the imagination of dance.
So Hoppé (1878-1972) had his work cut out for him twice over. There wasn’t just the challenge of documenting a miracle. There was the even greater one of doing so when photographic technology didn’t allow for the rapid exposure times we’ve long since grown accustomed to (and which decades later Iooss would exploit so memorably).
The ballet’s impresario, Sergei Diaghilev, hired Hoppé as the company’s “pictorial chronicler.” The quaintness of the title suggests the novelty of the task. Photography’s documentary superiority to painting, print-making, and drawing was plain at the medium’s birth. Yet with dance it was at a disadvantage. Consider the vividness of Degas’s many dance works: the way he could play with perspective, blur appearance to indicate motion, and rely on the (liberating) subjectivity of brush rather than the (limiting) objectivity of lens.
The 89 photographs on display range in date from 1911 to 1923. This was the tail end of the heyday in photography of Pictorialism. In that sense, Hoppé was Pictorial chronicler as well as pictorial. Pictorialism emphasized softness and texture and romantic subject matter — qualities well suited to ballet, even when as revolutionary as the Ballets Russes. This is accentuated by the photographs being platinum prints, a format conducive to delicate textures and fine detailing.
“Elegance is refusal,” declared Coco Chanel (or was it Diana Vreeland?). Here elegance is embrace: of the lush, the voluptuous, the elaborate. So many of the dancers resemble silent film stars (speaking of motion pictures), with their exaggerated expressions and exotic costumes. Here is one way Hoppé got around the challenge of stillness: portraiture. He understood that while the stage exalts the body in all its sculptural fullness the camera worships the face.
Emil Otto Hoppé's "Vaslav Nijinsky 'La Spectre de la Rose,' ” 1911Curatorial Assistance Inc. / E.O. Hoppe Estate Collection
Faces Hoppé would give it. The supreme example belongs to the name supremely associated with the Ballets Russes: Nijinsky. The sheer sexiness of the portrait of him in full costume (and even fuller makeup) from “La Spectre de la Rose” is hard to overstate. He isn’t so much flesh and blood as gunpowder in search of a match.
The other way Hoppé got around the slowness of his film stock and shutter speeds was through the anticipation of motion. We frequently get dancers en pointe or in arrested gesture. The curve of blade and body with Hubert Stowitts in 1920 is stillness awaiting acceleration. Even if we don’t see actual motion, Hoppé presents him and his fellow dancers so that we can easily imagine them about to demonstrate it.
Walter Iooss Jr.'s "Serena Williams, Key Biscayne, Fla." 2005Walter Ioss
It’s action shots, many of them quite spectacular, that drive “Legends”: Willie Mays batting, Muhammad Ali punching, Clyde Drexler dunking. But Iooss understands the power of a face in repose. There are 63 photographs in the show, ranging in date from 1962 to 2011. Some of the most memorable are portraits: of Michael Jordan, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams. That last one is an off-the-court glamour shot, not that Serena on the court lacks for glamour. With her empress-gorgeous face, Williams could fit in among Hoppé's ballerinas. Dangly earrings and butterfly-big false lashes underscore the affinity; and let’s not forget what phenomenal athletes dancers are.
Now 76, Iooss shot his first professional football game at 16. Doing so, he says, left him “consumed by sports and form.” That’s a rather grand statement, but the career more than justifies it. Iooss got his first Sports Illustrated assignment just out of high school. His first SI cover came at 19. More than 300 would follow.
“People play the lottery for the same reason I do my job," Iooss has said. "They’re hoping some magical moment comes along and they win $10 million. I’ve been winning my whole career.” Even better, he’s been sharing those winnings with the rest of us.
Most of the photographs are 22 inches by 14 inches, or vice versa. That large-ish size befits Iooss’s larger-than life subjects. The photographs all have good-sized white mattes and narrow frames. The combination ensures that the images really pop, not that they need much help. Iooss knew what he was doing.
There are famous moments here: Cal Ripken Jr. breaking Lou Gehrig’s consecutive-game record; Dwight Clark’s winning touchdown reception in the NFC conference final, in 1982, “The Catch,” which Iooss calls his most famous picture. There are also things even the most attentive fan would not otherwise see, as in a 1999 photo essay on athletic training in Cuba or the sight of a scoreboard operator at Wrigley Field doffing his cap during “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Sports are innately visual. They’re dynamic, emotional, dramatic. They’re also familiar. That was true even in an SI age. It’s overwhelmingly so in an ESPN one. Familiarity was a problem Hoppé didn’t have to deal with. Iooss has addressed it in numerous ways. One is perspective or framing: “the backgrounds were as important as what you place in the foreground," he notes.
The television-camera view we’re accustomed to need not be the only view. Nor is it necessarily the most revealing. Iooss also knows that action can consist of emotion no less, or even more, than motion. In 1979, the year Billie Jean King won her final title at Wimbledon, in doubles, he shows her looking very nearly autumnal in late afternoon light. There’s a quality of stillness and inwardness that’s quite startling — and all the more so for being utterly unlike what sports photography (still or televised) has accustomed us to. It’s a quality Hoppé would have recognized.
Walter Iooss Jr.'s "Ali vs. Terrell, Houston Astrodome," 1967Walter Ioss
EMIL HOPPÉ: Photographs From the Ballets Russes
At Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton, through March 8. 978-598-5000, www.museumofrussianicons.org
LEGENDS: The Sports Photography of Walter Iooss
At Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 625 Williams St., New London, Conn., through Jan. 12. 860-443-2545, www.lymanallyn.org
Mark Feeney can be reached at mark.feeney@globe.com.
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The Tacoma Athletic Commission ends a year-long celebration of its 75th anniversary this month with its 70th annual Golden Gloves boxing finals at the UPS Fieldhouse on January 27. Produced by the TAC, the “Gloves” will feature nearly 50 top amateur boxers for the 7 p.m. event.
Contestants will include a defending championship team from the Tacoma Boxing Club, a strong contender from the University of Washington boxing team, several participants from Oregon, and Alaska. Defending champions who will return are:
114lbs – Jeremy Morales, 25yo, R&C Boxing (Pasco)
132lbs – Greg Cruz, 25yo, Arcaro Boxing (Seattle)
141lbs – Hector Rendon, 22yo, Tacoma Boxing, received 2017 Golden Boy belt.
201+ Super Heavyweight – Ramel Clasablanca, 27yo, Tacoma Boxing,
There will be keen interest in Ramel Clasablanca the 2017 Eastern Elite (Chattanooga) National Champion and 2017 Runner-up at Elite National Championships (Salt Lake City). Ramel is currently training in Colorado, Springs at USA Boxing’s invitation only training camp. He is training not only with the top amateur boxers in the United States, but joins 49 boxers from Great Britain, New Zealand & Poland. He has been there since January 10 & will return home on January 22 in time for the Tacoma Golden Gloves. Ramel is currently ranked #2 in the nation in his weight class.
Returning to the Fieldhouse again triggers memories of past Tacoma Golden Gloves which began in the Tacoma Armory in the 40s, moved to the Fieldhouse in the 50s, and then to the Tacoma Dome’s Exhibition Hall after it opened in the 1980s.
Prelminary bouts will be held at the Edison Annex, 2109 South 60th Street in Tacoma on Friday January 26 at 7 p.m. with tickets available at the door for $10. Tickets for the January 27 finals at the UPS Fieldhouse are available on line at tickets.pugetsound.edu, at the UPS ticket office 253-879-3100, or at the door. General Admission tickets are $16 for the finals; $28 on the floor.
Tony Anderson, three time TAC President and Golden Gloves committee member will be honored at the championships. Anderson has been a civic and youth sport advocate for over 30 years. His support of amateur boxing as a TAC member has been appreciated.
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Photos: Terence Crawford Opens Retail Store in Omaha
Published On Sun Dec 8, 2019, 06:25 PM EST
Three-division World Champion Terence "Bud" Crawford put on a new hat this weekend, officially becoming a retail store owner. Crawford opened his long-awaited TBC Shop on Saturday in the heart of north Omaha, near his childhood stomping grounds.
Fans lined up around the block to get in to the newly renovated space, which features all of Crawford's signature apparel. Crawford certainly felt the love and support of his fans, who came from near and far to purchase the latest merchandise and get a moment with their champion.
The TBC Shop is located in north Omaha, an area of the city that once housed the historic district and is now enjoying a revitalization. The building was previously owned by the father of a childhood friend and Crawford has strong memories of the store that once sat in that location.
"I remember going to the store and buying chips, pops and candy on my way to play basketball. It was the neighborhood store," Crawford said. "When the building came up for sale, I thought I want to buy that building. I want to leave a legacy and help my community."
He hopes that his TBC Shop will create another bright spot in north Omaha and provide inspiration for the youngsters that now reside in the same neighborhood he grew up in. Even before Saturday's successful grand opening, Crawford has enjoyed solely positive feedback, particularly once he hung up the sign outside the building.
"I've had all positive reactions. Everybody's really pleased with what I'm doing. They've been asking about it for awhile," he said. "When I put the sign up, everyone knew whose building it was because they saw my logo."
A proud Omaha native, Crawford has consistently brought a positive spotlight to his hometown. A recipient of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce's 2019 Headliner Award, Crawford has brought the city more than one billion dollars of publicity through his six Nebraska fights and showcasing OMAHA across the waistband of his trunks in all of his bouts.
Crawford and his team will depart for New York this evening ahead of his December 14 bout with two-time Olympian Egidijus "Mean Machine" Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden. The fight will be Crawford's third defense of his WBO welterweight title, and will headline a stacked card airing immediately following the Heisman Trophy presentation on ESPN.
Comment by factsarenice on 12-10-2019
In-house fights are being lined up by Al Haymon. Don't you worry. Spence, Charlo and Wilder will retire undefeated. Smart move by then to re-sign with PBC. [QUOTE=royjonesjrKTFO;20244657]In-house fights are being lined up by old Bob. Don't you worry. Crawford…
Comment by Legends456 on 12-10-2019
[QUOTE=royjonesjrKTFO;20244657]In-house fights are being lined up by old Bob. Don't you worry. Crawford will retire undefeated. Smart move by him to re-sign with Top Rank.[/QUOTE] I love the guy. I would rather see him get the best fights at the…
Comment by royjonesjrKTFO on 12-09-2019
[QUOTE=Legends456;20242121]I’m a huge fan of Bud Crawford. I hope he can get some decent fights.[/QUOTE] In-house fights are being lined up by old Bob. Don't you worry. Crawford will retire undefeated. Smart move by him to re-sign with Top Rank.
Comment by BLASTER1 on 12-09-2019
[QUOTE=The3;20241628]Needed to be a Juice Bars with his merchandises[/QUOTE] Good idea that one. Giving back to the community by opening job vacancies for people.
Comment by BlackSoul on 12-09-2019
#1 p4p in the sport proud of the brotha
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HMP Whitemoor terror attack - everything we know so far
Shocking details have emerged about prisoner's fake 'suicide vests' and improvised weapons
Abigail Rabbett
HMP Whitemoor in March, Cambridgeshire (Image: Google)
Five prison officers have been rushed to hospital after a terror attack at HMP Whitemoor today (January 9).
The Cambridgeshire prison is one of the most notorious jails in the country, with some of the UK's most infamous criminals locked up inside.
National media including the BBC have been quick to cover the "serious assault" which is now being investigated by Counter-Terrorism police.
Two prisoners carried out the attack, one of whom is thought to be a terrorist prisoner. The other is not.
HMP Whitemoor was put into lockdown today after the attack.
Continue reading for everything we know so far about this breaking news incident or click here for live updates.
What happened at HMP Whitemoor today?
Police are investigating after an attack at HMP Whitemoor today.
Five officers have been taken to hospital following the incident - which is now being treated as terror.
Investigations into the "serious assault" are being led by Counter-Terrorism police.
The jail was put on lockdown following the terror attack by two prisoners.
Scotland Yard said: "Due to certain circumstances relating to this incident, it was deemed appropriate for the investigation to be carried out by officers from the Met Police Counter Terrorism Command.
"However, we must stress that at this early stage of the investigation we are keeping an open mind with regards to any motives and enquiries to establish the full circumstances of the incident are ongoing."
HMP Whitemoor: Five officers rushed to hospital after 'terror attack' at Cambs prison
How many people have been injured?
Five officers at the Cambridgeshire prison have been rushed to the hospital, after the attack by two prisoners.
A Prison Service spokesperson from the Ministry of Justice said: "Five members of staff at HMP Whitemoor attended hospital following a serious assault on an officer by two prisoners on 9 January.
"The incident was quickly resolved by our brave staff and our thoughts are with the injured officers at this time.
"We do not tolerate assaults on our hardworking officers and will push for the strongest possible punishment. We have referred the incident to the police and it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time.”
Where is HMP Whitemoor? And what does Category A mean?
HMP Whitemoor is in the north of March, Cambridgeshire (Image: Google)
HMP Whitemoor, which is in Longhill Road, March, is one of the most notorious prisons in the country, with some of the UK's most infamous criminals locked up inside.
HMP Whitemoor is a Category A men's prison.
A Category A prison is defined as "Those who escape would be highly dangerous to the public or national security"
Category A prisons are further segregated into Standard Risk, High Risk and Exceptional Risk based on their likelihood of escaping - according to doingtime.co.uk
Terror attack at HMP Whitemoor involved fake suicide vests
It has been revealed by Danny Shaw, that the two prisoners involved in the incident were wearing fake suicide vests and were carrying improvised bladed weapons.
The BBC Home Affairs Correspondent has also been tweeting live updates about the terrifying attack.
It has been reported that out of the two prisoners involved in the attack one is a terrorist prisoner and the other is not a terrorist prisoner.
"The incident occurred this morning as prisoners' cells were being unlocked.
"One prison officer appeared to be the initial target of the attack", Danny Shaw writes on Twitter.
He continued: "The officer was stabbed and slashed. Other officers rushed to help their colleague
"One prisoner was serving a sentence for a terrorism offence. The other inmate, a Muslim convert, had been jailed for a violent offence."
HMP Whitemoor terror attack: Details emerge about terrifying ‘suicide vest’
Violence at HMP Whitemoor not uncommon
An authority from the Prison Officers Association (POA) has said levels of violence at HMP Whitemoor is "through the roof"
Member of the national executive committee of the POA, Jackie Marshall, said: "Yet another violent attack on our staff and violence is just getting higher and higher across the prison estate, it's raising it through the roof.
"And the department doesn't seem to know how to deal with it."
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Coleen Nolan on her CBB win: "I was drunk for 32 days"
BY Buzz Contributor
Celebrity Big Brother winner Coleen Nolan has spoken about her time in the house, and it all sounded a bit much.
The Loose Women panellist returned to the show for the first time to discuss how she coped being on the show that she won.
She said: "I was drunk for 32 days, I drank eight cans of rum and coke every night.
"I went in a complete non-drinker, but the house was like a prison.”
Coleen said that her experience of the Celeb Big Brother house was much worse than her first time in it.
She said: "It was relentlessly brutal, every task was negative.
"Every task was negative comments from the outside, and I have never felt so low.
"Being put in Hell was probably the lowest moment of my life."
Coleen was so stressed out by the experience that she was rushed to hospital the day before the final.
The 51-year old revealed: "I woke up with chest pains and later a doctor had me rushed into hospital as they thought it could be a heart attack.
"My first thought was that they were evicting me, that is how twisted it had been.
"They realised it was just the stress of the house and my drinking and smoking."
Coleen also revealed what was happening in her marriage.
She revealed: "I couldn’t wait to go in the house because I needed a break.
"But then I realised that I was starting to miss him.
"I haven’t spoken to him because he is in America and I don't want to ruin it."
She declared: "I will fight for my marriage until there is no fight left in me."
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On Being a T-Shaped, Squiggly, Design Thinking Engineer
By Aaron Pavkov
If Bresslergroup were a product to be opened up and analyzed, you’d find a lot of creative, dedicated, skillful people inside.
On our engineering team, we have a director who’s also a jazz musician. Another engineer is a juggler, and a third is an avid artist. In my case, before entering product development, I did freelance photography, graphic design, and web development on the side. At times in the past, we may have felt like square pegs pressed into round holes without the opportunity to flex our creative muscles in our careers.
For me personally, I was five years into my career when I realized I was literally exercising the analytical left half of my brain during the day and the creative right half at night. This was fun, but exhausting at the same time. I decided to retool my career path and seek a way to merge day-to-day technical work with the freelance design work I enjoyed in my spare time.
I thought, wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to use my whole brain in my career?
I decided to head down this path and see where it led. First, I enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University’s MIIPS program because I knew I would be able to work on real-world problems alongside industrial designers and business people and learn some of their language and skills.
After graduating, I landed a decent job in product development. However, I still had a lot of questions about this new way of thinking that felt unanswered. With an intensity that was comparable to that of the focus I put into pursuing my master’s, I read a lot of books and had a lot of conversations to try to develop a perspective and vernacular to describe this new way of thinking. You can read more about my story in this article,”Breaking Down Silos To Innovate Products,” on CMU’s website.
During this journey I landed on a few identifiers that I found very helpful and descriptive of what I was feeling and where I wanted to go. “T-shape,” “Design Thinking,” and “Squiggle” remain relevant to me. Now that I’m a hiring manager, recognizing other T-shaped, squiggly design thinkers is part of my job. I can usually recognize one by his or her portfolio, personality, and passion.
Here’s how to recognize and cultivate these qualities in yourself if you’re feeling like a square peg pressed into a round hole:
1. Grow Your “T”
Whether in design or engineering, your education, skill, and experience define your core technical depth. Our team at Bresslergroup has great expertise in our core disciplines of industrial design, interaction design, user research, mechanical engineering, and electrical engineering. For me, my engineering depth grew during my years of experience at engineering (only) consultancies. In terms of a “T” shape, this core expertise is the vertical pole of your “T”.
At the same time, our engineering team is creative, innovative, and passionate. As mentioned at the top of this post, we have a breadth of creative pursuits we enjoy in our spare time, as I did early in my career. We’re also credentialed in many professional areas, having earned degrees in industrial design, robotics and mechatronics, biomedical, biomimicry, and interdisciplinary product development like the one I was enrolled in. This is the horizontal portion of our “T” shape.
This “T” shaped characteristic is crucial. It allows us to collaborate and communicate effectively with the other disciplines we have in-house. In brainstorming sessions, ideas come from unexpected places. Engineers can help clients navigate the fuzzy front end, and implement designs as intended. Industrial designers understand manufacturing processes and thus design with the end in mind. Our cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams ensure the products we design are considered and cohesive, the development process is seamless, and design intent is carried faithfully from initial concepts through to production.
EXPAND YOUR DEPTH AND BREADTH: Remember that your foundation is critical and needs to grow in depth. At the same time, look for opportunities to learn a new skill. Find something you enjoy and invest your time in it. Many of the best ideas come at the intersections, so grow your breadth and fill gaps where they exist between departments and people in your organization.
2. Practice Design Thinking
During my career transition, there were three questions lodged in my brain: 1) Where do great ideas come from? 2) How do you create amazing product experiences? 3) How do you get people to love your brand?
I knew that the answers to these questions would begin to unlock the secrets of innovation, product design, and company success. I found a clue in the words of Steve Jobs: “Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation.”
In the words of Steve Jobs, “Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation.”
Design. What is design? Is a lone designer laboring in his studio the only person who can unlock the magic of great product experience and inspired brands? Or can “the rest of us” contribute to the process as well? If the latter, how can you think like a designer?
Most of us are trained to think and solve problems analytically, but the creative play and focus on art that we enjoyed in our youth was brushed aside at some point. Why? And what was lost in the process? According to Bill Moggridge, using the analogy of an iceberg:
“Rigorous explicit thinking, of the kind encouraged in institutions of higher learning, limits people to conscious thinking and hence to using just a tiny proportion of the potential in their minds — like the ice above the water. The design thinking process allows us to follow our intuition, valuing the sensibilities and insights that are buried in our subconscious — like the ice below the water.”
Design thinking seeks to answer the question of “what could be,” and promises to unlock new ideas and insights. Those great ideas can add up to become excellent product experiences and beloved brands.
PUT ON YOUR DESIGN THINKING CAP: There is much more that could be said about design thinking, and there are many resources available to learn more about it and begin practicing what you’ve learned. Dive in. Remember to relate, play, create, imagine, and have fun. Let intuition have a seat at the table. It’s a powerful part of who we are as humans.
3. Be Your Squiggly Self
Perhaps the least familiar of these three characteristics, “squiggles” are a unique personality set. While everyone can work to grow the depth and breadth of their T-shape, or adopt more designing thinking tools, the squiggle is different. This personality trait is more nature than nurture.
Unlike “squares” who are dependable and detail-oriented; “circles” who are social and fun-loving; or “triangles” who are driven, confident leaders, squiggles like myself (and perhaps you, if you’re reading this) are harder to pin down. We are idea people. We love learning new things and taking on new challenges. We are passionate and energetic. We defy stereotyping (or at least think we do). We are unpretentious. We like to move the needle, and do so for a purpose greater than ourselves.
The squiggle description really resonated when I presented on the topic to Carnegie Mellon University’s MIIPS students. Many had wondered about their place in the world, why they didn’t fit in, and what direction their career would take. As this is a core part of our identity, we have sometimes felt like misfits since there aren’t degrees designed specifically for our squiggly selves. Then again, this shouldn’t come as a surprise since we inherently march to the beat of a drum that is uniquely our own!
We have sometimes felt like misfits since there aren’t degrees designed specifically for our squiggly selves.
Squiggles can view hierarchy, rules, and procedures as unnecessary and cumbersome. These tend to get in the way of the creative process, of problem-solving, of speed and progress. At Bresslergroup, squiggles are welcome. Even as we’ve grown to nearly 70 employees, we have kept our company hierarchy flat.
Along with being flat, we are collaborative and non-siloed, with interns brainstorming alongside partners, and design researchers problem-solving alongside electrical engineers. We follow “best practices” (not procedures). We love learning and taking on new challenges.
EMBRACE THE SQUIGGLE: Be yourself and follow your heart. The U.S. educational system is designed to be like an assembly line, for better or worse. Recognizing this, leverage its benefits, but take initiative to grow yourself in the directions that align with your interests and talent. You alone own your future.
Does this sound like you? If it does, or even if it doesn’t, I hope it has made you think and get a little closer to understanding who you are – and how you’re shaped!
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Aaron is a self-described “passionate design thinker, cleverly disguised as a mild-mannered engineer.” His passion for integrated thinking and his holistic grasp of design, technology, engineering, and business make him a perfect fit for Bresslergroup, where he works in and leads interdisciplinary teams to drive innovation for our clients.
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New study sheds light on medicines storage practices on UK dairy farms
Press release issued: 12 November 2018
Researchers at the University of Bristol, supported by the British Veterinary Association, the British Cattle Veterinary Association and the Responsible Use of Medicines in Agriculture (RUMA) Alliance, are calling for veterinary surgeons in the UK to work together with their farmer clients to remove expired and inappropriate veterinary medicines from farms and dispose of them appropriately.
In an open access paper published in Vet Record, the researchers investigated medicine storage facilities on UK dairy farms and found that most farmers are storing their medicines appropriately but there are areas that need improving. Although sales of prescription veterinary medicines are heavily regulated and monitored, very little is currently known about the way in which these medicines are stored and used once prescribed to a farm. The study sheds light on these practices to fill this knowledge gap.
In the UK it is standard practice for veterinary surgeons to prescribe medicines to treat diseases in animals under their care. These medicines can then be stored on a farm to be given later by the farmer. Medicines stored on farms include antibiotics, anti-inflammatories and vaccines. Farms are required to store animal medicines according to Health and Safety Executive guidelines and, in line with the storage requirements of the individual medicines, storage and use of these medicines should be audited regularly by the farm's veterinary surgeon and during quality assurance audits such as Red Tractor Farm Assurance.
The study, which examined medicines stored on 27 farms in South West England and South Wales between September 2016 and October 2017, found that while most prescription veterinary medicines were stored appropriately, there are opportunities for farmers and veterinary surgeons to work together to dispose of expired and inappropriate medicines to reduce the potential for their use in dairy cattle. Incorporating a medicine cupboard "health check" into the routine annual herd health review would be a simple and effective way to bring about improvement in this area.
The most important findings from the research were:
Most farms stored medicines in designated, lockable medicine cupboards;
There was large variation in the quantity and types of antibiotics stored on farms;
Highest priority critically important antimicrobials were found on 90 per cent of farms;
Expired medicines, including antibiotics, were commonly found on farms;
Medicines not licensed for use in dairy cattle were found on some farms. These may Occasionally be legally prescribed by veterinary surgeons according to strict guidelines set out under the prescribing Cascade.
Gwen Rees, Langford Trust PhD Scholar at the Bristol Veterinary School and lead author, said: "Our study has shown that most farmers are storing their medicines appropriately, but that there is variation between farms. This highlights just how important it is for veterinary surgeons to prescribe appropriately and help farmers ensure that the right animals are getting the right medicines.
"There is a need for open conversations - as part of routine health planning - around the use of expired medicines, medicines used under Cascade and the use of critically important antimicrobials, particularly in the current climate of increasing awareness of the global threat of antibiotic resistance."
This is the first study to examine storage practices of antimicrobials on UK dairy farms and builds on previous work looking at vaccine storage by Williams and Paixão (2018). The research is part of a larger study on the ways in which livestock medicines are used and recorded.
Further research in this area - both nationally and internationally - is necessary to examine whether expired prescription veterinary medicines (and those not licensed for use in dairy cattle) are being used in cattle, and, if so, at what level. It is also important to conduct similar research on beef, sheep, pig and poultry farms to establish the differences between agricultural sectors.
The study was funded by the Langford Trust for Animal Health and Welfare, in collaboration with the Bristol Veterinary School's leading antimicrobial resistance research group AMR Force.
Antimicrobial resistance - or AMR - is a global threat, with an estimated 700,000 people dying from resistant infections every year. This week [12-18 November] is World Antibiotic Awareness Week.
'Storage of prescription veterinary medicines on UK dairy farms: a cross-sectional study' by Gwen M Rees, David C Barrett, Henry Buller, Harriet L Mills & Kristen K Reyher in the Veterinary Record [online first; open access]
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Disney’s “Frozen 2” Trailer Arrives- Don’t “Let it Go”!
Ella Anders
It did not take long after, what would become an international blockbuster hit, Disney’s animated musical “Frozen” to open in theaters to leave fans wanting more. Somehow, as if by magic, the story of sisters Elsa and Anna have melted even the most frozen of hearts and forever let the seemingly anthem of the decade “Let It Go” become the biggest ear warm. Confess, the minute you heard the song title the lyrics and melody flooded your mind.
Some adore this winter-time tale, and some despise it with a passion. Regardless, it is crystal clear that “Frozen” has become something much larger than expected and meaningful.
Even after the film’s release on home media retailers remained flooded with various toys and goods with the likeness of the royal sisters and company. That still remains the case now- on a lesser extent, at least for now. With the highly anticipated and hyped next installment arriving in theaters later this year, you can bet there will be Olaf everywhere you look. And you just know everything will sell out ten times faster than before.
Since 2013 when the film made waves in theaters, we have been given a fair amount of new content that continue the adventures. From comic series, to books and even animated shorts. Plus, you know a Broadway production that keeps the fiery passion alive. But as great as all of that is- and it is- fans have been crying out for another film.
And Disney yet again delivers. Six years their story continues.
We may have to wait until November for the full story to unfold, but for now let us embrace the first trailer!
Why was Elsa born with magical powers? The answer is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she’ll set out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In “Frozen,” Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In “Frozen 2,” she must hope they are enough. From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, producer Peter Del Vecho and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019.
Despite being dialog light- we get a ton from this trailer. The wait has been well worth it!
First off the animation; oh my. It is stunning, so much detailed that it is insane. The little touches like the detailing on Elsa’s dress alone just tell you how much work and effort went into each and every scene. I feel like the animators working on this not only went above and beyond, but put so much into this.
Now that I am done drooling over the production values, let’s talk writing. Even with the little narrative we got it tells us volumes. The first trailer for “Frozen” was far more light, airy and lighthearted. This time there is no beating around the bush just jumping right in, head first. Things look far more bleak, and there is clear foreshadowing in play.
The remark alone about before having Elsa’s powers being feared and now being scared that they aren’t enough is telling. Even though we had a traditional villain in the first film, much of the plot was driven by the internal struggles that Elsa’s powers centered back to. This time there has to be something even greater- and it has history.
“The past isn’t what it seems.”
Now that strikes a cord.
And it will be good. There has been so much speculation on Elsa’s powers- the reasoning, their origins and now it looks like the fan-theories will be put to rest. Now the countdown is on!
(Side note: did anyone else squeal with delight when Elsa and Anna hold hands. That relationship has come so far)
Join the conversation: What are your thoughts on the new “Frozen 2” trailer?
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English Only Laws May Constitute National Origin Discrimination
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Many times discrimination is blatant. Other times a policy may not appear to be discriminatory on its face, but on closer examination the effect is to discriminate against a certain group. Either instance may lead to a successful discrimination case. Consulting with a knowledgeable Georgia national origin discrimination attorney is important if you believe you have suffered any type of employment discrimination.
In what is reported as the largest settlement ever for a workplace language discrimination claim, a regional hospital in California’s Central Valley agreed to pay $975,000 to settle gender discrimination claims filed by nearly 70 Filipino American employees.
National origin discrimination means treating someone less favorably because he or she is from a particular place, because of his or her ethnicity or accent, or because it is believed that he or she has a particular ethnic background. National origin discrimination also means treating someone less favorably at work because of marriage or other association with someone of a particular nationality.
National origin discrimination can manifest itself in a number of ways–accent discrimination, English fluency and English-only rules, and ethnic slurs are just some of the forms that national origin discrimination can take. Whatever the basis of the discrimination, your employer may not take adverse action against you because of your national origin. This also includes harassment, such as name-calling or abuse because of your national origin. Also, like the other anti-discrimination laws, the national origin discrimination rules also prohibit retaliation against you for complaining about national origin discrimination or for participating in someone else’s national origin discrimination case.
According to the California national origin discrimination lawsuit, EEOC v. Central Calif. Found. for Health, a Delano area hospital “selectively enforced” an “English-only” language policy. Although California patients’ rights statutes provide that medical facilities communicate with patients in a language they understand too often this leads to “English-only” work rules. However in states with a diverse population such as California, English may not be appropriate. Additionally it may be difficult for employers to write workplace language policies in a way that don’t violate the anti-discrimination provisions of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act or similar state employment laws.
In this instance, the Medical Center singled out Filipino American employees and prohibited them from speaking Tagalog or other Filipino languages anywhere in the hospital. This included public areas such as the hallways, cafeteria and break rooms. However, this rule wasn’t enforced against other bilingual staff.
Further, when the Filipinos did speak in English, they were ridiculed for their accents and humiliated in front of the other workers.
A class action discrimination lawsuit was filed based on these actions. According to EEOC and the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, which intervened on behalf of some 41 plaintiffs, the $975,000 penalty would represent the largest settlement ever for a workplace language discrimination case on the West Coast, and the largest settlement of a language discrimination case anywhere in the U.S. healthcare industry.
For more information or if you have believe you have been discriminated against based on your national origin, please contact the experienced Atlanta employment discrimination lawyers at Buckley Beal LLC for an immediate consultation.
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Company director prosecuted for death of worker
By Eleanor Goodman, Eleanor Goodman Eleanor Goodman2008-01-04T07:00:00+00:00
West Yorkshire businessman given community service after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches in court
A West Yorkshire company director has been prosecuted after a worker was crushed to death by falling concrete.
Norman Barry Ellis, director of Q Homes (Yorkshire) Ltd, pleaded guilty in Dewsbury Magistrates' Court of failing to ensure to health and safety of company employee Andrew Michael Bridges.
At the hearing yesterday the court ordered Mr Ellis to undertake 100 hours community service and to pay £6000 costs.
On 14 July 2005, Bridges and Ellis were working to demolish a 2.5 tonne reinforced concrete roof at the back of an old electrical store on the corner of Bradford Road and Eyre Street in Batley.
During this work Mr Bridges was fatally crushed beneath the falling concrete roof.
HSE Inspector Sarah Hague, who investigated the case, said: "This was a tragic incident, made worse by the fact that it could have easily been prevented had the work been properly planned. When embarking on any project such as this, which involves structural alteration and demolition work, it is a basic requirement for work to be carefully planned and risks assessed.
"The court was of the opinion that, in this case, a fine would not have reflected the seriousness of the offence. The way in which the work was carried out, which resulted in Mr Bridges' death, represented very serious failings on the part of Mr Ellis who had planned and was also carrying out the work."
Ellis was found guilty under sections 2 and section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
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Medjugorje to Sarajevo
Travel by Car: The driving distance between Medjugorje and Sarajevo is about 150 km, which equals a travel time of about 2-2.5 hours, the main part of the route is via E73.
Travel by Bus: There are a limited number of direct buses from Medjugorje to Sarajevo, timetable is listed below. Alternative to the direct bus it is possible to travel Medjugorje to Mostar, and then continue from Mostar by Bus or train.
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Capljina, GTM 05:30
Medjugorje, Bus terminal 05:45 05:45
Mostar (east), Bus terminal 06:30 06:30
Jablanica, Bus terminal 07:40 07:40
Konjic 08:00 08:00
Hadzici 08:40 08:40
Sarajevo, Bus terminal 10:00 10:00
Semizovac 10:20 10:20
Srednje 10:40 10:40
Nisici 10:45 10:45
Olovo, Bus terminal 11:10 11:10
Kladanj, Bus terminal 11:30 11:30
Stupari Selo 11:50 11:50
Zivinice, Bus terminal 12:15 12:15
Tuzla, Bus terminal 12:30
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Medjugorje, Bus terminal 14:10
Capljina, GTM 14:45 14:45
64.84 HRK / 118.24 HRK
Alternative ways of travelling from Medjugorje to Sarajevo
Travel by train: The closest train station is in Capljina (15 km from Medjugorje), from there is train to Sarajevo. More information about trains in Bosnia you can find here.
Travel by plane: On this route there is no direct flight.
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Australian invention Bluechiip safely monitors medical samples in stasis
By Leon Gettler >>
BLUECHIIP is an unusual company that has created unique and patented technology combining secure wireless sample tracking with integrated temperature reading, for use in extreme environments.
It is a technology that wirelessly tracks the identification and temperature of valuable samples, such as tissue, blood, serum and plasma, which are used in research, developing drugs, in vitro fertilisation (IVF), and viral therapies, all stored in environments such as liquid nitrogen. These materials are put into stasis and stored for a long time.
It is a unique and patented technology built into a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) unit which works in harsh and aggressive environments of minus 196 degrees Celsius.
Typical electronic devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology cannot operate at those temperatures. The technology for Bluechiip devices also survives sterilisation which is important for the tracking of such materials.
The end customer for Bluechiip would typically be IVF clinics, pharmaceutical companies and researchers – but that is a broad market – so the target markets for Bluechiip are original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partners which make the consumables, such as blood bags and plastic tubes, that already have a captive market and distribution channels.
The Bluechiip tracking system in the form of MEMS, can read the samples rapidly, even through frost. It can also be moulded into any plastic.
Bluechiip devices are sterilisation resistant, including from gamma radiation. This reduces human error and increases productivity.
Bluechiip also has a multi-sample or multi-viral reader which allows users to read up to 100 samples at once. In these extreme temperatures, the micro-electro-mechanical device will read the sample where a barcode or RFID won’t work.
Without the Bluechiip micro-electro-mechanical device, the user would have to use their finger, or thaw the sample, which is a productivity issue.
IN DEMAND: US AND EUROPE
The technology was developed in Melbourne and has been patented across jurisdictions including the US and Europe and Bluechiip is moving into Asia.
Bluechiip managing director Andrew Maclellan said the company’s major market is North America which accounts for 40 percent of the global market. Europe is the next major market, which is at 30-35 percent. The company is also moving into Japan and China.
Mr Maclellan said major customers include vial manufacturer Labcon North America, which manufactures 1.5 billion consumables a year for the life sciences sector.
He said while there were a number of other industries Bluechiip could target, such as food production, it was now focusing on the bio-preservation market.
“We know there are a number of associated industries we can enter but for us it’s about securing our target market, we maintain a strong focus,” Mr Maclellan said.
“When we’re talking about 300 million-plus samples going into store, and for us each of the chips that we place in there is best to think around $1, so we value our market at around $200 million.
“So if we can penetrate that bio-preservation market and get a good share there, we can run into the delivery of tens of millions of chips a year into that market place – we have a good launching pad to enter into adjacent market places.”
And as he pointed out, Bluechiip is the only company that can identify the sample in those harsh environments.
“There is no other technology that can do what we do,” Mr Maclellan said.
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Hydra Light power – just add water
IMAGINE if you could power lights with a battery that generates its own power when activated by dipping it in water.
Hydra Light’s products are aimed at reducing the waste associated with single-use batteries and raising awareness of alternative energy solutions.
Hydra Light has developed technology that can harness the electrons liberated from a magnesium anode, when immersed in water, into a useable direct current (DC) power. The Hydra Light system is a revolutionary technology that creates power using a chemical reaction between metal and water.
All you need to make it work is water and air.
The HydraCell uses this reaction to efficiently capture electrons released during this process, with the water acting as a catalyst to create this reaction once it comes into contact with the HydraCell.
HydraLight CEO Gerry Comninos said the company’s technology had been patented around the world and it was now in the process of commercialising the product.
“At the moment we have got a range of products that we can use the fuel cell in. So lanterns, lights, torches and power devices which would charge mobile phones,” Mr Comninos told Talking Business.
He said it could also be used on laptops and even miners’ hats.
SELF-GENERATING POWER
As opposed to a traditional battery, the HydraCell generates its own power.
And unlike a normal a single HydraCell, would have 250 hours of use. If you left a torch on for eight hours, the batteries would be used up. The HydraCell life would be the equivalent of about 30 AA batteries.
Mr Comninos said the HyrdraCell is recyclable and they are working on one that is biodegradable.
He said it is perfect for communities off the grid or remote communities.
As a result, there is a growing demand for the HydraCell in the Third World.
There is also a big market for the product in the US, among with the survivalists.
He said statistics show there are 1.3 billion people around the world who do not have electricity or who have intermittent electricity
“They are dependent on candles which are dangerous and start fires, kerosene lamps which give off poisonous gases and/or batteries – so we are a cheap alternative,” Mr Comninos said.
He said while the company was based in Melbourne, it had a research team in the Philippines and a contract manufacturing factory in China.
It also had a presence in Canada and the USA and was looking to open an office in London.
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How to make activity-based working drive your culture of innovation
By Peter Marix-Evans >>
ACTIVITY-BASED working (ABW) has moved from workplace experiment to corporate standard in just a few years. But if you’re looking around your office and wondering why the shift hasn’t delivered on its promise – it might be because you’re doing it wrong.
Research found nearly two-third of companies plan to adopt a shared-desk workplace strategy by 2020, an increase of 30 percent. In addition to saving space and reducing commercial overheads, businesses are looking to transform their culture with a new way of working.
By its very nature, ABW is a design-led approach, allocating different types of spaces to suit business need. For example, if collaboration is a key aspect of your commercial success, dedicating spaces for people to come together makes sense.
It’s also driven by the need for greater innovation in the face of increasingly global and digital competition. ABW sets out to foster better collaboration and harness diversity of thought, increasing the likelihood of finding innovative solutions to business problems.
Sounds great, right? But when it fails, ABW becomes a major source of frustration for employees, hindering their ability to get work done and, at worst, giving them a reason to leave.
A growing number of studies and horror stories are shedding light on the impact of getting an ABW strategy wrong.
If you’re implementing an ABW strategy or have one in place already, how do you ensure yours is a catalyst for transformation and not a reason for your staff to leave?
SURE YOU’RE NOT HOT DESKING?
One common issue is that businesses with ABW plans end up hot-desking instead. One is based on design principles to improve working conditions; the other is focused on using real estate more effectively.
ABW is about creating a workspace to suit the type of work activity. For some people this could be collaboration spaces, for others it’s about regular access to a computer with multiple screens.
Hot-desking and ABW are not mutually exclusive – it makes sense for some staff to swap desks based on the activity they’re currently working on.
But it becomes a problem when all staff are expected to adopt a hot-desking approach, regardless of whether it makes sense for their work. Rather than motivating your employees, this often has the opposite effect.
Ensuring you’re not forcing employees to move around your office for the sake of it is key to a successful ABW strategy.
DO STAFF HAVE A CHOICE FOR WORKSPACE?
Your staff are not a homogenous group. While some thrive in noisy, vibrant workspaces, others are happiest with a desk of their own in a quiet area of the office.
Ensuring the flexibility for staff to work in a way that best suits them is critically important.
This means having a workspace designed specifically for the type of activities your staff requires, including collaboration spaces, breakout rooms, quiet areas and relaxation stations. Ensuring people have a choice about where they’re working has a big boost on productivity.
With technology providing us the tools to work from anywhere, staff don’t always need to commute to the office to get things done either.
Providing the flexibility to work from home, the café or the local park is good for productivity and will also help with staff retention.
IS CULTURE AN ENABLING FORCE FOR ABW?
ABW is not only a driver of culture – it’s impacted by it too. There’s no point in having a fantastic setup for a raft of different working styles only for your staff to be too scared to use them.
This is where culture is key. Business that are focused on output rather than presence have a far greater chance of successfully implementing an ABW office.
The right culture allows people to work in a way that suits their activity and their personality. A constructive culture is key to any workplace transformation and ABW is no exception.
When done well, ABW is a fantastic driver of business culture. It boosts productivity, improves collaboration and drives a more innovative approach to business problems.
But it only works if it’s designed to add value, rather than to cut costs.
This means ensuring it’s designed and built to meet the needs of your staff.
www.shapegroup.com.au
Peter Marix-Evans is the CEO at SHAPE Australia, a commercial fitout and refurbishment specialist known for its innovation, needs interpretation, and delivery of large-scale projects that require Australia-wide resources.
Clever sensors increase bridges’ span
THE Story Bridge is 78 years old. Sydney Harbour Bridge is hitting 95. Australian bridges are designed for a life span of 100 years. Thankfully a clever group of structural engineers are on the case.
“The designers of these bridges allowed for the growth of traffic and load consideration, so safety factors for material strength were built into bridges like the Story and Sydney Harbour bridges,” QUT civil engineering professor Tommy Chan said.
“The Sydney Harbour Bridge is being fitted with 2400 sensors to monitor its structural health.
“While this bridge has had regular maintenance, strengthening and tests to ensure it is safe, the use of sensors to detect damage caused by traffic, wind, temperature, vibration and extreme events add an extra level of safety by alerting asset owners to timely maintenance.
“Some defects or damage may not be detected using visual inspection only and a sensor system can let us know whether the structure is performing as expected,” he said.
Prof. Chan said the latest Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) technologies provided 24/7 monitoring of large structures and alerted asset owners when some part of the structure needed attention.
“SHM technologies add extra safety measures beyond the traditional method of routine scheduled, visual checks,” he said.
“Using SHM we can determine when structures need a retrofit, rehabilitation and strengthening.
“This is why the Australian Network of Structural Health Monitoring (ANSHM) is promoting SHM systems to be implemented to existing structures and built into new structures.”
“SHM uses various sensing devices and ancillary systems to monitor the in-situ behaviour of a structure to assess and evaluate its condition,” Prof. Chan said.
“We have developed extra SHM technologies to detect, locate, and assess the severity of damage and deterioration in not only bridges and but also buildings, dams and towers.
“Spending 1-5 per cent of the construction cost of a structure on installing SHM during the build, can provide minimum to comprehensive levels to monitor structures for timely maintenance.
“It is an effective way to detect structural problems and also predict the remaining life of structures.
“Vibration-based damage detection uses accelerometers to identify the dynamic characteristics of bridges, such as frequencies and mode shapes,” Prof. Chan said.
“On suspension bridges we use anemometers to monitor wind speed and direction because there is a lot of aerodynamic interaction between wind, structure and traffic.
“We measure the traffic load and the bridge’s responses to know whether it is performing according to the design assumptions – the system gives an alert if it is not performing properly.
“With a concrete bridge, for example, we need to know the temperature inside the concrete as well as the outside in order to estimate any developing thermal stresses because if a structure needs to expand and it is stopped from expanding it adds stresses to the structure.”
Prof. Chan said bridges deteriorated at different rates depending upon bridge design and materials used.
“This means different SHM systems for different levels of monitoring need to be considered and implemented,” he said.
“The latest SHM technologies could help to determine what needs to be replaced, retrofitted, or rehabilitated.”
Prof. Chan said his ARC-funded research project on the development of prestressed concrete bridges using moving force identification would have been applicable in testing the Morandi Bridge in Genoa that recently collapsed.
“This bridge was the first modern prestressed, concrete cable-stayed bridge. The project developed three different methods to identify prestress force of existing bridges which will be useful to evaluate the loading capacity of existing prestressed concrete bridges.”
Prof. Chan and professor David Thambiratnam, together with other SHM experts in Australia established the Australian Network of Structural Health Monitoring (ANSHM) in 2009 at QUT to promote SHM technologies and raise general community awareness on its need and its value. Prof. Chan remains ANSHM founding president.
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Westpac’s new division funds ‘clean and connected’ scale-ups
CLEAN and connected businesses are paving the way for Australia’s future economic growth – revealed in a new report from Westpac – and as a result the bank has launched a new division to help fund leading ‘scale-up’ companies.
Westpac’s Smart Industry Report on Emerging Industries identifies significant changes required to support a new breed of Australian businesses that are transforming traditional industries.
According to the report, one major challenge hindering innovation and Australia’s growth is the maturity of its capital market.
Westpac’s national head of emerging industries, Reeta Dhar said Westpac recognised these pioneering start-up and scale-up businesses struggle to scale without financial backing. She said Westpac has committed to filling a gap in the market “through a holistic banking service that can help set businesses up for success”.
“Westpac wants to back the businesses that are backing Australia, which is why we are the first bank in Australia to set up a network of specialist bankers dedicated to emerging industries, and a risk appetite to provide debt funding to scale-up businesses,” Ms Dhar said.
Westpac’s report has identified it is the current wave of technology innovators who are ‘driving the transition to a digital and low carbon economy that provide the transformative potential Australia requires to prosper over the next decade’.
“We are committed to understanding the strategies, technologies and business models of these transformative companies and are unlocking a range of services that allow them to extend their operating runway, including access to debt,” Ms Dhar said.
Unlike the US, which offers a broad range of financial lending instruments to start-ups, access to debt funding for entrepreneurs in Australia has traditionally been challenging. Regulation and government are also impacting the digital and low-carbon sectors capabilities to accelerate growth, the report found.
In addition, Ms Dhar said, the report showed Australia needed to lift its game when it came to equipping people with skills relevant to the job market in 2030.
BANKING ON SCALE-UPS
Ms Dhar said Westpac had spent the last two years innovating core banking services so the bank could continue to aid the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Automotive technology start-up SEA Electric has been working with Westpac’s new Emerging Industries division to support the expansion of its Australian and international operations.
SEA Electric founder Tony Fairweather said access to trade finance had been the biggest challenge until now, but the next hurdle is incentivising customers to create demand for the business to be able to scale in the future.
“Australia is lagging behind in terms of supporting the electronic vehicle revolution,” Mr Fairweather said.
“We can learn from countries like the UK, US and New Zealand, which offer support and incentives such as rebates, registration eliminations, free tolls and special parking in cities, to transition people across the electric vehicle threshold early on,” he said.
The report concluded that while the transformation to a clean and connected economy in Australia is still in its early days, there is a multitude of positive indicators for the future.
Ms Dhar said, “Change and transformation can be confronting, but it is an exciting development which we are dedicated to supporting.
“Although it is a while away, and hurdles remain, there is still time for every part of the economy to not only adapt but participate in the opportunities that this will open up.
“All of us have a role to play in nurturing those businesses and industries that will fuel Australia’s future prosperity and Westpac is committed to playing its role to help emerging businesses meet their full potential.”
www.westpac.com.au/business-banking/industries/emerging-industries
The Smart Industry Report: Emerging Industries download: www.westpac.com.au/content/dam/public/wbc/documents/pdf/bb/Emerging-Industries-Smart-Industry-Report.pdf
‘Downward-looking telescope’ to unlock Australia’s mineral wealth
THE Australian Academy of Science is proposing the development of a new ‘downward-looking telescope’ that could look at least 300km beneath the Earth’s surface to unlock Australia’s hidden mineral wealth.
The proposal is one of several in a 10-year plan for Australian Geoscience (2018-27) launched by the Academy’s National Committee for Earth Sciences.
The 10-year plan highlights how the world’s shift towards mobile device technology, renewable energy sources and electric cars will involve massive increases in demand for copper, cobalt, gold, rare-earth elements and other specialty metals.
The committee’s chair, Professor Sue O’Reilly, said one of the challenges for Australian geoscience in the coming decade is to ensure the right infrastructure was in place to know how and where to explore for the critical resources needed for Australia’s future.
“This is where the downward-looking telescope comes in,” Prof. O’Reilly said.
“A piece of infrastructure like this would transform our minerals sector by making deep Australia visible. It would give us a new understanding of the vertical makeup of the continent and allow us to direct our mineral exploration efforts in the two-thirds of Australia that aren’t currently cost-effective to explore.
“By 2030 global demand for cobalt will be 47 times what it was in 2016 so, unless we can become self-sufficient in this strategic metal, Australia may be held to ransom with massive price increases and chronic shortages,” Prof. O’Reilly said.
“This exemplifies the need to generate new geoscience knowledge that will allow us to explore successfully in the covered areas of Australia.”
The plan also draws attention to the weakness in geoscience in Australia’s education system.
“Geoscience is largely absent in Australia’s school system because of a lack of teachers with qualifications in geoscience. Geoscience should be embedded as a core subject within every level of Australian STEM education and earth science graduates should be incentivised to obtain education qualifications,” Professor O’Reilly said.
The Australian Geoscience plan also calls for an expansion of Australia’s national computational capability to ensure that Australia retains and extends its lead in geoscience simulation and modelling capability.
The National Committee for Earth Sciences has been supported in the development of this plan by the Australian Research Council, Geoscience Australia, the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland, Macquarie University and the Australian Geoscience Council.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) estimates that within two decades 16 percent of cars – about 282 million – will be electric, which equates to about 2.8 million tonnes of cobalt.
Set against a current global annual production of cobalt of only about 100,000 tonnes – and Australia’s annual production is around 6,400 tonnes – the world will not be able to move en masse to electric cars without an enormous increase in finding and producing cobalt. Currently, 63 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its market share is currently set to rise to 73 percent by 2025.
BNEF has estimated that by 2030 global demand for cobalt will be 47 times the demand in 2016. Unless Australia can become self-sufficient in this strategic metal, the country will be held to ransom with massive price increases and chronic shortages.
www.science.org.au
CSIRO develops cyanide-free non-toxic process for gold mining
AUSTRALIA’s national science agency, CSIRO has produced the country’s first gold using a non-toxic chemical process that looks set to offer a global alternative to using cyanide and mercury to extract the yellow metal.
Cyanide and mercury pollution of local watercourses, often as a result of extreme weather events, has been known to endanger local populations and has caused the downfall of several major mining corporations.
CSIRO’s first gold is the result of early industry trials of its ‘going for gold’ technology and was produced in partnership with small gold miner Eco Minerals Research at a demonstration plant in the Western Australian goldfields town of Menzies.
Cyanide is used in more than 90 percent of global gold production, but producers are facing increasingly tough regulations that prevent or restrict its use due to environmental and health concerns.
For example, in response to recent spills of toxic cyanide, several regional agencies in the United States, South America and Europe have banned the use of cyanide for gold extraction.
The technology replaces cyanide with thiosulphate, a non-toxic alternative, and a simple process flowsheet.
It could be a game-changer for Eco Minerals Research which has its sights set on becoming the first Australian producer to go cyanide-free.
“The first gold is a major milestone in our progress towards becoming one of the world’s first green gold producers,” Eco Minerals Research managing director Paul Hanna said.
“In close collaboration with CSIRO we’ve gone through the design, engineering and fabrication stages and set up a processing facility in Menzies, delivering the first gold pour in just 10 months, which is a fantastic achievement.”
The CSIRO research team behind the innovation has already had commercial success with another tailored cyanide-free gold solution developed with Barrick Gold specifically for the company’s Goldstrike Mine in Nevada, where it has been used for nearly four years to maintain production rates.
The $2.1 million demonstration project was made possible through $860,000 in funding from the Science and Industry Endowment fund (SIEF) and an Australian Government Innovation Connections grant.
“Science enabling industry and environment to be partners not competitors, exactly as envisioned in our market vision – turning commodities into higher value, uniquely Australian products,” CSIRO chief executive Larry Marshall said.
“It has been accelerated through CSIRO’s ON program, and could be a game-changer for small gold producers or those looking to get ahead of increasing market demand for greener commodities.
“Early industry trials like this are critical to innovation and go to the heart of CSIRO’s mission to tackle big, real-world challenges and unlock a better future for everyone,” Dr Marshall said.
He said to reduce economic barriers to entry for small producers and help turn stranded gold deposits into production, CSIRO’s vision was to deliver the alternative process technology direct to mine sites via a mobile service.
A typical cyanide-based processing plant costs around $30 million, whereas the new technology has a lower capital investment costing as little as $2-2.5 million to build.
Find out more about CSIRO’s going for gold technology here.
www.csiro.au
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Ford Recalls 30K F-150 Pickups
October 26, 2017 • by Staff
Photo of Ford F-150 courtesy of Ford.
Ford Motor Co. is calling back more than 24,000 Ford F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S., as part of three separate recalls, so dealers can make needed repairs.
In addition, Ford is recalling more than 6,000 F-150 trucks in Mexico and Canada for the same issues.
The first of these recalls covers 2018 Ford F-150 trucks equipped with a 3.3-liter engine, six-speed transmission and column-mounted shift lever. If the driver rapidly moves the transmission shifter from park to drive, there may be a loss of PRNDL gear indication in the instrument cluster and momentary engagement of reverse operation before the vehicle reaches forward drive function, according to Ford. Another potential outcome is that the truck momentarily goes into neutral rather than reverse.
The resulting unintended movement poses a safety risk. Ford, however, said it isn’t aware of any accidents or injuries associated with the problem. To fix it, dealers will reprogram the powertrain control module with the latest level calibration software. There will be no charge for this service.
Before completion of the repairs, customers and dealers will be instructed to carefully shift into the desired gear and confirm their gear selection in the PRNDL instrument cluster display.
This recall involves 12,429 trucks in the U.S., 2,023 in Canada, and 579 in Mexico. The reference number for this recall is 17S35.
The second recall covers 2017 F-150 trucks with 10-speed automatic transmission. In these trucks, the pin attaching the transmission shift linkage to the transmission might come out. If this happens, the transmission will be stuck in the gear the truck was in when the pin came out, regardless of the position of the shift lever.
The shifter indicator might display inaccurate information, and the key might be removed -- even if the vehicle isn’t in park. A warning chime, however, will sound and an instrument cluster message will indicate “transmission not in park.”
If the transmission isn’t in the park or neutral position, the driver won’t be able to restart the vehicle.
“If a vehicle cannot be shifted to park and the parking brake is not applied, unintended vehicle movement may occur, increasing the risk of a crash,” Ford warned in a released statement.
Ford, however, noted that it isn’t aware of any accidents or injuries associated with this issue.
The recall involves 11,783 trucks in the U.S., 3,169 in Canada, and 701 in Mexico. The Ford reference number for this recall is 17S36.
Dealers will remove the roll pin and replace it with an updated part, Ford said. There will be no charge for this service. Customers and dealers will be instructed to make sure the parking brake is applied whenever the vehicle is parked.
The third recall involves 2018 Ford F-150 trucks equipped with a 3.5-liter engine. Ford is recalling these pickups for possible loss of motive power and engine failure. This recall covers 22 trucks in the U.S., seven in Canada and one in Mexico.
In these trucks, certain cylinder heads manufactured for the engine are missing machined holes designed to supply lubrication to the camshaft-bearing journals, Ford said.
“Lack of proper camshaft lubrication will result in premature engine failure and loss of motive power without warning while driving, increasing the risk of accident or injury,” Ford said.
Ford added that it doesn’t know of any accidents or injuries tied to the problem, however.
Ford said it believes the trucks in this recall are still on dealer lots. But if any have, in fact, been sold, they need to be transported to a Ford or Lincoln dealer to have the engine replaced at no cost to the owner. The reference number for this recall is 17S37.
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Bowfishing Company's Diesel F-250s Go Cross-Country
March 12, 2015 • by Amy Hercher
AMS Bowfishing uses diesel F-250 trucks to haul its fishing boats.
For AMS Bowfishing, a reliable and powerful truck is essential for hauling its boats across the country.
“We have two bowfishing boats and haul them across the nation every year attending bowfishing tournaments, trade shows, outdoor events and sports shows,” says Matt Schillinger, public relations director for AMS Bowfishing, a bowfishing manufacturer based out of Stratford, Wisc.
AMS Bowfishing has continued to use Ford vehicles and recently purchased two new F-250 diesel trucks.
Founded in 1997, this bowfishing manufacturer has traveled to bowfishing tournaments as far as Florida, Maryland and Virginia. In addition to tournaments and trade shows, AMS Bowfishing hauls its boats to remote locations for filming TV shows and webisodes on bowfishing, a cross between archery and fishing.
“We had a TV series on Destination America and have developed 30-minute bowfishing shows as well as DVDs on all of the trips we have done,” says Schillinger. “We bring our own cameraman on the trips to film.”
Putting on 50,000 to 60,000 miles per year while hauling a boat, AMS Bowfishing’s F-250 trucks need to be reliable as well as powerful to pull the heavy load.
“The diesel engines are better at pulling large weight compared to gasoline engines,” says Schillinger. “We need that extra power, especially when we could be towing up to 5,000 pounds at times, including the boat, equipment and fish.”
Additionally, there is a cost savings when pulling heavy loads with a diesel versus gasoline engine. "The truck isn't working as hard because of the gear ratios and extra horsepower," says Schillinger.
To pull the boats, AMS Bowfishing didn’t need any upfitting after purchasing the F-250s from its local dealer, V and H Automobile. A helpful tool — included on the truck — has been the backup camera, says Schillinger. Normally a two-man operation with someone guiding the truck to the boat, the backup camera makes it easier for the driver to see while backing up.
When traveling to remote areas for tournaments and filming, the F-250’s low-end torque has come in handy. “We are in a lot of remote areas where the boat launches aren’t too great,” says Schillinger. “The low-end torque can pull not only our boat but also several hundred pounds of fish (in the boat) up steep banks and gravel boat landings.”
Eye-Catcher
Wanting to stand out at tournaments and when traveling on the road, AMS Bowfishing had a local signage shop design a vehicle wrap (with graphics and its company logo) for one of its F-250 trucks to match its wrapped boat.
The wrapped truck hauls the matching boat to all the tournaments, while the non-wrapped F-250 truck is used mainly to pull a trailer to trade shows, hauling the trade show booth and equipment.
“It’s a sharp-looking rig,” says Schillinger. “When we are traveling, we notice drivers taking pictures of the wrapped truck and boat as they pass us on the interstate.”
Matt Schillinger (center) and two other AMS Bowfishing employees show off their catch.
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contemporary erotic
The Singing Bone - Beth Hahn
My love of this book has surprised everyone around me, so I wouldn't be shocked if my readers are surprised by this one too. I have a weird fascination with crimes, especially those by cults and the growing "families" of like-minded people who believe in different philosophies than we consider the "norm." In this case, The Singing Bone is a unique look at a young character and the easy manipulation of getting her to join an older man and believe in his strange philosophies. Much like the terrifying stories of Charles Manson and his girls, The Singing Bone grabbed my attention despite the uncomfortable topic and held me until the very end.
ARC received via Netgalley and Regan Arts.
The Singing Bone will sneak up on you; you won't realize how caught up you are in this story until you look up and see how much time has passed. Almost like the young boy Stuart, the reader watches the story of Alice and her friends as they become family to Jack Wyck, a convicted killer. The stories twist, pile on top of one another, switching between characters at will to give another perspective. From past to present we see the terrors of Mr. Wyck's home, we watch from the perspective of a documentary filmmaker, from the eyes of Alice a once 17 year old caught up in the romance, and from the eyes of Stuart the young brother of one of the girls. As a reader it's almost like you have ingested the drugs right alongside the characters, it's unsettling, it's disjointed, and it creeps into your mind and plants a seed.
I'm not sure any characters were made to be likable, even in 1999 as an adult Alice is odd, a professor of folklore, and unable to face her past. I instantly pictured her, I understood how her life had become folklore itself, how she couldn't separate realities from fantasies. Then there's Jack Wyck, Mr. Wyck, a character not unlike Charles Manson. Through drugs, sex, and companionship he offers four misguided youths a home, a place to get away, but also a place to conform them to his ways. He changes their views, brainwashes them, and uses them in his schemes. From lies to get money and random children's clothing, it is obvious that Mr. Wyck is a bad man. What Beth Hahn does well in her writing though, is allow you to feel like Alice and see how easy it was to get caught up. She watches from the fringe, taking it in but not involved. Her youth is different than the others, her brain and innocence a draw to Mr. Wyck, and when she does step in it seems things start to fall apart even more. I love that she never accepted it all, even though she was just as caught up in it as the others. It's just like we've all been told, there's seduction involved in the cult-following, it's romanticized to the point that the characters feel like this is okay.
I enjoyed The Singing Bone far more than I expected to. I actually avoided it at first, it didn't feel like I was in the mood to read it, but once I started I couldn't stop. I loved the investigative filmmaker, his outside perspective at the current Wyckian followers, at Alice and her untold truths, and at Jack Wyck himself. I enjoyed the tales, ever changing, and always sinister. While it is incredibly slow moving, I found myself searching for any moment in the day to pick it up, to find out what was next. I loved the development, the writing style, and how the story wraps itself in the end, just like a folklore tale.
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Black Christmas (2019) Review
by Lee Boardman · 13th December 2019
Back in 1974, a low-budget Canadian horror movie by the name of Black Christmas was released and was one of the first to define the slasher movie template that we’ve now become so heavily accustomed to. Black Christmas already got a remake back in 2006 and now we have another, coming this time from powerhouse movie studio Blumhouse and directed/co-written by Sophia Takal.
Black Christmas retains its campus setting as a group of sorority sisters, all seniors at Hawthorne University, prepare for the end of term and the Christmas holidays. While a group of girls are celebrating one night, one of their friends is being terrorised by a robed killer as she walks home alone down a quiet snowy street, adorned with Christmas decorations. It’s all pretty generic stuff so far, and in terms of horror and suspense, that’s all we get for about the next 30 minutes or so while the movie shifts down a few gears and tries to introduce us to some characters and some kind of plot.
Riley (Imogen Poots) is one of only a couple of characters who you’ll remember come the end of the movie. After passing out at a frat party a few years earlier, Riley was sexually assaulted, and she and her friends are now preparing to sing at another frat party which her accused rapist will also be attending. While looking around the house for a friend who seems to have gone missing, Riley opens the door on a hidden room where she observes a strange ceremony – pledges, wearing medieval robes and masks, are being daubed with some kind of black goo that’s oozing from the eyes of a bust depicting the University’s founder. She leaves them to it, and heads back to the party, not before rescuing her lost friend from the unwanted advances of another frat boy in his room.
Riley goes on to perform with her friends, a routine which turns out to be a carefully choreographed prank song – worded as a call out to the toxic masculinity and frat rape culture that Riley and so many other girls have experienced first hand. Needless to say, this doesn’t go down too well with the boys, even more so when a video of the routine goes viral the next day.
Meanwhile, another one of the sisters is currently in the process of gathering signatures for a petition, in an attempt to get their English professor (Cary Elwes) sacked for not including enough diversity in his curriculum. So, when some of the lesser known female characters begin disappearing, and our main cast begin receiving mysterious and threatening messages on their phones, there are certainly plenty of potential suspects to choose from. Eventually, the killer makes it into the sorority house where Riley and her friends are, and it’s up to them all to work together in order to outwit and defeat the killer.
I’m a big fan of the ‘final girl’ movie, where the seemingly indestructible female lead goes from downtrodden victim to badass warrior (see ‘You’re Next’, or this years hugely enjoyable ‘Ready Or Not’), remaining as sole survivor once the dust has settled and the movie comes to its satisfying conclusion. I was really hoping for Black Christmas to follow in that vein, and it’s clearly what the filmmakers were aiming for too. But, despite its well-intentioned premise, Black Christmas completely fails to deliver. Death scenes are rushed, not even particularly inventive, and because it is so drearily written and poorly directed, you barely know or even care who most of the victims are anyway. Following a slow and messy first half, the movie then takes a turn towards the supernatural, culminating in a frankly ridiculous final act and cementing this movie firmly in my worst 5 movies of 2019!
Black Christmas (2019) 1h 38min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 12 December 2019 (UK)
Director: Sophia TakalWriters: Sophia Takal, April WolfeStars: Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Lily Donoghue
Summary: A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy.
Countries: New Zealand, USALanguages: English
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'Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner' has racial complexity on the menu
By Chris Jones
Mar 26, 2018 | 3:35 PM
Mary Beth Fisher, Tim Hopper, Bryce Gangel and Michael Aaron Pogue in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" at Court Theatre. (Michael Brosilow photo)
Just 17 days after the filming ended for Stanley Kramer’s beloved 1967 movie, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” its star, Spencer Tracy, died of cancer. Tracy’s mortality is very evident in the film, of course, both in the pain you can see throughout on his co-star Katherine Hepburn’s face and in the emotion underpinning the play’s most famous monologue, wherein the liberal newspaper editor Matt Drayton finally gives his patriarchal blessing to the mixed-race marriage of his white daughter, Joanna, to the handsome doctor John Prentice, as famously and luminously played by Sidney Poitier.
Who, for the record, turned 91 last month.
The screenplay to “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” was turned into a play in 2012 — the writer is Todd Kreidler, best known for his dramaturgical collaborations with August Wilson— and, although it has bypassed Broadway to date, the dramatic version of the beloved film has made it to Chicago’s Court Theatre, where it opened Saturday night.
At least no one tried to make it into a musical.
If you recall the movie, you’ll know that “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” occupies a strange and complicated place in the zeitgeist. On the one hand, there were not many other sympathetic films being made about interracial marriage in 1967, when such unions remained illegal in 17 states and when Hollywood still was worrying about whether white audiences would accept black leading actors. Even Poitier. You could argue that its style and branding — a mainstream Hepburn and Tracy comedy in support of young love — allowed the progressive aspects of the movie to slip under the radars of middle America, thus affecting gradual change.
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On the other hand, the premise is built on an absurd parallelism: that black and white people were troubled by interracial marriage with much the same intensity and for all the same reasons, that the white partner in such a radical union would face the same challenges as her African-American partner and potential children, and that Drayton’s initially racist reaction is not substantially different from the reaction of the widowed doctor’s own parents.
And, of course, you cannot watch this movie today without noticing the absurdity of the Prentice character, a man so respectable, accomplished and honorable as to have no referent in the real world (especially when he looked like Poitier). Joanna isn’t so much marrying a hard-working African-American physician as a sexy modern-day saint.
You can feel all that stuff sloshing around Marti Lyons’ fascinating but less-then-secure production at Court, just as you can Kreidler’s adaptation. Neither of them can fully decide whether to embrace the movie for what it was in its era, or create a critical, satirical, counter-narrative more in line with current thinking. It really depends which performance you are watching, and where you are in the show.
Nothing here is really consistent. Sometimes the show wants to poke fun at the outrageous liberal hypocrisy that was acceptable in 1967, how it was one thing to promote interracial marriage on the front page of a newspaper, another when it involves your own daughter, and yet a third to make a self-congratulatory Hollywood movie about your own enlightenment.
Other times, the show seems perfectly happy to be the movie, the one with the mid-century glam locales, the elegant costumes, the witty repartee, the dew-eyed couple (played here by Bryce Gangel and Michael Aaron Pogue), the appalled parents (Mary Beth Fisher and Tim Hopper play the pair belonging to Joanne; Dexter Zollicofer and Jacqueline Williams those responsible for John) and the even the comic Monsignor (Dan Waller) written as one of those half-sozzled Irish savants, a pernicious stereotype in and of itself.
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All that said — truth to tell — the show is actually quite compelling in its own messiness, not least because the piece carries its own neuroses on its sleeve. Lyons has an associate director on the piece, Wardell Julius Clark, whose name is listed with such unusual prominence on the theater’s materials that you intuit backstage worry about the optics of a white writer’s adaption — of this movie — being directed by a white woman. Give Clark equal billing then, for goodness’ sake. Either that or embrace the notion that “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” is a white view of interracial marriage, period.
Many of the performances are deliciously on the fence, most notably Sydney Charles’ fabulously subversive take on Tillie the maid, a character originally written as so loving toward her charge that she fears for her life with a member of Tillie’s own race. Then again, I also enjoyed Zollicoffer’s very different and moving take on the elder Prentice, whom this fine actor approaches very much as if he were playing Troy in “Fences.” The loving couple themselves are harder to read, but that adds dimension. And then you have Fisher and Williams, both of whom look at their characters as women carrying the weight of a tough, male-dominated world; Hopper’s performance is more generous than that of Tracy.
If you like the movie, you’ll be fine reliving your memories. If you hate all that it represented, there is enough subversion here to keep you intellectually engaged. This material is just so interesting to see now: I only wish Court had taken some more radical positions here and there (the world has changed since 2012).
That’s hard to do, of course, given that “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” is a title with high recognition at the box office, which explains the choice to do the show in the first place and the unease in blowing up nostalgia.
Trying unpacking all of that in our paradox-strewn America.
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Bulls to add 2011 draft-day acquisition Mirotic
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Mirotic, acquired on draft day in 2011, adds another shooter as he connected on 46 percent from 3-point range for Real Madrid. A 6-foot-10 "stretch four," he was named Spanish League MVP in 2013 and is regarded as one of Europe's best players.
The Bulls may wait until Wednesday's deadline for the Boozer amnesty to continue shopping him. But given that Gasol turned down midlevel exception offers from other contending teams and the Bulls would remain a capped team and thus be able to offer Gasol only that same exception if they traded Boozer, that's unlikely. Hinrich getting signed to the "room exception" is another indication that Boozer's amnesty is imminent.
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